The worst thing about grand tours...



R

Richard Adams

Guest
The worst thing about grand tours is rest days.

I'm going through withdawal! I need my fix!

Dan Connelly - "Looka these here charts on depression and
caloric intake." Robert Chung - "Yes, but if you reverse the
axis and take the third derivative of the plot curve..."
Steven Bornfeld - "Wowee!" Benjo Maso - "This reminds me of
speed fluxuations in kermesses in the early 20th century."
Tom Kunich - "Iraq is not a mess, this math is all a product
of Liberal Bias!" Heather - "I'm going back to sleep, wake
me when the war is over."
 
Richard Adams wrote:
>
> The worst thing about grand tours is rest days.
>
> I'm going through withdawal! I need my fix!
>
> Dan Connelly - "Looka these here charts on depression and
> caloric intake." Robert Chung - "Yes, but if you reverse
> the axis and take the third derivative of the plot
> curve..." Steven Bornfeld - "Wowee!" Benjo Maso - "This
> reminds me of speed fluxuations in kermesses in the early
> 20th century." Tom Kunich - "Iraq is not a mess, this math
> is all a product of Liberal Bias!" Heather - "I'm going
> back to sleep, wake me when the war is over."

the rest days are painful but good for you. giving up
something you like makes getting it back even more
enjoyable. i found this out for myself when i would go solo
backpacking- i would come back home, eat real food, take a
hot shower and hang out in bed and nothing has *ever* felt
as good as that, even though i do that stuff almost every
single day normally and don't really enjoy it at all.

ok, rest days also tend to make me ramble when i'm not
asleep, h
 
Richard Adams wrote:
>
> The worst thing about grand tours is rest days.
>
> I'm going through withdawal! I need my fix!
>
> Dan Connelly - "Looka these here charts on depression and
> caloric intake." Robert Chung - "Yes, but if you reverse
> the axis and take the third derivative of the plot
> curve..." Steven Bornfeld - "Wowee!" Benjo Maso - "This
> reminds me of speed fluxuations in kermesses in the early
> 20th century." Tom Kunich - "Iraq is not a mess, this math
> is all a product of Liberal Bias!" Heather - "I'm going
> back to sleep, wake me when the war is over."

the rest days are painful but good for you. giving up
something you like makes getting it back even more
enjoyable. i found this out for myself when i would go solo
backpacking- i would come back home, eat real food, take a
hot shower and hang out in bed and nothing has *ever* felt
as good as that, even though i do that stuff almost every
single day normally and don't really enjoy it at all.

ok, rest days also tend to make me ramble when i'm not
asleep, h
 
"h squared" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> the rest days are painful but good for you. giving up
> something you like makes getting it back even more
> enjoyable. i found this out for myself when i would go
> solo backpacking- i would come back home, eat real food,
> take a hot shower and hang out in bed and nothing has
> *ever* felt as good as that, even though i do that stuff
> almost every single day normally and don't really enjoy
> it at all.
>
Suffering makes you appreciate the normal things in life.
The best hot chocolate and pancakes (and even the
conversation was pretty interesting) I ever had was after
a race a couple of weeks ago in the freezing wind and
rain. 'course three days later I got sick, but it was
still worth it.

Jeff
 
Jeff Jones wrote:
> "h squared" wrote:
>>
>> i found this out for myself when i would go solo backpacking-
>> i would come back home, eat real food, take a hot shower
>> and hang out in bed and nothing has *ever* felt as good
>> as that, even though i do that stuff almost every single
>> day normally and don't really enjoy it at all.
>>
> Suffering makes you appreciate the normal things in life.
> The best hot chocolate and pancakes (and even the
> conversation was pretty interesting) I ever had was after
> a race a couple of weeks ago in the freezing wind and
> rain. 'course three days later I got sick, but it was
> still worth it.

I am supremely happy in my second marriage.
 
Jeff Jones wrote:
> "h squared" <[email protected]> wrote
> in message news:[email protected]...
>
>>
>>the rest days are painful but good for you. giving up
>>something you like makes getting it back even more
>>enjoyable. i found this out for myself when i would go
>>solo backpacking- i would come back home, eat real food,
>>take a hot shower and hang out in bed and nothing has
>>*ever* felt as good as that, even though i do that stuff
>>almost every single day normally and don't really enjoy
>>it at all.
>>
>
> Suffering makes you appreciate the normal things in life.
> The best hot chocolate and pancakes (and even the
> conversation was pretty interesting) I ever had was after
> a race a couple of weeks ago in the freezing wind and
> rain. 'course three days later I got sick, but it was
> still worth it.

I remember a cold, blustery day strolling past the
windmills in Brugge. The sky was changing its mind between
shades of grey and blue as I trudged along the cobbles.
After wandering a ways (and finding the packet of nuts I
bought in a small shop were stale) hunger pangs set in and
I took notice of a sign-board on a corner, by a quaint
little inn. 'Apfel Taart' looked inviting and I stepped in
out of the cold, shaking of the bits of snow that had
gathered in my hair and on my scarf. I was seated and
inquired about the 'Taart', "Yes, anything else?" What do
you have on tap, anything good to go with it? Three
belgians at the small bar turned as one and laughed,
"Blanche, you'll find nothing better, it goes with
everything." It was tryly heaven. A hot slice of apple pie
and a frosty mug of belgian white to wash it down with. It
was over ten years ago and I still remember it well.
 
