‘My Flesh and Blood’, walking, motorcycle riding
(posted from home)
(This post covers 26 June- 1 July, 2009)-----------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, 1 July-
For some reason I feel compelled to go to town lately. One reason is I normally find a way to run to Starbucks for a venti unsweetened passion tea. But I also feel like I need stuff.
This morning Labashi had a problem with the headset she uses for phone calls so I after mowing the yard in the mid-Eighties heat today, I used that as an excuse to ride into the Staples to try to find a better headset, possibly even a new phone system. But I didn’t see anything that looks like better quality than we already have.
At Tar-ZHAY I bought an el-cheapo basketball and a nice twin-window fan. I’ve not touched a basketball in years. But I’ve recently decided I’d like to shoot some hoops to give me some variety in my workouts.
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Tuesday, 30 June-
After a morning getting my normal routine with Fitday and Brainiversity done, I rode into town on this nice day to hit the Walmart. I picked up the moleskin I need to pad my new work shoes and picked up some more Atkins protein shakes. We really, really like these and one of these sometimes makes up the entire meal.
That evening I did a four-mile fast-walk and jog along the creek. After doing a six-miler Sunday and a four-miler yesterday I was feeling a little slow. I took a caffeine pill and it didn’t seem to do anything at first but after about a half-mile of walking, I felt like jogging (though I didn’t last long!)
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Monday, 29 June-
Labashi took the day to travel with her tea-lady buddies. The three of them get together a couple of times a year and travel somewhere to have tea and chat. Today’s trip is to Chadd’s Ford and they also want to visit a small Utopian community in the Wilmington area.
I mostly worked on the computers today, upgrading to Internet Explorer 8 and bringing the hardware and software drivers up to date and testing everything out afterwards.
That evening I walked the four-mile course along the creek. The creek road has been resurfaced and makes for nice walking but the road is now much thicker and when traffic comes I have to carefully watch my step when I get off the road.
Later on we finished up ‘The $100 Taxi Ride’, season 1, disk 1. I think we’re done with this series.
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Sunday, 28 June-
After a morning on the web, I took my Sunday ride to the Tollgate Starbucks to read the Times.
Back home I walked my six-mile loop. I’ve not done it for a few weeks and it felt very good.
That evening we watched ‘My Flesh and Blood’, an excellent documentary about a single mom who has 13 adopted kids, all disabled. She’s amazing and a saint. I highly recommend this one.
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Saturday, 27 June-
Today I changed the oil on the Concours. I don’t have that many miles (5K) on the last oil change but because I don’t have a garage, I do the change outside so wait for good weather. I’m up to 32K on the bike now and it has some rust on the undercarriage and exhaust pipes. My riding the bike in the winter exposes it to salted roads and that has taken its toll.
With the belly-pan off I got a good look at the exhaust repair I did a few weeks ago and the news isn’t good. The repair cement cracked in several places. I made a run in to Advance Auto for another type of exhaust repair cement but expect it will soon do the same. Between the heat and vibration, I guess I’m not surprised. If this latest repair does the same, I think I’ll try some JB Weld. To replace the exhaust pipe would be expensive given the part is around $200 and requires five or six hours of labor to remove the fairing and replace the entire right-side header. I can mess around with my home-made repairs a few more times and if they all fail I can then opt for the expensive fix.
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Friday, 26 June-
Today I caught up the blog and then made a motorcycle run in to our local Sears store to buy a pair of workboots. I just need simple boots without frills and found a pair of high-top Dickies on sale for $60, normally 75.
Back home I decided to start breaking them in right away and started off on my 4-mile walk along the creek. I finished about 3.5 miles of it before Labashi showed up to rescue me from the thunderstorm just starting. But I was also thankful she picked me up because one of the boots took some skin off the back of my foot. Now I need some moleskin.
We watched several episodes of ‘The $100 Taxi Ride’ that evening and then our regular Moyers and Now shows on PBS.
