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Txzen

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  1. Ewers seems to be picking up where he left off. Screen was a nice call though.
  2. The defect in this one is aggy.
  3. I can’t say why I was there, but I’ve visited Draper before - they are an interesting think tank of top scientists across disciplines. One of their first projects was to devise the guidance systems for the Apollo program. They work closely with the government. They talk pretty gleefully about how they bio-hacked dragonflies. Not an April Fool’s: https://www.draper.com/news-releases/equipping-insects-special-service
  4. Ice is relative though. It's often so much warmer in Tahoe than elsewhere we usually go so it never seems that bad. Yes, that can melt and freeze overnight, but it's not, oh, Lake Louise in February. Usually it's not bad. It's been too long since I've been to Heavenly. Personally I thought it was a bit chopped up and an oddly laid out mountain by the views as well as dinner at Himmel Haus by far make up for it. For Park City, we've often stayed in the middle between PC and Canyons, and used the free and convenient bus service to move around, as well as head into downtown for dinner. It's true that you really do not need a car there. On the Canyons side, the bus stop drops you off at the Cabriolet gondola, which takes you up to the base village - another 20 steps and you're at the main gondola. No steps with ski gear - wish more places did that. We preferred the Canyon side of things, but at the time we were limited to average to challenging blues, so that area fit the bill. Would like to go back as it's such a nice relaxed trip there both from the airport and when you get there. We're headed back to Whistler this year after a two year hiatus due to all the COVID mess, and I can't wait.
  5. Thank goodness we don’t have the pressure of the college football playoff anymore. That would have broken us.
  6. That’s our D in a nutshell right there.
  7. When you can’t complete a pass, a loaded box will do that.
  8. Every play. We owe a lot of success to him. There was a time we didn’t have receivers who believed in that.
  9. Does this mean that Ann Margaret is not coming?
  10. Really thought there would be a discussion about Kesha, not Chrissie, and I have dissapoints. But back on track, I think there was a discussion about favorite living drummers, and not saying the names out of superstition. I'm not saying the name, just putting this out there - I hope to have this same energy when I hit 70.
  11. In US, you patrol the border. In Russia, border patrols you.
  12. Not funny. That’s a common way to get a Lada to start.
  13. Agreed. I don’t think he’s getting much tactical advice from his team car, or he’s ignoring it. This will cool his jets a bit and make him a little more tactical. Maybe. At least he’ll never underestimate Vingegaard again. For those of you who like graphs and data : https://lanternerouge.com.au/2022/07/21/vingegaard-does-the-fastest-hautacam-since-armstrong/
  14. Did a Spandelles and Aubisque double years ago, from the opposite direction today. Spandelles was supposed to be the easy warm up with a 5.5% avg gradient. What that ended up with was a km of 3% then 9, then 18, then 5, then 7, then 2, then a ramp of 25… brutal. This was before they paved it so naturally all the steep stuff was broken road and quasi gravel. A glorified farmer’s back road to nowhere - my kind of ride but I had nothing for the Aubisque. Other than that, the main hazard were flocks of sheep on the road. I can’t say how hard the second half of Hautacam is. The first half is hard enough and then you pass through a little village with schoolchildren cheering you from flower-draped windows of centuries-old farmhouses. Then reality hits hard. As you climb you get these little signposts that tell you what the next kilometer’s gradient is - utterly demoralizing, but a beautiful climb. Love the Pyrenees. Will wait for the end of the Tour to threadshit my B&B recommendations in this valley.
  15. In Yellowstone with no cell and spotty WiFi. - did the crash occur on the Spandelles descent?
  16. I’ve ridden this area multiple times. After a hot day you come back with tar splattered over your legs. The scariest sight is rounding a bend and seeing the caution sign ‘gravillion!’
  17. The shocker is the guys in 97 are nearly as fast as the group today, while riding aluminum frame bikes, and aluminum box section rims with 32 spokes.
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