In article <oRM4j.36183$Zn.2941@edtnps90>,
Jim Flom said:"Tom Keats" <[email hidden]> wrote...
Quoted message said:
When you're working afternoon shift, there's not much
wriggle-room for timing. Yeah, I could ride to work
(from near Main & 41st to Nelson & Blundell in East
Richmond) but I've already got my ride-sharing arrangement.
And there's enough big-rig traffic out that way to render
riding an unpleasant experience. So, I'm foregoing the
cycle-commuting option. Besides, my job is often physically
arduous, and at the end of a shift I don't have many calories
left to ride home. During the week I ride around, doing
errand runs before going to work. I'm immensely thankful
for those opportunities. A little riding before work gets
the blood flowing, and perks me up. But weekends are supposed
to be my Freedom days.
I don't think I'd be into commuting much either. But you're closer to the
city!
Heh :-) I'm right in it!
Quoted message said:That's been my "I wish I were..." since I came here. Yes you have to
deal with more traffic, but there's just more riding culture where you are.
I'm a frikkin' anomoly out here.
Kudos to you for being a cycling ambassador out
there in the car-centric realms. Yeah, there's
tons of riding culture here, and it's wonderful.
But Chilliwack is a pretty town, as is Hope.
If I had money, I'd retire up there.
Quoted message said:maybe instead of doing errandss you can
get a fun ride in once or twice a week to hold you over till the weekend,
and if it gets like this, then at least you got something in. This time of
year, early morning is out and so is evening, so we're pretty much locked
into 8 am to 4 pm. My schedule is flexible that I can ride at lunch this
time of year if I need to. But the grass is always greener. Vancouver area
looks like cycling mecca from this angle.
I've had it good. I'm having it good. For the record,
my original post was largely tongue-in-cheek. A few
non-riding days out of the year is really no big whoop.
Although one really feels it when one is deprived, and
would love the opportunity to ride to the supermarket
for frozen perogies & sour cream. And t.p., lightbulbs,
garbage bags, a couple of cans of Chef Boy-Ar-Dee stuff,
a bag of grapefruits, a sack of powdered milk, a dozen
eggs, a couple of loaves of bread, block of cheese,
bottle o' catsup, a cabbage, green onions, a dozen leeks,
sesame oil, the right kind of noodles, pre-BBQ'd chicken,
garlic sausage, Keen's hot mustard, blueberry pancake syrup,
can o' King Oscar sardines (in olive oil, lightly smoked,)
Ritz cheese crackers, tomato soup, a little thingie of
Ben & Jerry's oreo ice cream, Polskie Ogorkie dill pickles,
J-Cloths, frozen fish 'n chips, tater tots, and a roll
of Certs. And a dozen wieners and a couple of boxes of
"original" (orange-coloured powdered cheese) K.D. And a
shaker of Hy's Cajun Seasoning. And some lamb chops and
turkey thighs to toss in the freezer. And some pepperoni
and Twizzlers to gnaw on for the ride home.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Being so far up the Fraser Valley, I imagine you got a
bigger dump of snow than we did in Vancouver (Proper.)
That Pineapple Express is predicted to deluge us.
Bring it on!
Yeah it looks like serious rain tomorrow. But I think you might have gotten
more snow. Abbotsford got a lot I heard. We got more today than last
night. Wednesday looks nice. I'm 150 kilometers off my goal for the
year -- a fitness goal I may actually attain for a change!
My current goal is to attain a Nikon d40X DSLR camera.
By the time I can afford it, there'll be something better
available for the same price.
Life is all about dealing with moving targets. I guess
it keeps it interesting.
cheers,
Tom
--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca
