rain sucks

Monique Y. Mudama said:

Sure, we need the rain badly. But last week and this week
have been filled with thunder, lightning, and rain at
unpredictable intervals.

I'm not actually complaining about all that, though it can
be frustrating. My problem is the pressure changes. That's
right. Arthritis. My knees have been a misery all week.
It's hard to think of doing *anything* active when I feel
this way. Seems like I spend my day trying to bend, then
straighten my knees in futile attempts to make the ache go
away. Pain relievers don't seem to do much, either.

Bleh.

I imagine they'll only get worse as I get older.

I get an achy elbow and shoulder (from having been breaky),
but what can you do? At least you guys got some rain, we
just get some lightning and it blows on through. We need
the rain really bad and the lightning could be starting
fires. Yikes!

Matt

On 2004-06-17, MattB penned:

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I get an achy elbow and shoulder (from having been
breaky), but what can you do? At least you guys got some
rain, we just get some lightning and it blows on through.
We need the rain really bad and the lightning could be
starting fires. Yikes!

Help! Now I have "achey breaky heart" starting to fire up in
my head! Ewww!

Yeah, the rain is a blessing in its own way. I hope your
lightning stays well clear of burny things.

At least we're in Colorado. In Virginia, there was way too
much crappy weather and consequent joint pain.

--
monique

"Monique Y. Mudama" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sure, we need the rain badly. But last week and this week
have been filled with thunder, lightning, and rain at
unpredictable intervals.

It's been the same deal here. It's hit, or miss, and lately,
it's been missing a lot. I've got the next three days lined
up to ride, and the weather looks good.

Quoted message said:

I'm not actually complaining about all that, though it can
be frustrating. My problem is the pressure changes. That's
right. Arthritis. My knees have been a misery all week.
It's hard to think of doing *anything* active when I feel
this way. Seems like I spend my day trying to bend, then
straighten my knees in futile attempts to make the ache go
away. Pain relievers don't seem to do much, either.

Heh, of late, I've been landscaping for a living. I'm
hurting regardless of the pressure.

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Bleh.

I imagine they'll only get worse as I get older.

You can count on it.

"Monique Y. Mudama" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sure, we need the rain badly. But last week and this week
have been filled with thunder, lightning, and rain at
unpredictable intervals.

It's been the same deal here. It's hit, or miss, and lately,
it's been missing a lot. I've got the next three days lined
up to ride, and the weather looks good.

Quoted message said:

I'm not actually complaining about all that, though it can
be frustrating. My problem is the pressure changes. That's
right. Arthritis. My knees have been a misery all week.
It's hard to think of doing *anything* active when I feel
this way. Seems like I spend my day trying to bend, then
straighten my knees in futile attempts to make the ache go
away. Pain relievers don't seem to do much, either.

Heh, of late, I've been landscaping for a living. I'm
hurting regardless of the pressure.

Quoted message said:

Bleh.

I imagine they'll only get worse as I get older.

You can count on it.

On 2004-06-18, mojo deluxe penned:

Quoted message said:

It's been the same deal here. It's hit, or miss, and
lately, it's been missing a lot. I've got the next three
days lined up to ride, and the weather looks good.

Good luck with that!

I'm going to see a Mike Doughty concert tomorrow night
(Friday), then have an appointment to check out a motorcycle
Saturday, then some other stuff ... I hope to get a ride in
Sunday, though, assuming the weather cooperates.

--
monique

Monique Y. Mudama said:

On 2004-06-18, mojo deluxe penned:

Quoted message said:

It's been the same deal here. It's hit, or miss, and
lately, it's been missing a lot. I've got the next three
days lined up to ride, and the weather looks good.

Good luck with that!

I'm going to see a Mike Doughty concert tomorrow night
(Friday), then have an appointment to check out a
motorcycle Saturday, then some other stuff ... I hope to
get a ride in Sunday, though, assuming the weather
cooperates.

