Thursday, August 21, 2008

Cut lines; weather; horse doping

The weather has been ideal this week - highs in the upper 70s and low 80s, lows in the lower to mid-50s, with late afternoon cloud cover and a few sprinkles. It was glorious walking weather this morning, and Hila and I hiked over to Wonderland Lake and then around it and back to her house. Eliphalet Pease, the rooster, started crowing at 5:30 this morning - and I gathered 8 fresh eggs from the henhouse after feeding the flock - besides their usual scratch and corn, they got pears and an apple this morning. No sign of the skunk so far - and I'm keeping an eye out for it.

A contractor cut the telephone and internet lines in North Boulder yesterday afternoon, and so no one in the neighborhood where I'm staying has either service available. My sister thought that her old telephone had finally died, and I was the one to inform her and Jim of the cut lines.

Four horses at the Olympics have tested positive for a forbidden substance - including a horse on Norway's Bronze-medal winning show jumping team (their medal might be stripped). The drug? Capsaicin - a component of chili peppers, and usually applied topically for pain relief. The horses who tested positive were: Camiro of Norway, Lantinus of Ireland, Chupa Chup of Brazil, and Coster of Germany.
The Individual Show Jumping competition is currently taking place, with highlights to be shown on NBC stations between 1o am and 1 pm today - including the awarding of the medals, which will end the equestrian compettitions of the 2008 Games. Best wishes to all!

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