[canadmos]

Cost savings and the little bit of weight saved could bump up the MPG ratings a point. First thing I did with my new car is find a jack and spare for it. I spend way too much time on dirt roads with no cell service to rely on getting help with a phone call.

Yeah any sort of back road type thing and you'll be hosed without a spare. Plus, who wants to wait for a tow truck or some service to come help?

I've looked at some cars and there's no upfront notice that there is no spare, which could easily be forgotten about when browsing. Or some cars try to sell it as a bonus of having a can of fix-a-flat crap - yeah that'll really help when you blow a hole in the side wall.

 

[Toshi]

pretty sure in hybrids like mine (and maybe @Toshi's van) that space is taken up with batteries. makes me hella nervous tho.

Apparently a spare can fit in the back left wall of the cargo area in Pacificas:

Mine has a small compartment there but not of that size! I think I stuck a tiny jumpstart battery in there + the level 1 EVSE. The hybrid traction pack actually lives under the 2nd row seats in the PacHy--it did displace something (the fold into the floor second row seats) but not the spare tire in this instance. Instead it was a separate packaging decision that did away with it.

edit: apparently the 12V battery was relocated from under the hood to part of this back-left compartment, thus no room for the spare. So it was a hybrid victim, albeit indirectly.

 

[TreeSaw]

Afternoon. Another day on the field...it was a warm one so water games were in play. Love seeing so many girls out there playing field hockey!

Grilled some ribeyes last night and corn. twas yummy.

Gymnastics later - mtb ride time for me

 

[jonKranked]

first post covid ride in the books. lunch ride. 11 miles on the roadie at the rail trails. did a mellow pace, but was still avg 16mph.

have acquired fresh tree house beer. mmmm.

 

[boostindoubles]

Waiting for nachos and chicharron tacos while I sip my horchata.

 

[Poops McDougal]

Always find out what kind of person your supervisors are when you tender your resignation. I've been lucky to have 2/3 wish me all the best and I departed on good terms with an open invitation to return.

True, although I've watched this guy act like a child many times over the years every time somebody else resigned. He was also usually the reason why they were resigning in the first place.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Just after I announced my planned retirement from work I got my boss fired.

 

[sunringlerider]

Busy day round the ol office. Dry af here for June, crops are quite unhappy. But saving lots of gas money for mowing since my yard has gone dormant.

 

[stoney]

how old are your kids that you're still using a stroller?

Hannah is 4. When you're walking 2-3 miles, having one for fallback is important to

 

[Full Trucker]

Just got word from Teh Spousal Unit™ that she is out of the wilderness safely, and my truck was not stolen from it's drop point. They're currently "at the fanciest place paying way too much for food" in Gateway, CO. They started in Telluride, and rode five days spending the night in a different hut each night for four nights.

This was the route, including alternate options each day.

 

[Nick]

^^^^ rad AF

 

[6thElement]

^^^^ rad AF

This.

Can't wait to hear some stories from her.

 

[rideit]

Put the coil shock back on the Altitude, and the Mullet wheel with DH tires. So probably gonna go for a long XC ride with a bunch of climbing, because I am a dummy.

 

[Adventurous]

Just after I announced my planned retirement from work I got my boss fired.

Story time.

 

[jstuhlman]

from maine ocean in the morning to nh lake in the afternoon

 

[eric strt6]

Just got word from Teh Spousal Unit™ that she is out of the wilderness safely, and my truck was not stolen from it's drop point. They're currently "at the fanciest place paying way too much for food" in Gateway, CO. They started in Telluride, and rode five days spending the night in a different hut each night for four nights.

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This was the route, including alternate options each day.

nothing better than being married to badass women

 

[jonKranked]

took my son riding after work, then grilled burgers, then took both kids to rip around the cul de sac around the corner until bedtime. im bushed.

 

[eric strt6]

bike lights are on the chargers for tomorrow mornings ride. I am having so much fun riding now that the Achilles is healed.

 

[rideit]

Ended up doing a ~50 mile ride with 5500 of teh verts. No bike for a few days, maybe.

 

[jdcamb]

Bike riding dates never quite work out like you would hope they would. I cannot recommend. I knew the bugs would be bad. And yet I still did not prepare for that. Agreed upon parameters were not upheld also.

 

[Changleen]

Bike riding dates never quite work out like you would hope they would. I cannot recommend. I knew the bugs would be bad. And yet I still did not prepare for that. Agreed upon parameters were not upheld also.

No happy ending?

 

[jdcamb]

No happy ending?

I drove her home after a great dinner. I was pretty happy after I dropped her off. I am sitting on my roof and drinking the bottle of Vouvray I was planning to share with Her as we speak.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Story time.

For years I had reported directly to one of the partners. We were/are friends and got along fine. At some point the four partners decided that he would directly work for a big customer and that they would hire someone to manage/supervise the customer support (system monitoring, updates, installation/repair/replacement, capacity modeling...). The person that they hired was an incompetent bureaucratic idiot.

When I returned from my quarter off, having given my notice, I just wouldn't give Zoltan an inch. When he did or said something stupid, I'd call him on it, in public, with everyone in adjacent offices and cubicles listening. He was dismissed before I departed.

I also wrote some memos to the partners, with unfiltered commentary on what, in my opinion, the company was doing well and not well. These were received with some discomfort.

My job in that quarter, as I defined it was to have the right folks know where information was, how I did things, and make sure that someone was set up to fill any role I had played. I departed on good terms with everyone.

About a month after I left I got a call from someone on call looking for information. I gave them the information and asked that they inform the partners that from that point onward I would bill them $350/hour, one hour minimum, for similar calls. I never got another.