No battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. -William Faulkner, novelist (1897-1962)
Today's ride: Today's weight: 80.4kg=177.25 lb
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Montpellier and more
Dinner: cauli, merguez, tomat with oniones, red, and feta
Tour de Saint Preignan, Pouzolles, 2012 Viognier, both great fruit and minerality, a simply outstanding value for €4/$5.55!
Domaine de la Coste- Meynier, Coteaux du Languedoc, Saint Christol,Cuvée Sélectionnée, 14.5%, €7.50/$10.41, a puckering mouthful of lingering pepper and spice which tastes like more. Glad I bought two bottles!
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Read below from Colin. Xx
ayn's dad died.
Kevin knew him back in the day; called him "cabbie Johnny"; he hung
out at "the Zoo" on Osborne and actually worked for Kevin at one point.
Sad. Love your dadIn case you did not see this on Facebook xxx:
My mother's paper article and now Yahoo has contacted her- they also want to run the story.
Hi Jean and John!
Am sending this along, in large part as I want to bring to your attention, should this be necessary, the wonderful series that Hugh Laurie has on BBC, knowing how knowledgeable and obsessive, one might say, both or at least one of you, happen to be, about music of all sorts! (See below, if you have the fortitude!) I trust all goes well for you both and look forward to seeing you two in November. Fondestos and Cheers, to you both, Patrizzio!
Yes, Pat, I also take some interest in music, and certainly in Hugh
Laurie's entry into bluesland. In fact, I think he is at least as good
at singing the blues as he is at acting. Have seen some utterly
embarrassing movies with him in the leading role
(not his fault altogether, though).
Over here, in your hometown (?), the weather is slightly worse than
in France or Italy, but some of us have to hold the fort. Talking of
movies, we borrowed a DVD from the Lynn Valley library the other day (as
opposed to West Van, they have an excellent
collection). "Barney's Version". My best movie experience in ten years,
at least. Paul Giamatta a miracle. Trust both of you have both read the
book and seen the film. Hold out!
Kjell
Thanks for the update Patrick. For the record Hugh
as 2 CD's the first of which (complete with a neat bonus New Orleans
concert DVD) Kjell gave me last year - I can lend you this on my return
should you wish. There is now a new CD which may be linked
to this show.
Thanks so much for taking on the role of CAPTAIN for Sunday F&B set-up & strike.
The sun continues to shine in Florence and the bike race
continues to significantly reduce traffic in the city centre which is a
blessing. They also have a new mayor who favours bike lanes and traffic
reduction. The only challenge from time to time
is figuring out how to cross the street. For the record - competitive
bike racing has to be the dullest spectator sport in the world! Despite
this folks still cling to the barricades and cheer. Beats me.
Trust everyone is well and we look forward to gathering together later in October. Cheers, Paul in the hills above Florence in a converted monastery while Joan continues her northern Italy garden tour.
You are a saint! Kathryn
Hi jean, great clip of John. I've joined up with Patrick again in France . Wonderful countryside. Off to do some more exploring. Love
Corinne
It's
international book week. The rules: grab the closest book to you, turn
to page 52, post the 5th sentence as your status. Don't mention the
title. Copy the rules as part of your status. The ROAD from St-Laurent
to La Grande-Chartreuse, cleverly engineered by the monks, was made (c.
1510) in order to bring down timber and charcoal from the forests.
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Bruno Sterckeman 63 miles? Do you do that every day? This friend of mine does 10000 miles per season. He finally switched to highly durable tires.- Bruno Sterckeman Hey, I have a cousin in Montbazin, that's very close to where you were riding. In what town are you staying?
- Bruno Sterckeman And one more question. How do you like the way people drive on those French country roads?
- Patrick James Dunn First of all I don't log 63 miles every day, although I'd like to be able to say that I do. This evening, per esempio, after we returned from a marvellous day trip to Montpellier, I only rode 30 km: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/380868748..., because Cora Lee wouldn't allow me to be away for more than an hour and a half! Until she arrived, 50 km/ride was bare minimum and upward as time/inclination, etc., made their various demands felt. We are in Neffiès which is about an hour away, 37 km almost due west of Montbazin. I have ridden through Paulhan many, many times and it is located between Neffiès and where your cousin lives. As far as the French drivers, I find them far more courteous and considerate than either British, American or even Canadian drivers. Furthermore, there is relatively little, if any, traffic on many of the roads/lanes I use frequently so it is a cyclist's paradise as far as I'm concerned. Off to Carcassonne tomorrow so must away. Snap taken in Pézenas yesterday! Vive la baguette! Fondestos and Cheers, Paprika!
June Burton
Myrtle and I would like to take you and your lovely wife out for lunch when you are back in London in October. Would it be possible? 17th October? Please let me know. Thanks,
Pat,
Sylvia bought a new bike today - a Giant from Jake's store. Very
pleasant service and Sylvia is over the moon after riding that heavyweight
clunker for so many years. It was supposed to be me who got the new bike but
that's on hold again. We did try MEC first as I had a gift certificate for
$200 but the service was so poor there and the bikes not up to much as far
as I could see.
Six bikes in the basement now. I'm thinking of selling that old Madone
down there.
It definitely feels like autumn again and I suppose you are basking in
mid to upper 20 temperatures.
Had some acupuncture at the weekend from Sylvia's friend and it seems to
have helped my stiff elbow.
Reading the new James Lee Burke novel and it's great. Ray
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http://www.giant-bicycles.com/_pdf/bikes/canada/giantbicycles-58233-escape.rx.2.w.pdf=Say hello To Cora Lee for us. Hope she has few reminders of her fall in London. Sounds really horrific!
You two are quite the world travellers. How long do you plan to stay? the winter?
We are finally welcoming cooler weather . With my daughter, Dana, going into organic farming full time we are enjoying more of the autumn fare as well. They are so ambitious. Dan just built a root cellar to help them overwinter some produce.
Attended a rally to try and stop the building of Ajax Mine and Smelter from starting up in Kamloops. I am not against the mine itself but the proximity to where we live, right within the city limits. Must not have had enough of causes in early life! Sure have quite a few right now.
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Check it out. My sister is embracing ballet once more as well as Chinese culture.Polysemous
MEANING:adjective: Having multiple meanings.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin polysemus, from Greek polysemos, from poly- (many) + sema (sign). Earliest documented use: 1884.
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