Had me a real good time

Maggie said:

The ride is over, I made it. (Barely). I sprained my ankle because I
was not paying attention to what I was doing. (As usual).

I am absoultely exhausted today. Had a fabulous birthday. Got lots

of

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pretty presents. My brother is taking me to the Rolling Stones

Concert

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as my gift. And I have tickets to Vegas. My kids bought me a new
dishwasher.

So, I finished 25 miles (slowly) and I HAD ME A REAL GOOD TIME. Met
alot of wonderful people. I'm tired. And my desk is piled high with
work. Hope you all had a great weekend too.

Love,
MAGGIE

Happy Birthday, Maggie! I'm glad you had a good time on the ride...now
when is the next one?

Beverly

Maggie said:

The ride is over, I made it. (Barely). I sprained my ankle because I
was not paying attention to what I was doing. (As usual).

I am absoultely exhausted today. Had a fabulous birthday. Got lots of
pretty presents. My brother is taking me to the Rolling Stones Concert
as my gift. And I have tickets to Vegas. My kids bought me a new
dishwasher.

So, I finished 25 miles (slowly) and I HAD ME A REAL GOOD TIME. Met
alot of wonderful people. I'm tired. And my desk is piled high with
work. Hope you all had a great weekend too.

Love,
MAGGIE

HAD ME A REAL GOOD TIME
(Ron Wood, Rod Stewart & Ronnie Lane)

Steady all day!
Thought I was lookin' good
So I cycled 'cross the neighbourhood

On my way home I happened to fall off my bicycle, good party
Ooh hoo, ha ha, yeah

I was glad to come, but I was also glad to get home, yeah
Ooh hoo

How did you sprain your ankle? How long did it take you to finish?
Glad you had fun.

--
Roy Owen

Keep the leather side up,
and the rubber side down.

Beverly said:

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Happy Birthday, Maggie! I'm glad you had a good time on the

ride...now

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when is the next one?

Beverly

Hi Beverly,

I am going to see what is going on around here as far as charity rides.

Thanks for the Happy Birthday. Another year older and deeper in debt.
;-)

I signed up for another charity walk. The challenge walk...it takes 3
days. I have all summer to get in shape. It is from Virginia into
Washington DC. One of my closest friends lives in Virginia and I will
stay with her and walk with her.

When I visit her, we always go into D.C. We have another friend who has
an apartment in DC. She has her bike hanging right next to her door and
she commutes around DC by bike. She is a lawyer. We graduated HS
together. The last time I saw her I thought she was nuts commuting by
bike in that city, but now I understand it.

I can't find any charity bike rides coming up. I will have to keep
looking. My best bet is to join some type of cycling club in this area
so I know what is going on and where. Anyone on the NG know of any
rides in Jersey coming up in the summer?

Maggie

Roy Owen said:

How did you sprain your ankle?

It is so stupid, I'd rather forget about it. I wasn't even on my bike.

Maggie

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Roy Owen said:

How did you sprain your ankle?

It is so stupid, I'd rather forget about it. I wasn't even on my bike.

As someone with notoriously weak ankles, I am very sympathetic. You should
know that riding your bike will strengthen the muscles all around the joint,
and your ankles will be stronger if you ride a lot.

I had problems with my ankle over the weekend, made worse by dancing Friday
night, such that all day Saturday I was taking pain relievers, and I don't
do drugs unless desperate. But a long ride on Sunday, and I was cured, no
joke.

--
Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/
See the books I've set free at:
http://bookcrossing.com/referr­al/Cpetersky

Claire Petersky said:

I had problems with my ankle over the weekend, made worse by dancing

Friday

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night, such that all day Saturday I was taking pain relievers, and I

don't

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do drugs unless desperate. But a long ride on Sunday, and I was

cured, no

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joke.

I have had a problem with my ankle since I was in high school. My
ambitions when I was a young dreamer were to become a dancer and a
writer. (Also to live in a loft in Paris)

Only the writing part has come to life (recently) with a few
publications under my belt.

I certainly did not follow the poetic soul of Jim Morrison to Paris.

Anyway, I ripped a ligament in my ankle and my dancing ended at the
young age of 16. Since then that ankle has always been weak. I have
been on crutches too many times to count.

I was told that cycling could strengthen my ankle so I know what you
mean.

I sprained my ankle at the REST STOP getting a granola bar. It was
ridiculous. Only I could get hurt at the rest stop. It was a humbling
experience to say the least. I guess I had been feeling too full of
myself as I was riding. Karma at work.

Maggie.

Realms of bliss
Realms of light
Some are born to sweet delight
Some are born to sweet delight
Some are born to the endless night
-Jim Morrison

Maggie said:

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How did you sprain your ankle?

It is so stupid, I'd rather forget about it. I wasn't even on my bike.

You appear to get hurt frequently when NOT on your bike.

I recommend you spend more time on your bike. It's the only way to
avoid additional injuries in the future.

