The Tri Lounge from Feb 12, 2009 to Feb 14, 2009 comments

The Tri Lounge Feb 12, 2009 to Feb 14, 2009

Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 8:42 Comment 174824
tina of @ email: @: Capital retention during good times is my assumption, although I am no auto sector expert.
Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 8:41 Comment 174823
ray of @ email: @: tina, I don't get that. Why would a Chevy dealership prosper where a Chrysler dealership failed. I mean, coffee is coffee like "american cars are american cars."
Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 8:41 Comment 174822
tina of @ email: @: Not all business *must* have layoffs and shutdowns. The ones that are business-smart during the boom times can, when times get tough, take advantage of those that weren't.... :)
Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 8:39 Comment 174821
ray of @ email: @: Swim meets are the worst. I dutifully took all three daughters to swim meets for years. It was an all day affair with each daughter swimming in 3 or 4 events, usually something like #3, #10, #52, #78, #110 of 120 events total in all age groups. I feel your pain.
Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 8:39 Comment 174820
tina of @ email: @: Actually, the dunn bros I am in now is a takeover of a former starbucks that just closed :)
Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 8:34 Comment 174819 al of email: @: Heats for the 500 free right now. Sorta like watching paint dry.
Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 8:33 Comment 174818 al of email: @: I am at hubby's swim meet. The girls teams are swimming today. There are about 10 teenage male teammates standing next to me wearing ties, suspenders and speedos. Creepy.
Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 7:58 Comment 174817
ray of @ email: @: How many dbs are there?--some of them will have to close during this recession.
Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 7:58 Comment 174816
ray of @ email: @: Rita, don't be hating the tourists because they get to come out and play any way they like and take over the area you like to feel belongs to you because you live there year round. You call them Tourons. They prolly call you all Bishopricks...can't we all just get along?
Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 7:58 Comment 174815
tina of @ email: @: Going to a brand new dunn bros this morning...within walking distance!! :)
Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 7:01 Comment 174814
swoosh of starlite email: @: going to my secret ski spot this morning! touron-free :-)
Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 6:54 Comment 174813 E of email: @: Time to burn sheat!!! Woo!
Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 5:25 Comment 174812
tina of @ email: @: ummmm, what?
Date: Saturday February 14th, 2009 0:15 Comment 174811 E of email: @: I'm at fire academy and have fire traioler at 6 am but am drunker thanbs skunker now and am fraidy cats...what the fark month gonna do at 6am when da flame is gopnna rooo?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 21:44 Comment 174810
gina of - email: @: I get to run and bike outside in shorts next week. You CA people are smart. Tina, why are we in MN? And why can't I sleep tonight?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 21:41 Comment 174809
gina of - email: @: AND, I'm gonna tell her you used the "it's not you, it's me" line. Mom is not gonna like you. I'm just sayin...
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 21:33 Comment 174808 ST of @ email: @: Yeah, well......the fire thing, that wasnt my fault. There was beer and women involved. I cant be held responsible for anything under those conditions.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 21:29 Comment 174807
Gina of slp email: @: F Bombs, an affair with your bike, never on time, law breaking backyard file starter, overall jerk in general... that's just the beginning my friend :) Your mom may not like you very much at the end of my story!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 21:24 Comment 174806
Gina of slp email: @: I just got an email for KP! How lucky am I :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 21:20 Comment 174805 ST of @ email: @: Youre gonna come back with a crush on KP. All women do. Most men do. It's understandable. Dudes the Paul Bunyan of triathlon, after all.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 21:18 Comment 174804 ST of @ email: @: Bottles. Plural. Not glass, singular. Tell her...I dunno...tell her I ride to much and have no class and drop F bombs in public and you just couldnt deal. But...tell her that even though it didnt work out, we're still friends and stuff.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 21:13 Comment 174803
Gina of slp email: @: HELLO MOM! I can totally do the ex-gf thing for a glass of wine. Are you sure you want me to tell her why we broke up?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 20:48 Comment 174802 ST of @ email: @: Gina..why dont you swing by my moms house while your in Dago. See how much wine she has. Shes form italy so she always keeps a huge stock of expensive tuscan Sangeovese. Tell her your an ex-gf of mine and she'll invite you in to drink. For hours.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 19:23 Comment 174801
tina of @ email: @: Ok, and he didn't really 'yell'.... :-D
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 19:23 Comment 174800
tina of @ email: @: I DIDN'T KNOW DANA POINT WAS THAT FAR AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 19:23 Comment 174799
tina of @ email: @: Oh, and another memory of Phats is him yelling at me cuz I was late for a ride up in L.A. :-D
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 19:22 Comment 174798
tina of @ email: @: m'kay...just sent GINA and KP an email. I LOVE HOOKIN' PEOPLE UP! :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 19:20 Comment 174797
tina of @ email: @: I wish I was going with you too Gina!!! I've met kp before, but meeting him again wouldn't be such a bad thing.. :-D
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 19:17 Comment 174796
tina of @ email: @: GINA...what if I email kp your cell...or better yet, YOU do it! I can send you his e if you don't know it. I think DEB would appreciate meeting KP in person as well :-D
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 19:16 Comment 174795
tina of @ email: @: Phats, pretty much my only memory of you is with your arm around kp on that bus to the cali half. :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 19:16 Comment 174794
tina of @ email: @: OMG! MEETING KP IN PERSON IS EVEN BETTER THAN SWIMMING AT THE COVE!!!!!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 19:06 Comment 174793
acorn of cardiff email: @: clang clang clang for tour de dopers
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 18:47 Comment 174792
Gina of slp email: @: However, I have never met KP so I don't know who I'm looking for. But ST says there is a chance KP could be near Palomar. Huh, I don't know what Palomar is either but I know I'm going there. A lot of unknowns on this trip...
