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Old 02-20-19, 07:14 AM
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I have no resistance. Plain 72% yes; this no.
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Old 02-20-19, 07:16 AM
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I found this on my kitchen counter this morning. One doesn't normally get to view the underside.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
They don't think you can find the valve stem on your own, apparently.
I've heard that about, oh... 20 times or so.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Up at 5AM CST for the third day since getting home from Florida. I don't recall having trouble shaking EST before, I mean it's only an hour for Pete's sake.

BTW, it's now snowed twice since we got home Sunday night.

Lastly, I caught a carbon rim in a crack on yesterday's ride and ruined the rim.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
They don't think you can find the valve stem on your own, apparently.
Oh?
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Old 02-20-19, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
I've heard that about, oh... 20 times or so.
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Old 02-20-19, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
I don't recall having trouble shaking EST before, I mean it's only an hour for Pete's sake.
Who's Pete?

Lastly, I caught a carbon rim in a crack on yesterday's ride and ruined the rim.
Bummer.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha

In the. DC Metro region, yes. Happens a few times a year.
I see.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Who's Pete?
and why is he waking you up?

Too bad about the rim
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
I don't recall having trouble shaking EST before
Why would anyone want to?
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Mrs datlas has a snow day today. She already Kondo-Maried the house, so she insisted we work on the crawl space (unfinished part of the basement). We have a ton of empty boxes there (any time we get something in a medium or bigger size box, we typically throw the box there in case we need to return it or for when we move)...

So we just went through a huge load of boxes and got rid of 80% of them. Breaking them down to recycle is now a work in progress.

I would much prefer to be on a ride.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Mrs datlas has a snow day today. She already Kondo-Maried the house, so she insisted we work on the crawl space (unfinished part of the basement). We have a ton of empty boxes there (any time we get something in a medium or bigger size box, we typically throw the box there in case we need to return it or for when we move)...

So we just went through a huge load of boxes and got rid of 80% of them. Breaking them down to recycle is now a work in progress.

I would much prefer to be on a ride.
So a snowy Wednesday doubles the misery for you. Sad.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Mrs datlas has a snow day today. She already Kondo-Maried the house, so she insisted we work on the crawl space (unfinished part of the basement). We have a ton of empty boxes there (any time we get something in a medium or bigger size box, we typically throw the box there in case we need to return it or for when we move)...

So we just went through a huge load of boxes and got rid of 80% of them. Breaking them down to recycle is now a work in progress.

I would much prefer to be on a ride.
Your kids may thank her some day. My mom de-junked a five-bedroom apartment and a 5000 sq ft house more or less single handedly when she was in her 70s, in anticipation of her Parkinson disease incapacitating her.
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So we just went through a huge load of boxes and got rid of 80% of them. Breaking them down to recycle is now a work in progress.
Save one for the cat.
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This is weird. Curious what the cause of the fire was.

Man Dies After Porta Potty Catches Fire Outside of Baltimore Ravens Football Stadium
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Who's Pete?


Bummer.
Well, without going down the religious rabbit hole, Google is your friend.

As for the rim, I scrutinized it this morning and it's not cracked, just heavily scarred. Since it's a rear rim and a tubeless rim, the sidewall is very thick. I'm pretty sure that I can do some minor repair and it will be fine albeit possibly with a little braking stutter. I have minimal carbon repair abilities and think I can salvage it.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Well, without going down the religious rabbit hole, Google is your friend.

As for the rim, I scrutinized it this morning and it's not cracked, just heavily scarred. Since it's a rear rim and a tubeless rim, the sidewall is very thick. I'm pretty sure that I can do some minor repair and it will be fine albeit possibly with a little braking stutter. I have minimal carbon repair abilities and think I can salvage it.
https://www.westsystem.com/handy-repair-pack/
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I am morally certain he was cooking up dope.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
I've done carbon fiber repairs on CF recumbent seats and CF frames so I've got what I need. Shouldn't be too difficult.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
So a snowy Wednesday doubles the misery for you. Sad.
qft

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Your kids may thank her some day. My mom de-junked a five-bedroom apartment and a 5000 sq ft house more or less single handedly when she was in her 70s, in anticipation of her Parkinson disease incapacitating her.
I told her it would be easier for her to call 1-800-GOT-JUNK after I am gone.

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Why?

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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
I am morally certain he was cooking up dope.
An odd place to do so, but I fail to come up with likely other causes for such combustion.
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Random question. Maybe because I am veg, but I find the smell of cooked fish to be quite unpleasant. My office is near the lunchroom and sometimes employees microwave their lunch, and when someone makes fish it stinks (to me at least) and the smell lingers for awhile. I imagine I should just shut up but is there a role to ask people not to bring fish?

#aminesstink
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Why?
Required cat accessory.
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I imagine I should just shut up but is there a role to ask people not to bring fish?
How much clout do you have?

[it stinks to me, too]
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Random question. Maybe because I am veg, but I find the smell of cooked fish to be quite unpleasant. My office is near the lunchroom and sometimes employees microwave their lunch, and when someone makes fish it stinks (to me at least) and the smell lingers for awhile. I imagine I should just shut up but is there a role to ask people not to bring fish?

#aminesstink
Mrs Seeds cooks tuna and egg mixture in the micro, for the dogs. Horrible smell. The micro is in my kitchen.
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