Big disappointment today

 Cycling  1 Response »
Mar 222007
 

My new bike was not ready today, as I planned. Major BUMMER! :(

It seems there was some confusion as to how much of the bike I was to assemble.

There was a time, when this wouldn’t have presented much of a problem, but things have changed quite a bit, since I owned a bike shop, and I just didn’t want to deal with the assembly.

Besides, between trying to ride, golfing, going to wine dinners, and of course napping in between those things, it might have taken me a month before I found time to put it together.

So we fitted the bike, making sure the seat height and handle bar position were correct, and I left the bike for Steve to finish putting together.

Now, I’ll just have to ride that old bike of mine until next week, when I pick up the new one.

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 Posted by Marc at 1:02 pm

Oh how I yearn for the old days sometimes – Update

 Life, Off Topic  No Responses »
Mar 202007
 

The power supplies arrived on schedule this morning, and were installed in the server. Unfortunately though, that didn’t solve the problem right away. The system still would not turn on.

The systems guy was in a quandary, thinking maybe the mother board was fried also, but he continued tinkering around for another hour or so, and finally got it to work. And as it turns out, the power supplies may not have been ruined afterall, although he didn’t want to shut down the server to check that out. [I didn't blame him. I wouldn't have either.]

Oh well, not a big deal. The motherboard wasn’t fired, and everything is back to normal. The worst case scenario being, we now have a back up power supply.

But I still went home early today anywaze.

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 Posted by Marc at 4:08 pm

Oh how I long for the old days sometimes

 Life, Off Topic  1 Response »
Mar 192007
 

I’m old enough to remember when there wasn’t a computer on everyones desk, and if we had to write a report, we used a typewriter.

Now there’s no doubt the computer has been a powerful tool in increasing productivity, and easing the pain of typing reports, making modifications easier, but what happens when the computer system goes down?

When it happens to your home computer that’s one thing, but when it happens at work it’s a whole other problem.

When I arrived at work this morning, and turned on my computer, I discovered I could not connect to the server.

At first I thought it might have been just my computer, but after checking two other co-workers computers, and contacting our systems guy, I discovered that the power supply, including the back up power supply, in the server was fried, apparently from a system wide power outage, in the area, early this morning.

In short the server wasn’t operating, and when that happens not much work gets done. Jobs don’t get planned, quotes don’t get sent out, parts don’t get shipped and even emails were unavailable.

The worst part was the power supplies were a custom job, and were not available locally.

The systems guy tried some interim fixes, but the first fix didn’t work, and the second was going to take a few hours, so I just wen’t home.

The new power supplies should be in tomorrow morning, and everything should be back to normal. I’d hate to think I might have to leave work early again tomorrow.

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 Posted by Marc at 4:55 pm

The only thing good about today

 Cycling, Golf, Life  No Responses »
Mar 182007
 

Is I didn’t go for a bike ride, because I know I would have enjoyed that even less than the round of golf I played today.

Like last weekend, I played terrible for the first 11 holes. After that, I managed to shoot 7 over par, which included a 7 on the #17 par 3. (It took me 4 shots to get out of the sand trap.) Doing the math (I shot a 105 total), that’s 26 over, for the first 11 holes, 2 worse that last weekend.

At least last weekend the weather was sunny and warm. Today the sun never shined the entire round (and still hasn’t yet), plus the temperature never warmed up, making for a pretty miserable day.

Oh well, such is life. From now on, I think I’ll just start on hole #12! :)

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 Posted by Marc at 4:03 pm

It’s always something

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Mar 172007
 

Just when I think I’m doing so good, now having ridden 390 miles this month, (up from 300 on Wednesday), this mornings ride just seemed like a chore.

Once at the start of the ride, and in the heat of competition, I was able to get a little more comfortable, and ride pretty good, but getting to the ride, and riding home after the finish, I was beat. Fortunately there was a big turnout this morning, making it a lot easier to sit in and draft. (Still over half the group dropped off by the start of the second lap.)

Of course, part of my problems may have had something to do with the hard ride I did yesterday, chasing Rocky and Edgar (two younger and stronger riders) for 45 miles and 2000′ of climbing, all over Whittier. But 10 years ago I never had a problem doing back to back hard rides.

And now my lower back is a little sore, and from what I don’t know.

Af first I thought maybe it was the leg curls I was doing at the gym, but I stopped doing them, and the aching still persists.

So could it be the result of running about 2 days a week, golfing (which I have been doing more often as of late) or cycling, none of which I choose willingly to quit?

Or could it just be a that I’m getting old?

Whatever the reason, I seem to be left with no good choices, but I am left with the immortal words of Gilda Radner’s father,

it’s always something. If it’s not one thing, it’s another

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 Posted by Marc at 12:22 pm

Getting your priorities straight

 Cycling, Golf, Life  1 Response »
Mar 152007
 

It’s been over a week since I swore off news blogs and blogs with a political agenda, and I can honestly say, I have never felt better.

I hadn’t realized, until now, just how much time was being consumed, writing and responding to various posts and comments, when I could have been partaking in more enjoyable and productive exploits.

I can only imagine the “spinning” taking place right now on the internet, regarding the firing of several US attorney’s, by people who have nothing better to do with their lives.

Well I for one don’t have that problem. I have plenty of things to do, Two of which are golfing and cycling.

Unfortunately my golf game has been suffering as of late, and I need to be spending more time working out the kinks there, and while I am in pretty good shape, considering the shape I’m in, my cycling has been suffering as well.

But I’m changing all that. Already this month, I’ve been managing to get to the driving range several times a week, and so far, I’ve put in 300 miles on the bike this month, and the month isn’t even half over yet.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot about wine. While I swore of news and political blogs, I haven’t sworn off blogs altogether. I have discovered a number of wine blogs, and podcasts that I am finding very informative, especially during the drive to work.

I even started my own wine blog, where I can write about wines I’ve tasted, and have invited several others to contribute. Sort of like a wine afficianado club on the internet. (So if anyone out there is also a wine lover, and would like to contribute, please contact me.)

I will admit though, living in southern California, makes cycling, golfing, and generally just getting a life, a lot easier to accomplish.

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 Posted by Marc at 1:32 pm
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