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 18:36 Comment 174791
Gina of slp email: @: TINA! Thanks for the list of things to do in CA!!! I can't wait to get outta here for a few days!! I wish you were going with me though. I'm gonna look for KP while we watch the tour at Palomar :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 18:24 Comment 174790
Phats of email: @: Do you ever look back and laugh at me?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:50 Comment 174789
tina of @ email: @: omg. I think what e did to clm just now is what can be called a 'page dutch oven'.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:45 Comment 174788
tina of @ email: @: fun times. I look back and laugh...mostly at myself :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:44 Comment 174787
tina of @ email: @: And I didn't mean it like I didn't know this was salt water, but I just SO didn't expect it to taste like I was drinking out of a salt shaker!!!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:44 Comment 174786
tina of @ email: @: Then, KP and I stopped out in the middle of the cove mid-swim and I remember telling him "THIS WATER TASTES SALTY!" Seriously, I was not well traveled at that point in my life... :-D
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:42 Comment 174785
tina of @ email: @: I do not dutch oven my dog like al does her cat.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:42 Comment 174784
tina of @ email: @: E just fart-sandwich CLM. I'm not sure she will be all that happy about the whole thing...
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:41 Comment 174783
TINA of @ email: @: I was being funny about the girabaldi. the first time I was ever in the cove (in an ocean, actually), it was KP who took me there. I remember walking into the water and there was this HUGE (to me..I'm used to seeing tadpoles in a lake on my openwater swims) ORANGE FISH! the fish was just hangin' there in one spot...not even swimming, but I basically jumped behind KP looking for protection! :-D
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:32 Comment 174782 E of email: @: Farts....me too
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:30 Comment 174781
clm of sf email: @: GOOD LUCK to Coach Jean this weekend at the Pemberton 50K!!!! That's a way fun race.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:20 Comment 174780 E of email: @: Farts....me too
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:19 Comment 174779 E of email: @: Scary orange fish? You couldn't get them to bite even if you ripped yer arm off, ground it up, added some algae and spoon fed them!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:16 Comment 174778 Al of email: @: I read #174775 as FARTS instead of FORTS. I think it's much funnier that way.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:15 Comment 174777 Al of email: @: The cove water tastes like seal poop.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 17:04 Comment 174776
ray of @ email: @: How can innocent Garibaldi be scary?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 16:38 Comment 174775
tina of @ email: @: I LOVE MAKING FORTS FOR SAHARA!! :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 16:36 Comment 174774
tina of @ email: @: I heart the Cove...and the scary orange fish that reside in it :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 16:35 Comment 174773
tina of @ email: @: OK, so my pal GINA is going to SAN DIEGO! (for the first time ever I think??) Anyway, she wanted some "must dos" I gave her about 5 suggestions and said if she ONLY had time to do just one, it would be SWIM IN THE COVE! good call? anyone?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 16:33 Comment 174772
tina of @ email: @: THE MARVA COLLINS' WAY! :-D
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 16:25 Comment 174771
ray of @ email: @: Bruce, she prolly already cleaned out the fridge to stock the car. We'd have to bring our own beer but if we bring it in cans, we can cook beer can chicken--assuming you don't mind the plucking.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 16:23 Comment 174770
ray of @ email: @: tina, want to see pictures of all the diseases you can get from critters residing in the raw fish? Mmmm mmmm good. ;-)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 16:22 Comment 174769
ray of @ email: @: tina, everyone knows you drink saki with sushi.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 16:17 Comment 174768
Aero of Goleta email: @: Snow on the hills of Santa Babs today: http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=17544&linkSource=edhat.com Freaky.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 16:13 Comment 174767
tina of @ email: @: sushi and white wine for dinner. good call? I thought so :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 16:13 Comment 174766
Aero of Goleta email: @: Rafe buddy--the tourists are in Mammoth, and Swoosh is in Mammoth to observe them. This sounds like a good time for you and me to head over to Bishop and clear out Swoosh's fridge.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 16:05 Comment 174765
ray of @ email: @: Not only is Swoosh in her Element, she has it stocked for a 4 week stay in case she gets stranded.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:52 Comment 174764
Laura of @ email: @: But, life is good here also: a Dino's (from Racine) pizza, homemade big salad, glass of red wine and a great view..could be worse. Later! :-)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:51 Comment 174763
Laura of @ email: @: Sounds like Swoosh is in her element, ;-) all we have here on the ground is alot of snowplow sand and trampled lawn..
