today's missions

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Today's missions:

Install aero-bars (those elbow-rest thingies) on my bike.
Get map transfer to my GPS working in Linux.
Transfer the location of a few sporting goods stores.
Ride to said stores, using said aero bars, returning said aero bars if I don't like them, and purchasing waterproof over-pants (not of the XXL or XXXL varieties, which are the only ones left at the downtown stores).

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