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I played the trumpet in grades 7-10. Switched to sousaphone & tuba in grade 11, with a brief flirtation with the euphonium in small ensembles. I miss it sometimes. Now I just have guitars and basses that don't get played enough. Sad!
I think there are a lot of us that follow this thread regularly because they enjoy being around the conversation, but feel they neither have much content nor desire to contribute. Or maybe that's just me.
Ditto!
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So I did the fake miles last night and actually found what might be my favorite Zwift course. Most of them are fairly flat with one big climb which is fun and all, but being *ahem* a little overweight/basically obese means climbs are long slogs right now. I did the Sand and Sequoias route which is really cool because it has a short climb in there, but it's mostly rolling hills which is a lot of what I get out here. It's like riding one of my favorite sections of road local to me, but longer. And it has the nice flat lead in for a warm up. Anyway, I really enjoyed it.
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Woo hoo - USPS says my bars will be here in the next couple hours.
Side query: when did USPS tracking stop sucking so hard? They used to be the worst, but the last few shipments that I've had through them have been solid.
Side query: when did USPS tracking stop sucking so hard? They used to be the worst, but the last few shipments that I've had through them have been solid.
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I still like the novelty of it. It's safer than trying it in real life, which I won't do.
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A guy in the club is always doing the supertuck. As I outweigh him by a fair bit, still, I can usually keep up with a conventional tuck, though.
Or maybe I should credit my wider rims/tires and tubeless for some ultra-low rolling resistance?
Or maybe I should credit my wider rims/tires and tubeless for some ultra-low rolling resistance?
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There are a couple of my club-mates who do the supertuck on a regular basis. I am too ascared to do it.
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I miss the Denton music scene. Had a lot of fun in that town when I was in school.
I played the trumpet in grades 7-10. Switched to sousaphone & tuba in grade 11, with a brief flirtation with the euphonium in small ensembles. I miss it sometimes. Now I just have guitars and basses that don't get played enough. Sad!
I think there are a lot of us that follow this thread regularly because they enjoy being around the conversation, but feel they neither have much content nor desire to contribute. Or maybe that's just me.
Ditto!
I played the trumpet in grades 7-10. Switched to sousaphone & tuba in grade 11, with a brief flirtation with the euphonium in small ensembles. I miss it sometimes. Now I just have guitars and basses that don't get played enough. Sad!
I think there are a lot of us that follow this thread regularly because they enjoy being around the conversation, but feel they neither have much content nor desire to contribute. Or maybe that's just me.
Ditto!
I played the bass and sousaphone, as well. In junior high, I signed up for a band class that I thought was a beginning class, and come to find out, it wasn't. Teacher asked me to make the noise with my lips that one does with a large brass mouthpiece, I could, and a star was born.... It was cool, because I progressed/regressed down to playing the baritone, trombone and trumpet, but never mastered the french horn. Weird thing indeed.
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I played the bass and sousaphone, as well. In junior high, I signed up for a band class that I thought was a beginning class, and come to find out, it wasn't. Teacher asked me to make the noise with my lips that one does with a large brass mouthpiece, I could, and a star was born.... It was cool, because I progressed/regressed down to playing the baritone, trombone and trumpet, but never mastered the french horn. Weird thing indeed.
Baritone/euphonium was an instrument that I wish I would have pursued a little more. I always found it to have such a sweet tone, kind of the cello of the brass instruments. The kids that played them in my school were definitely the weirdest of the brass playing band kids, though. And that's saying something. The woodwinds were on a whole 'nother level.
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https://twitter.com/polkadotrob/stat...970925569?s=21
This is a Twitter link to a video of a woman with a bird of prey. Evidently, I haven’t figured out how to embed Twitter links.
This is a Twitter link to a video of a woman with a bird of prey. Evidently, I haven’t figured out how to embed Twitter links.
Billy - is that an eagle? frigging big !!
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Wow. That was worth taking the detour to see.
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Car appointment at 7:30 this morning so I set my alarm for 6 even though I usually wake up around 5:45 but I don't want to oversleep like I occasionally do and since I have to cross the great Illinois River Basin and often the bridges are jammed and I might stop for breakfast on the way and it was supposed to be bibically pouring this morning which it isn't, I wake at 4:30 and can't get back to sleep which often happens when I go to bed knowing that I have to be up by 6.
I'm out of rock salt, too. Fortunately there's no ice on the sidewalk. It's 58F.
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38F now, so the ice has melted. Still raining though.
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Well it would be nice to have you (and others) contribute, but it's fun to know people find this thread interesting. I would have thought this was dreadfully dull or everyone else.
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Cool handlebars have arrived. Cool handlebars are cool.
Routing and connecting shift cables and hydro hoses? Not as cool. I'll get to it some time before spring.
Routing and connecting shift cables and hydro hoses? Not as cool. I'll get to it some time before spring.
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Bad day at work.
Someone just told me he can't/won't contribute a book chapter that was due in July. Now I will probably have to write it myself under time pressure.
I also seem to have gotten myself into a fight with very put-upon female colleague over an office space for employees. She is the last person whose toes I want to step on and this the last thing I want to beef over, but here we are and my guy is going to be very unhappy if, or, rather, when, I back down. The big boss, who can settle this with a wave of his hand is in India or the UAE or someplace.
I am going to go lift weights for lunch.
Someone just told me he can't/won't contribute a book chapter that was due in July. Now I will probably have to write it myself under time pressure.
I also seem to have gotten myself into a fight with very put-upon female colleague over an office space for employees. She is the last person whose toes I want to step on and this the last thing I want to beef over, but here we are and my guy is going to be very unhappy if, or, rather, when, I back down. The big boss, who can settle this with a wave of his hand is in India or the UAE or someplace.
I am going to go lift weights for lunch.
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What else do you have to do deep in the Minnesota winter?
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42cm doesn't feel any different than 44cm. I think that one manufacturers is lying and padding by a cm or two. Unconscionable.
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Shave?
I received my limited edition Gillette (branded) safety razor yesterday and had my first traditional wet shave (face and head). It was nice. I spied a decent straight razor at an antique shop the other day, and intetnets research sez that it would be a good deal on a nice blade, so I might pick it up this afternoon, too. Oh, and I also have a Proraso gift set (pre-shave, shave cream and aftershave) that'll be here on Sunday. I'm saving up stubble 'til then.
If this kind of material doesn't work the lurkers up in to a lather, nothing will.
I received my limited edition Gillette (branded) safety razor yesterday and had my first traditional wet shave (face and head). It was nice. I spied a decent straight razor at an antique shop the other day, and intetnets research sez that it would be a good deal on a nice blade, so I might pick it up this afternoon, too. Oh, and I also have a Proraso gift set (pre-shave, shave cream and aftershave) that'll be here on Sunday. I'm saving up stubble 'til then.
If this kind of material doesn't work the lurkers up in to a lather, nothing will.
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It's like how Cervelo and Quintana Roo tri bikes have the same set of stacks and reaches, but QR wants to have the size named after an actual tube somewhere on the bike, so a 54 QR fits like a 56 Cervelo. It all kinda means nothing.
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