My Weds. afternoon
Claire Petersky
15 miles. Cleaned and oiled the chain, then did my husband's. Washed up,
then fired up the grill, sat in the lawn chair and popped open a can of cold
beer, and sipped it while leafing through the Nashbar catalog. Washed up
again, and threw a slab of salmon on the grill when the coals ashed over,
then started boiling up the pasta. Made a little light cheese sauce and
gently steamed some cauliflower and broccoli flowerettes. All of that was
done about the time I shovelled the salmon off the grill. We ate the salmon
with a wedge of lemon, the vegetables, the pasta and the cheese sauce, and
then had some cinnamon rugalach I baked last night for dessert.
Could there be a finer afternoon?
--
Warm Regards,
Claire Petersky
cpet...@yahoo.com
Mike Jacoubowsky
started looking through the Nashbar catalog...
Aside from that, yes, sounds like the perfect afternoon! I especially like
the ritual whereby the wife cleans up the husband's drivetrain (although if
I pointed your email out to *my* wife, I'd likely have a book thrown at me).
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
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Tom Keats
Oh, Man ... how idyllic! I've been stuck in here working, working,
for days. Your post is like a waft of fresh air through my home-office
window.
Fortunately I'll get my chance to get a good ride in, when I go out
to Metrotown to drop of my work and pick up my cheque.
Hmm ... paycheque ... barbequed salmon ... Pauline's birthday this
Sunday ... she's got my barbie on her balcony ... hmmmm :-)
I know what I have to do. At least, part of it (still have to
buy her some stuff --- i'm considering a floor pump along with
a basketful of other odds'n'ends & possibles).
BTW, she turned me on to putting a little sprig of fennel on fish
as it's cooking. It's interesting, although i actually really
prefer that treatment on white-meat fish. It does seem to tame
fish-fragrances in the kitchen. She also likes sage in garlic-
braised mushrooms, but i haven't quite acquired that taste yet.
I still like plain ol' garlic gusto.
Thanks, you've not only cheered me up, but also given me some
survival ideas.
cheers,
Tom
--
We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glowworm.
-- Winston Churchill
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Bob Becker
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There was that day in 1976 when I met a frisky,
somewhat buxom woman named Wanda.
Peter Cole
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about
> 15 miles. Cleaned and oiled the chain, then did my husband's. Washed up,
> then fired up the grill, sat in the lawn chair and popped open a can of
cold
> beer, and sipped it while leafing through the Nashbar catalog. Washed up
> again, and threw a slab of salmon on the grill when the coals ashed over,
> then started boiling up the pasta. Made a little light cheese sauce and
> gently steamed some cauliflower and broccoli flowerettes. All of that was
> done about the time I shovelled the salmon off the grill. We ate the
salmon
> with a wedge of lemon, the vegetables, the pasta and the cheese sauce, and
> then had some cinnamon rugalach I baked last night for dessert.
Ugh! I hate salmon and cauliflower, not crazy about cleaning chains or
Nashbar catalogs either. But thanks for the imagery. Doesn't this thread
belong in rec.bike.marthastewart?
Dorai Sitaram
Hmm. What does "Mart Haste Wart" mean? Is it something like
"Haste Makes Waste" or something?
--d
Lincoln Dickerson
add insult to injury. :)
Msherck
Claire Petersky
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> Well, being an LBS owner myself, I was with you all the way until you
> started looking through the Nashbar catalog...
This would imply that I actually buy things from the Nashbar catalog (or the
Performance one). I regard these catalogs as similar to Bicycling Magazine,
which I recently subscribed to -- or for that matter, People or god help us,
Cosmo -- something extremely lightweight to leaf through while doing things
like sitting in a lawn chair sipping beer waiting for the coals to ash over.
I guess I bought a clearance jersey from Nashbar once, that has held up
okay. They also have a more complete selection of Primal Wear than even REI,
and when I wanted to buy the King of DeNile jersey for my husband last year,
I could only find it there.
There's a lot of bike stuff, though, I'd actually want to try on first
(shoes, helmet, saddles, even shorts) before use. And there's lots of stuff
I'd buy at the bike shop before I'd buy it from a catalog because they will
install it, generally correctly, for free.
If I do use the Nashbar catalog as a more serious tool, it usually goes like
this. I read a thread in r.b.tech, and everyone is all heated up about some
bicycle-related component or accessory that I have never heard of or whose
function I understand only remotely from the discussion. I'm leafing through
the catalog, and I say to myself, "oh there's the Sukabe X-690 and the
Mangia SBT that everyone was talking about". Then, when I'm out riding on a
club ride, and I recognize that there's someone with the Mangia SBT, I can
say, sounding like I have a clue, "(ahem) I see you have the Mangia SBT.
What do you think of its merits vs. the Sukabe X-690?" If nothing else, I've
made some small talk, and perhaps learned something more about the item from
someone actually using it (who knows about the people in rbt ;-)!)
Stella Hackell
"Claire Petersky" <cpet...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Other than having my husband do the cooking, no.
