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04-09-14, 03:59 AM
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Life continues to move on and I'm having fun...
Really enjoying the bike and life in general. The new found freedom is nice
Really enjoying the bike and life in general. The new found freedom is nice
04-09-14, 04:57 AM
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I tweaked my ankle yesterday mowing the lawn...so pissed. My bike fit reduced the pain to almost nothing and I agitate doing household chores.
Our front yard is a steep grade, and parts of it I have to run up and drive the mower like a tackle dummy. In addition to it being dangerous, it kills the leg. I'm going to have to either drop $400-$500 on a self propelled mower, or get a gardener. I'm not a fan of spending money when its not a bike or electronics
Our front yard is a steep grade, and parts of it I have to run up and drive the mower like a tackle dummy. In addition to it being dangerous, it kills the leg. I'm going to have to either drop $400-$500 on a self propelled mower, or get a gardener. I'm not a fan of spending money when its not a bike or electronics
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04-09-14, 05:27 AM
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It's Phil McKrakin
04-09-14, 05:29 AM
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If you go around the filter the admins whine. When the admins whine they bother me. When they bother me I have to give out infractions. Yeah, it seems dumb perhaps but they don't like it. And I really have other things to do than clean up and write people about silly **** like that. So just don't do it. Don't direct link NSFW stuff, and don't go around the censor. That gives us a lot of latitude here to just carry on as we want.
04-09-14, 05:29 AM
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04-09-14, 05:32 AM
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**** I wasn't even trying to, sorry.
04-09-14, 05:38 AM
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I know! You're just an idiot. Why otherwise intelligent people follow your lead is a thing of wonder.
04-09-14, 05:52 AM
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04-09-14, 07:06 AM
Making a kilometer blurry
I tweaked my ankle yesterday mowing the lawn...so pissed. My bike fit reduced the pain to almost nothing and I agitate doing household chores.
Our front yard is a steep grade, and parts of it I have to run up and drive the mower like a tackle dummy. In addition to it being dangerous, it kills the leg. I'm going to have to either drop $400-$500 on a self propelled mower, or get a gardener. I'm not a fan of spending money when its not a bike or electronics
Our front yard is a steep grade, and parts of it I have to run up and drive the mower like a tackle dummy. In addition to it being dangerous, it kills the leg. I'm going to have to either drop $400-$500 on a self propelled mower, or get a gardener. I'm not a fan of spending money when its not a bike or electronics
04-09-14, 07:26 AM
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But not a male goat. They stink worse than [ fill in the blank] ........ or to keep g happy, don't fill in the blank, and move on.
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04-09-14, 07:41 AM
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I just wish I had gone self-propelled from the get-go.
04-09-14, 08:27 AM
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04-09-14, 08:35 AM
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04-09-14, 09:18 AM
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@JohnKScott Destin is nice! I loved that area last we were down there
@gsteinb - sucks..any guesses on how it cracked? you ever go down?
Chain catcher... discuss? Dropped my chain in a race recently do to my own craptasticness but still considering a chain catcher.
@gsteinb - sucks..any guesses on how it cracked? you ever go down?
Chain catcher... discuss? Dropped my chain in a race recently do to my own craptasticness but still considering a chain catcher.
04-09-14, 09:21 AM
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@JohnKScott Destin is nice! I loved that area last we were down there
@gsteinb - sucks..any guesses on how it cracked? you ever go down?
Chain catcher... discuss? Dropped my chain in a race recently do to my own craptasticness but still considering a chain catcher.
@gsteinb - sucks..any guesses on how it cracked? you ever go down?
Chain catcher... discuss? Dropped my chain in a race recently do to my own craptasticness but still considering a chain catcher.
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04-09-14, 09:27 AM
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I have a K-Edge you can have cheap.
04-09-14, 09:50 AM
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@JohnKScott Destin is nice! I loved that area last we were down there
@gsteinb - sucks..any guesses on how it cracked? you ever go down?
@gsteinb - sucks..any guesses on how it cracked? you ever go down?
Chain catcher... discuss? Dropped my chain in a race recently do to my own craptasticness but still considering a chain catcher.
04-09-14, 09:53 AM
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long range forecast is calling for rain easter weekend, so now thinking again about racing in winston-salem on Friday and the sunny side of that front. be a pain in the ass to drag race stuff down in addition to all my other stuff, but to race in a town where they don't know your name is a perk.
promoter hasn't been particularly helpful in identifying where the course actually is though. It seems to be enshrouded in mystery and unclickable links. He actually sent me a couple of blank jpegs to help me find. Any insight? Maybe they don't want Jersey taking their prize money.
promoter hasn't been particularly helpful in identifying where the course actually is though. It seems to be enshrouded in mystery and unclickable links. He actually sent me a couple of blank jpegs to help me find. Any insight? Maybe they don't want Jersey taking their prize money.
04-09-14, 09:53 AM
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When I bought my first house, I went cheap and bought a regular push mower. A couple years ago, I got tired of pushing the mower (also I had tweaked my back at the time and struggled to push it), and dropped $400 on a self-propelled Honda. It was well worth the money.
I just wish I had gone self-propelled from the get-go.
I just wish I had gone self-propelled from the get-go.
I mow in my work boots (steel toed), and I'd recommend that along with safety glasses if you're not already wearing them. One of my friends lost his toes on one foot when pulling the mower back and stumbled on some uneven ground, rolling the mower over his soon-to-be up-pointing foot. The dude is an MMA badass, and very fit and agile. You just never know, plus you're not going to roll an ankle in a good boot.
That's part of the plan. We don't want to cover the whole yard but definitely the steep areas. We just keep putting it off.
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If you go around the filter the admins whine. When the admins whine they bother me. When they bother me I have to give out infractions. Yeah, it seems dumb perhaps but they don't like it. And I really have other things to do than clean up and write people about silly **** like that. So just don't do it. Don't direct link NSFW stuff, and don't go around the censor. That gives us a lot of latitude here to just carry on as we want.
Talking about infractions is an infraction. Reported.
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