Gah, that reminds me. I sold my old bike and need to get it boxed up and shipped. And maybe mark all the ads as sold.
Thursday, Schmursday
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@stoney is noticeably silent re this. oh, good luck on your test, btw
is this different than a standing seam steel roof? because that is what I covet, not knowing much about these things
/me is staffing the fluoroscopy service today. should be a chill day.
They just issued a tornado watch out here. and I dropped my kids off at canoe camp earlier today. open water, thunderstorms and tornados aren't a good mix. wondering if I should go pick them up early before high winds pick up... looks like the front will hit at around 14:00... I don't want to be driving in that shit.
or, you know, it might be nothing caus' Environment Canada seems to be trigger happy with their warnings.
Nah, I'm protected by all the trees that are just a few feet away from the house...
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They just issued a tornado watch out here. and I dropped my kids off at canoe camp earlier today. open water, thunderstorms and tornados aren't a good mix. wondering if I should go pick them up early before high winds pick up... looks like the front will hit at around 14:00... I don't want to be driving in that shit.
or, you know, it might be nothing caus' Environment Canada seems to be trigger happy with their warnings.
Stone coated tile:@stoney is noticeably silent re this. oh, good luck on your test, btw
is this different than a standing seam steel roof? because that is what I covet, not knowing much about these things
/me is staffing the fluoroscopy service today. should be a chill day.
Standing seam:
They'll both do decently resisting hail damage, stone coated tile would likely look better after though.
We need to figure out the limits of what we can do for roofing per the hoa, but we'll probably switch to synthetic stone shingles. High impact resistance and fire protection, which are the two primary perils in CO right now. I'm confirming with State Farm right now what that does to the premium and deductible, but I think we'll be making that conversion if we can. Sadly the idea of even doubling our deductible will have negligible impact on premiums because the probability of a storm or fire. Madness I say. Madness!
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They just issued a tornado watch out here. and I dropped my kids off at canoe camp earlier today. open water, thunderstorms and tornados aren't a good mix. wondering if I should go pick them up early before high winds pick up... looks like the front will hit at around 14:00... I don't want to be driving in that shit.
or, you know, it might be nothing caus' Environment Canada seems to be trigger happy with their warnings.
thatched straw
like doing burpees?! paddle faster if you want to live!
according to weather network projections, the storms will pass by 3...
it also looks like they have a solid clubhouse to hunker down in...
I think I'll just let them build their character!
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They just issued a tornado watch out here. and I dropped my kids off at canoe camp earlier today. open water, thunderstorms and tornados aren't a good mix. wondering if I should go pick them up early before high winds pick up... looks like the front will hit at around 14:00... I don't want to be driving in that shit.
or, you know, it might be nothing caus' Environment Canada seems to be trigger happy with their warnings.
Is that the Environment Canada app? I like it and the warnings are pretty accurate around here. The only thing I dislike about the app is when you search for a location, it gets added to your list of places. So when a big storm, smoke or something common to them all rolls through, my phone goes crazy with notifications from all the different locations.
corn wall. heh.
Just keep driving past. Cornwall might be one of the most boring places in Canada.
Right after Windsor.
State Farm just got back to me - over 30% for the impact resistant roof. That's huge. I need to look at the opportunity cost, but that's a probably.
Edit: And this will also mean less roofing cycles with asphalt based tiles. I think that will actually be a win-win. Just gotta see how the solar install will work with them.
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In college it was kind of tradition to drive across the border to Cornwall to drink legally if you weren't 21 yet. Made our filthy and depressing college town seem like a cultured metropolis.
the warning was from Environment Canada, that screenshot of the radar is off the Weather Network site. Ironically, TWN uses EC data, they just interpret it in their own way. And have fancy things like projections for the next few hours.
I hate that about EC's weather app too. it's a pain. I might just write to them about it...
Potsdam?
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I rode my bike this morning and managed to pull the first tick in 15+years off my sock. WeatherMonkey says rain now looks eminent. Stay frosty friends.
