[Serial Midget]

Good Morning Monkies! 8 more working days until funemplyment. A review of my PTO benefit indicates 7 weeks plus 26 hours so next week will be only be 2 days as I intend to leave nothing on the table.

I am feeling pretty good after yesterday's bike rides, I will not be riding today but will hit a similar routine tomorrow. Turns out my road bike is still kick assault, no matter what graphics you slap on a frame you cannot beat campy or steel.

Have an awesome day and do not forget to include biking content in your life.

 

[Adventurous]

Well Good Mornin to you too Mr. Midge!

Had a good ride last night. Cleared some stuff I haven't before, mainly using my newfound prowess on flat pedals to hop around until I could get around/through it. Of course then my dropper post stopped being a dropper post as things turned gnarly on Dakota Ridge. Gonna have to see about getting that fixed as I've got copious amounts of riding in my near future.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

Overindulged on food, beer and cigars with the BIL last night. Buffalo wings, burger with bacon and fried egg and Korean fried chicken were consumed. Drafts, bottle and pitchers of beer were consumed. Feeling groggy today, but I have no regrets.

Took the SIL's entry-level Mercedes into work as it's supposed to rain and didn't feel like putting the top/doors on the Jeep at 1am last night. Worst automatic transmission I've ever driven in a vehicle, in the history of transmissions or vehicles.

Woke up to a tracking number for my wheels, so that helped the hangover.

 

[canadmos]

Howdy! I guess staying up until 2:30am wasn't a good idea after all. Oops.

Interesting drive this morning. I saw a Renault Clio V6 Sport, which I don't know a whole lot about other than I'm pretty sure it is a mid-engine rear wheel drive hatchback; hellz yeahz. Saw another AMG C63s, which is just an absolute beast of a limo and then saw two McLarens. Pretty good to be a car nerd these days.

 

[Serial Midget]

Overindulged on food, beer and cigars with the BIL last night. Buffalo wings, burger with bacon and fried egg and Korean fried chicken were consumed. Drafts, bottle and pitchers of beer were consumed. Feeling groggy today, but I have no regrets.

Took the SIL's entry-level Mercedes into work as it's supposed to rain and didn't feel like putting the top/doors on the Jeep at 1am last night. Worst automatic transmission I've ever driven in a vehicle, in the history of transmissions or vehicles.

Woke up to a tracking number for my wheels, so that helped the hangover.

Back in the day Mercedes was known for excellent automatics... the CVT I have in the Subaru has a delayed acceleration feature that I initially found annoying, I don't notice it now.

 

[Nick]

Yesterday was a beast; worked through my lunch ride plan and well into the evening. I should go for a quick ride after this cup of coffee. Went out for a beer and something to eat to commemorate another successful trip around the sun, ended up having two beers and no dinner. I'm hungry as a mo-faux right now.

Looking forward to seeing a good old friend this weekend and riding some sweet trails.

then my dropper post stopped being a dropper post

which droopy pole are you using??

 

[Serial Midget]

Howdy! I guess staying up until 2:30am wasn't a good idea after all. Oops.

Interesting drive this morning. I saw a Renault Clio V6 Sport, which I don't know a whole lot about other than I'm pretty sure it is a mid-engine rear wheel drive hatchback; hellz yeahz. Saw another AMG C63s, which is just an absolute beast of a limo and then saw two McLarens. Pretty good to be a car nerd these days.

Today's Le Car? Except for the huge reliability issue, they were a fun car back in the days of Reagan & Thatcher.

 

[roflbox]

Wednesday, thinking of getting a sawstop for maximum finger retaining

 

[Nick]

Wednesday, thinking of getting a sawstop for maximum finger retaining

since I had to look it up ... cool stuff.

 

[jonKranked]

Well Good Mornin to you too Mr. Midge!

Had a good ride last night. Cleared some stuff I haven't before, mainly using my newfound prowess on flat pedals to hop around until I could get around/through it. Of course then my dropper post stopped being a dropper post as things turned gnarly on Dakota Ridge. Gonna have to see about getting that fixed as I've got copious amounts of riding in my near future.

I too need a new derper post. Gotta get funding situated first, but I know what I want.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

I had seen that sawstop thing many years ago.........how the F does that work?

 

[jonKranked]

I had seen that sawstop thing many years ago.........how the F does that work?

 

[Adventurous]

Yesterday was a beast; worked through my lunch ride plan and well into the evening. I should go for a quick ride after this cup of coffee. Went out for a beer and something to eat to commemorate another successful trip around the sun, ended up having two beers and no dinner. I'm hungry as a mo-faux right now.

Looking forward to seeing a good old friend this weekend and riding some sweet trails.



which droopy pole are you using??

Race Face Turbine. Gonna try and fiddle with the cable tension to see if that does it. Supposedly they are quite finicky. Hoping I didn't somehow get grease into the brake mechanism when I lubed the seals the other night.

 

[roflbox]

I had seen that sawstop thing many years ago.........how the F does that work?

