[Toshi]

So good to get out of the boots and back into one layer of socks

boots much roomier now. Can still feel edges of toe area but not painful now.

Off to Powder7 next



edit: did what I said I'd do. Shift 10s at DIN 4 on the 159 cm Mindbender 106Cs for my eldest kid.

 

[Toshi]

I would still like an Aptera, yes pls

Solar EVs appear closer than ever – Aptera shows off production-intent build process [Video]

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[Toshi]

Park Tool hooked me up with a free-via-goodwill replacement spoke wrench after I emailed them to let them know my decades-old wrench had cracked recently during use. A good company, it is.

 

[6thElement]

Park Tool hooked me up with a free-via-goodwill replacement spoke wrench after I emailed them to let them know my decades-old wrench had cracked recently during use. A good company, it is.

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Pedros have always done similar for me too. Don't think I've had anything Park wear out/break to test them.

 

[Toshi]

sights from the road this morning

cool setup. those are twin steers, each looking to be 20k. the lift axle is also robust, maybe a 15k there?

that's a Cat D8T. 88,000 lb just for it!

driver was a white dude with a mustache. didn't look very British at all. hmm

 

[Toshi]

taxes done and filed. got upsold for $35 for audit protection. I'm always a nominally high risk but this year is exceptional even given this as I'm claiming a section 179 deduction for the interior renovation, among other things

 

[Toshi]

first results: inconclusive. coat is cleaner certainly but not perfect. this was on normal ozone levels—there's a boost as well.

Toshi Clark (@toshi.clark) on Threads

This coat was fairly dirty. Not perfect after ozone only washing but certainly cleaner. 50% sold thus far.

www.threads.net

(And then I put my jacket and ski pants in a pile to wash them as they look quite dirty up close!)

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Updated results: coat washed with only non-boost ozone. Same area as in the above:

 

[Toshi]

I didn’t know you got a custom plate, @Nick

Random joy: this Audi SQ5 driver was appropriately using his rear fog lights in this weather

Random gripe: he was driving like a stereotypical Audi driver, plus that illegal tint

also from today’s drive, unusual icing. Gonna be a lot of car accidents tonight.

 

[Nick]

not me! (and I like that darker tint. you think it's 'too' dark?)

 

[Toshi]

not me! (and I like that darker tint. you think it's 'too' dark?)

side windows were basically blacked out. can't be legal or safe at night to see pedestrians etc.

 

[Toshi]

gonna put some studs in the hard plastic tires of my electric kid-and-ski-gear-shuttling wagon. it actually will help snow traction quite a bit.

 

[6thElement]

also from today’s drive, unusual icing. Gonna be a lot of car accidents tonight.

My windscreen was clear one moment and iced over with freezing rain the next while on Pena.

 

[Toshi]

I haz a proud: recognized this as Copper via these two shots

Dimitri Drekonja (@dimitridrekonja) on Threads

Flurries coming down; good snow on the hill

www.threads.net

 

[Toshi]

anyone free to go skiing Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday or next week eh?

 

[SkaredShtles]

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anyone free to go skiing Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday or next week eh?

I'm going on a hut trip Tue-Thu.

 

[Atomic Dog]

I'm going on a hut trip Tue-Thu.

 

[SkaredShtles]

The Hutts are gangsters! Should prove to be a good time.

 

[6thElement]

You've not seen SS in his two piece before?

 

[Toshi]

Toshi Clark (@toshi.clark) on Threads

there comes a time to reshare some footage from a very nice day in March 2022

www.threads.net

 

[Toshi]

the "roasting your co-workers" culture seems to be much more robust in Europe

 

[gonefirefightin]

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the "roasting your co-workers" culture seems to be much more robust in Europe

Well to be fair, she should be roasted just for using the word "tunic"

 

[Toshi]

gonna put some studs in the hard plastic tires of my electric kid-and-ski-gear-shuttling wagon. it actually will help snow traction quite a bit.



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As promised, the Litheli electric wagon now has a studded drive axle.

 

[Toshi]

Tried to fix my boot. Was not successful. Thread pulled through the bottom rubber part with any tension, plus getting the needle through without proper needle drivers as we use in surgery was a pain in the ass

Popped a redundant set of Hotronic insoles in since why not

 

[Toshi]

New phone mount for my commuter. Shall video to catch incidents a la a dashcam. This is a Peak Design setup with a nominally motorcycle handlebar mount as that had more reach and my bar is cluttered.

