and..... I now have virtually no ability to get healthcare insurance outside of my current employer. Fuck you Republicans. I hope all of your voting constituency realizes the consequences of their actions when they die because they don't have the ability to get insurance anymore.
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Errr... let's just keep that between you and me, eh?you mean your plan worked perfectly! now you can keep your two riding activities separate!
I'm outta here at 3 and will be at some trailhead at 330 or so. Was thinking either Chimpex or White Ranch. I guarantee I will be slow. Like, really slow. Like one of those glacier things I will be able to tell my grandchildren about.
The way they go on and on about heaven and Jesus death sounds like sweet salvation to them.
Me? I'm riding this life out cause I'm 99.9% sure that once the lights go out that's it. The thought has scared the shit out of me since I was a kid and I can't say I welcome it any more now though I suppose there really are no alternatives. At least I can take solace in the idea that if there is a heaven I imagine I'm a good candidate as I've never done anything shitty like vote to take away the ability of millions of strangers to live their lives.
That'd be awesome if she could try it out. She's nervous about standover.It would probably work for her. Wifey is 5'6" and it's a tiny bit small for her. I can bring it on our next ride for you so that she can take it for a few rides. I don't have a picture of it, but it's this one
White Ranch is free of snow. Tiny bits of mud on Whippletree and Longhorn before the upper creek crossing but generally dry and tacky. I set particularly slow times on my ride today as I was riding with a rather timid co-worker and had to stop often as a result.
Anyone free to ride this upcoming Wednesday, starting late morning (11?) or early afternoon? I took the whole day off on sick time for a 9 AM dentist appointment.
The old "timid coworker" excuse. Classic!
Thank you for the trail update! I should probably punish myself with the excursion up Belcher.
Red ones here have already popped.
There is one particular local ride spot that has a valley which is covered in trilliums. One of those sights that you just have to stop and admire, I go out of my way to ride that trail in the spring, even though its a crappy trail.
Will have to get a better picture that this one taken with my potato...
Can also jump through the flowers, if that's your sort of thing.
I'm fucked too. Literally spent 30 minutes talking with my shrink this morning about how much I hate my godforsaken, soulless, Kafkaesque, dehumanizing job, only to hear this on the radio in the jeep on the way home. And if this passes I'm even more stuck than I was before. But at least Brian can send his kid to college.
I for one, welcome the sweet release that death will bring.
Time to start drinking.
Are you WR or Chimpex today?The old "timid coworker" excuse. Classic!
Thank you for the trail update! I should probably punish myself with the excursion up Belcher.
If the latter Wife and I are going to start that loop down Apex soon, so might catch up on Chimney.
Perhaps I'll do that then. You will most assuredly catch me on the way up Chimney. See you out there!
I might ditch a day of work once I get the Yeti running again. Weekday bike ride?Time to start drinking.
Sure.
70 degrees and sunny! Did a 30 mile short road ride, felt incredible not having winter clothes on. I could get used to this...meanwhile, there is still 120" on the ground above 10k. Gonna be a lot of r0@d riding this spring...
Yes... let's make this happen. Perhaps I'll finagle the MegaTrail demo to coincide with shenanigans.
Oh - and another day of work and housing-related skullfuckery. Kid broke the diverter on the kid-bathroom tub... so I pull off the old spout and go to find that it's some proprietary sized bullshit that they don't do any more.
So I got a replacement spout, sweated off the old brass adapter, sweated on the new adapter, and mounted up the new spout.
Instead of a 20 minute job (INCLUDING getting the new spout) it turned into a 3 hour fuckfest, including taking shit back more than once that didn't work.
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We grew up in a 150 year old house back east...that was par for the course!
Plumbers tape will take care of that. Wrap a single layer around the spindle and install the crank.
I must cock my head over to the side all the time like an inquisitive little birdWhy is the horizon tilted?
please tell me your plumbing involved beer. right? right?!?Yes... let's make this happen. Perhaps I'll finagle the MegaTrail demo to coincide with shenanigans.
Oh - and another day of work and housing-related skullfuckery. Kid broke the diverter on the kid-bathroom tub... so I pull off the old spout and go to find that it's some proprietary sized bullshit that they don't do any more.
So I got a replacement spout, sweated off the old brass adapter, sweated on the new adapter, and mounted up the new spout.
Instead of a 20 minute job (INCLUDING getting the new spout) it turned into a 3 hour fuckfest, including taking shit back more than once that didn't work.
spent the day showing a visiting artist around town; introduced her, listened to her lecture, chatted with folks, drank a crappy beer, came home and drank good beer.
now to find where i stashed the tix to take the fam to aaa baseball game tomorrow. i hate it when i hide things from myself...
Dirt trails were ridden for 23.5 miles and 4100 ft vert (two laps of chimpex).
Middle half was ridden with @Adventurous and thoroughly enjoyed.
Middle half was ridden with @Adventurous and thoroughly enjoyed.
@canadmos @slyfink plz procure many bottles and send immediately. thank.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bombay-sapphire-gin-recall-1.4097353
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bombay-sapphire-gin-recall-1.4097353
Saw that. Went to the store. They'd already pulled it by the time I got there.
Another muddy ride in the books today. This spring has been looooooong and wet. (twss?!)
got back to the office at 17:30hrs figured i could blast home and get in a ride...no such luck. at the end of a 10 hour shift i had to do the management thing and train the new guy on wheelchair securement and lift operations for paratrasit drivers. sucks to be the only nationally certified instructor on staff ( liability insurance requirement).
so I did a hard blast of intervals on the spin bike when I got home at 20:00 hrs
it burns priest, it burns
so I did a hard blast of intervals on the spin bike when I got home at 20:00 hrs
it burns priest, it burns
gracias, senor. looking forward to it.