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@consularrider 32271 wrote:

And here I thought someone was bringing up that the gnat swarms are back! Don’t forget to ride with your mouth closed.

OH MY GOD! What is up with that?! You can tell I’m a noob commuter just by how many gnats I have stuck in my teeth when I arrive at my destination.

I told this story to a couple folks at the happy hour, but feel I should share it with everyone else. It was the Tuesday evening before the happy hour, this very large bug (gonna guess a moth or firefly, and pray it wasn’t a stink bug) flew (intentionally, no doubt) straight in to my mouth. Actually, he deep throated me, bastard. He got just far enough back that I couldn’t cough him out, my throat muscles took over and there was nothing I could do ’bout it. As my higher (but slower) brain was registering exactly what was happening, the lower (and faster) brain was slowly flexing away, working that bug down my throat in to my stomach. I felt that little sucker squirm as my throat muscles involuntarily took hold and caterpillared him to his death, and my disgust.

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I drove as well And an appointment tomorrow morning will keep me from cycling in to work as well, but I’ll haul the speedy bike in and cycle home. Forcing me to cycle in Friday morning to retrieve my car YAY

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@ShawnoftheDread 32262 wrote:

I confess that I had to Google “marshmallow skewers” to get your joke. We aren’t very chi-chi in my family. I’ve always used a coat hanger, stick, or fork to roast marshmallows.

with the advent of the plastic coat hangar (cheap bastards) I find it hard to actually use coat hangars for roasting marshmallows these days. Hence the need for actually purchasing specific metal stick shaped objects to roast them on. I imagine you’d have to duct tape several together to actually make a wheel skewer.

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be a P.A.L.!!

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I was doing some searching around for articles about the 50 states ride and came across a number of pictures and articles. Some interesting stuff!

Zanna again

IMG_9442 by patti_heck, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8193389@N06/sets/72157631598981832/with/8013737566/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gersema/sets/72157631599564333/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28978054@N00/page10/
http://bicyclebug.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/50-states/
http://ramblingrider.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/urban-explorations-the-50-states-ride-minus-9/
http://portajohn.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/waba-50-states-ride/

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I think a lot of companies got away from the separation of time off vs. sick time and combined them. Ultimately, it should work out to the same amount of time off, and it’s up to the employee to manage it. I prefer that (I don’t get sick often), though when I was at AT&T Gov’t Solutions they had a free sick time policy. You could take as much sick time as you wanted as long as you called in to your manager. This tended to keep people out of the office when they were sick. The theory is that if a sick person has “free” time to use, they will stay at home and not spread their illness. In practice, it seemed to work, but it did get abused occasionally (there’s always 1 bad apple). Not long after I started I got REALLY sick. It was 2003 (http://articles.cnn.com/2003-11-27/health/bad.flu.season_1_flu-season-flu-activity-health-care-workers?_s=PM:HEALTH) when some really bad bug was going around. I stayed out for about a week, violently ill the entire time, so I really appreciated the free time and I’m sure many people appreciated me not spreading the flu.

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Sorry to hear it. I wonder if it’s going around, I was feeling pretty ill Sunday/Monday, but got over it relatively unscathed (kept all meals down).

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@ShawnoftheDread 32199 wrote:

No, I just have one bike and haven’t built up my spare parts yet.

No marshmallow skewers with some duct tape or super glue?

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oh man that sounds like an artificially intelligent, multi-dimensional guide with vast power and a hidden purpose doesn’t want you to ride tomorrow

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Saw a bit of mist this morning

No creatures emerged

Mists of Pandaria by certifried, on Flickr

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@Terpfan 32174 wrote:

Blue tooth and aside from going a little slower than probably necessarily, seemed very cognizant of traffic and all. Actually riding better than some folks I see everyday. So more of observation than a complaint.

well, at least he’s hands free and not texting or something, like most of the drivers I see

by the way, why are my right toes always the first things that cramp?! ARGH, OK, I get it, I didn’t hydrate enough, but my body really has to make me pay by having my little toes cramp?! HURTS. SO. BAD

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@KelOnWheels 32171 wrote:

Aww, even they think their drilling is boring.

That’s what she said

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@dbb 32163 wrote:

I think we are looking at the genesis of an example trail sharing plan for others.

I dig it!

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@DaveK 32147 wrote:

Purchased.

um, not sure exactly why, but I also just purchased 1. Probably should have bought 2, right?

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@chris_s 32132 wrote:

Munitions storage. Lame.

I heard it was a test animal munitions storage. Lasers on sharks kinda thing

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