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Went with the CST. The Kenda Juggernaut also looks ok, like a slightly nicer version of the worn out OEM Kenda on there now.
ordered two because they’re on sale. Will swap out both for good measure/more balanced tread designs for OCD’s sakeand keep the old front around as a spare.
ordered two because they’re on sale. Will swap out both for good measure/more balanced tread designs for OCD’s sake
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shaved my head and face:
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lifted, as did my wife and my tiny Baby Aya. I finished today with 130 lb x 8 reps on bench so next time on Wed or Thurs I'll finally graduate to 1 man-sized 45 lb plate on each end of the barbell.
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family ride to/from local park since the weather held
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doin' me some moonlightin' now. because $$$ and it helps us during the day tomorrow (me included since I'm on service).
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Got some more snuggles from my sweet Baby Aya as well, who wanted both snuggle monster and tickle monster games. Next up was hair. That was a lot of hair indeed. Freshly hydrodynamic I am once more.
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lifted, as did my wife and my tiny Baby Aya. I finished today with 130 lb x 8 reps on bench so next time on Wed or Thurs I'll finally graduate to 1 man-sized 45 lb plate on each end of the barbell.
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Lifting: done. Mariko had already done several pull-ups before my video. I finally have a set of upper J hooks so added in squats. Getting to full depth is challenging! I’ll stay at this light weight for a bit and work on depth. Ended up at 130 lb x 8 reps on bench so I can step up to a full...
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family ride to/from local park since the weather held
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Family bike ride to the park at the other side of the neighborhood. Baby Aya decided to have a bad learning attitude initially and had to be cajoled and threatened into actually getting back on the bike (after some weeks/months of being a passenger).
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doin' me some moonlightin' now. because $$$ and it helps us during the day tomorrow (me included since I'm on service).
PV timeline for the mountain house
If they get it on the roof prior to the new year that'd be nice wrt tax credit timing. But if they can't do it by Dec 20th (as the 18th-20th is when the cold climate mini split heat pump for the master suite is going in) I'll have them push it after the new year. Not worth sacrificing peak season rental dates for an install, certainly.
edit: stair carpet going in tomorrow, and the plumber for the radiant zone "next week". still waiting on the listing and photos to be updated before I open up post-Dec 11 rental dates (leaving 18th-20th blocked for the heat pump).
If they get it on the roof prior to the new year that'd be nice wrt tax credit timing. But if they can't do it by Dec 20th (as the 18th-20th is when the cold climate mini split heat pump for the master suite is going in) I'll have them push it after the new year. Not worth sacrificing peak season rental dates for an install, certainly.
edit: stair carpet going in tomorrow, and the plumber for the radiant zone "next week". still waiting on the listing and photos to be updated before I open up post-Dec 11 rental dates (leaving 18th-20th blocked for the heat pump).
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Updated photos and bed layout finally up on my Vacasa listing. Time to open the calendar back up! No idea why they chose this fairly random order to the photos but whatever.
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I suggested a better order to the photos. And one not featuring bird crap (?) in the first one, too. :-D
anyway, calendar reopened, with our ski use blocked off and all
Sakura House - Tabernash, CO
Gorgeous mountain home with deck, pool table, fast WiFi & fireplace - near town
I suggested a better order to the photos. And one not featuring bird crap (?) in the first one, too. :-D
anyway, calendar reopened, with our ski use blocked off and all
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Family lifting day today. Got a whiteboard with what everyone is pushing by the rack.
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Note full depth on squat with barely any weight on the bar (the 16 lb kid/wife bar in this case even!).
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Family lifting day. My apologies for my apparently midriff-baring length shirt. The new tiny fractional weight plates came in handy for the kids and my wife. I dropped all the way down on squat bar weight in order to get full depth. Did the 45 lb bar later. I’ll work up from here slowly, to...
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Note full depth on squat with barely any weight on the bar (the 16 lb kid/wife bar in this case even!).
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partial family lifting day yesterday. Mariko did a few wobbly sets on bench--got to lower the weight for her. Yuna declined. Baby Aya pressed the (16 lb 6' size) barbell for a few times. she's motivated! wife did full sets with me, just not deadlift.Family lifting day today. Got a whiteboard with what everyone is pushing by the rack.
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Family lifting day. My apologies for my apparently midriff-baring length shirt. The new tiny fractional weight plates came in handy for the kids and my wife. I dropped all the way down on squat bar weight in order to get full depth. Did the 45 lb bar later. I’ll work up from here slowly, to...
Note full depth on squat with barely any weight on the bar (the 16 lb kid/wife bar in this case even!).
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Partial family lifting day. Me, wife, and my Baby Aya. Elder kids didn’t want to this morning so did their own thing. I guess Mariko did do a set or two of bench, trying to catch up to my wife—got to drop her down in weight as she’s wobbly now. Bumper plates have arrived, thus using the goofy...
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I got some bumper plates on sale so added in deadlift to my mini circuit. after some form correction:
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Been 26 years or so? Thanks for the tips. Will do another set with some weight on the bar with this. Better?
