Congrats Cronoman

putting a stamp on his nickname! Winning big in the 45 age group in Auburn.

It is already sweltering outside here. The kids at day care were already getting the outside time before they moved inside for the day. I like that. they actually are very good about getting them outside play time even on days like today.

My wife mentioned that the news is asking people to set their air conditioner thermostat to 80°F? Damn that is pretty high. But at that temp with low humidity it isn't nearly as bad as 75 and 95% humidity.

Here's a bit of stuff written last week... gonna pop it in here. I still have a few shots to get up and NTP returns. (Name that plant)... i can't wait.

respect,
G

The following was written on June 23 2007:
I know no one is wondering what gewilli did on vay kay. And the bottom line is it doesn’t feel like much of a vacation. But it was way needed, catching up on stuff here quite a bit. Not much extra sleep. No riding. No racing. Yeah, a bike “racer”? No racing? I know, no chance to get better racing if I don’t actually race. No chance to get down to the ‘grit or the ‘tuck. We’ll see if it actually happens. Wicked amount of work to do on the cars. The Golf needs a timing belt and e-brake cable at least. The Volvo needs something, but the immediate (battery) has been replaced. So it looks like the next round of vacation will see me return to the auto mechanic suit, the vocation that made my orange jump suit so “dirty” as meg put it. How did she describe me? He’s like the cliff guys just dirtier when someone asked if I was Greg (or someone). Her emphasis on dirtier was pretty funny. Working on cars, fixing them, ya know in many ways it is way easier than working on a bike and getting a bike set up just right. There isn’t any wiggle room on a car. You figure out what is wrong, put the new part in and if adjustment is needed there is now computer feedback to tell you if it is right or not, and even back in the day with a carb, tweaking the mix really is pretty simple. But then again so is working on a bike I guess. So maybe it isn’t any different. The bike has a bit more fudging/experience required. Building and truing wheels, front der set up… as much as the ‘industry’ has worked to standardize and make components mechanic proof, it seems that it is still overwhelming for the normal person to work on the bike. Does that really come down to the fact that there are mechanics and non-mechanics? Being a mechanic I never understand those who aren’t. how can you not understand how things work? I’ve watched very intelligent people attempt to be mechanics and with good instruction, very detailed and specific they can accomplish the task, but not easily and seemingly not naturally. Yes people are wired differently and maybe these smart folks can do things I can’t do or do things that I struggle with, ya know like win races and stuff. But when you are working with a mechanic, or a person with great mechanical ability it is obvious. Bike mechanics aren’t any different than car mechanics. Well in many ways they are, the bike mechanics are paid far less money and the skill range is more dramatic (assuming you exclude the rip-off-quicky-lube folks).

Wow, a big monster paragraph? What has happened? Oh. Uninterrupted flow. Writing without getting up, letting an idea develop or maybe it is forcing the idea to develop. Writing at home is a rare luxury, and not a regular sort of thing.