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May 31, 2008
Geek Squad on Two Wheels
I decided to make today an automobile-free day. Which isn't really a big deal, I guess, unless you consider I wanted to get some things done as well.
I normally start my child-free weekends with ten or fifteen minutes of crying due to sadness. I only mention this as I'd like my boys to be aware of it should one of them happen across this entry at some point in his life after falling into a big pile of money (which, hopefully, raises his gullibility quotient).
The crying always makes me a bit peckish and following some tear wiping, nose blowing, and hand washing, I'll head off for breakfast.
Today breakfast was all the more sweet as I had a coupon for Hometown Buffet. I have video of the meal but haven't loaded the editing software on the new hard drive so you'll just have to trust me when I say it was spectacular (I chose my breakfast based on (1) nutritional content and (2) how it would look in the video — I am the Sam Peckinpah of morning meals).
If you are curiouis, Hometown Buffet is about five miles from where I live.
During breakfast my buddy Paul called. He'd asked me to do some computer work for him and I told him I'd zip over when I was done eating. As I worked my way through a second helping of scrambled eggs I plotted my route. While I knew I'd end up on Riverside Drive (which doesn't have the safest feel to it) I calculated that my time on it would be short enough that the chances of getting smashed would be rather small.
Paul and I made a trip to the computer store (his car, so I still count is as automobile-free for me), installed a new optical drive (which sounds so much more professional than "installed a DVD burner") and then went out to a late lunch (um, more driving in his car).
The skies got a bit ugly after we finished eating and I made a hasty, windy-as-hell, retreat toward the house. All told I put in just under 21 miles — and it was on The Mighty Schwinn (I have a big honkin' lock that fits on the Schwinn's rack … I lack a locking-it-up scheme for the new bike.)
I got home just in time to have a big nap, followed by a sandwich, then bed.
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Posted by delmer at May 31, 2008 8:17 AM
Comments
Sounds like a perfect day! :)
Posted by: Ginger at June 2, 2008 11:48 AM
Aside from the wind it couldn't have been better. Paul has three little girls, the oldest might be six, who kept us amused during our travels.
Posted by: delmer at June 2, 2008 11:52 AM
I'm still curious to know whether or not you have a name for this very cool new bike? ;o)
Posted by: Lady P at June 2, 2008 3:58 PM
Wouldn't that big pile of money be great?
Sounds like a great day even with the windy ride.
Posted by: radioactive tori at June 3, 2008 12:34 PM
I see you more as a Martin Scorsese or Quentin Tarantino of breakfast orders and not so much a Peckinpah.
Posted by: Icy Mt. at June 3, 2008 1:02 PM
Lady P: I'm leaning toward Ruby. Though, if I were Ruby's love, I'd want her to take me to town ... and out to the countryside, etc.
Radioactive Tori: And I'd happily take coins or bills. I'm flexible where my large piles of money are concerned.
IcyMt: I thought Peckinpah might be a stretch. It's just that I live with The Wild Bunch every other week, so it seemed to fit.
Posted by: delmer at June 3, 2008 2:12 PM