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cycle17
07-12-06, 08:26 PM
Hey congrats on the Bianchi jyoss! Bianchi's are nice.
Last week I rode by a complete Univega road bike (metallica blue) in the bulky waste pile in someone's front yard. I was on my bike at the time and like 15 miles from home, so I finsihed my ride, showered and went back and yep...the bike was gone. I've been wanting to find another bike used to restore, but have to many "wants" when it comes to bikes. I really want a project one Madone SL, but at $5,000...it'll have to wait a bit longer. :eek: I'm a bike addict...I admit it....someone help me!!:p
Someone should start a new thread... "Who 'chu doing?"
jyossarian
07-12-06, 08:49 PM
Someone should start a new thread... "Who 'chu doing?"
It's your idea. Run w/ it. Post lots of pics. Filthy, nasty nekkid pics. But not of you.
cycle17
07-12-06, 09:04 PM
I got a job today!!!!!!
Im working at a specialty foods store/houseware store. I start next tuesday.
Im pretty damn excited! :D
Congrats! Sounds like a job I'd be dangerous at. Me and food we have a love/hate relationship. I love to eat it and I hate to work it off!:p
jyo, did I miss something about you buying a new bike?
hi565, congrats on your new job. :beer:
I just finished 90 minutes of processing spectroscopic data that demonstrated that none of the three compounds of interest are of any use to me. ARGH! Okay, time to do my consulting work, then call it a night.
I'm just vegging at my desk, completely dazed and out of it. Okay, time to drag myself home.
PFGS asked me today (by e-mail) how my research is going. Umm, I don't think I should answer that. If I answer honestly, I just might manage to scare an aspiring scientist away from grad school. :p
I'm wearing shorts that I haven't been able to get into for four year. Yep, lost that much weight!
NOTE TO OTHERS: It's not advisable to follow my weight loss program. (40 pounds plus in two months)
I just kicked Heinrich I's ass back to the 12th century.
After 2 years of infrequently playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein, I fianlly completed the game. Very anti-climactic, worse than the original DOOM.
Any reccomendations for a good FPS on PS2?
blonduathlongrl
07-13-06, 07:05 AM
yicks, Stacey..40 pounds in 2 months! Im sure you didnt choose that diet program.. let me be a pain in the ass and remind you to make sure you have enough iron and what your body needs..
and good morning :)
Good morning to you too. Nope, can't do Iron it's contraindicated with my medicine and my platelets are already through the roof.
explody pup
07-13-06, 07:19 AM
Finally got my Straight razor!
Sadly, I have been unable to find a reaosnably sized and priced strop for personal use...so I can't use it yet :(
I did give the shaving brush and soap a test run using my old mach3 razor....I tell you what, I forgot how good a brush full of lather feels, and how much of a difference it makes for a shave. The brush and soap was well worth the $6 :)
What kind of soap is it?
cycle17
07-13-06, 08:09 AM
Just finished breakfast. I slept late today (9:30 am). Patiently waiting and hoping the roads will dry out a bit, so (A) I can actually ride my new bike today... and (B) will be able to ride the TT race tonight. Arrgh! I hate rain when I'm on vacation.
blonduathlongrl
07-13-06, 08:13 AM
where is texas guy? he's always here in the morning to say hello, havent seen him in a while
Thanks everyone as far as the job.
It is a great great store, the managers are both VERY cool guys.
Also today I dinre by my wants to do an interview thing but im going to have to tell her that I already commited tot he other job and that I will work my schedule at the Diner around the Store.
We shall see...
jyossarian
07-13-06, 09:54 AM
jyo, did I miss something about you buying a new bike?
It's not a new bike, but it's new to me. Derailleurs and cables need adjustment/replacement so I haven't ridden it yet although I kept eyeing it last night in spite of the t-storms we were having. I also put bullhorns on my fixie and I have to say I did a crappy mess of the handlebar tape so I'll re-do it when I get some electrical tape. Haven't ridden today cuz I had to go to a diff. work location where I've been busy all day. I miss my bikes.