Rich

P.S. Congratulations on finishing the 25 miles.

Rich said:

You appear to get hurt frequently when NOT on your bike.

That is because I am always yammering away chatting with someone and
not paying attention to what I am doing. You would think it would be
easy to get from a bike to a granola bar.

When I am on the bike I actually have to concentrate.

I realize, I talk too much. As you can tell by the way I post.

I've never been accused of being shy OR sane. ;-)

Maggie
What a crazy lady
She's fabulous, so sensuous
She's marvelous, I'm delirious, it's serious
Kinda dangerous, What a crazy lady
-Rod Stewart

Maggie,

Glad you had a good ride. Sorry about your ankle.

I have an ankle story.

I got hit by a car about 2 1/2 years ago. It was pretty bad. Lots of
serious injuries. Among them a broken ankle. I have all kinds of titanium
parts now. Anyway, I bounced back pretty fast. About six months after the
accident I was planning to attempt a mountainous full century. I'd been
training hard and it was going well. The night before, I had to mend a
fence ( I have a small farm). I had to drive a stake into the ground to
brace a gate post. I took a big swing with a sledgehammer. The head hit
the stake and glanced off. That changed the trajectory just enough to send
it squarely into the ankle I had broken. It was awful. I was writhing in
pain on the ground. I thought sure I'd broken the ankle. I was way out in
a field and a couple hundred yards from the house and figured I was gonna
have to crawl for help.

Well, after a few minutes the pain started to subside and I was able to get
up and start limping. Then I thought, well, this isn't hurting so bad. I
started to walk almost normally. I soaked it in the tub that night. The
next morning it was swollen, but it didn't hurt that bad. I ended up doing
that century in just under 5 hours which was the best I'd ever done it. I
was the 5th one finished ... and I'm not normally a climber. I think that
whack must have released some serious adrenaline or something. I couldn't
believe I was able to walk, much less do a ride like that.

When I finished, that foot looked fine. Fifteen minutes later, it looked
awful and I could hardly get a regular shoe on it for the drive home.

--
Bob C.

"Of course it hurts. The trick is not minding that it hurts."
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)
"Maggie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The ride is over, I made it. (Barely). I sprained my ankle because I
was not paying attention to what I was doing. (As usual).

I am absoultely exhausted today. Had a fabulous birthday. Got lots of
pretty presents. My brother is taking me to the Rolling Stones Concert
as my gift. And I have tickets to Vegas. My kids bought me a new
dishwasher.

So, I finished 25 miles (slowly) and I HAD ME A REAL GOOD TIME. Met
alot of wonderful people. I'm tired. And my desk is piled high with
work. Hope you all had a great weekend too.

Love,
MAGGIE

HAD ME A REAL GOOD TIME
(Ron Wood, Rod Stewart & Ronnie Lane)

Steady all day!
Thought I was lookin' good
So I cycled 'cross the neighbourhood

On my way home I happened to fall off my bicycle, good party
Ooh hoo, ha ha, yeah

I was glad to come, but I was also glad to get home, yeah
Ooh hoo

Claire Petersky said:

I had problems with my ankle over the weekend, made worse by dancing
Friday night, such that all day Saturday I was taking pain relievers,
and I don't do drugs unless desperate.

Pain relievers aren't drugs! They're M&Ms!!!

Arthritic, fibromyalgic, neuralgic (OLD) Bill

(Hey, other than my knees, hips, lower back and shoulders, I'm good to
go...)

Maggie wrote:
:: I sprained my ankle at the REST STOP getting a granola bar. It was
:: ridiculous. Only I could get hurt at the rest stop. It was a
:: humbling experience to say the least. I guess I had been feeling
:: too full of myself as I was riding. Karma at work.

Last year I was doing either my first or second charity ride - just a 35
mile ride. I met this lady on the ride who had just bought her bike the
night before and didn't really know how to change the gears. So, we sort of
began friends on the ride and I decided I would just ride with her, as she
was slow on the climbs and there were some places along the route that were
isolated. Anywho, long story short, as we were getting ready to leave a
rest stop she fell off her bike and got banged up a bit. So, where aren't
the only one. BTW, she did finish the ride, but the time was way slow...I
think we averaged 9 mph. It turns out, she lives around in my neighborhood
and this charity event was in a different city.

Roger Zoul wrote:
Anywho, long story short, as we were getting ready to leave a

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rest stop she fell off her bike and got banged up a bit.

You mean there are actually other people on charity rides who fall off
their bikes at rest stops? Glad to hear it. I thought I was the
first.

Maggie

Maggie said:

The ride is over, I made it. (Barely). I sprained my ankle because I
was not paying attention to what I was doing. (As usual).

Congrats. Was fairly confident you'd make it. Hopefully the rain
held off!