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:49 Comment 174762
Laura of @ email: @: Btw, I revise my "beefier is better" statement of earlier. A great male tush is better (as hubby just walked by). ;-)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:48 Comment 174761
Laura of @ email: @: Tina, I'm good at suggesting spending, way too good! Glad you got the discount!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:21 Comment 174760
swoosh! of starlite email: @: the snow is great! and a lot more on its way, through the weekend and supposedly a big one mid week :-)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:17 Comment 174759
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: swoosh- how's the snow?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:17 Comment 174758
swoosh! of starlite email: @: LIFE IS GREAT!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:16 Comment 174757
swoosh! of starlite email: @: The tourist + moron morph....
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:08 Comment 174756
tina of @ email: @: life.....is good :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:08 Comment 174755
tina of @ email: @: AND! I even put a bottle of some of that fab wine I bought today in the fridge so it's nice and chilled when Sahara and i get back from our walk :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:07 Comment 174754
tina of @ email: @: I remember our house taking ALL AFTERNOON and still not being done :-/
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:06 Comment 174753
tina of @ email: @: So, 41 minutes start to finish to deep clean my entire place...NICE!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:05 Comment 174752
tina of @ email: @: I haven't walked sahara yet...just cleaned and mopped my entire loft, however :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:05 Comment 174751
tina of @ email: @: LAURA!!! I am having my first cup of the Pajora...thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much for putting the idea in my head to go to tjs today! YUM!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 15:04 Comment 174750
tina of @ email: @: Tourons= annoying tourists?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 14:56 Comment 174749
Olden Slow of RSM email: @: Tourons'''It's said, they taste like chicken..
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 14:32 Comment 174748
FFO of . email: @: I think Sahara would like to go to Africa, too. Lots of big game to hunt! Including the dreaded Tourons.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 14:24 Comment 174747
swoosh! of starlite email: @: The Tourons have arrived in Mammoth!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 14:24 Comment 174746
tina of @ email: @: ummm...gotta go.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 14:23 Comment 174745
Sahara of @ email: @: WALK ME!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 14:22 Comment 174744
tina of @ email: @: I'll have to drive like twice as far, BUT WHO CARES!!! Also, there is a tjs set to be built in St. Paul...on Lexington I believe. Way close to me - rather than this 'nearest' one that is on the other side of Minneapolis...
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 14:20 Comment 174743
tina of @ email: @: I also forgot how cheap wine is there...got 5 great bottles for $30!! SCREW SURDYKS!!!!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 14:20 Comment 174742
tina of @ email: @: OH! and Laura! YES!!! I got the same caffeine discount you did...as well as a columbian caffiene discount (same size). The Pajaro was regular price but still cheap compared to beans at coffeehouses and such (Caribou crappy coffee is going for like $16 a pound! Even db fresh roasted is a bit cheaper!!)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 14:17 Comment 174741
tina of @ email: @: Maybe the elephants will let me nap with them :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 14:17 Comment 174740
tina of @ email: @: ...and nap.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 14:17 Comment 174739
tina of @ email: @: When I work in Africa, I want a schedule like SQRNs and on my days off, I'm gonna go look for elephants and zebras and such. :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 14:15 Comment 174738
tina of @ email: @: I envy the SQRN random schedule as well!!!!!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 14:07 Comment 174737
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: Alynn- working Thursday and Friday morning I have a class and then hair appointment in the afternoon! Should we plan for dinner Friday night.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:23 Comment 174735
FFO of . email: @: I am planning on going over to catch the ToC on Tunitas road on Monday. Any one from NorCal going that way early Monday morning? They will hit the bottom of Tunitas around 10 am.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:21 Comment 174734
Laura of @ email: @: figured that would get a reaction..;-)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:20 Comment 174733 Al of email: @: SQRN: You gonna be working next Thurs and/or Fri?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:18 Comment 174732 ST of @ email: @: Yeah. Hello, Squirrel.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:17 Comment 174731 ST of @ email: @: 96K per week? NINETY SIX??? KILOS??? Jesus fcking crap!! Hey dont anybody ride to much now!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:14 Comment 174730
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: ray I do work three 12's. My weeks run Sunday-Saturday, so working a Saturday and Sunday counts for two different weeks. I prefer not to work three in a row, it's to tiring.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:09 Comment 174729
ray of @ email: @: 38F out here--going to ride outside!!!Maybe earn that beer.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:04 Comment 174728
Aero of Goleta email: @: I dunno man--this statement is sorta disturbing. "it's two oclock here and Jan's out of town" Number one--it's NEVER too early for a beer. Everything goes better with beer. Breakfast, work, personal relationships, car maintenance---so, always drink beer. Number two--Jan's being out of town should have NO bearing on this important matter. Jan's a smart lady--she UNDERSTANDS the importance of beer in the human diet. She encourages it. Trust me.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:03 Comment 174727
Laura of @ email: @: Speaking of beef, have any of you seen that show, "Man vs. Food"? That guy is crazy!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:03 Comment 174726
ray of @ email: @: SQRN, I thought you'd be all over the three 12 hour shifts in one week = fulltime. Work only 3 out of 7 days a week and the world is yours. That's what the young gals do out here.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:02 Comment 174725
Laura of @ email: @: Yea, Ray..the beefier, the better!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:02 Comment 174724
Laura of @ email: @: I'm liking that random schedule, SQ! Beats a 9-5 desk job.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:01 Comment 174723
ray of @ email: @: You mean Beefcake, don't you, Laura?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:01 Comment 174722
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: today is my Sunday! Back to work tomorrow for two days and then two days off, two days on and then three days off! :-)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 12:00 Comment 174721
Laura of @ email: @: Aero, ok, I'll give you the Boobs and Beer Friday, but only if we can add a third B - for Buff. ;-) BBB Fridays..