Shadiyah
07-13-06, 10:03 AM
Yay for new jobs and new bikes! Congrats, guys!
I'm sitting here at work really wishing I had a cup of coffee with honey in it. I'll probably have to settle for black. I have an apple in my bag that is calling to me. My pants are still rolled up from riding my bike to work and it looks funny. :p
explody pup
07-13-06, 10:08 AM
Waiting on some stuff I need to do my work.
Gonna go have lunch with my brother (Thai!).
Scratching my ear.
Figuring out how long the bike trail I rode for the first time lastnight is. Trying to find out where the rest of it is. Apparently it goes to a lake north of town. I'd like to go camping there by bike at least once before the summer is gone. There's also a bluegrass festival at that lake soonish. That'd be a good time to try out the camping. Gonna have to get some clip-on racks for my bike, however.
Trying to figure out why I ruined a perfectly good bike ride lastnight by smoking a couple cigarettes afterward.
Scratching my ________.
I need to buy new clothes. I've worn this shirt twice this week.
I found a dead brown recluse by laundry this morning.
Pissed off at something. Haven't figured out what, yet.
Just ate an apple. It was good.
Shadiyah
07-13-06, 10:22 AM
Brown recluse? EEEEEEEK!
Aren't those things horribly poisonous? I'd be doing a huge search of my house to get those things out of there! I do, however have a tremendous phobia.
I want to go camping too.
explody pup
07-13-06, 10:39 AM
Brown recluse? EEEEEEEK!
Aren't those things horribly poisonous?
They're the ONLY spider I kill. I won't even kill a black widow.
If I remember correctly, their venom is a digestive enzime that slowly starts eating away at your flesh. It's not so much the venom that poses a threat to your life, but the resulting infection that comes from this big, gaping hole in your skin that the bite creates.
This is the 3rd I've found since moving in my apartment ~2 years ago, which is good considering the area I live in and that I'm in the basement which houses years and years of yard equipment and junk that renters have left behind. When I lived in Missouri with my family, we had an infestation. I can spot these bastards from across the room, now.
Time to go through my apartment and pick everything up off the floor (I'm bad about leaving clean laundry in a pile by my bed).
catatonic
07-13-06, 10:52 AM
What kind of soap is it?
William's "mug" shaving soap. I went for the cheap and readily availible stuff.
Same for the brush, it was some boar bristle job that I got at the Walgreen's. Pretty uch everyshaving brush out there uses boar bristle, or badger hair....the majority of the companies only shear the animals though....no point in killing an animal for it's hair.
Just throw the soap into an old mug or bowl you don't use (I bought a brushed metal cotton bowl with lid from target for this), and then wet the brush about halfway up with hot water..whisk it around in a circular motion on top of the soap until suds appear, and apply to your face with a circular motion. Make sure your face is freshly cleaned with hot water beforehand...that way your pores are open, which helps greatly in comfort.
I shaved last night around 9pm, and over 14 hours later, I was still getting compliments on my "clean shave"...I didn't expect that. I guess once I get it down well enough to do it in the mornings, I will really be looking good.
explody pup
07-13-06, 10:56 AM
Good god, I'd hate to be the poor sap who goes around shaving badgers.
catatonic
07-13-06, 10:58 AM
Oh, and right now I am getting ready to do more fabrication at work....hooray tools! :p
Later on....recovering a damaged DVD for one of my friends...it got cracked (thanks to a rowdy grandkid), so I am trying to see if I can get it to work long enough to duplicate the disc.
And, probably going to buy some duck from the local chinese place...I have a serious craving right now. The chinese food thread has made me wnat some crispy fried duck like you would not believe....GIMME MY F_____G QUACKER!!!!!!!ARGH ME HUNGRY MATEYS GIMME DAT BIRD YARRRRR!!!!!!!
catatonic
07-13-06, 11:00 AM
Good god, I'd hate to be the poor sap who goes around shaving badgers.
