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On Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 2:58 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I meant to contrast these full irrigation ditches with the almost-dry Rio > Grande but forgot to stop and take of photo of the river near the Paseo del > Norte overpass. It's almost all mudflats and the Conservancy authorities > are warning ABQ farmers that there won't be any more released from the > river -- which has been so dammed, diverted and channeled -- durn Texans > take some of it -- and one of the big cachements is unavailable for storage > because it's under multi-year repair. > > But this ditch (photos about 1/2 mile apart), just North of Alameda > Boulevard, is full and the clouds hint at possible rain. > > Bike content: rode the Matthews #1 which Chauncey build under instructions > to "make it handle like my Rivendell road bikes," which it pretty nearly > does with 50 mm Soma Supple Vitesse and RH Oracle Ridge tires. > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgs8wYAQxrnsv2Q8tyZ3YkGkq976WroQa3LKFoV7qu4%3DJQ%40mail.gmail.com.
