[jonKranked]

saw a big ol patch or rain headed that way...still sounds fun tho!

rainy here all day. gonna get some spray paint for the kiddo to finish his launch ramp. and i need some beer...

kids "finished" schoolwork for the year today. guess i now officially have a 5th grader and a hs freshman. wtf??? all i can say is that if i survive the summer with them home they'd better be back in the classroom in the fall for everyone's sanity.

carry on.

the whole school thing is kinda depressing. my son never got to finish preschool, or preschool "graduation" which is obviously more for the parents but still. we're not expecting school to be operating in any sort of normal fashion come the end of summer, so the whole first day of school thats usually a big event for kids isn't gonna happen. small potatoes in the big scheme of things but still. trying to keep perspective on it though, my neighbor's kid was a senior, no prom, no graduation, nothing. maybe i'll throw him a PBR some weekend, but he probably wouldn't know what to do with it.

 

[canadmos]

Spent the entire day up until now working with a Siemens tech on a machine. My brain now feels like mush - not sure if related to the Siemens crap or the fact that my coffee from this morning is still full sitting on my desk.

 

[Adventurous]

maybe i'll throw him a PBR some weekend, but he probably wouldn't know what to do with it.

Probably split it with 5 other friends and end up passed out on your front lawn with vomit all over himself.

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip> trying to keep perspective on it though, my neighbor's kid was a senior, no prom, no graduation, nothing.

Yep - my middle kid... *had* to be the middle kid, didn't it? Kid gets the short end of the stick at every turn.

Fortunately, that shit builds character.

 

[jonKranked]

Yep - my middle kid... *had* to be the middle kid, didn't it? Kid gets the short end of the stick at every turn.

Fortunately, that shit builds character.

let's be honest, being your kid i wouldn't expect him to be the type who would be into that kind of stuff anyways.

 

[iRider]

With the XC you might be right, but nothing wrong with clipping in.

 

[Toshi]

@AngryMetalsmith

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/appalachian-trail-reopens-to-day-trippers-but-urges-thru-hikers-to-stay-home/2020/05/27/ba1c5732-9ad7-11ea-89fd-28fb313d1886_story.html

 

[jonKranked]

nothing wrong with clipping in.

nope. been riding clipless something like 20 years.

 

[eaterofdog]

the whole school thing is kinda depressing. my son never got to finish preschool, or preschool "graduation" which is obviously more for the parents but still. we're not expecting school to be operating in any sort of normal fashion come the end of summer, so the whole first day of school thats usually a big event for kids isn't gonna happen. small potatoes in the big scheme of things but still. trying to keep perspective on it though, my neighbor's kid was a senior, no prom, no graduation, nothing. maybe i'll throw him a PBR some weekend, but he probably wouldn't know what to do with it.

My daughter was thrilled that high school graduation was canceled. Then they rescheduled it and she declined. That's my girl.

 

[iRider]

nope. been riding clipless something like 20 years.

I use either/or depending on the bike/trails/weather.

 

[jonKranked]

I use either/or depending on the bike/trails/weather.

i'm back to using clipless for everything but bmx and trials. i rode flats for downhill probably my first 8 or so years at it before switching to clipless for that too.

 

[SkaredShtles]

let's be honest, being your kid i wouldn't expect him to be the type who would be into that kind of stuff anyways.

You're not wrong.

 

[jstuhlman]

8th grader doesn't care about "graduation/moving up/whateverthefuck they're calling it."

i totally get it. ceremony is bunk. i wouldn't have cared if i'd missed my hs/college graduations. certainly did not put in the effort to attend the grad school one. fuck paying even more $ for a stupid robe/cap/etc. yeah, i'm 95% misanthrope.

 

[6thElement]

Congratulations you completed mandatory schooling.

 

[StiHacka]

Why are Americans so obsessed with all sorts of graduation ceremonies? The first and only graduation in my life was when I received my MSc diploma from the hands of the dean of our faculty.

