Except when they're wrong and succumb to pressure and personal bias... Tillerman is at it again with another assignment. Last time, in response to his request for Worst Sailing Mistakes , I posted a story about my Protest Shoe . Overall the response provided many funny stories and a few intense ones. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt (emotionally or physically) in the making of these stories. This time the assignment is Top Race Committee Screw Ups . First and in general, these (for the most part) volunteers to a great job. We couldn't have fun racing without them. The good ones run a race or regatta in such a way you hardly know they're there. On the other hand... they do occasionally make mistakes. In a regatta on our local lake, we were racing on Sunday. IIRC, the points were quite close. We were setting up for what was likely the final race of the regatta. The committee put up the course label and the sequence was rolling. We made sure we new the course, studie...
This was my first day bike commuting in Eugene. I've ridden my bike to work before but that was when I worked at Purdue or when we lived just a few minutes from work. Now we live 20 miles away from where I work. Our kids go to school about 10 miles from home and I'm the morning bus service. So, this morning after dropping them off, I hopped on my bike and headed for work. The downside is I got to work later than if I had driven... but that's about it. The upside includes exercise, fresh air, scenery (Amazon Creek, ducks, geese, a green heron, other birds, Willamette River) and gas/$$/environment savings. It was a little cool this morning (46 ºF) but I was dressed just about right. My hands were cold a bit but everything else was fine. I was a little cool but that's better than being a little hot. I'm gonna get a few more trips under my saddle before I start concluding what things I need to tweak for future trips.
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