One tip I can pass on garnered from a book by an MD on back problems is traction. I've suffered on and off for years with back issues, sometimes sever. Any movement that produces mild traction alleviated back pain. Lying on the floor with a cushion under the knees and slowly over a minute or two, relax into the floor. Sometimes I can feel a pop as vertebrae snap back into place. For quickie relief,, I bend over with hands on knees which also produces mild traction. I also see a chiropractor once a month as maintenence.

I can't do that. I feel bad making the nuns roll over in their graves like that.

:lol:

Just got off the phone with CC, there are 200 bikes ahead of mine to be built. It’s looking like 4 to 5 days before it’s built and then shipping will be another 7 days.
Patience is going to be tough.

Selling the CAAD on Monday. Was asking 250.00 but am only getting about 200.00 for it.

:lol: Hard to fathom that a live chicken would cost more than a dead, cleaned and cooked one.

Thinking good thought for them.

This. Hoping for positive outcomes.

There is a large peacock in our neighborhood, it's now the season for him to start screaming again. He'll do that until late summer, then all of his tail feathers will fall out. Sometimes he comes into our back yard and we give him water and a snack. My cat gets very jealous but they don't fight. We put out a bowl of water for the bird and the cat runs over and puts his paw in it. The cat gets in his face but the bird just backs away.
Mrs John was talking to the bird and trying to get a picture and the cat started rubbing against her legs and meowing.

One day we were in the front yard and the neighbor's obnoxious dog was barking at us through a 4 inch gap in the fence. Mrs John was trying to talk to the dog (Pomeranian?) and the cat walked over and slapped the dog so hard it ran away.

Depends on the weight, they're like $2.oo a pound at my grocery store. Good eatin'

Just remember to use genuine Purdue chicken parts with your Purdue chicken.

And while out on my morning run, I saw three roadies in a paceline. Maybe they were cohabitating, but what are the chances of three middle-aged cyclists in the same household pacelining?

The principle sounds right, but that's a plume with a hang time of 14 s and has to assume no breeze at all. It translates to a 410' plume for a cyclist traveling at 20 mph, but with a lower concentration of aerosol. That's just not something I can act on rationally.

Departmental Zoom "happy hour" at 4. Wondering if I should appear with a beer.

Why wouldn't you?

And you all mocked with I did a one-hour time trial at the office park.

[QUOTE=berner;21408756]Been a birder all my life, and I don't know the gray Jay

We also identify as German/Pennsylvania Dutch. Having arrived in Philly in 1734 and 1743. My dad the genealogist once got wind that we might be descended from Hugenots. He was beside himself, having learned to dislike the French while stationed there during the war. It has since been disproven(by me, at least). I don't know if he ever found out.

Doping scandal, ya know.

The water line has finally been connected and is working wonderfully. There were a couple things which needed to be slept upon is why it took so long to actually finish. The last little bit is put together without glue (no pressure), because I put it down and still can't find it, and during the final connection out at the street, I put a fitting down and it disappeared completely. I had to walk back to the house and find another in the stash. Thank the gods for that stash. There is still some cement work to do, where it spans the porch stairway and ramp.

Okay, guys. Here's where I admit what a total wuss of a nervous, incompetent, old man I am.

As some of you know, I recently acquired a super-nice set of wheels. They are about 1440g, 35mm deep and I have 25mm GP5000s mounted on them. They are noticeably faster than the decent set I was riding before, but I have one complaint. To wit, they scare the snot out of me descending on rough pavement and/or gusty winds. Yesterday, I had a big tailwind on the homeward leg and had a bunch of 30 mph stretches in the drops where I wondered whether I was going to be able to hold it together and stay out of a death wobble. Some of this was clearly mental and went away when I reset my position, shifted weight aft, and relaxed my arms, but I've never had it so bad with any other set of wheels. My inclination is to work on the mental part with progressive exposure, but I am also concerned about the risk. Any helpful suggestions? Anyone think 28s would help?

[QUOTE=seedsbelize;21409089]Around here they are also known as Canadian Jays or Gray Jays.

Eh, parts is parts.

Maybe they have a baby at home.

Drinking water supply line?
I'm about to order materials for an underground sprinkler run in the front yard. Woohoo!

It seems really odd that 35mm would be a handful in wind. How deep were your previous wheels?