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  1. Well, did six miles at OCNP today.  Got up to 85 while I was there and that was a bit of a beating.  I did some slow-ish, steady climbing in the shade, then to get off the loop, a quick burst up a short steep one and out into the sunlight.  About 25 yards into the sun, I was like Bill the Cat.  Sunny open patches really take it out of me when it's warm and I'm not used to it.
    I tried to ride the red loop out to the jump section to see if there were any small jumps to play on, but got turned around somehow, ended up on blue, and then came upon this on the orange loop in the wrong direction.
    Looking the wrong way.  
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    And looking the right way:
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    I have never ridden this because it's intimidating looking.  All limestone, with two lines, not clearly A and B, steep and narrow with a pretty hellacious climbout.  That's a giant hunk of limestone dividing the two lines.  I have heard that some launch off that.
    However, having come upon it from the wrong direction, as opposed to just walking it, I see that maybe it's not so bad.  One of these days  . . . .  Also, it occurs to me that maybe the wrong direction is the right one. I have always taken this as near the start of the Orange Loop, but maybe it's the end of Blue? [mention=3681]Ths71[/mention]?
    Also, it occurred to me that the Collin County trails generally lack rocks.  These SW Dallas trails have plenty of limestone, as do the N Dallas trails (not quite this much or more worn down).  The Lake Grapevine area trails have the sandstone.  Collin County mostly has just roots.
     

    Not real familiar with that one. Getting burned out by the time that rolled around.

    Different ecoregions mean different soil types. Collin is Blackland Prairie with clay soil. Grapevine and a lot of D/FW is more Crosstimbers with a more sandy loam. Blackland expand and contracts much more with the weather and washes away without vegetation.


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  2. I should add that, as an IP attorney, allegations of ripoffs are common as goose tracks in every hobby forum I have been in (guns, knives, bikes and so on).  Most of the time, nothing illegal has occurred, partly because no one patented anything and largely because what was ripped off was not patentable.  But it points out how much people tend to dislike copyists and imitators, despite the fact that most of the time it is fully legal and actually encouraged by our system.

    Sinyard didn’t do anything illegal but he is a dick. He did admit the Stumpy was based on the Ritchey(it was)but his original builder, Tim Neenan, still claims it was based on a design of his.

    He has a long history of suing little guys for pretty questionable various infringements.

    I don’t think the guys have any real animosity, at least anymore. The have all done OK. Probably wish they would have had the vision/drive that Mike did.

    Have met Breeze, Ritchey and Kelly on a few occasions as well as Jacquie Phelan( she flashed the crowd at the finish line at Lajitas one year) and they are cool as hell. Especially Kelly.


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  3. The trail in question is Sister Grove Park, in Princeton, which is east of McKinney.  Fun little trail.  Very flowy in the woods with some nice descent.  Also very rooty and has those curious Collin County "trenches."  Present in both the sunny/grassy sections and in some of the climbs and descents, so they make really lowbrow, narrow chutes that make for unpleasant side pedal strikes.  The climbing to pay for the descents was unusually gentle, but rooty af and those trenches made it challenging at times.
    Partly due to the descent and partly to an unusual fearlessness on my part, went pretty fast for a new trail.  I'm usually in the 5-6 mph range on a new trail, this was 6-7.
    Too bad its so far away.




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  4. Oh man, “Rectify” is SO good.

    I don’t know if I can ever rewatch again though because even though it’s fantastic it made me feel so sad and frustrated and angry most of the time.

    The Daniel/Amantha relationship was my favorite thing about the show besides the Kerwin flashbacks.

    Yeah, but the scene where Teddy tells the Sheriff what Daniel did to him with the coffee was hilarious.


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  5. 3 hours ago, NoName said:

    i keep seeing these info about the swabs being terrible but they are the same length as a rapid flu test as far as i know? 

    so if you have gone to an urgent care center in the last few years that is what they do?

    Not sure but it sure sounds different than getting a swab from your friendly local healthcare worker. People wearing full facemasks and hazmat suits grab you at the terminal or your state run hotel where you are confined to your room and given a one way entry key that won’t work again. Food is delivered to your door. 

    They don't know if the people are qualified and don't trust the test results and are very wary of ending up in a Chinese hospital full of known carriers. She had three vastly different temp readings using three different thermometers. She was tested in Singapore and quarantined for 15 hours before cleared. Then they want to do it all over again in Shenzhen and Japan.

  6. Sis in Law just got back from her second trip to China flying freight since this shit started. This was written by a coworker:

    “Let me say at this point that our treatment in Europe was quite different from the treatment of my coworkers in Asia, particularly those choosing (yes, it’s optional) to fly through China. Our normally nice hotels have been replaced in China with government-commandeered travelers hotels that have probably never seen a western guest. In other places we stay in hotels that are internal to the airport, transit hotels, where you don’t clear customs and theoretically don’t enter the country.

    In a couple of places, Shenzhen and Dubai for example, they have instituted nasal swabbing tests which have been described as a footlong Q-tip inserted in your nasal passage until it reaches your brain. It’s brought grown men to tears and crews are now standing up to the treatment, refusing to take the test and being put on the next plane out of town, although reportedly they have been threatened with having their passports confiscated, visas canceled, and criminal action against them in China. We have crews flying in and out of China twice a day and they will be subjected to these tests each time, even if they are just passing through. You really have no assurance over the training of the person administering the test. I don’t blame people that just say no.”

    https://www.avweb.com/insider/flying-freight-in-the-corona-crisis/


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  7. Subsonic .22 round to the head would spark the fun 

    Considered that but:

    “In the United States it is illegal to take, kill, or possess black vultures without a permit and violation of the law is punishable by a fine of up to US$15,000 and imprisonment of up to six months.”

    Anyway, may be useful if me or my neighbors drop dead on the sidewalk.


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