Day 247 – (AD 1,152) – 23.8 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Two Goals On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I struggled but I did pedal another 23.8 miles on my Schwinn 170.

The end is too, too close in sight. My totals today 24,688.8 miles; 39,732.8 kilometers

Today I crossed from Meersburg to Konstanz. And I completed 2 of my goals and destination points. I reached Konstanz and I crossed the German Swiss border.

Konstanz is where Andy’s 6-times Great-Grandparents Joannes Conradus and Elizabetha Losserin Bruhammer were married.

And the Google Maps close up is back on.

I am now located at Zürcherstrasse 5, 8500 Frauenfeld, Switzerland.

Countdown - 11 days remaining.

I have a question, I think.

My viewing companion while on my cycle, currently is the mini-series The White Queen.

At one scene there are at least 4 powerful women whose husbands and male members of the families have gone to war. The dramatic scene is that each one of the set of women/woman are each at some church at an alter praying for the success of their mate and/or kin as well as the quick and just death of the enemy they believe to be their opponent and/or oppressor.

Each woman, each group of women are involved in the Roman Catholic Church, and so the expectancy is that they are all praying and entreating of the same God. It is the same GOD that each is expecting a successful answer to her own prayer and appeal. And they all sit at their designated pews in the same church, and supposedly revere the same god.

My question –

Is this, and yes I know there is some dramatic license, true to the aberration and expectancy of some uniform deity?

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Day 246 ½ – (AD 1,151 ½) – 0.0 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Day of Rest From My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Oregano is blooming this morning, and the Kabocha Squash vine has touched the porch ceiling.

I believe I have only today and one more day of rest from my Trek on my Schwinn 170.

According to my calculations I have just 12 pedaling days remaining until I cross the magic number of miles from my goal of cycling a grand total of 1,164 days.

What am I going to do on the 1,165th day? Yes LD, I would even consider continuing on to Mars…

I am in some what a minor quandary this morning after a discussion last night with a Doctor of whom I was helping with a genealogy search issue.

Somehow we got to discussing diabetes and my Trek. This Doctor was convinced that due to some longevity possibilities resulting from the recent release of some Metformin trial results that I should continue on with my prescription.

Metformin is the drug used to combat diabetes which I have stopped taking partly due to my Trek and resulting diet controls in conjunction with my own Doctors.

Oh yeah " Last year, Medical News Today reported on a study by researchers from the National Institutes of Aging (NIA), which found that mice who received metformin had a 5.83% increase in lifespan, compared with control mice."

Calculating this out and if I have a life expectancy of 70 years this could mean that I would increase my life by another 4.08 years. Is there a difference between 70 and 74 years?

Further the above article I read states about the roundworms used in the study

"Although these findings in roundworms are promising as an effective anti-aging strategy, Haes notes that further research is needed:

"While we should be careful not to over-extrapolate our findings to humans, the study is promising as a foundation for future research.""

Do I have a quandary or what?

Soapbox –


Just wondering whether this is dichotomous? Or just politics?

Mar. 22, 2016 - (Miami New Times) - "Donald Trump's Charity Admits Donating to Pam Bondi's Campaign Was a Mistake" , by Kyle Munzenrieder

Jun. 2, 2016 - (The Hill) - "Trump donated to attorneys general who dropped Trump U. inquiries: report", by Harper Neidig

A list to consider - (The New York Times) - Jasmine C. Lee and Kevin Quealy, May 27, 2016 - " The 224 People, Place and Things Donald Trump has Insulted on Twitter: A Complete List"




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Day 246 – (AD 1,151) – 24.0 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Today I cycled 24.0 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals – 24,665.0 miles; 39,694.5 kilometers.

I am located at a point on Stettener Street, B33, 88709 Meersburg, Germany. Only 5.9 miles to my next destination and goal point and then another 1.6 miles to the next one after that.

I’ve not got much to write about today as I know that I still have just about 1.0% of my overall total remaining. I’m thinking “what do I do next?” Any suggestions?

Soapbox –

First there was Judge Judy. Okay.

Then there was Honey Boo-Boo. Not okay.

And now TMZ is considering “Palin Rules”.

