Good Tuesday Morning!!

jacksonpt · Jun 7, 2005

Mornin Stosh.

Not much going on today... gotta run over to the LBS on my lunch to pickup a handful of things - nothing all that exciting. Might go hike teh trails today with the dogs... likely to be too wet to ride, so...

I Are Baboon · Jun 7, 2005

Hi!

There was just yet another accident at the intersection right outside my office window. It looks pretty nasty, too. A minivan and a car's front ends are both hammered. Looks to me like a car taking a right got plowed by the van coming off the highway (a highway exit ramp dumps right into traffic). Time for this god forsaken city to put an f'ing traffic light at that intersection.

No riding tonight. Gym instead. I need to start getting all my crap together for my Kingdom trails weekend....

Ian F · Jun 7, 2005

Good f'in morning...

I forgot to set my f'in alarm so I woke up late... left for work about an hour late (a bit after 6am) and didn't make it to work until 7:30... The traffic f'in SUCKS at 6:30 am!!! :mumble:

Plus, I discovered a real draw-back to my 50 mpg TDI: merging into traffic from a dead-stop is a frightening experience!!! It was f'in scary... and I nearly got f'in killed this morning! :eek:

Westy · Jun 7, 2005

Ian F said:
Good f'in morning...

I forgot to set my f'in alarm so I woke up late... left for work about an hour late (a bit after 6am) and didn't make it to work until 7:30... The traffic f'in SUCKS at 6:30 am!!! :mumble:

Plus, I discovered a real draw-back to my 50 mpg TDI: merging into traffic from a dead-stop is a frightening experience!!! It was f'in scary... and I nearly got f'in killed this morning!

Is the TDI that F'in slow? I thought they had decent off the line acceleration because of the 900 rpm or so f'in peak torque?

Not much going on today. Might get in a short trail ride today.

douglas · Jun 7, 2005

I felt crappy yesterday so I didnt do squat after work

L8APX · Jun 7, 2005

I'm having a good day. Friday is my last day at work, I close on my new house next week then move in, and if the sun bakes in today the trails should be tacky -n- fast for a ride tonight. If not I'll ride my $16.00 SS road bike. Plus I picked up the new issue of The Drake last night. Have a good one.

I Are Baboon · Jun 7, 2005

douglas said:
I felt crappy yesterday so I didnt do squat after work

I was asleep by 9:00.

splat · Jun 7, 2005

Morning !

Today is the Day , when my compcany Officicially gets sold , so By the End of the Day I will be a Computer Associates Employee, At least I have a Garuentee of Employment through 10/30/05 ( with a retention Bonus) but after that ???????

anyway last night did some work on a new trail we will be cutting on Saturday, it is going to be a Kick ass trail! we put a couple of 5 ft hucks right in the trail ( with a Sally line too, although as one perwson put it , the sally line ain't so sally )

Tonight , my son has his fianl Cub scout meeting of the school year , and they get to go out with a Bang ! Litterally , we are Launching Rockets!!!

hooples3 · Jun 7, 2005

Mornin all!!!!

Gotta go to the lbs to order a longer stem for the 7point.. feeling a little too close esp since i want to ride it everywhere.
today after work I am going to attempt for the first time to ride around manhattan. starting on the west-side up to the bronx, then cutting across to the east-side and back home. I have no clue what the mileage would be.. I am assuming around 45 miles from my house and back in brooklyn. should be fun.

enjoy the day!!!!!!

Greyhound · Jun 7, 2005

Mornin'.....

Lot's of F-bombs goin' on this morning. For a minute there, I thought I was in a Deadwood episode. Guess I'll join in as f'in well........ :thumb:

HOT HOT HOT!!!! .....No, not Buster Poindexter, silly. The weather down south, I'm talkin' about. Holy cripes!! Since I'm without my bike this week, I was walking out at my local trails with the dog yesterday and it felt like a f'in sauna in there. Couldn't breathe hardly. Needless to say, I only survived for about 45 minutes, and called it a day. After working in it all day, I had had enough. So had the dog. Spent a few minutes under the water mist at the house cooling off and it was quite lovely. Today's weather is significantly cooler by a whopping 5 degrees, but the humidity bounced like a Vanilla RC w/a broken rebound.

Pretty uneventful night. Just chilled w/a few glasses of wine and watched the Pistons run away from the Heat in the 4th to face the Spurs again. Y'all have a lovely day.

Echo · Jun 7, 2005

I felt all blah yesterday, probably the weather. But Crashby convinced me to go for a MTB ride, and that fixed me up good.

Wumpus · Jun 7, 2005

Ian F said:
Plus, I discovered a real draw-back to my 50 mpg TDI: merging into traffic from a dead-stop is a frightening experience!!! It was f'in scary... and I nearly got f'in killed this morning!

stosh said:
What kind of car do you have?

Read the f'in post. :blah:

Edit: that is a VW if you still don't know.

PonySoldier · Jun 7, 2005

Good Morning all, took the 3 dogs to the vet yesterday to get them their stinkin' health certificates to go to Canada..

jacksonpt · Jun 7, 2005

Wumpus said:
Read the f'in post.

is the jetta the only model they offer in a TDI?

L8APX · Jun 7, 2005

stosh said:
Pics of new house?

new eating place mid way through refinishing work.

Back side picture with 50's porch cover and old fence posts before removal.

Cool little window in the upstairs cpu lounge/office.

I don't have many good pictures because most of my pictures where of the structure of the house and various other details. It was also in the middle of being remodeled. Not bad for a 60-70 year old cape.

Wumpus · Jun 7, 2005

jacksonpt said:
is the jetta the only model they offer in a TDI?

Nope. Passat, Beetle and Golf, too.

L8APX · Jun 7, 2005

jacksonpt said:
is the jetta the only model they offer in a TDI?

