Wednesday, September 10, 2008

tnr, or phase 1 of the airport circumnavigation project

present:
+ secretary taking the picture... and G showed up later.

so, we headed north along the east side of the airport... in hopes of a circumnavigation... and to find the missing part of Selkirk Ave, West. As you will notice from this google map, Selkirk is oddly incomplete here north of the airport. (For whatever reason, you do need to view the larger map to see this correctly)

View Larger Map

While a few barbs were thrown at the bringing of a GPS, that's essentially what it took to find the cow path that is Selkirk north of the airport. It's not even a nice country rode. Without adequate lights, the circumnavigation efforts were abandoned. We did manage to get ourselves on the flight path of a few planes which is always nice.

Back at the clubhouse, we turned to the annual debate on glass vs pint vs pitcher... and ran the test yet again.

Two glasses are cheaper than a pint and offer a few drams more beer to boot. At $4 a pint, and $1.85 a glass, one can order two glasses, leave the same fiver, and everyone wins: Larger tip, a bit more beer. The only down side is that it cuts away a bit at our lay-away plan for the spring ride... and again, it was acknowledged that this would be more concerning if we'd ever actually run out. Just to touch on the pitcher... turns out one pitcher holds three pints and saves us 25 cents... not worth it... what with the difficult social dynamic of pitcher purchasing and potentially unbalanced consuming. One member, who will remain nameless, was certainly concerned with the fair share...

Interesting new idea on a week of races for late winter, early spring. Five nights, five races.

Can anyone remember that phrase from the chorus of the song that Vic and this secretary liked so much last week?

Sounds like G will organize a little partner race at Ass Park next tnr. Stay tuned.

Anyway, sweet ride, sweet times.

3 comments:

Chris Huebner said...

Sweet.

Gianni said...

Tradition shouldn't constrain planning of course, but I will observe that six races in six days = a six day (the traditional winter velodrome multi-event extravaganza). Could even pattern it around a traditional six days with some sprints, some distance stuff, some team races, and, of course, a beer garden.

the secretary said...

I think you might now be on the planning committee...