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 2016-05-18 12:20 PM in reply to: amd723 |
 1731     Denver, Colorado |  Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deuxOriginally posted by amd723 We had lots of storms come through last night. Unfortunately, an oak tree decided to lose one of its big limbs right on top of my fence, front edge of roof and on top of my car!! It is a big mess. Spending this morning contacting car insurance, HO insurance and tree people Oh gosh... I'm so sorry... That's really bad.... I hope it won't be too painful and won't take too much time. And $$. And frustration :/ |
| 2016-05-18 12:20 PM in reply to: Hot Runner |
| 1731 Denver, Colorado | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by Hot Runner Janyne can be in charge of the KoolAid, but I am in charge of the chocolate. I like that plan  |
| 2016-05-18 12:25 PM in reply to: amd723 |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by amd723 We had lots of storms come through last night. Unfortunately, an oak tree decided to lose one of its big limbs right on top of my fence, front edge of roof and on top of my car!! It is a big mess. Spending this morning contacting car insurance, HO insurance and tree people The first time I read this it was from a post where it was quoted and I read "face" rather than fence, so I'm glad it's just property damage Sux to deal with though. Bummer |
| 2016-05-18 12:27 PM in reply to: mcmanusclan5 |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 Originally posted by tomsimper I just wanted to say that I felt a little bit like a "hard core" runner today because it was dark and raining and I went for a run outside anyway This is something that I never ever thought that I would do, its funny how things change. The other day I got a text from K saying "I only had to do 3k this morning it hardly felt worth getting up for." This from the girl that 6 months ago bitched and moaned about how hard it was to run for 30 seconds and then walk for 2 minutes. ----- Stacey Awesome! Awesome! One of my favorite expressions from some of my special operations friends is, "I love the way this sucks!" It's one that I often repeat to myself - and it makes looking back on some experiences that could be considered grim a MUCH more enjoyable experience. Hard core can be fun! Congrats. Matt That's awesome! I'm going to remember that phrase!!!!!!!! |
| 2016-05-18 12:34 PM in reply to: rrrunner |
| 1731 Denver, Colorado | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 Originally posted by tomsimper I just wanted to say that I felt a little bit like a "hard core" runner today because it was dark and raining and I went for a run outside anyway This is something that I never ever thought that I would do, its funny how things change. The other day I got a text from K saying "I only had to do 3k this morning it hardly felt worth getting up for." This from the girl that 6 months ago bitched and moaned about how hard it was to run for 30 seconds and then walk for 2 minutes. ----- Stacey Awesome! Awesome! One of my favorite expressions from some of my special operations friends is, "I love the way this sucks!" It's one that I often repeat to myself - and it makes looking back on some experiences that could be considered grim a MUCH more enjoyable experience. Hard core can be fun! Congrats. Matt That's awesome! I'm going to remember that phrase!!!!!!!! THANK YOU for highlighting this TJ, as I have no idea how to make bold (and was going to mention the same thing - I love that phrase haha) |
| 2016-05-18 1:04 PM in reply to: 0 |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux
Originally posted by melbo55 Originally posted by jmkizer Originally posted by ceilidh Originally posted by melbo55 Originally posted by jmkizer Who here is participating in the Save the Manatees 5k virtual race this weekend? Manatee Melbo, in! Manatee Robin, in! Great! That makes at least three of us! For some crazy reason, last night I was dreaming about the virtual race and the manatee group. Janyne was there for sure, and I remember Ann-Marie making some sort of map with red strings connecting the manatees who are doing the race by state or town so we could see who was doing the race and how far away they were (or some reason, I'm not 100% sure). I know other manatees were there, too, but the dream is a little fuzzy. I mainly remember the crazy string map! Weird. hahaha, that's funny!! I am developing my photo editing skills, so that map thong isn't totally out of the question, although it would be computer generated string Edited by amd723 2016-05-18 1:05 PM |
