Labor Day Burlington Reservoir Bicycle Ride September 6, 2010

00.0 Eflin Cheek Elementary School

00.2 Right on Richmond Road

01.8 Left on Lebanon Road

02.1 Right on Ira Road

03.2 Left on High Rock Road

08.2 Left on Lynch Store

09.3 Right on NC 119

11.0 Left on Dicky Mill

11.1 Right on Barnett Road

13.0 Right on John Lewis

14.2 Right on NC 49

15.0 Left on Jeffries Cross

20.9  cross 62 -changes to Altamahaw Union Ridge

20.9 Right on Mt. Vernon Church Road

23.6 Right on Sartin Road

25.9 Right on Kerrs Chapel Road

26.3 Right on Stoney Creek Mtn. Rd.

29.5 Left on Union Ridge

30.1 Right on Willie Pace - cross NC 62 and continue

35.1 Left on NC119

35.2 Right turn and rest stop is on the left

Rest Stop - Sam's

35.2 Left out of store parking lot.

From Rest Stop, Corbett Road changes to Clairbornes

38.7 Right on Corbett Ridge, cross NC 49 -changes to Carr Store Road

44.2 Right on Mill Creek

49.4 Left on Lebanon Road

51.9 Right on Richmond Road

53.5 End- Eflin Cheek Elementary School

On this 2010 Labor Day ride,

                              I rode to the start which was in Eflin, 6 miles from home.

The voices in my head may not be real but they have some great ideas.

A penny saved is a Congressional spending oversight.

How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hand!

What's another word for "synonym"?

If voting could change things, it would be illegal!

Make it idiot proof and someone will design a better idiot.

Everyone lies...but it doesn't matter, because nobody listens.

Holy smoke: A church on fire.

Ending a sentence with a preposition

                                                  is something up with which I will not put!

Drawing upon my fine command of language,

                                                                               I said nothing.

And don't start a sentence with a conjunction!

It's wrong to ever split an infinitive.

Also, too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.

Chastity is curable if detected early enough!

Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?

He always wanted to be a procrastinator, but never got around to it.

When you're swimming in the creek and an eel bites your cheek,

                                                                                                     that's a moray!

User: the word computer professionals use when they mean idiot.

It's hard to make a comeback when you've not been anywhere.

Middle age: when you can't turn your TV off or your wife on.

Forget world peace!

                                       Visualize using your turn signal!

The trouble with life is

                                          there is no background music.

Bad spellers of the world untie!

He was increasingly worried about the lack of anxiety in his life.

Telepath wanted, you know where to apply.

Some people have a way with words.

                                                                   Other people not have way.

It's not who you know but "whom you know".

The lottery is a tax on people who can't do math.

Just one letter is all the difference between here and there.

Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.

You're heading for a break-down.

                                                           Pull yourself to pieces!

How do you write zero in Roman numerals?

When your gecko is broken, you have reptile dysfunction.

A moose is an animal with two horns on the front

                                                      and a hunting-lodge wall on the back.

The only cure for insomnia is to get more sleep.

I had a life once. Now I have a computer and a modem.

For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.

Always remember: one good turn gets most of the blankets.

A James Cagney love scene is where he let's the other guy live.

Last year we took a trip around the world.

                                           this year we're going somewhere else.

An archeologist is someone whose life is in ruins.

The magic tractor turned into a field.

What's the thinnest book in the world?

                                                                "What Men Know About Women"

Smell a rose. Enjoy a little music.

Hypochondria is the only disease I haven't got.

Beauty is only a light switch away.

I was born to be a pessimist.

                                                  My blood type is B negative.

A cowboy walks into a German car showroom and says, "Audi!"

There is always free cheese in a mouse trap.

Middle age is when it takes longer to rest than to get tired.

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one.

I tried to buy some camouflage pants but I didn't see any.

Honk if you love peace and quiet!

A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

Have you seen Quasimodo?

                                                    I have a hunch he's back!

We have 35 million laws trying to enforce just ten commandments.

Justice is a decision in your favor.

Therapy is expensive.

                                        Popping bubble wrap is cheap.

If evolution is outlawed,

                                          only outlaws will evolve!

I'd like to have more self esteem,

                                                              but I don't deserve it.

The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today,

                                                              has been canceled due to a conflict.

A problem with buying on time is,

                                                            by the time you're sick of it, you own it.

The Dairy Farmer's Hymn:

                                               "What A Friend We Have In Cheeses"

I had a girlfriend who was bi-illiterate.

                                                                She couldn't read in two languages.

The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures.

If you put "the" with "irs",

                                                it spells "theirs".

I have bad reflexes.

I was once run over by a car being pushed by two guys.

The more you say,

                                  the less people remember.

There are two types of people,

                              those who divide people into two types,

                                                                                              and those who don't.

To err is human.

                                  To arr is pirate.

It's easier to fight for principles,

                                                         than it is to live up to them.

If we learn from our mistakes,

                                                       why am I not a genius?

Clones are people two.

Who copyrighted the copyright system?

Bad decisions make good stories.

Crime wouldn't pay if the government ran it.

The coach says for everybody to line up alphabetically by height.

I took a speed reading course and read "War And Peace" in 20 minutes.

It was about Russia.

Those who live by the sword,

                                                         get shot by those who don't.