MSNBC, May 31, 2016 – “Will Sarah Palin have the last laugh? New show could earn millions.”

"According to TMZ, producers for a long-rumored new reality court show have lobbied to trademark “Palin Rules” as its title. The program, which will be in the same mold as “Judge Judy,” “People’s Court” and “Judge Joe Brown,” was first reported on back in March, with the show’s producer Larry Lyttle pledging that the former 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee will preside over “the courtroom of common sense.”

And where in the hell did Sarah Palin gain and retain any type of common sense?

But what is more scary than that, is where will the proposed viewers illicit any type of common sense?

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Day 245 – (AD 1,150) – 22.7 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – 99.0% Completed On My Schwinn 170

Good day,

Today I have completed 99.0% of my overall goal. Only 1.0% remaining.

This morning I pedaled another 22.7 miles on my Schwinn 170. My totals – 26,641.0 miles; 39,655.9 kilometers.

My location -

Here are my recorded stats as of my 1,150th day of pedaling on my Schwinn Fitness cycles.

Location – Home, Tampa, Florida
Virtual Location – L317, 88281 Schlier, Germany
Start Date – 2 December 2012
Today's Date – 1 Jun 2016
No. of Days Pedaling – 1,150
No. of Days Not Pedaling – 128
Trek Distance – Today 23.0 miles
Trek Distance Part I – 4,257.1 miles
Trek Distance Part II – 4,360.0 miles
Trek Distance Part III – 10,362.4 miles
Trek Distance Part IV – 5,651.5 miles
Grand Total Miles – 24,641.0
Miles to Go to complete goal – 1.0%
Avg. Miles per Day – 21.4
Calories Burned Today – 674
Number of Sit-ups Today – 0 (Hell, I keeping saying I really have to get back to this.)
Weight –172.3 lbs; Total Loss – 6.4 lbs
BMI – 24.1
Fat – 20.9%
Belly Measurement – 32”; Total Loss – 12”
Blood Sugar - 108 mg/dL
A1c – 5.37%
eAG – 107.3 mg/dL
Blood Pressure – 123/70
Age – 64 yrs, 5 mths

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Day 244 – (AD 1,149) – 22.1 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Now 24,618.3 Miles On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I clocked another 22.1 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals – 24,618.3 miles; 39,619.4 kilometers.

Google Maps has me pinpointed at A96, 88319 Aitrach, Germany.

14 more pedaling days and 1.1% of my total goal remaining.

And my early morning fasting blood sugar count hit 100 mg/dL ; the equivalent of 5.5 mmol/L.

My Soapbox –


We, The United States are in for one hell of a ride.



And I read this – “The Seven Broken Guardrails of Democracy”, The Atlantic, David Frum, May 31, 2016

“Here’s the part of the 2016 story that will be hardest to explain after it’s all over: Trump did not deceive anyone. Unlike, say, Sarah Palin in 2008, Trump appeared before the electorate in his own clothes, speaking his own words. When he issued a promise, he instantly contradicted it. If you chose to accept the promise anyway, you did so with abundant notice of its worthlessness. For all the times Trump said believe me and trust me in his salesman patter, he communicated constantly and in every medium that there was only thing you could believe and trust: If you voted for Donald Trump, you’d get Donald Trump, in all his Trumpery and Trumpiness.”  

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Day 243 – (AD 1,148) – 22.4 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – 15 Days Remaining On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Vanda orchid continues to bloom.


Today I pedaled another 22.4 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals – 24,596.2 miles; 39,583.8 kilometers. Only 15 pedaling days remaining. Bloody hell, I want this to be over. Today is my 1,148th day pedaling on my Schwinn Fitness cycles.

According to Google Maps, and I’m still headed in an easterly direction, I am at A96, 87719 Mindelheim, Germany.

Last night I had a strange dream. It was sort of a weird Target-type dream. I was waiting, and waiting for my appointment at a Target store for my contact who was the supposed Public Affairs person regarding some-sort of public benefit program she and I were going to create.

This Target was some place in a location like Temple, Pennsylvania. As my contact was running late I decided to shop around and then wait in the parking lot. The lines were way too long with a stream of senior ladies all dressed in red from some sort of quilting hospice meeting place.

