Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 285)

Originally posted by Asalzwed

Yessssssssss welcome to the dark side

Originally posted by 4agoodlife

Ever have a giggle/wtf moment with a total stranger?

After yoga yesterday, I was the last one out as I was checking with DH whether he was coming in for a lunch session.  As I'm walking out the class door, one of the yoga women comes in looking all worried. She asks if I saw anyone leave with a purse. No, I hadn't...but there were only six of us in class. She says she tucked it away and wouldn't have been easy to grab, but just can't find it. Says she'll just check with the desk. I haven't said much except I hadn't seen anyone leave with a purse. Most of this two minutes has been her wringing her hands and wondering what on earth could have happened. As she turns towards the door I ask, "Is the purse your looking for like the one on your shoulder?" She looks down does an OMG face and we both crack up.

I was still giggling when I told DH about it last night. Just nice to know I'm not the only crazy one sometimes. 

 

Originally posted by Asalzwed

All I know is that any one of those + me = utter chaos. You see what happens in my RRs and whatnot when I'm behaving myself and getting ready for a race. Eeks. 

Originally posted by switch

Lol!

This would explain my gin aversion. Me, 16, 1/5th of Tanqueray, NYC.  Really, really bad combo.  Can't even smell it now. Still.

Originally posted by rrrunner

I thought of you the other day. My cousin "liked" the People of the Iowa State Fair on FaceBook and the pictures were... very Iowa . I thought of you not because you are similar to those pix but because of our ISF discussion awhile back. Yeah, People of Walmart has nothing on the People of the ISF  (I'm an Iowegian by birth)

Originally posted by cdban66

Gotta tell you, the Jack statement earlier made me smile. I played in a cover band for too long to drink high end stuff. Jack and Coke or beer if the patrons were buying. Although now it is Jack and Diet. Currently I am enjoying a Bud Light Lime, but this whole discussion is pushing me in another direction.

And don't anyone shoot me about the BL. I rode home in 95ish weather. Sunny and sweaty means light and refreshing at the end.

Originally posted by Asalzwed

Uhhh to steal some great words, I try not to get highfalutin about stuff unless I have to  I drank a miller high life just days ago.

You are at home with a beer and I'm sitting at my desk with coffee 

Originally posted by Richardsdrr I'm a vodka man, but really struggle with tequila, I instantly gag as soon as I smell it.

Originally posted by switch That's right!!! You had the awesome fair hook up! 

OMG, there should totally be a People of the ISF image gallery.  Oh wait, no, no, there shouldn't.

Come for the food, stay for the freaks! --  I submit it every year for the fair moto, but, alas, they never pick it.

Originally posted by Asalzwed

Uhhh to steal some great words, I try not to get highfalutin about stuff unless I have to  I drank a miller high life just days ago.

You are at home with a beer and I'm sitting at my desk with coffee 

Originally posted by rrrunner

And you sit at your desk with coffee while I sit at mine with... water

Originally posted by rrrunner

And you sit at your desk with coffee while I sit at mine with... water

Originally posted by cdban66

Her's probably ain't that crap from the lunch room like the rest of us get either. WTH is she whining about?????

Originally posted by Asalzwed

You are right. I do complain a lot. 

 

I'm cleaning out my desk getting ready to move. THAT is exciting. Looks like perhaps September 16

Originally posted by cdban66

Yeah right, you complain at about the same rate that I eat vegetables.

NEW JOB!!!!!!!! Congratulations again.

Originally posted by Asalzwed

You are right. I do complain a lot. 

 

I'm cleaning out my desk getting ready to move. THAT is exciting. Looks like perhaps September 16

Originally posted by rrrunner Where is Yanti with her antonyms when we need her

Originally posted by brigby1

It's the gap between the big and small ring that is likely to limit you, at 16T. So with a 39 small, that would be a 55 big ring. That would take you from 52 mph to 53.9. You're not actually going to feel that difference. I'd rather keep it lower so that I wasn't shifting between the two rings so much. Thinking you can get more out of learning to spin better for going really fast.  I know you spin high on normal pacing (at or just over 100?), but how much higher can you go (in control)? I can usually go something like 140 to a bit over 150 (I run out of hill before going higher), and have gone over 190 before. I know it sounds fun, but you'd really be sacrificing some in a more usable range. And I know the feeling, but there is no reason a bigger ring would make you faster on the flats.

Don't go smaller than 11 for the rear cog. There are 10's available, but not all derailleurs can handle them and with their small size they get less efficient. Enough that it can become noticeable.

With hills like that around, I'd be looking at another gear or two. I normally use an 11-23 in back because there isn't anything really substantial in the near area. I have an 11-28 that I'll switch in for the big rides I post. Those I have to drive to.

Originally posted by Richardsdrr I'll be tapping you up for some advice over the next few days. Yep, took the plunge today, had to celebrate? 10 months off the cigs somehow, and a Cuban wasn't gonna cut it. Oh, and for the person who asked how we fund our training, mine was funded by giving up the cigs. Saved me £35.00 per week, but I think I managed to spend £70 per week ((?))

Originally posted by 4agoodlife

BAAAAAD rum and coke/bachelorette party experience 14 years ago that may or may not have included flashing, streaking, pizza and the bathroom floor.  Finally tried another one this year.