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Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: Kerry on August 01, 2003, 10:44:29 AM
OK, this will reveal my "retentive" side, but here goes.  Click links to see:

A not so good 2-week stretch (http://www.bbburma.net/MiscFotos/100_0322_LogBook_ToWorkAndBack.jpg)

A much better week! (http://www.bbburma.net/MiscFotos/100_0323_LogBook_Canada2002.jpg)

EDIT: Changed links from sisna.com to bbburma.net
Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: pantablo on August 01, 2003, 10:48:18 AM
way too much time on your hands...
Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: Kerry on August 01, 2003, 10:50:36 AM
Naw, I just write down my mileage every day after pulling into my shed, before I even get off the bike.  As far as the trip ... yeah, I wrote all of that down after I got back.
Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: bbanjo on August 01, 2003, 01:51:26 PM
I have an OCD buddy who has a log of when to rotate the furniture away from the windows so that they all fade at the same rate.

He likes his logs.

I don't own a watch. He thinks I'm nuts.
Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: pantablo on August 01, 2003, 02:01:48 PM
bbanjo-you are nuts, but for a variety of reasons...

:nana:
Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: JamesG on August 01, 2003, 02:13:36 PM
My wife used to keep a log of the mileage and every gas fill up for her old car before we got married.

I quickly broke her of that habit.  :)
Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: Kerry on August 01, 2003, 03:19:14 PM
Oddly enough, I don't track ANYTHING for my car.  It wasn't until I got a motorcycle that I started keeping logs.

I will admit that there isn't much of a reason for the daily mileage log.  But I make no apology for the similarly detailed maintenance log in the next section of the notebook.  Here's a representative page from my Maintenance Log (http://www.bbburma.net/MiscFotos/100_0323_LogBook_Maintenance.jpg).

EDIT: Changed link from sisna.com to bbburma.net
Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: john on August 01, 2003, 06:59:21 PM
Quote from: bbanjoI have an OCD buddy who has a log of when to rotate the furniture away from the windows so that they all fade at the same rate.

He likes his logs.

I don't own a watch. He thinks I'm nuts.

Well that makes two of us :thumb:  Actually today my wife gave me a pocket watch for my birthday.... I really like not having a watch, I know what time it is naturally.  ie. time to eat, time to sleep, time to work...
Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: glenn9171 on August 02, 2003, 06:50:50 PM
Kerry, is your employer located across the street or something?  "To work and back" like a dozen times and barely a change in the odometer.   :nana:
Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: Kerry on August 02, 2003, 07:57:46 PM
My office is a little under 6 miles away - all of it through town.  Maybe THAT'S why a week of "To Work and Back" is so unsatisfying!
Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: jake42 on August 02, 2003, 09:10:29 PM
kerry i feel for ya buddy.. my office is about 8 miles away and that's been most of my mileage this summer.

jake
Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: mrslush50 on August 02, 2003, 10:09:36 PM
Sweet!  you've been to Ellensburg.  I go there all the time on rides.

You know what Ellensburg means in Native American don't you?




"Stop and pee here"
Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: Kerry on August 03, 2003, 12:21:16 AM
Quote from: mrslush50Sweet!  you've been to Ellensburg.  I go there all the time on rides.
I wanted to show my brother around Ellensburg a little bit, because I actually spent a week there several years ago.  Unfortunately, about all we saw this time around was the KOA.

Back in '96(?) my wife signed up for a week-long clay sculpture / woodcarving class that used some of the college's facilities there.  I just went along "for the ride", so I would hang out in the dorm room with my laptop, or walk around the campus or the town.  I thought it was a pretty neat place.

I'll never forget coming up "over the top" from Yakima and seeing the valley spread out before us as we slowly came down the hill.  My visits were in the Spring and in the Fall, so the temperatures were nice.

Have you ever taken the river road up from Yakima?  Or do you arrive from another direction?
Title: How to tell a good week from a bad one....
Post by: rhenter on August 03, 2003, 04:33:29 PM
I ride to work when I can. Once or twice a week.  My office is about 10 miles away by car.  However, it's always about a 40 mile ride home at night, when i take my GS :thumb: