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05-29-21, 06:03 PM
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05-29-21, 06:04 PM
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I have been incommunicado for a couple days. VERY busy with family issues (unpleasant) and work and also got a minor bug, I swabbed myself (yuck) and covid negative. Feeling better but work and family demands ongoing, so I may be less active for awhile.
Hey MoAlpha do you know much about post-hypoxic brain demyelination syndrome? I am afraid my sister has it. Sad.
Hey MoAlpha do you know much about post-hypoxic brain demyelination syndrome? I am afraid my sister has it. Sad.
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05-29-21, 06:05 PM
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05-29-21, 06:12 PM
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05-29-21, 06:19 PM
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05-29-21, 06:23 PM
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05-29-21, 06:31 PM
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05-29-21, 06:35 PM
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05-29-21, 06:37 PM
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smelling the roses
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Another great ride which, once again, didn't record. Down a back road to a village I hadn't been to. The road wasn't in great shape but the scenery was beautiful. The scenery gave the impression that that area gets more rain than this area.
I once again forgot to take a pump.
I once again forgot to take a pump.
05-29-21, 06:39 PM
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20 years in the subtropics brings to bear the acclimation factor.
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05-29-21, 06:52 PM
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No. it’s closely related to West Nile and Dengue Fever. When it first hit me my wife thought it was meningitis because very stiff neck, very high fever, and bad headache. First onset on a Friday while we were in Antigua. Thought my fever broke after getting home Sunday. It still was 102 after the fever “broke.” No bike riding for almost a year.
05-29-21, 06:58 PM
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She was working in a topless joint, and I stopped in for a beer. I just kept looking at the side of her face, in the spotlight, so clear. Later on, when the crowd thinned out, I was just about to do the same. She was standing that in back of my chair saying to me, "Don't I know you name?
Prolly my favorite Dylan album.
I read that he just celebrated 80. Is that possible?
05-29-21, 07:01 PM
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No. it’s closely related to West Nile and Dengue Fever. When it first hit me my wife thought it was meningitis because very stiff neck, very high fever, and bad headache. First onset on a Friday while we were in Antigua. Thought my fever broke after getting home Sunday. It still was 102 after the fever “broke.” No bike riding for almost a year.
05-29-21, 07:10 PM
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Chikingunya swept through here a few years ago. Some older women gringas got secondary cancers, or cancer-like diseases, following it. It's still around, of course, but more under control. I had Dengue, probably ten years ago. It does a thing where your sick for 10 days, get well for a few days, and then get blasted again. The trick is to not fall into the trap of thinking you're really well. I found out what it was upon having a previously scheduled blood test. The doc described the symptoms perfectly.
05-29-21, 07:37 PM
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I have been incommunicado for a couple days. VERY busy with family issues (unpleasant) and work and also got a minor bug, I swabbed myself (yuck) and covid negative. Feeling better but work and family demands ongoing, so I may be less active for awhile.
Hey MoAlpha do you know much about post-hypoxic brain demyelination syndrome? I am afraid my sister has it. Sad.
Hey MoAlpha do you know much about post-hypoxic brain demyelination syndrome? I am afraid my sister has it. Sad.
05-29-21, 07:44 PM
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I had to take a bike to the shop today for the first time in about 40 years. The pad-retaining screw on my rear hydro caliper was frozen (unlike metals and sweat) and I messed up the head. Then I contaminated the pads with penetrating oil, making the bike essentially unrideable. Should have tried heat first. I have other bikes, but fortunately it’s a much needed rest week.
05-29-21, 07:44 PM
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05-29-21, 07:53 PM
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05-29-21, 08:00 PM
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I heard he died on a bike ride. Sad.
05-29-21, 08:01 PM
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05-29-21, 08:02 PM
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05-29-21, 08:03 PM
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05-29-21, 08:07 PM
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05-29-21, 08:12 PM
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05-29-21, 08:15 PM
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