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#2926
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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#2927
Mostly Harmless
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Am I the only one who didn't have a Galaxie or Cadillac as a ute? It seems so.
RMOT
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#2928
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Anyone mowing more than once a week either:
(1) is mowing because they enjoy the activity,
(2) is really bored,
(3) has a obsessive compulsive lawn disorder,
(4) or deluded themselves into thinking that someone will buy a multi-hundred thousand dollar house if only the grass is 1" shorter.
No other options.
(1) is mowing because they enjoy the activity,
(2) is really bored,
(3) has a obsessive compulsive lawn disorder,
(4) or deluded themselves into thinking that someone will buy a multi-hundred thousand dollar house if only the grass is 1" shorter.
No other options.
#2929
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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#2930
shaken, not stirred.
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my first car was a 56 VW Beetle. I should have kept that car. It would actually be worth something now. My second car was a Triumph Herald.
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I had an uncle who bought a new beetle, in the sixties, and put it away in storage. Sadly, he died young, of brain cancer, as did two of his brothers. All of them within a few years of each other. Ages between 31 and 50 something. A mysterious phenomenon. Three survived, though one of them committed suicide later, after a doctor visit.
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My HR hit 37 last night while sleeping, I think that’s the lowest I have ever seen.
#2933
VFL For Life
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I tried watching, I didn't get it.
#2934
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#2935
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A chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes has been damaged by land movement. The people want to move it to a more stable piece of land. The estimated cost is $20 million.
Wayfarers, Instagram-famous L.A. chapel, to be completely taken apart - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
Wayfarers, Instagram-famous L.A. chapel, to be completely taken apart - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
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Mrs. rjones28 had the Sport Six/Vitesse version of the Herald, BITD.
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Was up late last might. Date night and all. I just got in from number 11. A different, somewhat more civilized route. 100 years ago it was heavily civilized but in decline. Now it’s in ruins but not all grown up like the other ruined area I ride through. Hereabouts we have Maya ruins— the area is paved with them, and historical ruins. Cattle, followed by henequen(green gold), after the soil would no longer support cattle. With the coming of oil-based fiber, the end came very quickly
#2938
Grupetto Bob
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A chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes has been damaged by land movement. The people want to move it to a more stable piece of land. The estimated cost is $20 million.
Wayfarers, Instagram-famous L.A. chapel, to be completely taken apart - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
Wayfarers, Instagram-famous L.A. chapel, to be completely taken apart - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
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Fat n slow
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We have been so busy lately it’s insane. We had a ton of nonsense with putting the pool in and have been busting our hump pretty much every night with some landscaping task or another. Not much time to ride bikes. Did a 77 mile “race” yesterday that had 7300 feet of climbing, it was brutal. I averaged close to 16, which is okay given my general lack of fitness and dealing with dirt roads.
Now that things are slowing down, hopefully can get some miles in. Getting 25 yards of topsoil in on Thursday, will spend the weekend spreading it then seeding it.
Now that things are slowing down, hopefully can get some miles in. Getting 25 yards of topsoil in on Thursday, will spend the weekend spreading it then seeding it.
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#2941
Should Be More Popular
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Silver Comet Fred
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#2943
Should Be More Popular
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Lawn mowing content:
Our neighbor (who we are friendly with but not really close friends) has a really loud lawn tractor and he typically mows his lawn on Sunday late afternoon/evening (he is doing it now). Next Sunday we are having a little get-together at our place as my cycling friend from the SF area is visiting, and we invited several cycling friends who know him to come and socialize.
We have a fine deck and ideally would have the get-together on the deck, but if neighbor is mowing his lawn it will be unpleasant and tough to chat over the noise.
So of course, the question is do we ask him ahead of time to not mow his lawn from 530-730 next Sunday, hold off and only ask if we hear him fire up the mower, or bite our collective tongue and hope that with the 3 day holiday weekend he might mow his lawn on Memorial Day?
None of there is especially appealing tbh.
Our neighbor (who we are friendly with but not really close friends) has a really loud lawn tractor and he typically mows his lawn on Sunday late afternoon/evening (he is doing it now). Next Sunday we are having a little get-together at our place as my cycling friend from the SF area is visiting, and we invited several cycling friends who know him to come and socialize.
We have a fine deck and ideally would have the get-together on the deck, but if neighbor is mowing his lawn it will be unpleasant and tough to chat over the noise.
So of course, the question is do we ask him ahead of time to not mow his lawn from 530-730 next Sunday, hold off and only ask if we hear him fire up the mower, or bite our collective tongue and hope that with the 3 day holiday weekend he might mow his lawn on Memorial Day?
