{"id":30,"date":"2009-08-14T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/?p=30"},"modified":"2010-06-04T18:55:39","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T18:55:39","slug":"happy-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/2009\/08\/14\/happy-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ravenfamily.org\/sam\/avatars\/sackperson5.jpg\" title=\"Bah. Humbug. Ooooh! Shiny bicycles!\" hspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" \/>I&#8217;m working from home today as I have a bout of gastroenteritis. Or food poisoning. Or gut flu. Whatever it is seems to be content to prowl around making me feel just a tad less than my usual splendid self, its presence plain but not debilitating, as long as I don&#8217;t eat anything. If I eat anything resembling proper food it&#8217;s a different matter altogether. So I don&#8217;t feel unwell enough not to work, but I don&#8217;t feel well enough to go into the office, especially as I&#8217;d have to cycle because the car is in for servicing.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a livejournal post on <a href=\"http:\/\/bikepirates.livejournal.com\">BikePirates<\/a> I put up some pics of my bikes, and, I have to say, that has cheered me up no end. Share my joy with a touch of bike pr0n for a Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p><lj-cut text=\"Cut for pictures\"><br \/>\n<\/lj-cut><\/p>\n<p>The fast one (Peregrine the Pinarello):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ravenbait\/3625744854\/\" title=\"I look best on the bike by Ravenbait, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3407\/3625744854_f6ae0e05e2.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"I look best on the bike\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>The loaded one (Fingal, Orbit Fast Tour):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ravenbait\/1266517643\/\" title=\"Fingal at Inverness Station by Ravenbait, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1234\/1266517643_2fdf501d14.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Fingal at Inverness Station\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>The fixed one (Shackleton, last of the 135mm Il Pompinos):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ravenbait\/460510497\/\" title=\"Shackleton by Ravenbait, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/250\/460510497_9c3e75683d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Shackleton\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>The other fixed one (Blackbird, a rescued and rebuilt Raleigh Sun Solo circa 1983):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ravenbait\/375746863\/\" title=\"Blackbird goes for a ride by Ravenbait, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/136\/375746863_916ccc1afc.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Blackbird goes for a ride\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>The sometimes grubby one (Max, a Specialized Hard Rock from before they got ugly, with his friend, Bob):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ravenbait\/1172424182\/\" title=\"Max and Bob by Ravenbait, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1281\/1172424182_d7cc959854.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Max and Bob\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>And if that didn&#8217;t make you feel better about the world in general then it&#8217;s either because you&#8217;re envious of my stable (perfectly understandable) or you prefer lolcats of a Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icanhascheezburger.com\/2009\/08\/13\/funny-pictures-get-em-boyz\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mine_4896602\" title=\"funny-pictures-kitten-has-pony-army\" src=\"http:\/\/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/08\/funny-pictures-kitten-has-pony-army.jpg\" alt=\"funny pictures of cats with captions\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If that didn&#8217;t work then there ish no pleeshing you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m working from home today as I have a bout of gastroenteritis. 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