The employees started closing the Target store for lunch. I decided not to wait in the single line that snaked back into the children’s department. Then, sort-of, all at once all hell broke loose.


Various animals appeared. Raccoons, foxes, monkeys, and chimps and others, and they were helping themselves to any and everything from the shelves of the store. I was able to get myself out into the parking lot in a nick of time. It was then it happened.

A large grey male lion started coming at me. He was roaring at me with the intent of, (of course this was my dream so I can think of any dastardly deed that may have been on his mind), getting at me. All that I had separating me from this ostentatious and wonderfully gigantic lion was my empty Target shopping cart.  (Oh yeah I had put everything I had intended to buy back as I truly didn’t want to wait too long in the line of red-clad lady quilters.)

After roaring at me and edging forward, the grey lion shook his mane and then pranced away. I believe I was soaked in sweat and fear.

And do you know what? The Public Affairs contact never showed for the earlier meeting nor did she make it to the rescheduled one later that afternoon. Guess I won’t be going back to Temple, PA, in my dreams, anytime soon.

A quick update of a new quilt – We’re Sailing. Top has been completed and piecing done. Quilting design has been chosen. This one is a quick make.

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Day 242 – (AD 1,147) – 22.7 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Thinking On My Schwinn 170

Good day,

This morning I cycled 22.7 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals today – 24,573.8 miles; 39,547.8 kilometers.

Countdown -

I am located at A96, Germany.

And I only have 16 more days of pedaling scheduled on my personal calendar. Looks like I have to come up with some new Trek to create for Jim’s Trek Part V.

I’m struggling to keep my early morning blood sugar down. This morning I clocked 125 ms/dL. It seems that I may have picked up some sort of stomach thing. Will be watching carefully.

The word today – Phony.

Thoughts for today from Business Insider – “13 foods that aren’t what you think they are”, by Josie Rubio.

1. Grated parmesan cheese
2. Breakfast syrup and maple products
3. Extra-virgin olive oil
4. Honey
5. Truffle oil
6. Saffron
7. Wasabi
8. Caviar
9. Sriracha
10. Bacon bits
11. Pomegranate juice
12. White chocolate
13. Pringles

Soapbox –

My questions –

Why are the majority of politicians hypocrites?

And why is a good portion of the possible electorate taken in by the politicians’ phony platitudes and banalities?

Interesting reading from US Politics and Ben Fountain, Feb 13, 2016 – “The phony in American politics: how voters turn into suckers."

In the arsenal of the phony, the politics of God is one of the deadliest punches to the sweet spot of the American mind. Citizens capable of the most acute analysis in other areas of their lives – regarding finance, say, or electronics, or the infinitely complex variables of fantasy sports leagues – are reduced to blithering dupes when exposed to the Christian pitch. Something spooky happens to that excellent American mind that brought us moon landings and the silicon chip and the wonderful stuff that saves our kids from polio. No matter if the candidate has had three or four wives or fired thousands of workers or dropped biblical plagues of bombs on rice farmers and sheep herders, merely saying the magic words makes it so.

No-Knead (which is sort of a misnomer depending on how long I sort-of knead the dough) loaves #133 and #134 have finished in the oven rising. Now the two loaves are baking. This batch Sourdough White Wheat Rye and Sourdough White.

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Day 241 – (AD 1,146) – 23.3 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Seriously On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Another orchid is blooming…

This morning I cycled 23.3 miles on my Schwinn 170. My totals now stand at: 24,551.1 miles; 39,511.2 kilometers.

I reached another one of my destinations and goal – Munich, Germany. It was 12 miles north of where I started from today. I paused at Ludwigsbrücke, 80538 München, Germany.

And of course I now change directions and am headed in a westerly direction, sort of. I am now located at A96, 82110 Germering, Germany.

Google Maps Germany has taken over. Now my vantage point is only satellite images from 10 feet up, according to Google.

Countdown – 18 pedaling days to go.

Next couple of days I will be serious about my food. I’ve got to slow down the steady increase of my early morning blood sugar counts. Check Jim’s Gotta Eat for yesterday’s and last night’s Supper Showdown.

This afternoon I have been trying the new Amazon Alexa for desktop.

