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04-14-14, 10:21 PM
#1201
Falls Downalot
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Typical for Boston?
04-14-14, 10:37 PM
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Has a magic bike
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...gonna drag the Gary Fisher MTB (fully unsuspended) up to Tahoe tomorrow for a few days.
Forecast is for sunny, highs in the mid 50's. Tough duty, but someone has to do it.
If I don't stroke out, I'll try to ride a little and take a few pictures.....no poppies up there,
but I can always cruise over to Nevada and take pictures of the gun stores.
Forecast is for sunny, highs in the mid 50's. Tough duty, but someone has to do it.
If I don't stroke out, I'll try to ride a little and take a few pictures.....no poppies up there,
but I can always cruise over to Nevada and take pictures of the gun stores.
H
04-15-14, 12:12 AM
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Friendship is Magic
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...lunar eclipse just starting here, with the lower edge in the umbra. Scattered clouds, but workable.
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04-15-14, 12:54 AM
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Still can't climb
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
04-15-14, 08:03 AM
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04-15-14, 10:49 AM
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Hmmph!
Mid-month slackers.
Or is it tax-day depression?
Oh, sorry!
Mid-month slackers.
Or is it tax-day depression?
Oh, sorry!
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04-15-14, 10:51 AM
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Mostly Harmless
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04-15-14, 10:53 AM
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04-15-14, 10:55 AM
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I always taken aback.
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04-15-14, 11:39 AM
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he said member
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04-15-14, 11:41 AM
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he said member
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The thing is, I know I will wake up and the pain will be completely gone. One of the few surgeries where the doctor actually cuts the pain out and the incisional pain pales by comparison leaving you feeling better immediately. And I know I am an excellent health risk, no other diseases, thin and in excellent shape. But I also know I am a recovering drug addict ( Vicoden ) and this presents temptations and risks of recurrence. I also know that a joint replacement only has so many years of life, that redos are never easy and that it is thus wise to put it off for as long as you are able.
why the hell dont they make the wearable surfaces replaceable?
04-15-14, 12:01 PM
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04-15-14, 12:13 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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04-15-14, 12:32 PM
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serious cyclist
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04-15-14, 01:41 PM
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04-15-14, 02:17 PM
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04-15-14, 02:25 PM
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So it is
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Truing Stand: Spin Doctor Truing Stand II - Bike Tools / Bike Workstands
Spoke Wrenches: Spin Doctor Spoke Wrench Set - Bike Tools / Bike Workstands I was using the Park Tool ones, and was told these were as good, or better.
Tensionmeter: Park Tool TM-1 Spoke Tension Meter - Bike Tools / Bike Workstands
Dish: Park Tool WAG-4 Wheel Alignment Gauge - Great Deals on Cycing Gear
This is what I used, and my wheels are OK.
Spoke Wrenches: Spin Doctor Spoke Wrench Set - Bike Tools / Bike Workstands I was using the Park Tool ones, and was told these were as good, or better.
Tensionmeter: Park Tool TM-1 Spoke Tension Meter - Bike Tools / Bike Workstands
Dish: Park Tool WAG-4 Wheel Alignment Gauge - Great Deals on Cycing Gear
This is what I used, and my wheels are OK.
Last edited by LAJ; 04-15-14 at 02:36 PM.
04-15-14, 02:48 PM
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Thank you very much! Going to build a backup, since it seemed a waste to not use their very-reasonable rebuild offer, and I wasn't going to put it right back into the Open Pro with straight-gauge spokes it's currently built into.
04-15-14, 03:11 PM
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Open Pros are catching hell lately.
Thatsashame.
Thatsashame.
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04-15-14, 03:27 PM
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truing stand: spin doctor truing stand ii - bike tools / bike workstands
spoke wrenches: spin doctor spoke wrench set - bike tools / bike workstands i was using the park tool ones, and was told these were as good, or better.
Tensionmeter: park tool tm-1 spoke tension meter - bike tools / bike workstands
dish: park tool wag-4 wheel alignment gauge - great deals on cycing gear
laj: To help this nincompoop ....
