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smartdog
thanks. Yep, there'll be many more, I hope. Now I just have to find the time...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 16, 2007 at 12:08 PM
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Naut
Well written friend. I Felt like I was trailing along side you as you swept accross the countryside. I hope you'll have many more rides like this one.
Be free,
-smartdog
posted by
smartdog_670
on May 15, 2007 at 1:57 PM
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Re: Naut, I can't think of any post of yours I haven't throughly enjoyed
muser, thank you very much! It was a good experience for me, and, as time permits, I hope I can get back into a regular riding 'groove'. I'll think about the article idea...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 14, 2007 at 5:35 AM
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Naut, I can't think of any post of yours I haven't throughly enjoyed
reading, but this one is par excellence! This post is beautifully written as usual; as far as I can tell your writing is technically perfect all the time as well as descriptive and interesting....BUT this post has heart, passion, joie de vie! I can "see" your surroundings, and "feel" your joy at being back in the saddle again. I don't think you'll ever take your bike rides for granted again, if indeed you ever did. I am awfully sorry to hear that your hand has not sufficiently healed enough so that you can sail your boat this summer, but you know how to sail in your mind and that will sustain you. If you haven't already, why don't you submit this piece to a cycling magazine?!
posted by
muser
on May 13, 2007 at 9:53 PM
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Masky
Thanks! Yes, it was great! Sometimes it's wonderful to have one's expectations
not fulfilled...And I had a very enjoyable shower afterwards as well...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 13, 2007 at 8:01 PM
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Naut...
It seems to me that upon returning to the bike you prepared yourself for what you expected to be the worst experience/reaction imaginable. How much more wonderful it must've felt that the exact opposite occurred!
I celebrate in your triumph...even though you tried to "rain on my shower" blog! XO 
posted by
---Masky---
on May 13, 2007 at 7:39 PM
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Wiley
Thanks, old boy! Hey, in spite of all our injuries, with your good left leg and my good right, we can still go far...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 13, 2007 at 4:44 AM
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Re: That was a great bike ride! Whew! I'm tired. LOL
Whacky, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Actually, I was a little tired myself in the end, and I did get a little worried about Bo...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 13, 2007 at 4:40 AM
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Nautikos
I'm very proud of you and very happy, how wonderful. Bon courage mon homme!!!See, I really am a soul mate because I crippled my right leg as a boy and it took me over 2 years to make it work again. They never thought I'd even get into the military. Actually the navy turned me down and said I'd never be able to hang onto the deck of a ship when they saw the foot on that leg. So I went a few blocks in Montréal and joined the R.C.A.F. And they sent me overseas in '55 by ship. lol
God Bless you, yeah, yeah I know, I know but God bless you for me then. lol
posted by
WileyJohn
on May 13, 2007 at 12:27 AM
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That was a great bike ride! Whew! I'm tired. LOL
Two roses from Bo. Well, he waters them! (at least he thinks he does)
posted by
Whacky
on May 12, 2007 at 9:07 PM
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Taps
Thanks, TAPS. I thought people might find it a bit boring, actually, but in this case 'boring' was 'exciting' to me...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 12, 2007 at 5:57 AM
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Nautikos
What a wonderful bicycle tour. I feel like I went right along with you.
posted by
TAPS.
on May 11, 2007 at 8:55 PM
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Justi
thanks! But they ain't
corpses, they're
copses, as in smallish, bushy growth...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 10, 2007 at 3:42 PM
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Naut
Beautifully done. I loved the scene with tree corpses. I could see all of it, beautiful. thanks for sharing it.
posted by
Justi
on May 10, 2007 at 2:50 PM
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Foliage
that doesn't surprise me! The Canada geese hanging out here year-round in our parks feed on so much poisonous junk, they're definitely not safe to eat!
posted by
Nautikos
on May 10, 2007 at 2:25 PM
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Naut
Well, apparently there were a lot of sick people in NYC. So NY sent it all back and that was the end of that. Have no idea what they taste like and i don't want to! Bacon and eggs? Yum! I'm getting hungry.............
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 8:27 AM
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Good morning, Foliage
Thanks! So they cook the Canada geese in Chicago? I didn't think they were edible, lol! What did I have for lunch? I made myself a late breakies...bacon and eggs! I deserved it!
posted by
Nautikos
on May 10, 2007 at 8:23 AM
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Naut - Good Morning!
A lovely piece of writing! I was right there with you. So you sail? Sailing and biking, sounds like you enjoy the wind in your face.......... Speaking of wind, when I lived in Chicago there were so many CDN geese, the city rounded 'em up, cooked 'em, canned 'em and sent them off to NYC's homeless shelters. Makes you wonder why they didn't feed their own this lunch? Speaking of which, what did you have that day?
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 8:00 AM
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slam
I was under the impression you had great hiking and biking trails in the UK...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 10, 2007 at 7:59 AM
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Re: Captivating story .
thanks, afzal.
posted by
Nautikos
on May 10, 2007 at 7:56 AM
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Corbin
Any
Tour de France I might engage in is going to be strictly on four wheels...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 10, 2007 at 7:56 AM
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Re: The link doesn't seem to be working.
I thinks it's working now, Mademoiselle. And the people there generally have one head per person, but I know a few guys whose noses have a suspicious red glow...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 10, 2007 at 7:54 AM
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Thanks Offy!
posted by
Nautikos
on May 10, 2007 at 7:48 AM
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Bike ride!
Bike ride!
I wish our roads were quiet enough to ride on.
posted by
slam
on May 10, 2007 at 5:38 AM
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Captivating story .
posted by
afzal50
on May 10, 2007 at 5:22 AM
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So, Naut.......
Are you now making plans for heading to France?????
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on May 10, 2007 at 5:21 AM
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The link doesn't seem to be working.
Btw, do all the children of Pickering have, like, two heads or something? (Due to living so close to the nuclear power plant?)
One thing vampire children have to be taught early on is,
don't run with a wooden stake
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 10, 2007 at 5:16 AM
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g/morning Naut
This is wonderful news...So happy for you..I know you were dreading that first ride since the accident.
posted by
Offy
on May 10, 2007 at 4:55 AM
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