Television

This was to be my view for a good part of the winter, from a trainer I never received for Christmas. But with the writers strike peddling in place still would have been a near unbearable bore. The first and only TV (used) we ever bought until recently.
With all the snow and car troubles it was not easy to get to the gym much either. Bally on Hawley Road invested in some new equipment recently; mostly free weights but a few stationary bikes also. Bikes I could actually ride in comfort. Working the stationary bike with the heart monitor is good to relate breathing with heart rate. I can recall one hill where I really should have dismounted much earlier and caught my breath. My legs shout, "more!", and my lungs scream, "nooooo!" Of course warming up sufficiently also makes those hills easier.

Yes, the WORS Handbook is out and I've been so excited I've forgotten to post for awhile. Looking to get a new front tire and found some good tips on the message board.
Mongolia appears to be becoming a mountain bikers destination. Added some you/tube clips to my "God's Good Earth" links.

So my wife came to me and said, "The TV stopped working." That would be the TV in our living room; an old TV my parents replaced.
I called my brothers and found an old TV one of them wasn't using.
"I can go pick up a TV from my brother tomorrow," I said.
"I want a new TV." she said.
"We don't have any money" I said, "and my brother has a 22 inch TV he isn't using."
"You already called him!?" she said and gave me one of those looks without looking at me.

We got a new flat panel and bought a demo sound system they were getting rid of cheap so we could get to $1,000 for the 24 month financing and pretend we aren't paying for it.
Now she can read the subtitles on those Korean dramas she likes so much. My wife loves it and if she's happy.....
So does a 37" flat panel make one feel good about oneself? (with a surround sound system)
Well, my wife told me she was at Sam' Club watching people look at flat panel televisions and thought, "ha ha ha, I already have one."