Comments for sursumcorda.salemsattic.com/post/our-favorite-after-church-activity

Comment #550

2007-05-16T16:03:03Z

Well, I'll bet you don't know about... oh wait. never mind. :)

Comment #549

2007-05-16T14:47:26Z

By the way, Mom Daley -- I'm glad you do sometimes stop by. Please comment more!

Comment #548

2007-05-16T14:33:39Z

Personally, I enjoy hearing about the crazy things my kids have done -- AFTER the fact, when I know they're home and safe. I'll bet your parents do, too.

I feel that way about your capsizing stories: If I'm learning about it on the blog, instead of by phone, I know you're okay. :)

Comment #547

2007-05-16T13:36:13Z

Just for the record, sometimes I DO read it- so be careful what you say. And I'll bet I know more stuff than you think I do. :-)

Comment #546

2007-05-15T12:19:38Z

I don't think my mom does read it. And she is probably happy that she doesn't know some of the crazy stuff I did as a kid.

Comment #545

2007-05-15T00:18:05Z

Actually, we don't have. The goodies are served between the 8:00 and the 9:30 services, but it's mostly 8:00 people who eat them, thanks to the tendency for getting to church just in time for the service to begin. Most of the children in the church attend the later services, because (1) families with young children and/or teenagers have a hard time getting them up and out in time for an 8:00 service, and (2) the 9:30 and 11:00 services have Children's Church, which many families like, and 8:00 doesn't.

Actually, there are sometimes children around then, and they are almost always polite and don't take too much -- or if they try to, their parents quickly intervene. But really we don't have very many data points on which to base that.

But we older folks are greedy enough when it comes to the sausage rolls and monkey bread!

Comment #544

2007-05-14T23:32:29Z

Do you have the same problem with goodies at your church as we do at ours - where the kids all rush to get the good stuff before us older people can hog it?

Comment #543

2007-05-14T21:38:17Z

I love your hypothetical note. Does your mom read my blog?

I'll admit to not being of the male persuasion -- the primary reason I bought my speedometer was for the odometer function. It's still fun to set records, though.

Uphill is the price we pay for downhill. Boring old lady that I am, however, I do like flat trails. Good thing, since we live in Florida.

Comment #542

2007-05-14T14:15:57Z

Given that I am a boy, and that practically the only purpose for a boy to want a speedometer for his bike is to see how fast I can go, you may or may not be surprised to learn that one can get up to 45 mph going down the hill going to my parents' house. (Hypothetical note, it might be hard to slow down enough to make the corner at the bottom, but if the neighbors garage door is open at the top of their driveway, if you pull on your brakes as hard as you can all the way up their driveway, you will stop before hitting the back of their garage.)

My lifetime top speed on a bike was a little under 60 mph, achieved while going down the Kancamangus Highway, though I biked over it in the summer, and not the winter, as in this picture. I forget the mileage from the top to Lincoln - I think it was an 11 or 15 mile downhill, which was pretty nice, considering the morning was spent on the uphill portion.