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    We're kicking off the 2024 Secret Santa! Exchange gifts with other monkeys - from beer and snacks, to bike gear, to custom machined holiday decorations and tools by our more talented members, there's something for everyone.

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slyfink

slyfink

Turbo Monkey
Sep 16, 2008
9,795
5,625
Ottawa, Canada
went to pick up my bike from the shop. they swapped the main pivot bearings and installed my replacement seat and chain stays. I think I overpaid, as I could easily have done that myself (especially when you factor in the time it took me to drive to my LBS), but my back hurt, and I didn't want to deal with the hassle...

happy to have my bike back though, hope to ride this weekend.
 
Westy

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
55,998
22,032
Sleazattle
We have some pretty strict rules about using removable media at work, based on several rather significant 'incidents'. A coworker just returned from a trade show and plopped a bunch of USB sticks amongst other swag he collected from vendors with a Free sign above them.

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I just threw the lot into the garbage.
 
jstuhlman

jstuhlman

bagpipe wanker
Dec 3, 2009
17,340
14,174
Cackalacka du Nord
a lovely 75* here in car-lot. mil is in town and we're chilling around the house. went to 14yo's graduation this morning. now he's at the pool with friends. 18yo has his 3rd degree black belt test all day tomorrow...still need to find some time to ride my damn bike!
 
Adventurous

Adventurous

Starshine Bro
Mar 19, 2014
10,850
9,888
Crawlorado
Actually wrenched on my bike for once. Bled the brakes, monkeyed with my suspension settings, lubed suspension, degreased and lubed the drivetrain. Gonna have to go give it a shakedown tomorrow morning.
 
Toshi

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,750
8,748
eric strt6 said:
took one of my coworkers to the ER this morning with abdominal pain, They did a CT scan then admitted him. After work I went and got his dog from his apartment. The dog will stay with us for the duration of his hospital stay.
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what’d the CT show that warranted admission?
 
MikeD

MikeD

Leader and Demogogue of the Ridemonkey Satinists
Oct 26, 2001
11,735
1,819
chez moi
I think my Land Cruiser Dream may have become a nightmare.

A simple transmission rebuild has failed and also taken a full year in El Salvador, predictably and inevitably despite my buddy's assurances that he'd work everything out. He says it drives alright but there's still something that feels like it's lagging.

You get what you pay for. This has left no time for the planned engine and body work, either. I'm starting to think it's best to leave this shitshow in El Salvador and recoup what costs I can from all the investment into it. It faces a big paperwork drill for registration, need to re-install emissions gear (though work theoretically pays for that part, by and large, it's likely to be a hassle...), and in the end I have a truck with some underlying front-end damage that would be prohibitively costly to repair properly in the US, with a pretty crappy paint job, and a slipping transmission...which gets 8-10mpg where gas is well over $5.

This just seems like a cut-and-run proposition.
 
Toshi

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,750
8,748
MikeD said:
This just seems like a cut-and-run proposition.
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you should bid on my 100 series once I put it on BaT. after getting all these new hail-dents taken out. found two more on the tailgate when looking closer last night.
 
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