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:56 Comment 174720
ray of @ email: @: So Bruce, it's two oclock here and Jan's out of town. Too early for a brew?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:51 Comment 174719
Aero of Goleta email: @: NO NO NO LAURA! NO NASCAR, NO COFFEE. This is Friday. Friday is the day when we talk about breasticles. No, wait--Friday is when we talk about breasticles and BEER. The other days we don't talk about the beer part so much.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:46 Comment 174718
Laura of @ email: @: back to the cycling and coffee and NASCAR discussion (hoping to avoid a page kill...)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:34 Comment 174717
Laura of @ email: @: SQRN, THANK GOD!! That was really pretty yucky yesterday! We even had aroma therapy oils and warm towels..still had to look at yellow nails and plantar warts.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:32 Comment 174716
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: Laura even as an RN, we don't clip toe nails. Thank god! Podiatrist has to do it as long as they're in the hospital! :-)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:32 Comment 174715
Laura of @ email: @: Yep, d2p! That would be pretty darn cool! Hey Tina, did you score on a caffeine discount?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:30 Comment 174714
tina of @ email: @: My personal fave - cafe' pajaro. ink it.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:30 Comment 174713
tina of @ email: @: Back from tjs. stocked up on coffee and wine BIG TIME! :-D
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:29 Comment 174712
tina of @ email: @: THE HIPPY COMES THROUGH! THANKS E! :-)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:28 Comment 174711
d2p of email: @: I like the idea of watching the Olympic RR and TT go down State St! - http://www.chicago2016.org/our-plan/bid-book/bid-book.aspx
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:24 Comment 174710
FFO of . email: @: Lance is pissed. http://www.news10.net/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=immersiveplayer&maven_referralPlaylistId=1274333a64a5d7e45e434dd91191c8e94a1234b7&maven_referralObject=1032125934&maven_referrer=facebook
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:24 Comment 174709
Laura of @ email: @: Well, have fun, Fred. Who knows? maybe in a few years, we all will be doing some Olympic spectating near Madison..
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:21 Comment 174708
Laura of @ email: @: An average of 96 Kilometers a week, Fred, puts you into the CLM, KP, ST pointy end of the Page cycling curve...:-)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:19 Comment 174707
FFO of . email: @: And I don't bike THAT much. 4-5k/annum
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:18 Comment 174706
FFO of . email: @: Floyd crashed yesteday during a practice ride. He appears to be OK and will ride. No word yet from my kid on what really happened.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:16 Comment 174705
Laura of @ email: @: You go, Fred! FFO does enough riding and cycling spectating for most of the Page combined!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:14 Comment 174704
FFO of . email: @: Laura - [I still want to call you LDL!!] I am planning on being on Tunitas road on Monday. That is a long ass climb up from Highway 1. Then they drop back down to 1 through La Honda, where swoosh and the Dead used to hang out. But not at the same time.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:12 Comment 174703
Laura of @ email: @: toe nail clipper, that is..
