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I actually rode the MUT yesterday for a rest ride. I saw one of our aquaintances out there with his boy. His boy has a little bike with training wheels. I slowed and talked to his son and gave him some cheers. Then, he pulled out and was pedaling in front of us in the middle of the path. Then he pulled over to the right, and went right off the MUT into a ditch. His Dad was behind him and said "stay to the right, ..." OH NOOO! Not that much right. HAHA

Ours is OK, but the security guard tends to fall asleep. I think I will leave the Hollandaise off his breakfast eggs tomorrow and see if he gets the message.

Well, I just went downstairs to check out my trapline and.......... I found an otherwise undamaged but dead mouse laying about a foot away from one of my traps which was not set off. That's high praise indeed for the amount of fear that a Victor trap can cause in a little rodents brain.

After my 6am spin class and my gym workout and my laps in the pool I headed to the grocery to buy a duck. I really was going to try making duck. No ducks to be found, all they had was tons of turkey. I think they got rid of some stuff to make room for all the turkey. I went with a safe plan, I bought an eye or round roast. I'll roast it with some mushrooms, make some garlic mashed potatoes, some string beans, maybe some butternut squash and some beets, still trying to use up some of the garden's bounty before it goes bad. I bought my wife a mushy anniversary card too.

It appears the forum section is down, as I can get to bicycling.com, but nothing happens when I left click on forums. So, it is not just the 'love forum' that is missing. I think I checked in yesterday without any problem. No need to bad mouth the LF, just don't go there if you do not like the atmosphere.

The dog got a hold of him, but quickly lost interest.

So, have y'all gone out to see the Supermoon yet? It's 14% larger. And no, Cheese, it is NOT the Harvest Moon, even if Neil Young thinks so.

It is a great name. True disclosure--- our boy was really named Bonanza as his first name. Barron was his second name but Bonanza seemed pompus.

We don't need no stinking gate, I have guns.?

We have two red metal gates attached to wood posts and held shut with a chain with no lights. Wire livestock panels are wired to each gate.

I think Airehead name one of her puppies that. She doesn't have a lick of pretention in her.

Another great update!

So you do remember those summers in Maine when we spent so many hours out on the water as I taught you the ropes on board The Seductress? You fell so easily into the would you rub some suntan lotion on my back for me routine.

Your puppet is not allowed to nominate your posts for POTD. Your puppets are morans.

When I raced in the 80's I actually did a similar thing to a couple of ahole surfer dudes. Two guys came across the MUP (Actually SART) and veered over so they were in a collision course with me for a game of chicken. I was thinking WTF dudes but held my line and we kept coming at each other. Right as we were about to collide (and the dude closest to me never veered) I leaned in and straight armed the handlebar of his cruiser. He crossed up and went over the bars and face planted! I laughed my ass off and kept on going while his buddy tried to catch me yelling that he was going to kick my ass!!!! Gotta catch me first bitch!

...so I just popped two loaf pans of chocolate chip zucchini bread into a 350* oven. If you are still awake an hour and a quarter from now, you can have a piece. #givepieceachance

Beware of fast women.

... of the new book is done! Two more chapters to go, then it's on to rewrites. I thought the second book would be easier... I was wrong.

83. I hope I am blessed with that kind of curse.

For your anniversary you could go kayaking on the lake and catch her a delicious bass, and cook that. Or not, and make sushi...

You guys are looking at it all wrong. You can fix it by sucking at DIY. One bad project that causes her to see a contractor's bill, and she'll never want to do it again. Heck, I'm proud that I wired a new thermostat and pulled cable to the furnace a summer ago. That's about as good as my home improvement skills run. And my wife actually listened when I debunked all of those HGTV shows. Heck, Flea Market Flip? LOL. How much do the flippy people do and how much do the paid show staff do? Oh, and the only thing the renovation shows let homeowners do is do the satisfying sledgehammer thing --the rest is left to contractor crews running heavy doses of methamphetamines (who have some legal department to get permits for them). Now when wives start wanting new datacenters in their homes...then my life is gonna suck.

Kirby's right, as usual. Think about the oversize footings she demanded before, so you can only imagine the footings she'll require just for the new bathtub.

Duck breast with orange sauce served with fresh string beans (steamed) and sauteed potatoes. A nice bottle of red wine. Shouldn't take more than half an hour to prepare.

36 miles 760 metres of climbing.

I started on my low fat diet, also known as the Dr Dean Ornish diet, about a year and a half ago. It seems to be working well for me. The interesting thing is that I thought I would really miss all of the fatty foods that I enjoyed for so many years, but it is actually just the opposite. I no longer desire the food with the "bad fats" since I deleted them from my diet. The thought of a juicy cheeseburger is almost disgusting to me now. Of course, it means I have to construct most of my meals at home instead of eating out as I once did with great regularity, but it's okay. My weight is down from 215 to 185 and my cholesterol and triglycerides are much lower. My doctor says he is impressed.

That's cool. Are the drums full of dirt or are there some sort of pockets for the plants?

I think Wilbur has an outdoor aquarium incorporated in his entrance columns.

This is one of my Warmshower guests with his/my bike on my 'driveway'. He was a college student from Ohio, his bike kept blowing tyres when loaded so I lent him this bike.

Pun intended?

I don't ride SART north of the 405 any more but know that bend well and you are right it is a tight corner. That picture of Gina also shows the berms we referenced in another thread. Unless there is a huge rain that blows them out the water is forced into channels which slows the flow and allows for better seepage into the aquifers.

"Come peek in my casement windows and get an eyeful" Ewwwwwwww!!!!!!

It is insulting to see the Specialized S on this thing's crank arm. Insulting!

Your MUT is not like our MUT. People all smile and say hello to almost everyone they pass around here. We slow down and cheer for kids, pet the doggies and generally just ride very chill on the MUT. If the zone is wide open, I let the speed go. Mostly it is a friendly event. I know usually at least 3 people on the path every time I ride it.

...it only became legal here on Nov 9. Even if you were all set up to go, it takes a good 8 or 9 weeks to bring in a crop. Farmers feed America !

Well yeah, that is an issue, to the point that it's kind of why this place exists.

I believe their forums use single sign on across all of them. http://community.runnersworld.com/ is also down. Maybe a Hoop.la issue?

Meh.. The Parody Meter says................. "Try Again!"

...where were you ? I stayed up until 1 am waiting, then I finally gave up on you and went to bed, . I presume you got tied up at work ?

...it's here. It's cool enough to eat now.

I blame those seven samurai.

He was the hangman in Britain for quite a few years up till the 1950s. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Pierrepoint Different spelling but close enough.

Windows 10 isn't the worst thing I've ever done (That'd be Windows Vista, which was so slow it took three trips to haul a$$). My advice is, first thing you do, check the build it's running when you get it. Build 1511? Sigh in happiness, and then turn on the Defer Upgrades feature. You'll still get patches, but not to the Anniversary Edition (1607). Build 1511 is solid, stable, and is considered the business build. Microsoft uses all us home sheep as beta testers for the newer stuff, and eventually when they get their crap together, businesses think about using it. Build 1607 (Anniversary Edition?) -Sigh in grin-and-bear-it mode, and immediately install the latest cumulative updates feature. Sadly, you won't be able to turn off a lot of the Microsoft tracking crap in this build, and it really isn't as polished despite six months plus of patching by Microsoft, but whatchya gonna do.

Let me guess: You were SHOCKED!

Latest update: More good news. Thanks for the vibes, everyone! Keep 'em up!

I'm sorry Krazy, that does stink. Is it possible to streamline your search and limit your focus on only homes that contain a tether ball court?