| 2016-05-18 1:13 PM in reply to: jmkizer |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by jmkizer Originally posted by amd723 We had lots of storms come through last night. Unfortunately, an oak tree decided to lose one of its big limbs right on top of my fence, front edge of roof and on top of my car!! It is a big mess. Spending this morning contacting car insurance, HO insurance and tree people Oh no! I'm glad that you are OK but really sorry about the other damage. Did Gunnar do OK? he was outside when the tree came down. He then came inside before I could get out and looked at me with an expression that I interpreted as, " you're notgoing to believe what just happened. I didn't do it". |
| 2016-05-18 1:15 PM in reply to: cdban66 |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by jmkizer Originally posted by amd723 We had lots of storms come through last night. Unfortunately, an oak tree decided to lose one of its big limbs right on top of my fence, front edge of roof and on top of my car!! It is a big mess. Spending this morning contacting car insurance, HO insurance and tree people Oh no! I'm glad that you are OK but really sorry about the other damage. Did Gunnar do OK? Ouch, I hope you and Gunnar are both ok. Things can be replaced, although the process is never fun yes, it could have been a lot worse. Dealing with 2 insurance companies, a tree company and roofers is a PITA, but it will pass! |
| 2016-05-18 1:18 PM in reply to: amd723 |
Veteran 2842 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux PSA - don't go onto Strava and look at the Fitness & Freshness curve until you are at least 3 months back into training. And definitely do not select "All Time" as the interval period. Matt (good thing I really like spending time in my garage!) |
| 2016-05-18 1:19 PM in reply to: amd723 |
Veteran 2842 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by jmkizer Originally posted by amd723 We had lots of storms come through last night. Unfortunately, an oak tree decided to lose one of its big limbs right on top of my fence, front edge of roof and on top of my car!! It is a big mess. Spending this morning contacting car insurance, HO insurance and tree people Oh no! I'm glad that you are OK but really sorry about the other damage. Did Gunnar do OK? he was outside when the tree came down. He then came inside before I could get out and looked at me with an expression that I interpreted as, " you're notgoing to believe what just happened. I didn't do it". Cracks me up when they get that guilty look for something totally unrelated to their behavior. |
| 2016-05-18 1:23 PM in reply to: amd723 |
Pro 6520 Bellingham, WA | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by jmkizer Originally posted by amd723 We had lots of storms come through last night. Unfortunately, an oak tree decided to lose one of its big limbs right on top of my fence, front edge of roof and on top of my car!! It is a big mess. Spending this morning contacting car insurance, HO insurance and tree people Oh no! I'm glad that you are OK but really sorry about the other damage. Did Gunnar do OK? Ouch, I hope you and Gunnar are both ok. Things can be replaced, although the process is never fun yes, it could have been a lot worse. Dealing with 2 insurance companies, a tree company and roofers is a PITA, but it will pass! You are so right that it could have been worse. There were several fatalities earlier this Spring in the region from storms and falling trees. Glad to hear you and your family are OK. We get a lot of very windy, stormy weather here (usually in the late Fall) and on those days I stay off the trails. It is scary to see the huge limbs and trunks laying on the trails after the storms.
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| 2016-05-18 1:30 PM in reply to: 0 |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by popsracer Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by jmkizer Originally posted by amd723 We had lots of storms come through last night. Unfortunately, an oak tree decided to lose one of its big limbs right on top of my fence, front edge of roof and on top of my car!! It is a big mess. Spending this morning contacting car insurance, HO insurance and tree people Oh no! I'm glad that you are OK but really sorry about the other damage. Did Gunnar do OK? Ouch, I hope you and Gunnar are both ok. Things can be replaced, although the process is never fun yes, it could have been a lot worse. Dealing with 2 insurance companies, a tree company and roofers is a PITA, but it will pass! You are so right that it could have been worse. There were several fatalities earlier this Spring in the region from storms and falling trees. Glad to hear you and your family are OK. We get a lot of very windy, stormy weather here (usually in the late Fall) and on those days I stay off the trails. It is scary to see the huge limbs and trunks laying on the trails after the storms.