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:12 Comment 174702
Laura of @ email: @: Ray - yea, we painted those funky nails. As you know, students aren't to clip the nails, so after we did the foot assessment, we painted away. This morning, after seeing all those long nails, I headed straight for my toe clipper...:-)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 11:08 Comment 174701
ray of @ email: @: Aero, I think the plane that plowed into the house in Buffalo, NY is the same kind of plane I took from LAX to Santa Babs--now you see why I don't like those prop planes.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 10:13 Comment 174700 E of email: @: I no longer know what they purvey there
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 10:13 Comment 174699 E of email: @: I, uhm...."asked a friend" and yes it is confimed, the OB place is The Black
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:55 Comment 174698
LaB of email: @: That reminds me. I need to eat breakfast
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:43 Comment 174697
Jen of NZ email: @: Hope's awake, ciao!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:42 Comment 174696
ray of @ email: @: LaB, I didn't say you can't wear pink. I said SKOAL baseball caps don't come in pink.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:42 Comment 174695
Jen of NZ email: @: I have no idea! He is at home and I am at the hospital!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:41 Comment 174694
tina of @ email: @: EVERYBODY BEDAZZLE!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:41 Comment 174693
LaB of email: @: That is still really cool. Real stock cars, not these specially design safety cars (not that there is anything wrong with surviving a crash intact)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:40 Comment 174692
Olden Slow of RSM email: @: Jen: So what is vimp wearing ? :-o)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:40 Comment 174691
LaB of email: @: Squirrel, Rayman is wrong regarding comment 174675. You can wear pink at a NASCAR race, but you have to Bedazzle the heck out of it first.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:39 Comment 174690
Olden Slow of RSM email: @: Lab: My dad was just a local racer..Jalopies, Stockers, Super Mods and Sprint Cars..Mostly a dirt tracker...Did ok in his only Nascar event 7th place with 10 laps to go...Engine blew...California racer...No moonshine, but he was a redneck from Oklahoma :-o)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:39 Comment 174689
Jen of NZ email: @: Hey LaB...Vimp's cooking is awesome...way better than hosp food and many other's as well! We are very lucky to have two adorable girls. Hope looks a lot like Lucy did when she was born...
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:38 Comment 174688
LaB of email: @: Hi Jen, congrats!!!!!!! How's Vimp's cooking compare to the hospital? Hope is a beautiful baby. Good thing she takes after her mom!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:36 Comment 174687
LaB of email: @: Old n Slow, was your daddy a moonshine runner like they show on those Discovery or History channel documentaries? (Sorry for the familiar use of "daddy", but father just does not seem like the right term for someone who raced NASCAR). That's cool!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:35 Comment 174686
Jen of NZ email: @: Hey Sqr - Lucy is great! Vaughan is taking good care of her. I am still in hosp. I go home tomorrow probably. They come by everyday - at least twice and Vaughan has been making us all dinner. Hope is sleeping at the moment and I intend to crawl bed with her and take an early morning nap...while I still can! : )
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:32 Comment 174685
LaB of email: @: Monday and Tuesday could be interesting for the TOC. Snow level is 1500 ft today. Tunitas Creek, Bonny Doon (Monday)and Sierra Rd (Tuesday) are all above 200 ft.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:30 Comment 174684
LaB of email: @: Wardrobe malfunction. . . Oh. . .bird feeder malfunction
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:23 Comment 174683
Aero of Goleta email: @: Saw a Titmouse at the birdfeeder only yesterday.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:19 Comment 174682 Al of email: @: Sqrn should make sure she can easily lift her tight fitting t-shirt in order to promptly accomodate the request on all the "Show me yer tits" signs at the NASCAR race.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:17 Comment 174681
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: PHATS!!! I'm going out to run too!! We'll be running together, well sort of.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:17 Comment 174680
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: SWEET!!!!!! I'm going to the track in VEGAS!! :-)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:16 Comment 174679
ironmanny of sd email: @: gas relief break.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:08 Comment 174678
Phats of email: @: run break
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:07 Comment 174677
tina of @ email: @: potty break.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 9:00 Comment 174676
Olden Slow of RSM email: @: SQRN: I've been to several NASCAR races...My father actually raced NASCAR west back in the 50's..Great show and lots of alchohol consumed..
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:55 Comment 174675
ray of @ email: @: SQRN, correct apparel includes really tight jeans, form fitting top and a baseball cap that says SKOAL--I don't think they come in pink.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:53 Comment 174674
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: Yeah!! I think it will be cool!!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:53 Comment 174673
ray of @ email: @: Laura, do you paint those heaped up old lady toenails--the kind that are yellow and about 2 inches thick? That would be way above and beyond the call of duty.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:51 Comment 174672
ray of @ email: @: Just be careful, SQRN. You start out NASCAR, then you move to the dirt tracks, then suddenly you're at a Monster Truck rally and before you know it, you know all the top contenders in the tractor pulls.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:47 Comment 174671
rayman of @ email: @: Whoa, SQRN has proved her point. No high maintenance gal would ever be caught dead at a NASCAR race. (Red neck woman playing in the background).
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:47 Comment 174670
Aero of Goleta email: @: Bri--if you go, Aero goes. Serious. I think our boys are in for a chilly drippy Tour for a few days.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:44 Comment 174669
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: Has anyone here ever been to a Nascar race? I think I'm going in a few weeks!!!!! I'm super excited!!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:39 Comment 174668
Phats of email: @: Ouch... Sounding like an emphatic "no"...
