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dhmike

Turbo Monkey
Dec 20, 2006
4,304
43
Boise Idaho
Thanks for the input on SRAM rear deralliuers dirty ! I guess I missed the memo on SRAM drivetrain sucking.I'm going to try it one more time going the cheaper route and try the GX deralliuer. If that fails I'm switching my drivetrain to shimano.
 

canadmos

Cake Tease
May 29, 2011
20,192
19,158
Canaderp
I think I might be getting sick. Saying might is just me being in denial that I am sick...

Feel like a bag of bricks. Not sure how today will pan out, but perhaps go home after lunch to rest up? Then a slow meandering ride to try to clear the head with the group of dudes tonight.

This sucks.
 

Serial Midget

Al Bundy
Jun 25, 2002
13,053
1,896
Fort of Rio Grande
Thanks for the input on SRAM rear deralliuers dirty ! I guess I missed the memo on SRAM drivetrain sucking.I'm going to try it one more time going the cheaper route and try the GX deralliuer. If that fails I'm switching my drivetrain to shimano.
I have the GX drive train on my Yeti SB6 - its clunky compared to my other bikes, one of which is XT and the other XTR.
 

slyfink

Turbo Monkey
Sep 16, 2008
9,289
5,029
Ottawa, Canada
Riding where and when?
Friday is Stowe (Cady Hill?) and then Perry Hill (I think that's my favourite place to ride in the whole world) . Saturday is Pittsfield (never been) then Waitsfield followed by American Flatbread, and Sunday is Sleepy Hollow on the way home. I'm not 100 percent sure on names, my buddy put together the itinerary... Any hot tips?
 

eric strt6

Resident Curmudgeon
Sep 8, 2001
23,188
13,448
directly above the center of the earth
Woke up with tight sore muscle from last nights hammer ride so I started my day with Ibuprofen and coffee:lighten:

no motivation to get myself together and head out to drive the damn short bus for 9 hours:doh:

I have a feeling that tonight is going to be a "come on dogs lets go take a 3 mile walk" type of evening:monkeydance:
 

Adventurous

Starshine Bro
Mar 19, 2014
10,261
8,767
Crawlorado
Mornin!

Back at work after a sickness induced 4 day weekend. Still not 100%, I'd say perhaps 75%. Sounds like a good reason to work a partial day.
 

I Are Baboon

The Full Dopey
Aug 6, 2001
32,383
9,289
MTB New England
'Morning! I was looking forward to sleeping in this morning, but wife got up at 5:15 so the dog got up at 5:15 and so I got up at 5:15. Racka fracka. So I headed to the pool and got a 2200 yard swim done before work. Road ride tonight if it doesn't thunderstorm.
 

RoboDonkey713

Monkey
Feb 24, 2011
678
462
Maine
Rode into work today. As much as I hate getting up the hour earlier to make it happen, I am always in a better mood because of it. Riding bikes=Positive Mental Attitude.
 
Friday is Stowe (Cady Hill?) and then Perry Hill (I think that's my favourite place to ride in the whole world) . Saturday is Pittsfield (never been) then Waitsfield followed by American Flatbread, and Sunday is Sleepy Hollow on the way home. I'm not 100 percent sure on names, my buddy put together the itinerary... Any hot tips?
Pittsfield is a hoot and steep enough to be challenging.

You might consider Hinesburg Town Forest, adjacent to Sleepy Hollow; you can ride from one to the other.
 

canadmos

Cake Tease
May 29, 2011
20,192
19,158
Canaderp
We're raising minimum password length to 48.
That would be hilarious and would actually make passwords easier to guess, I would think.

Our password policy here is fairly standard (not set by me..), minimum of 8 characters with the usual required special characters/numbers/upper case combo etc.

Even with that password requirement, people still don't make them complex. I replaced a few computers at the same time last year and while doing so, I asked for those user's passwords to make the process faster/easier for them. Guess what, 80% of them had the exact same P@ssword123. :rofl::homer:
 

Toshi

Harbinger of Doom
Oct 23, 2001
38,037
7,554
Howdy all. I am also dragging ass, with no doubt kid-sourced consumption. The darkness when my alarm goes off at 6:45 doesn't help, either, but riding to work did. I felt better when I got to work than when I left home, although I'm still a sneezy mess.
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
40,145
16,539
Riding the baggage carousel.
:wave:

Foggy. WTF? I too was roused from bed earlier than I would have liked by wife/kid/dog combo. That's alright I guess, many things on my to do list this weekend. 5k, dog walk, breakfast and coffee knocked out. I will probably have to go to the hangar to pick up a bunch of stuff I ordered off amazon for the beemer and our dyson. Had hoped they would show up yesterday. /:

We're raising minimum password length to 48.
Add the requirement to change it every six weeks and United will hire you for their IT department, should you want to re-enter the workforce.
 

stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
40,494
9,524
listening to the feelies "the good earth"...approching glacier from the east....
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
40,942
13,135
Portland, OR
Morning Monkeys.

