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I don’t think we have an appropriate emoji for this. Hard to imagine bro, hope you are staying on the upside somehow.Saw Hilarie yesterday, which evoked tears from both of us.
Be strong John.
Going up to high 70s today, so shorts.
Espresso and sourdough toast to kick off the morning
Going up to high 70s today, so shorts.
Espresso and sourdough toast to kick off the morning
I had a good sleep.
Later swore for about an hour trying to put a turbo oil supply/drain line on to a sandy, oily engine.
Ended up taking the studs out of the turbo and putting some grease on the gasket to hold it up, couldn't get the line up in to position without contaminating it otherwise.
Positive crankcase pressure engines FTL!
Later swore for about an hour trying to put a turbo oil supply/drain line on to a sandy, oily engine.
Ended up taking the studs out of the turbo and putting some grease on the gasket to hold it up, couldn't get the line up in to position without contaminating it otherwise.
Positive crankcase pressure engines FTL!
Taxes done, just gotta give them a solid once over before submission. Money coming back my way, which is always nice.
Definitely feeling yesterday's ride in my nether regions. Time to whip them back into shape.
Morning Monkeys
Got up, fed the pups, too wet for walkies, so I made my lunch. Topped off my coffee, grab my lunch and laptop and head out. Just as I'm leaving the hood I realize it's very dead out. Fuck! I have the day off.
If only I could go back to bed, damn. My fake shoes show up today, so I'm excited about that. I still need a heater for the shed, Wally World was a total bust, BiMart is my only hope.
Got up, fed the pups, too wet for walkies, so I made my lunch. Topped off my coffee, grab my lunch and laptop and head out. Just as I'm leaving the hood I realize it's very dead out. Fuck! I have the day off.
If only I could go back to bed, damn. My fake shoes show up today, so I'm excited about that. I still need a heater for the shed, Wally World was a total bust, BiMart is my only hope.
Happy Monday Monkeys.
Lots of yardwork this weekend and no riding... but it leaves the week open, and the forecast looks to be excellent.
Lots of yardwork this weekend and no riding... but it leaves the week open, and the forecast looks to be excellent.
FTS. Layla was sick enough to know she needed to go out, but not sick enough to vomit last night, but multiple times. I slept maybe 5hrs, but not in a block, last night. Today's gonna be rough.
Getting a new laptop from work, new tires for the Audi, and hopefully a nap before my 4pm meeting.
Edit: 4pm just cancelled. So getting a nap in today.
Getting a new laptop from work, new tires for the Audi, and hopefully a nap before my 4pm meeting.
Edit: 4pm just cancelled. So getting a nap in today.
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I’m just getting a question mark error square.What in the unholy hell is this new "fancy" response emoji?
Bring back the monocle!
Up too late futzing around with my backpacking gear. Seems I have gained a pound in base weight since last check. Humph. Got some work to do.
Dammit, now you broke it by making me test by doing a forced page refresh. It was still the monocle until then.
Maybe it's broken while bad spelling gets updated to the Homer SMRT rating @binary visions
Hm. Wonder if the new Ridemonkey owners broke the old Amazon S3 bucket(s) I was using to host the images. Will investigate.
I kinda like it.
Hai fronds
currently pooping
nice weekend. Won our first soccer game, mostly due to a new player who apparently spends all her free time practicing. We are the scrub team so she will likely be pulled from us next year. Hopefully my daughter will be moved up too, as she is more focused than the rest of the booger eaters and patty cakers
Got my son on the trailer finally and he loved it, so our summer will be spent tooling around the new bike paths together. Rode to the school and back then went out with the intention of punishing myself which seemed to work out.
had fresh kielbasa for dinner then went to bed early. How are you?
currently pooping
nice weekend. Won our first soccer game, mostly due to a new player who apparently spends all her free time practicing. We are the scrub team so she will likely be pulled from us next year. Hopefully my daughter will be moved up too, as she is more focused than the rest of the booger eaters and patty cakers
Got my son on the trailer finally and he loved it, so our summer will be spent tooling around the new bike paths together. Rode to the school and back then went out with the intention of punishing myself which seemed to work out.
had fresh kielbasa for dinner then went to bed early. How are you?
drivers side carpet in car for me....
clogged sunroof drain....
and taxes.....
