I was asked to help with setting up the course for Friday’s Blue Dome criterium race. Specifically, I hauled the lights from Tulsa Tough headquarters to the race course using an off road vehicle commonly known as a gator. I never drove a gator, but how hard can it be? The controls look like thoseContinue reading “Tulsa Tough Course Set-Up”
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Cats win after bye
This should not be newsworthy, but Geelong’s inability to win after a week off is the stuff legends are made of. Geelong has won 75% of its games since the AFL introduced the bye week in 2012. This is their third win after a bye, their second after a midseason bye. Not only did theContinue reading “Cats win after bye”
Lockdown Follies
Australia’s response to WuFlu has been heavy on lockdowns, featuring a near ban on interstate travel. The Cats travel to South Australia to play Port Adelaide under the condition they fly in, play the game and fly out immediately afterwards. Colingwood did the same last week when they played Adelaide. Richmond and West Coast willContinue reading “Lockdown Follies”
On vacation
I got off to a bad start on my vacation by just being lazy today. I will get up early and try again. I just have to remember that road construction forces me to take the bumpy back roads to Walmart for the rest of the month.
Summer is here
Got the last of the peas in today. Now I have to figure out what should go in that bed. Still got tomatoes and okra seedlings to transplant and carrots are a possibility. I have to decide quickly before I head out of town for the weekend.
I need a vacation
Since I got laid off in January 2020, I have either lacked the money or time to take a vacation. After Tuesday morning, I will have five days to enjoy myself. I can’t afford to go back home, but I can spend a couple of days in Tulsa during Tulsa Tough. Now if I canContinue reading “I need a vacation”
Summer is finally here
Today the high is 78 degrees. By Wednesday it will be 90. The high for the year so far has been 80. Might have to put the fan in the window next week, three weeks behind schedule. At least I can plant the warm weather crops now.
AFL adjusting to lockdown.
With Victoria on indefinite lockdown, the AFL has had to make some adjustments to the schedule. Fortunately, the league is going through bye season. For the next three weeks only six games have to be scheduled instead of nine. The only game that had to be moved was the Dreamtime match, which simply had toContinue reading “AFL adjusting to lockdown.”
Free stuff
A former co-worker’s dad died and the burial was at a cemetery within walking distance of my house. It would have been inexcusable to not stop by, so I did. On the way over a neighbor had some fence that was free to good home. My home may not have been good, but I tookContinue reading “Free stuff”
Tulsa Tough
I got a call from Bill at Tulsa Tough giving me my route for next weekend’s Tulsa Tough deliveries. The Gran Fondo will be on the same course as 2019, which was supposed to be temporary due to flooding issues that year. I have been delivering supplies for the rest stops since 2016. Last yearContinue reading “Tulsa Tough”
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