Writing Nook Open!

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Deacon Patrick

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Mar 17, 2018, 4:08:34 PM3/17/18
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In which I ride up the top of Lovell Gulch, descend to the writing nook, enjoy coffee, pipe, and writing, and return home. 40˚F, winds from 20-30 mph, but not in the nook.
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JohnS

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Mar 17, 2018, 4:52:25 PM3/17/18
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DP,

I didn't notice it at first, but then I saw that you use your bike as a back rest, very clever and efficient! Always envious of where you ride and sit to write/coffeeneuring.

JohnS

Deacon Patrick

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Mar 17, 2018, 5:36:36 PM3/17/18
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Och, John! Don’t let where I ride and write lead you to commit one of the seven deadly sins! Wink.

Aye, and well spotted. The trick to using the bike saddle as a back rest is to position the ground facing pedal at the top of the stroke, lay the bike down, then all is stable and the saddle falls somewhere in the small of the back (depending on terrain). Just enough for a wee back rest. The ground tarp is waxed canvas and doubles as a writing desk protector from rain, snow, and mud while on the saddlebag.

Try as I might, I haven’t found a way to write cross legged well for more than a few minutes. Maybe it’s the vertigo, but its off to the side and fiddly. A longer writing board/desk works, but then is longer to carry and this is sized to fit in the panniers. Though now I think on it, a longer board would work atop the saddle sack. Hmmmm.

With abandon,
Patrick

ascpgh

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Mar 17, 2018, 10:04:00 PM3/17/18
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I spy a logo on the left arm of that red smock. Yours or theirs?

I served with a colleague who rebranched to the Army from the Navy after a knee injury and repair left him debilitatingly susceptible to vertigo and nausea from the physical sensation of being on ships' decks in rolling seas following his recovery. 

Sitting cross legged, producing lateral force to your knees seems to be the static form of the same thing and I completely understand that consequence. A Nelson Longflap backrest would be a  mighty comfortable option, along with a small tarp on which to repose toward the sun.

Andy Cheatham
Pittsburgh

Deacon Patrick

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Mar 17, 2018, 11:01:19 PM3/17/18
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Andy, the logo is theirs. It certifies that while wearing their garment I am impervious to dihydrogen oxide attacks, either solid or liquid.

Aye, floor living and barefoot (or near as possible) are the best “cures” I’ve found for vertigo, in addition to a whole lot of other benifits inherant to God’s engineering. Grin.

With abandon,
Patrick
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