With the going price of badger hair brushes ($45-300, depending on quality of brush, and the type of badger hair used), they gotta at least make decent money. It's the guys who shave boars that probably make jack....$4-30 brushes....
Shadiyah
07-13-06, 11:31 AM
They're the ONLY spider I kill. I won't even kill a black widow.
If I remember correctly, their venom is a digestive enzime that slowly starts eating away at your flesh. It's not so much the venom that poses a threat to your life, but the resulting infection that comes from this big, gaping hole in your skin that the bite creates.
This is the 3rd I've found since moving in my apartment ~2 years ago, which is good considering the area I live in and that I'm in the basement which houses years and years of yard equipment and junk that renters have left behind. When I lived in Missouri with my family, we had an infestation. I can spot these bastards from across the room, now.
Time to go through my apartment and pick everything up off the floor (I'm bad about leaving clean laundry in a pile by my bed).
You kill kittens but not spiders, eh? ;) Black widows probably scare me the most, seeing as how I don't think I've seen a brown recluse. I have an unreasonable fear of most spiders though. My family was driving in the mountains one day and we came across a tarantula in the road! I couldn't get near it and everytime it moved I screamed. I don't know why I'm so scared of them, but I am!!! I hope you can get rid of them if there are any left, pup!
cycle17
07-13-06, 11:46 AM
Sup Shadiyah! Lookin' good girl. Just got back from a quick test ride of the new bike...it's scarey fast. It's so humid and sticky here. Get some lunch, rehydrate, take a cat nap and head out to the race a little later. I see BF is running like crap again also.
explody pup
07-13-06, 12:01 PM
You kill kittens but not spiders, eh? ;) Black widows probably scare me the most, seeing as how I don't think I've seen a brown recluse. I have an unreasonable fear of most spiders though. My family was driving in the mountains one day and we came across a tarantula in the road! I couldn't get near it and everytime it moved I screamed. I don't know why I'm so scared of them, but I am!!! I hope you can get rid of them if there are any left, pup!
Kittens are evil incarnate.
One day during the fall I was driving from Texas to the Oklahoma City area and took the backroads since I wasn't in a hurry. Apparently it was tarantula migration because there were thousands and thousands of these things crossing the road. I wanted to grab one or two but didn't have anything to keep them in. Felt pretty bad running these things over.
explody pup
07-13-06, 12:03 PM
With the going price of badger hair brushes ($45-300, depending on quality of brush, and the type of badger hair used), they gotta at least make decent money. It's the guys who shave boars that probably make jack....$4-30 brushes....
For $300, I'd shave me some badger.
Shadiyah
07-13-06, 12:09 PM
Kittens are evil incarnate.
One day during the fall I was driving from Texas to the Oklahoma City area and took the backroads since I wasn't in a hurry. Apparently it was tarantula migration because there were thousands and thousands of these things crossing the road. I wanted to grab one or two but didn't have anything to keep them in. Felt pretty bad running these things over.
That would be enough to send me into shock. I think I would probably faint. I'm not a wimp about most things but when it comes to big hair spiders, well **** I'm like a baby.
You do see that I have a beautiful kitty in my arms, don't you? ;)
explody pup
07-13-06, 12:14 PM
That's a cat, not a kitten. Cats are okay.
I'm talking about one of these:
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/6995/kittenwallpaper3ho.jpg
Look at those beedy little eyes, staring coldly through your very soul. That thing would kill you if it had the chance.
Shadiyah
07-13-06, 12:24 PM
Awwww so cute!!!
That cat is only 9 months old, so he's still a kitty to me. :p
explody pup
07-13-06, 12:31 PM
Awwww so cute!!!
CUTE? That thing only lives to taste the blood of the innocent, to devour the souls of the righteous, to take a dump in my shoe! That, good woman, is the antithesis of cute.
