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Post by paleo on Jan 25, 2022 9:49:01 GMT -5
-9 degrees.
That is all.
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Post by paleo on Jan 23, 2022 14:45:28 GMT -5
I discussed this topic with a dog breeder/animal science professor years ago. He sold pups at about 8 weeks and the owners would routinely bring these pups back to his kennel for training. He said that they did not recognize each other. Despite his credentials, I don't believe him. I take my dogs, and my sons' dogs, to a dog park frequently. They tend to seek out and play with dogs of their own breed. We know dogs have an incredible sense of smell, I've met dogs and then gone several years without seeing them and when I do see them again just a couple smells and they know who I am. They also recognize voices/sounds but they're not as good at visual identification. I just met a dog, in a ski shop, on our last ski vacation, and the dog, normally avoiding people, came and sat down next to me, leaned up against me, put his head on me and wanted pets. Some of the people on the ski shop, that were watching, asked me if I was a dog whisperer, I said "yes I am" and they said, "we can see that". Anxious to go back and see how I'm greeted.
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Post by paleo on Jan 23, 2022 9:41:05 GMT -5
My daughter and family have 2 rescue dogs that they've adopted in the last couple years. One was a local dog the other was from the south, Alabama. Recently my daughter decided to have DNA tests done on them to see what breeds were in their genetic background. The results are back and the genetics was interesting but more interesting was the additional information. The test company said they had tested another dog that was Bear's brother, the Alabama dog, a dog named Barkley, and he lived near them! Last Saturday,after contacting Barkley's "parents" the dogs met. After much sniffing the dogs appeared to remember each other. They played and seemed to enjoy each other's company. A happy reunion brought about by DNA testing on a rescue dog.
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Saturday
Jan 22, 2022 10:57:00 GMT -5
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Post by paleo on Jan 22, 2022 10:57:00 GMT -5
Much warmer today. This morning I decided not to drive to the Rec Center, but instead to use the exercise room in my basement, elliptical, Air Dyne, treadmill and free weights. Worked up a good sweat. My next big task, after breakfast, is to go down to the barn and make sure the rodents have enough poison and make sure the battery maintainers are working.
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Post by paleo on Jan 21, 2022 9:39:22 GMT -5
Last Friday, while skiing at Beaver Creek, Co. I decided to take a lunch break outside and enjoy the warm temps and sunshine on the mountain. There were chairs out in front of the Spruce Saddle Lodge and I picked one and sat down to relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery and weather. A couple soon came by and asked if the two chairs next to me were taken and I told them no, they were free for the taking.
They sat down and we started chatting, where you from, what do you like to ski, etc, etc. The guy told me he was from the land of corn, Michigan, and of course I countered with, have you ever been to Iowa? Turns out he had.
The guy sitting next to me was Kyle Hoffman, CEO/owner of Mean Mug Music and they had been the promoters of a show in Iowa City a couple years ago. They currently had shows going on a Aspen and Vail. We visited for an hour or so and then my daughter showed up and Kyle's lady friend asked my daughter to take their picture. Of course, she said she would, and I said I'd get out of my chair so I wouldn't be in the picture. No, the reason they wanted my daughter to take the picture was so the three of us could all be in the picture together. We got the pictures taken, exchanged contact information and went our separate ways to ski.
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Post by paleo on Jan 20, 2022 8:25:10 GMT -5
It's -8 outside but the coffee is hot. Truck goes in for an oil change at 9:00 am so I'll get to go out and enjoy this weather. In weather like this if I have to go out I wear some of my ski cloths, specifically level 4 Under Armour base layer, really warm when covered with a big down coat.
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Post by paleo on Jan 19, 2022 9:29:57 GMT -5
Cold! Today will be an inside day, except for going to the mailbox to pick up my new, highly accurate hydrometer from Amazon, once the mail man delivers it.
Yesterday afternoon I got a call from the post office telling me that they had a package for me but they found it too late to make the promised delivery date (yesterday). I told them not to worry, just send it out tomorrow, it's nothing important. (Marty and my guitars might think it is important)
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Post by paleo on Jan 18, 2022 12:07:41 GMT -5
Out the door this morning at 8:00, for a fun morning at the Rec Center. Gotta stay in shape for my next ski trip.
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Monday
Jan 17, 2022 15:31:43 GMT -5
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Post by paleo on Jan 17, 2022 15:31:43 GMT -5
I don't have a WSJ account so I couldn't read the article, but I can guess what it's about. Anymore if you're going to ski a week or more it's cheapest to buy a season pass. Weekend travel from Denver on I70 on a Saturday morning is insane. Traffic just west of Golden crawling west with 50-60 miles to go. Lift lines on busy weekends! About the only negative we encountered this trip was snow conditions, Beaver Creek is noted for it grooming, but this year was different. The Arrowhead section of BC is one of my favorite places to ski, since I've been skiing there, probably 18 years, this was the first year the major runs were ungroomed. The locals told us it was mostly a COVID problem. BC has 16 groomers, and when we arrived there they only had staff to operate 6 of the 16 groomers. In a couple weeks I'll be going back to BC and Breck, it'll be interesting to see if things are improving.
