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canadmos

Cake Tease
May 29, 2011
21,993
21,522
Canaderp
Its snowing again.

Lots of stores reopening today for pickup orders. Luckily (for me) the traffic is still super light.
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
41,828
19,156
Riding the baggage carousel.
Dad passed about 4:30 this morning. Probably no service being held cause of the coronavirus. Can't say that I see anything positive coming out of going up their now. I doubt my mom is going to be suddenly a lot more rational. I feel like their is no decision I can either way that won't leave a life time of self doubt. Ugh....... family.

This sucks.
 

I Are Baboon

Vagina man
Aug 6, 2001
32,746
10,697
MTB New England
'Morning, cupcakes!! The last couple of weeks have been very stressful due to the work situation, and now it feels like a huge weight has been lifted. I slept like a friggin champion this past weekend without that hanging over my head.

Anyway, I got my hour jog done this morning, and now I've got Raiders of the Lost Ark on for background noise while I "work."
 

dan-o

Turbo Monkey
Jun 30, 2004
6,499
2,805
Dad passed about 4:30 this morning. Probably no service being held cause of the coronavirus. Can't say that I see anything positive coming out of going up their now. I doubt my mom is going to be suddenly a lot more rational. I feel like their is no decision I can either way that won't leave a life time of self doubt. Ugh....... family.

This sucks.
Sorry dude.
 

eric strt6

Resident Curmudgeon
Sep 8, 2001
24,393
15,164
directly above the center of the earth
Hang in there Squeeb. I understand the mixed emotions. I was not close to my family at all. Dad and I got along, Mom hell no. My sister is still a bit miffed at me but life goes on.

In other news I was completely out of it at 4 am, could not find shit that was in plain sight and sitting right in front of me. Coffee finally kicked in as I rolled up to my 0440 dialysis pickup. I think round two of coffee is needed now at 6am
 

jstuhlman

bagpipe wanker
Dec 3, 2009
17,343
14,179
Cackalacka du Nord
sorry squeeb. if there's no memorial, and seeing your mom won't result in anything positive, why bother? or maybe go later if it's where you grew up and you just want to reflect?

work up to learn that another area cycling legend - also one of the last bike messengers in the city, died unexpectedly last night.

coffee, then the usual.
 

StiHacka

Compensating for something
Jan 4, 2013
21,560
12,508
In hell. Welcome!
Dad passed about 4:30 this morning. Probably no service being held cause of the coronavirus. Can't say that I see anything positive coming out of going up their now. I doubt my mom is going to be suddenly a lot more rational. I feel like their is no decision I can either way that won't leave a life time of self doubt. Ugh....... family.

This sucks.
Sorry Shane, RIP dad. :(
 

stoney

Part of the unwashed, middle-American horde
Jul 26, 2006
22,002
7,886
Colorado
Shane - Sorry to hear about your Dad. @Pesqueeb Do you think you'll be moving your Mom out to CO now? (She's still in CA, right?)

Here. Small child was up every 2 hours last night and Wifey has meetings all day today, so I was on duty. I finally got to fuck this at 5am and let Wifey take over at that point. Finishing my coffee and peanut butter sandwich, then out to test my sprinklers to see if I laid the pipe well. If I did, I get to spend until 9am putting the dirt and sod back down, then getting to work for the day.

