Meh.....
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Meh.....
Rode yesterday, if riding means hauling trailer and chainsaw up a local ridge to clear some blowdown.
Not sure what today will bring.
Not sure what today will bring.
Rode both days this weekend.
Lack of rain means blown out, dusty trails.
Fun change of pace and things are getting properly torn apart, exposing more roots and rocks, to counter the sanitizers work.
Need to put a game camera near a prized rock garden they've started picking away at so I can recognize the offenders. It's getting personal now.
Sold the boat and unloaded a massive amount of related crap onto new owner.
Good riddance and he left me a set of keys and permission to use whenever.
All of the fun, none of the expense sounds like a win to me.
My production manager is in europe for the week so I get to play materials bitch for the crews this week. Joy.
Lack of rain means blown out, dusty trails.
Fun change of pace and things are getting properly torn apart, exposing more roots and rocks, to counter the sanitizers work.
Need to put a game camera near a prized rock garden they've started picking away at so I can recognize the offenders. It's getting personal now.
Sold the boat and unloaded a massive amount of related crap onto new owner.
Good riddance and he left me a set of keys and permission to use whenever.
All of the fun, none of the expense sounds like a win to me.
My production manager is in europe for the week so I get to play materials bitch for the crews this week. Joy.
Morning. Back in the pit. I shall have a bunch of goodies arriving this week, mostly noise makers for my pedal board, and perhaps some jewelry for my bike. 
Hello, friends. My tri yesterday went well, though not as fast as I was hoping. 1200 yard swim, 30 mile bike, 7 mile run. I was just tired from start to finish thanks to my training. I was fast enough to finish 15/71 overall, and 2nd in my age group won me the glass mug I wanted.
The race took me 2:52:14. The dude to my right here was third in our age group, 18 minutes behind me. Heh.
The race took me 2:52:14. The dude to my right here was third in our age group, 18 minutes behind me. Heh.
Mornin! Good weekend for me, I accomplished, in no particular order, the following:
- Removed, had rebuilt, and re-installed the coilovers on my truck
- Finished 98% of the landscaping that I intend to do in the backyard
- Got in an awesome ride with @Toshi and @stoney then mooched a shuttle to the top of White Ranch from Toshi so I could bomb Longhorn
- Removed, had rebuilt, and re-installed the coilovers on my truck
- Finished 98% of the landscaping that I intend to do in the backyard
- Got in an awesome ride with @Toshi and @stoney then mooched a shuttle to the top of White Ranch from Toshi so I could bomb Longhorn
Morning, time for sleep.
worked all weekend. At least I got in two good hikes after work, covered a total of 20 miles walking in two days
Morning Monkies! Congrats to @I Are Baboon.
Today I have to work 8 to 4... good thing I've convinced myself that I love my job.
Usual trail ride after work.
Today I have to work 8 to 4... good thing I've convinced myself that I love my job.
Usual trail ride after work.
Morning Monkeys.
Wow, Friday was interesting. I pick up the car, I am pissed, but just want my car. Get it, need to get home and pack the wifes car for camping. Bombing down hwy 30 and as I pull up to the light, the car starts to shake and getting worse. I slam on the brakes and stop about 10 feet short of the cross walk. Clutch feels fine, trans feels fine, put it in 1st and there is plenty of power, but no forward movement like somethings stuck. I wave everyone around and put the hazards on. Put it in reverse and it goes backwards, so I back out of the lane and onto the shoulder.
Shut it off, its in neutral no brake. Car rolls backwards, but not forwards. WTF. I do a quick walk around and see metal shavings on my passenger back wheel. Take a closer look, hmm, I think I see the problem.
My guess is they didn't put loctite and torque the brake caliper bolts to spec when they put the rear end back in (top bolt fell out). As you can see the caliper falls forward and binds when the wheel rolls forward.
Tow truck took it back to the shop, the wife picked me up on the side of the road and I was out of cell coverage all weekend. It was glorious. Now I wait until the shop opens so I can see what they say about the situation.
Wow, Friday was interesting. I pick up the car, I am pissed, but just want my car. Get it, need to get home and pack the wifes car for camping. Bombing down hwy 30 and as I pull up to the light, the car starts to shake and getting worse. I slam on the brakes and stop about 10 feet short of the cross walk. Clutch feels fine, trans feels fine, put it in 1st and there is plenty of power, but no forward movement like somethings stuck. I wave everyone around and put the hazards on. Put it in reverse and it goes backwards, so I back out of the lane and onto the shoulder.
Shut it off, its in neutral no brake. Car rolls backwards, but not forwards. WTF. I do a quick walk around and see metal shavings on my passenger back wheel. Take a closer look, hmm, I think I see the problem.