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:37 Comment 174667
Phats of email: @: Maybe a Danish brew or three?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:37 Comment 174666
Laura of @ email: @: Tina, of course! I forgot about that TJ's by HY 100, Minny has multiple TJ's, it's hip that way..Milwaukee only has ONE, ditto Madison.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:35 Comment 174665
Phats of email: @: Bruce... You gonna be in Solvang for the TT?
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:35 Comment 174664
Laura of @ email: @: That's Palmolive you're soaking in..
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:34 Comment 174663
Laura of @ email: @: yesterday in clinical, we ran a foot care clinic for the Alzheimer's patients. Some of the ladies wanted to know if we would do their nails, they meant nail polish. So, our CI scrounged up some nail polish and we also did their nails. I now can add "manicurist" to my resume. The end.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:33 Comment 174662
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: I was awake ALL night!!!!!! Thank goodness I don't work today! I'm guessing I'll feel outstanding on my run. :-/
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:32 Comment 174661
tina of @ email: @: lol! I was gonna say "doesn't bother me..." :-D
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:32 Comment 174660
tina of @ email: @: Laura - I don't have to go as far out at maple grove (phew!) there is a tj's east of 100, which makes it about 2 miles from the dunn bros I am at right now :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:30 Comment 174659
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: I have a tip...drinking coffee at 3p isn't always good for a full nights sleep. Unless your TINA of course.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:30 Comment 174658
tina of @ email: @: but now I need to go back and answer a question with the thoughtful insight that only *I* can provide. Hold my calls.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:30 Comment 174657
tina of @ email: @: I'm on a hermeneutic break.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:27 Comment 174656
Aero of Goleta email: @: Aero had an extramarital bike ride with SQRN once. I'll never forget...
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:27 Comment 174655
Laura of @ email: @: SQRN isn't high maintenance, she just has standards..;-)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:26 Comment 174654
Laura of @ email: @: lolo, Hi Tina! Yea, see if the TJ's in Minney (Maple Grove?) has that deal on the Organic coffee. That's almost 2 pounds for $11.99 of good stuff. Also found in the freezer there 4 bison burgers for $4.99, and the wild salmon burgers are back. We had two of the bison burgers last night, they were yummy!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:25 Comment 174653
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: I'm not high maintenance!!!!!!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:05 Comment 174652
ray of @ email: @: Al, think pink=high maintenance. BC are high maintenance, therefore pink. Think SQRN...se what I mean, PINK.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:04 Comment 174651
ray of @ email: @: Manman, I think Cardamom is the kind of dog that the Queen favors. Cardomom Welsh Corgi or something like that.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:04 Comment 174650 Al of email: @: Ginger doesn't strike me as a "pink" kind of dog.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:03 Comment 174649 Al of email: @: Manny - I actually leave out the cardamom. The recipe is easy. You measure the stuff, throw it in a ziploc and shake. I recommend CLOSING the ziploc before shaking...
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 8:02 Comment 174648
ray of @ email: @: Took Ginger to the groomer today and bought her a pink collar with hearts for Valentine's Day. Now I have to wait 3 or 4 hours to pick her up. Apparently it takes longer for female dogs to look their best than it does women. Friggin' border collie b!tch.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:57 Comment 174647
tina of @ email: @: Listening to some BARLOW GIRL right now. pretty cool.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:57 Comment 174646
tina of @ email: @: It was a total coincidence that I posted about the head shop after manny utilized the term STASH in his post.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:56 Comment 174645
tina of @ email: @: OCEAN BEACH QUESTION!!! Is that headshop that's there called The Black??? I can't remember...i was stoned everytime I went in there (KIDDING!!)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:56 Comment 174644
ironmanny of sd email: @: i used up my coworker's stash, and now i'm too lazy to buy my own. such the dilemma. guess i'll go drink some coffee, i guess.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:55 Comment 174643
ironmanny of sd email: @: i don't know what cardamom is. isn't that some kind of sweater? :o)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:55 Comment 174642
ironmanny of sd email: @: sounds complicated. someone brought some chai tea mix in the little tea bags to work. boil, add some milk and sugar, and it's done.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:50 Comment 174641 Al of email: @: I usually half it, Rayman.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:48 Comment 174640
ray of @ email: @: If I make a full chai receipe, it will last forever--yuk!!!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:44 Comment 174639
andrew of lyons,CO email: @: Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.- Marilyn Manson
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:41 Comment 174638 Al of email: @: To make a cup with the mix, I use 1 scoop of mix (about 1.5 tablespoons), add about 3/4 hot water then fill the mug the rest of the way with milk.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:39 Comment 174637 Al of email: @: HOWEVER - I leave out the powdered milk and add real skim milk when I make it. I also use less sugar. If you make a full recipe, it will last you for a few months.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:38 Comment 174636 Al of email: @: Man-man - Recipe: 1 cup nonfat dry milk powder 1 cup powdered non-dairy creamer; 1 cup French vanilla flavored powdered non-dairy creamer; 2 1/2 cups white sugar; 1 1/2 cups unsweetened instant tea; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:32 Comment 174635
tina of @ email: @: I have no details, this was just a fb announcement :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:31 Comment 174634
tina of @ email: @: STEVE-OH! IS A GRANDPA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:29 Comment 174633
ironmanny of sd email: @: Al - please describe said chai tea recipe.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:19 Comment 174632
d2p of email: @: speaking of coffee, has the world gone mad?? - http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-starbucks-instant-coffee,0,3531411.story
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 7:05 Comment 174631
Olden Slow of RSM email: @: TJ's Dark Sumatra rocks...Drink it every day..Using TJ's since "03".. Cheap and good..Words to live by..
