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Maybe the Minnesotan fight for the closest parking spot is instinct from the winter when the air hurts your face.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
(Post 19602331)
I'm all about the shady spot. Proximity to the door is a distant second priority.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
(Post 19602114)
I applaud Bill and the rest of the Super-Mods for being able to read through some of this crap every day. It works on me and I just started. :)
The worst part is when you have to read back several pages to see who started the ****. Er, I mean stuff. |
Originally Posted by Jadesfire
(Post 19602302)
Dr. just dropped off over 3 dozen farm-fresh eggs (direct from her own chickens), free to a good home. Might have to do some baking soon :)
Shall we trust UPS? |
Originally Posted by jtaylor996
(Post 19602324)
You gonna buy a new helmet? Not sure how your can survive a hit that was hard enough to bruise your forehead...
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Originally Posted by BillyD
(Post 19602528)
Free range, hormone and antibiotic free?
Shall we trust UPS? |
Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
(Post 19602485)
I've already mastered docking the GX against the end of the island in reverse with the tire just barely kissing the curb (nice thing about truck tires is a built-in curb rash guard). The backup camera helps considerably. Want to put off dings as long as possible.
It still amazes me as the height of absurdity when people seek to park as close as possible to the gym door. :wtf: |
Originally Posted by BillyD
(Post 19602549)
Ditto. I park far away from the masses when possible, leaving only one side to worry about dings.
It still amazes me as the height of absurdity when people seek to park as close as possible to the gym door. :wtf: On your second item, there are two Gold Gyms near me and neither has bike racks. I asked at one of the places and they told me there was a tree outside that I could lean my bike against and cable to. :rolleyes: |
Originally Posted by indyfabz
(Post 19602491)
I do find them comfortable enough as long as they don't have vertical baffles. I once bought one that does and it seemed like I was sleeping on one of those pool toy rafts even when I inflated it as full as possible. The main purpose is really not for comfort but for staying warn. Even with a bag, sleeping on cold ground can suck the heat right out of you.
It's amazing how our notions of comfort can change with the development of new gear. Between '99 and '01 I did about 10,000 miles of loaded touring during three trips totaling between 7 and 8 months on the road. Camped the overwhelming number of nights. All that time was spent using a 1" thick mattress because that's pretty much all there was. I was fine most of the time and actually didn't go to anything thicker until 2012. This new one is 2.5" and is replacing one that is 3" thick. Someday I might take an older 1" one I have out with me on a short trip just to see if it's as comfortable as I remember it. I will try this new one out at home to make sure it's comfortable enough and return it if it's not. I've got a Colorado trip planned for late Mid/late June - what do I need to see? |
My lease agreements include a $1,500 body work allowance applied when the car is returned at end of lease. Dings are no concern. And if I return prior to end of lease to start a new lease on a new car, it is treated as a trade in, but dings are ignored. Sweet.
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Originally Posted by topslop1
(Post 19602565)
I've got a Colorado trip planned for late Mid/late June - what do I need to see?
Durango was a fun town. Drove part of U.S. 550 north to the Silverton area. There is also a cool, narrow gauge steam train ride you can take: Official Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Train That whole San Juan National Forest area is pretty. In the north, I spent a few nights in Rocky Mountain N.P., which was nice, but crowded. And the ride up to 12,000+' from Aspen to Independence Pass was pretty. People think of Aspen for skiing, but it gets very crowded in the summer. |
I can basically walk without a limp at this point. Still swelling and limited flexibility, but my other foot actually hurts more now from walking on it oddly to compensate.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
(Post 19602491)
I do find them comfortable enough as long as they don't have vertical baffles. I once bought one that does and it seemed like I was sleeping on one of those pool toy rafts even when I inflated it as full as possible. The main purpose is really not for comfort but for staying warn. Even with a bag, sleeping on cold ground can suck the heat right out of you.
It's amazing how our notions of comfort can change with the development of new gear. Between '99 and '01 I did about 10,000 miles of loaded touring during three trips totaling between 7 and 8 months on the road. Camped the overwhelming number of nights. All that time was spent using a 1" thick mattress because that's pretty much all there was. I was fine most of the time and actually didn't go to anything thicker until 2012. This new one is 2.5" and is replacing one that is 3" thick. Someday I might take an older 1" one I have out with me on a short trip just to see if it's as comfortable as I remember it. I will try this new one out at home to make sure it's comfortable enough and return it if it's not.
Originally Posted by BillyD
(Post 19602528)
Free range, hormone and antibiotic free?
