I mean, sure why not. Can't say that I will actually execute on that but I am open to suggestions.
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I mean, sure why not. Can't say that I will actually execute on that but I am open to suggestions.
Honestly I've been thinking about a quick one night camping trip in Pisgah or something... Close where, if things go to shit, I can be home relatively quickly.... So my vote would actually be for camping (in the backyard)
Cole
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Nope.
And,
Minnesakwa was definitely awesome after going for the first time last week... I was definitely a week or 2 early and everything was still brown. Definitely want to go back...
iman29
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So I’ve done 200K in a day which wasn’t that random because usually I try to ride double my age on my bday. For some random reason tho I decided to do my first 200K ride a few years back for no other reason than to see if I could. And I did it solo because no one wanted to come with me for that distance or leave at 5:30 am.
and I can tell you don’t pick a day end of June when it’s going to end up around 90F at 3PM.
I guess in the “old days” the XY axis ride aka Longest Day was a thing that I never got to attempt.
Anyway if you plan a 200 miler LMK.
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You are over 100 years old?
iman29
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I did say double my age on my bday rides (edited above) but sometimes it does feel like I am over 100 years old depending on the day. 😛
serviceguy
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So you are over 100 years old but feel like it only sometimes, depending on the day? That is great!
Aim for foliage in October- it’s amazing.
I thought Knife’s Edge was a real plan already *checks notes*???
Sure, but you know how it goes. Anything beyond today is just a probability wave. The further out the less steady the wave. Plus adding it to the list makes the list more random.
Maybe camping in the rain on Knife’s Edge?
My random crazy shit of today: I went to Ohio.
Paint it Blue
I just took a break. Like I said elsewhere, Q2 is kinda lame historically. Add in the spring rains and this Q2 was especially lame. I guess in the end - the end of Q2 in this case - I really didn't have a whole lot to say.
We went to Vermont for a weekend. That was nice. I also went to Ohio to get my kid. So now we have 3 kids in the house again. Other stuff happened. Frank passed away. And I saw a handful of you there and remembered that at some level, this means of communication is how I talk with you all - or maybe it's better to say "at" you all. I'm sitting in a hotel room in College Park, Maryland right now, talking at you all. By Friday we'll be in Savannah. Sunday night, home. It's just me & Julia. Julia and myself, for the English guy in the room.
I fixed up 1 of the chairs in the back yard and painted it blue. I put it on the front porch and this is where I sat while I read my book and drank my coffee this morning. I really like this color blue. Spoiler Alert: more things will be this color blue before this rash of painting has ended. Spoiler alert 2: more things already are.
If you have learned anything from the passing of Frank it should be this. Enjoy what you got, when you got it. And like the Rolling Stones said, Paint it Blue.
I just took a break. Like I said elsewhere, Q2 is kinda lame historically. Add in the spring rains and this Q2 was especially lame. I guess in the end - the end of Q2 in this case - I really didn't have a whole lot to say.
We went to Vermont for a weekend. That was nice. I also went to Ohio to get my kid. So now we have 3 kids in the house again. Other stuff happened. Frank passed away. And I saw a handful of you there and remembered that at some level, this means of communication is how I talk with you all - or maybe it's better to say "at" you all. I'm sitting in a hotel room in College Park, Maryland right now, talking at you all. By Friday we'll be in Savannah. Sunday night, home. It's just me & Julia. Julia and myself, for the English guy in the room.
I fixed up 1 of the chairs in the back yard and painted it blue. I put it on the front porch and this is where I sat while I read my book and drank my coffee this morning. I really like this color blue. Spoiler Alert: more things will be this color blue before this rash of painting has ended. Spoiler alert 2: more things already are.
If you have learned anything from the passing of Frank it should be this. Enjoy what you got, when you got it. And like the Rolling Stones said, Paint it Blue.
ChrisG
Unapologetic Lifer for Rock and Roll
So, when I'm riding solo, particularly in Hartshorne and Huber, I often say to the hikers (or other riders), "Just myself", in an attempt to let them know there isn't another Mountain Dew-guzzling idiot flying along with me. People generally express their appreciation for the heads-up. But I find it amusing that an identifiable proportion of the hikers take it to mean "I'm lonely", or something to that effect. They chuckle and tell me it's all right.
Early in my teaching career, one of my school-based elders impressed upon me, with a wink, that I ought to refer to myself as a "Teacher of English", not an "English teacher", given that I'm Russian/Slovak/Polish/whatever by birth. It always felt kind of pretentious, even if she was correct.
The Rolling Stones always end up in 4th place for my affections, following The Beatles, Zeppelin, and The Who. But man, the Stones still have so many incredible songs.
I'm kinda judging you putting The Who above The Rolling Stones.
Who's next?
ChrisG
Unapologetic Lifer for Rock and Roll
Fair enough.
Some of my hierarchy is down to the roles these bands played in the development of my musical taste/vocabulary/judgement. Once I started really digging into music on my own terms, I was drawn to stuff that had a certain level of aggression. The Who were often a lot more bombastic than the Stones. And Townshend's lyrics appealed pretty deeply to my nerdy, bookish side.
As I noted, the Stones have a deep catalog of amazing songs. Much love for plenty of their output, at least through the early 80's. But...they also have hung around long enough to put out a lot of pretty "meh" stuff. The Who's post-Keith Moon output is mostly "meh", too. But there's not nearly as much of it, compared to the Stones.
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serviceguy
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4/4 are British Bands. Interesting. and much in agreement. What is also interesting to me is that we're the same age and the Stones are the only band that was actually still fully active in the 80s when we came of age, so to speak. I discovered The Who and Led Zeppelin much later, I started appreciating the Beatles only in my late twenties.