** Soggy Sunday **
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I hope my neighbor that was lighting fireworks until 11:00 last night blew their dick off.
Third straight day of rain, so I'm fixing to hop on the bike trainer before bbq at a friend's house.
Third straight day of rain, so I'm fixing to hop on the bike trainer before bbq at a friend's house.
Back at work.
I should buy a bunch of fireworks and light them off when I get up at 0330 in the morning.
Woken up at 1:30 by biblical rain/hail and had to run around the house pulling fans from and closing windows.
Big road ride planned for today, two mountain passes, some sleep would have been nice.
Big road ride planned for today, two mountain passes, some sleep would have been nice.
Tweaked my heel somehow.
Coffee, ride, big ol freedom steaks later.
Coffee, ride, big ol freedom steaks later.
ended up at a buddy's last night doing brats and beers until way too late. rolling up to durham today.
Weird. We're totally dry.
Avoiding Nationalist Day parade at all costs and instead putting up storage shelving in MIL1's storage unit so we can start moving shit from her condo. She wants to adopt one of the kittens and the caveat is that she make the house safe for it, which means getting rid of shit. A lot of shit. Even if it just goes to storage, it needs to get out of the house.
While I was at Home Depot researching heavy-duty shelving I saw some nice toolboxes about twice the size of my current box. Back of the envelope estimates I should be able to get everything into a larger box, but I will need to really lean down my "haven't used in multiple years" tools, and it will be close. While looking at their website I found an even larger box that will definitely fit everything. I'll still need to go on a lean-down process as I go, getting rid of the "I don't need a third set of sockets (but I'm keeping all my 10mm)" type stuff, but I can make it happen. My current storage shelves are supported from the floor, so I will need to add hanging support to make space. I have a good friend who just bought a house and hasn't built his tool collection yet, so I'll p̶a̶w̶n̶ ̶o̶f̶f̶ give him what I'm not keeping (like my tool box, etc).
Sausage, Eggs and coffee consumed. Now to walk the 100 steps from the camper to the med station and start my workday.
Fingers are still tingling from 6 hours of pressure washing yesterday. Ran out of gas with about 15 minutes worth of brick steps left. Will acquire a wee spot of fuel later.
Hey guys, one more thing, hey, this summer when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth of July bruhaha don't forget what you're celebrating and that's the fact a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, rich white males didn't want to pay their taxes....
So business as usual...
hi
rode 22 mi then wife sent me out to mow, which is a six mile walk....so I am le tired.
playdate with the kids later and pondering job related objects.
@stoney did you buy an allroad, or just drive one? There's a local owner and everytime I drive past it I drool a bit, but this house is a 4-ring-free zone
rode 22 mi then wife sent me out to mow, which is a six mile walk....so I am le tired.
playdate with the kids later and pondering job related objects.
@stoney did you buy an allroad, or just drive one? There's a local owner and everytime I drive past it I drool a bit, but this house is a 4-ring-free zone
Fireworks cancelled here...definitely for the best.
Wuh, why no Freedom Booms ?
Bought. It pushes a bit, but overall great. Quattro is stupid. Came in hot? Gas and it pulls you around. Just... Stupid good.
Route?
Across to Bergen Parkway, Squaw Pass to Idaho Springs, Floyd Hill.
OooF!
Done pressure washing until next summer. Not something that I would want to do for a living. Nope-ity nope, nuh uh.
Nao time for moar bikies. Must continue to condition my ass for Le Pisgah epic rides. Thru hiking training has given me some awesome fitness on the bike but I cannot sit for very long. Might have to break out that brand new saddle I have been saving. It’s really quite strange to be cruising up a climb without breathing heavy and look down to see that I am in the middle of the cassette.
Nao time for moar bikies. Must continue to condition my ass for Le Pisgah epic rides. Thru hiking training has given me some awesome fitness on the bike but I cannot sit for very long. Might have to break out that brand new saddle I have been saving. It’s really quite strange to be cruising up a climb without breathing heavy and look down to see that I am in the middle of the cassette.
Where didja hike?Hello all
Funny that Floyd hill is just a little bump compared to Squaw Pass Rd.
In better news in three days we have raised over $13,000 to help cover Ricky's medical costs from his hit and run injuries.
Sweeet emotion….
Glad to hear they haven't fucked it up. My old 4000Q was like that. If in doubt, stay on the throttle!
Nice! Instead of the polestar?
Honestly so many modern AWDs are fantastic. I applied too much throttle through an onramp overtaking somebody similarly stupid and the back end started to kick out, but enough front axle traction was applied to keep me from losing control and kept the car tracking relatively straight. I backed off after that, but dry traction with the alfa is phenomenal. Less so in the snow, but it's a 90r/10f AWD system, not 10/90 or 50/50.
Yeah. Cost/benefit pushed that way. If I want more 'go' then I'll do this: APR+.
Huh.
Some of the aircraft I work on have a system know as "APR", or automatic power reserve. Broadly speaking, if it kicks on, you're having a bad day. And possibly not much longer to live.
Is it better than a RAT?
Certainly my preference.
Up at 12k in RMNP
Easy stroll with kiddos, kiddo 3 on my back as depicted except for 50 feet after which she fell and demanded to be in the pack once more
My dog hides in the bathroom, it's really sad.
home hanging with doggos-they're not too freaked out by the loud freedoms. mostly done now.
top photo is danny lyon...not sure who took the bottom one...
top photo is danny lyon...not sure who took the bottom one...
Fireworks?