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Hey guys and gals, what are you all doing this spring and summer? It was 60 degrees here in Chicagoland so I'm getting pumped up for summer, which is why I'm posting about spring. From what I've seen forums typically decline in traffic during March and April with May or June being the low point. Then activity increases steadily throughout the rest of the year. So I know yalls got plans.

My bicycle is going over to the shop to get tuned up for another great summer of riding. There's a nice limestone path over here that's straight as an arrow because it used to be a railroad. This means high speed is allowed, whereas many paths restrict you to 10-12 mph. My average speed varies in the range of 16-18 mph which is why I like this path so much. Plus it goes right through a beautiful forest preserve. When I get home from work I'll post pictures from the last few years.

The other fun thing I got going on is restoring my car to like-new condition. Basically that means spending hours cleaning and waxing it. One of my wheels got scratched while going through the Taco Bell drive through so I need to get that repainted. My rear bumper needs repainting as well but I don't want to use my bike rack with fresh paint on the bumper so that'll have to wait. Oh well, at least the car will be shiny and clean.

It's party time.

EDIT: Here are those pics (yeah the camera is light sensitive).





This post has been edited by i90east on 24th March 2004 04:08

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meh, its still cold in GA. michigan is Waaay up there and georgia is waaaay down ehre.

*grumble* It's been about 15 degrees with a strong wind up here, although the weather people promise it'll get better....

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Sabin: ... to Mom... and to Figaro.

"A true classic never goes out of style!"

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain..."

It was warm a couple weeks ago, besids that, its been freezing here lately. What am I doing this summer? Working like a dog so I can move out in september-october. Not that I dislike living at home to much, I've just kinda made plans with my friend, and his father, and everything seems A-ok.

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Yeah, I barely post.

Well, I had Spring break in Colorado. Very fun skiing and such.
My plans for Spring: nothing in particular.
My plans for Summer: hehehehehehehe... I mean, nothing in particular.

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Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

It still cold in good ole Ohio and it is not looking any warmer. As for what I am doing in spring, just keeping up with my college and student teaching life and in the summer I have to get surgery on my shoulder which will make work over the summer a living Hell!!! Lousy spring...why can't it still be winter

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War is for the participants a test of character; it makes bad men worse and good men better. - Joshua Chamberlain

U sir R a n00b >:-( - Cactuar

It was nice today. If I didn't have to go to work I would've been down at the courts playing basketball.

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The clouds ran away, opened up the sky
And one by one I watched every constellation die
And there I was frozen, standing in my backyard
Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the last star
I should've known, walked all the way home
To find that she wasn't here, I'm still all alone

-Atmosphere "Always Coming Back Home to You"

I dont' know how much any of you has been to northern New Hampshire. But the date on the calendar saying First Day of Spring is like Groundhog's Day to us... it symbolizes 6 more weeks of winter. The past 3 days it's been snowing, getting over about 4 additional inches to what we've already had over the winter. Forecasts call for temps of 25 and below all week. Last year, Spring didn't come until mid-May... literally. And then we had about a week and a half of spring, then it jumped right into summer with the 70s and such. Can't say I expect much different this year. But on the bright side, I get to go skiing on Easter! w00t!

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"When I turn the page
The corner bends into the perfect dog ear
As if the words knew I'd need them again
But at the time, I didn't see it."

~"This Ain't a Surfin' Movie" - Minus the Bear

In NY it snowed on the first day of spring but lately i've been wearing short sleaves to give old man whether a hint

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<Nealio> Seymour sounds like evil Winnie the Pooh

For spring, I'm just going to finish running track (my last season ever, but I'm ready for it to be over.) Once that's done, me and my roommates are going to go backpacking in the Applachian mountains. Then it's straight to my summer camp in Michigan for some more trip guide fun. I'm not 100% where I'm going to get sent to this year, but the leading candidates thus far are the Minnesota Boundary Waters, Backpacking in the Rockies, and Georgian Bay Sea Kayaking. I wish I could do some bike trips, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen this year (again )

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"Yeah, where I'ma start it at, look I'ma part of that
Downtown Philly where it's realer than a heart attack
It wasn't really that ill until the start of crack
Now it's a body caught every night on the Almanac"

"Game Theory"
The Roots

Wow! You guys all live in cold places!

I'm in Cali. If any of you guys came here, winter would probably be summer to you.

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Little miss Muffet, sat on her tuffet,
Eating her curds and...
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Something unnatrual has occured....

Here, In Scotland, it was failry sunny, and in between showers, it has been. I've counted around 5 rainbows in the past fortnight. Still awaiting Rainbow Six (Ba-doom!)

Seriously, pretty abverage march here. The weathers got better, the rains warmer and everything...

This post has been edited by Del S on 24th March 2004 22:13

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"Only the dead have seen the end of their quotes being misattributed to Plato."
-George Santayana

"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here..."
-Abraham Lincoln, prior to the discovery of Irony.

Today had a high of 72, and it was nice and humid and muggy outside, which is my favorite weather by far for playing soccer or anything else (as long as the temperature isn't very hot. 70 - 75 is perfect). Playing soccer especially, which i've been doing constantly along with weightlifting (and occasionally playing racquetball)

In other words, spring makes me very happy. (I even look forward to the thunderstorms, which here put up a fantastic show on a regular basis through spring and summer)

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SPEKKIO: "GRRR...That was most embarrassing!"

Thanks for the photos, i90. Every so often I miss being surrounded by trees. Here in southern CA it has been spring all winter long. I haven't worn a jacket in months. I'm crazy busy with school but masochistically enjoy it.

In the summer I think I'll get a job,take it easy, read some books, make some more friends, and visit my family and friends in Connecticut.

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Get me off this Disciplinary Committee so I can play any FF except for FF8!!!

Ahh buffalo- Im looking forward to my 1 month or less spring. We dont have season transitions here
Winter 6 months
Spring/autumn 1 month each
Summer 4 months.
Thats Buffalo for ya. I love our spring though. the smells and th 60 degree weather is beutiful

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If you've been mod-o-fied,
It's an illusion, and you're in-between.
Don't you be tarot-fied,
It's just alot of nothing, so what can it mean?
~Frank Zappa

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