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ChrisL

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ChrisL last won the day on February 9

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  1. I once got attacked by three geese. Literally trapped my wife & I on a small island at a local park. When we tried to leave via the only bridge off the island, they held their ground on the bridge & didn’t budge. When I tried to walk around them, one lunged & bit me on the inner thigh just missing my nuts. It was the last thing that goose ever did… The second goose came after me and got a size 12 foot in the chest, third goose took off. To your point they can be aggressive, I like the broom handle through a cracked screen. I also thought that those decorative wind things people put in their gardens might distract them. They don’t make noise, just twirl in the wind.
  2. I have thought about getting rollers again. I used them often in my racer boy days in the 80’s but chucked them many years ago. I have a trainer but it won’t work with through axles whereas rollers work with any bike.
  3. This can be a double edged sword though. WOChrisL likes to ride but is pretty much mechanically inept so I am forced to ride on the road at a distance & pace she wants to ride. I’m basically her rolling pit crew for mechanicals. She refuses to ride off road so I struggle finding time to ride off road as two of my rides per week are road rides with her. On the flip side, I don’t get guff about accessories or cycling related stuff I want or need (mostly want) as she gets my bike lust.
  4. Sorry man… I spose one benefit is you can eat pizza every day with what you like on it.
  5. I followed cycling closely at that time and it was odd how guys you never heard of, Indurain & Chiapucci came out of nowhere and suddenly were dominant. In the 70’s & 80’s doping was mostly steroids and amphetamines which could easily be detected. Guys who popped positive were given time penalties but allowed to keep racing. Then something changed… Guys like Lemond, Hampsten and Phinney Keifel & Peirce who were winning just a year before couldn’t keep up. Dutch cyclists were mysteriously dying in their sleep of heart attacks. As noted before, nobody’s were suddenly somebodies and the average speeds started increasing tremendously. Something was definitely going on but it didn’t become public knowledge until several years later. LeMond thought maybe he was having side effects of the lead pellets still in his body. I think he knew guys were doping and was somewhat complicit as he always professed to race clean, from the early 80’s even, but never accused anyone of doping until Armstrong. He made other excuses for his performance instead of accusing others of doping. But think he knew. I believe Indurain had a nickname of Mr 60 for his red blood cell values. There was no test for EPO early on, it couldn’t be detected but the Anti Doping agency put in a red blood cell max of 50 in the mid 90’s for the safety of the riders. They knew they were doing something to boost red blood cells so set the limit at 50. I still find it funny nobody thought twice about Francesco Moser’s sudden resurgence in the 80’s while he was in his late 30’s . He was one of the early riders to be trained by Dr Michele Ferrari but the connection to doping didn’t come out to later.
  6. I have a pair of gray Costco jeans I have had for well over 5 years and they are my favorite pants. I found the same pants in blue and they are my second favorite.
  7. I skipped Bfast but I had a salad with 2.7 oz of sardines. I dribbled some of the olive oil from the tin & finished it with some balsamic. I also had two eggs I whipped & then baked to hit about 5 oz of protein. I think I’m settling into a two meal a day plan now eating lunch & dinner.
  8. Yes very much so. I was introduced to them while in the south and good collard greens are hard to come by in CA. I make them myself sometimes too. Actually they fit well in my plan so should make them again. I have shared the story when I was on a business trip in FL and there was a BBQ joint near my hotel so I stopped in for dinner. I don’t recall what I got other than I got the collard greens as a side. I liked them so much I asked for a second serving, and then a third. I told the waitress I was from CA but spent time in the south so know good collard greens and they were hard to come by in CA. So the waitress goes back to the kitchen and a sweet old black lady comes out and says are you the Californian that loves my greens so much??? Yes mam! You give this boy all the greens he wants on the house! She gave me a big hug and wandered off back to the kitchen laughing about the Californian who loves her greens!
  9. I like listening to the birds which always get active in late February out here. They are chirping & carrying on as I type.
  10. My commute used to be 60 miles round trip with about 56 of it freeway. I was getting about 29 MPG with my 2.5 Turbo CX 5. My current commute is 16 miles round trip, about 10 of it freeway and my fuel economy has really dropped to about 24.5 with the higher % of street driving. I am using less fuel overall so bonus but my MPG really took a hit.
  11. WOChrisL is clear of Covid so we’ll run out & grab some food for Sunday dinner. We’ll ask the kids to see what they are hankering first.
  12. Just coffee and my electrolyte drink for now. I may eat something in a couple of hours, not hungry at the moment.
  13. It’s a love it or hate it thing. Yeah 6 Spd is dated but their tranny’s are bulletproof so they stick with it.
  14. Not necessarily. My sister that I refer to as Bitch Sister once gloated that she beat diabetes as she was on metformin, lost weight & improved her diet and was taken off metformin. This all happened in her 60’s. She gloated to me & two other sisters we just weren’t as disciplined as she was. I asked her when were you diagnosed prediabetic? She said about three years ago (late 50’s). I told her you’re not predisposed like us, yours was lifestyle induced and you corrected it with diet lifestyle changes. She disagreed of course until we all told her we were prediabetic in our 30’s. This blew her mind as she didn’t realize we had been fighting diabetes for decades at that point. My middle brother was also diagnosed pre diabetic in his late 50’s and became diabetic in his 60’s. He’s fat, out of shape & eats like shit so likely will remain diabetic. So long story short, I believe if your diabetes is lifestyle related and not predisposed, you can beat it. Bitch Sister did.
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