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orin stepanek wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 4:26 pm

emc wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:01 am Good to be back and nice to hear from you bystander!

Thanks for not bystanding

I was hoping you'd stay!
All these years and i just noticed something that was always there! emc-- like in e=mcsquared!

emc wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 5:21 pm

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 4:26 pm

emc wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:01 am Good to be back and nice to hear from you bystander!

Thanks for not bystanding

I was hoping you'd stay!
All these years and i just noticed something that was always there! emc-- like in e=mcsquared!

Hi Orin, I’m back but not sure how long. I’m hoping to catch up with my APOD friends. It’s been a while and I feel the need to explain why… I first left because I started a bipolar manic episode while posting and needed to stop. I came back in 2021 during another episode and started having suicidal thoughts so had to stop again. I’ve been stable for a while now and feeling good and strong enough to sufficiently embarrass myself again. I hope you’ll forgive me for popping in and out like that. I’d been told to stay away but I miss y’all… and it’s a mostly free forum except for those pesky moderators…

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 2:37 pm

emc wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 5:21 pm

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 4:26 pm

I was hoping you'd stay!
All these years and i just noticed something that was always there! emc-- like in e=mcsquared!

Hi Orin, I’m back but not sure how long. I’m hoping to catch up with my APOD friends. It’s been a while and I feel the need to explain why… I first left because I started a bipolar manic episode while posting and needed to stop. I came back in 2021 during another episode and started having suicidal thoughts so had to stop again. I’ve been stable for a while now and feeling good and strong enough to sufficiently embarrass myself again. I hope you’ll forgive me for popping in and out like that. I’d been told to stay away but I miss y’all… and it’s a mostly free forum except for those pesky moderators…

Hi Ed; I missed your posts! I'm going through rehab myself; it's funny;( but no so funny) how the body wants to quit on me! Stay as long as you can; but take care of yourself! I'll always care of you! Your friend always.

owlice wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:08 pm BMAONE23, yikes!! I hope the year improves greatly for you!!!

Orca, maybe you need to switch to bikes and books!

Ed! It's possible to ride in the cold! I'm heading out in a few minutes for a ride, in fact, since we seem to have reached our high for the day (37°F).

I can generally ride down to about 32°, or even 30° if there's no wind; I could ride in colder weather if I had a suitable coat, but I don't, so I don't. (Maybe after I'm done paying for college tuition, I can justify buying a biking coat! And a new bike, for that matter.) I just layer up. After a couple of miles, three at the most, I'm warm and stay warm so long as I keep riding. There are advantages to riding in cold weather, such as not becoming human fly paper by having bugs stick to one's sweaty face. Also, the trails are less crowded (but for even less crowded trails, ride in the cold after dark -- I often see no one for some miles on such rides), and getting sunburned and/or overheated is usually not a concern.

Maybe you can borrow a bike from someone to try it out for a bit? It's fun, you know!

My day has been pretty lazy so far, so I have to get laundry in and then get in a ride. After that, I'll make something to take to a potluck/games night at a friend's. A good day, in other words!

Istiraut wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:54 am gonna visit my dentist today, so it could be better, haha.

p.s. hi everyone