Perfect date

Claire Petersky said:

Dinner at Malay Satay Hut. Then we spent an hour (and $200, as it
turned out) at the LBS.

A nosh and some swag? Perfection indeed.

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Dinner at Malay Satay Hut. Then we spent an hour (and $200, as it turned
out) at the LBS.

My first date with my wife was the Seattle Bike Expo, followed by food,
followed by a ride, followed by more food and good beer.

Then I went to her place and found her bikes stored in the living room
and her miter box stored in the dining room, and I was hooked.

She even had a tandem that fit me ;-)

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Claire wrote -

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Dinner at Malay Satay Hut. Then we spent an hour (and $200, as it turned
out) at the LBS.

Sunday lunch with the family out at the local restaurant (LR ?) where the
food is good but sometimes slow to arrive is a bit of a tradition round
here - especially if the kids have consulted my rides schedule and seen
anything in excess of 100 clicks called for that morning.

The kids used to be happy sketching with the crayons the LR provided - until
they learned to figure when the endorphin levels will be high enough to
progress negotiations for something to do with some computer game/thing that
they would like but which might otherwise have not survived in the
appropriations committee or have trouble getting past the commander in chief
(Mrs Price).

And I confess to occasionally slipping out to the LBS which, as it happens,
is right next to the LR and open on a Sunday would you believe just to pick
up a spare tube or whatever - trick is to make it back before anything gets
served - so slow service is not always a desperately bad thing.

best, Andrew

"...her miter box stored in the dining room...."

I don't get this reference, but I *am* now curious. --Roy Zipris

Claire Petersky said:

Dinner at Malay Satay Hut. Then we spent an hour (and $200, as it

turned

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out) at the LBS.

Mine:
2 hrs of riding, followed by a picnic high on a hillside, followed by a
snooze in the sun, followed by another hour of riding.

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Roy said:

"...her miter box stored in the dining room...."

I don't get this reference, but I *am* now curious.

It's a TOOL!! Usually used to cut crown moulding to fit the corners of
the ceiling or floor. (BTDT) I think frame builders have them as well,
to cut nice clean precise angles on frame tubes.

HTH
--Karen M.

the living room? Road bike, antique bike, sousaphone, euphonium,
butterfly chair, two sleepy cats

Veloise said:

Roy said:

"...her miter box stored in the dining room...."

I don't get this reference, but I *am* now curious.

It's a TOOL!! Usually used to cut crown moulding to fit the corners of
the ceiling or floor. (BTDT) I think frame builders have them as well,
to cut nice clean precise angles on frame tubes.

HTH
--Karen M.

the living room? Road bike, antique bike, sousaphone, euphonium,
butterfly chair, two sleepy cats

sousaphone? LOL. Got an extra 50 sq. ft of floor space you'd loan me?

A woman who knows tools is cool, IMHO. One of the most interesting (to me)
women I know is one of my sisters-in-law: both she and I are electrical
engineers. Mucho importante stuff to discuss together!

Michael said:

sousaphone? LOL. Got an extra 50 sq. ft of floor space you'd loan

me?

Place it upright on the bottom bow, bell leaning flat against the wall.
Takes less space than a chair, or half a bike.

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A woman who knows tools is cool, IMHO. One of the most interesting

(to me)

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women I know is one of my sisters-in-law: both she and I are

electrical

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engineers. Mucho importante stuff to discuss together!

I also have a socket set, a cordless drill (**not** a pink one!!) and a
PA system.

HAND!

--Karen M.
knows how to use 'em!

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My first date with my wife was the Seattle Bike Expo,

followed by food,

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followed by a ride, followed by more food and good beer.

Then I went to her place and found her bikes stored in the

living room

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and her miter box stored in the dining room, and I was

hooked.

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She even had a tandem that fit me ;-)

Hmm -- was this one of those Viewpoint tandems where the
(upright) captain is in the back, and can kiss the (recumbent)
stoker up front? Or did you get that later?

