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Strange encounter on road this morning.
I am overtaken by a rider who greets me in an antipodean accent and notes my absence of water bottles. Our subsequent exchange was as follows:
Rider: Here, tyke wonna moyn!
Me: Like I would drink your water?
Rider: Ow royt, COW-VID. I got sow minny otha voyruses, one maw izzn gunna mike any difference!
Me: Well, let's not have sex today, then.
Rider: Good idea!
At which point we came to a crossing, I thanked him for his concern, and we went our separate ways. I have no doubt he would have kept chatting at barely arm's length if I'd chosen to stay with him.
Turns out to be a former pro and local cycling celeb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_P._Clark
Should I kudos him?
I am overtaken by a rider who greets me in an antipodean accent and notes my absence of water bottles. Our subsequent exchange was as follows:
Rider: Here, tyke wonna moyn!
Me: Like I would drink your water?
Rider: Ow royt, COW-VID. I got sow minny otha voyruses, one maw izzn gunna mike any difference!
Me: Well, let's not have sex today, then.
Rider: Good idea!
At which point we came to a crossing, I thanked him for his concern, and we went our separate ways. I have no doubt he would have kept chatting at barely arm's length if I'd chosen to stay with him.
Turns out to be a former pro and local cycling celeb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_P._Clark
Should I kudos him?
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04-17-20, 12:07 PM
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Strange encounter on road this morning.
I am overtaken by a rider who greets me in an antopodean accent and notes my absence of water bottles. Our subsequent exchange was as follows:
Rider: Here, tyke wonna moyn!
Me: Like I would drink your water?
Rider: Ow royt, COW-VID. I got sow minny otha voyruses, one maw izzn gunna mike any difference!
Me: Well, let's not have sex today, then.
Rider: Good idea!
At which point we came to a crossing, I thanked him for his concern, and we went our separate ways. I have no doubt he would have kept chatting at barely arm's length if I'd chosen to stay with him.
Turns out to be a former pro and local cycling celeb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_P._Clark
Should I kudos him?
I am overtaken by a rider who greets me in an antopodean accent and notes my absence of water bottles. Our subsequent exchange was as follows:
Rider: Here, tyke wonna moyn!
Me: Like I would drink your water?
Rider: Ow royt, COW-VID. I got sow minny otha voyruses, one maw izzn gunna mike any difference!
Me: Well, let's not have sex today, then.
Rider: Good idea!
At which point we came to a crossing, I thanked him for his concern, and we went our separate ways. I have no doubt he would have kept chatting at barely arm's length if I'd chosen to stay with him.
Turns out to be a former pro and local cycling celeb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_P._Clark
Should I kudos him?
04-17-20, 12:08 PM
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BTW I noticed there is a pro young woman Columbian on some of my Zwift rides, and I also see she sometimes has been riding in Knoxville.
Maybe we could fix her up with our own Velo Vol ?
Maybe we could fix her up with our own Velo Vol ?
04-17-20, 12:09 PM
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04-17-20, 12:16 PM
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My assumption when I saw that picture was that there was a lake or a fair sized, productive river nearby, because it would be exceptionally reckless for a pair of eagles to build a nest in the arid heart of the desert. Finding dead critters to scavenge now and then has got to be a crap shoot in the desert.
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04-17-20, 12:20 PM
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Going for a Flintstones vibe.
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04-17-20, 12:21 PM
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04-17-20, 12:28 PM
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When I started up to Logan Pass in Glacier in 2017 most of the road was still closed to cars. Not long after I passed the closure point I started seeing piles of bear scat of various ages. One was quite fresh. They bears were obviously enjoying the absence of traffic. Shame the road opened to cars may an hour later.
04-17-20, 12:30 PM
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BTW I noticed there is a pro young woman Columbian on some of my Zwift rides, and I also see she sometimes has been riding in Knoxville.
Maybe we could fix her up with our own Velo Vol ?
Maybe we could fix her up with our own Velo Vol ?
04-17-20, 12:52 PM
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I looked at the F104 a while ago. Looks like a nice bag, I just wanted the flap to open up on the other side.