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Post by paleo on Jan 17, 2022 9:53:15 GMT -5
Pictures are from Talons Restaurant, looking up at Larkspur Bowl and about halfway up Larkspur bowl looking down at the restaurant. Talons Restaurant is at the bottom, finish line, for the Birds of Prey downhill racecourse. Back home from a week of skiing at Beaver Creek, Co. we had beautiful weather for the drive out and sunshine for the first 4 days of skiing. On last Friday, our last ski day, we had about 4-6 inches of fresh powder. I took it pretty easy skiing mostly blue runs (intermediate) but did get into a few black. I averaged about 15,000 vertical feet a day, which gave me around d75,000 for the week, or about 85-90 miles of horizontal skiing. we left Avon, where our condo was, at 6:00 am Saturday morning for the drive home. With the snow Friday and Friday night the chain laws were in effect on both Vail pass and on both sides of the Eisenhower tunnel. The truck was in 4 wheel drive all the way to Denver. From Denver to Des Moines the roads were good, but Des Moines had 12 inches of snow on Friday and the highway was terrible, rough ice and cars and semis in the ditch everywhere. We witnessed a 20-30 car pileup in Des Moines. Once we were east of Des Moines about 20 miles the roads went back to being pretty good and we pushed on home. The trip home was 15 1/2 hours, but we had 6 drivers, 3 in each vehicle so it wasn't too bad although it was tiring.
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Post by paleo on Jan 14, 2022 21:32:04 GMT -5
I've been driving motorcycles for 51 years and I wouldn't even think of doing a trip on anything less than 400cc. You may think you'll always be on back country roads, but what happens when you find yourself in a position where real highway travel is your only option. What bikes would you suggest for 66 year old riders with no recent experience? I don't think they make them anymore, but I have an old Honda 400 automatic. Very easy to drive, it's a 2 speed automatic, so no clutch. It's also relatively light and nimble. Don't know what the top speed is but it will easily run at 55-60.
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Post by paleo on Jan 14, 2022 17:00:51 GMT -5
I've been driving motorcycles for 51 years and I wouldn't even think of doing a trip on anything less than 400cc. You may think you'll always be on back country roads, but what happens when you find yourself in a position where real highway travel is your only option.
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Post by paleo on Jan 13, 2022 9:00:32 GMT -5
Just a quick check in from Avon, Colorado. Coffee is perking, we'll be having pancakes and bacon for breakfast and then we'll hit the slopes.
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Post by paleo on Jan 7, 2022 13:24:33 GMT -5
It's all the way up to +2 degrees.
Yesterday on I380 in Cedar Rapids a man was driving the wrong way, hit 2 semis, and a couple other vehicles, wrecking his own vehicle. He then took off all his clothes, I believe the windchill at the time was-27 degrees, and he tried to escape the crime scene on foot. He was apprehended a few blocks away.
No, it wasn't me!
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1-6-2022
Jan 6, 2022 10:14:55 GMT -5
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Post by paleo on Jan 6, 2022 10:14:55 GMT -5
-3 degrees, but the sun is shining.
Today, like yesterday the dogs were out as the sun rose, sun dogs that is. Sometime today I need to make a trip to Center Point, other than that it's going to be an inside day.
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1-5-2022
Jan 5, 2022 9:27:52 GMT -5
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Post by paleo on Jan 5, 2022 9:27:52 GMT -5
7 degrees out now, the sun is shining and the wind is howling. The wind woke me up at 3:00 this morning, the good news is the current storm will be delivering snow to Minnesota and Wisconsin, but not here.
The coffee is good this morning and our gig yesterday was good. I plan to make a Fareway run later this morning.
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Post by paleo on Jan 3, 2022 9:52:53 GMT -5
Temp is already up to 0! I'll go out and move some snow later this morning. We had practice yesterday and we have practice this afternoon, gotta be ready for our gig tomorrow.
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Post by paleo on Jan 2, 2022 12:15:53 GMT -5
I’m taking my ebike to the desert in a couple of weeks, and getting back to Vespa. Mike What kind of e bike do you have? I've been looking at e bikes, but I want to hold off getting one for a couple years.
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Post by paleo on Jan 2, 2022 9:58:09 GMT -5
It's minus a whole bunch out and the high for the day is predicted to be +5. I'll venture outside at 11:00 and clean up the snow around the entrances, then wait for the plow to come and do the rest.
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Post by paleo on Jan 2, 2022 9:15:07 GMT -5
Ok, I'll admit it, I keep track of everything. Given that, I find my cycling history of 2021 interesting. I racked up the following mileage: Honda 118 miles Sportster 542 miles Bicycle. 770 miles
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