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So I ended up refilling it after giving it a good clean, clearly. And I also figured out a mystery that had been low level bugging me for a few weeks:
as per the above the cartridges have off, 1, 2, 3, 4 settings. Higher dispenses more and runs through the cartridge quicker. For this size/model hot tub a 3 is the right setting with normal amounts of use.
one tests if the setting is right via test strips. This is a weird proprietary Smartchlor setup, Frog @ease. I would test and test and even with the other parameters (alkalinity, pH, TDS, hardness) nominal the strips were reading low Smartchlor levels.
well, last night as I exited the hot tub I looked at a test strip I’d dipped before getting in, and lo and behold the Smartchlor box was dark (that being good). The assay just takes its sweet time to change colors apparently: I was just looking at it too soon.
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I don’t think that works with my proprietary Smartchlor system, which is supposed to run with low free amounts of chlorine by its design
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The ones I use say to wait 15 seconds after dipping in the water. They definitely continue to change afterwards as long as they remain wet. I'd want to make sure you're following the procedures correctly before determining if your chemicals are ideally balanced.
Don't you still have to manage pH, alkalinity, and total water hardness?
FTR - that sanitization spiel sounds like witchcraft.
There is some established history.FTR - that sanitization spiel sounds like witchcraft.
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If it doesn’t make an appreciable difference I shall yeet it back to Costco
CRYSTALS, man!
I agree. but it came with this hot tub and peoples' gripes online seem to be with the cost and that regular test strips/kits don't work with it due to the different chemistry.Don't you still have to manage pH, alkalinity, and total water hardness?
FTR - that sanitization spiel sounds like witchcraft.
I'm ok with the cost--stocked up on 2 years of supplies for it on sale from a shop in MA of all places--and in exchange I get hopefully non-green water with lower free chlorine levels for mah body
Happy new trial shower head and fishing of the unholy morass of long female hair and (admittedly probably mostly my) snot from the shower drain day to those who celebrate
Hopefully this one won’t scale all up like the old one now that my house’s waters are softened. Leverage on that arm from the rain shower head makes me dubious—already has slipped once.
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Hopefully this one won’t scale all up like the old one now that my house’s waters are softened. Leverage on that arm from the rain shower head makes me dubious—already has slipped once.
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there comes a time
when a not so young any more man decides that now would be a good time to look into whether there exist any cold weather biking helmets that would make him look goofier yet
retaining a GoPro mount for my helmet light would be nice
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when a not so young any more man decides that now would be a good time to look into whether there exist any cold weather biking helmets that would make him look goofier yet
retaining a GoPro mount for my helmet light would be nice
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A Fox Dropframe would fit that bill nicely.
Though a Giro Tyrant looks more appealing, personally.
Though though the Abus Pedelec 2.0 with optional ear covers might be right up your alley. And its e-bike approved.
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Though a Giro Tyrant looks more appealing, personally.
Though though the Abus Pedelec 2.0 with optional ear covers might be right up your alley. And its e-bike approved.
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I'm going to try a $9 Amazon head cover that is going to be too small for my giant head with 99% certainty
also trying an on-sale Giro Range MIPS as it has a (n annoyingly front mounted) GoPro mount integrated. I suspect it'll be too small in its L size and the position of the mount with the weight of the light will be annoying.
also trying an on-sale Giro Range MIPS as it has a (n annoyingly front mounted) GoPro mount integrated. I suspect it'll be too small in its L size and the position of the mount with the weight of the light will be annoying.
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update: dubiousness was warranted. it slipped again and now can't be tightened any more to keep the rain shower head from just falling all the way forwardHopefully this one won’t scale all up like the old one now that my house’s waters are softened. Leverage on that arm from the rain shower head makes me dubious—already has slipped once.
shall return it posthaste
That’s the idea with the Giro Range on order: a ski helmet. Only with a GoPro mount for my light.
I give it 90% odds on being returned.
solo lifting tonight. new woo-branded phone holder on my real tripod worked great.
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The new fancy metal phone holder on my real camera tripod worked well for solo lifting tonight: wife was tired and kids all to bed by the time I got to it. Deadlift, bench, squat, curl. 145, 135*, 85, 52 lb tonight. Full 3 x 8 reps with full range of motion on each but for bench, thus the...
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The TV on a tripod touching the bed is a little odd too. Maybe its for maximum fappability in bed??Updated photos and bed layout finally up on my Vacasa listing. Time to open the calendar back up! No idea why they chose this fairly random order to the photos but whatever.
Sakura House - Tabernash, CO
Gorgeous mountain home with deck, pool table, fast WiFi & fireplace - near town
I suggested a better order to the photos. And one not featuring bird crap (?) in the first one, too. :-D
anyway, calendar reopened, with our ski use blocked off and all
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Got to optimize that viewing angle yo
Boiler for the hydronic radiant heat system has shit the bed. An all electric house from all possible sources such as the basement cooktop (off now) until Hydrotek can put in a new modern boiler on Wed or Thurs
Snau on drive up. New stair carpet is nice and soft. Electric shit charging for day 1 tomorrow.
Snau on drive up. New stair carpet is nice and soft. Electric shit charging for day 1 tomorrow.
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