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On 4/17/2014 12:58 PM, DATAKOLL MARINE RESEARCH wrote:
JB, as we age our reflexes slow faster than our judgment. I judge that my reflexes are still pretty good. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Thursday, April 17, 2014 3:24:31 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 4/17/2014 12:58 PM, DATAKOLL MARINE RESEARCH wrote: JB, as we age our reflexes slow faster than our judgment. I judge... Try to take it easy on that. |
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On 4/17/2014 7:52 PM, Dan O wrote:
On Thursday, April 17, 2014 3:24:31 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 4/17/2014 12:58 PM, DATAKOLL MARINE RESEARCH wrote: JB, as we age our reflexes slow faster than our judgment. I judge... Try to take it easy on that. Sounds like you're judging me again. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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WHO GIVES A DAM ABT YOUR REFLEXES OL GOAT
sheet wandering around flat cow pastures in Ohio. paranoid. watcha gonna dew ride thru manure ? NYT has an Op-ED on the new American urban scene....doo doo..... leading off with mention of Portland as a modern hipster hang out.. forget Fla.....let see who did I go shopping with today.... |
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On 4/17/2014 10:55 PM, DATAKOLL MARINE RESEARCH wrote:
WHO GIVES A DAM ABT YOUR REFLEXES OL GOAT So, people come here instead to read about your kayaking weather? Um... got it. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Friday, April 18, 2014 12:18:14 PM UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 4/17/2014 10:55 PM, DATAKOLL MARINE RESEARCH wrote: WHO GIVES A DAM ABT YOUR REFLEXES OL GOAT So, people come here instead to read about your kayaking weather? Um... got it. -- - Frank Krygowski nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Franko....weez pullin urleg..... frankly touring Ohio isn't a machup for Portland commuting....generalizing the experiences. as long you're avoiding Fri/Sat heavy moments. I didnah post kayak here ? The Boomerang is on the charts . Very exciting as the entire deal was new experiences. Not Freya but for the first time I turned away from the mainland n headed out to landless sea with GPS for landfall. and successful trip. stunning variable weather. Summer to Fall in 4 days. |
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On Thursday, April 17, 2014 3:23:33 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 4/17/2014 12:26 PM, jbeattie wrote: And for Frank, a lot of the young and fit know exactly what has been taught them in spin class. That's what I figured. But careful, Jay, or Dan will be in your (virtual) face for demeaning the young and fit. Heh. I come across many riders with big engines who are squirrels on bikes. Lately, I've been running into the hyper vigilant who incessantly point things out on the road -- the hand gestures are so frequent that it looks like a dance routine from Saturday Night Fever. It looks like they went to some rider-training class, and that was the only message that stuck -- point things out! Heh. I went on a club ride this morning - retirement is nice! - and noticed that nobody was pointing out potholes. That's because after this winter, there are so many potholes that pointing them would require using both hands simultaneously. That might make steering through them even more difficult than usual. "Potholes occur when snow and ice melt as part of... seasonal freeze-thaw cycles. The resulting water then seeps beneath the pavement through cracks... " "... _caused by the wear and tear of traffic_." "As the temperatures cool to freezing at night, the water becomes ice and expands below the pavement, forcing the pavement to rise. As... " "... _the weight of traffic continues to pound_... " "... on this raised section - and the temperatures once again rise above freezing - a shallow divot occurs under the surface and the pavement breaks, forming a pothole." Still prefer sharing roads with motor traffic? |
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On Saturday, April 19, 2014 4:48:28 PM UTC-4, Dan O wrote:
On Thursday, April 17, 2014 3:23:33 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 4/17/2014 12:26 PM, jbeattie wrote: And for Frank, a lot of the young and fit know exactly what has been taught them in spin class. That's what I figured. But careful, Jay, or Dan will be in your (virtual) face for demeaning the young and fit. Heh. I come across many riders with big engines who are squirrels on bikes. Lately, I've been running into the hyper vigilant who incessantly point things out on the road -- the hand gestures are so frequent that it looks like a dance routine from Saturday Night Fever. It looks like they went to some rider-training class, and that was the only message that stuck -- point things out! Heh. I went on a club ride this morning - retirement is nice! - and noticed that nobody was pointing out potholes. That's because after this winter, there are so many potholes that pointing them would require using both hands simultaneously. That might make steering through them even more difficult than usual. "Potholes occur when snow and ice melt as part of... seasonal freeze-thaw cycles. The resulting water then seeps beneath the pavement through cracks... " "... _caused by the wear and tear of traffic_." "As the temperatures cool to freezing at night, the water becomes ice and expands below the pavement, forcing the pavement to rise. As... " "... _the weight of traffic continues to pound_... " "... on this raised section - and the temperatures once again rise above freezing - a shallow divot occurs under the surface and the pavement breaks, forming a pothole." Still prefer sharing roads with motor traffic? Potholes also occur when snowplows take out chunks of asphalt. Cheers |
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On 4/19/2014 4:48 PM, Dan O wrote:
"Potholes occur when snow and ice melt as part of... seasonal freeze-thaw cycles. The resulting water then seeps beneath the pavement through cracks... " "... _caused by the wear and tear of traffic_." "As the temperatures cool to freezing at night, the water becomes ice and expands below the pavement, forcing the pavement to rise. As... " "... _the weight of traffic continues to pound_..." "... on this raised section - and the temperatures once again rise above freezing - a shallow divot occurs under the surface and the pavement breaks, forming a pothole." Still prefer sharing roads with motor traffic? No, you've convinced me. We should all stop riding our bikes until there are special bike-only roads everywhere we want to go. I hope you get that completed really soon. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Saturday, April 19, 2014 2:45:49 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 4/19/2014 4:48 PM, Dan O wrote: "Potholes occur when snow and ice melt as part of... seasonal freeze-thaw cycles. The resulting water then seeps beneath the pavement through cracks... " "... _caused by the wear and tear of traffic_." "As the temperatures cool to freezing at night, the water becomes ice and expands below the pavement, forcing the pavement to rise. As... " "... _the weight of traffic continues to pound_..." "... on this raised section - and the temperatures once again rise above freezing - a shallow divot occurs under the surface and the pavement breaks, forming a pothole." Still prefer sharing roads with motor traffic? No, you've convinced me. We should all stop riding our bikes until there are special bike-only roads everywhere we want to go. I hope you get that completed really soon. Dude, it's already a reality. http://odditymall.com/laser-bike-lane-lights -- Jay Beattie. |
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