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76F / 72% humidity at 8AM here. I was thinking about an early ride but I have teh lazies and it's too steamy already. I may ride in the evening instead.
It would be an interesting experiment to attempt to limit cellular and internet to under an hour a day in one's life.
One of my favorite things about my lake camp in Maine.... No cell service.
Coffee, cleaning, and classical music.
This is why there is breakfast stouts. Am I right?
Van work today then a ride later provided the Laotian rains hold off.
Espresso, scrambled eggs and bacon in the camper. Watson got all the bacon drippings poured over his breakfast. He inhaled it. 56* with drizzle and light wind at the horse show so uniform pants and a jacket this morning. Hopefully shorts by noon.
Started having some bad indigestion from eating way too much sugar so I cut out ice cream, gummy bears, etc. Been three weeks and my clothes are looser for sure. Got to get rid of my pre-thru hike fat reserves.
Wife and I were supposed to travel to Des Moines this weekend to do the 70.3 Ironman National Championship race, but since that's a Covid casualty, we farted around with some friends on a local course instead. 1500 yard swim, 27 mile bike, 5 mile run, all in some blazing heat. That was my first swim in over three months and I felt surprisingly good. Then we went to one of their houses for a food gorge and pool. All in all a good day. I'm sleepy.
Found a Whoop strap, appears to be useless without a subscription so I guess I'm supposed to try and reunite it with its owner somehow...
Caulked all of the installed baseboards so Wifey could paint them. Ripped new shelves for the custom built-in's because the existing (brand new) won't hold paint. We got a $200 (10%) discount for doing it on an open day vs. scheduling in advance, which was just eaten up in new wood and an extra can of paint. Wifey painted a few doors as well. I'm back to installing baseboards.
16th Anniversary ride today! We did 3500 feet of climbing in 19 miles, solid freakin' day. Whooped. Hoping for 10k vert for the weekend...
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Rode. Started when it was 90f/45% humidity outside. It was surprisingly manageable. Now beer and steak.
Maybe too late, but Zinser BIN primer sticks to damn near anything, also hides damn near anything, and it’s alcohol based so your house will smell good all afternoon. Assuming you consider the scent of moonshine to be a good one anyway...
The visible shelves will be painted poplar, so I'm not concerned about getting paint to stick. I think he's using killz for primer. I'll have him give that primer a go for the hidden shelves. Thanks.
The booze based primer is great for poplar too, water based tends to raise the grain and needs to be sanded again after to knock down the wayward wood fibers, and on some moldings and doors the latex primed are just too thick and you lose detail in the inside corners.
I started using BIN instead of kilz on pretty much everything except bare drywall. it’s awesome for painted furniture, i use poplar for anything paint grade and while it’s cheap and easy to work with, sometimes the green tinge of the wood shows through, and sanding finished pieces can be a PITA, BIN fixes both. It also sprays like butter with a cheapie automotive spray gun.
I started using BIN instead of kilz on pretty much everything except bare drywall. it’s awesome for painted furniture, i use poplar for anything paint grade and while it’s cheap and easy to work with, sometimes the green tinge of the wood shows through, and sanding finished pieces can be a PITA, BIN fixes both. It also sprays like butter with a cheapie automotive spray gun.
Oh, the horror!
