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LesterOfPuppets 04-11-17 09:50 AM


Originally Posted by Scarbo (Post 19503423)
How about Prescott, AZ? It's also at elevation. Very nice town.

Prescott is nice. I like Payson too - I did my 1st MTB race there in 89.

Jerome is a good one too.

BillyD 04-11-17 10:17 AM

It's frikkin 83A in the HV right now. By comparison it's only 77A in Tallahassee and 66A in Phoenix.

Trsnrtr 04-11-17 10:21 AM


Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 19503463)
I enjoy visiting PHX area, relatives in Scottsdale, but I wouldn't enjoy living there.

I'm partial to Tucson.

Trsnrtr 04-11-17 10:22 AM


Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19503475)
It's 79°A out already, and it's not even 11AM EST yet. WTF!

What's that in foreign º?

Never mind, my calculator told me.

Trsnrtr 04-11-17 10:24 AM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19503521)
You people are weird.

What? For having working machines or expanding my mind?

Trsnrtr 04-11-17 10:25 AM


Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19503556)
Not sure if you listened to "Serial" back in the day, but those producers have a new podcast that everyone's all aflutter about called "S Town". I haven't started it myself, but my wife has been enjoying it.

It's on my dl list. I've got a backlog but I'll get around to it. Today, I got caught up on Planet Money, one of my favorites.

datlas 04-11-17 10:36 AM


Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19503702)
It's frikkin 83A in the HV right now. By comparison it's only 77A in Tallahassee and 66A in Phoenix.

Post this in Hot R Not. I dare you. I double dog dare you!!

PepeM 04-11-17 10:41 AM

What's the good place to buy Chinese crabon nowadays?

Trsnrtr 04-11-17 10:52 AM


Originally Posted by PepeM (Post 19503765)
What's the good place to buy Chinese crabon nowadays?

China, duh.

Trsnrtr 04-11-17 10:53 AM

[MENTION=406877]PepeM[/MENTION] What was the final verdict? Is your Trek toast or not?

PepeM 04-11-17 10:55 AM


Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19503790)
[MENTION=406877]PepeM[/MENTION] What was the final verdict? Is your Trek toast or not?

No, nothing wrong with it (well, the bearings were toast.) Whoever looked at it in the other shop is an idiot apparently. It now rests safely back at home, away from the hands of careless customers.

indyfabz 04-11-17 10:57 AM


Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19503605)
"The summer after that, I worked a deal with some meat packers to undercut the market on footlongs. Next thing I knew, I had a network of 500 carts and neighborhood strongmen to keep the competition out" ect.

With a good location you can make decent money with a cart. Profit margins are high, and it's all cash, if you know what I am getting at. I got paid $25/day in cash at the end of the day--usually all in $1 bills. On busy days the cart would take in some $300. Not bad for 1982.


Back then, most of the carts were owned by Greeks. For "tax reasons," they often kept a lot of their cash stashed in their houses and would periodically take it to Greece during their vacations to deposit it. When they were ready to retire, the kids or some relatives from Greece would take over the business. The day I went to get my bar exam results I stopped at a cart for a pretzel. The guy working the cart turned out to be the son of the guy who owned the cart I worked. He had been about 12 back then.

LAJ 04-11-17 11:28 AM


Originally Posted by jtaylor996 (Post 19503600)
Got hit by a nasty hail storm last night. A few minutes of 2" hail, followed by a solid 10 minutes of 1/2" hail. It was piled up in drifts.

My car is very beat up (most body panels, cracked windshield). Not sure on the new minivan or the roof yet.

That just sucks. Hail is a pita, and if it's like here, you'll be getting knocks on the door from "roofers".

A word to the wise. If you talk about anything but food here, you'll likely get your arm gnawed off.

datlas 04-11-17 11:28 AM


Originally Posted by PepeM (Post 19503794)
No, nothing wrong with it (well, the bearings were toast.) Whoever looked at it in the other shop is an idiot apparently. It now rests safely back at home, away from the hands of careless customers.

How do you feel about leaving your bike at the shop?

seedsbelize 04-11-17 11:31 AM


Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19503433)
My stepson is a professional chef. Doesn't go anywhere without his knives. As well, you should see all the other kitchen toys he has.

Just visited his place this weekend. It was interesting to confirm what I already knew, that all the fancy Japanese knife stuff is just hobbyist fare. Currently his main chef knife is a Henckel. What he does seem to get all hobbyist fanatical about is sharpening stones, he has a wide range of those.

Theirs are Japanese

PepeM 04-11-17 11:32 AM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19503878)
How do you feel about leaving your bike at the shop?

I hate outside.

indyfabz 04-11-17 11:33 AM


Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 19503877)
A word to the wise. If you talk about anything but food, cars or auto racing here, you'll likely get your arm gnawed off.

fify

seedsbelize 04-11-17 11:33 AM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19503434)
You know, you could just go bump a bunch of early threads. :innocent:

They don't seem to go back that far. I had a hard time finding Addiction I, in 2010

Dan333SP 04-11-17 11:37 AM

I love this time of year. A dry 84 right now, light breeze. Lunches take place in the back yard while getting some sun.

seedsbelize 04-11-17 11:43 AM


Originally Posted by jtaylor996 (Post 19503584)
witj?

Yo need to keep up to date on Addiction spelling:)

WhyFi 04-11-17 12:09 PM


Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 19503887)
Theirs are Japanese

Unpossible - the aforementioned survey with a sample size of 1 says otherwise.

WhyFi 04-11-17 12:10 PM


Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19503605)
The Sausage King of Philadelphia.

Reported.

LAJ 04-11-17 12:33 PM

That knife company upped the ante. 3 knives for $220.00 now.

rjones28 04-11-17 01:03 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19503521)
You people are weird.

Is that what you say to your mechanic?

rjones28 04-11-17 01:05 PM


Originally Posted by jtaylor996 (Post 19503584)
witj?

An obvious typo. You missed the usage error.


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