Bonking and food for a ride

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I gather "bonking" does not have the same meaning in American and British
English ...

True Grin. In American English, it means something to the effect of
"run out of energy during exercies". Typically due to insufficient
intake of carbohydrates or other quickly-available calories. In British
English, it refers to a specific form of exercise G,D&R.

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In article ,
Zoot Katz writes:
Sat, 19 Jul 2003 23:55:10 -0700, ,
Bernie wrote:

You're not alone. We just havent met yet.
Bernie
(keeping an eye out for your milk carton)

You guys will be able to meet at the planned Gastown Grand Prix
rendezvous. Just show up.

I'd love to attend.

But I'm loathe to make commitments, because as soon as I do,
my client/boss would no doubt come up with a bunch of work
for me, and I'd have to accept it and drop everything else.
I've already missed every single Bike Month event last month
due to getting lots of work. Same thing happened last year.

Now for the embarrassing part, and the other reason for my
reticence until now: I'm temporarily broke. Busted. Skint.
Down to the bone. I'm awaiting my upcoming cheque, but it's
not yet forthcoming. (I get paid when she gets paid.) Maybe
I'll be lucky and get my cheque by Wednesday. Or maybe not.

So, when does the City screw up the downtown traffic for the
upcoming Molson Indy?


cheers,
Tom

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Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:58:46 -0700, ,
(Tom Keats) wrote:

You guys will be able to meet at the planned Gastown Grand Prix
rendezvous. Just show up.

I'd love to attend.

Then come. The race is free and the rest is covered. Okay?

But I'm loathe to make commitments, because as soon as I do,
my client/boss would no doubt come up with a bunch of work
for me, and I'd have to accept it and drop everything else.
I've already missed every single Bike Month event last month
due to getting lots of work. Same thing happened last year.

I've been nailed down all of July and missed most of the things I'd
wanted to do. But I won't miss this one. You'll work more efficiently
after an evening out.
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In article ,
Zoot Katz writes:
Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:58:46 -0700, ,
(Tom Keats) wrote:

You guys will be able to meet at the planned Gastown Grand Prix
rendezvous. Just show up.

I'd love to attend.

Then come. The race is free and the rest is covered. Okay?

Okay, I'll be there.

I just rode down to the 10th & Quebec HRDC to look at the job
bank offerings, and took a notion to continue on to downtown.
The Molson Indy is getting pretty well set up, and getting in
the way of my most convenient ingress to downtown (down Ontario
St - past Science World - cut through the Indy parking area -
Abbott St.) But it's still circumnavigable.


cheers,
Tom

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In article ,
Zoot Katz writes:

Have you seen the way this new bike route fades-to-black at the
eastbound Marine Drive approach to Knight Street Bridge?

That newfangled Windsor/Inverness route? I always figured Dumfries St
makes more sense. I got into a discussion with some city staff about
it. They argued that Windsor provides a direct route to the Vancouver
Community College's King Edward campus. But Dumfries St could hook up
to the existing Mosaic route on Woodland, which intersects the
Off-Broadway route, which leads to the King Edward campus anyway.

And connecting to the Mosaic route makes the whole thing more of a
north/south cross-town route, which is lacking in the east end.
But I'm not a city engineer, so WTH do I know :-p

They also mentioned how Windsor passes by some high school, but
Dumfries accesses more schools, churches, and retail areas on
Kingsway, as well as Kensington Community Centre, Clark Park, etc.
And subsequently, Woodland Dr accesses Brittania Community Centre,
runs closely parallel to Commercial Dr, connects to the Adanac route
(Windsor doesn't), and it's a short hop, skip & jump to the Lakewood
route which runs even further north, connects to the Portside route,
and thence the Trans Canada Trail.

At the south end, for crossing Marine Dr to get to/from Kent Ave,
Dumfries lines up with Borden St better than Inverness does with
Crompton St.

But it's all moot now, since I didn't even know the Windsor/Inverness
route was in the works until it was already a done deal. There was
nothing on the City's cycling home page about it. And I guess there
weren't many east-ender cycling advocates here to pick up the ball.
I feel as though it was sprung on us by surprise. Oh well. Maybe
some day they'll finish (or start) the Windsor St section.

My apologies to other readers, for all the local detail of non-interest
to many of you. I just had to vent a little about what I deem a less
than optimal decision by Vancouver City Staff & Council.


cheers,
Tom

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Tom Keats wrote:
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I used to use the ride around the lake as an excuse to visit the bakery.
Now I use the bakery as an excuse to take the ride around the lake. I'm
not quite sure when my priorities switched on that.

Ah, the old chicken & egg enigma - ride to eat, or eat to ride.
Either way is pretty good. After all, both riding and eating
are pleasures; might as well combine 'em.

True. And it's always good for frightening the non-cyclists. Their
eyes go wide as they see you demolish one plate of food after another,
and *then* go grab two or three pieces of dessert.

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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:30:35 -0400, archer
wrote:

In article ,
says...
I gather "bonking" does not have the same meaning in American and
British
English ...

True Grin. In American English, it means something to the effect of
"run out of energy during exercies". Typically due to insufficient
intake of carbohydrates or other quickly-available calories. In British
English, it refers to a specific form of exercise G,D&R.

Actually, it's context-sensitive in the US. It means both of those
meanings, as well as light to moderate bludgeoning.

I bonked on that ride -- I ran out of fuel on that ride.

I bonked her all night -- fun till the sun comes up

I endo'ed and bonked my head -- head-dab
--
Rick Onanian

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True. And it's always good for frightening the non-cyclists. Their eyes go wide as they see you demolish one plate of food after another,and *then* go grab two or three pieces of dessert.

I've just come back from cycling SE Asia and the faces of the locals
were just priceless. Some of these small towns I doubt had ever seen
white people let alone BIG ones on bikes. One rest stop in Cambodia I'd
skipped breakfast and was just about dead when I came across one of the
cool little stands that sell fruit and veg, nuts and cold drinks. I
inhaled 20 lady finger bananas, 3 bags of peanuts and 4 bottles of
drinks. Handed over $1.50 then went on my way, refreshed and with the
local kiddies following me on their bikes. That was a great day.
If you have a week off a great holiday would be to fly to Bangkok bus
into Siem Reap then cycle to Phnom Penh via Battambang and the south
road. Just magic country with fantastic people.

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On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 09:52:22 -0400, Rick Onanian
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$1.50? I'm moving to Cambodia.

Heh! Say hi to my mate Mike Boddington if you bump into him over
there - he runs a landmine victim charity. But he only works in
Cambodia, he lives in Laos. For the price of a small garden shed in
Henley-on-Thames you can have a palace built over there.

Guy
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