Comments on: The Life

By: Dan B

Dan B — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:53:28 +0000

2.) Box #2 is known as *sound of angels singing*

By: Dan B

Dan B — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:52:24 +0000

1.) Box #1 is known as a “combi boiler” in the UK, or as I misheard the South London accent, a “comedy boiler”. It may be more of the latter than the former to you by now. 2.) Box #2 is known as 3.) My 6-y.o., then 3, rushed into our bedroom one morning in our rented Spanish house to say that she liked the “baby sink” in the bathroom. 4.) By the author of Seabiscuit, right? It’s on my must-have list. 5.) Ciao e in bocca al lupo!

By: George

George — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:10:06 +0000

I finished “Unbroken” a couple of weeks ago, and my wife is reading it now. Yesterday, she went to the doctor to get her injured knee checked out, and he asked her to rank her pain from one to ten. Reading about Zamperini has skewed her notions of pain a bit (i.e. anything short of starving and shark-wrestling is about a “two”). She explained this to the doctor. Hilarity ensued. Check it out on her blog: http://kacietri-ing.blogspot.com/

By: Tom T

Tom T — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:35:32 +0000

but you’re in Italy…

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:59:03 +0000

Are you wearing your hat with the flaps? The ties are there to keep it on at night!

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:58:08 +0000

Oh no! I didn’t have hot water for 2 weeks in august in campagna and that was bad!! It actually lasted a month, but I refused and trekked down the hill to my friends place who had finally got theirs turned on after those first 2 weeks and took showers there for 2 weeks….but my new place only had a small vat of hot water that took hours to heat up, so we could only take “shaths” where we sat in the bathtub and turned the water on and off when we were soaping up….so after 3 girls taking shaths, I sometimes hiked down the hill to our friends’ place to take a shower in the world of neverending hot water oh the days….

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:30:31 +0000

65F again today in Marin, Ted. NorCal misses you.

By: Laura Stephenson

Laura Stephenson — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:02:44 +0000

I have to admit I live in Florida, and that I haven’t worn a coat in 3 days. But just reading your entry, I went and put on a sweatshirt. I think I might have left the country after the first cold shower. I am serious. That is awful. Hope you stay warm.

By: connie

connie — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:32:01 +0000

Ted, two words for you: space heater! of course…and this is a big IF your apartment is not rated for the extra amps you might have all your electricity go out (best to get a low amp space heater without a blower)…hopefully you know where to throw the switch …been there done that in Italy. where are you living?? and your italiano? parli bene??? dimmi tutto ….. dalla connie

By: Chris W

Chris W — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:02:36 +0000

TK, just be glad you aren’t back home right now. It’s been down right arctic weatherwise this week in NH. I’d take a cold apartment in Italy over sub zero temps anyday!

Did you ever get a chance to check out the Bicycle Coalition of Maine site during your recent adventures?

btw – love the new site.