They do the golf, jetta, passat, and tourag I think. I'm not sure about the vans or bugs. A quattro TDI jetta wagon would be nice.

L8APX · Jun 7, 2005

stosh said:
Looks good man! This is in Rochester right?

Nope capital region, three miles from my new place of work.

Ian F · Jun 7, 2005

Westy said:
Is the TDI that F'in slow? I thought they had decent off the line acceleration because of the 900 rpm or so f'in peak torque?

Off the line? Yes, but the 0-60 time is piss-poor by today's standards. And when you drop the clutch in first gear and rev it to get moving, it basically hits a wall at about 4000 rpm and you have to shift to 2nd - it literally felt is if someone had suddenly dropped an anchor off the back of the car... However, the problem is at 4K in 1st gear, you're only doing about 25 mph... at which point you're probably dead as the shift to 2nd (even when doing slam-shifts) the engine revs drop so much that it's a couple of seconds before the turbo kicks in and it's starts moving again...

I love the MPG the car gets, but a sports car it ain't by any stretch... The one problem with diesels is the power band is about... ->||<- that wide... I love the MPG... I love the interior (although it could be a bit roomier), and the car has been reliable... but it's definitely lacking in the power and handling depts...

(2003 Jetta Wagon TDI, 5 spd, just turned 52K miles)

Westy · Jun 7, 2005

Ian F said:
Off the line? Yes, but the 0-60 time is piss-poor by today's standards. And when you drop the clutch in first gear and rev it to get moving, it basically hits a wall at about 4000 rpm and you have to shift to 2nd - it literally felt is if someone had suddenly dropped an anchor off the back of the car... However, the problem is at 4K in 1st gear, you're only doing about 25 mph... at which point you're probably dead as the shift to 2nd (even when doing slam-shifts) the engine revs drop so much that it's a couple of seconds before the turbo kicks in and it's starts moving again...

I love the MPG the car gets, but a sports car it ain't by any stretch... The one problem with diesels is the power band is about... ->||<- that wide... I love the MPG... I love the interior (although it could be a bit roomier), and the car has been reliable... but it's definitely lacking in the power and handling depts...

(2003 Jetta Wagon TDI, 5 spd, just turned 52K miles)

Sounds like the opposite problem of my WRX. Gutless until 2500 rpm, then it is a rocketship to redline. Clutch slippage is required to get off the line with any urgency.

JRB · Jun 7, 2005

Good f'n morning.

jacksonpt · Jun 7, 2005

Westy said:
Sounds like the opposite problem of my WRX. Gutless until 2500 rpm, then it is a rocketship to redline. Clutch slippage is required to get off the line with any urgency.

I'll still take my truck. No power from 0-redline... but it'll go anywhere are 5mph.

L8APX · Jun 7, 2005

stosh said:
damn... you're f'ing lucky!!! A house like that 3miles from my job would be in the $300k range.

Where are you living? We looked for almost three months before finding this house. Every time we would find something, either the basement was moldy and wet or is was sold the next day. It makes me wonder/worry that the local market will fall over the next three to five. Fingers crossed. Good thing is that if it does, we got it cheap enough that we will still break even. I feel for those out there paying $165-195 per ft2 for 2,000 ft2 homes.

JRB · Jun 7, 2005

Greyhound said:
Mornin'.....

Lot's of F-bombs goin' on this morning. For a minute there, I thought I was in a Deadwood episode. Guess I'll join in as f'in well........

I saw that show once, and must say that is some mighty offensive language.

Crazy Sweeper · Jun 7, 2005

morning all. Hoping it doesn't rain today so I can get the tent out and pitch it, to make sure its still in ok shape for MBW. I really need to put together a list for what to bring.

Ian F · Jun 7, 2005

Westy said:
Sounds like the opposite problem of my WRX. Gutless until 2500 rpm, then it is a rocketship to redline. Clutch slippage is required to get off the line with any urgency.

Yeah, I pretty much need to clutch-drop at about 1500 to get good acceleration. But 4000 comes up pretty quick.... It doesn't like spirited driving either... When I was following a bunch of MINI's on Sat, I could smell the clutch which bothered me... keep in mind I got 229K miles out of the clutch in my last car ('91 Integra) and it was still soild when I sold it... so to be smelling the clutch at 52K is worrisome... especially since I hoped to have this car for another 5 years... at this rate it's going to be five years of hell...
:nopity:

bluebug32 · Jun 7, 2005

stosh said:
How is everybody today?

I was supposed to go riding yesterday however we had some pretty F'ing kick arse storms here. The trails should be good and muddy for todays ride!! I'll be riding my hardtail for the first time on the trails in 2 years. Should be f'ing fun!!!

Hope ya all have a great F'ing day!!!

Good morning

It's finally bright and sunny and I'm really looking forward to getting out of the office and FINALLY checking out Stewart. Last night I tried to squeeze in a ride between storms. I didn't get caught in a storm, but the woods at Vassar Farm were muddy and slippery. Fun, nonetheless.

Enjoy the day.

Beth

Rip · Jun 7, 2005

Good F'in morning :stosh:

Figures as soon as I get the bike working properly it gets close to the time I have surgery. My grand father is in the f'in hospital right now, he took a fall backwards and put a metal post through his hip and broke off a part of his scrotom.

narlus · Jun 7, 2005

broken scrotum...two words that shouldn't go together.

not much happened last night...got home late from work, ate, read some, went to bed. hope to enjoy some of the summer heat today.

Greyhound · Jun 7, 2005

Crazy Sweeper said:
morning all. Hoping it doesn't rain today so I can get the tent out and pitch it.

.....you mean to tell me NOBODY has made a joke of "pitching a tent" yet?

You're slipping, monkey....you're slipping.

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