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 6:42 Comment 174630
swoosh! of starlite email: @: I'm hoping one of my co-workers will be making a run to the TJs in Reno so I can place an order .... that's the way we do it out here.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 6:41 Comment 174629
tina of @ email: @: I'm gonna be hangin' at a dunn bros near a tj's today. thinkin' I may swing in to tj's for some wine and coffee. thanks for planting the idea into my head laura!! :) I'll see if I can find the same coffee deal you did! :)
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 6:27 Comment 174628
swoosh! of starlite email: @: you know, small potatoes.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 6:25 Comment 174627
swoosh! of starlite email: @: TJ won't come to the Eastside cuz we're too little. :-(
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 6:12 Comment 174626 Al of email: @: TJ's stopped carrying my chai mix. :-( So now I just make my own. :-D
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 6:04 Comment 174625
tina of @ email: @: TJ's has an EXCELLENT coffee selection.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 6:04 Comment 174624
tina of @ email: @: *pouty face*
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 6:04 Comment 174623
tina of @ email: @: *so extremely jealous of laura right now*
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 5:15 Comment 174622
Laura of @ email: @: Anyone want to be Commerce Secretary? I hear there is a job opening..
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 5:12 Comment 174621
Laura of @ email: @: Chuck Norris raises chickens? Who knew..:-D
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 5:09 Comment 174620
Laura of @ email: @: Morning, fyi..Trader Joe's has on sale organic, free trade medium roast Wake Up beans, the big can, 28 oz for about 12 bucks. Stumbled on that yesterday at the TJ in Milwaukee.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 4:55 Comment 174619 Al of email: @: Happy Friday the 13th.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 4:54 Comment 174618 Al of email: @: Sounds like swoosh is friends with Chuck Norris.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 4:41 Comment 174616
tina of @ email: @: not pertaining to Palm Springs. My apologies for any confusion this may have caused.
Date: Friday February 13th, 2009 4:38 Comment 174615
tina of @ email: @: present and accounted for.
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 21:18 Comment 174614
Rap of La Jolla email: @: Anybody riding Palm Springs Saturday?
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:43 Comment 174613 KP of SD email: @: Simple 24hr strategy? Listen to Jeff "Mr.24�� Kerkove! The short answer: ride a lot! "I train by heart rate and through a power meter which tells me how many watts I am putting out. It's very structured. Most of my training rides are done on the road bike and last anywhere from 2 to 5 hours. I would say that I am training on the bike about 15 hours a week."
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:41 Comment 174612
swoosh! of starlite email: @: ...actually, he had a little help with a truck that came barreling down the street at just the right time, but still ... ;-)
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:40 Comment 174611
swoosh! of starlite email: @: he's the same guy that fought off and killed a pit bull that was attacking him with his bare hands!
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:39 Comment 174610
swoosh! of starlite email: @: seriously, I have a friend whose done lots of 24+ hour type stuff (Badwater, 24hrs of Moab, Western States, etc). Want to talk to him?
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:39 Comment 174609
swoosh! of starlite email: @: don't think about stopping.
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:37 Comment 174608 KP of SD email: @: What was wrong with RD? Was he projecting his own discomfort on the crew? Don't get me wrong. I can dig it. When you organize you empathize. Sense of responsibility and all. But that gal rita can take care of herself. The others that day? Maybe not so much ...
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:35 Comment 174607 E of email: @: what's a good source for forming a simple 24 hour strategy?
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:34 Comment 174606
swoosh! of starlite email: @: The year after that I went to Kona to support a friend who was racing, and then last year Moab was the same weekend as Mammoth Ultra. So I still haven't gone back there!
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:31 Comment 174605
swoosh! of starlite email: @: No. I went as part of a team to Moab a few years ago. But the RD called the race after 8 hours due to heavy rain and flash flooding. I was just about to start on my 2nd lap when they stopped the race.
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:25 Comment 174604 E of email: @: swoosh, you've done 24 hours before right? mtn biking?
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:23 Comment 174603
swoosh! of starlite email: @: HA!!
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:23 Comment 174602
ray of @ email: @: Melvina. ;-)
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:21 Comment 174601 E of email: @: mulva?
