[Bent] Tapio from Finland visiting NYC

[Tapio Antero Osala]

I landed happily yesterday afternoon on JFK and the snowtorm was over.

Snow is melting fast in Manhattan. Not much left.

I have been emailing with Shelly and we are going to meet and perhaps
take a ride. Exaxt time and place has not yet been settled.

If we wait until Wednesday, most of the snow/slush perhaps has melted away?

Central Park Wednesday 1 PM?

(Every time I visit New York, I come with snow. Last time I was here
Jan 2003 and then there was even more that this time).


Tapio Osala
from Santa Claus - home country

2009/12/22 Martin Smith <CStrek97 at aol.com>:
> Hi Shelly,
> I'm Marty from up in Waterbury, CT...central part of the state.    (with
> Vision R40)
>
> I was really hoping to get out of work and drive down to NYC to go for a
> bike ride with you, Tapio, and
> any other recumbent riders. BUT....I'm not a snow rider.  Cold is somewhat
> OK as long as it's not a long
> ride (20+ miles in cold weather = ugg.)  So...I'm going to back out because
> of 2 things:  snow/slush,
> and a busy work schedule.  I have 1/2 vacation day left....my idea was to
> work until 10:30 AM one of these
> days, then fly (drive fast) down to NYC and meet you guys sometime around 1
> PM for an afternoon ride
> with Tapio this week.  But I just can't after all, as I had hoped.
> Out of curiosity, what's it like down there in the City?   Do you have snow
> there?  Any area there rideable?
> Definitely not so here.  Here, we have at least a foot of snow on the
> ground, and "slush" on the sidewalks and roads.
> There are no bike paths, and sharing a road with cars, trucks and snow banks
> is not possible.
> Have you touched base with Tapio yet, or is he still in the air?     If you
> do ride, hope you have a good one.
> I hope to do some rides in the future with other Marsians.  In the
> past...the City has just seemed too far and
> too expensive (tolls, gas, etc), but now, I've decided to venture outside of
> my cocoon here.
> Marty Smith
>
> =
>   5-boro this year
>  bike BEFORE I got hit by a car on 9-1-09
>
>                                                   ...ok now.  me and the
> bike fixed.
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