Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 189)

So here is today's upbeat and motivational thought (OK, maybe not the most motivational, but I really want to tell some folks I work with this):

"Give me enough time and bananas, and I  can train a chimp to do your job!" 

I may need the day off tomorrow more than I think  

Ok, manatees!  My tri clothes are here!  I know which one I'm leaning towards, but I'm curious what you all think: black or yellow?

SHe posted pics of herself! They are really cute. Also the photobomber.

Lighter colors tend to show race crud (snot, blood, sweat, salt, gu trickles, gatorade stains, etc.) and errrr ... highbeams.

Definitely black.  Normally I like a little more colour, but the black one just looks better with the shorts!  How's about some modelling pics?

Don't know if it made it past state/local news, but the town where I live had a close call today of almost Texas explosion intensity, but thankfully the response was quick and correct to keep the issue under control.  Something (pump?) malfunctioned when a worker was unloading a train tanker car of butane gas.  The man who was doing the unloading was badly burned and rushed to a burn center.  Thankfully the responding fire companies have a set protocol for dealing with problems at this site and had drilled for just such a disaster and the fire didn't escalate to an explosion or larger fire.  Over 150 firemen were there along with hazmat and medical responders.  They evacuated a nearby hospice and convenience store mandatorily, other evacuations were by choice.  Roads were shut down.  Thankfully no one else was seriously hurt and the responders knew exactly what they were doing.  Also thankful I live at the other end of town, as does Dad, so we were fine.  My brother lives a little closer to the incident area but was also within safe range.

I don't know if it was reporters being reporters and exaggerating to get better ratings, but they did say it had the potential to be a big a blast as what happened in Texas in the past month, and I'd be inclined to agree.  There were multiple rail car tankers of gas next to the one that was leaking and it could've been bad, very bad.

So here is today's upbeat and motivational thought (OK, maybe not the most motivational, but I really want to tell some folks I work with this):

"Give me enough time and bananas, and I  can train a chimp to do your job!" 

I may need the day off tomorrow more than I think  

Don't know if it made it past state/local news, but the town where I live had a close call today of almost Texas explosion intensity, but thankfully the response was quick and correct to keep the issue under control.  Something (pump?) malfunctioned when a worker was unloading a train tanker car of butane gas.  The man who was doing the unloading was badly burned and rushed to a burn center.  Thankfully the responding fire companies have a set protocol for dealing with problems at this site and had drilled for just such a disaster and the fire didn't escalate to an explosion or larger fire.  Over 150 firemen were there along with hazmat and medical responders.  They evacuated a nearby hospice and convenience store mandatorily, other evacuations were by choice.  Roads were shut down.  Thankfully no one else was seriously hurt and the responders knew exactly what they were doing.  Also thankful I live at the other end of town, as does Dad, so we were fine.  My brother lives a little closer to the incident area but was also within safe range.

I don't know if it was reporters being reporters and exaggerating to get better ratings, but they did say it had the potential to be a big a blast as what happened in Texas in the past month, and I'd be inclined to agree.  There were multiple rail car tankers of gas next to the one that was leaking and it could've been bad, very bad.

Definitely black.  Normally I like a little more colour, but the black one just looks better with the shorts!  How's about some modelling pics?

Agreed! 

Holy crap. So glad it got contained quickly and I hope the one fellow makes out okay. That much scarier when it's so close to home.

OK, this is completely unrelated to anything, but here goes. For many years, TW and I would have a 3rd of July party. Due to the fact that we got the 4th off (bankers hours) and then had to go back to work on the 5th, we decided that the 3rd gave us ample time to recover. So for a few years we did this and it got to be a bit uh, um, raucous. Or racy. Or out of control, I guess, depending on your outlook. More than one friend woke up with a hangover the next morning. Sometimes people lost stuff in the pool. And so on. Then a few years back we stopped having these. It probably coincided with me being a bit more attentive to my health. This year my intention is to awake early to go on a ride with the LBS at 6:45 am. I find it interesting how much life changes over time.

Enjoy your 3rd of July!

::sigh:: Ok.  Please ignore the poor quality of my pictures (blame DH for that) and how awful I look.

Have you tried them on?  How do they look on you?  Which one would you want to see in your race pictures?

SHe posted pics of herself! They are really cute. Also the photobomber.

Lighter colors tend to show race crud (snot, blood, sweat, salt, gu trickles, gatorade stains, etc.) and errrr ... highbeams.

SHe posted pics of herself! They are really cute. Also the photobomber.

Lighter colors tend to show race crud (snot, blood, sweat, salt, gu trickles, gatorade stains, etc.) and errrr ... highbeams.

So funny and true.  I am posting it to my log for a couple of days before Marine Corps so that I can find it again.    Almost spit my coffee out when he said a "visit from the gingerbread man"!!!