I currently have a waxed canvas Acorn and a green Swift Industries Ozette
990' at my home.
04-17-20, 01:01 PM
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04-17-20, 01:06 PM
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BTW I noticed there is a pro young woman Columbian Colombian on some of my Zwift rides, and I also see she sometimes has been riding in Knoxville.
Maybe we could fix her up with our own Velo Vol ?
Maybe we could fix her up with our own Velo Vol ?
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04-17-20, 01:07 PM
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Strange encounter on road this morning.
I am overtaken by a rider who greets me in an antopodean accent and notes my absence of water bottles. Our subsequent exchange was as follows:
Rider: Here, tyke wonna moyn!
Me: Like I would drink your water?
Rider: Ow royt, COW-VID. I got sow minny otha voyruses, one maw izzn gunna mike any difference!
Me: Well, let's not have sex today, then.
Rider: Good idea!
At which point we came to a crossing, I thanked him for his concern, and we went our separate ways. I have no doubt he would have kept chatting at barely arm's length if I'd chosen to stay with him.
Turns out to be a former pro and local cycling celeb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_P._Clark
Should I kudos him?
I am overtaken by a rider who greets me in an antopodean accent and notes my absence of water bottles. Our subsequent exchange was as follows:
Rider: Here, tyke wonna moyn!
Me: Like I would drink your water?
Rider: Ow royt, COW-VID. I got sow minny otha voyruses, one maw izzn gunna mike any difference!
Me: Well, let's not have sex today, then.
Rider: Good idea!
At which point we came to a crossing, I thanked him for his concern, and we went our separate ways. I have no doubt he would have kept chatting at barely arm's length if I'd chosen to stay with him.
Turns out to be a former pro and local cycling celeb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_P._Clark
Should I kudos him?
We've reached the point where we're forced to drag out old material, because for these people only a facepalm will do.
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04-17-20, 01:09 PM
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BTW I noticed there is a pro young woman Columbian on some of my Zwift rides, and I also see she sometimes has been riding in Knoxville.
Maybe we could fix her up with our own Velo Vol ?
Maybe we could fix her up with our own Velo Vol ?
Why do you hate that woman?
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04-17-20, 01:13 PM
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Finally, some good news:
04-17-20, 01:13 PM
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04-17-20, 01:14 PM
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04-17-20, 01:23 PM
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04-17-20, 01:33 PM
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Velo Vol doesn't Zwift.
She is quite cute based on her picture BTW.
04-17-20, 01:39 PM
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...but then I remember watching the Challenger blow up when I was his age.
...but watching a delayed recording isn't as thrilling.
Hmmm.
04-17-20, 01:40 PM
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04-17-20, 01:42 PM
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04-17-20, 01:44 PM
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Here is her Team pic. Prolly too attractive for Velo Vol
04-17-20, 01:52 PM
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My assumption when I saw that picture was that there was a lake or a fair sized, productive river nearby, because it would be exceptionally reckless for a pair of eagles to build a nest in the arid heart of the desert. Finding dead critters to scavenge now and then has got to be a crap shoot in the desert.
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/02/73826...es-vs-chickens
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04-17-20, 01:57 PM
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I was in Texas when Columbia broke up overhead, but I was much too North for it to be seen. Glad my only memory of seeing the Shuttle was watching one re-enter one evening on a vacation to Galveston.
I'll be watching live if I can. I watched the first Falcon Heavy flight on a live-stream and it was so incredibly moving, and weirdly emotional.
If it helps ease some anxiety, Challenger STS-51-L was the 25th flight of the Shuttle, not including the 5 test flights. Falcon 9 has flown 86 times, and has only experienced one total vehicle loss.
Naturally, the pucker factor increases when you strap people to the top of any rocket, but SpaceX really seems to have their stuff together.
That said, it can be argued that the confidence inspired by the Shuttle's perfect track record previous to STS-51-L was a contributor to the eventual loss, SpaceX has never flown humans so it can be assumed that they are going to take no chances at all. They hopefully won't have any complacency in the system culture like what was going on before the Challenger disaster. I think we can assume that the booster will be brand-new, fresh out of the box, too
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