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10-12-17, 07:22 AM
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I really should get up and pack. We're supposed to leave for Tahoe in 90 minutes and I haven't even started packing yet.
10-12-17, 07:23 AM
#1877
smelling the roses
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10-12-17, 07:24 AM
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Farmer tan
So I only vaguely remember doing this but I set up an exchange request for the Hyatt timeshare in Tahoe for next Labor Day and the request came through last night, I woke up to that email confirmation in my inbox this am.
Our 2018 travel plans are mostly set now.
March will be a timeshare stay at the Hyatt in Carmel and maybe a couple of free hotel nights at the Hyatt in Monterey. This trip has become a late winter/early spring tradition for us. A little road biking, a little wine tasting, a little staring at the ocean by the fireplace. This year, I'll add some MTBing in Santa Cruz. We'll actually start with a couple of nights in San Diego because I have a race that weekend down there.
Early July we'll be in Park City at a Marriott timeshare for MTBing and whatever else you do in Park City, eat I guess. Then on to Denver for a veterinary conference, and hopefully a little more MTBing.
Then it looks like we'll wind up with 10ish days in the Sierras in early Sept. Maybe Tahoe the whole time, maybe visit coach in Reno part of the time, maybe hit up the mtb park at Mammoth Lakes. Ive never been to Yosemite but I'm not sure Labor Day week is the week to finally do that. We hate crowds.
I still have a weeks vacation left but I'm thinking we'll just take single days here and there and add them on to weekends or holidays.
Our 2018 travel plans are mostly set now.
March will be a timeshare stay at the Hyatt in Carmel and maybe a couple of free hotel nights at the Hyatt in Monterey. This trip has become a late winter/early spring tradition for us. A little road biking, a little wine tasting, a little staring at the ocean by the fireplace. This year, I'll add some MTBing in Santa Cruz. We'll actually start with a couple of nights in San Diego because I have a race that weekend down there.
Early July we'll be in Park City at a Marriott timeshare for MTBing and whatever else you do in Park City, eat I guess. Then on to Denver for a veterinary conference, and hopefully a little more MTBing.
Then it looks like we'll wind up with 10ish days in the Sierras in early Sept. Maybe Tahoe the whole time, maybe visit coach in Reno part of the time, maybe hit up the mtb park at Mammoth Lakes. Ive never been to Yosemite but I'm not sure Labor Day week is the week to finally do that. We hate crowds.
I still have a weeks vacation left but I'm thinking we'll just take single days here and there and add them on to weekends or holidays.
10-12-17, 07:34 AM
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There is an interesting hair gel scene in the movie 'Something About Mary'. I elected to not post it, but you can look it up if you're interested.
10-12-17, 07:35 AM
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10-12-17, 07:44 AM
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10-12-17, 07:48 AM
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So have you informed Mrs. datlas regarding the traditional 26th anniversary gift to husbands: a full e-Tap group? No wait a minute. You may not want to know the proper reciprocal gift. Fuggeddaboudit.
10-12-17, 07:53 AM
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10-12-17, 07:54 AM
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10-12-17, 07:55 AM
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Should Be More Popular
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I like how you think but not a good idea with the MOF who prefers austerity.
10-12-17, 07:58 AM
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10-12-17, 08:01 AM
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Not a real bad idea to get rid of some of that burnable material in California right now. 
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10-12-17, 08:01 AM
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Speaking of new groups, I ordered a new Red left brake/shift lever yesterday. I just wasn't happy with the prospect of taking the damn thing to a watch maker (joke alert) to have the broken lever replaced, even though the part is readily available on eBay. I found a good closeout on the single left lever in the right graphics edition for $209 with free shipping and no local tax. Good thing this happened when it did as that graphics edition is obsolete now, and it seems to be rapidly disappearing from the internet. It seems they change the look every couple of years.
I doubt that is much more than I would have had to pay for the part and replacement labor especially if I let the LBS search for the right part. I mean, was the LBS really going to just go on eBay to get the part? Maybe I am just a klutz, but the replacement job looked to be a bear.
What about the warranty you ask. Well the store (both online and brick and mortar) where I originally bought the lever offered to ATTEMPT to process the warranty if I sent the broken part to them. Know what? I just don't have the patience for that.
So do I still come out ahead compared to just having bought the levers from my LBS at whatever awful price they would have charged? Good question. Maybe a little. I wonder how the replacement would have been handled assuming the breakage would have been determined to be under warranty. And that is by no means a given. How would they have gotten me a matching lever from SRAM? Would they have replaced both to make a match? I have no idea. Channeling Scarlet O'Hara I am just not going to think about all that anymore. Previsualizing reinstalling the internal cable run is much more important.
I doubt that is much more than I would have had to pay for the part and replacement labor especially if I let the LBS search for the right part. I mean, was the LBS really going to just go on eBay to get the part? Maybe I am just a klutz, but the replacement job looked to be a bear.
What about the warranty you ask. Well the store (both online and brick and mortar) where I originally bought the lever offered to ATTEMPT to process the warranty if I sent the broken part to them. Know what? I just don't have the patience for that.
So do I still come out ahead compared to just having bought the levers from my LBS at whatever awful price they would have charged? Good question. Maybe a little. I wonder how the replacement would have been handled assuming the breakage would have been determined to be under warranty. And that is by no means a given. How would they have gotten me a matching lever from SRAM? Would they have replaced both to make a match? I have no idea. Channeling Scarlet O'Hara I am just not going to think about all that anymore. Previsualizing reinstalling the internal cable run is much more important.
10-12-17, 08:02 AM
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10-12-17, 08:04 AM
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10-12-17, 08:06 AM
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10-12-17, 08:11 AM
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10-12-17, 08:11 AM
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10-12-17, 08:12 AM
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10-12-17, 08:18 AM
#1898
smelling the roses
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This exactly. Part of the problem is that the thought of preparing something never crosses my mind until I'm already quite hungry.
10-12-17, 08:24 AM
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You should check out Mark Bittman's recipes. He used to be with the NYT but left to take on a health advocacy role, especially when it comes to children's diets. He was mostly into minimalist cooking. Every once in a while he would take a base ingredient like chicken breasts or soft shell crabs and provide multiple simple, recipes that used the same cooking process and were surprisingly good. Roasted chicken breasts rolled in herbs. Roasted deviled chicken breasts covered with a mixture of shallots, Dijon mustard and cayenne pepper. And so on. I miss those.
10-12-17, 08:33 AM
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Likewise carmelized pears: sliced pears sautéed in butter, then sprinkled with vanilla sugar and lemon juice. Takes 5 min max and when you're the only one in your household who likes pears, it's a great way to preserve them so that one pear can top 4 days oatmeal (or in a green salad with blue cheese and chopped walnuts, tossed with some fruity vinagrette, or even just oil & vinegar & salt). Simple stuff.
Vanilla sugar: stick a used vanilla bean pod in a jar of sugar and let it sit a few weeks.