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  1. After working 5 days don't you relish the weekend where you can enjoy doing anything? What do you usually do?

    If I live in Chicago, I usually go for a long distance bike ride along Lake Shore Drive on Saturdays in good weather - awesome place to work out and sightsee or maybe meet people. And after the workout you can hit Michigan Ave for shopping or eating, or do the same anywhere west of LSD. I never usually go to nightclubs, as I hate losing sleep, dancing, and I don't drink alcohol. If the weather was bad Saturday, maybe I'd hit a mall, but Chicago malls aren't as good as Houston's. Then Sunday, I go across the street and go to Church at St Elizabeth hospital. They used to have good cafeteria food there and $1 lunches for Sr Citizens but not any more. I used to think my Sunday routine in Chicago was good until I lived in Houston.

    Living in Houston - this is a boring place to workout in a bike! The parks are just not as good a Chicago's LSD. So what I do on Saturdays, if it's not hot and humid, is do a medium distance bike shopping workout to 5 thrift stores in the west of Houston. If I do car instead, I hit the thrift stores, get Fillipino takeout, shop some items at Walmart, check out Marshalls, then take the hwy to Houston's biggest mall, Galleria. I try to hang out and window shop Galleria, look at magazines in the book store, and of course I'm cruising for a chick here. But that gets problematic if I went out in drag, so nowadays I mostly shop in guy mode on Saturdays but I'm getting a gay reputataion for shopping for womens clothes as a guy. Like you can't window shop Dillard's lingerie without being called "gay" by a SA. Then I treat myslef to a good dinner at Galleria. Nothing to do but shop other places after Galleria or go home - I don't go to any Houston nightclubs because I don't know of any good ones. And I've never picked up a chick at a nightclub ever.

    Sunday in Houston - I go to 9am Mass, then usually the Walmart that has a Waffle House next to it. Waffle House's cheesesteak omelet is my favorite meal, but I can only affor it while employed. Unemployed, I discovered I could buy $8 of eggs, meat, and cheese and cook myself the equivalent of maybe 8 Waffle House Cheesesteak Omelet meals - so I save a lot. But if I don't need to go to Waffle House I grocery locally to save gas and time. Or another option is to eat at Fillipiniana - Houston's best Fillipino buffet restaurant.

    I otherwise whittle away time on web forums, cable tv, Netflix, or maybe hangout at Barnes & Noble. I discovered recently that I can make my own awesome tasting cold coffee so now I'm rarely ever gonna pay $4.60 for a good cup of cold coffee at Starbucks or a bookstore or mall.

  2. If I am off for the weekend, I will usually get a good long ride in at least one of the two days and then spend the rest of the weekend with my girlfriend. We usually end up doing a little shopping at the mall and then go out at least on Saturday night with friends for dinner and dancing afterwards. Only once did we let the girls talk us into taking them to a strip club and the performers acted like a bunch of lesbians with them. I don't get turned on watching my lady getting pawed by another girl.

    Anyway, I have been required to work at least two weekends a month lately. I guess it is better to be over employed than unemployed, but it sure does put a dent in the riding. If I have to put in full days, I will skip the ride and just go out with my girlfriend, unless she wants to go riding. If I only work a half day on Sunday, then I get in a ride and go out.

  3. We ride when we can, but since it's hockey season, we are usually on the road to the kids hockey games.

  4. stlblues said:

    We ride when we can, but since it's hockey season, we are usually on the road to the kids hockey games.

    By bike? Isn't it difficult to ride in hocky skates?😄

  5. kdelong said:

    By bike? Isn't it difficult to ride in hocky skates?😄

    Yes it is, and most of thier games are 130 to 500 miles from home. And try to haul goalie equipment on a bike. Thier pads weigh more than my bike.

  6. kdelong said:

    If I am off for the weekend, I will usually get a good long ride in at least one of the two days and then spend the rest of the weekend with my girlfriend. We usually end up doing a little shopping at the mall and then go out at least on Saturday night with friends for dinner and dancing afterwards. Only once did we let the girls talk us into taking them to a strip club and the performers acted like a bunch of lesbians with them. I don't get turned on watching my lady getting pawed by another girl.

