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I'm a child forever.

So burned out this week. Yesterday put me over the top, though. I started super early in the morning (7:30) working on stuff for Nigeria, then had to work for Australia/NASA/NOAA all damn day long (haircut/bank at lunch), then went got the mower, then not 5 minutes after that was over starting at 8pm I had to start working for China until after 11pm. This is after 2 weeks of similar.

Then rain today, so the weekend is likely shot for riding. And to top it off we get notice that this years health insurance premiums are going up more than 20% this year, so I get to rinse and repeat for even less money.

#AdultingIsABeatDown

I'm feeling you. I did a caffeine-less week here, find out we're shaky with the banks for funding our deals, and finance-gal is stirring the **** pot behind the scenes so naturally I distanced for self-preservation - but to know we're on shaky grounds with lenders as we're pushing into a new location that's 4X/month rent isn't comforting. I've got some work to do this weekend.

As well you should. Priceless.

Thanks guys! :love:

And more expensive. If you have the right card, MC or Visa debit card, you will have no problem. Just make sure to notify the card issuer about your trip in advance so they don't think the overseas cash request is fraudulent. It is always a good idea to do that for all the credit cards you will carry as well. Mrs. rpen and I carry two different cards in case one of us gets robbed. The other will still have a card from an open account after the loss of card is reported. And be sure to choose a card that has no conversion fee like 3%. Some of ours don't, but other ones do.

$5 to get a few hundred is cheap compared to the fees charged at a staffed kiosk l, and the exchange rate is rock bottom, similar to what you get on a credit card.

Got all that? ;)

Oh, one more thing. I usually just bring my leftover Euros home after a trip so I have them for next time. That way I don't have to worry about not having any in my pocket when the plane lands.

Congrats! Being able to coddle a new baby to your heart's content and then give it back to the parents when it's cranky or needs a diaper change has gotta be the best of both worlds.

Got it.

And luckily, I mentioned my situation to a fellow cyclist friend who is Dutch and travels frequently to Holland...he said he would check if he has some Euros lying around that he will sell me at the official exchange rate, no surcharges/fees!

Exchanging currency costs way more than taking cash from at ATB.

Good answer!:)

[MENTION=29415]BillyD[/MENTION] cute grandchild. Enjoy your time with him or her.

Your shed has a major problem. The bike is hidden at the back where you can't get to it. It's feeling neglected and unloved. You need to fix that fast.

I don't know why those big safety concrete car-stoppers (whatever they're technically called) aren't required in the commercial building code. Targets all seem to have them. They can't cost much, and while I normally go against the "if it saves one kid..." argument, this isn't a big ask to save kids, and adults, from getting run over indoors. It's literally some big concrete blocks. Paint them in you corporate colors, invite local artists to decorate them, or local kidnergartners. Whatever.

Let me just make sure I understand. Are you saying you hope I will get out, or are you directing me to get out? What I am learning on TV is that it might make a difference. ;)

mtb? Atm? Atf?

Do a good job for Nigeria. Come to find out, I have a banker friend there that needs me to take car of some cash for him. As soon as it gets here, I plan on getting some MEILENSTEIN LIGTWEIGHT WHEELS. I can't wait. I have a space cleared out on my garage wall and everything.

A guy I know painted the floor of his car repair garage. It was so slippery when cars cane into the garage with snow and ice on them he had to remove the paint. Putting sand on the floor and putting a board on it, then putting one foot on it and sliding it around, was what he did to remove the paint. The plain concrete is porous and lets the water in sometimes.

[MENTION=29415]BillyD[/MENTION]

I don't seem to have the happy birthday option.
Congrats

atm

You probably couldn't drive through the door at a target because of those things... but it's all security theater. You sure as hell could drive right through the wall with a truck.

In houston (IIRC) there was a gun store that had bars and car blockers all over the front. They still got robbed... they just drove a truck through the side wall of the building like it wasn't even there.

It is.

Who knew [MENTION=183557]rpenmanparker[/MENTION] was a Styrofoam cooler collector.

Was anyone talking about attackers? The contest was people saying "oopsie, I hit the gas instead of the brakes", and they thankfully tend to not be driving big rigs. That was what I was intending to stop. Determined attack is much rarer.

:)