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Really? Is it gonna be up-hill both ways wink

The great thing about the Springs is that everything, on a bike, is downhill once you get started. The slopes are often so steep you can cruise down one hill and practically crest the top of the next before you even start peddling!

(The bad thing about the Springs is the eye-gouging distances between everything. It's an ex-resort town surrounded by strip malls and tract homes, so nothing is convenient at all. And there's really very poor public transport for a town this size.)


This is in stark contrast to Portland, Oregon, where everything is uphill and covered in urine, even the flat bits.

No, that's not fair. Sometimes there are butt-loads of trees in the way and the road bike path is an unpassable mire of hepatitis-laden mud and water, too.

(The good thing about Portland is that everything is pretty much accessible by bike and the public transport is really good for a town that size.)

Both towns have a surfeit of rednecks who suspect that you are, in fact, a pulverizeable f** for, among other things, having a bike. I think that's one of the other reasons I'm not afraid to wear borrow my wife's more comfortable lounging clothes when I run short on laundry. It's not like I got a reputation to uphold or anything, and I'm still pretty light on my feet, for a fat, old guy.

I haven't been near Dress Up in days, because of all the glitches - and the "open" style mouths I'm seeing people wearing are ugly - they don't even fit properly onto the avatars' faces. Apparently, next time you customise and save your avatar, your eyes may change colour automatically, which I'm not happy about either. You will be able to buy contact lenses in future, if you want your old eye colour back. sad

Yes, I don't usually complain about the changes Gaia makes, but these latest ones are messing with your avatar's appearance - and it seems beyond your control. That, I don't like. stare

So, I finally went to Dress Up, after avoiding it all week because of all the glitches, and I now have a new mouth (a choice, of sorts - it was either one of the new ones, or no mouth at all... stare ) and new eyes (no choice - automatic colour change). The mouth is not too bad, although I was happy enough with the old one. My eyes were grey, and are now a sort of chalky blue - they also look a bit "glassy" compared to the old version. As long as I keep my Romani Glasses on, the difference doesn't really show. xp

I finally give myself a mouth the other day, I too preferred my old mouth. I haven't messed with my eyes yet - kind of scared too.

Another one... chasing after my sneaky dog down the road bare footed, getting blisters on the balls of my feet... The other dog climbs the fence because she thinks she wants to help. Coming back for the van to go after the first dog and putting the other one back in the fence...warning her not to get out again. Leaving in the van looking for the first dog again, drive around for a while and come home to find him in the yard waiting for me. The other dog has climbed the fence again and has been rolling in the wet mud of my flower garden. Put the first dog in the house, bring the other one back to the garden hose to wash her off... then she comes in the house wet and leaves her mark everywhere...


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