seedsbelize2

And a delicious 71 degrees it is. I picked this day to go to the city, for this reason.

I have dated no Irish women. An Italian/Lebanese one who was a delight. A first generation Mexican-American. I had a single date with a German woman. And a Finnish woman while traveling in Guatemala. I think that’s all the international experience I have.

big john

lol @ nut lathe! Actually it's Channel lock brand. I think the car is a Miata because I think I remember him mentioning it once before.

Fuel pressure regulator on the right but what is the vacuum thing on the left? Pulsation damper?

indyfabz

Someone just liked a 2018 post of mine in Touring. WTH.

Velo Vol 

Must you always rub it in?

genejockey 

Dad used to drink "Arn City" every so often, but later on became a big fan of Yuengling, both the lager and the porter.

"Arn" was one of his few remaining Pittsburghisms. That and "Dahntahn" for downtown. I don't think I ever heard him say "yinz".

TMonk

Rare opportunity for a double ride day, before and after work. Just hopped off the trainer for a routine hour on the TT bike, 1x30 and 1x15' pretty light, just keeping my body used to being folded in half.

This evening I think I'll make my annual appearance at the Fiesta Island World Championships (FIWC) ride. It's a stupid, stupid ride. It attracts a lot of newbie racers and other plebeians who get excited about it, and the worst part - cars. At least not as much as there are later in the summer. I slow/stop behind cars unless they make an obvious courtesy gesture to move over, but many others like to shoot up the sides and around them, which is not safe when the group is over a certain size. Even if there aren't any crazed cyclists out there, it sucks to have to let off the gas when I'm putting on the pressure.

I should probably ride my new MTB instead. Or go to the track and do the madison workout if I want some intensity. Doing FIWC once sort of feels like a box I need to check lol, might as well just get it over with.

BillyD

When you got it you gotta flaunt it, is what they say.

I know, I know . . . who da hell is "they"?

BillyD

"She's so fine there's no telling where my money went".

t2p

yinz guyz better ‘red up’ your room !

Iron City (Arn !) and Old German came down the same lines … same beer

indyfabz

WrestleMania is in town this weekend. The Hulkster is at the Convention Center signing autographs for $65 a pop.

t2p

1987 Porsche 944

the good news : low miles (47 K or something like that) - and clean (was a California / Texas car for majority of it’s life)

the bad news : sat for a long long time

unfortunately my dated sketchy experience with rochester quadrajets and holleys is of little use

t2p

the little kids are like chipmunks - they dart around recklessly

but you cannot run over the kids

t2p

a great drive ability / diagnostic / electrical tech is worth their weight in gold

if I was that dealer I would have sent a limo to transport you to and from the dealership !

LesterOfPuppets

Also

LAJ

They like the guy that hits the profit margin much more. The worker that tosses 4 O2 sensors and a PCM at the vehicle, then throws their hands up because it's unfixable, makes bank. big john , who then finds a blown fuse that powers all 4 O2 heaters, or something just as simple, is a necessary evil.

big john

Mine too! As is my experience with electric cars and diesels. And about everything else I know.

genejockey 

Ah, but what about Olde Frothingslosh?

big john

A driveability tech can't generate the income that a guy who does 30K services all day can. Especially when he has to help the engine guy figure out what was hooked up wrong or help the brake and front end guy calibrate steering sensors, etc.

When I announced that I was retiring they asked me to stay because the guy they tried to body snatch from another dealer changed his mind about taking my place. The 2 guys they did have who were supposed to render me obsolete were not up to the task. Partly because they didn't want to spend their time on diagnosis and were more interested in flagging 10 hours on a 30k service with upsells.

The manager and advisors asked me to come back every time I visited to have lunch with the guys or get something for my car but after 4 years the guy they wanted finally left his other job and came over. He's a lot like me, happy to grind through mountains of warranty work.

seedsbelize2

red up your room was used in our house too, on the edge of Amish country in NE Ohio. Where did Goebel beer come from? Robin Hood? There was another that came in a 24 bottle box.

seedsbelize2

I had a gf who was a Robert Palmer fan

Velo Vol 

Not an ideal forecast for umbraphiles.

genejockey 

"Redd up your room" was also popular in Adams County, east of the Alleghenies.

Mojo31

You have a red room?

datlas 

I had lunch with 4 other cycling friends (including the one who is off the bike from the crash, he will be able to get back on the road in a month). The initial chitchat was interesting, and topics included my feelings about Di2, tubeless vs tubes, SRAM vs Shimano, the new anticipated Karoo head unit that allegedly will integrate with the new (coming soon) Etap Red.

However after awhile the conversation drifted into FTP tests and training. All the other guys use power meters and do FTP tests and pay at least some (and most of them too much) attention to their power date during/after a ride. I personally find this unpleasant as I love to ride and this type of analysis takes the fun out of riding for me. Plus, none of these guys are racers and honestly we are all more-or-less at the same level. I found myself zoning out and checked out of most of the rest of the discussion.

I occasionally pointed out that since we are not racers it makes more sense to focus on the joy of riding and not the training. My comments fell on deaf ears.


Sigh.

datlas 

True confession time:

I used to think Robert Palmer and Carl Palmer (of ELP fame) were possibly the same person.

(ducks)