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Sunday, January 08, 2006

Too late, too late, too late, too late, too late*


Not sure why I'm smiling. I knew I should've used the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant methodolgy for estimating how long a project will take. In this case, it would be how long the ride would take. Here is how they do it (and how I will do it in the future unless something drastically changes):

Estimate how long the project will take.
Multiply times 2.
Total equals the amount of time needed.

Finish in less than the time needed then you're golden! Of course, it is tough to account for the Mo factor, the Schlachter factor, and the Jeffery factor... Might have to multiply times 4...

* Journey, Too Late (heavy lyrics man)

13 Comments:

  • At 1/09/2006, Blogger X Bunny said…

    don't let them complain, just tell them you thought they needed more training

     
  • At 1/09/2006, Blogger nixmtb said…

    Idiota!!!! What you NEED to do is gain a few pounds like me and have your wife TELL you to go out and ride.
    Great ride... I'm glad I wasn't the only one on the 'Jan Ullrich winter training program'.

     
  • At 1/09/2006, Blogger maleonardphi said…

    Why you gotta dis Diablo Canyon? Thats one of my clients! That was a good time yesterday. Maybe next time I will make it out of there without taking any of it with me. Had a pretty good crash, no big deal. Heim got a good laugh out of it I think. After I came up smiling I hope.

     
  • At 1/09/2006, Blogger ginmtb said…

    My brother works out there - that is where I learned that time estimation procedure. You did look fast in those lycra shorts though... Heather missed out on seeing your a$$.

    Yup, Jan's got nothing on a few of our guys. If any of you submit an order for a skinsuit, well, that will be cancelled and your money refunded because that would be just too much to handle. Almost as bad as Seery's photo.

     
  • At 1/09/2006, Blogger maleonardphi said…

    Yep, the nuclear industry has it's own unit of time; the nuclear minute. Things don't get done too fast. But I think I would rather have them take twice as long and get it right, than rush and have something go wrong. Maybe if they all wore fancy skinsuits they would be more efficient?

     
  • At 1/09/2006, Blogger ginmtb said…

    Dude, I could be a Saint (and I am pretty darn close if I do say so myself) and I would still be spending time in that gol dang* house. Calgon, take me away... Is there anyone named Calgon out there?

     
  • At 1/09/2006, Blogger ginmtb said…

    Yes, considering I have family within close proximity to that power plant, the rule, Measure Twice, Cut Once is pretty darn important. Shoot, measure three or four times as long as you get it right. Just don't overcharge us on our PG&E bills...

     
  • At 1/09/2006, Blogger xcslowpoke said…

    Training is best done by messing up, that way the bar is set low not high.

    The problem is that all of you set the bar too high when you were desperate for some rather than spreading yourself around. Frankie has the right approach this time. I don't want to hear it Heather.

     
  • At 1/09/2006, Blogger ginmtb said…

    I think I get what you said with that comment, but I'll let Heather interject just to make sure I'm on the same page. Heather?

     
  • At 1/09/2006, Blogger ginmtb said…

    Let's break this down:

    1) Set the bar too high when you were desperate for some - some, meaning, well, you know, budda-bing, budda-bang.

    2) Rather than spreading yourself around - as in wearing the same clothes to work the next day, hair a bit displaced, and that "jf look" on your face. Juggling multiple calendars, creating more entries in the little black book, yadda, yadda, yadda.

    3) Frankie has the right approach this time - meaning if she has a pulse...

    4) I don't want to hear it Heather - meaning you being a goody-goody and would not approve of such behavior

    Am I close on the interpretation?

     
  • At 1/09/2006, Blogger xcslowpoke said…

    Glad you figured it out but sorry its too late. I go through life with my own vision. Unfortunately most people can't figure out what the hell I am talking about but thats okay with me.

    Yes, Heather it had everything to do with D-Ville campfire but nothing about bike training. Now I will crawl back to the depths of the misunderstood.

     
  • At 1/10/2006, Blogger ginmtb said…

    XC, you're just like an onion - many, many layers. Just need to peel some back every once and awhile so we can really start to understand the man we know as "Flounder."

     
  • At 1/10/2006, Blogger ginmtb said…

    Who [oink] you callin' [snort] a pig? [oink] What's up [snort] with [oink] that? I'm gonna go take a mud bath... sooweeeeeeeeeee!!!

     

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