    Anyway, I have been required to work at least two weekends a month lately. I guess it is better to be over employed than unemployed, but it sure does put a dent in the riding. If I have to put in full days, I will skip the ride and just go out with my girlfriend, unless she wants to go riding. If I only work a half day on Sunday, then I get in a ride and go out.

    I just recently quit a brand new job partly because of the mandatory overtime. The first day of work I had to leave my house at 630 to be there at 7am and I didn't get home till 6pm. I do everything myself, cook clean, heat my house with wood. I put 2 and 2 together real quick that I would rather hold out for a job closer to home with less hours to enjoy my bike more and get other things done.Of course that's my situation and I really have no idea of yours. They even wanted me to work Sat. and possible Sun. ridiculous.

  7. I'm doing my phd in Pisa (Italy), so... I work 5 days having some training whenever I can (when doing a phd you're flexible, but still 8 hours in the lab you have to do....) and I never reach more than 2h00' training, though I can do that 3 days per working week... then... racingracingracing! saturday afternoon + sunday morning in Tuscany it's full of amateur races! 😉 (saturday morning: preparation of materials, sunday afternoon: walk with gfriend or some -slow- cycling again, with her!)

    Next year I'll be working *really* probably in Germany and I think the music will change 🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁

  8. gemship said:

    I just recently quit a brand new job partly because of the mandatory overtime. The first day of work I had to leave my house at 630 to be there at 7am and I didn't get home till 6pm. I do everything myself, cook clean, heat my house with wood. I put 2 and 2 together real quick that I would rather hold out for a job closer to home with less hours to enjoy my bike more and get other things done.Of course that's my situation and I really have no idea of yours. They even wanted me to work Sat. and possible Sun. ridiculous.

    I don't have to work over 8 hours a day and I live three miles from work so I still get time for evening rides, plus I can ride to work when I want. It is just a little dangerous around here because there are a lot of sleep deprived drivers on my route, and if they can't see a full sized Ford Pickup Truck, they won't see me on my bike.

  9. Oh that's funny. I love sleep too. It is actually good for recovery and keeping your body lean. I love to dance but the only real place for that is a club. You never picked up a chick in a bar. I got engaged to someone I met in a bar. There is nothing gay about looking at women's lingerie in the window of a store. The mannequins are hot. Lol Go to West Hollywood and look at those mannequins now that's gay. He cruises chicks in the bookstore. Now isn't that interesting I've seen that. This is a certain type that does that. Nothing wrong with that at least you know they read and enjoy books.
    You certainly save more money eating at home. Sometimes it is nice to let someone else cook and serve you though.
    Unemployment now isn't that fun? Somebody needs to make a job out of riding a bike. I guess delivery people in NYC or something like this.

  10. Are you for [censored] real? Seriously, you sound like you've been huffing glue for years. Nobody gives a flying [censored] about your stupid mannequin fetish. Go buy a blow-up doll instead of polluting this place.

  11. mpre53 said:

    Are you for [censored] real? Seriously, you sound like you've been huffing glue for years. Nobody gives a flying [censored] about your stupid mannequin fetish. Go buy a blow-up doll instead of polluting this place.

    :lol: :lol: :lol: his troll game is getting worse...

  12. I sometimes go out on weekends to shop and do a little window shopping but hey I do not spend time looking at the women section of the store and browse over the mannequins. Hahaha. I guess not my kind of thing. I would rather eat somewhere near in hunt for something new or hot at the moment.

  13. It depends on what mood I'm in. Sometimes I'll go out and stay out all weekend, sometimes I will stay home all weekend.

  14. Depends how I'm feeling. If I feel pretty good I would go on a bike ride a d enjoy the nice day. If I'm exhausted, I would just go home and relax for the day.

  15. I usually work during Saturdays mornings, just a time that I set aside to do some admin work. Sometimes I'll catch up with some friends later on in the afternoon. Other times I'll probably go do a bit of shopping with the girlfriend and perhaps catch a movie in the late afternoon or evening. On Sunday things tend to be more fluid, if there's anything interesting happening at a nearby crafts market, I may spend a couple of hours there. Alternatively, I'll just cycle around for a couple of hours if the weather is pleasant.

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