Saturday, 1 March 2014

Queensborough Bridge Blues: Saturday, March 1st!

To confront a person with his own shadow is to show him his own light. -Carl G. Jung, psychiatrist (1875-1961)

Whites, Native Americans and blacks engaged in gold prospecting, c. 1850
"Newly arrived Anglo-American farmers in the Sacramento valley... wanted wooden houses, and men such as Sutter built sawmills among the large pines in the foothills to meet the demand. Sawmills require waterpower, the diversion of water from stream to spillway, and it was at such a site that Marshall found those first several bits of glittering gold. Americans discovered gold in California because of their demand for lumber, not the workings of Providence."

The American West: A New Interpretive History (The Lamar Series in Western History), Robert V. Hine, Yale University Press, 2000.

Dearest Marcus! For an anti-FB fanatic methinks thou dost protest overmuch! Anyway, takes a Luddite to know a Luddite! Cheers, Patrizzio Palm Pilot Dunn!

P, good ride lasterday. Quite remarkable to witness the ragged peloton in motion. I regret that I will not be able to join you this morning. If I can get out it would have to be late morning. Hope to meet Sara another time. Have a good ride -- weather looks promising right now. Forecast is not as promising. W

Hi Raggedy Giggster! Sorry you can't join us but I know the Shackles of The Sisterhood are fashioned of tempered steel! Will talk anon. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Michele Darrow-Sutherland
In Fort St. John at a minus 30 degrees !! I love Vancouver!!
Hi Marcus and the elitists!

Had a wonderful day yesterday and it felt great to be back in the saddle!.So nice to catch up with everyone after quite an absence. Now that I have done an inaugural run on the lotus and felt it out I must say I am very happy with my $1 purchase and will now spend some more time fixing it up to make it a bit more customized to my personal taste. As I was saying I was very happy with the gearing which made it seem very easy to keep up with the peleton as opposed to the old Cannondale mountain bike. I’ll look forward to getting out again soon..have a great day! Al

I thought you might be interested in this tour . You can view it at: 

http://www.royalheights.com/details.cfm?tourID=294#top

Dearest Aquitaine!

First let me say please don't apologize for not being in touch. Cannot even imagine how difficult, terribly difficult your life must have been over the last few years, as you describe. Our hearts go out to you and Julia for all the pain and emotional turmoil you have obviously been through. Must have taken a tremendous amount of courage to ask for the divorce but am pleased that you are happy with the decision and the resulting positive change.

Not at all easy to start all over but I know that you can do it, given who you are and how strong you are. Onward! Fight! Bravo! Of course, all of us, (Chloë and Ayn don't know yet but I know I speak for them.), would love to see you and welcome you into our circle of family and friends. We've always cared deeply for you and Julia and have missed not seeing you both.


At any rate, when you are back from Kamloops give us a call or send a message sooner and we'll arrange to get together at the earliest possible time, busy schedules and lives allowing. Coincidentally, Ayn will be flying to Bellingham next  Friday. A very close uncle, Erich Vogt, died a few weeks ago and she is coming to attend the memorial service. Chloë is picking her up on Friday, we are driving her back down on Monday. I know it is short notice, you being away and all, but if it might work for you and Julia perhaps we could arrange a visit of some sort on Sunday. Service is on Saturday and we have been invited to attend family dinner afterwards.

Anyway, don't worry if this is too complicated. Just wanted you to know about Ayn's whirlwind visit and thought you might like to see her as well. Loads to catch up on so look forward to seeing you soon. Much warm love from both Cora Lee and I. Fondestos and Cheers, Patrizzio! 

Hi Hard Working Coquitlam Man!

Thanks for sending along your contact information. Trust you are well. Busy here but fine. Cora Lee might as well be back working she's attending so many meetings! Here are some of the snaps I took when you were here. Grand to have you back in BC. Hope we'll see more of you now. Cheers, Patrizzio!

Hi Lotus Man et al! You'll soon be up front, without a tether, riding neck and neck with Robo Man! Great to have you back, along with Marcus Aurelius. You'll need to do a bang up job of customizing your steed if you wish to ride with my friend, Sara, aka Whistler Wonder Woman, (two Gran Fondos there and two Vancouver to Seattle Rides for Cancer, [second upcoming]), as we went out this morning and I discovered what a Speed Demon she has become! She's very, very fit and I knew I'd have my work cut out for me. We met near Brock House at 9:15 am this morning and headed out to UBC. I was struggling to keep up with her from the get go but she would take pity on me, and slow down, from time to time, to let me catch up. First time after jack-rabbiting up the Foreshore Hill.
 
We had intended to go to Iona but because of the likelihood of construction activity, similar to what we encountered yesterday, I suggested Kent to Burnaby Zona Industriale and then Queensborough. Did just that and had to fight a horrendous head wind through ZI and then on approach to bridge. Sara, of course, hardly hnoticed gale force winds! Once over, however, wind was at our back and we hurtled along River Road. Was even maintaining an AVG of 22.1 km/h by this time! Back over CSTB and up Heather, to make our way back to The Heartbreak Terrace. Showed Sara where to find our patio entrance as she and her husband, Dermot, are coming for dinner this evening. Hope I can stay awake as I must admit, I was glad to be home by the ride's end! Stats:
 
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/453450083#.UxJU2xe1Ef4.email

Hope to get in more jaunts with her as push really is great. Need a few of you lads to join in to take some of the heat so we "elitists" can catch our breath! Cheers, Il Conduttore Castigato! 

Hi Pat, Here is the story about the apples.  I was right about Newton but wrong about Vogt - it was a different guy who got the tree cuttings.  Still interesting, though.
 
http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2007/07jun07/trees.html  

Out of my league, I'm afraid! In the interests of notarial accuracy, can you please certain discrepancies? To wit: Why there are 2 seconds where no movement is noted - did your feet perchance touch the ground somewhere?
How is it that you were at one point, 12 feet below sea level? Did you have to use your snorkleheimerwhatsit thingy? And why did you end up losing 6 feet more than you gained? Are you still in the land of the living or are you truly 6 feet under? Please clarify. yours truly, Facebook-free in Burnaby 
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