it would seem that three applications of heavy heavy rain to my Sugoi Jacket and Pearl Izumi pants is enough to overwhelm the water "resistant" nature of the fabric... so... my clothes are wet... not just a little wet mind you soaking...
at least i had the intelligence to put on a nice pair of smartwool socks this morning... my shoes and socks might be wet but my feat are NOT cold! thankfully...
I was reading a bit over at What-i-think's page (linked from KL's) and man isn't all that the truth?
Saying hey to other riders... the lonely roads - the saftey in numbers - all that... which kinda inspired (indirectly) a new theory that i wanna test out:
Riders who are squirely, rude, and condesending are Repugnicans...
kinda bears out in the handful of cases i can think of. I have to also mention that there are plenty of republicans who can and do ride the road pretty respectably. And yeah they may be riding on a $10,000 custom Ti Seven with Carbon Record parts, but they are decent riders...
Oh and speaking of the GOP, am i the only one that reads "Boner" (as in... well ya know) when the new speaker of the house's name shows up on screen or print? For those who are completely out of the loop:
Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), who ran an insurgent campaign calling for change in the face of a widening corruption scandal, was elected yesterday to succeed Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) as House majority leader in an upset over the acting majority leader.To hear the news people pronounce it, they've must have a phoenetic telepromt... i'd say 'John Boner' everytime... which i'm sure he's rather used to, but maybe not ambivilant about still.
This whole riding in the rain is fun, and curious. Heading back into the office on the 3rd leg of the ride today (the one that completely drenched me) - (Oh and by ride i mean - 'commuting' - in terms of getting to office - to other facility - back to office) i couldn't help but notice something very strange to me... (how's that for excessive parenthesis use?)
95% of the people were using Umbrellas!!! Or Brolleys or Bumbershoots... Serious! Its totally freaking me out!
Maybe its my Seattle roots, the city that laughs at Umbrellas... but even at the Big Ten campus in the rain... the umbrellas were numerous but no where near the same as here... just freaking amazing.
Now to explain on other thing... i DREAD... and i mean dread walking in a crowd full of umbrella weilding people. cause they are all carrying those things at my chest and eye level... and most umbrella people don't look ahead at what they are walking towards/past... and that's me getting nailed and poked and bumped and even wetter from the stupid umbrella crowds...
Not that i have anything against short people - as a rule/or coincidence i only date women under 5'4" of course i might make exceptions for some tall women, but so far i haven't, and likely won't, and i'm all to familar with the challenges of rain, umbrellas and dates/walks with the GF/SO... cause if i hold it - she gets wet... if she holds it i go blind... a minor digression, brought on by the umbrella weilding phenomenon that is a raining day here in the City... and by City i don't mean New York...
okay... now - hopefully the skies will clear and the calender will open up and i can get out for a much needed LONG ride. I'm damn jealous when i hear people going out for 2 hours a day... knowing i need that... for now... i just gotta make due with what i can get, and keep commuting and keeping those legs spinning....
peace out my friends, till later
G
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