Wishing I was somewhere other than here Saturday @ the MSC

[aeroparrot]

Morning.

[tailgaitingph]

Morning Ravi & BN!
Where do you want to be Ravi?

I'm at work for the next 12 hrs so I'd take pretty much anywhere else but I'm off tomorrow so just gotta get through today. And it's 27 degrees here so...

[sistergoldenhair]

I would like to be at the Sneaki Tiki on Siesta Key. Aloha.

[lime rickie]

Morning, pholks.

[Crazy Navy Flyer]

Good morning BN. A frigid 30 here this morning, wishing I was further south.

[aeroparrot]

Morning Ravi & BN!
Where do you want to be Ravi?

I'm at work for the next 12 hrs so I'd take pretty much anywhere else but I'm off tomorrow so just gotta get through today. And it's 27 degrees here so...

Where there's no snow.

[dnw]

Good morning, BNers! Have a wonderful day and stay warm.

[Saltx3]

Hey everyone!

Here...is where I'd rather be again....

[LIPH]

Good morning. I'm fine where I am. There's no snow and it's a balmy 37 degrees.

[jbfinscj]

Good morning

[LIPH]

I just heard a weather report on the radio and they said it might snow tonight and/or tomorrow. No mention of accumulation but ... snow. I don't like to go grocery shopping on the weekend but maybe I should go stock up, I only have a few beers left.

[springparrot]

Afternoon BNers


Since we are giving weather reports, it is 55 degrees here with abundant sunshine

Guess I need to buy a few groceries.

[nycfeat]

Afternoon BN. Looks like my computer is acting up.

[Bicycle Bill]

When life hands you lemons, don't make lemonade; slice them instead.  Then find the guy with the salt and the tequila, and have a party!!

Just got back home from a 25-mile bicycle ride in Perry IA.  For the past 39 years now the local Chamber of Commerce has been hosting what they bill as "The Original Winter Bicycle Ride" and known officially as the "Bicycle Ride to Rippey" — or "BRR" for short.  Rides are held regardless of the weather; we have ridden in sub-zero cold more appropriate to a polar expedition as well as spring-like temperatures in the low 60s.  Today the thermometer was in the mid-30s as over 1500 people took to the road for the jaunt from Perry to nearby Rippey and return.

Why so many crazies riding bikes on the first Saturday of February?  Well, as many of you may know Iowa is the home of the biggest summer-time bicycle ride, the seven-day cross-state ride known as RAGBRAI and sponsored by the Des Moines Register newspaper that attracts over 15K riders annually.  And since Perry is centrally located in Iowa and only about an hour's drive from Des Moines, there are any number of RAGBRAI riders who will brave the elements (like yours truly) and gather in this small Iowa community for the 'unofficial' early start of the season.

So, while it would have been nice to have been riding somewhere like Key West or somewhere else in the Sun Belt, sometimes you just gotta play the hand you were dealt.  It's how you choose to play it, though, that makes all the difference.

-"BB"-

[tailgaitingph]

When life hands you lemons, don't make lemonade; slice them instead.  Then find the guy with the salt and the tequila, and have a party!!

Just got back home from a 25-mile bicycle ride in Perry IA.  For the past 39 years now the local Chamber of Commerce has been hosting what they bill as "The Original Winter Bicycle Ride" and known officially as the "Bicycle Ride to Rippey" — or "BRR" for short.  Rides are held regardless of the weather; we have ridden in sub-zero cold more appropriate to a polar expedition as well as spring-like temperatures in the low 60s.  Today the thermometer was in the mid-30s as over 1500 people took to the road for the jaunt from Perry to nearby Rippey and return.

Why so many crazies riding bikes on the first Saturday of February?  Well, as many of you may know Iowa is the home of the biggest summer-time bicycle ride, the seven-day cross-state ride known as RAGBRAI and sponsored by the Des Moines Register newspaper that attracts over 15K riders annually.  And since Perry is centrally located in Iowa and only about an hour's drive from Des Moines, there are any number of RAGBRAI riders who will brave the elements (like yours truly) and gather in this small Iowa community for the 'unofficial' early start of the season.

So, while it would have been nice to have been riding somewhere like Key West or somewhere else in the Sun Belt, sometimes you just gotta play the hand you were dealt.  It's how you choose to play it, though, that makes all the difference.

-"BB"-