"No comment" is a comment.

If it wasn't for pick-pockets, I wouldn't have any sex at all!

I'm not being rude.

                                   You're just insignificant.

Treat each day as if it were your last,

                                                                 one day you'll be right.

Noah kept his bees in his archives.

My drinking team has a bowling problem.

A Scotsman gave up golf after 20 years.

                                                                        He lost his ball!

Multi-tasking: screwing up several things at the same time.

Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.

When I was kidnapped, my parents rented out my room.

If I save time,

                         when do I get it back?

Never insult an alligator until after you've crossed the river.

A three legged dog walks into an old west saloon and says,

                                                        "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."

Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark.

Speak when you're angry,

                                        and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

The most labor saving device is money.

I love and treasure individuals as I meet them;

I loathe and despise the groups they identify with and belong to.

How can a person draw a blank?

Kilometers are shorter than miles. 

                                                          Save gas.

                                                                       Take your next trip in kilometers.

I try to use the "auto-correct" feature to enhance some pictures.

I find it interesting that some pictures can look so differently.

Which picture looks best?

i tried to think but nothing happened.

An optimist is a person who sees the bright side of your problem.

I've never understood decimals.

                                                         I can't see the point!

Everything is edible.

                                       Some things are only edible once.

A young person knows the rules.

                                                           An old person knows the exceptions.

Some late-breaking election news!

                           With six cemeteries still to be heard from,

                                                                          the election is too close to call.

Men would follow him anywhere,

                                                             but only out of morbid curiosity.

Middle age is when you still believe you'll feel better in the morning.

Giraffiti: vandalism spray-painted very very high.

Tatyr: a lecherous Mr. Potato Head.

Sarcasm: the gulf between the author of sarcastic wit,

                                                                   and the recipient who doesn't get it.

Foreploy: any misrepresentation about yourself

                                                                       for the purpose of having sex.

Inoculatte: to take coffee intravenously, when you are running late.

Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

Glibido: all talk and no action.

Intaxication: euphoria at getting a tax refund.

Osteopornosis: a degenerate disease.

I'd call him a sadistic, hippophilic necrophile,

                                                            but that would be beating a dead horse.

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper its written on.

Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?

I have a great doctor.

I couldn't afford an operation so he touched up my X-rays.

Pictures of missing husbands should be put on beer cans.

I think I'm a closet claustrophobic.

Help a man when he's in trouble,

                         and he will ask for your help again when he's in trouble.

Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

Never leave a room during a committee formation;

                                                                                       you'll be elected.

If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself,

                                                                   is it considered a hostage situation?

Why do men want to marry virgins?

                                                               They hate criticism.

Do you need a silencer to shoot a mime?

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

Dear Abby:

Our son is taking Judo.

Why would a boy who was raised in a good Christian home turn against his own?

The doctor gave a patient six months to live.

The patient couldn't pay his bill.

The doctor gave him another six months.

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There were 20 or so pics that were taken with the wrong setting. I was in a bit of pain and the reach for my camera in my rear jersey pocket is harder to reach. I must have brushed the knob and turned it accidentally. I did a little magic but as the picture above shows- they are too bad to work.

Happy Labor Day!

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I'm having some real issues with pain and have no idea how I can ride, how far, or with whom. Early on as I wake and rise my back will be in pain until I have my morning "ablutions". Before dressing in funny cycling clothes I take my warm shower. I smear theralgesic balm over my right side- neck, shoulder. I take 500 ml of hydrocodone twice before leaving home if I am to ride long. I can't/won't take this stuff often. It works occasionally, not consistently, but always makes me feel yucky.
When I got to the start of the ride I had a pain in the left side of my face. My neck, on the left side, was off, out of alignment. This was from some chiropractic glitch. I don't even like talking about this as it's inconsistent with my constant problem on the right side of the neck through the right shoulder.
After about an hour of riding with this pain, it was changed to the consistent crap on the right side of the neck and shoulder. I didn't take the pulls that the other guys took. But I think the stronger guys expect to pull more. I pull more when I'm better or faster.

A tendon on my left leg is stretched. The cyst in my knee is a little noticeable. But my left testicle is swollen so for an hour or so on the bike, the pain is dually from the tendon and the testicle. I squirm on my seat to get comfort for the grapefruit. In doing so I sit side saddle. Sometimes I find myself extremely on my right leg/buttock to alleviate the discomfort of the grapefruit. I also have a recurring "saddle sore" because of the position that I squirm into. All through the ride there will be constant "reorganizing". The grapefruit will be downsized in November I hope.
But after an hour or so the arm and neck will come into play. I'll have a headache possibly. Anyway, it looks like I can hold up okay, sometimes, except when there is a constant, time-trial-like push extended too long. A hard sustained effort will kick me out of the rotation. But that's a lot of what cycling is. There's a lot of sustained hard pulls.
I'll do better one on one, or one on five, but when there are 10 guys pulling constantly, hard and fast- my pain will rev up and kaboom.The back (vertebra) and hip issues are over-shadowed by the arm, neck, and shoulder.

Of course these guys today were pretty cordial or I would have been off early. And- it took 2- 500 ml of hydrocodone/ibuprofen tabs to get to it and through it. Now I won't use another hydrocodone until I want to ride with another group.