Originally posted by Richard Adams
The worst thing about grand tours is rest days.

I'm going through withdawal! I need my fix!

Dan Connelly - "Looka these here charts on depression and
caloric intake." Robert Chung - "Yes, but if you reverse the
axis and take the third derivative of the plot curve..."
Steven Bornfeld - "Wowee!" Benjo Maso - "This reminds me of
speed fluxuations in kermesses in the early 20th century."
Tom Kunich - "Iraq is not a mess, this math is all a product
of Liberal Bias!" Heather - "I'm going back to sleep, wake
me when the war is over."

I don't know about that. Watching the grand tours is like homework. If you miss a stage, you have to go watch that one before you can watch the new one. I'm 8 stages behind on the Giro and have given up. I actually have to RIDE MY BIKE instead of watching others doing it. I suppose if I took a rest day once in a while...

If you're bored with the Giro, here, read this. Quick, before the live coverage starts!!!

http://tinyurl.com/2ztdv
 
pedalchick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Richard Adams wrote:
> > The worst thing about grand tours is rest days. I'm
> > going through withdawal! I need my fix! Dan Connelly -
> > "Looka these here charts on depression and caloric
> > intake." Robert Chung - "Yes, but if you reverse the
> > axis and take the third derivative of the plot
> > curve..." Steven Bornfeld - "Wowee!" Benjo Maso -
> > "This reminds me of speed fluxuations in kermesses in
> > the early 20th century." Tom Kunich - "Iraq is not a
> > mess, this math is all a product of Liberal Bias!"
> > Heather - "I'm going back to sleep, wake me when the
> > war is over."

> I don't know about that. Watching the grand tours is like
> homework. If you miss a stage, you have to go watch that
> one before you can watch the new one. I'm 8 stages behind
> on the Giro and have given up. I actually have to RIDE MY
> BIKE instead of watching others doing it. I suppose if I
> took a rest day once in a while...

> If you're bored with the Giro, here, read this. Quick,
> before the live coverage starts!!!

> http://tinyurl.com/2ztdv

Ahhhh, the good old daze...

> --
 
Richard Adams <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I remember a cold, blustery day strolling past the
> windmills in Brugge.

-plenty of snipping-

> 'Apfel Taart' looked inviting and I stepped in out of the
> cold, shaking

So you were in Brugge, but decided to have apple pie
in Germany?
 
triumvir wrote:

> Richard Adams <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
>
>>I remember a cold, blustery day strolling past the
>>windmills in Brugge.
>
>
> -plenty of snipping-
>
>
>>'Apfel Taart' looked inviting and I stepped in out of the
>>cold, shaking
>
>
> So you were in Brugge, but decided to have apple pie in
> Germany?

His story dates back to 1942.
 
[email protected] (triumvir) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Richard Adams <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
> > I remember a cold, blustery day strolling past the
> > windmills in Brugge.
>
> -plenty of snipping-
>
> > 'Apfel Taart' looked inviting and I stepped in out of
> > the cold, shaking
>
> So you were in Brugge, but decided to have apple pie in
> Germany?

The spelling looked more dutch than I'd expect, but this is
what they had chalked on their sign outside the door. I'm
not adept auf Deutsche, but it didn't take much schooling to
figure Apfel Taart was something like what we locally call
an Apple Turnover. (Tho I did make a much worse translation
error in Marseilles regarding the content of a sandwich
once.) Who knows what kind of clientel they're trying to
attract in Brugge during early January (actually an
excellent time to visit.)
 
pedalchick wrote:
>

> I don't know about that. Watching the grand tours is like
> homework. If you miss a stage, you have to go watch that
> one before you can watch the new one.

your standards for yourself are way too high! i've slept
thru at least a third of the giro so far but i still tune
in, ignoring all the stuff i've missed. phil and paul and
bob lull me to sleep with their stories every day. i'll miss
them in a few weeks.

of course you don't *have* to watch :) heather
 
[email protected] (Richard Adams) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> [email protected] (triumvir) wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
> > Richard Adams <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:<[email protected]>...
> > > I remember a cold, blustery day strolling past the
> > > windmills in Brugge.
> >
> > -plenty of snipping-
> >
> > > 'Apfel Taart' looked inviting and I stepped in out of
> > > the cold, shaking
> >
> > So you were in Brugge, but decided to have apple pie in
> > Germany?
>
> The spelling looked more dutch than I'd expect, but this
> is what they had chalked on their sign outside the door.
> I'm not adept auf Deutsche, but it didn't take much
> schooling to figure Apfel Taart was something like what we
> locally call an Apple Turnover. (Tho I did make a much
> worse translation error in Marseilles regarding the
> content of a sandwich once.) Who knows what kind of
> clientel they're trying to attract in Brugge during early
> January (actually an excellent time to visit.)