That cat is only 9 months old, so he's still a kitty to me. :p
9 months is something like 300 years in cat-time.
Dooodddsss!!
I just landed another JOB!
I am also now working at a diner near me. I really wanted the kitchen expirence and I have been going there for a long time. So im in!
Now I can get my sales expirence, and my kitchen expirence.
Holy Woot Batman! :D
Flippin Sweet
07-13-06, 01:13 PM
Congrats, hi! I also got a new job today. The OCPers are going to fall all over themselves when they find out what it is. I've sold my soul for the extra cash for new skis and and a season pass this winter...
Thanks..The jobs are really flippin sweet what is your new job?
Flippin Sweet
07-13-06, 01:19 PM
I'm a coffee bean slinger at the 'bucks.
I shaved last night around 9pm, and over 14 hours later, I was still getting compliments on my "clean shave"...I didn't expect that. I guess once I get it down well enough to do it in the mornings, I will really be looking good.
By chance, is there anything you can do for slvoid's ass?
catatonic
07-13-06, 03:07 PM
I could superglue some of my beard shavings to it....does that help?
catatonic
07-13-06, 03:08 PM
Yeah spiders scare the hell out of me...but I hae gotten better at dealing with them....a taranula would drive me into a bug-killing ramapge....I would probably end up destroying everything in a half block radius.
...last time someone threw a spider down my shirt, I ended up charging into a wall hard enough to break through it. My body may break, but dangit, that spider will die!
Shadiyah
07-13-06, 03:40 PM
CUTE? That thing only lives to taste the blood of the innocent, to devour the souls of the righteous, to take a dump in my shoe! That, good woman, is the antithesis of cute.
9 months is something like 300 years in cat-time.
They are babies! Babies don't want to kill anything! They are much cuter than human babies, you have to admit that! :)
I never knew cats had such extraordinary longevities!
explody pup
07-13-06, 03:42 PM
Oh, geez, don't even get me started on human babies...
god...I cant stop thinking about my job tommorow.
Shadiyah
07-13-06, 03:46 PM
I know...I think there must be something wrong with me, because being the human female that I am, I have absolutely no "mother" instincts when it comes to human babies. I really just want them to stay away from me. To me, they get much cuter when they start being more independant!
explody pup
07-13-06, 03:50 PM
Instinct be damned. My brother has a kid. My bloodline is secure. No babies for me, thanks.
Shadiyah
07-13-06, 03:53 PM
WTF is the big deal with bloodlines anyway? I think people should need a license in order to reproduce.
explody pup
07-13-06, 03:59 PM
WTF is the big deal with bloodlines anyway?
I'll need a compatable host body for when the one I'm currently in is old and dieing. My nephew should do nicely.
I think people should need a license in order to reproduce.
Hypothetically, I agree to a certain extent. But I'm not sure it would be such a good idea to hand over the development of humankind to a bureaucracy. If I were in charge, on the other hand...
Shadiyah
07-13-06, 04:05 PM
I'll need a compatable host body for when the one I'm currently in is old and dieing. My nephew should do nicely.
Hypothetically, I agree to a certain extent. But I'm not sure it would be such a good idea to hand over the development of humankind to a bureaucracy. If I were in charge, on the other hand...
Yeah I don't think its something I would want to force on others, but it is a nice fantasy. I just see some people who have kid after kid who really really shouldn't. Yes, people. There is such a thing as birth control.
I'm trying to plan a paintball event in the Poconos (PA). Everyone tells me they're interested.....then when I send out the Evite, I only get 8 commited....sigh.
I need at least 20 (10 vs 10) so we can get our own field, judges & games.
blonduathlongrl
07-13-06, 04:48 PM
icing my leg, passing time.. bla bla bla.. I did venture to the beach with the dogs :)
Michigander
07-13-06, 05:54 PM
I'm going on the 15th Michigander tomorrow. No time to waste tonight, so this will be my last post for about a week. Smell ya later.
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