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RR: Waiting On Daylight

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    Bill Wheeler
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    Woke up a 5:00 am, completely rested and wide awake...Why that happened I have no clue. Wife and
    kids still sound asleep, coffee brewing, tunes on low in basement. Neil Young's Old Man getting me
    in the mood for ride. "...doesn't mean the much to me to mean that much to you..." It was the
    perfect pre-ride tune.

    It's still a bit dark to be riding so I chill for a bit more, turn on CNN and mute the TV. It was
    like watching a music video, none of them seem to make any sense to me and this was no
    different....I could be on to something here. CNN news clips put to classic rock,... has potential.

    Quarter to 6:00 am I slide out the basement door SS in hand. I'm thinking I can ride till 8:00
    before anyone even knows I'm AWOL, and that's just what I did.

    Mid July and the trails are still muddy in spots, unbelievable. I haven't been out this early in a
    while and I'd forgotten what it's like to get "Webbed" Damn, I'll never get used to that. Friggin'
    spider webs everywhere.

    I'm still waiting for my Spot axle to break, no such luck on this ride. The Bianchi is one solid SS
    so far not one problem. The more I ride my SS the more I get [censored] for not going SS sooner, what a
    joy. Riding this trail and that trail not really paying attention to much of anything but the webs,
    time got away from me.

    I check my watch at 7:45 am, no way in hell I'm making it out of here by 8:00 am...oh well, oh joy
    "...old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you...."

    Made it back to the homestead by 8:30 am, Wife and kids just waking up....life is good.

    Note used my spell checker and it wanted to change Bianchi to Biaatch, priceless.

    Peace, Bill(can you tell I'm a 9:00 to 5:00er)Wheeler

    The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind should give
    an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
    :-]

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  2. Paladin
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    Bill Wheeler <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Woke up a 5:00 am, completely rested and wide awake...Why that happened I have no clue. Wife and
    kids still sound asleep, coffee brewing, tunes on low in basement. Neil Young's Old Man getting me
    in the mood for ride. "...doesn't mean the much to me to mean that much to you..." It was the
    perfect pre-ride tune.

    Made it back to the homestead by 8:30 am, Wife and kids just waking up....life is good.

    Note used my spell checker and it wanted to change Bianchi to Biaatch, priceless.

    Peace, Bill(can you tell I'm a 9:00 to 5:00er)Wheeler


    Coolness Bill. I can tap into the groove you're describing. But you still have mud? Similar thing
    happened to me but without the cool ambiance and tunes this a.m., when I woke up at 545am to get
    ready for the early group ride, and it was already 80 degrees. You'd think I'd moved to Phoenix or
    something.

    But it was a good SS ride, even with the screwups I've written about.

    Paladin

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  3. Bb
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    Paladin said:

    Coolness Bill. I can tap into the groove you're describing. But you still have mud? Similar thing
    happened to me but without the cool ambiance and tunes this a.m., when I woke up at 545am to get
    ready for the early group ride, and it was already 80 degrees. You'd think I'd moved to Phoenix or
    something.

    Yikes! I've been doing morning rides this week to beat the heat, and was freezing on the first
    downhill this morning (it was still in the 50s). Felt great later, though!

    As I was stripping off the sweaty clothes, I was red all over from the cold outside & hot innards.
    "You look hot," my wife told me. "Temperature-wise," she clarified. I really didn't need that
    clarification. I got her back later - I waited until she'd gotten her duds on and was busy doing
    something, and I said "You look cool!" She seemed pretty happy to hear that, and smiled and thanked
    me. "Temperature-wise," I clarified. Isn't that what marriage is all about? :-)

    --
    -BB- To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail address, at least)

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  4. Paladin
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    BB <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Paladin said:

    Coolness Bill. I can tap into the groove you're describing. But you still have mud? Similar
    thing happened to me but without the cool ambiance and tunes this a.m., when I woke up at 545am
    to get ready for the early group ride, and it was already 80 degrees. You'd think I'd moved to
    Phoenix or something.

    Yikes! I've been doing morning rides this week to beat the heat, and was freezing on the first
    downhill this morning (it was still in the 50s). Felt great later, though!

    As I was stripping off the sweaty clothes, I was red all over from the cold outside & hot innards.
    "You look hot," my wife told me. "Temperature-wise," she clarified. I really didn't need that
    clarification. I got her back later - I waited until she'd gotten her duds on and was busy doing
    something, and I said "You look cool!" She seemed pretty happy to hear that, and smiled and
    thanked me. "Temperature-wise," I clarified. Isn't that what marriage is all about? :-)

    Wives are always careful to clarify such comments. Ain't it a shame they're wired differently?

    paladin

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