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My first date with my wife was the Seattle Bike Expo, followed by food,
followed by a ride, followed by more food and good beer.

Then I went to her place and found her bikes stored in the living room
and her miter box stored in the dining room, and I was hooked.

does she have a sister with similar predelictions?

Andrew Price said:

Sunday lunch with the family out at the local restaurant (LR ?) where

the

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food is good but sometimes slow to arrive is a bit of a tradition

round

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here - especially if the kids have consulted my rides schedule and

seen

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anything in excess of 100 clicks called for that morning.

My favorite date is a Sunday at the spa. Facial, manicure, pedicure
and topped by a full body massage. Now that is heaven.
See what happens when your kids grow up. You finally have some "ME"
time and it makes the perfect date.
All Good things,
Maggie.
Finally with some "ALONE" time.

"Claire Petersky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Dinner at Malay Satay Hut. Then we spent an hour (and $200, as it turned
out) at the LBS.

1. A ride on the tandem with JMW-500's full of strong coffee in the water
bottle holders.
2. Riding to a place with northern style Chinese breakfast, eating
jellyfish, green onion pancakes, xiao long bao, and you-tiao.
3. Riding home
4. Sex

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Dinner at Malay Satay Hut. Then we spent an hour (and $200, as it turned
out) at the LBS.

My first date with my wife was the Seattle Bike Expo, followed by food,
followed by a ride, followed by more food and good beer.

Then I went to her place and found her bikes stored in the living room
and her miter box stored in the dining room, and I was hooked.

I had a girlfriend once that was really into tools and building. She wanted
a soldering iron for her birthday.

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She even had a tandem that fit me ;-)

But did she let you be the captain?

Dennis said:

does she have a sister with similar predelictions?

Or a brother?

--Karen M.
has a Counterpoint too

Steven M. Scharf said:

I had a girlfriend once that was really into tools and building. She wanted
a soldering iron for her birthday.

Careful - those things do a passable job of branding (a whole lot more
effective than a wedding ring)!!!

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $695 ti frame

Claire Petersky said:

Dinner at Malay Satay Hut. Then we spent an hour (and $200, as it turned
out) at the LBS.

http://www.malaysatayhut.com/menu.cfm

Mmmmm, Buddhist Yam pot and Hokkien Mee. I really need to go hassle
my coworker Todd about going out to lunch there again. I haven't been
in a while. Did you stop at Regent Bakery for chinese pastry for dessert?

The Performance shop is okay. The guys are fairly nice, and reasonably
knowledgable. They're no Recycled Cycles, but I stop there if I need
bits and bobs or they have a good bargain.

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and
art into pedantry. Hence University education. -- G. B. Shaw

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She even had a tandem that fit me ;-)

But did she let you be the captain?

Actually, yes, but she still rides in front.

It's a Bilenky Viewpoint, she captains when her daughter is
stoker, I captain when she's the stoker -- amazingly adjustable
machine.

Not to mention the unique benefit of the upright/recumbent
combination, the captain and stoker can actually kiss while
riding.

(For those who don't know the Viewpoint, see
http://phred.org/~josh/photo/family/4ontandem.jpg No, she's not
fat in that picture, she's early in her third trimester of
carrying twins.)

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<http://www.phred.org/~josh/>
Updated Bicycle Touring Books List:
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Steven M. Scharf said:

I had a girlfriend once that was really into tools and building. She

wanted

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a soldering iron for her birthday.

Did she tell you WHY????

Maggie :-)

If it looks like a monkey, smells like a monkey, acts like a monkey, it
probably is an ex-boyfriend.

Joshua Putnam said:

Not to mention the unique benefit of the upright/recumbent
combination, the captain and stoker can actually kiss while
riding.

Same with my tandem... though it's hard to get the lipstick off my
shorts. ;-)

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $695 ti frame