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Ahhh yes! The ol' Cap'n Dirty!!

Hahaha...a blast from the past just went by..

17656. alistairconnor - 11/30/2005 5:26:49 PM

Riding public bicycles around town.

A green leftie dream of a public transport system. This morning, the last bike left on the rack had a badly warped back wheel, I took it anyway but it was like pedaling up a steep hill. I arrived at the occupational health centre all hot and sweaty. Pleasant for the lady doctor.

17657. wabbit - 11/30/2005 5:29:59 PM

Arky, congrats to Mose! Or is it congrats to her betrothed and good luck to her? Either way, best wishes for them both. And I hope you are feeling better today.


labwabbit, in case we don't see you again for a bit, Happy Holidays!

(that is meant cover the whole season, not to piss off the Christmas sensitive)

17658. labwabbit - 11/30/2005 5:58:52 PM

alistair,

I would think hot and sweaty could be a welcome thing at a health center. Public bicycling? As in pay as you go?
That would have a very receivable application where I live...despite the rain I think.

17659. labwabbit - 11/30/2005 6:08:18 PM

Hahaha wabbit. Ah yes, the delusional interpretations of the PC crowd.
Ya know, with all this PC-ness with reference to the "holiday" season, one has got to wonder why or how long the "holiday" spending will continue at such a frenetic pace. I mean, will the pressure to provide gifts dissipitate as just another time of year eventually?

Really, like Santa/Rudolf et al, were they not originally advertisement campaigns that were wildly sucessful? Why just the other day I seen a battery operated toy where a reindeer with lights on its' antlers was gyrating on a hapless "grandma" holding a cane while the song Grandma Got Run-Over by a Reindeer played. Wasn't this just a silly song a couple of years back?

17660. judithathome - 11/30/2005 6:08:30 PM

Hey!! My favorite LabWabbit!! Missed you madly!

17661. alistairconnor - 11/30/2005 6:09:07 PM

Practically free. 5 euros a year, and the first half hour is free (50 cents a half hour after that). Electronic bike stations scattered all over the city. You wave your magnetic card at the terminal, choose a bike number from the list, the system unlocks it from its bollard, and you ride away.

Fine in theory. About 30% of my point-to-point trips are trouble-free in practice. First problem : the system is a victim of its own success: the station I can see from my office window has plenty of bikes available now (it's 5pm) but I can be sure none of those left when I finish around 7 will be in working order... I'll have to go to another, less-known station. The opposite problem is frequent too : I get to my girlfriend's place, an easy 15 minute ride away, and the station nearby is full.

17662. Ms. No - 11/30/2005 6:21:22 PM

Woo-hoo it's Labwabbit! How great to see you!

17663. alistairconnor - 11/30/2005 6:21:35 PM

Here's an article from the BBC about the bikes...

17664. labwabbit - 11/30/2005 6:29:49 PM

Judith-Baaaaaabeeeee!

How are you and the Keoni faring these days?
Good, very good, to see you here too!

That is a good idea for where I live. At least worth a good see from a business plan of view. Got only 31 miles of road and over 27,000 registered vehicles using it. If you put all the cars end-to-end here they would go from end to end of the road easily.

17665. labwabbit - 11/30/2005 6:31:49 PM

Hoo-boy,,,the incomparable MsNo. You know what special place you have with me young lady. ;->

17666. labwabbit - 11/30/2005 6:59:28 PM

Merry Cristmas/Happy Holidays/A a great start to the New Year friends.

Hope I have the op to get back before then however...

17667. arkymalarky - 11/30/2005 7:02:01 PM

OOOOOH LABWABBIT!

It's so wonderful to see you in here! Sounds like things are going great with you, from what I was reading in the Sports thread. Hope you find more time to spend here!

17668. arkymalarky - 11/30/2005 7:07:41 PM

Thanks Wabbit--headache finally left around 3 am, and I had to make up for two days of no sleep and stay medicated to keep it from returning, so I'm still out today.

Or is it congrats to her betrothed and good luck to her? Either way, best wishes for them both.

Thanks! I think it's congrats to her and good luck to the b/f. ;-)
They are both pretty settled and laid back (read "boring"), so marriage in their timeline wasn't surprising at all, and I'm hoping it stays as low-key and practical as it has been so far.

17669. labwabbit - 11/30/2005 7:11:36 PM

ARKUS!
Glad I checked once more before checking out...
Hot Damn woman...it's great to have caught you here.

Yes things are going well. I'm like a kid in a toy store here. Sooo many opportunities, soooo very little time.
But I'm following where life is taking me and it's like living a dream.
...and I thought time/life was going by fast before I moved. It seems like just one big long day kind of a ride.
I'm seeing and doing things that I never imagined myself doing, or being able to do. It's hard to believe it's been 6 years since leaving Maine.

How are you? (Aside from that "booger migraine) How's the classroom working for you?

Oh, I forgot. I'm a grandpa for the first time last July. In fact, I was down in your neck of the woods for the first 4 weeks of her life. Columbus, Mi. We left 4 days before Katrina hit. The eye went right over the base my son is stationed at.
Did it impact you at all? Directly or indirectly?

17670. labwabbit - 11/30/2005 7:17:55 PM

Uh, That's Columbus, "Ms."

...and congrats on marrying off a child. It's a hell of a road to get them to that point. If she's anything like her Mom, she'll continue to very well I suspect. :)

I've got to run.

Please, someone relay a hearty hello to Mago for me.

17671. arkymalarky - 11/30/2005 7:22:08 PM

Oh man, so close and yet so far! Katrina brought a couple of kids to my school for a couple of weeks, and that was about it. We tried to get someone to live in the upstairs part of our house, but between FEMA, the Red Cross, and the local housing authority I never could get anywhere. We had one family who would have liked to come, but they had five cats, and we have no way to protect cats from becoming dog treats for our two very large dogs.

I'm still loving the classroom, but tough state rules that are very hard on small, rural, poor schools have got me planning retirement within the next five years or so.

17672. arkymalarky - 11/30/2005 7:25:02 PM

If she's anything like her Mom, she'll continue to very well I suspect. :)

Thanks. I hope she'll one-up me.

Take care!

17673. labwabbit - 11/30/2005 7:31:17 PM

Sadly, Arkus, that a story I hear with increasing frequency these days. "No child left behind". My daughter teaches HS for the moment. The horror stories are bizarre on a good day. She is pursuing a career in state law enforcement/forensics, and will start academy this week I believe.
She always wanted to be a teacher as long as I can remember, but to reconsider a move to a state police force after a relatively short time...what's a parent to do...or say?

Some say teaching is a good fight...more are saying it's not a fair fight.
In any event, I hope you can hang on to the finish tape. Life really begins after your "first" retirement anyway. This I know!

Keep the faith.
Hope to see you soon.

17674. labwabbit - 11/30/2005 7:39:40 PM

One more thing.
Thanks for the link alistair.

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