it is scary. i live in a neighborhood with lots of big, old oak trees, some of them are laurel oaks which have life spans shorter than live oaks and have a habit of falling down! No one is supposed to plant laurel oaks any more b/c of that. Another family had one come through their roof into their LR last night, so I can't complain too much. i sent my tree guy to my next door neighbor because one of her trees looks bad too and it will fall on my house. Thankfully, she agreed to have it taken down tomorrow when mine gets cleaned up. Edited by amd723 2016-05-18 1:34 PM |
| 2016-05-18 1:47 PM in reply to: marysia83 |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by marysia83 Originally posted by rrrunner THANK YOU for highlighting this TJ, as I have no idea how to make bold (and was going to mention the same thing - I love that phrase haha) Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 Originally posted by tomsimper I just wanted to say that I felt a little bit like a "hard core" runner today because it was dark and raining and I went for a run outside anyway This is something that I never ever thought that I would do, its funny how things change. The other day I got a text from K saying "I only had to do 3k this morning it hardly felt worth getting up for." This from the girl that 6 months ago bitched and moaned about how hard it was to run for 30 seconds and then walk for 2 minutes. ----- Stacey Awesome! Awesome! One of my favorite expressions from some of my special operations friends is, "I love the way this sucks!" It's one that I often repeat to myself - and it makes looking back on some experiences that could be considered grim a MUCH more enjoyable experience. Hard core can be fun! Congrats. Matt That's awesome! I'm going to remember that phrase!!!!!!!! Try this: Highlight the words with the cursor that you want bold, Press ctrl+b tada!!!!!! (ctrl+I gives you italic) |
| 2016-05-18 2:07 PM in reply to: rrrunner |
| 1731 Denver, Colorado | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by marysia83 Originally posted by rrrunner THANK YOU for highlighting this TJ, as I have no idea how to make bold (and was going to mention the same thing - I love that phrase haha) Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 Originally posted by tomsimper I just wanted to say that I felt a little bit like a "hard core" runner today because it was dark and raining and I went for a run outside anyway This is something that I never ever thought that I would do, its funny how things change. The other day I got a text from K saying "I only had to do 3k this morning it hardly felt worth getting up for." This from the girl that 6 months ago bitched and moaned about how hard it was to run for 30 seconds and then walk for 2 minutes. ----- Stacey Awesome! Awesome! One of my favorite expressions from some of my special operations friends is, "I love the way this sucks!" It's one that I often repeat to myself - and it makes looking back on some experiences that could be considered grim a MUCH more enjoyable experience. Hard core can be fun! Congrats. Matt That's awesome! I'm going to remember that phrase!!!!!!!! Try this: Highlight the words with the cursor that you want bold, Press ctrl+b tada!!!!!! (ctrl+I gives you italic) Oh... just like the normal way... I though there was some fancy html code you had to enter.... Gracie!! |
| 2016-05-18 3:21 PM in reply to: amd723 |
| Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by jmkizer Originally posted by amd723 We had lots of storms come through last night. Unfortunately, an oak tree decided to lose one of its big limbs right on top of my fence, front edge of roof and on top of my car!! It is a big mess. Spending this morning contacting car insurance, HO insurance and tree people Oh no! I'm glad that you are OK but really sorry about the other damage. Did Gunnar do OK? he was outside when the tree came down. He then came inside before I could get out and looked at me with an expression that I interpreted as, " you're notgoing to believe what just happened. I didn't do it". Great news that Gunnar is OK (and you, naturally) and not traumatized or scared, just scared of getting in trouble for knocking the tree over! |
| 2016-05-18 8:49 PM in reply to: melbo55 |
Master 4452 | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Ann-Marie, sorry to hear about your tree damage. Glad that you and Gunnar are okay--I know the face you mean Chris, I keep meaning to ask about the 'pie' on your Strava posts. Is it a park? Is the circumference of each piece about 6km? |
| 2016-05-19 6:44 AM in reply to: 0 |