Got a new handyman involved in the built-in/family-room renovation for estimates. The estimate we got earlier this week was in the expected price range, but he uses top kitchen cabinets for the lower cabinets and our space is 56", which is not a standard size. He was pushing to use that size and just widen the fireplace, but we'd end up with three unequal sized segments on the wall. We have a carpenter who is very highly recommended and his work shows why, who will make things custom sized. The new handyman has done a lot of work for a friend from down the street, and doubles as a GC on a lot of his projects. He also apparently is a fan of pulling in specialists as needed (vs. doing everything on his own) and working as the GC with other already identified vendors. I'd GC, but my issue is that I have base metal framing of the fireplace surround that has to happen, then electrical and some A/V wire routing, then more work on the fireplace surround. That organization is my issue, which I assume @dan-o would agree is the frustrating part when the homeowner trying to do things on their own.
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
41,828
19,156
Riding the baggage carousel.
Do you think you'll be moving your Mom out to CO now? (She's still in CA, right?)
My folks have been in Boise since 98 or 99' I think. I did Y2k party in downtown Boise either the first or second year they were there, which is the only reason I remember that. And no. She's my brothers problem now. He's actually the one I feel bad for.
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
56,016
22,047
Sleazattle
Dad passed about 4:30 this morning. Probably no service being held cause of the coronavirus. Can't say that I see anything positive coming out of going up their now. I doubt my mom is going to be suddenly a lot more rational. I feel like their is no decision I can either way that won't leave a life time of self doubt. Ugh....... family.

This sucks.
Taking care of your wife and daughter the best you can is one path you should never doubt.
 

Full Trucker

Frikkin newb!!!
Feb 26, 2003
11,140
8,780
Exit, CO
When is it today?

Coffee now, strategerizing in what my day will look like. Bike ride? Write and record some music? Freelance work? Sell some shit on Craig’s list? Who the fuck even knows.
 

Adventurous

Starshine Bro
Mar 19, 2014
10,856
9,895
Crawlorado
Sorry to hear that @Pesqueeb.

And here I was thinking that a 3-4 week shipping delay for the rims on the squishy bike was the worst thing that has ever happened to someone in the history of ever.

Guess my backside now has plenty of time to become acquainted with the hardtail.
 

iRider

Turbo Monkey
Apr 5, 2008
5,705
3,168
Dad passed about 4:30 this morning. Probably no service being held cause of the coronavirus. Can't say that I see anything positive coming out of going up their now. I doubt my mom is going to be suddenly a lot more rational. I feel like their is no decision I can either way that won't leave a life time of self doubt. Ugh....... family.

This sucks.
Sorry to hear! :(
 

StiHacka

Compensating for something
Jan 4, 2013
21,560
12,508
In hell. Welcome!
Aaaand after 5 minutes of cutting a feather stick, the new Tautog developed a small chip that revealed a crack in the blade. FML. :mad:
 

iRider

Turbo Monkey
Apr 5, 2008
5,705
3,168
And here I was thinking that a 3-4 week shipping delay for the rims on the squishy bike was the worst thing that has ever happened to someone in the history of ever.
See, if you had bought a set of Mavic wheels you would have not had that problem. :D
 

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,766
8,761
My morning spin:

 

AngryMetalsmith

Business is good, thanks for asking
Jun 4, 2006
22,057
12,786
I have no idea where I am
'Morning, cupcakes!! The last couple of weeks have been very stressful due to the work situation, and now it feels like a huge weight has been lifted. I slept like a friggin champion this past weekend without that hanging over my head.

Anyway, I got my hour jog done this morning, and now I've got Raiders of the Lost Ark on for background noise while I "work."
Sorry dude, healing vibes...
 

stoney

Part of the unwashed, middle-American horde
Jul 26, 2006
22,002
7,886
Colorado
Just had a long conversation with Tesla because their numbers were wonky. They are going to re-model with the same information that I have provided to everybody else that they conveniently didn't look at, at all. It will likely be a custom size because the "medium size" is 24 panels, while "large size" is 10 more. Most are coming back with 27-29 panels and factoring a car, which they did not. We shall see in 2 days.
 

eaterofdog

ass grabber
Sep 8, 2006
9,206
2,728
Central Florida
Dad passed about 4:30 this morning. Probably no service being held cause of the coronavirus. Can't say that I see anything positive coming out of going up their now. I doubt my mom is going to be suddenly a lot more rational. I feel like their is no decision I can either way that won't leave a life time of self doubt. Ugh....... family.

This sucks.
When it rains, it pours. Take care of yourself.