Anyone got a extra HR monitor?

The past two weeks haven’t been banner times for training. First I had my home PC decide that it’s not going to recognize and USB 2.0 devices including the printer thanks to Windows XP. (They are recognized in the BIOS so don’t give me it’s a hardware issue) After spending hours trying to get M$oft to fix it I decided that the time it was taking to fix it was worth more then replacing the motherboard so I replaced it and upgraded the CPU while I was at it. Yea I know, my next purchase is going to be a real computer, a Mac.

Next I got sent to Dallas on business which isn’t all bad. My brother lives in the area so I stayed the weekend and spent time with him and his family. It’s was nice to see signs for bike routes and bike trails all over the city he lives in, too bad the freeway overpasses are the highest roads in the area.

During all of this I discovered the battery on my Polar 720i needs to be replaced so I left the watch out to remind me to pick up a new battery. Yesterday I noticed the watch sitting out and picked one up. I went to replace the battery and this is what I found.

I'm not sure what happened while I was gone, no one is confessing. I guess I’ll be searching eBay for a used one. I was hoping to get one of these,

but I'm not ready to shell out that kind of cash.

I saw this on a car in Dallas and though it was pretty funny.