 

[jstuhlman]

Why are Americans so obsessed with all sorts of graduation ceremonies? The first and only graduation in my life was when I received my MSc diploma from the hands of the dean of our faculty.

 

[jonKranked]

Why are Americans so obsessed with all sorts of graduation ceremonies? The first and only graduation in my life was when I received my MSc diploma from the hands of the dean of our faculty.

because for most of them high school graduation is when they peak in life.

 

[jonKranked]

meatloaf night.

 

[Toshi]

Why are Americans so obsessed with all sorts of graduation ceremonies? The first and only graduation in my life was when I received my MSc diploma from the hands of the dean of our faculty.

You're curmudgeonly if you don't think my 5 year old's preschool graduation speech was adorable:

Toshi Clark - Thank you to all for virtually attending...

Thank you to all for virtually attending Yuna’s preschool graduation.

www.facebook.com

 

[StiHacka]

preschool graduation speech

 

[jimmydean]

Why are Americans so obsessed with all sorts of graduation ceremonies? The first and only graduation in my life was when I received my MSc diploma from the hands of the dean of our faculty.

I didn't graduate high school. My one and only walk was for my AS in electronics. They mailed my BS.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Why are Americans so obsessed with all sorts of graduation ceremonies? The first and only graduation in my life was when I received my MSc diploma from the hands of the dean of our faculty.

In Ridgewood High School, the principal told a friend and I that we might miss graduation because we had stolen the school's cornerstone. We looked at him and said, "So"?

I did not attend graduation when I got my EE degree from Northeastern, also declined an invitation to join an honors society...

 

[6thElement]

Wife destroyed her rear sidewall being rowdy on todays rocky descent. I might put a worn DH Highroller on it

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

@AngryMetalsmith

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/appalachian-trail-reopens-to-day-trippers-but-urges-thru-hikers-to-stay-home/2020/05/27/ba1c5732-9ad7-11ea-89fd-28fb313d1886_story.html

Yeah, this year is not exactly an ideal climate for thru hiking which by itself is challenging enough. Add a Pandemic to the mix, nope.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

8th grader doesn't care about "graduation/moving up/whateverthefuck they're calling it."

i totally get it. ceremony is bunk. i wouldn't have cared if i'd missed my hs/college graduations. certainly did not put in the effort to attend the grad school one. fuck paying even more $ for a stupid robe/cap/etc. yeah, i'm 95% misanthrope.

After 5.5 years of chasing a BFA, I told them to mail me my diploma.Couldn’t do another ten minutes in that town. No one tells incoming Art Majors that everyone has two senior years. Higher education...

 

[jonKranked]

Wife destroyed her rear sidewall being rowdy on todays rocky descent. I might put a worn DH Highroller on it

What's it like having a wife that shreds harder than you?

 

[Pesqueeb]

What's it like having a wife that shreds harder than you?

Pretty sure she shreds harder than everyone here.

 

[stosh]

Google search for liquid eggs. In the food realm, I have various family connections in the Kingston area, not that that applies...

essplain yourself!!

 

[jonKranked]

Pretty sure she shreds harder than everyone here.

Probably not a few of the folks in the DH forum

 

[Nick]

Wife destroyed her rear sidewall being rowdy on todays rocky descent. I might put a worn DH Highroller on it

Pretty sure she shreds harder than everyone here.

@6thElement ...I cleaned the garage, and have seven 27.5 tires to go. (dhf, hr)

Mrs 6th shreds. Make no mistake.

 

[jstuhlman]

@6thElement ...I cleaned the garage, and have seven 27.5 tires to go. (dhf, hr)

Mrs 6th shreds. Make no mistake.

any dhr DD's up in there?

 

[eric strt6]

My Habaneros are flowering

 

[rideit]

My Habaneros are flowering
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that kinda sounds like you are having a herpes flareup.

 

[eric strt6]

that kinda sounds like you are having a herpes flareup.

that was shingles last month