tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post202261609991216742..comments2024-02-06T10:31:24.491-07:00Comments on Watching the World Wake Up: Race Camp Part 1: Asphalt, Canyons and FaultsWatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248341788957416471noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-9779619771437788832010-03-15T22:14:40.018-06:002010-03-15T22:14:40.018-06:00“Wow! A salesman! He’s probably going back there t...“Wow! A salesman! He’s probably going back there to close a deal!..."<br /><br />L O L<br /><br />Somehow you made watching helmet cam video of road biking interesting. I am serious when I say that.<br /><br />I enjoyed the double paceline, the catch and the breakaway. The Porsche sounded nice passing you as well.<br /><br />I find it amazing that there are that many grown men, presumably with families and day jobs who are serious enough about an amateur sport to find and take a bunch of days off for camp, not to mention the commitment involved in the race season. Impressive amount of dedication.Enelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967981896718833776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-11958844689328027772010-03-15T22:00:34.720-06:002010-03-15T22:00:34.720-06:00I like SBJ's H-B theory. Makes sense.
Rachel-...I like SBJ's H-B theory. Makes sense.<br /><br />Rachel- I am emailing you my travel schedule for the next month. Try to be on one of my flights. I will practice my purposeful, do-gooder stride up the aisle...<br /><br />Rabidrunner- Uh, I don't know where to begin... Thanks for sharing.'preciatetcha.Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248341788957416471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-34207477529220600542010-03-15T19:38:40.805-06:002010-03-15T19:38:40.805-06:00"Zion's" should most definitely be r..."Zion's" should most definitely be referred to in the possessive because it's short for "Zion's National Park." The "National Park" is owned by "Zion," so it is only natural that one would refer to it as "Zion's National Park" or "Zion's" (when running low on time and/or syllables.)<br /><br />It's not "Zions" in the plural because there is only one national park named after Zion. If there was more than one named "Zion", well, then... you get the idea.<br /><br />I'm considered a Utah native for I've never been outside of the state for anything other than business or vacation. I call Zion National Park, "that place down south with the Subway's."<br /><br />That was fun. Will you be hashing the Utah dialect again soon?Rabidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01910636993163166976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-87157697386487798792010-03-15T11:27:12.530-06:002010-03-15T11:27:12.530-06:00I admit I've called it Zion's, and I'm...I admit I've called it Zion's, and I'm terribly embarrassed, since I KNOW it's Nordstrom and not Nordstrum's.<br /><br />I loved the beautiful scenery in your videos. Thanks for sharing that.<br /><br />If we're ever on the same flight, remind me before we board, and I'll call out halfway through that I have a sales emergency.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611043209149128358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-5335208860266225102010-03-15T10:58:56.931-06:002010-03-15T10:58:56.931-06:00OK, you wanna know what's weird? I sort of thi...OK, you wanna know what's weird? I sort of think of myself as a Utah native because I grew up here, but the truth is, I'm not native because I wasn't born here, and I think you've lived here about as long as I have. <br /><br />I moved here when I was 8, moved away for two years when I was 19, and moved away for ten more years when I was 25, and have now been back for a year. That means I've spent about 16 years living in Utah, and the rest of my life not.<br /><br />Anyway, that's neither here nor there to my half-baked theory about the S on Zion. To a mormon in Utah, Zion as a place name has connotations similar to what it has for someone who's Jewish. So for a mormon to say "I'm going to Zion" it means something besides just going to the park, so they add an S and call the park "Zion's" in order to make a distinction.<br /><br />But I'm probably giving them too much credit for actually thinking about what they're saying, and the reality is that most are just parroting back what they've heard others say. <br /><br />FWIW, I may occasionally call the park "Zion's" when using the one word shorthand. However I would NEVER (unlike others I have heard) call it "Zion's National Park."Ski Bike Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12295969126174565599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-63835254334783284562010-03-15T09:53:45.609-06:002010-03-15T09:53:45.609-06:00I'm almost native* and I don't add the &qu...I'm almost native* and I don't add the "s" to Zion.<br /><br />* Born in California, moved to Utah when I was 6.<br /><br />That's a sweet route - I need to it some day.<br /><br />The double paceline video was good. We had a cycling group at my last job and we rode well together. We'd do double pacelines at centuries, but invariably we'd pick up some gomer who couldn't figure it out and the paceline would fall apart. So we got belligerent and wouldn't let anyone in. We weren't complete jerks, the other riders still got a nice draft off the back.KanyonKrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954169751206336705noreply@blogger.com