On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 at 13:04 GMT, Peter Signorini (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
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> "hippy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
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>> Touring would be cool
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> It is. A bit more so in a Melbourne winter.
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>> if I didn't have to fit in a job and stuff around it..
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> Well hippy it depends on how cool it is to you, but not all touring is a 9
> day mass epic. I run a regular job and family, but still make sure I get
> away for a weekend tour every month or so. Then there's plenty of day tours.
I'll be joining up with mbtc. There was mention of a weekend away in
the new year -- just bring your panniers, sleeping bag, tent, etc.
Sounds fun.
How was the rain tonight? I looked at the large dark red blobs all
over the radar before leaving, and thought I would make it. Then the
back bike light fell off, so I had to go back into the office to
sticky tape it back up. That cost 10 minutes. Then I had to do
shopping, since I had been away for over a week, and the queues were
super long (damn safeway haven't put on more staff, even though the
queues have increased dramatically over the last 2 months, at all time
of the night (even at 2:00am)). I was in the queue when the downpour
started. I discovered indeed my panniers are waterproof. Not my socks
though.
Batteries were flat, and my tripod broke, so photos of the spectacular
lightning were out of the question.
--
TimC --
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I've gone to look for myself.
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--Dan in AFDA