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:12 Comment 174600 E of email: @: what aboot the swimming and biking things? why you gotta hate that way? ;)
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:10 Comment 174599
swoosh! of starlite email: @: :-)
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:09 Comment 174598
swoosh! of starlite email: @: 'Randonee is dumb.'
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:09 Comment 174597
swoosh! of starlite email: @: OK, cool. i'll start: 'Triathlon is dumb.'
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:09 Comment 174596
swoosh! of starlite email: @: I propose that we change this page to the Trail Runners Lounge. Where trail runners talk about stuff.
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:06 Comment 174595 E of email: @: triathlon- swim, bike, run....for 24 hours.....somewhere's near Trues' place....guess I'll check it out....no big
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:03 Comment 174594
swoosh! of starlite email: @: Trail Running?!!! Are you completely nuts?!!
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 20:01 Comment 174593
swoosh! of starlite email: @: :-)
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 19:43 Comment 174592 KP of SD email: @: Woot!
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 19:43 Comment 174591 KP of SD email: @: Check it out check it outers!
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 17:34 Comment 174590
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: I got one here for you Jen! :-) How is Lucy doing?
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 17:32 Comment 174589
Jen of nz email: @: Wine, I could use a glass or three!
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 17:32 Comment 174588
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: VIMP!! Congrats to you and Jen!!!!!!!!!
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 17:31 Comment 174587
vimp of nz email: @: Phats, I love you more than strawberry chesecake
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 17:22 Comment 174586
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: I'm with you Phats!! I do the majority of my riding/ running solo 'cause I love too!! :-)
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 17:20 Comment 174585
Phats of email: @: Still sortin' through some... "issues"...
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 17:20 Comment 174584
Phats of email: @: No Dave... I run alone... People = Problems.
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 17:06 Comment 174583
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: Where's TINA!!!!!? TINA!!!
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 16:52 Comment 174582
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: I poured my wine at 4:45 today. A bit better.
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 16:49 Comment 174581 E of email: @: c'mon mang, yer all actin' like it's humanly possible to run 25k in one day! why you gotta be that way?
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 16:45 Comment 174580 df of Reno email: @: Phats, ever run with the trail runners club out of Pacific Palisades/ Stan Schwartz? They have some great trail runs.
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 16:33 Comment 174579
Phats of email: @: May do a 25k warm-up at Malibu Creek first... I dunno...
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 16:32 Comment 174578
Phats of email: @: BOOP!!! Sycamore Canyon 50k.
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 16:13 Comment 174577
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: Boop, Noble Canyon 50k! Lots and lots of climbing!!!!
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 15:01 Comment 174576
Aero of Goleta email: @: POOF THIS!!!
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 14:53 Comment 174575
vimp of nz email: @: I got's Phats dropping an Omnipoof at 46km! WOO! GO PHATTY!
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 14:09 Comment 174574
Boop of LA email: @: Phats & SQRN - which 50k are you running?
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 14:00 Comment 174573
noel of Twitter Wonderland and Looking Glass email: @: What is Alice doing? Go to Twitter Dee and Twitter Dum to find out. No Jabberwork there, perhaps a Mad Hatter and Dormouse, Queen of Hearts and March Hare. May even find a White Knight. All while Twitters's accountants smile like the Chesire Cat.
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 12:45 Comment 174572
d2p of email: @: -and that is Twitter!-
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 12:45 Comment 174571
d2p of email: @: Deciding what to make for dinner tonight.
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 12:38 Comment 174570
Phats of email: @: Contemplating lunch... You?
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 12:34 Comment 174569
d2p of email: @: What are you doing?
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 12:28 Comment 174568
Phats of email: @: I don't get Twitter.
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 11:59 Comment 174567
d2p of email: @: "new website, http://www.colnagoamerica.com, is due online this week" - I must pay better attentiion to details
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 11:58 Comment 174566
FFO of . email: @: ---Versus is televising the Amgen Tour of California (ATOC) in 27 different time slots beginning Feb. 14 at 5-7 p.m. ET. The full TV schedule for the 9-day, 750-mile (1,200-km) race can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/ytnmfe. For detailed daily stage reports, photos and videos, check http://www.velonews.com and http://www.cyclingnews.com
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 11:45 Comment 174565
FFO of . email: @: You guys in Chicago may be freezing your tushes off, but look how lucky you are! Your going to be home to Campy USA. That's almost reason enough to forsake god's county. Almost. ---Colnago has jettisoned its U.S. distributor, Veltec Sports, and is launching its own subsidiary called Colnago America, Inc. According to sales manager Alex Colnago, this will be the first time the elite Italian framebuilder has had "full control over distribution, sales and marketing in North America. Now we will be able to offer more competitive prices, improved delivery and better service to our retailers and Colnago riders." The new facility will be in Chicago and a new website, http://www.colnagoamerica.com, is due online this week.
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 11:25 Comment 174564
FFO of . email: @: Second place works well for me.
Date: Thursday February 12th, 2009 11:19 Comment 174563
Terry in MN of email: @: First.

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