The saw puts a tiny current through the blade, when your jimmydean touches the the blade, the sawstop mechanism detects the change, and fires a brake into the blade, all in 5 ms, the spinning energy left in the blade drives it below the table.

 

[jonKranked]

The saw puts a tiny current through the blade, when your jimmydean touches the the blade, the sawstop mechanism detects the change, and fires a brake into the blade, all in 5 ms, the spinning energy left in the blade drives it below the table.

so.... magic.

 

[roflbox]

so.... magic.

yes

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

Magic is cool

 

[Adventurous]

So are boobs.

 

[Greyhound]

Good Morning!!!

Slightly lethargic today...was out late last night playing some tunes with buddies at the Open Mic in the bar down the road. Lots of somber guitar songs preceding us, so it didn't take much to be an uptempo hero in that joint. We had 'em out dancing within two measures. Had a few Kolsch pints from the local brewery which was really good. A very fun night...

....then I return to work. Two different production meetings and a huge sign project for a community college to try and decipher awaits me in the next 6 hours, so off I go...

Go out and be the example of how to do it right, today.

 

[canadmos]

Did someone say boobs?

 

[jstuhlman]

so.... magic.

you spelled magnets wrong

 

[SkaredShtles]

Ima need more coffee if I gotta sit in meetings all morning.

Good Morning Monkies! 8 more working days until funemplyment. A review of my PTO benefit indicates 7 weeks plus 26 hours so next week will be only be 2 days as I intend to leave nothing on the table.

This is sage advice. Never leave anything on the table.

<snip> as things turned gnarly on Dakota Ridge.

You hit the new part? How was it?

<snip> Worst automatic transmission I've ever driven in a vehicle, in the history of transmissions or vehicles.

Was it a CVT?

 

[Westy]

Race Face Turbine. Gonna try and fiddle with the cable tension to see if that does it. Supposedly they are quite finicky. Hoping I didn't somehow get grease into the brake mechanism when I lubed the seals the other night.

I have a fairly new 9point8 that supposedly has similar guts to the RF. Mine droops just fine but it stopped holding pressure so the shaft barely extends. Going to sprinkle a little Viagra on it and hope for the best.

 

[Adventurous]

Ima need more coffee if I gotta sit in meetings all morning.


This is sage advice. Never leave anything on the table.


You hit the new part? How was it?


Was it a CVT?

Didn't follow it all the way to the end (did the roundabout part then took the Baill Out line) but what I did ride is a bit less rugged than the rest of Dakota Ridge. Still fun nonetheless.

The trail fairy did visit the Morrison Slide trail and armored up that one switchback coming down into MW. They did a good job, it's now ride-able.

 

[Adventurous]

I have a fairly new 9point8 that supposedly has similar guts to the RF. Mine droops just fine but it stopped holding pressure so the shaft barely extends. Going to sprinkle a little Viagra on it and hope for the best.

At least its convenient to remove the saddle and post head in order to add more air.

 

[jonKranked]

Was it a CVT?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuously_variable_transmission

 

[jonKranked]

This is sage advice. Never leave anything on the table.

...unless they comp you for it. one job i left i got an extra $2k in my last paycheck from unused vacation

 

[Westy]

...unless they comp you for it. one job i left i got an extra $2k in my last paycheck from unused vacation

Are you Daft?

 

[Westy]

At least its convenient to remove the saddle and post head in order to add more air.

Actually, it is pretty easy on the 9point8. But it looses most of the air during a ride and I ain't gonna carry a pump for such purposes.

 

[jonKranked]

Are you Daft?

two. thousand. dollars.

also, i only gave a weeks notice so would have been unable to use it anyways.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

Was it a CVT?

Nein. 7spd DCT.

 

[jonKranked]

Nein. 7spd DCT.

is this the SIL you've seen nekkid?

 

[Westy]

two. thousand. dollars.

also, i only gave a weeks notice so would have been unable to use it anyways.

I missed the part about leaving the job, carry on.

I got two weeks of vacation payed out when I left my last job, then took two months off between gigs.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

is this the SIL you've seen nekkid?

It is.

 

[jonKranked]

It is.

whatever you do, don't picture her driving the car that way.

 

[Serial Midget]

...unless they comp you for it. one job i left i got an extra $2k in my last paycheck from unused vacation

I am on a payout plan but... 2 months of continued insurance trump the lump sum and resulting higher taxes, first half comp drops in August so cash flow is not the issue taxes will be.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

whatever you do, don't picture her driving the car that way.

with leather seats, that would be very uncomfortable this time of year

 

[jonKranked]

with leather seats, that would be very uncomfortable this time of year

and in the winter

 

[Toshi]

Took the SIL's entry-level Mercedes into work as it's supposed to rain and didn't feel like putting the top/doors on the Jeep at 1am last night. Worst automatic transmission I've ever driven in a vehicle, in the history of transmissions or vehicles.

I gather from this that you have never driven a Smart fortwo.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

I gather from this that you have never driven a Smart fortwo.

and if I can help it, never will