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Coffee and stuff.
Fried eggs, bacon and coffee now.
Brodozer car wash and a couple errands with older boy after that.
Hot water tank flush after that.
Bike ride after that.
Food shopping after that.
Grilling after that.
Brodozer car wash and a couple errands with older boy after that.
Hot water tank flush after that.
Bike ride after that.
Food shopping after that.
Grilling after that.
So my trusty Ford Focus has finally reached it's end, or what I'm willing to call the end. There were a few known issues I've been putting off addressing/not worth fixing, given it's 11yo and 240k miles. The other day I pulled into the driveway and hear hissing coming from under the hood. Open it and see smoke and coolant pissing from the head gasket. Donate or junkyard it goes.
Turns out MIL/FIL are looking for a new vehicle for MIL and offered to sell us her "old" car. Fully loaded 2015 (I think) ML350 with 40k miles.....for $9k. Wife-like figure will take that and I'll drive her Rav4. Win-win.
Turns out MIL/FIL are looking for a new vehicle for MIL and offered to sell us her "old" car. Fully loaded 2015 (I think) ML350 with 40k miles.....for $9k. Wife-like figure will take that and I'll drive her Rav4. Win-win.
Where are you riding today?
Hadn't fully thought it through yet, or know for sure I actually will be. Will depend on kids willingness to not be a little shit and take a nap. But might just go into the backyard trails to see how they look. Haven't been on them on the new bike yet.
Mornin!
Coffee now, ride already in the books. Did a slow spees tech ride to try and find new lines/clean old ones. Great success, though for a hot second I thought I broke my bike when I hucked a roller and went full bottom out.
Coffee now, ride already in the books. Did a slow spees tech ride to try and find new lines/clean old ones. Great success, though for a hot second I thought I broke my bike when I hucked a roller and went full bottom out.
The end of an era. RIP Focus. Guess I should be glad I didn't volunteer to weld some new rocked panels on.
Where are YOU riding today?
Howdy, cowboys! I waddled my fat lazy ass down to the rail trail this morning and ran 15 miles. Wife has already placed our pickup order at the BBQ place for lunch. Score!! Burnt ends for me, with mashed sweet potatoes and cole slaw.
I was actually going to weld on and bedliner new rockers in the spring had I kept it. The list was long though:
- clicking driver side CV joint
- significant oil drip (fucking up my driveway)
- rocker rot as you know
- intermittent ABS sensor issues. Have replaced and taken/out cleaned sensors a few times. Comes and goes on its own.
- cracked windshield (free, but hassle)
- needs new tires before next winter, arguably now
- it's a goddamn entry level Focus
Woot Ruth got an appointment to get her first Covid vaccination shot on Wednesday.
Bacon, eggs and coffee this morning
Bacon, eggs and coffee this morning
Took a body blow after I caught an edge on an icy bump yesterday and my side/hip still hurt.
Go back to work tomorrow, so I need to get as much of the remaining house work finished up as possible. Main floor baseboards are done, less what the unfinished floor boards are preventing. Started basement but need to move a bunch of furniture back upstairs to get access to more walls. I doubt I'll get those baseboards done today though.
Subaru strut started thunking, a tie rod end is bent, and a headlight seal fail, so I have so repairs to do. My biggest complaint is that it handles like a boat and the a/v doesn't function correctly. Despite @Pesqueeb's help, it looks like I just have a shitty head unit and non-functional microphone. Wifey hates said old Subaru but my thought are 'fuck it' I can make it do what I want it to do for <10% of the cost of a shiny new (used) car, so I'll do that. What started to break my last Subaru were the engine mods that the transmission couldn't handle. I plan on leaving the engine alone and just making the a/v and suspension nicer (hello Bilstein), fixing the rust forming on the trunk from broken paint, and once it warms up, putting in some sound deadening. Maybe once my summer tires die I'll get some nicer wheels, but that's only a maybe. I have a few years for that to occur.
Go back to work tomorrow, so I need to get as much of the remaining house work finished up as possible. Main floor baseboards are done, less what the unfinished floor boards are preventing. Started basement but need to move a bunch of furniture back upstairs to get access to more walls. I doubt I'll get those baseboards done today though.
