I hate winter. I guess that makes me a real second rate Canadian, the fact that I'm actually a 4'th generation Torontoian probably makes me a third rate Canadian. Winter has one redeeming feature, without winter no one would have dreamed up ice skating which ultimately led to inline skating via Ice-hockey.
Sorry I had to rant. I'm just really getting sick of this second rate crappy weather, I want warmth and sunshine damnit!
Lately I find myself day dreaming about my bike a lot, maybe cyclist dreams here? The nice thing about a bike is that you can go a lot further than you can on skates, also hills and crummy roads are not the obstacle that they are to a skater. (On the other hand bike theft is something that a skater will never need to worry about.)
I keep thinking I should just go to the bike store and pick the thing up. There's actually two problems, one is I can't ride it home, all this damned white evilness on the ground. The other reason I cannot get my bike is I have no place to store it. You see, we are supposed close on the new house on March 31, except due to... wait for it... Snow, the builder has had to delay closing until April 15. The new place has a great deal more space, it also has a basement room with no windows, the ideal place to store a bike of (in this case) modest value. So I must wait until April 15 before I can even think about getting my new bike.
That said I have it all planned out, I am going to skate to the bike store, then, with skates in my skate bag I will bike home. Now I just need a home to bike to, but at least I won't need to drive my bike home which is just wrong.
1 comment:
Bravo! Bikes rule!
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