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Old 05-02-26 | 02:18 PM
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Not so long ago Amazon deliveries took weeks. Now? Two days is a longer wait than normal. I believe there is a warehouse very close by (how else could they do it?). Such a delight. Here in the land of not being able to get anything useful even after driving the 25 km to the city.
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Absolutely. I have several JB tunes on my ride/workout playlist.

I recently learned James Brown might be the most sampled music on Hip Hop tracks.
It’s pretty amazing. I can’t say that I understand it, but the musicians do.
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I do not think that (exclusively) means what you think it means.

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"On the DL" = "specifically refers to men who identify as straight but have secret sexual encounters with other men."

So the hillbillies know.
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Old 05-02-26 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by big john
I've had 2 extractions, a root canal, some fillings and 2 crowns in the last few years. Not to mention 3 cleanings and multiple x-rays every year. Insurance only pays a little bit of it.
Mrs John has never had a cavity or any dental repair. Ex wife was the same way, perfect teeth, never a cavity.
I didn't have anything until I was in my 30s. Since then I've had a crown or two, fillings, and two teeth that spontaneously cracked down the middle.
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Good morning east coasters(Indy, datlas etc). Good morning to others in the eastern time zone (Vol, ABShipp, rjones28, BillyD etc)
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"On the DL" = "specifically refers to men who identify as straight but have secret sexual encounters with other men."
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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Not so long ago Amazon deliveries took weeks. Now? Two days is a longer wait than normal. I believe there is a warehouse very close by (how else could they do it?). Such a delight.
Do you order items just to see how long delivery takes?
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Dad lived to 100 with all his own teeth, whereas Mom had dentures for years. Later she got implants, according to my sibs.
I know nothing about my parents ‘ teeth. And I have no memory of either of them ever going to the dentist.
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I didn't have anything until I was in my 30s. Since then I've had a crown or two, fillings, and two teeth that spontaneously cracked down the middle.

Redundant categories.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Do you order items just to see how long delivery takes?
No. They are things I need, and would have difficulty finding locally. Th3 wood glue I just ordered could possibly be found at Home Depot. But in order to find out I would have to enter the store, something I refuse to do.
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Hi, Young Man. Where have you been?
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Old 05-02-26 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Hi, Young Man. Where have you been?

All over, neither here nor there.

When one stops cycling, having 6 bikes suddenly becomes ridiculous.

In the process of re doing my fence. Took time off from work to get it done, and then lowe’s lost my order. So now, I have zero personal time left and only about 2.5 days off per week from the rest of my life.

I now have more basses than bikes. And my home gym is 90 percent complete. That’s about sums up my life at the moment.

Oh, I cut down a bunch of trees at my house a couple weeks ago, one of them required me to be on a ladder. I swear the tree was falling on top of me so, I gracefully fell of the ladder and F my right ankle up pretty good. It had stopped hurting but apparently pedaling this morning caused the pain to come back. Just another thing in my life telling me to stop riding for a bit. When I walk up the stairs it feels like I have clothing dragging down the back on my ankle, but i’m not wearing clothes…….
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Old 05-02-26 | 06:58 PM
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Hi. What’s this thread about?
Fixed. Good of you to pop in.
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On today’s ride, I loaded the route but somehow my computer was messed up and it was clearly not working correctly. I told one of the other riders (who works in IT) who said just turn it off, turn it on again, and reload.

It worked!

My friend visiting from California is a retired pilot. He said they had to do that with the Airbus sometimes.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
But in order to find out I would have to enter the store, something I refuse to do.
Why do you refuse to enter?
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When one stops cycling, having 6 bikes suddenly becomes ridiculous.
Did you stop cycling?
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I told one of the other riders (who works in IT) who said just turn it off, turn it on again, and reload.

It worked!

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Got passed on my bike by the Google Street View car yesterday. I may be famous in a few days. This would be the third time in 15-20 years.
The Google Street view guy got me last year about this time...

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Originally Posted by genejockey
Dad lived to 100 with all his own teeth, whereas Mom had dentures for years. Later she got implants, according to my sibs.
My second wife had implants because she was self conscious being so ‘flat’.
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