Master 6834 Englewood, Florida | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by IronOx Ann-Marie, sorry to hear about your tree damage. Glad that you and Gunnar are okay--I know the face you mean Chris, I keep meaning to ask about the 'pie' on your Strava posts. Is it a park? Is the circumference of each piece about 6km? The pie is a neighborhood named Rotonda West. Built in the 70's, it is one of the original "master-planned" communities and never truly lived up to the original idea, although it has some great amenities. The "Pac-man" loop route that I used for 100 Miles of Nowhere last year is 10+ miles. Each spoke is about 1.1 miles (a pie slice is 2.2ish), give or take. Rotonda was never completed, due to $$$ and is missing one of the "pie pieces" and is not a full circle, thus the pac-man appearance on Strava. In other interesting Rotonda West/Manatee trivia, at least 2 (and a third was within a mile or 2 of it during a race) other manatees have been there, or very close to there. Care to guess who those may be? I may have a prize for the winner! Edited by cdban66 2016-05-19 6:47 AM (100MoN.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 100MoN.jpg (76KB - 4 downloads) |
| 2016-05-19 6:56 AM in reply to: cdban66 |
Master 8247 Eugene, Oregon Bronze member | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Goodness, that looks about as tedious as where I ride outside here (on the rare occasions that I do so). Mine is a 4-mile loop around an industrial park. Light industry (mostly garment assembly and the like) and some landscaping so it's not quite as horrible as it sounds, but it's definitely not thrill a minute! That's pretty much the ONLY place I ride outside here, except for the occasional MTB joyride through surrounding villages. Really, really looking forward to getting home to Oregon and getting in some training in enjoyable surroundings that doesn't require flirting with heat exhaustion! Plus maybe, once in a while, getting in a ride with other people. |
| 2016-05-19 6:56 AM in reply to: cdban66 |
Champion 14677 Bronze member | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by IronOx Ann-Marie, sorry to hear about your tree damage. Glad that you and Gunnar are okay--I know the face you mean Chris, I keep meaning to ask about the 'pie' on your Strava posts. Is it a park? Is the circumference of each piece about 6km? The pie is a neighborhood named Rotonda West. Built in the 70's, it is one of the original "master-planned" communities and never truly lived up to the original idea, although it has some great amenities. The "Pac-man" loop route that I used for 100 Miles of Nowhere last year is 10+ miles. Each spoke is about 1.1 miles (a pie slice is 2.2ish), give or take. Rotonda was never completed, due to $$$ and is missing one of the "pie pieces" and is not a full circle, thus the pac-man appearance on Strava. In other interesting Rotonda West/Manatee trivia, at least 2 (and a third was within a mile or 2 of it during a race) other manatees have been there, or very close to there. Care to guess who those may be? I may have a prize for the winner! Hah.. Of course south west Fla is a place for gathering Manatees. I was there when it was built. It is the first place I was ever on a motorcycle. Going up and down one piece of the pie like I was in Easy Rider. |
| 2016-05-19 7:06 AM in reply to: ceilidh |
Master 6834 Englewood, Florida | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by ceilidh Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by IronOx Ann-Marie, sorry to hear about your tree damage. Glad that you and Gunnar are okay--I know the face you mean Chris, I keep meaning to ask about the 'pie' on your Strava posts. Is it a park? Is the circumference of each piece about 6km? The pie is a neighborhood named Rotonda West. Built in the 70's, it is one of the original "master-planned" communities and never truly lived up to the original idea, although it has some great amenities. The "Pac-man" loop route that I used for 100 Miles of Nowhere last year is 10+ miles. Each spoke is about 1.1 miles (a pie slice is 2.2ish), give or take. Rotonda was never completed, due to $$$ and is missing one of the "pie pieces" and is not a full circle, thus the pac-man appearance on Strava. In other interesting Rotonda West/Manatee trivia, at least 2 (and a third was within a mile or 2 of it during a race) other manatees have been there, or very close to there. Care to guess who those may be? I may have a prize for the winner! Hah.. Of course south west Fla is a place for gathering Manatees. I was there when it was built. It is the first place I was ever on a motorcycle. Going up and down one piece of the pie like I was in Easy Rider. Oh crap, that's right!!! I have to amend my challenge to say that there are at least 3 (myself not included) other Manatees that have been there, with a 4th racing nearby. I am ashamed of myself, I've had a number of convo's with Robin about her past and my current hometown of Englewood. |
| 2016-05-19 7:14 AM in reply to: Hot Runner |