Two new quilts are on the boards. A new design has finally been agreed upon – WB’s Own and We’re Sailing.

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Day 240 – (AD 1,145) – 23.3 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I cycled 23.3 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals – 24,504.5 miles; 39,436.2 kilometers.

I am currently located at E52, 82054 Sauerlach, Germany.

And I am heading north.

Countdown – 20 pedaling days left. (I’m not sure how this calculation is working, without revealing my final mileage goal.)

All 3 panels of our Wings have been bound and blocked.  Next?

Wings - JS AB - May 2016

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Day 239 – (AD 1,144) – 22.7 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – 24,504.5 Miles On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I cycled 22.7 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals – 24,504.5 miles; 39,436.2 kilometers.

I am currently located at a point in the road at E52 which looks like I am crossing the Kaltenbach River. I am currently in Baden-Württenberg, Germany.

Countdown – 20 pedaling days left.

And I know me, I’m going have to extend my pedaling on my Schwinn 170 just to say that I completed another 676.6 miles.

Yesterday I had two gorgeous clump growths of Golden Bamboo removed from the front of my house. The two growths had been developing for a period of 15+ years. An anonymous and concerned someone reported to the County Code Violation Department that the line of vehicle sight may be an issue. Per the department inspector I was provided with the section from the Department of Transportation “bible” regarding sidewalks and roadways.

I decided not to fight the issue.  There are no directly stated requirements, and even though they are more implications and insinuated declarations regarding the matter, what is done is done. I was a “do-gooder” and had the lush and beautiful bamboo growth removed. Oh yeah, the cost of removal and flattening the surface cost me in the low four figures.

Oh well.  The lesson learned, as my early morning blood sugar numbers climbed above the normal and suggested range, was not to eat irrationally when frustrated and disappointed.

And yeah, orchids are blooming.

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Day 238 – (AD 1,143) – 24.0 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Still On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I pedaled 24.0 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals – 24,481.8 miles; 39,399.7 kilometers.

Countdown – 21 cycling days left. 1.7% remaining to reach my final total. (I think it will be my final total.)

Google Maps, the German version, has me located at E52, 83236 Übersee, Germany.

This is a definite thought for Dale Mabry in Tampa after 30+ years of the same bloody congestion. Straddle bus transportation.

During the peak hours it still takes about 45 minutes to travel 11 miles.

“Killer 'Man-Eating' Crocodiles Are Now Living In Florida, Researchers Say” – Nature World News, Monica Antonio, Mary 23, 2016.

"Alert! Deadly man-eating crocodiles from the Nile are invading the swamps of Florida, and scientists have no idea how they got there.

According to The Guardian, a team of researchers from the University of Florida have discovered species of the Nile crocodile called Crocodylus niloticus mingling with native crocodiles in Florida's Everglades National Park and swamps. The Nile crocodiles are said to be the culprit for 480 crocodile attacks and 123 deaths in Africa from 2010 and 2014."  

And before our illustrious members of Congress of the State of Florida create an investigative committee to gather documentation and align the theories and earmark tax-payer dollars to continue a “let’s have a study to determine whether we need a study” can I make a small suggestion? Stipulate that some of this state’s politicians wade in the water…

Two loaves of bread #131 and #132 are in the make; both Sourdough, one Whole Wheat Rye, the other Whole Wheat Raisin.

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Day 237 – (AD 1,142) – 23.8 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – And Now Germany On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I pedaled 23.8 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals – 24,457.8 miles; 39,361.1 kilometers.

I reached another goal point and destination today at Salzburg, Austria. I continued on and then crossed the border into Germany. I am now located at Wasserbach, Germany.

Based on my calculations I have only 22 pedaling days remaining in the overall scheme of my Trek and journey. I am still controlling my diabetes without the use of any medications, which of course does mean that I will have to come up with a new scheme and exercise program after about June 17th.

Countdown -

I did not cycle these past couple of days as there was a passing in the family.

“A stagecoach passed by on the road and went on;
And the road didn’t become more beautiful or even more ugly.
That’s human action on the outside world.
We take nothing away and we put nothing back, we pass by and we forget;
And the sun is always punctual every day.”

Alberto Caeiro, The Keeper of Sheep

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