 

[Toshi]

Final batch

half-assedly reinstalled one removed (for shell heat-work) set of Bootcaps and installed the other ones for the first time on my AT boots. Their native adhesive is much better than my foam double sided tape on the alpine boots’ set.

stuffed animal fren that came up with us

two views from the far side of the pass. Snau

 

[Toshi]

Skied

Baby Aya loves the mascot doggo

fixed off center Trex board connectors while kids warmed up pizzas afterward

going to drive Denver-wards after dinner tonight to mix things up. My gear is coming back (bringing the wide planks) because I’m skiing. At least Wednesday. Maybe Tuesday as well? Let’s see how this storm shakes out

 

[Toshi]

I know nothing of how Icelantic skis ski in general, let alone how this model does

But what I do know is that this top sheet is awesome

 

[Toshi]

morning tableau

Baby Aya worked on subtraction. After the cats and Aya left Yuna worked on algebra. She learned how to solve for two variables when given two equations

 

[SkaredShtles]

I know nothing of how Icelantic skis ski in general, let alone how this model does

But what I do know is that this top sheet is awesome

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Icelantic are "old man skis" according to my kids and their friends. NTTAWWT.

 

[Toshi]

Icelantic are "old man skis" according to my kids and their friends. NTTAWWT.

what does that even mean

not good for center mounting and wearing super baggy pants to hit up the rails at the terrain park?!

 

[SkaredShtles]

what does that even mean

not good for center mounting and wearing super baggy pants to hit up the rails at the terrain park?!

No idea. But they assured me that Elan Ripsticks are *also* old man skis. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Toshi]

No idea. But they assured me that Elan Ripsticks are *also* old man skis. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

what do they think about Mindbenders? K2 was reaching out to The Youth with their god-awful "colorways" the past few years before they returned to sanity for this year. which is why I finally bought those 116Cs, in no small part

 

[Toshi]

Toshi Clark (@toshi.clark) on Threads

It arrived back in December (Black Friday semi-impulse purchase) but I finally got the Greenworks electric minibike uncrated today, as it were. Did I buy it for me, or for the kids?! The world shall never really know, alas

www.threads.net

 

[SkaredShtles]

what do they think about Mindbenders? K2 was reaching out to The Youth with their god-awful "colorways" the past few years before they returned to sanity for this year. which is why I finally bought those 116Cs, in no small part

I suspect K2 is also in the old-man category.

 

[Pesqueeb]

I have always thought icelantic skis were pretty hawt. Am also possibly an old man.


Not near as old as Watz, mind you.

 

[Toshi]

there's been a slow, impossible to localize leak of water under the kitchen sink for a few weeks

well, today it became easier to localize. perhaps there are two sources... but at least one of them is a pinhole in the redundant hose for the extendable faucet head, now spraying water actively when said faucet is in use

going to use some of my pre-shift free time this week waiting on a plumber, it appears. I'll grab a faucet at Costco while out tomorrow if one looks good

buy a home, they said

(that said, I'm very glad I bought/actually built in 2015, and refinanced at the historic 2021 lows. 'tis not without headaches though, this one thankfully minor.)

((I'm not going to try to replace it on my own since working behind the sink is a pain in the ass.))

 

[Toshi]

Toshi Clark (@toshi.clark) on Threads

Lifting night Wife joined and did bench, curl, squat (holding a 10 lb dumbbell—she doesn’t like how the bar feels) I started with squat intentionally and now am feeling it at the end come deadlift time. Two sets of that to go. Came up two reps short of 8 on my third bench set, for the record...

www.threads.net

 

[Toshi]

tee hee

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Welp on a scale of 1 to 10? . . . . #snowmobile #snowmobiling #snowmobiles #Snow #ice #icefishing #winter #slednecks #sledneck #skidoo #polaris #articcat #Yamaha #burandt #klim #nitrocircus #sendit...

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NSFW for audio if prudish

 

[SkaredShtles]

tee hee

Welp on a scale of 1 to 10? . . . . #snowmobile #snowmobiling #snowmobiles #Snow #ice #icefishing #winter #slednecks #sledneck #skidoo #polaris #articcat #Yamaha #burandt #klim #nitrocircus #sendit #fail #failarmy #fullsend #mx #motorsports #motorcross #utv #sidexside #sidebyside #trucks #trucklife #truck #country | SLEDtv Snowmobile & Motorsports Videos | sledtv · Original audio

Welp on a scale of 1 to 10? . . . . #snowmobile #snowmobiling #snowmobiles #Snow #ice #icefishing #winter #slednecks #sledneck #skidoo #polaris #articcat #Yamaha #burandt #klim #nitrocircus #sendit...

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NSFW for audio if prudish

Pretty sure this should be in the "Shit Woo Likes" thread...

 

[Toshi]