Not sure what the day holds, bus commute is starting to settle in nicely. I actually caught a little nap on the ride home yesterday. While it is still a long ride (50 minutes) the fact it only makes 2/3 stops the whole way is really nice. I just keep telling myself it will all be worth it.

I am putting my house project list together this week of the crap we must do before sale in Spring. My neighbors decided they are buying a shack in the woods on a lake because f@ck people. His commute will almost double, ugh. But it will be an interesting indicator of what their house sells for.
 

slyfink

Turbo Monkey
Sep 16, 2008
9,289
5,029
Ottawa, Canada
That would be hilarious and would actually make passwords easier to guess, I would think.

Our password policy here is fairly standard (not set by me..), minimum of 8 characters with the usual required special characters/numbers/upper case combo etc.

Even with that password requirement, people still don't make them complex. I replaced a few computers at the same time last year and while doing so, I asked for those user's passwords to make the process faster/easier for them. Guess what, 80% of them had the exact same P@ssword123. :rofl::homer:
All I ever look for when I'm creating a password is a word that can be typed with one hand... :o
 

StiHacka

Compensating for something
Jan 4, 2013
21,560
12,504
In hell. Welcome!
Add the requirement to change it every six weeks and United will hire you for their IT department, should you want to re-enter the workforce.
Add random involuntary unstoppable PC reboots every two weeks or so (that often happen in the middle of business meetings because no crap is given), non-changeable hideous bright busy wallpapers with corporate values, 2-3 different VPNs and networks to connect to systems (with fobs etc.), account lock-outs every week and weekly training on antivirus and data security policy and you start seeing the tip of the iceberg of our IT malice.
 

canadmos

Cake Tease
May 29, 2011
20,192
19,158
Canaderp
I am at home, in bed and sick. Head feels like I'm floating. The shed has been visited, which has reduced the feeling of floating marginally. MOAR

All I ever look for when I'm creating a password is a word that can be typed with one hand... :o
Finger print readers make this a non-issue. :brows::busted:
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
40,942
13,135
Portland, OR
FTFY. If he sells low, you are screwed.
His house is 300 sqft larger and he says he will list it for $310k. We have more usable yard and a few nicer features, but they have done a lot of work in the last year before deciding to skip town. If we can get $280k for our place, I will be VERY happy. The zombie house (empty for 5+ years) sold at auction for $172k and flipped for $280k. Douchebags foreclosure on the other side of us sold for $270k (makes no sense, DB's house is bigger but it is a corner lot).

Zillow currently says our place is $280k and Bob's is $290k. Guess we will find out come Spring.

<edit> The foreclosure across the street is still empty ("seller to do no repairs" in the ad, it was a rental for a few years). There are about 5 houses for sale in our 'hood and most have sold within a month except for DB's (took about 6 months) and the other foreclosure.
 
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That would be hilarious and would actually make passwords easier to guess, I would think.

Our password policy here is fairly standard (not set by me..), minimum of 8 characters with the usual required special characters/numbers/upper case combo etc.

Even with that password requirement, people still don't make them complex. I replaced a few computers at the same time last year and while doing so, I asked for those user's passwords to make the process faster/easier for them. Guess what, 80% of them had the exact same P@ssword123. :rofl::homer:
So no expiry and no requirement not to reuse? Incompetent IT.
 

jonKranked

Detective Dookie
Nov 10, 2005
85,573
24,191
media blackout
That would be hilarious and would actually make passwords easier to guess, I would think.

Our password policy here is fairly standard (not set by me..), minimum of 8 characters with the usual required special characters/numbers/upper case combo etc.

Even with that password requirement, people still don't make them complex. I replaced a few computers at the same time last year and while doing so, I asked for those user's passwords to make the process faster/easier for them. Guess what, 80% of them had the exact same P@ssword123. :rofl::homer:
at one of my prior jobs where i was very disgruntled, prior to leaving i set my password to "shifuck666"
 
Dug into what we call a wine cellar, removing rotting pallets, dumping out a bunch of older wine, discovering that critters had dug into or out of a drain tile in the floor, screened that, reburied it, then levelled the floor, which is inch and a half crushed stone.

Next to lay down some EDPM as a vapor barrier, then construct a floor from pressure treated.

There's a bunch of mystery stuff in very old bottles that may want investigating, and a couple of bottles of Dom Perignon.

Rough work.
 

jonKranked

Detective Dookie
Nov 10, 2005
85,573
24,191
media blackout
Dug into what we call a wine cellar, removing rotting pallets, dumping out a bunch of older wine, discovering that critters had dug into or out of a drain tile in the floor, screened that, reburied it, then levelled the floor, which is inch and a half crushed stone.

Next to lay down some EDPM as a vapor barrier, then construct a floor from pressure treated.

There's a bunch of mystery stuff in very old bottles that may want investigating, and a couple of bottles of Dom Perignon.

Rough work.
If you're gonna use PT put other layers on top of it