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I thought you had a question for me. All I see hear is bike talk.

The company put on mandatory training for all employees. The instructor was an old friend and at the end of the training she gave me a hug so I patted her butt. Should I expect a call from HR?

Registered for that enduro last night. Expert class. What have I done?

I did not know they had a kid.

And dope. You forgot to say dope.

Try some of this cough syrup.

Just posted today at work. All shifts all employees 10 hours a day with posable Saturdays until further notice. This does not make me happy. I was trying to get out of working OT. the boss won't let me. Good thing I have almost all of my vacation days filled out for the summer. We know LJ. your retired.

My legs SO very much want to pedal. They want to spin. I haven't done a good bit of miles for months. Well, since before July 6!! This time of year I ride the fattie, but that's more mashing (and falling!) than a good ol' miles long spin. My Roubaix is in the basement waiting for some TLC. I see it at least a couple times a day, and it just kills me seeing that skinny, sexy beast standing there waiting to get out and run. Ya, I have rollers, but that's not the same. sigh... I might get desperate and put the Roubaix on the rollers. I hate rollers and trainers. Or I may show up on @az_cyclist's doorstep with a tear in my eye asking him to take me out for a spin! stupid snow and salt...

Ever since I turned 40 50 60 I have been trying to get rid of a pesky 10 15 20 25 pounds! What a PITA! So aboot that oveur and poor eating: And lastly but not leastly: "No food tastes as good as being fit feels."

You have not had my beligan waffles. You would curl your toes they are so good. I make them airy.

My rotation is eggs, oatmeal and toast with mashed avocado. Another option are sweet potato tortillas. I bake two sweet potatoes, mash them and add 1/2 cup cooked quinoa. Keep that in the fridge to use thru the week. Heat a flour tortilla, add a big scoop of sweet potato and roll it up. Quick, filling, nutritious and low calorie.

You're gonna be scarred pretty soon.

These horses are nobody's fool.

Did you happen to see RG there?

After my son-in-law and I got their furnace running again, I noticed every so often it would run/stop/re-ignite/run/stop/re-ignite/run so I kept checking it during the day. Towards evening I noticed a hot electronics smell and saw the case for the burner controller looked deformed from heat. So we shut it down and noticed it was installed upside down - the case even said 'DO NOT INSTALL THIS SIDE UP'. Some goober had installed it the wrong way. Between that and the frequent cycling, I figured that the internal components had overheated, deforming the case. I watched the furnace go through several cycles, and it fired normally. I figured the controller would need to be replaced, but hoped to make it last until Monday. No such luck. Sunday morning I noticed the thermostat was set for 66 and it was 60 in the house. I checked the furnace and the pilot was igniting, but no main burner. It was 10 degrees outside. After calling a number of heating companies with no luck, I suggested to my daughter she call her neighbors who had lived in the area for decades. They recommended a company; we called and the company would send someone over in a few hours. In the meantime I started the water running in all the sinks to keep the pipes from freezing. The tech came around noon, changed out the controller and still the furnace didn't run properly. He noticed (as I had) the burner tubes had gaps in places and located a set replacement tubes. After replacing these, the furnace ran better but still not the way it was supposed to. He pulled apart chimney and found the baffle in the draft hood had fallen down on top of the furnace firebox, restricting air flow. After pulling that out, he saw that the furnace was pretty well clogged with soot. In short, it looked like none of the previous owners had ever serviced the furnace. Eventually, after taking everything apart, cleaning it, and putting it back together he spent about 8 hours at the house. I was working on other stuff in the basement, and he called me over to show me what needed to be done. He was right on every account. The furnace worked very well when he finished, and I felt better because the risk of flames blowing out the firebox and carbon monoxide build up was eliminated. I very much appreciated that the tech didn't just throw in a new controller and walk away, because the furnace needed more work than that. And while all the furnace work was going in, my son-in-law and I finished making the interior storm windows for the first floor. Here's what one looks like installed: Not a great picture with the sun coming in the window, but I guess that shows the contraption doesn't cut down the light. My daughter is quite happy, she says the first floor is more comfortable than it was all last winter and at any time this winter. She says there's no more cold drafts rolling off the windows and across the floors. Now part of that may be due to the temperature being 10 degrees warmer and the wind dying down considerably, but I think even with that my son-in-law and I can claim a measure of success from installing these.

We're supposed to get some ice tomorrow

Written by someone who has never been to Italy.

I don't know what is going on.

Hub-ba Hub-ba!

No ketchup on hot dogs

The only Mexican beer I like is Dos Eqquis, and it don;t need to stinking lime!

lies

I am more than a little curious as to what the hoemade waffles taste like.

One day, when I take RO to the park and buy her a hot dog, she is getting ketchup!

The volunteers feel an obligation to actually work since they volunteered for it. When a company can't get volunteers that's when they start making it mandatory. A customer needed an order ASAP during shutdown week last summer (I was already retired but I keep it touch). The customer asked what it would take to get a crew to give up their shutdown vacation and make our parts. My company said at least $1,500 bonus per man. The customer said we will pay it try and make it happen. I think they said the crew got it done in four days and still had a long weekend.

Whatever this chick is doing: Duh! Tom

Stopped but never frozen.

The way I see it is frozen waffles are made by teams of people whose only job is to make waffles. They are professionals. People who make homemade waffles are amateurs. No comparison when you look at it through objective eyes.

Not to turn this into a religious thread but the answer to your question... A quick trip to the Pearly Gates.

Eggs 5 days per week, no cholesterol issues. The other two days are chia seeds in greek yogurt with frozen black cherries.

It will be a good excuse to train hard. I couldn't sign up for sport again. It seemed wrong. Better to lose gracefully at a higher level. Maybe, I'll be the eldest lady.

You are bad azz and will put a hurtin on the class!

Then this will be the forum

Sadly, this is true. Just shows what a pathetic group we are that RG, an unemployed, undateable, homeless guy is our alpha.

BruceW would've rode in! Whimp!

I'd give no concussions to the North Koreans for the Olympic Games. Make them earn it.

I think of you when I do it. I want to have my wife hand me my guitar to see if I can ride and play at the same time, obviously I'd video, mostly in case I die trying.

The guys I worked with called pheasants ditch chickens. The game commission raised them and would drive out in the country and release them. They didn’t know anything about living in the wild and would hang out in the ditch near the road hoping someone would bring them some Purina Pheasant Chow.

Why are you texting behind the wheel?

I prefer my weather a little hotter

That's phat.

I'm not going to doubt Mr. Aire in the least, but I've never known deer to eat pheasants...

Get the burger today. Pay it back tomorrow.

Why does it have to be a dude?

And you're just now figuring that out?