Re: Friday the 13 misadventure!

Bill Sornson said:

Quoted message said:

I remember thinking, gee, going for a bike ride on fri the 13... but
of course that's just SILLY. And the weather has been so [censored]
lately and it finally wasn't raining today and as usual, it's going to
rain this weekend.

So after the ride, with my friend, we're like two blocks from my
house, rambling along and then suddenly... BLAT! It was just one of
those totally flukey falls. I just looked down and thought my wheel
was a bit close to his back wheel, and I probably said, S***! and
maneuvred away.But he went in the same direction, left, and I thought
" I just don't want our wheels to get tangled and collide and fall on
each other!"

" Anyways, I fell on the fleshiest part of my butt cheek, which is now
covered with garden variety road rash, which will turn into a hug
bruise of course, and a big lump on my right shin. I was wearing
knickers and long sleeves because it was cool, so no skin loss. One
of my shifters is a bit crooked, no big deal.

I got through the hairiest intersections,missed all the big potholes-
I crash two blocks from home. Sigh... it was just so STOOPID! ! I
knew I shouldn't have gone for a ride on friday the 13. Or I should
have taken some lucky charm with me!

A "HUG BRUISE", Gracie? Naughty but nice typo... (Glad you weren't hurt
and the bike's OK.)

I got a massage today so no ride, but DID manage to blow up a brand-new
Michelin Race tube while finally installing a pair of Veloflex Paves on my
"good" wheels. Those suckers (the Paves) are TIGHT to get on.

Half expecting /another/ BOOM! some time around 3 AM, Bill S.

Better than when you're ON the bike...blowing a tire is no fun!

As for the typo, it's this [censored] keyboard, really! The touch pad
makes the cursor jump around...i'm always finding dumb mistakes, it's
embarrassing.

Quoted message said:

Bill Sornson said:

Quoted message said:

I remember thinking, gee, going for a bike ride on fri the 13... but
of course that's just SILLY. And the weather has been so [censored]
lately and it finally wasn't raining today and as usual, it's going to
rain this weekend.

So after the ride, with my friend, we're like two blocks from my
house, rambling along and then suddenly... BLAT! It was just one of
those totally flukey falls. I just looked down and thought my wheel
was a bit close to his back wheel, and I probably said, S***! and
maneuvred away.But he went in the same direction, left, and I thought
" I just don't want our wheels to get tangled and collide and fall on
each other!"

" Anyways, I fell on the fleshiest part of my butt cheek, which is now
covered with garden variety road rash, which will turn into a hug
bruise of course, and a big lump on my right shin. I was wearing
knickers and long sleeves because it was cool, so no skin loss. One
of my shifters is a bit crooked, no big deal.

I got through the hairiest intersections,missed all the big potholes-
I crash two blocks from home. Sigh... it was just so STOOPID! ! I
knew I shouldn't have gone for a ride on friday the 13. Or I should
have taken some lucky charm with me!

A "HUG BRUISE", Gracie? Naughty but nice typo... (Glad you weren't hurt
and the bike's OK.)

I got a massage today so no ride, but DID manage to blow up a brand-new
Michelin Race tube while finally installing a pair of Veloflex Paves on my
"good" wheels. Those suckers (the Paves) are TIGHT to get on.

Half expecting /another/ BOOM! some time around 3 AM, Bill S.

Better than when you're ON the bike...blowing a tire is no fun!

As for the typo, it's this [censored] keyboard, really! The touch pad
makes the cursor jump around...i'm always finding dumb mistakes, it's
embarrassing.

I have the same problem and while the spell checker does find most of
the typos that I miss it will not detect a word out of context, such as
the famous, there, and their, and many more that make the sentence look
stupid. Back in the DOS days there was a program called Grammatik that
picked out most of those errors. If they could do it in 1989 why can't
it be done today?
Bill Baka

bbaka <[email hidden]> wrote:
:> I have the same problem and while the spell checker does find most of
:> the typos that I miss it will not detect a word out of context, such
:> as
:> the famous, there, and their, and many more that make the sentence
:> look stupid. Back in the DOS days there was a program called
:> Grammatik that picked out most of those errors. If they could do it
:> in 1989 why can't
:> it be done today?

How about because of "being out of business?"