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11-05-20, 08:11 AM
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11-05-20, 09:12 AM
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11-05-20, 09:21 AM
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11-05-20, 09:24 AM
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11-05-20, 09:24 AM
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11-05-20, 09:24 AM
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11-05-20, 09:33 AM
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I’m sitting in my office twiddling my thumbs because our IT is down. It’s quite nice out. Think I’ll go for a walk to scrounge up a NYT. Hard to find these days now that the Wawas in center city are boarded up and the 7-11 down the street is closing for good.
11-05-20, 09:45 AM
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11-05-20, 09:51 AM
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11-05-20, 10:06 AM
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I was driving my old Blazer @65 mph and something hit the windshield low and to the right. I thought it was a bullet and powdered glass flew in like a cloud of dust.
Never found out what it was but the hole went all the way through and during the next few years got bigger and would whistle when I got up to speed so I put duct tape over it. It also spiderweb cracked all over until a cop pulled me over and told me I had to get it fixed.
I think I paid $150 for the new windshield and within 3 months it was hit by a rock on the same freeway and I had a cracked windshield again.
11-05-20, 10:24 AM
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11-05-20, 10:24 AM
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Nope, bird shooting.
With a camera.
With a camera.
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11-05-20, 10:27 AM
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Porsche Macan. For a number of reasons, our deductible is $1k, so I'll be paying at least that much. Because of the type of car it is, I want OEM glass, and since it has lane detection, rain sensing wipers, and some other features, in addition to the roughly $1k cost of the glass, it may require some sensor recalibration by the dealer which can run as much as $750.
I've learned with these cars that sometimes you just have to suck it up and pay the "Porsche tax" (or BMW/MB/Audi tax) that comes with owning them. Don't have to like it though.
I've learned with these cars that sometimes you just have to suck it up and pay the "Porsche tax" (or BMW/MB/Audi tax) that comes with owning them. Don't have to like it though.
11-05-20, 10:27 AM
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11-05-20, 10:30 AM
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11-05-20, 10:54 AM
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I was way underdressed this AM w/ just a thermal base layer, tights and jersey. My lungs were burning when I got home from sucking wind in the dry, cold air.
11-05-20, 10:57 AM
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11-05-20, 10:59 AM
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Yah, appears to be just the paint, tapping sounds sharp and nothing felt amiss. Going to take it to lbs to see what they think, but I’m far less concerned now.
the apparent crack can be seen here on the lower right of the dig into the paint.
it looks like a scratch
the apparent crack can be seen here on the lower right of the dig into the paint.
it looks like a scratch
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11-05-20, 11:03 AM
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TV News choppers hovering around City Hall. Must be a rally or protest.
11-05-20, 11:05 AM
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Went out for a casual ride, set my best 3 min power for the season, and bumped my eFTP back to the late summer level. ...and not too bad a number an alter kacker, either. 
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11-05-20, 11:10 AM
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Interesting - cool for the first half, especially in valleys, but it got warmer throughout. There were flat layers of fog to go through, and the temp variations meant everything was fogging over badly. It was beautiful though, and felt great to be outside again.
11-05-20, 11:15 AM
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11-05-20, 11:18 AM
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Thus my last meal no later than 5:30. I can wait til 8:30 and have 15 hours of fasting.