Cool. You go to all the good shows! Are you going to
Roots/MMW/311? I'm considering making a trip down for that
one if I can find some camping (read - place to sleep for a
few hours without having to go to Denver) near there. Know
of anything? I figure there must be somewhere around Bailey
or there's always the top of Kenosha (a bit further away).

Matt

On 2004-06-18, MattB penned:

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Cool. You go to all the good shows! Are you going to
Roots/MMW/311? I'm considering making a trip down for
that one if I can find some camping (read - place to
sleep for a few hours without having to go to Denver)
near there. Know of anything? I figure there must be
somewhere around Bailey or there's always the top of
Kenosha (a bit further away).

I wasn't planning to go to that show -- should I?

Actually, scratch that. Some major expenditures on two-
wheeled transportation of the motorized kind have me
thinking I should save my pennies for a bit.

Well, I don't know of any camping, but if Longmont isn't too
far away, mi futon es su futon. We have a guest room and
everything.

--
monique

Monique Y. Mudama said:

On 2004-06-18, MattB penned:

Quoted message said:

Cool. You go to all the good shows! Are you going to
Roots/MMW/311? I'm considering making a trip down for
that one if I can find some camping (read - place to
sleep for a few hours without having to go to Denver)
near there. Know of anything? I figure there must be
somewhere around Bailey or there's always the top of
Kenosha (a bit further away).

I wasn't planning to go to that show -- should I?

Actually, scratch that. Some major expenditures on two-
wheeled transportation of the motorized kind have me
thinking I should save my pennies for a bit.

Well, I don't know of any camping, but if Longmont isn't
too far away, mi futon es su futon. We have a guest room
and everything.

Thanks, but it is too far away - I want to find something
West of Morrison. Should be good. Have fun at MD.

Matt

Monique Y. Mudama said:

Help! Now I have "achey breaky heart" starting to fire up
in my head! Ewww!

But did you have to spread it around. Ewwww Ewwww

Parbs said:

Monique Y. Mudama said:

Help! Now I have "achey breaky heart" starting to fire up
in my head! Ewww!

But did you have to spread it around. Ewwww Ewwww

Just close your eyes and... Picture Billy Ray's mullet!

Matt

Monique Y. Mudama said:

Sure, we need the rain badly. But last week and this week
have been filled with thunder, lightning, and rain at
unpredictable intervals.

I'm not actually complaining about all that, though it can
be frustrating. My problem is the pressure changes. That's
right. Arthritis. My knees have been a misery all week.
It's hard to think of doing *anything* active when I feel
this way. Seems like I spend my day trying to bend, then
straighten my knees in futile attempts to make the ache go
away. Pain relievers don't seem to do much, either.

Bleh.

I imagine they'll only get worse as I get older.

Thank your lucky stars that you don't have to get out and
sandbag the rivers around your property as people I know are
doing tonight. Winter here for sure, but the rain is
torrential and everything is flooded. Highways are closed
and slips are blocking some highways too. On the brightside,
I _looked_ at the bike today and lubed the chain and it's
warmer than the snow and sleet we had last week....
--
Westie (Replace 'invalid' with 'yahoo' when replying.)

On 2004-06-18, Westie penned:

Quoted message said:

Thank your lucky stars that you don't have to get out and
sandbag the rivers around your property as people I know
are doing tonight. Winter here for sure, but the rain is
torrential and everything is flooded. Highways are closed
and slips are blocking some highways too. On the
brightside, I _looked_ at the bike today and lubed the
chain and it's warmer than the snow and sleet we had last
week....

Ugh. Thanks for reminding me that there's always someone out
there who has it worse ...

There's a German saying my mom mentions now and again.

"Um gluecklich zu sein must du unter dich gucken."

(I'm sure I slaughtered the spelling.)

Anyway, it means, "If you want to be happy, look at the
people worse off than yourself." Roughly.

--
monique

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Quoted message said:

Sure, we need the rain badly. But last week and this
week have been filled with thunder, lightning, and rain
at unpredictable intervals.