Shall we trust UPS? As to UPS, I think we might have more luck with a really big sling shot :lol:. Normally I'd say you should wait until convert some of them into banana bread, but then there's your aversion to sugar to consider :p. I'm staying away from chocolate these days, so this batch won't have chocolate chips in it, at least :D. |
Originally Posted by indyfabz
(Post 19602456)
I have been in that situation, but not this year. My otherwise favorite mattress started leaking around the valve stem again. Patched it the first time, but it didn't hold. It's a bad design and I don't want to get caught in cold Montana weather with it. Used the dividend a while back for a new, light down bag. Shaved a pound by doing so. Also got a new pair of NOT shorts.
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Lolol - Bleacher Report has ranking of the backfields in the NFL and they have the Saints at #1 with Adrian Peterson as their starter.
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Originally Posted by Jadesfire
(Post 19602655)
Mostly, yes, and yes.
As to UPS, I think we might have more luck with a really big sling shot :lol:. Normally I'd say you should wait until convert some of them into banana bread, but then there's your aversion to sugar to consider :p. I'm staying away from chocolate these days, so this batch won't have chocolate chips in it, at least :D. I make up for it with none in my coffee. |
Originally Posted by Heathpack
(Post 19602428)
For some reason, its way harder for me when someone dies who was known for doing something difficult, that required agility and strength and nerve. Its not really that their death is truly sadder, its more that you're reminded that we are all an unlikely miracle of physicality, we really shouldn't be able to balance and process and finesse like we do. And then how tenuous it all is and how it will one day be gone for all of us. Bittersweet.
Exactly what went through my head when Ex posted that pic of AzTall crossing a finish line in a race, hands held high. Wow, how hard it was to do that yet how graceful he made it look. And now he is gone from this world. Just like that. My favorite line I ever heard about Nicky Haydon... "He just raced and won against the greatest in the world, and everyone is up there speaking French and Italian, and then they put the mic up to him. He starts talking, and I'll be a son of a gun if he didn't sound like me." For those that didn't know, he was from Owensboro, Kentucky. |
Originally Posted by Heathpack
(Post 19602035)
Not even 10:30am here in LA and I've already made three people cry.
Originally Posted by Jadesfire
(Post 19602302)
Dr. just dropped off over 3 dozen farm-fresh eggs (direct from her own chickens), free to a good home. Might have to do some baking soon :)
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Not very stiff
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Originally Posted by BillyD
(Post 19602724)
I make up for it with none in my coffee. |
Originally Posted by Velo Vol
(Post 19602779)
Somehow I thought you live in New Orleans. :foo:
However, there's this, which identifies our feathered friends as not being an unknown factor in the city. And I can also remember my grandmother talking about how, BITD, everyone and their uncle had chickens, because not only were they a good cheap source of protein for the Catholic families around here, but they were excellent natural hunters of termites. The predominantly wooden constructions plus our lovely weather patterns= excellent termite conditions. In fact, we just had a few termite swarms over the past couple of weeks (even north of the lake). Ahh, the signs of spring :lol:. |
Originally Posted by rpenmanparker
(Post 19602808)
Yeah. I tell myself that too.
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Originally Posted by Heathpack
(Post 19602428)
For some reason, its way harder for me when someone dies who was known for doing something difficult, that required agility and strength and nerve. Its not really that their death is truly sadder, its more that you're reminded that we are all an unlikely miracle of physicality, we really shouldn't be able to balance and process and finesse like we do. And then how tenuous it all is and how it will one day be gone for all of us. Bittersweet.
Exactly what went through my head when Ex posted that pic of AzTall crossing a finish line in a race, hands held high. Wow, how hard it was to do that yet how graceful he made it look. And now he is gone from this world. Just like that. |
Originally Posted by BillyD
(Post 19602845)
Please don't tell me you drink diet soda.
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Originally Posted by Jadesfire
(Post 19602833)
I live just north of the city. I just identify as a New Orleanean on here because a.) privacy and b.) it's the most familiar landmark for yankees and cowboys.
However, there's this, which identifies our feathered friends as not being an unknown factor in the city. And I can also remember my grandmother talking about how, BITD, everyone and their uncle had chickens, because not only were they a good cheap source of protein for the Catholic families around here, but they were excellent natural hunters of termites. The predominantly wooden constructions plus our lovely weather patterns= excellent termite conditions. In fact, we just had a few termite swarms over the past couple of weeks (even north of the lake). Ahh, the signs of spring :lol:. |
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