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(posted from home)
(This post covers 26 June- 1 July, 2009)-----------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, 1 July-
For some reason I feel compelled to go to town lately. One reason is I normally find a way to run to Starbucks for a venti unsweetened passion tea. But I also feel like I need stuff.
This morning Labashi had a problem with the headset she uses for phone calls so I after mowing the yard in the mid-Eighties heat today, I used that as an excuse to ride into the Staples to try to find a better headset, possibly even a new phone system. But I didn’t see anything that looks like better quality than we already have.
At Tar-ZHAY I bought an el-cheapo basketball and a nice twin-window fan. I’ve not touched a basketball in years. But I’ve recently decided I’d like to shoot some hoops to give me some variety in my workouts.
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Tuesday, 30 June-
After a morning getting my normal routine with Fitday and Brainiversity done, I rode into town on this nice day to hit the Walmart. I picked up the moleskin I need to pad my new work shoes and picked up some more Atkins protein shakes. We really, really like these and one of these sometimes makes up the entire meal.
That evening I did a four-mile fast-walk and jog along the creek. After doing a six-miler Sunday and a four-miler yesterday I was feeling a little slow. I took a caffeine pill and it didn’t seem to do anything at first but after about a half-mile of walking, I felt like jogging (though I didn’t last long!)
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Monday, 29 June-
Labashi took the day to travel with her tea-lady buddies. The three of them get together a couple of times a year and travel somewhere to have tea and chat. Today’s trip is to Chadd’s Ford and they also want to visit a small Utopian community in the Wilmington area.
I mostly worked on the computers today, upgrading to Internet Explorer 8 and bringing the hardware and software drivers up to date and testing everything out afterwards.
That evening I walked the four-mile course along the creek. The creek road has been resurfaced and makes for nice walking but the road is now much thicker and when traffic comes I have to carefully watch my step when I get off the road.
Later on we finished up ‘The $100 Taxi Ride’, season 1, disk 1. I think we’re done with this series.
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Sunday, 28 June-
After a morning on the web, I took my Sunday ride to the Tollgate Starbucks to read the Times.
Back home I walked my six-mile loop. I’ve not done it for a few weeks and it felt very good.
That evening we watched ‘My Flesh and Blood’, an excellent documentary about a single mom who has 13 adopted kids, all disabled. She’s amazing and a saint. I highly recommend this one.
--------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, 27 June-
Today I changed the oil on the Concours. I don’t have that many miles (5K) on the last oil change but because I don’t have a garage, I do the change outside so wait for good weather. I’m up to 32K on the bike now and it has some rust on the undercarriage and exhaust pipes. My riding the bike in the winter exposes it to salted roads and that has taken its toll.
With the belly-pan off I got a good look at the exhaust repair I did a few weeks ago and the news isn’t good. The repair cement cracked in several places. I made a run in to Advance Auto for another type of exhaust repair cement but expect it will soon do the same. Between the heat and vibration, I guess I’m not surprised. If this latest repair does the same, I think I’ll try some JB Weld. To replace the exhaust pipe would be expensive given the part is around $200 and requires five or six hours of labor to remove the fairing and replace the entire right-side header. I can mess around with my home-made repairs a few more times and if they all fail I can then opt for the expensive fix.
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Friday, 26 June-
Today I caught up the blog and then made a motorcycle run in to our local Sears store to buy a pair of workboots. I just need simple boots without frills and found a pair of high-top Dickies on sale for $60, normally 75.
Back home I decided to start breaking them in right away and started off on my 4-mile walk along the creek. I finished about 3.5 miles of it before Labashi showed up to rescue me from the thunderstorm just starting. But I was also thankful she picked me up because one of the boots took some skin off the back of my foot. Now I need some moleskin.
We watched several episodes of ‘The $100 Taxi Ride’ that evening and then our regular Moyers and Now shows on PBS.
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