Master 6834 Englewood, Florida | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by Hot Runner Goodness, that looks about as tedious as where I ride outside here (on the rare occasions that I do so). Mine is a 4-mile loop around an industrial park. Light industry (mostly garment assembly and the like) and some landscaping so it's not quite as horrible as it sounds, but it's definitely not thrill a minute! That's pretty much the ONLY place I ride outside here, except for the occasional MTB joyride through surrounding villages. Really, really looking forward to getting home to Oregon and getting in some training in enjoyable surroundings that doesn't require flirting with heat exhaustion! Plus maybe, once in a while, getting in a ride with other people. Tedious seems to be one of the goals of 100MoN. If you ever get the chance, I highly suggest something like this. It gave me pause and really made me think. Not just this ride, but any chance to give to others is a good thing. |
| 2016-05-19 8:31 AM in reply to: cdban66 |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by cdban66 Can I guess?Originally posted by ceilidh Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by IronOx Ann-Marie, sorry to hear about your tree damage. Glad that you and Gunnar are okay--I know the face you mean Chris, I keep meaning to ask about the 'pie' on your Strava posts. Is it a park? Is the circumference of each piece about 6km? The pie is a neighborhood named Rotonda West. Built in the 70's, it is one of the original "master-planned" communities and never truly lived up to the original idea, although it has some great amenities. The "Pac-man" loop route that I used for 100 Miles of Nowhere last year is 10+ miles. Each spoke is about 1.1 miles (a pie slice is 2.2ish), give or take. Rotonda was never completed, due to $$$ and is missing one of the "pie pieces" and is not a full circle, thus the pac-man appearance on Strava. In other interesting Rotonda West/Manatee trivia, at least 2 (and a third was within a mile or 2 of it during a race) other manatees have been there, or very close to there. Care to guess who those may be? I may have a prize for the winner! Hah.. Of course south west Fla is a place for gathering Manatees. I was there when it was built. It is the first place I was ever on a motorcycle. Going up and down one piece of the pie like I was in Easy Rider. Oh crap, that's right!!! I have to amend my challenge to say that there are at least 3 (myself not included) other Manatees that have been there, with a 4th racing nearby. I am ashamed of myself, I've had a number of convo's with Robin about her past and my current hometown of Englewood. |
| 2016-05-19 8:34 AM in reply to: amd723 |
Master 6834 Englewood, Florida | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by cdban66 Can I guess? Originally posted by ceilidh Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by IronOx Ann-Marie, sorry to hear about your tree damage. Glad that you and Gunnar are okay--I know the face you mean Chris, I keep meaning to ask about the 'pie' on your Strava posts. Is it a park? Is the circumference of each piece about 6km? The pie is a neighborhood named Rotonda West. Built in the 70's, it is one of the original "master-planned" communities and never truly lived up to the original idea, although it has some great amenities. The "Pac-man" loop route that I used for 100 Miles of Nowhere last year is 10+ miles. Each spoke is about 1.1 miles (a pie slice is 2.2ish), give or take. Rotonda was never completed, due to $$$ and is missing one of the "pie pieces" and is not a full circle, thus the pac-man appearance on Strava. In other interesting Rotonda West/Manatee trivia, at least 2 (and a third was within a mile or 2 of it during a race) other manatees have been there, or very close to there. Care to guess who those may be? I may have a prize for the winner! Hah.. Of course south west Fla is a place for gathering Manatees. I was there when it was built. It is the first place I was ever on a motorcycle. Going up and down one piece of the pie like I was in Easy Rider. Oh crap, that's right!!! I have to amend my challenge to say that there are at least 3 (myself not included) other Manatees that have been there, with a 4th racing nearby. I am ashamed of myself, I've had a number of convo's with Robin about her past and my current hometown of Englewood. Guess them all!
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| 2016-05-19 8:37 AM in reply to: #5176537 |
Master 4452 | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Okay I'll play. I guess Robin, Ann-Marie, TJ and Janyne. But I dunno which have been and which was only close. |
| 2016-05-19 8:39 AM in reply to: IronOx |
Master 6834 Englewood, Florida | Subject: RE: Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux Originally posted by IronOx Okay I'll play. I guess Robin, Ann-Marie, TJ and Janyne. But I dunno which have been and which was only close. 3 outta 4! |
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