♧◇♡♤Day 4/7 ♤♡◇♧
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My 16 year old finally has requested to start biking. I bought an old beater single speed for him today for cheap so he does not have to worry too much about or worry about it getting stolen.
There is some oxidation on the frame where paint is bubbling. Do I just sand down and put some paint on that to stop further damage?
I could also sand frame and rattle can it. Would not take much to strip it down. Need a new set and better grips but I have some stuff I can put on there.
There is some oxidation on the frame where paint is bubbling. Do I just sand down and put some paint on that to stop further damage?
I could also sand frame and rattle can it. Would not take much to strip it down. Need a new set and better grips but I have some stuff I can put on there.
Had an 7+ hr drive yesterday, broke it up with a couple hrs skiing at Steamboat which was WARM for Feb. Now working/coffeeing before moar snowy gravity things.
I am changing the seat because there are holes in it so when it rains the seat cushion turns into a wet sponge.
But what about the frame. No risk of it failing because of the oxidation?
My wife got me a nice variety of jerked meats for Christmas this year.
Oh man, that was one of the only good things about Gatlinburg last year. They had an amazing jerky store that gave out free samples. Without a doubt the best turkey jerky I’ve ever had. Kept some in my hip belt pocket for protein on the go. Looking forward to picking up a couple packs this year. Nom, nom, nom…
Horrid riding conditions last night. The snow had softened into a thick layer of wet mush, so anytime you tried to turn, you'd just continue going straight.
At le work. Waiting for the coffee room to clear out so that I can work on coffeeing it now.
At le work. Waiting for the coffee room to clear out so that I can work on coffeeing it now.
car saga story continues
insult to injury: they installed a small receiver trailer hitch... #%!@#%
so we get to argue about that after they maybe figure out what's wrong with the steering (8 days and counting on that fiasco)
work is work and I find it hard to focus and be effective with life's many distractions. so I guess it's back to work and stop being on here letting myself be distracted...
insult to injury: they installed a small receiver trailer hitch... #%!@#%
so we get to argue about that after they maybe figure out what's wrong with the steering (8 days and counting on that fiasco)
work is work and I find it hard to focus and be effective with life's many distractions. so I guess it's back to work and stop being on here letting myself be distracted...
Wow this phone is useless without service. I can only take so many dick pics at work. Can someone tell me the price of bitcoin?
fucking kids were savages this morning. feral. glad to have sent one of them out the door. jaysus.
Same, girl, same
Yeah, I’m on ‘vacation’, but the studying is tough enough that it is type II ‘fun’.
I have been trying to take out out my frustration in the gym, but my shoulder is still really fukd.
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Whatever Elon Musk needs it to be.
Caught LWT on YouTube, new rules in place for hosting the broadcast off-network.
John Oliver offered Supreme Court Justice Thomas 1M a year plus a new Motor Coach worth 2M+ for him to vacate his Seat and has 30days to bind an agreement. Literally.
Hilarious.
If it's aluminum, I would just leave it. You can sand off the loose paint, you can strip the frame, but then you're left with a brushed frame that will also corrode. Cheapest would be sanding and paint stripper then rattle can, best would be a fresh powdercoat from a local shop with a bead blast prior. Easiest would be to enjoy as is.
Got the hankering to retire from the biotech industry and buy a bed and breakfast in Rochester VT.
Should I? Maybe I could host monkeyfest 2025.
Should I? Maybe I could host monkeyfest 2025.
I'm starting to like people. I think I'd do well in a place like that. My wife and I chat about quitting the real world and opening a breakfast cafe/bike cafe sort of deal on the new rail trails they are building here in town. I just don't know how you do such a thing and not worry about your 401k and 429 plans or whatever. Maybe we just need to wait 10 years until the kids are off to college
I feel like riding my bike again. This is a different feeling.
Might try my hand at hewing a maple log I've got just laying around. The urge to timber frame something is strong.
same girl, same.
haylo peeps. 'nother day of vaguely working from home/helping wifey out. hrmf.
one of the former managers here retired early and bought a B&B on the maine coast.
You know, I wouldn't go so far as to say that I like people, but I'm mostly ambivalent. Those people are just out trying to live their lives, much like I am. It's the superficial nature of so many interactions that's the real suck. Such a curated, sanitized version of the human experience.
No doubt, there are indeed a small subset of people who make things disproportionately unbearable for the masses at large.
Where the fuck did @loco-gringo go?? 
And @Knuckleslammer?
Did they both just drive-by to screw with us??
And @Knuckleslammer?
Did they both just drive-by to screw with us??
At least they leave their posts. I’ve seen MMike post something then delete it minutes later before anyone notices. FuckerWhere the fuck did @loco-gringo go??
And @Knuckleslammer?
Did they both just drive-by to screw with us??
Thank you for the quick help. I am not trying to spend any extra money on the bike if I can avoid it or make it look nice so somebody wants to steal the bike.
Looks like the snow followed you to Steamboat...
Had an 7+ hr drive yesterday, broke it up with a couple hrs skiing at Steamboat which was WARM for Feb. Now working/coffeeing before moar snowy gravity things.
emoticons are rubber, and you are glue!
I’m here. Just trying to do stuff so I can’t be a fraction as entrenched as I once was. Being old and having shit to do is super ghey.Where the fuck did @loco-gringo go??
And @Knuckleslammer?
Did they both just drive-by to screw with us??