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I am absoultely exhausted today. Had a fabulous birthday. Got lots of
pretty presents. My brother is taking me to the Rolling Stones Concert
as my gift. And I have tickets to Vegas. My kids bought me a new
dishwasher.

Hmmm. Rolling Stones concert versus a dishwasher. I'd have to give
gold stars to 'bro if it were me. Even with a dishwasher, I still
usually wash by hand.

If you've never seen the Stones in concert you're in for a real treat!
I've seen them twice and they're about the best concert I've seen,
and I've seen quite a few big ones!

Constant movement, running around, jumping and such a selection of
music to choose. Used to be a good long show as well.

Funny story...my first Stones concert was in Houston, TX with the
"Fabulous Thunderbirds" and "ZZ Top" as *warmup bands*!!! You can
imagine! And in Texas too!

The kids in the row ahead of me were slowly getting blasted with
booze and dope during the first two acts. Jumping up and down, yelling
and generally having a great time with every song played.

By the time Stones came out (late, with the gall to start off with
"Under My Thumb"😉 the party animals in front of me were sound asleep!

They missed the Rolling Stones!

SMH

Stephen Harding said:

They missed the Rolling Stones!

That is too funny. My brother has been a hard core Stones Fan forever.
When we were in HS I was into the Beatles and he loved the Stones.
Finally he converted me. It will be such a kick seeing a Stones
concert with him. He has been to many, I have never been to any. I
think he has been to see all the Stones tours in fact.

I have never missed a Rod Stewart tour. As far as my kids are
concerned....I really needed the dishwasher. They may be adults now but
they still feed their faces at Mama's. I think something was in it
for them because I was making them wash dishes by hand. Something
their generation has no conception of doing. They were raised putting
dishes into a machine, not standing next to the sink washing. But I
love it. And I needed it. Dishes for a family of five every night,
done by hand, can get nuts after everyone is exhausted from a full day
of work.

I am definately looking forward to the Stones concert. I always feel
like a teenager again when I go to a concert. There is just something
wonderful about being there and being a part of it. I revert back to
16.

Maggie

It's Only Rock 'n Roll (Jagger/Richards)

I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it.
I know it's only rock'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do.
Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it.

:: Funny story...my first Stones concert was in Houston, TX with the
: "Fabulous Thunderbirds" and "ZZ Top" as *warmup bands*!!! You can
: imagine! And in Texas too!
:
: SMH

There is a huge difference between the culture in the big cities and the
rural areas in Texas. It's not all one homogeneous state.

Pat in TX
:
:

Maggie wrote:
:: So, I finished 25 miles (slowly) and I HAD ME A REAL GOOD TIME. Met
:: alot of wonderful people. I'm tired. And my desk is piled high with
:: work. Hope you all had a great weekend too.

I was kinda hoping to hear more about your ride, Maggie. How was the ride
itself? Did you encounter any difficult riding with others, did you all
form any groups, did you meet any tough hills, get chased by any dogs, see
any really fat people riding, see any clowns (When I did my first organized
century (the first one I completed, I should say) last December, as we where
nearing the end, these three girls dressed in some kind of red Christmas
bunny outfits passed us by. They were in paceline formation and I wanted to
stay on their tail. Alas, my riding buddy was feeling a little flat at that
point, so I had to hang back.)?

Stephen Harding wrote:

I'd have to give gold stars to 'bro if it were me.

This is funny. My brother calls me Sis and I always call him Bro. Does
that have something to do with the generation? My kids don't do that
with each other. Sis I never minded, but if he called me Sissy, I'd
whack him.

Maggie

Roger Zoul said:

I was kinda hoping to hear more about your ride, Maggie. How was the

ride

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itself? Did you encounter any difficult riding with others, did you

all

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form any groups

It was basically all flat ground. I did not have to climb any hills.
But I only did the 25 mile ride. I stayed with a group of people who
were not very experienced riders who were really out there to help the
charity. I took my time, everything was set up wonderfully well and
festive. There were many children on the 25 miler. It was fun.

Just like the walk-a-thon I did for charity, it had a very easy pace to
it. They stressed it was not a race. It was raising money and having
fun. At the two charity events I have been to so far, they certainly
ease your mind about finishing. They want to make you very comfortable
regarding participation. I guess if someone like me has a good
experience I will encourage others like myself to participate and raise
money.

It was not a race. No one was out to win anything. It was a giving,
not a getting. The only thing you GOT was the satisfaction of knowing
you helped someone and you finished. I think that makes all the
difference in the attitude of the people. We were all there to raise
money and have some fun while doing it. I will never be afraid of a
charity event again. Even a wimp like me can do a charity walk or ride.

I did see some funny outfits. Some guy had some star wars get up on.
I am not into star wars...so I have no idea who he was supposed to be.

Maggie

23 May 2005 05:51:17 -0700,
<[email hidden]>,

Maggie said:

The ride is over, I made it.

Congratulations.

I'd like to be able to ride 25 miles on my birthday.
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zk