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Yeah that was not good. Then they opened the gondola and it was fine.
looking over and resizing these now, I realize that the photo I posted that y'all are disgusted by was actually not even the lift line
that was the crowd of parents congregating to drop off kids for day 1 of devo. admittedly the pre-gondola opening Arrow line was stupid long/wide but this wasn't a line, just dropoff chaos on the first day.
A product I’d like would be smart ski goggles: did my Watch and phone just buzz because the comp center has an urgent message for me about my kid? Or did my wife just text me something random, like how the errant pair of ski boots were in the shed as suspected?
The activation energy to take off gloves and check a device on a cold lift is nontrivial. (And don’t drop that glove! Tethers help but aren’t as useful when used with liners as the whole unit often slides off.)
A little overlay display in the corner with Siri voice control would do just fine. Tiny CarPlay corner, if you will. SkiPlay.
The activation energy to take off gloves and check a device on a cold lift is nontrivial. (And don’t drop that glove! Tethers help but aren’t as useful when used with liners as the whole unit often slides off.)
A little overlay display in the corner with Siri voice control would do just fine. Tiny CarPlay corner, if you will. SkiPlay.
it'll be much more sane in the following weeks. we were packed into a smaller area than usual to boot because of some stupid Winterfest thing they had going, tents with vendors and a stage and all. plus groups will take off on the gondola as soon as all the kids arrive.I stand by my reaction.
haven't given up on this lifting business yet. still on my 2x/week schedule.
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Solo lifting tonight. My wife’s ankle has an ache and kids were off to bed. Working on minimizing forward bar movement during the upward movement on squat, and keeping my head and neck neutral on the deadlift. Going to get some pads so that dropping the bar isn’t so loud. Sticking at 135 lb...
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an update on the deck-stravaganza:
- got another engineering firm to make up actual stamped-by-engineer plans, about which I've posted before
- got one outlandish "I don't really want the job" quote for executing it
- was waiting on HOA design review committee approval, which is stupid since there's no cosmetic aspect to it: that finally came through tonight
- still don't have any good estimates/contractors lined up, but have two possibilities in the hazy future (discounting Zach/Zack of All Trades, who seems to have flaked his way into complete radio silence), one of which is through the hot tub company guy's buddy (?) who is looking to move some deck work in-house
edit: now that HOA approval is in the building permit from the county has been approved as well
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To this end: Mary Jane is opening this weekend! Hopefully Olympia as well on the WP side to ease the pressure on Explorer and Prospector.
My sweet Baby Aya had her final round of testing today to see whether she might skip kindergarten, and it was apparently quite tiring (although she loved it!). I’m sitting in the garage with the car turned off to let her snooze now. Per what the psychologist told me informally at the end she did really well, and it’s looking likely that a skip will be in the cards.
Now if we can convince Mariko-kun to go to Denver Green (and thus bike there from our house!) then kid shuttling would be very easy! what with Yuna-chan and Aya-chan at Polaris.
Bonus shots of my handsome boi Land Cruiser downtown, cheap gas this afternoon, and the best mpg off of a tank I’ve ever logged in this car.
Now if we can convince Mariko-kun to go to Denver Green (and thus bike there from our house!) then kid shuttling would be very easy! what with Yuna-chan and Aya-chan at Polaris.
Bonus shots of my handsome boi Land Cruiser downtown, cheap gas this afternoon, and the best mpg off of a tank I’ve ever logged in this car.
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it is indeed an air tank. for a tiny air horn, an Airzounds. this one was gifted to me by the former NYC city streets commuter, @6thElement and now it's used to harass idiots parked in the bike lanes along my Baby Aya-commute route.
boiler replacement continues. didn't end yesterday. maybe ending today, maybe ending tomorrow morning. all the Nests are offline (as expected as their low voltage wiring connecting them to the manifold and boiler are disconnected during this surgery).
getting swole yo
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Family lifting night. Well parents + Mariko doing a set of bench. Trying to get the wobbles out of her motion. I finally eked out 3 full sets of 8 rep on bench at 135. Tenuous last set so will stay at this weight. Deadlift at 175 feels heavy so is right. Squat with full ROM at 95 felt arduous...
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New boiler. All that shiny piping below and besides it is new—doesn’t seem like an easy install!
I turned the heat pump heads on and lowered the set temps to try to direct the flow only to our (large and still not quite up to temp) master suite’s zone. Recall this suite is getting its own 2 ton single head mini split heat pump in a week and a half.
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The master suite radiant zone isn’t heating. Probably something trivial (but not as trivial as the zone being turned off at the manifold—I checked).
anyway, in other news I’m glad we got up when we did. Floyd Hill extending back to the Evergreen Parkway appears to be a snowy parking lot. What a cluster.
anyway, in other news I’m glad we got up when we did. Floyd Hill extending back to the Evergreen Parkway appears to be a snowy parking lot. What a cluster.
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‘twas air in the fluid loop. Hydrotek guy purged it and now it is nice and toasty. Warm floors in the bathroom are especially nice.
8/8 zones now not calling for heat. I have the heat pump heads turned higher than these set temps so as to lean on the heat pump as much as possible to decarbonize.
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Devil's advocate-ish, but all of that stuff would easily fit into a roof box.
And on that note, my old roofbox barely fits on my new, smaller car. But, If it was much shorter my skis wouldn't fit.
Wouldn’t it all be super cold then? And having a nice wide tailgate to have the kids sit on is key as well.
Looks like the main event closure was because a stuck semi lost its trailer, blocking all lanes
Whoopsies
I-70 closed as vehicles struggle to climb steep hill west of Denver
Trucks failing to gain traction on the snow-covered lanes of Interstate 70 west of Denver clogged traffic to the point that highway officials closed the highway Friday night.
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Still on my 2x per week lifting schedule. Will do a bodyweight version of this when in Seattle.
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Family lifting day. Mariko did one set on bench but would like you all to admire her form. Belt test in 6 days. Jessica did full upper body sets as well but skipped the lower body after skiing day 1. (Baby Aya did one set of bench with the small bar and deadlifted and squatted one rep) 135 x 8...
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estimate under way via the legit firm:
I draw the line at $15k for the deck work (as part of it would be good for the house as well--fixing the flashing along the ledger board in particular). but who knows if I'll stick to this red line.
edit: and the heat pump install for the master suite is still on for Dec 18-20.
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That's what it's for in this use case. 8 hydronic radiant heating zones being fed by it: 1 zone in basement, 2 on main floor, 5 for the 5 bedrooms upstairs. Separate domestic hot water heater next to it.
read a book for once. this one was a Christmas gift from my brother in law a year or two back. finally opened it up and liked it.
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