tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post920587005120758716..comments2023-11-30T00:41:47.585-08:00Comments on Shreds: Picking Up Speed?Ginohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-22106179542026306892011-10-03T12:47:27.681-07:002011-10-03T12:47:27.681-07:00I had to go to the bi-focals years ago, even after...I had to go to the bi-focals years ago, even after getting Lasik (Lasik doesn't do anything about the muscles that control close-focusing). I've definitely started noticing the difference in my night-vision now as well. Some of the stretches on the roads between Red Wing and the Cities seem especially dark lately. I think the rods and cones in my eyes knock off for the day right around 9 p.m.Night Writernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-15189481254540252372011-10-02T23:27:23.820-07:002011-10-02T23:27:23.820-07:00going north, i'm in a near coma by the time i ...going north, i'm in a near coma by the time i reach redding. and then i wake up to a new morning, and its like the first 600 miles never happened.<br /><br />that is how i'm able to make pdx in a day, because mentally i'm only doing (the last) 450.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-18293124904740375362011-10-02T22:57:12.609-07:002011-10-02T22:57:12.609-07:00kr - I said Portland used to be *easier* to naviga...kr - I said Portland used to be *easier* to navigate - not that it was ever easy per say, but was better once upon a time.<br />Seattle is a bigger scale (Like O gauge railroad instead of Portland's HO) The streets are wider and there are better labeled ways to the freeway, but I'm not fond of the steep hills.<br /><br />Gino - Eugene to Ashland is a bit of a drone to me, but anything Shasta south is just torture. Evil, evil torture.Jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959637910926242468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-4413913349560368572011-09-30T18:23:04.776-07:002011-09-30T18:23:04.776-07:00Jade: but it really only drones south of redding, ...Jade: but it really only drones south of redding, and gets even worse south of sacramento. the last 600 miles are the hardest and maybe thats what makes them rough.<br /><br />mr D: i think p-land would be easy for a resident. i'm kinda liking the place. i just resent trying to leave it. getting arond and thru seattle, on the other hand... surprisngly easier than it looks.<br /><br />kr: just explain to her that you are saving yourself for somebody waaay older and less married than i. ;)<br /><br />bubba: its not the guard rails for me. its having time to focus far enough up the road before i get there, and making those little swerves and bends that long 'straight' roads have built in to them, and having to adjust my cruising speed to match my reaction time.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-27113144745190868262011-09-30T17:52:54.999-07:002011-09-30T17:52:54.999-07:00I remember knowing it was time to take a break whe...I remember knowing it was time to take a break when I started to get scared of the guardrails. For that matter, I still do know that, but being way old, I'm realizing my limits better than I used to....Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-17909687831148841772011-09-30T16:55:13.779-07:002011-09-30T16:55:13.779-07:00PS bifocals: it is Very Nice to be able to SEE pro...PS bifocals: it is Very Nice to be able to SEE properly. I am a big fan of being able to see well ;). <br /><br />(I wore bifocals from age 8 until about 26. I like to assume I don't need them anymore because I have properly neurologically integrated the visual circuits finally ;), but actually I suspect mostly my eyeballs just shaped up to stop being so darn farsighted and in that process made it less hard for me to read.)krhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01257941393760753111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-65486061073970372102011-09-30T16:41:33.207-07:002011-09-30T16:41:33.207-07:00:) glad Interstate Ave solved the bridge-finding p...:) glad Interstate Ave solved the bridge-finding problem ;) ... I have to disagree with Jade ;), I don't think Portland was ever reasonably navigable by car! Lightrail has certainly made it less-so, though. (Jade, they are planning to make Burnside/Couch a one-way couplet between the river and 405 one of these years--consider yourself warned ;). )<br /><br />It was fun to see you. My nosiest neighbor saw us chatting and hoped you were a romantic interest ;). My reply that you were "a friend I met over the blogs" didn't help convince her that you weren't! (I talked her down after about two more rounds tho ;). )krhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01257941393760753111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-42874057675937745762011-09-30T03:39:47.527-07:002011-09-30T03:39:47.527-07:00I just got bifocals. Chances are you do need them....I just got bifocals. Chances are you do need them.<br /><br />Glad you made it home safe and you also gave me yet another reminder of why I'm glad I didn't move to Portland in '06.Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-74190084043802802032011-09-29T23:13:39.283-07:002011-09-29T23:13:39.283-07:00You are only as old as you feel... and hell, that&...You are only as old as you feel... and hell, that's a drone of a drive. (been there, done that, felt the same way as you did when I was 25 on that drive)<br /><br />405 is an illogical freeway. It runs in a circle around the city, yet labels itself "North" and "south". Portland used to be easier to navigate, but in the last decade they've put in so much light rail that driving is pretty well choked out. On my trip there last summer I realized that you can no longer turn left off of Burnside... took me about 20 blocks to figure it out, and loop around to the right. But my best friend appreciated the tour of China Town at least :)<br /><br />Glad you made it home safe!Jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959637910926242468noreply@blogger.com