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Another Soggy Commute |
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Written by Rick Nelson
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Tuesday, 02 May 2006 |
It was another rainy commute in this morning. Overall, it was a pleasant ride. The rain essentially stopped about halfway in so I was able to take of the rain cape which was mucho appreciated because I was getting overheated. Unfortunately, I had my socks for work in one of my jersey pockets (I forgot to pack them on Monday) and in the process of riding the rest of the way in, they got enough road spray on them that they are now soaked. Damn! I'm now friggin walking around the office in bare feet. Pretty professional don't you think?
After riding in this morning, I hung up my riding clothes in the mechanical closet to dry. The mechanical closet is rarely used and because of the boiler, it tends to be a bit warmer than the rest of the building so it makes for a good place to dry clothes. Usually. Well, it turns out that today was the day that the phone people were coming in to reprogram some of the phones and they need to work in, you guessed it, the mechanical closet. Of course I didn't know this until they had been here for a while and I just happened to notice my clothing moved. The poor bastard had to rearrange my dirty, road grit covered, damp riding duds in order to get to the phone panels. He even had to move my shorts. Thankfully I had turned them right side out before hanging them up, which I usually don't do because they dry better inside out. I'm thinking that I should bring in one of those plastic laundry racks for future drying purposes so this doesn't happen again. Sorry phone dude.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I got my first tick of the season riding home Monday afternoon. Yippee! I just love them cute little suckers. I guess this cements my decision to shave the legs this summer. I had been undecided whether to do it or not but if the ticks are going to be out in force this summer (as I've heard they are going to be), the legs need to be shaved. I've found that when I do shave it decreases my tick catch significantly. Plus it makes it easier to apply the bug dope if I don't have a rain forest on my legs. Looks super sexy too, I know the redneck chicks around here dig it...
Rick
"Racin' Rick" |
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