puncture resistant tube, cycle in dry coulees

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I got on my Giant bike this morning to cycle up a sweat only to find it anaeris.  I patched the rear tire yesterday but apparently missed a small hole.  Canadian Tire sells a puncture resistant tire tube, so I bought one.  It’s quite heavy, but with all the add-on stuff, the bike’s heavy anyway.  Better to be heavy than weak.  That’s why I have a full mountain bike, not a hybrid.

To test out my new tire, I went for a ride in the coulees.  Wow – very dry, hard, dusty ground out there.

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Lot of fun.  The tire survived.

Sask-Man didn’t happen

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I didn’t actually get to Saskatchewan or Manitoba.  I went to BC instead.  I heard Father was in hospital again.  He’d had a seizure a few days previous but was home from hospital the same day.  When I got there this time, he was just going in for routine preparation for more radiation on his tumour.  They kept him in for a few days and was still there when I left.

I’d intended to be on my way the next morning but wasn’t able to.  Someone I planned to meet wasn’t available until late in the day, so I didn’t leave Chilliwack until after 5pm.

On my way back home I stopped at Othello Tunnels the first night, Arosa Rance B&B the second, and Pass Creek Campground the third.

It looks like I won’t be making it to Manitoba after all – at least not this time around.

heading to Sask-Man

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I think I’m heading East to Saskatchewan and Manitoba tomorrow.  I was going to go today but had a headache and decided to wait.

I’ve kind of finished all I wanted to do to my new server and its web sites, and I have a more-or-less completed list of other things I wanted to accomplish this summer, so there’s no reason not to go.

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new Ongoing Letter online … again

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Hi everybody.  This is the latest attempt at going on with my Ongoing Letter, my blog to the outside world.  It’s my third attempt at using a CMS (Content Management System) on a database server and the third generation of the allansplace web.  Hopefully it’ll take this time without any server-self-destruct buttons being pushed.  We shall see.

There are also some changes to the other webs.  If you already know the addresses, you’ll also know they’re not quite up-and-running yet.  Check back often.

In the mean time, enjoy!

Yup.  It’s been ages since…

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November 20, 2001

Yup.  It’s been ages since i’ve written anything.  Fall is upon us, leaves are changing colour outside and falling to the earth.

Sun is low in the sky making our balcony full of plants happy.  Not only is the sun lower but the trees are barer now allowing more sunlight to come in.  A good reason to like winter the most.

i’m exercising almost every day now making my wife happy.  She says i’m too damned skinny.

Our cats are gone to live with my dad.  The apartment is pretty quiet now.  Better for them, even though they don’t know it right now.  They’ve lodged themselves in the basement and won’t come out to visit.  I’m sure they miss us and wonder just what the hell is going on.  A valid concern, but given a month or so i’m hoping they’ll come around.  They left us November 5th.  We went to the aeroport with us in cages on an aeroport express bus, none to happy, meowing most of the time.  Then they got wheeled around the aeroport to the quarantine office in their cages for an hour.  Then another 1-hour bus ride to the Air Canada freight building.  Then another hour with us.  Then, between 11am & 4:30pm, they sat waiting to get onto the plane.  Wow.  Think that’s bad?  They then sat 12 hours in the belly of an Air Canada cargo jet in extreme noise and extreme cold.  Naughty, i’ve figured out while he was living here, hates noise.  Hates the radio or TV being on.  Can you imagine now much he’d hate 12 hours in a plane?  Both of them, i think.  No wine, no pillow, no on-board movies.  Just cold & noise.  Only to get put in the aeroport for 4 hours while Aizlynn argued to convince the aeroport people to hand them over.  Yvonne, my step-mom, said she’d pick them up but later changed her mind, though her name was still on the documents.  So Aizlynn picked them up from Air Canada, and Yvonne later came & got them.  <sigh>  Anyway, they’re now sitting in their basement.  Apparently they left a couple little presents on the living room floor.