You're sure it wasn't just Appel Taart? Apfel is German. And
taart, yeah well, ****. Couldn't have been too hard to
translate.
 
Clovis Lark <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> pedalchick <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Richard Adams wrote:
> > > The worst thing about grand tours is rest days. I'm
> > > going through withdawal! I need my fix! Dan Connelly
> > > - "Looka these here charts on depression and caloric
> > > intake." Robert Chung - "Yes, but if you reverse the
> > > axis and take the third derivative of the plot
> > > curve..." Steven Bornfeld - "Wowee!" Benjo Maso -
> > > "This reminds me of speed fluxuations in kermesses
> > > in the early 20th century." Tom Kunich - "Iraq is
> > > not a mess, this math is all a product of Liberal
> > > Bias!" Heather - "I'm going back to sleep, wake me
> > > when the war is over."
>
>
>
> > I don't know about that. Watching the grand tours is
> > like homework. If you miss a stage, you have to go watch
> > that one before you can watch the new one. I'm 8 stages
> > behind on the Giro and have given up. I actually have to
> > RIDE MY BIKE instead of watching others doing it. I
> > suppose if I took a rest day once in a while...
>
> > If you're bored with the Giro, here, read this. Quick,
> > before the live coverage starts!!!
>
> > http://tinyurl.com/2ztdv
>
> Ahhhh, the good old daze...

It put me in mind of P. J. O'Rourke, back when he was
writer/editor of the National Lampoon and was a humorous
writer (and the mag. was actually funny.)

These days O'Rourke still writes (and has quite a few books
in print) though not quite as entertaining as he was in the
late 70's.
 
Richard Adams <[email protected]> wrote:
> Clovis Lark <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
>> pedalchick <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Richard Adams wrote:
>> > > The worst thing about grand tours is rest days. I'm
>> > > going through withdawal! I need my fix! Dan
>> > > Connelly - "Looka these here charts on depression
>> > > and caloric intake." Robert Chung - "Yes, but if
>> > > you reverse the axis and take the third derivative
>> > > of the plot curve..." Steven Bornfeld - "Wowee!"
>> > > Benjo Maso - "This reminds me of speed fluxuations
>> > > in kermesses in the early 20th century." Tom Kunich
>> > > - "Iraq is not a mess, this math is all a product
>> > > of Liberal Bias!" Heather - "I'm going back to
>> > > sleep, wake me when the war is over."
>>
>>
>>
>> > I don't know about that. Watching the grand tours is
>> > like homework. If you miss a stage, you have to go
>> > watch that one before you can watch the new one. I'm 8
>> > stages behind on the Giro and have given up. I actually
>> > have to RIDE MY BIKE instead of watching others doing
>> > it. I suppose if I took a rest day once in a while...
>>
>> > If you're bored with the Giro, here, read this. Quick,
>> > before the live coverage starts!!!
>>
>> > http://tinyurl.com/2ztdv
>>
>> Ahhhh, the good old daze...

> It put me in mind of P. J. O'Rourke, back when he was
> writer/editor of the National Lampoon and was a humorous
> writer (and the mag. was actually funny.)

> These days O'Rourke still writes (and has quite a few
> books in print) though not quite as entertaining as he was
> in the late 70's.

Especially given his Etruscan views...
 
Originally posted by Howard Kveck
In article <[email protected]>,
pedalchick <[email protected]> wrote:

>If you're bored with the Giro, here, read this. Quick,
>before the livecoverage starts!!!

> http://tinyurl.com/2ztdv
> --

Ahhh, Dave Bailey. Nice.

--
tanx, Howard

"Moby **** was a work of art, What the hell
happened?"

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

And timely, too, since Jame Carney is indeed in Australia again, awaiting the start of track worlds. He also does need everyone's love and support because he's going to have to pull off a miracle to get on the Olympic team at this point...

fingers crossed for JDASHME.
 
In article <[email protected]>,
pedalchick <[email protected]> wrote:

> Howard Kveck wrote:
> >In article <[email protected]>,
> > pedalchick <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >If you're bored with the Giro, here, read this.
> > >Quick, before the livecoverage starts!!!
> > >http://tinyurl.com/2ztdvhttp://tinyurl.com/2ztdv
> > > --
> > Ahhh, Dave Bailey. Nice.
> > --
> > tanx, Howard "Moby **** was a
> > work of art, What the hell
> > happened?" remove YOUR SHOES
> > to reply, ok?
> And timely, too, since Jame Carney is indeed in Australia
> again,awaiting the start of track worlds. He also does
> need everyone's loveand support because he's going to have
> to pull off a miracle to get onthe Olympic team at this
> point...fingers crossed for JDASHME.
> --

2004 hasn't exactly been a booming year for him, has it?
I hope he does well at Worlds.

I think Dave Bailey is hands down the funniest poster in
the intentionally humorous category.

--
tanx, Howard

"Moby **** was a work of art, What the hell
happened?"

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?