--
Stella Hackell ste...@ncal.verio.com
She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the
mastery of life.
--Frances E. Willard, _How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle_
Bruce Abrams
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post).
By the way, I was going through the Nashbar catalog myself, but can't find
the Sukabe X-690. What page is it on?
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
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Mike Kruger
Now you are cleaning and oiling your spouse's chain.
What's next?
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Mike Kruger
"The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier
to write with." --Marty Feldman
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Claire Petersky
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> Claire: Not to worry, I was trying to have a little fun with it (your
> post).
>
> By the way, I was going through the Nashbar catalog myself, but can't find
> the Sukabe X-690. What page is it on?
Sorry, I misspelled it. It's the Sukebe X-690. Does that help?
Buckaroo Banzai
wrote:
>There was that day in 1976 when I met a frisky,
>somewhat buxom woman named Wanda.
That wouldn't be Wanda Hickey by any chance, would it?
>
Bob Becker
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A warm summer afternoon of gratuitous sex in the 70s did not
necessarily include the use of last names.
I did, however, get a hickey and certainly Wanda Moore.
Bob Becker
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> So, last month you learn to change your own flats.
> Now you are cleaning and oiling your spouse's chain.
>
> What's next?
> --
First Century!!!!!
When's that happen, Claire?
Claire Petersky
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About a year ago.
Bob Becker
>
> > First Century!!!!!
> > When's that happen, Claire?
> About a year ago.
OK Repeat after me....
Double. Double. Double...
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to Eisenhower Park for the Wednesday night ride.
If I'm lucky, I'll miss out on leaving with the main pack and take the high
roads: ~ 10 miles of climbing followed by about 15 miles of rolling hills
back to the park. Of course, with daylight sticking around until almost 9
o'clock now...
After the ride, everybody meets back at the park for "refreshments" (Dr.
Pepper for me; beer for most everyone else) and conversation. We do a
full-fledged tailgate party every few weeks for kicks.
When the beer is gone, everyone disperses, and it's back home to get cleaned
up and rested for the next day's commute. I am so glad I bought a bike.//dhs
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then had some cinnamon rugalach I baked last night for dessert.
>Could there be a finer afternoon?
--
>Warm Regards,
>Claire Petersky
cpet...@yahoo.com
Wow. Sounds great. I can almost taste the delicate flakes of salmon. But what
the heck is a rugalach? Whatever it is, it *sounds* tasty...
PG
Bruce Abrams
It's kind of a strudel...in mini...but not quite. Most common varieties are
chocolate and cinamon. When properly made, they have enough butter to
permanently clog every artery in Team USPS.
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Claire Petersky
Done that, too :-) Question is, do I do the one-day STP
(Seattle-to-Portland, 198 miles) this year, or do I do a two-day, in hopes
of luring my husband to come with?
Benjamin Weiner
> Rugelach, are one of the most delectable deserts of Eastern European Jewry.
> It's kind of a strudel...in mini...but not quite. Most common varieties are
> chocolate and cinamon. When properly made, they have enough butter to
> permanently clog every artery in Team USPS.
I object, rugelach should be filled with nuts, and fruit
bits like apricot or candied fruit. Chocolate is some kind
of New World bastardization, and cinnamon, I'm just
not sure about cinnamon rugelach. Makes me think of
Cinnabons. Also, you are correct about the fat, though I was
taught to make the dough with an equal amount of creamcheese
(I have read that this is also a New World bastardization).
Rugelach are like the polar opposite of a Power Bar
(thank god).
Sometimes you can get rugelach in bakeries, but I expect
this is strongly dependent on location. Anyway, the
best rugelach are made by hand. They are great fresh,
but the sweetest rugelach is perhaps the one mailed to a
child who NEVER, EVER calls.
-Ben
fully aware that flames about the comfort, ride quality, etc.
of rugelach materials are supposed to be in rec.bicycles.tech
Bob Becker
> >
> > Double. Double. Double...
> Done that, too :-) Question is, do I do the one-day STP
> (Seattle-to-Portland, 198 miles) this year, or do I do a
two-day, in hopes
> of luring my husband to come with?
So you rode a double century BEFORE you learned
to change a flat???????????????????
Patrick
I kept waiting for the sex. Still it did sound like a pleasant evening.
Hunrobe
wrote:
<< Rode the bike home from work -- pleasant leisurely ride, partly sunny, about
15 miles. Cleaned and oiled the chain, then did my husband's. Washed up, then
fired up the grill, sat in the lawn chair and popped open a can of cold beer,
and sipped it while leafing through the Nashbar catalog. Washed up again, and
threw a slab of salmon on the grill when the coals ashed over,
then started boiling up the pasta. Made a little light cheese sauce andgently
steamed some cauliflower and broccoli flowerettes. All of that was done about
the time I shovelled the salmon off the grill. We ate the salmon with a wedge
of lemon, the vegetables, the pasta and the cheese sauce, and then had some
cinnamon rugalach I baked last night for dessert.