My guess is they didn't put loctite and torque the brake caliper bolts to spec when they put the rear end back in (top bolt fell out). As you can see the caliper falls forward and binds when the wheel rolls forward.
Tow truck took it back to the shop, the wife picked me up on the side of the road and I was out of cell coverage all weekend. It was glorious. Now I wait until the shop opens so I can see what they say about the situation.
Ooo, sounds like shits about to get real. I expect updates for teh_lulz.Morning Monkeys.
Wow, Friday was interesting. I pick up the car, I am pissed, but just want my car. Get it, need to get home and pack the wifes car for camping. Bombing down hwy 30 and as I pull up to the light, the car starts to shake and getting worse. I slam on the brakes and stop about 10 feet short of the cross walk. Clutch feels fine, trans feels fine, put it in 1st and there is plenty of power, but no forward movement like somethings stuck. I wave everyone around and put the hazards on. Put it in reverse and it goes backwards, so I back out of the lane and onto the shoulder.
Shut it off, its in neutral no brake. Car rolls backwards, but not forwards. WTF. I do a quick walk around and see metal shavings on my passenger back wheel. Take a closer look, hmm, I think I see the problem.
My guess is they didn't put loctite and torque the brake caliper bolts to spec when they put the rear end back in (top bolt fell out). As you can see the caliper falls forward and binds when the wheel rolls forward.
Tow truck took it back to the shop, the wife picked me up on the side of the road and I was out of cell coverage all weekend. It was glorious. Now I wait until the shop opens so I can see what they say about the situation.
Here. Tired from yesterday's ride still. Climb sucked balls (as usual, because I'm fat and out of shape), but the downhill is bomber. Totally worth it. I had a 'Pro' turn at one point, one of those 'how the f* did I make that turn' when you carry a distrubing level of speed through it. So awesome.
I need to deal with the dime sized dent in my chainstay at some point here. It doesn't look like a failure risk, but still needs to be dealt with.
Otherwise, lots of study, as time is running out until my test.
I need to deal with the dime sized dent in my chainstay at some point here. It doesn't look like a failure risk, but still needs to be dealt with.
Otherwise, lots of study, as time is running out until my test.
^ This is why I will never, ever, EVER take any of my vehicles to a shop, until I physically cannot work on my own cars anymore.
Work and then a ride, perhaps. Fingers are still feeling all the DH from the weekend, but whatever the rides must continue.
That's balls.Morning Monkeys.
Wow, Friday was interesting. I pick up the car, I am pissed, but just want my car. Get it, need to get home and pack the wifes car for camping. Bombing down hwy 30 and as I pull up to the light, the car starts to shake and getting worse. I slam on the brakes and stop about 10 feet short of the cross walk. Clutch feels fine, trans feels fine, put it in 1st and there is plenty of power, but no forward movement like somethings stuck. I wave everyone around and put the hazards on. Put it in reverse and it goes backwards, so I back out of the lane and onto the shoulder.
Shut it off, its in neutral no brake. Car rolls backwards, but not forwards. WTF. I do a quick walk around and see metal shavings on my passenger back wheel. Take a closer look, hmm, I think I see the problem.
My guess is they didn't put loctite and torque the brake caliper bolts to spec when they put the rear end back in (top bolt fell out). As you can see the caliper falls forward and binds when the wheel rolls forward.
Tow truck took it back to the shop, the wife picked me up on the side of the road and I was out of cell coverage all weekend. It was glorious. Now I wait until the shop opens so I can see what they say about the situation.
Wait until you're married and have kids. I said that until time started to get very valuable.
Weekend was a success.
1) Rode Friday...forgot my chammy shorts though, so that sucked
2) Golfed Saturday at sunrise. Drove the green on 3 par 4's (anywhere between 300-330yds). No eagles though sadly.
3) Cookout at a friend's house Saturday afternoon/night. Drank many good beers, didn't get home until almost 2am.
4) Tried to ride Sunday am but was too tired/groggy. Slept late, then helped my friend install his short ram air intake, which went smoothly. The biggest hiccup was when he opened his toolbox over the engine bay, sending dozens of sockets all over the engine. All were accounted for though, so that's good.
1) Rode Friday...forgot my chammy shorts though, so that sucked
2) Golfed Saturday at sunrise. Drove the green on 3 par 4's (anywhere between 300-330yds). No eagles though sadly.
3) Cookout at a friend's house Saturday afternoon/night. Drank many good beers, didn't get home until almost 2am.