Subaru strut started thunking, a tie rod end is bent, and a headlight seal fail, so I have so repairs to do. My biggest complaint is that it handles like a boat and the a/v doesn't function correctly. Despite @Pesqueeb's help, it looks like I just have a shitty head unit and non-functional microphone. Wifey hates said old Subaru but my thought are 'fuck it' I can make it do what I want it to do for <10% of the cost of a shiny new (used) car, so I'll do that. What started to break my last Subaru were the engine mods that the transmission couldn't handle. I plan on leaving the engine alone and just making the a/v and suspension nicer (hello Bilstein), fixing the rust forming on the trunk from broken paint, and once it warms up, putting in some sound deadening. Maybe once my summer tires die I'll get some nicer wheels, but that's only a maybe. I have a few years for that to occur.
down to the last few totes and misc. crap around the place. I am actually ahead of schedule at this point. I think I may actually be done with this place by the end of the week rather than the end of the month.
@CrabJoe StretchPants why do you need 3 cars between you and wife-like object? Jeep, RAV4, Focus/ML?
Wifey is on a tear this morning. Really pissing me off. Her competition ride isn't until 1pm and it's just after 9 am. We won't start getting the horse ready (grooming, walking) until 11am. She is in that annoying we have to get this and that (read as me) done now. Doesn't help that I I am in that fuck you it will be done when I'm ready to do it. Like it takes more that 15 minutes to dump the camper waste tanks and put the electrical and water lines away....
Horse *Ballet,* if you please, good sir.
Because my 2dr wrangler is useless with 2 passengers/2 car seats, especially rear facing. Nevermind a dog. Or ANYTHING that isn't just me and a passenger, really.
More like no utility
Unrelated, at least my pocket knife is sharp. just wiped it on my pants to get some water off and sliced straight through my jeans. Femoral artery intact.
You are a really baked pussy?Me right now:
Precisely
Sounds like someone is trading in a Ford and a bro-dozer for a minivan! Congrats on the van... you'll really appreciate its utility.
They are called "Crew Cab pickups" these days, please.Sounds like someone is trading in a Ford and a bro-dozer for a minivan! Congrats on the van... you'll really appreciate its utility.
My old man has been making that joke for 4 years now....he's 60yo, too.Sounds like someone is trading in a Ford and a bro-dozer for a minivan! Congrats on the van... you'll really appreciate its utility.
Too warm at most places for a snow ride on the chunky bikes, plus I woke up late anyway. So hardtails on a 30 mile loop from home and finished just as the snow started. Now will it be half or a foot of snow in this storm?...
Ride through food shopping time block has been changed to hot water heater replacement 
Daughter has now graduated to a 2 wheel pedal bike with training wheels. Just took my son for his first ride in the woods.
"Buy a house," they said.Ride through food shopping time block has been changed to hot water heater replacement
...but your house is like 3 years old...Ride through food shopping time block has been changed to hot water heater replacement
8....on a 6yr HWH.
Not like its leaking or anything, though. Noticed lower water pressure recently. Plumbed in a gauge and new expansion tank the other day and feed pressure into the house is good. Went to flush the tank today, opened the drain valve..... nothing. So much scaling and gunk in there, I'm assuming that's the cause for lost pressure. Not to mention efficiency loss as well.
So, yay, got my shot...
and BOO, got a $150 ticket.
total sucker zone outside of Pinedale where you can *almost* see the 70mph sign, but you are still in a 55.
whoops.
Chick cop was cool though, we laughed and stuff. She gave me a $25 ‘discount’ for wearing my seatbelt.
Could have been worse I guess.
and BOO, got a $150 ticket.
total sucker zone outside of Pinedale where you can *almost* see the 70mph sign, but you are still in a 55.
whoops.
Chick cop was cool though, we laughed and stuff. She gave me a $25 ‘discount’ for wearing my seatbelt.
Could have been worse I guess.
Did you have to head to Pinedale because no availability in Jackson and 75% of Jackson doesn't know where Pinedale is?