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Was nice to be at work yesterday but I could still feel the rona in the background when I got home and took a nap and went to bed early. I might go to the gym today and do some light spinning and see how I am feeling.
BRUH. I ran for an hour before sunrise then had a 7:45 appointment with the blood doc to discuss my anemia. Nothing really to report other than more poking and prodding is in my future. And LOL at the lady standing outside the CANCER INSTITUTE smoking a cigarette.
Up, have wandered around outside, waiting for contractor to show up to discuss replacement of our fuel oil tank. 
It's raining. gonna go burn 3/4 of a tank of the bosses fuel running all over hell today. Baking a loaf of sourdough tonight
but first espresso and a bowl of gruel
but first espresso and a bowl of gruel
seems they have "lost" the premium red pine in the yard... order won't be ready until Thursday.... #wpp
Out of curiosity, any particular reason you went with pine?
Kiddo slept, therefore I slept. Ready to grab this day by the consensually agreed upon part of the body.
Mainly price. Also the fact that we can have wide and long planks. We are doing the Scandinavian look. So a coat of white lye with buffed oil on top.
Need to sell more stuff, lighten the load a bit more, Saws, blower, welders, firearms, another moto, a truck.
Cool! Bet that'll look nice. For some reason, the only homes around here that have wide plank pine flooring tend to be the 17/1800s houses, everything after that has some sort of oak. Always wondered why pine fell out of favor.
It's definitely a softer wood. So dogs and kids might damage the floor more easily.
Did we cut all the pine trees down at one point?
also, I met up with SS yesterday to hand off some ski bindings and have a beer, and he brought me a jar of delicious green chile, which was generously applied to my eggs this morning. So you know, I got that going for me.
@Jozz nailed it. Wasn't just limited to pines.
Ever heard of the Pine Tree Riot? History can be fun.
this
we have heart pine downstairs recycled from an old barn in VA; it looks nice but gets torn up really easily. when we redid the upstairs floors last year we went with hickory.
Makes sense. We had oak in our old house and it took a beating with dog nails. First floor on the new house has oak, and I expect the same fate. We had to replace all flooring on the top floor and decided to go with luxury vinyl plank to resist getting destroyed by the dogs.
@Jozz, your pups have short nails? Or you just accepting that the floors will get thrashed?
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Btw, all you Pisgah monkeys, if you are looking for some new gloves and want to support a good cause, DeFeet and HandUp are donating proceeds from the sale of a special release to cleaning up Wilson Creek. Awesome design IMO.
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Gloves - Keep It Clean
Once again, we are excited to be able to create a Glove that Gives back!! This time, we're working with some friends over in Northern California. If you are in their area, a portion of these gloves directly effects trail advocacy and maintenance, for YOUR trails! If you aren't in the area, just...
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that sounds nice but all of the work they're doing up there to "clean up" and make the trails "sustainable" unfortunately means they're redoing all of the trails and flowifying everything, ruining the character of what made it special in the first place. amirite @AngryMetalsmith and @jackalope ?Btw, all you Pisgah monkeys, if you are looking for some new gloves and want to support a good cause, DeFeet and HandUp are donating proceeds from the sale of a special release to cleaning up Wilson Creek. Awesome design IMO.
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Gloves - Keep It Clean
Once again, we are excited to be able to create a Glove that Gives back!! This time, we're working with some friends over in Northern California. If you are in their area, a portion of these gloves directly effects trail advocacy and maintenance, for YOUR trails! If you aren't in the area, just...
dogs > floors. We do not get attached to our floors.
Did the night riding. Passed out on couch in riding clothes. For the night. Good stuff. Apparently I left all the lights on.
In NC if you are an old school mountain biker who adores roots and rocks on your trails then you might want to consider hiking. Seriously, trails are turning into buttery smooth bobsled runs through the forest. If I want rocks, then I have to put on the trail runners and not my spd compatible shoes.
I *think* I read it's not just Wilson either? Is that right?
I somehow unknowingly dropped my keys under the kitchen table last night. I later spent about 40 minutes looking for them. I was afraid I had left them in my front door and someone had taken them. I though maybe I had flushed them down the toilet. I thought I had started down the path to senility and/or had a stroke.