This is what i used, and my wheels are ok.
spoke wrenches: spin doctor spoke wrench set - bike tools / bike workstands i was using the park tool ones, and was told these were as good, or better.
Tensionmeter: park tool tm-1 spoke tension meter - bike tools / bike workstands
dish: park tool wag-4 wheel alignment gauge - great deals on cycing gear
laj: To help this nincompoop ....
This is what i used, and my wheels are ok.
04-15-14, 06:49 PM
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Awwwww. Congrats.
04-15-14, 07:32 PM
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Congratulations, grandpa!
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04-15-14, 07:44 PM
#1225
Casually Deliberate
Today, I received my first and only free warning that I was violating the dress code. I assumed that at some point during my stint at this company I would have a talk about what I was wearing because I'm not your typical navy polo shirt and khaki pants wearing employee. I like to dress with panache. As I say, I was expecting to have a conversation but I didn't think it would take place on the very second day we got into the actual new store and started setting up.
What happened is that girl who was trying to be friends with me at the other location decided- as I anticipated she might- to become a stickler for rules. I was wearing a navy tank top, a pair of khaki walking shorts, a gray cotton sweater partially unbuttoned to show the required navy top, a strand of pearls, and my tiger striped Vans- classy but still appropriate for hanging peg-hooks and shelves. So this chick came up to me and said "Did anyone say anything to you about your shorts?" I'm thinking like what? Did they compliment me? Cuz yesterday a different supervisor told me I looked "hot" in the tie I was wearing. I said "No." She said "Are we allowed to wear shorts?" I'm wondering why the hell she's asking me. I said "I think they said in orientation that they were fine but I wouldn't swear to it."
All day long I saw all kinds of management. I also saw way more of my colleagues' underwear and hip tattoos than I ever wanted to. Finally, a few hours before we go home an assistant manager and not even the one who's going to really be mine, came over and said "Did anyone say anything to you about your shorts?" Well, you're the second person to ask me that, I'm thinking so does that mean "yes"? He said "Did anyone tell you that we can't wear shorts?" "No," I said. "Well, you can't. Wear shorts. We can't wear shorts." I said "Oh. Okay." He said "This is your one freebie. Next time we have to send you home." We were told by the manager that we should keep a change of clothes in the car if we had a question about what we were wearing so that doesn't ring true. I'm going to get these reqs in writing because, as LoP says, I'm going to want to try some crazy sh*t clotheswise and I don't want to get fired for something dumb like wearing shorts instead of the allowable capris. But what a pain in the ass that chick was. And it figures.
What happened is that girl who was trying to be friends with me at the other location decided- as I anticipated she might- to become a stickler for rules. I was wearing a navy tank top, a pair of khaki walking shorts, a gray cotton sweater partially unbuttoned to show the required navy top, a strand of pearls, and my tiger striped Vans- classy but still appropriate for hanging peg-hooks and shelves. So this chick came up to me and said "Did anyone say anything to you about your shorts?" I'm thinking like what? Did they compliment me? Cuz yesterday a different supervisor told me I looked "hot" in the tie I was wearing. I said "No." She said "Are we allowed to wear shorts?" I'm wondering why the hell she's asking me. I said "I think they said in orientation that they were fine but I wouldn't swear to it."
All day long I saw all kinds of management. I also saw way more of my colleagues' underwear and hip tattoos than I ever wanted to. Finally, a few hours before we go home an assistant manager and not even the one who's going to really be mine, came over and said "Did anyone say anything to you about your shorts?" Well, you're the second person to ask me that, I'm thinking so does that mean "yes"? He said "Did anyone tell you that we can't wear shorts?" "No," I said. "Well, you can't. Wear shorts. We can't wear shorts." I said "Oh. Okay." He said "This is your one freebie. Next time we have to send you home." We were told by the manager that we should keep a change of clothes in the car if we had a question about what we were wearing so that doesn't ring true. I'm going to get these reqs in writing because, as LoP says, I'm going to want to try some crazy sh*t clotheswise and I don't want to get fired for something dumb like wearing shorts instead of the allowable capris. But what a pain in the ass that chick was. And it figures.