It's been the same deal here. It's hit, or miss, and
lately, it's been missing a lot. I've got the next three
days lined up to ride, and the weather looks good.

Quoted message said:

I'm not actually complaining about all that, though it
can be frustrating. My problem is the pressure changes.
That's right. Arthritis. My knees have been a misery all
week. It's hard to think of doing *anything* active when
I feel this way. Seems like I spend my day trying to
bend, then straighten my knees in futile attempts to
make the ache go away. Pain relievers don't seem to do
much, either.

Heh, of late, I've been landscaping for a living. I'm
hurting regardless

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the pressure.

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Bleh.

I imagine they'll only get worse as I get older.

You can count on it.

Whenever I think to myself: hey, get away from work early,
no kids sports tonite, wife is off doing something, time for
a bike ride. Oops, shouldn't have said it out loud. Distant
thunder crack, clouds settling in, arthritis acting up, skys
getting darker, alligator drops coming down, cloudburst.

Next time, have to avoid thinking about riding. Maybe a code
phrase, I know, substitute: mountain biking = cleaning out
the basement.

Try that again - get away from work early, no kids sports,
wife is elsewhere, time for "cleaning out the basement".
Result - sunshine, blue sky, 75 degrees. Arthritis: none.

I have to say I really enjoy "cleaning out the
basement". Often.

Sniffinvinyl
----------------
Remain sane, cycle your brains out . . .

On 2004-06-18, SniffinVinyl penned:

Quoted message said:

Whenever I think to myself: hey, get away from work early,
no kids sports tonite, wife is off doing something, time
for a bike ride. Oops, shouldn't have said it out loud.
Distant thunder crack, clouds settling in, arthritis
acting up, skys getting darker, alligator drops coming
down, cloudburst.

It rains alligators where you are??

Quoted message said:

Next time, have to avoid thinking about riding. Maybe a
code phrase, I know, substitute: mountain biking =
cleaning out the basement.

Try that again - get away from work early, no kids sports,
wife is elsewhere, time for "cleaning out the basement".
Result - sunshine, blue sky, 75 degrees. Arthritis: none.

I have to say I really enjoy "cleaning out the
basement". Often.

That sounds like a euphamism all right ... but not for
mtbing!

"Yep, yep -- I, uh, cleaned out the basement last night, if
you know what I mean." <wink wink, nudge nudge>

--
monique

Monique Y. Mudama said:

On 2004-06-18, SniffinVinyl penned:

Quoted message said:

Whenever I think to myself: hey, get away from work
early, no kids sports tonite, wife is off doing
something, time for a bike ride. Oops, shouldn't have
said it out loud. Distant thunder crack, clouds settling
in, arthritis acting up, skys getting darker, alligator
drops coming down, cloudburst.

It rains alligators where you are??

Quoted message said:

Next time, have to avoid thinking about riding. Maybe a
code phrase, I know, substitute: mountain biking =
cleaning out the basement.

Try that again - get away from work early, no kids
sports, wife is elsewhere, time for "cleaning out the
basement". Result - sunshine, blue sky, 75 degrees.
Arthritis: none.

I have to say I really enjoy "cleaning out the
basement". Often.

That sounds like a euphamism all right ... but not
for mtbing!

"Yep, yep -- I, uh, cleaned out the basement last night,
if you know what I mean." <wink wink, nudge nudge>

I always thought plumbing references were the best for that.
Cleaning, snaking, or even just checking the plumbing...

Matt (hoping for some "plumbing projects" this weekend)

Monique Y. Mudama said:

There's a German saying my mom mentions now and again.

"Um gluecklich zu sein must du unter dich gucken."

(I'm sure I slaughtered the spelling.)

Anyway, it means, "If you want to be happy, look at the
people worse off than yourself." Roughly.

That's good advice alright! :-)
--
Westie
(Replace 'invalid' with 'yahoo' when replying.)