Just called now to their house.  Apparently they’re playing downstairs in the basement but won’t come up to be seen.  Makes sense – they’re not going to be sad & morose forever.  Gotta start being cats again.

I got a package from my sister just the other day with a package of bran, another of wheat germ, and a Canadian Living Christmas cookbook for Hanmee.

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Aizlynn, my sister, has been taking driving lessons for the past month.  Her test is on December 17, 2001.  Wish her luck!

Turns out Hanmee’s mom is recovering…

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Thursday October 11, 2001

Turns out Hanmee’s mom is recovering nicely.  Yes, it probably was a stroke, despite what the docs say.  Her face is pretty much back to normal, both in shape and feeling in her skin.

Winter is settling in now, and leaves are falling.  Cold weather has hit a week or so ago.  Cold nights, i’ll tell you.  But during the past couple nights, the floors in the apartment (especially the bedroom) have been really warm.  If you’re viewing this “ongoing letter” from a Palm or Handspring or whatever PDA or cellphone, you won’t see the photos.  Sorry!

I’d been downloading a bunch of movies, sit-coms, and other stuff from the internet through a program called Morpheus.  Kind of like Napster, i suppose, but Napster was limited to only music.  Morpheus shares music, documents of any description, videos, photos, software, and whatever else people want to put on there.  Video games, porn, MP3s, news programs not normally available, newspaper clippings, etc.  Just anything, in other words.

I got a package in the mail today from mommy!  Socks, bran (yes, bran, for baking), a bottle of New Skin (liquid bandage), some Korean money, a calendar from Lethbridge Community College, and a letter.

After a month hiatus, the “ongoing letter”…

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Wednesday September 26, 2001

After a month hiatus, the “ongoing letter” is back, but it starts on a bad note.

Let me start off with some bad news.  Hanmee’s mom has had a stroke.  No one is sure just how bad it is yet as they (mom & dad) don’t think it’s necessary to get to a hospital right away.  They went to a Chinese hospital and had acupuncture done.  This didn’t help, and so for the past two days they’ve been waiting it out, so it seems.  Her face is distorted, vision in one eye gone, and skin on one side numb.  Apparently, it happened a couple days ago, but everyone thought it should be kept secret to prevent anyone from worrying.  Hmm.  It didn’t work.  Hanmee is considering going to Wonju tonight with Hanyoung (brother in Inchon) to bring her to the hospital.  It’s 10:30pm now, and Hanmee is only trying to get real information on her mom’s state.  No one is saying anything definite.  I printed Hanmee a bunch of info from Mayo Clinic.  She’s now discussing it with Hanlim (brother south of Seoul) to find out more.  More later.

As anyone might guess,… (temporary end of OGL)

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Saturday August 25, 2001

As anyone might guess, i’ve been a little busy lately.  Anyway, the weekend is here now.  Good.  Hanmee is at Myongdong looking for some clothes, and i’m sitting at home working on some stuff.

Not much to say that i haven’t already said.  But i’ve said nothing!  That’s right.  Nothing to say.

Okay.  Now is as good a time as any to say this.  I’m closing down the daily entries in the “ongoing letter”.  How come?  I’ve nothing to say.  And besides that, i think no one out there is reading it.  So, officially, here marks the temporary end of the “ongoing letter”.  Hope you enjoyed it so far.  If you want, i’ll let you know if / when this thing ever gets started up again.  Email me to tell me you’re interested.

Cheers.  Be good.

Allan

I bought another scanner…

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Sunday August 19, 2001

I bought another scanner today.  Gave the old one (Agfa) to my brother-in-law, Hanyoung.  I don’t know if he’ll need or want it, but he took it anyway.  It works but only on Win95/98/Me.  And i’m not going back to that.  He also took our video player and iron and wants to take our couch, too.  

This time i got an HP Scanjet 2200c, if that makes any difference to you.  Works well.  Still fiddling with it.  Where did i go?  I went to Youngsan with Hanyoung.  I swore up and down i’d never go there again, but we went today.

So far no comments on my website from the peanut gallery.  That’s you.