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that's an... interesting [?] place in the summer when there's no students around. when I bought my last bike I had it shipped to a UPS store stateside and had planned to ride a bit and spend the night at a campground. Turns out I couldn't build it with the tools at my disposal, so went to Potsdam to try and find a shop that could help me out. They couldn't. Not wanting to go home same day (for customs duty, and having secured a night off from baby duty), I spent the afternoon at a bar (McDuffs). Very interesting. Was propositioned a couple of times... Maybe in another life (or like 18 months prior), I might have entertained the notion... but nope. went back to my campsite and spent the night getting hammered watching my fire.
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Rather than try to get an internship I spent the summer before my Sr year being a bum before heading into the real world. Spent a lot of time at McDuffs.
Oh the stories I have from that summer.
The person standing behind glass taking video, with things visibly getting picked up and whipped around across the street is......
Well, Jeep issues should be finalized by Monday and back on the road.
The new Eaton e locker put the spider gears directly center in the new Dana advantek 44 differential housing thus making stock axles useless since the lengths have to be changed. Usually a Dana 44 housings will have a long passenger and short driver side shafts. But now the new carrier has 3” of spline engagements centered on each side so custom cut to fit shafts have been ordered. Was able to determine that Yukon has a chromoly 4340 upgrade shaft that has cut to fit 32 splines ends I had to order two right hand sides
this actually works better since I only have to carry one spare for both sides rather than a long and short for trail fixes.
In order to at least get the Jeep driving I had a local machine shop turn down the ends, chamfer and run the splines back 3” to at least get the Jeep off the rack and moving, Cut down axle (top) without splined back, stock axle bottom.
Other than the original problem was the original gearing job was out of spec for backlash and pinion depth the replacement locker was the major change. Old locker is left (upside down) new locker right
At this point I know more than any dealer in the country due to they simply replace the whole rear and or complete axle assemblies rather than working on them. Thus I have acquired all the tools and specialized items to do all of this work myself trailside if need since I am all aftermarket drivetrain now. Only stock housings.
The new Eaton e locker put the spider gears directly center in the new Dana advantek 44 differential housing thus making stock axles useless since the lengths have to be changed. Usually a Dana 44 housings will have a long passenger and short driver side shafts. But now the new carrier has 3” of spline engagements centered on each side so custom cut to fit shafts have been ordered. Was able to determine that Yukon has a chromoly 4340 upgrade shaft that has cut to fit 32 splines ends I had to order two right hand sides
this actually works better since I only have to carry one spare for both sides rather than a long and short for trail fixes.
In order to at least get the Jeep driving I had a local machine shop turn down the ends, chamfer and run the splines back 3” to at least get the Jeep off the rack and moving, Cut down axle (top) without splined back, stock axle bottom.
Other than the original problem was the original gearing job was out of spec for backlash and pinion depth the replacement locker was the major change. Old locker is left (upside down) new locker right
At this point I know more than any dealer in the country due to they simply replace the whole rear and or complete axle assemblies rather than working on them. Thus I have acquired all the tools and specialized items to do all of this work myself trailside if need since I am all aftermarket drivetrain now. Only stock housings.
I think my study FTS is about capped. A couple equations to go over in the morning, video to listen to tonight, but otherwise, I'm not getting any smarter today. Time to make my lunch for tomorrow and get the last of my pre-trip errands done.
got some stuff done at work that needed doing. came home early to hang with 13yo and kitten. got a better pic of the fuzzball. ribs feeling a bit better. hope to get a ride in soon.
Leeloo?
Non-dramatic fun?
got some stuff done at work that needed doing. came home early to hang with 13yo and kitten. got a better pic of the fuzzball. ribs feeling a bit better. hope to get a ride in soon.
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Why hello there. Work has been kicking my ass, but in a stress free, gotta read a ton of shit so as to be slightly less dumb sort of way. New company did take the entire engineering department to lunch to welcome me to the team, that's a good sign because I think they give a shit about their people, I got free Thai food, and we're hiring a few more electrical engineers and some programmers that fall under the engineering department, so I think I get free Thai food at least 4 more times in the near future.
Did I miss anything of value in my absence from teh Monkey?
Did I miss anything of value in my absence from teh Monkey?
My brother played Hockey in Cornwall.
JD and GFF merged, they now have a 914 with a Jeep drivetrain.
I love the jackstands, boys!
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