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Easy day on tap. couple of transports. Meet 2 ambulance crews over at the CHP Office for their annual inspection. then do a few more runs and call it a day. If its windy gym time, if not go ride.
Sunny, warming, s'posed to be day two of the experiment...
Mornin!
Pretty sure I'll be getting an offer from the place I interviewed yesterday, it just remains to be seen how decent it is. Commute is longish at 45 minutes, which is certainly less than ideal.
Today I shall run some wires on the truck.
Pretty sure I'll be getting an offer from the place I interviewed yesterday, it just remains to be seen how decent it is. Commute is longish at 45 minutes, which is certainly less than ideal.
Today I shall run some wires on the truck.
Lady friend found a lump of some sort in the older cat's mouth last night while giving him medication. We'll see how this pans out, but it's good that she is an RVT at a veterinary clinic..
So damn tired...but I am making tacos tonight, so it could be worse.
Lovely glow from space this morning.
So damn tired...but I am making tacos tonight, so it could be worse.
Lovely glow from space this morning.
Did the blazer and slacks help?
Any chance the job is close to some trails? 
Dude, you have to stop avoiding us, a ride with the eastern mazzholes is in your stars sooner or later. 
I just googled this and saw one going for $8k. The one they were riding was much nicer.
edit: I'm positive this cost more than the garage-queen Miata I bought a few months ago.
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Son is sick and I am not feeling great either. Highlight was a little time in the garden as I had to water some new plants as its been dry lately.
Dude be riding one of these around by me all the time with matching reflective green suit. Reminds me of the new Bike Geek. Kids even laughed a little when they saw him. Dude is dedicated though, out pretty much every day loggin miles.
and thus begins a new chapter of the Encyclopedia Killtannica. can you obtain an image for reference? "Kermit the Treadmill"
On a meeting with an architect that absolutely, categorically, can NOT finish a thought. He gets about 40-50% through a thought and just jumps to something else.
And exactly why, given that this ride and rider is not likely to show up on the trails we value? If a person likes their weird rig, whether or not in biker drag, why dump on them?
Not drinking so sleeping again. Had a detailed dream last night about buying a matte orange V10, and shuttling super fast steep trails with the shop owner afterward.
Squirrel!On a meeting with an architect that absolutely, categorically, can NOT finish a thought. He gets about 40-50% through a thought and just jumps to something else.
I'm trying to sell my beat up old dirt jumper for beans, and I can't believe how hard it is to move this thing for $100. The number of people who want me to ship this crooked ass, barely functional starter bike on my dime is TOO DAMN HIGH. One guy asked me to bring it to him in northern NH. I don't go to northern NH unless I have to. Who goes to NH voluntarily? Yeesh.
Morning Monkeys.
Day 2 of training, today is the "dedicated users" group of folks who could really give 2 shits about it. They all wish the company would hire me to do it, but the company has made it clear they can't afford me and would rather make folks who already work here do stuff. Problem is, some folks have been here for more than a decade and who knows when the last time they actually did something.
On a lighter note, I have 3 very promising phone interviews between now and Monday. Also found out that current companies "must move out by" date is sooner than the new spaces move in ready date. There was talk of trying to find a high school gym or maybe a warehouse to squat in until the new place is ready.
Day 2 of training, today is the "dedicated users" group of folks who could really give 2 shits about it. They all wish the company would hire me to do it, but the company has made it clear they can't afford me and would rather make folks who already work here do stuff. Problem is, some folks have been here for more than a decade and who knows when the last time they actually did something.
On a lighter note, I have 3 very promising phone interviews between now and Monday. Also found out that current companies "must move out by" date is sooner than the new spaces move in ready date. There was talk of trying to find a high school gym or maybe a warehouse to squat in until the new place is ready.
Just got one of those phone calls...
them: hey my printer isn't working, help!
me: is it turned on?
them: no.
me: ....
me: turn it on?
them: ok its on now. still not printing.
me: yep, confirmed its on and connected now. but dude the print head is lifted, you need to open the printer and close it.
them: wut.
me: open the printer and close thing blue thingy where the labels come out, ok.
them: ok its now closed.
me: yep.............but now there is no ribbon in the printer.
them: wut why not and how do I put that in?
hold on while I bang my head again this brick wall.
them: hey my printer isn't working, help!
me: is it turned on?
them: no.
me: ....
me: turn it on?
them: ok its on now. still not printing.
me: yep, confirmed its on and connected now. but dude the print head is lifted, you need to open the printer and close it.
them: wut.
me: open the printer and close thing blue thingy where the labels come out, ok.
them: ok its now closed.
me: yep.............but now there is no ribbon in the printer.
them: wut why not and how do I put that in?
hold on while I bang my head again this brick wall.
I'm glad I didn't have to spend too much time on that level of support.
It's in Wayland, so I'm not sure if theres anything around there?Did the blazer and slacks help?
And I'm not actively avoiding, at least not at the moment. I need to find my legs again so it's an actual ride and not you guys waiting for me while I puke in the bushes.
It does suck sometimes. We run super lean so I'm the only IT person between two of our manufacturing facilities. Have a student who shuffles around and normally that'd be a job I'd send him out to do, but alas hes out visiting a naughty user who decided to click something named similar to "dontclickme.txt.exe".
'sup peeps
that's right near where I live, brodiglione. Decent riding in waltham and mediocre riding in Framingham at Cutler park.
This Coronavirus page really looks like the Pandemic game. They didn't get into Greenland or Madagascar before the alarm was raised, so full extinction is going to be hard.
This Coronavirus page really looks like the Pandemic game. They didn't get into Greenland or Madagascar before the alarm was raised, so full extinction is going to be hard.
Snakes could be the source of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak | CNN
Snakes -- the Chinese krait and the Chinese cobra -- may be the original source of the newly discovered coronavirus that has triggered an outbreak of a deadly infectious respiratory illness in China this winter.
www.cnn.com
LLF is only a short drive north from there.
That seems like a good excuse to buy an electric car!
I bike commuted in today with my brain filled with new insights from the past few weeks: I now appreciate said commute as a chance to log zone 2 hours in order to adapt my mitochondria to fat oxidation at progressively increasing objective power outputs over time.
See Alan Couzen's blog if this intrigues your brain as well.
mornin’ sunshines.
im gonna sit on my ass, hope the internet works (thanks, Iran!), and take one of my kid’s adderalls because I’m bored, and I have gained a few pounds in a week.
zoom, zoom!
im gonna sit on my ass, hope the internet works (thanks, Iran!), and take one of my kid’s adderalls because I’m bored, and I have gained a few pounds in a week.
zoom, zoom!
Thoughts of the morning:
Clearly I am going to tell them I've completed the Baja 1000 in a mostly-stock 1970 VW Beetle. Duh.
- Writing cover letters sucks ass.
- Why is this employer asking me to write a Tweet about myself?
Clearly I am going to tell them I've completed the Baja 1000 in a mostly-stock 1970 VW Beetle. Duh.
An older couple on my street have a recumbent tandem, the have a rather large trailer they need to transport it anywhere.