I started shopping online and found this pretty cool furniture series from MASH Studios. But, the series didn’t have a bench in the size I needed. I decided I could probably make one easily. I went to Reno Depot and bought some lag bolts and a hunk of wood. I went home, cut it into some sizes I’d need, bolted it together, sanded it down, and threw on a few coats of Polyurethane (enviro friendly and Sheri approved). It took a few hours over a couple of days and I have a bench that fits perfectly into the little entry space.

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Bonus. My bench cost $25 versus the Mash bench at $500. I like the richer colour of the Mash bench, and I suppose I could have found a stain to simulate the tone of the walnut wood. I don’t know anything about building furniture, so I couldn’t make hidden joints. I just lag bolted my bench together, but I like that sort of industrial simple look of the exposed lag bolts.

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I also tested out a GPS for the first time today. From now on, if I
want, I won’t have to guess how long the trail runs are. Today was a
quickie, just 3.2km, took 40mins, and was hilly.

On the way home I didn’t try to avoid the meltwater creeks and my feet
got pretty cold from being ankle deep in ice water. The cold water
doesn’t seem to bother Dot.

I was so proud of myself for exercising, when I got home I treated
myself to 6 Leffe blonde.

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The TT just finished here and Kelly took three medals – gold, silver and bronze with Dave V winning the U23 TT ahead of his team mate Ryan Anderson. Zach Bell was third in the elite TT. I think Dave’s undefeated at the U23 TT and this is his fourth consecutive TT title.

As far as former s-clubbers, they took 5 of the possible 6 medals here today with: Svein 1st (elite), Christian 2nd (elite), Zach 3rd (elite) and then in the U23 Ryan Anderson 2nd and Cody Campbell 3rd. A good day for the former s-club. KC is psyched back in Langley. And Sheri is pretty sad she couldn’t make the trip.

It’ll be very interesting to see how things shake out in the road race. It’s not a selective course and I would not be surprised if the s-clubbers made a loose alliance to tear the race apart to create some kind of an easier to manage selection for the finale. Planet Energy will be the big favourites Sunday with the numbers they have. They’ve been riding a lot better than the results hint at, they’re due for a big win and will be very tough to topple Sunday.

Here’s some photos:

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Backstage podium

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Christian talks to Vince

Christian's power tap set to go for the tt

Will and Zach before the start

Dave defends his title

U23 podium

Elite tt podium

We had a GPS from Marc, which is awesome, but we didn’t plug it in and it turned off just as we came to a junction on the autostrade near Venice. We ended up going the wrong way, or so we thought… when we got off and rechecked the GPS it turned out we were pretty good. We arrived at our B&B which is a really funky little place in the old city of Treviso. Treviso is cool, I like. Sheri is grumpy and jet ‘legged’.

Today we walked the city, checked out the sites, visited the original Pinarello store and went for a run around the old city wall. It was a good run. Later we took a nap, had a snack and went for dinner where we had the local specialty ravioli with radichio sauce, bean soup, grilled chicken and vegetables (lots of vegetables). Sheri liked dinner.

Tomorrow we head into Venice, about 20km, and watch the Giro prologue TTT. Should be good. I got an Italian mobile the number is: 348 912 1458.

I put up the pictures on another post.

I’ll write a bit more later, untill then, here are some picts I snapped. Oh, I didn’t exercise today.

Heading out of town

Getting Ready

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On the pavé

Rolling out of town

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Team Car

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Steph on the gravel

Exiting the pavé, errr gravel

Entering the pavé

The open road

Along a gravel section

Steph

Tammy

Front pack

Exiting the forest

The roads of Paris roubaix - almonte

I really enjoy the fact that all this ‘stuff’ is basically walking distance from our house… and our new house will be right on this ski trail.

Here’s the video

Here are the pictures

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For some reason I really don’t like doing laundry. Yesterday I did a big load of bed linen, because I had to. The duvet cover wasn’t quite dry when I took it out of the dryer. I hung it up on the railing to dry over night. This morning, as I was waking up, I heard Fred outside the bedroom door. She was wretching — as she does. It really is a horrible sound, and I feel bad for the poor cat. It seems like it hurts. It also makes me want to be sick.

Anyhow, later I get up, open the door, look down so I don’t step in the vomit on the floor in the hall. I don’t see any vomit, I assume Sheri cleaned it up before she left for work — I know, shocker, but that’s what I thought. Day goes on, I’m drinking coffee, typing in the office etc. I walk by the duvet and decide to pick it up to see if it’s dry so I can fold and put it away. I see a stain, hmmm did that not come out in the wash? No, it’s lumpy. Strange. What’s this?

The duvet was hanging “just so” and one side was gently touching the floor as it was drapped over the railing. Fred had climbed in the duvet opening, crawled into the middle of the duvet and vomitted inside. Ahhh, yeah it was gross.

So if you want her, or know of anyone who wants a cat, give me a call. She’s free to a good home. She can be sweet on her terms. She sleeps mostly. She doesn’t play. She does like being a lap cat. When she sits on you – you can pet her head and head only, maybe scratch under her chin. Don’t get sucked in if she rolls over on her back, looking cute and purring — if you touch her belly she will attack you. She loves milk, but if you give it to her she will vomit. She vomits once a day on average, it’s a disturbing sound. She hates all other animals and is very antisocial. She ‘hisses’ a lot for no apparent reason. She is not safe around children. She doesn’t really go outside. She might be good pet for someone single or a couple with no children who don’t expect much from a pet and don’t mind cleaning up (the regular vomit). You should also wear shoes in the house all the time as she may randomly attack your feet when walk by. She seems friendly enough to guests, but you have to make sure they get the ‘proper petting instructions’. Oh, and she sheds a lot.

I may even pay you to take her away. Please leave a comment if you are interested in this cat.

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I’m a big fan of the ‘brand’ Rapha is developing. It’s a sleek, hip retro look. I can’t say I have any of their clothes — I can’t afford it! But, I love it.

One thing struck me today as I was browsing through a recent issue of Bicycling magazine. I saw a Rapha ad and the riders were not wearing helmets. Fantastic - I thought. Good for them to have the balls to be different in the face of all the pro-helmet zealots. Good for them to promote cycling the way it should be – bear headed and free.

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See more of Rapha’s stunning cycling photography on flickr.

Oh, autumn is in full colour here now. It’s fantastic, today was 20+ celcius. What a day.

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News about Dwayner:

See more Svein: posts tagged Svein, more photos of Svein, photos of Dwayner’s ride at the World’s.

The podium in Varese

Svein steps up

On the Podium With a Silver Medal at the World Cycling Championships

Varese September 25, 2008 - World Championship Podium

Tuft hammers

And he hammers some more

This guy is remarkable

Soaking it all in

Riding in the World Championships

Powering along in Varese

Svein on the podium

Svein rides in the World Championships

Second place - Silver medal

I wonder if it's real silver?

Tuft Grabsch and Zabriskie

Riding to silver

Podium boys

Starting

Front page - Vancouver Sun Sports Section

Svein worlds rolling

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