4) Tried to ride Sunday am but was too tired/groggy. Slept late, then helped my friend install his short ram air intake, which went smoothly. The biggest hiccup was when he opened his toolbox over the engine bay, sending dozens of sockets all over the engine. All were accounted for though, so that's good.
If there was a way to do it myself, I would have. Joe and I did the Monster clutch in his Caddy CTS-V, but it was a traditional trans mounted to the engine setup. The torque tube is an amazing design, but without a shop and a lift, its damn near impossibru.
<edit> My buddy Juan does a lot of the work I just don't care to bother with, but I help and I trust him with most everything. But having him touch the clutch made me nervous. But going to a "specialist" seems to have bitten me in the ass.
My old man never had a problem with it, and still does his own work. SIU,P.
Then again, he never trained to be a tri-tard.
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I replaced the fixtures and the women are saying they don't like the shower head. I'm like, who bitches about a shower head? Then my wife says, "It doesn't have the pulse setting" Ahhh, ok.
My time is valuable (Its an 11+ hour job). My old man couldn't change a flat on his bike.
But I did the brakes the week before my wedding. And I used loctite and torqued to spec when I put them back together. I also had them painted nice.
<edit> If Rob was still alive, he would have a shop with a lift and I would have done it there.
Is the "+" the "fixing shit they broke the first time around" variable?
Had a vasectomy Thursday, so I did absolutely nothing this weekend besides play Call of Duty and binge Netflix. Not my usually MO, but it was actually kind of nice. Actual procedure wasn't bad, but I will never forget getting a needle in my balls. Other than that, no real swelling or bruising and feeling pretty solid being back at work today. Wifey went back to work after three months off with the baby and the baby is at daycare, so the wife was also a mess this morning. Should be better after the first week.
I still do 90% of my own work. I took the wife's car in to a shop last year like two days before Whistler because I didn't have time and I have a buddy that used to be a Toyota mechanic that works on my truck when need be. There's definitely times when it's worth paying, but not if they make it worse...
Ooo, sounds like shits about to get real. I expect updates for teh_lulz.
This. I'll probably do the oil when the car is out of warranty, and the brakes, but for the rest of it, fuck it, it's going to a shop. I'd rather have the free time.
Pretty much. Or depends on how many beers were consumed during tear down.Is the "+" the "fixing shit they broke the first time around" variable?
Howdy all. I rode into work nice and slow today. I shall proceed to have a nice and slow day, too--reading plain radiographs and doing/supervising for the most part a handful of fluoroscopic procedures. Tomorrow will be balls to the wall again reading CT and MR but today's my mini vacation.
What's more, my breakfast was a leftover, delicious biscuit with honey butter from our excursion to the Denver Biscuit Co.'s food truck at Sunday's farmer's market. #winning
What's more, my breakfast was a leftover, delicious biscuit with honey butter from our excursion to the Denver Biscuit Co.'s food truck at Sunday's farmer's market. #winning
I don't do the oil in the car because I still don't have a lift or trench. It's a bitch to even get a jack under my damn car. I get a gallon + quart for less than $30 at BiMart, filter at NAPA, and the gas station charges me $20 to change it. The old guy that works there loves my car and takes very good care of it.
I hate changing my oil. Found a place that charges $25 and does a good job so it's not even worth the hassle at home.
My old man did the same. But he liked drinking beer and riding bikes and doing other $hit MUCH less than I do.
Fuck working on cars. That shit's for professionals any more. YMMV.
Ahhh... just got a calendar reminder to call in for jury duty this evening.
FUCK.
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Same deal. His "hobbies" primarily included car maintenance, house maintenance/improvement, landscaping, etc. Stuff most people don't find fun, but he has always taken great pride in having a nice house, working cars/power equipment, etc. I know for damn sure I'm the same way, and clearly got that from him.
I just couldn't enjoy myself doing other things, knowing my house/cars were falling apart, or I was paying some hack to do something I can do myself in a few hours/beers for a fraction of the cost, and know it was done right. If it means one less ride, fuck it. And I'm not saying that won't get harder when I do have kids, but I'm sure as hell going to do as much as I can for as long as I can, like kazlx said.
Yup. Some people learn... some people simply repeat.
Good on ya. I ain't gonna waste my time doing that shit, though.
Isn't that why you hope for sons anyway?
Yo. Raced BMX Friday - got 2nd behind sometimes national #1 guy in my age group, kid took a handlebar hit to the stomach in his main. Saw the GOONIES Saturday with wounded kid - 35 cent matinee & locally made soda on tap! Sunday = hitting dirt jumps with kid, pulling his 1st tick off of him, then onto 50's era Amusement park and frolicking after at a friend's brew pub! Not a bad time.
call in drunk from a noisy bar....
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