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05-28-14, 09:55 AM
#2576
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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05-28-14, 10:10 AM
#2577
Friendship is Magic
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...gone native. Some people say it's the heat, but having studied it at some length both in Mexico and in Italy, I say their sanity is contagious.
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05-28-14, 10:13 AM
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Friendship is Magic
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05-28-14, 10:15 AM
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Friendship is Magic
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There's a thing at Walmart that's supposed to be official policy but I've never seen it enforced. It's called the 10 Foot Rule/Attitude. It says that if you are out on the salesfloor and a customer approaches within that distance of you, you are supposed to look them in the eye, smile, and greet them. There are refinements such as "don't say 'what a beautiful day' to someone who looks like they're having a crappy one" and "if you're on a time-sensitive project, at least smile and give them a nod as you pass" but the principle remains the same. You can see why this seemed like a good idea in theory. In actual practice, it results in a good bit of ducking down aisles and employees not quite catching the eye of shoppers. Which is too bad because when I've followed this rule, customers are usually so freaking grateful that someone recognized their presence, offered to help them, and said "Hey. Thanks for shopping here" that you'd think they'd been on an island with no other humans. At the same time, perhaps ironically, we would get more done if we didn't have to interact with customers. That's one of the big reasons I try to stay in the assembly area as much as possible.
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05-28-14, 10:19 AM
#2580
Casually Deliberate
While shorts are not acceptable workwear for most positions at Walmart, skorts are. They have to be less than 3" above the knee, however, and the images I just saw would not be. Brooks Running has a line for women called "Infiniti". It is totally spelled with an "i" at the end and that got me thinking "Would that make a good stripper name? Or is it too something or other?" Not for me. LOL Although I did briefly hold the unenviable job of fully-dressed waitress in a strip club. I'll leave you to imagine how little of my take home was in tips. But the place always smelled great.
05-28-14, 10:23 AM
#2581
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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05-28-14, 10:26 AM
#2582
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As one rides more and more miles, arrogance, like lactic acid, builds up in your legs. Time does not remove this build up, and the only proven ways to relieve it are to close pass pedestrians and other cyclists, yell at people, or dangerously traverse intersections. Failure to alleviate enough arrogance at a fast enough pace leads to enrollment in medical school.
Fortunately, @BillyD does not ride sufficient miles to need fear this accumulation.
Fortunately, @BillyD does not ride sufficient miles to need fear this accumulation.
05-28-14, 10:28 AM
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I should have realized I was getting hot spots leading to the stupid blisters, but it just didn't occur to me. I thought only of usual sit-bone butt pain from lack of riding.
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05-28-14, 10:31 AM
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I am happy to report I wear shorts to work *almost every day. Sometimes I wear flip-flops too. My engineering position is so far removed from customers that no level of management down in my division cares what I wear, they have made fun of me for wearing slacks, dress shirt and tie in the past.
05-28-14, 11:01 AM
#2585
Should Be More Popular
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05-28-14, 11:02 AM
#2586
So it is
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Well, that was fun.
05-28-14, 11:12 AM
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05-28-14, 11:25 AM
#2589
So it is
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05-28-14, 11:26 AM
#2590
So it is
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05-28-14, 11:30 AM
#2591
So it is
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I will likely have a gang of Look gangsters at my door in a few hours.
05-28-14, 11:37 AM
#2592
Casually Deliberate
This appeared on a local cycling website yesterday: "If you’ve got kids in your care, then there’s always a big question come summertime: What the heck will they do all day? For many people, the answer is some type of camp." I start laughing and say something like "That seems rather drastic". LoP wants to know what's so funny and I read him the quote and he still wants to know what's so funny. (In my defense, we did just watch the movie "Stalingrad".) And then he says "Always thinking about Hitler". Which is, of course, not true and besides, I'm sure that was a lot of people's first thought.
05-28-14, 12:00 PM
#2593
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This appeared on a local cycling website yesterday: "If you’ve got kids in your care, then there’s always a big question come summertime: What the heck will they do all day? For many people, the answer is some type of camp." I start laughing and say something like "That seems rather drastic". LoP wants to know what's so funny and I read him the quote and he still wants to know what's so funny. (In my defense, we did just watch the movie "Stalingrad".) And then he says "Always thinking about Hitler". Which is, of course, not true and besides, I'm sure that was a lot of people's first thought.
05-28-14, 12:13 PM
#2594
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FB4K - Every October we wrench on donated bikes. Every December, a few thousand kids get bikes for Christmas. For many, it is their first bike, ever. Every bike, new and used, was donated, built, cleaned and repaired. Check us out on FaceBook: FB4K.
Disclaimer: 99% of what I know about cycling I learned on BF. That would make, ummm, 1% experience. And a lot of posts.
FB4K - Every October we wrench on donated bikes. Every December, a few thousand kids get bikes for Christmas. For many, it is their first bike, ever. Every bike, new and used, was donated, built, cleaned and repaired. Check us out on FaceBook: FB4K.
Disclaimer: 99% of what I know about cycling I learned on BF. That would make, ummm, 1% experience. And a lot of posts.
05-28-14, 12:15 PM
#2595
So it is
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05-28-14, 12:52 PM
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I have this feeling that an open, oozing sore got cauterized. I can still smell the burning posts.
05-28-14, 01:08 PM
#2597
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05-28-14, 01:13 PM
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Dream bike alert : Boston, MA
05-28-14, 01:18 PM
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