Could there be a finer afternoon? >>
I can only think of two ways to improve upon it:
1- If you'd substituted a vodka gimlet for the beer.
2- If you had invited me.
Regards,
Bob Hunt
Okay, maybe my suggestions wouldn't have improved YOUR afternoon but they
surely would have improved mine! :)
Pbwalther
>to change a flat???????????????????
>
Seems to me that has to be some sort of record.
Claire Petersky
> >So you rode a double century BEFORE you learned
> >to change a flat???????????????????
>
> Seems to me that has to be some sort of record.
Why does it follow that one has to know how to change a flat in order
to ride a bicycle? If you're like me and get a flat no more than about
every 1000 miles or so, you have to do a lot of riding to encounter
even just one. I probably ride in the range of 4000 miles/year (about
100 miles every week, but you know, I had the flu, and I went on some
business trips, so 4000 feels about right).
Now, it has been suggested privately to me that it is a helpful
survival skill to be able to change a flat. I agree. And the one time
I happened to be riding 60 miles by myself and I got a flat and had no
one to help me, as it turns out, I was able to change it.
Still, while I'm at it, why does it follow that it is a more advanced
skill somehow to clean a chain vs. change a flat, for that matter?
I've been cleaning chains since I started riding 100+ miles a week
(when I started training early last spring for that century a year
ago). Chain cleaning seems to be no more advanced than any other
housewifely chore, like cleaning the range hood. Icky grease is icky
grease.
Or are you guys just razzing me, and I'm taking you all too seriously?
As I wrote to someone privately, when I'm in rb*, it's like I'm a kid
again at one of those family gatherings, where I'm the only girl
cousin and the youngest. I never know when to just keep quiet, when to
dish it back out, and when I should yell, "MO-O-O-MM! They're teasing
me again!"
Jpfler
You're all right. Don't change. I like your threads.
>I never know when to just keep quiet, when to
>dish it back out, and when I should yell, "MO-O-O-MM! They're teasing
>me again!"
Jim
Brian Huntley
> Chain cleaning seems to be no more advanced than any other
> housewifely chore, like cleaning the range hood. Icky grease is icky
> grease.
Gee, I have to to that one aroud my house. Hey! I bet chain solvent
would work GREAT on the range hood! Thanks!
Tom Keats
Heh. I was thinking sudsy ammonia might do the trick for
cleaning chains :-)
cheers,
Tom
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Claire Petersky
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And I was thinking Simple Green for both!
Actually, the chain cleaning example is why I've found rb* so helpful. I've
read many different ideas about different chain cleaners and methods, and
tried some of them myself, with both mishaps and success. I never would have
thought of all of them on my own, and it's helped me settle on my own
method, cleaner, and lube.
Claire Petersky
that Wednesday not too long ago. Differences:
Peas and carrots from the garden instead of cauliflower
Terry catalog instead of Nashbar
Homemade strawberry shortcake instead of rugalach
Hunrobe
wrote:
<< Hate to seem boring, but this Thursday evening was remarkably similar to
that Wednesday not too long ago. Differences:
Peas and carrots from the garden instead of cauliflower
Terry catalog instead of Nashbar
Homemade strawberry shortcake instead of rugalach >>
When did the invitations go out? I never received mine. Did anyone else here
get one? I think you are just taunting the group now, Claire. ;)
Regards,
Bob Hunt
Claire Petersky
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> << "Claire Petersky" cpet...@yahoo.com >>
> When did the invitations go out? I never received mine. Did anyone else
here
> get one? I think you are just taunting the group now, Claire. ;)
Ok, ok. Tomorrow I'm doing the Saints and Sinners ride (see:
http://www.cascade.org/rides/descriptions_july_2001.html#Saints_and_Sinners_
1 ). I'm planning to ride to the start, so any rb*'er can meet me either on
the Burke Gilman or Sammamish River Trail, or at the actual starting place.
Do the ride (which is 25 miles at a moderate pace -- probably in the reach
of most of you), and either ride back home with me or drive. When we get to
my place, we'll clean and lube the chains, and set up the bbq. The plnned
menu is:
Barbequed chicken
Fresh collard greens from the garden
Grilled potatoes
Fresh local strawberries that my mom picked yesterday
Whipped cream
I wasn't planning to make shortcake, but if you twist my arm, I'll do it.
We'll open some beers and sit in the lawn chairs, probably with my husband,
and instead of reading some bicycling catalogues, we'll shoot the breeze.
You can teach me some mechanical stuff, because probably 90% of you know
more mechanical stuff than me. Then we'll have dinner.
All of you are invited, but you have to RSVP before I leave the house
tomorrow, which will probably be around 10:30.
See you tomorrow!
Eric Babula
<20010629234354...@ng-fy1.aol.com>:
Yeah, Bob, the invitations went out. I got mine. We were all there!
Hmmm. Maybe your invitation got "lost in the mail". ;-)
Sorry, just had to do that!
Eric Babula