Yesterday's prime rib was likely the best I've ever had, solidly on par with a mid tier ribeye. Have leftovers for lunch, and zero plans of being productive today.
Dropping off tax paperwork this evening, expecting to owe "build a killdozer" levels of taxes, yay.
Dropping off tax paperwork this evening, expecting to owe "build a killdozer" levels of taxes, yay.
Finished taxes yesterday - ended up a wash with owing the feds about the same amount the state is refunding us.
The whole tax process in this country is a goddam PITA - even with the software to "help" the process.
The whole tax process in this country is a goddam PITA - even with the software to "help" the process.
AMI went bankrupt a while back. Given the complexities of huge companies, I'm not totally clear how much is, "AMI reorganized a bunch of assets" and how much is, "someone purchased AMI's assets."
The Arena Group now owns the Bike brand (they also own Sports Illustrated, I believe).
I sent a couple inquiries to AMI about buying Ridemonkey after their bankruptcy announcement, but was flatly rejected.
Oh ya taxes.
thankfully I “lose” enough with my farming habit to usually fair pretty well. I really don’t know why my account hasn’t fired me yet. I am always slow af.
thankfully I “lose” enough with my farming habit to usually fair pretty well. I really don’t know why my account hasn’t fired me yet. I am always slow af.
Old School cool...
Now that I'm "an old" (53) I think about all the odd shit that's lasted the test of time still in use:
My Sorrels I bought in '96 at Silver Creek ( -> Sol Vista -> Granby Ranch)
Nashbar bike tights from early '90s
My first thermarest from mid90s and an MSR water filter and whisper light stove from even earlier in the 90s.
I think my oldest still functioning gear is a 40 degree down EMS bag from '89.
I still have my first mtb ('91 Rock hopper comp) though it's not riding at the moment.
I suppose this speaks more to my pack rat / frugal ways than anything else but they don't make shit like they used to.
#Getoffmylawn
Now that I'm "an old" (53) I think about all the odd shit that's lasted the test of time still in use:
My Sorrels I bought in '96 at Silver Creek ( -> Sol Vista -> Granby Ranch)
Nashbar bike tights from early '90s
My first thermarest from mid90s and an MSR water filter and whisper light stove from even earlier in the 90s.
I think my oldest still functioning gear is a 40 degree down EMS bag from '89.
I still have my first mtb ('91 Rock hopper comp) though it's not riding at the moment.
I suppose this speaks more to my pack rat / frugal ways than anything else but they don't make shit like they used to.
#Getoffmylawn
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at the park the other day one parent pulled up on a vintage mtb. old-ass wide splayed cantis, the ones that were basically horizontal with the big hanger thing in the middle on the cable to distribute the force in theory. pre-'96 XTR v-brake era certainly, so probably early 90s.
Seth’s Bike Hacks (mtb YouTube channel) just had a video about riding shitty old bikes being “fun” and “novel” so obviously that’s gonna be all the rage for the dad-duro crowd in a week or two.
relevant: when I purchased a 1990s S Works on a lark when my Pivot's frame was getting replaced (don't recall it if was the instance for the front or rear triangle
this time).it was just awful. geometry so wrong, brakes horrible, Manitou 2 locked in low position due to some internal failure. I donated it to Goodwill that week.
were it not for a wayward 1099R form.....i could have saved 240.00 from h&r blocks in store "help"....Finished taxes yesterday - ended up a wash with owing the feds about the same amount the state is refunding us.
The whole tax process in this country is a goddam PITA - even with the software to "help" the process.