None of there is especially appealing tbh.
#2944
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We have been so busy lately it’s insane. We had a ton of nonsense with putting the pool in and have been busting our hump pretty much every night with some landscaping task or another. Not much time to ride bikes. Did a 77 mile “race” yesterday that had 7300 feet of climbing, it was brutal. I averaged close to 16, which is okay given my general lack of fitness and dealing with dirt roads.
Now that things are slowing down, hopefully can get some miles in. Getting 25 yards of topsoil in on Thursday, will spend the weekend spreading it then seeding it.
Now that things are slowing down, hopefully can get some miles in. Getting 25 yards of topsoil in on Thursday, will spend the weekend spreading it then seeding it.
#2946
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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This may have been the first ride since I got COVID last month that felt normal! I checked my HRV before heading out, and my HR was 47 and HRV (from HRV4Training) was 8.6, which is the best number I've seen all week! So, while I didn't go nuts, I also didn't hold back too much on this ride. I'm tired after the ride - 58 miles - but not fatigued like I have been. 58 feels like 58, whereas before it would feel more like 70.
I made the mistake of dressing for the first 5 miles (thin long sleeve jersey with long sleeve base layer) as soon as I got to Canada Rd, it felt like too much. Next time, arm warmers and a vest, because I can peel them off. The other mistake I made was depending on my knowledge of where the water taps are. I've been taking one bottle, and just depending on refilling it along the way, but today there was a roadblock that kept me from getting to one public water tap, and the other one was Out Of Order. You'd think the one at the Water Temple, run by the San Francisco Water Department, would work, but no. At least it wasn't hot, so I wasn't dehydrated.
I made the mistake of dressing for the first 5 miles (thin long sleeve jersey with long sleeve base layer) as soon as I got to Canada Rd, it felt like too much. Next time, arm warmers and a vest, because I can peel them off. The other mistake I made was depending on my knowledge of where the water taps are. I've been taking one bottle, and just depending on refilling it along the way, but today there was a roadblock that kept me from getting to one public water tap, and the other one was Out Of Order. You'd think the one at the Water Temple, run by the San Francisco Water Department, would work, but no. At least it wasn't hot, so I wasn't dehydrated.
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Silver Comet Fred
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The people buying our house are French showers and we close the deal on June 3rd. Despite their character deficiencies I want to leave them with a house that has a nicely maintained yard and lawn(s). I worked for an hour and a half today on the dreaded hill. It looks nice. I feel crappy. My old man taught me the right way and I have to honor that.
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#2948
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Likely they will. And they will eventually have to be contained. Be lazy at your peril. I just ordered $50 worth of garden seed. Crops I used to grow up north, but grown out in Mexico, so they are already day length adapted. I did a small trial that’s just about done, just to see, and it was a great success. This will of course be all raised beds with brought in soil. We’re currently looking for a dump truck load. Seven cubic meters. We have other uses for it as well.
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Silver Comet Fred
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Lawn mowing content:
Our neighbor (who we are friendly with but not really close friends) has a really loud lawn tractor and he typically mows his lawn on Sunday late afternoon/evening (he is doing it now). Next Sunday we are having a little get-together at our place as my cycling friend from the SF area is visiting, and we invited several cycling friends who know him to come and socialize.
We have a fine deck and ideally would have the get-together on the deck, but if neighbor is mowing his lawn it will be unpleasant and tough to chat over the noise.
So of course, the question is do we ask him ahead of time to not mow his lawn from 530-730 next Sunday, hold off and only ask if we hear him fire up the mower, or bite our collective tongue and hope that with the 3 day holiday weekend he might mow his lawn on Memorial Day?
None of there is especially appealing tbh.
Our neighbor (who we are friendly with but not really close friends) has a really loud lawn tractor and he typically mows his lawn on Sunday late afternoon/evening (he is doing it now). Next Sunday we are having a little get-together at our place as my cycling friend from the SF area is visiting, and we invited several cycling friends who know him to come and socialize.
We have a fine deck and ideally would have the get-together on the deck, but if neighbor is mowing his lawn it will be unpleasant and tough to chat over the noise.
So of course, the question is do we ask him ahead of time to not mow his lawn from 530-730 next Sunday, hold off and only ask if we hear him fire up the mower, or bite our collective tongue and hope that with the 3 day holiday weekend he might mow his lawn on Memorial Day?
None of there is especially appealing tbh.
#2950
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Didn’t get to ride this morning. Flight was delayed going home, so didn’t get home til about 1:30 am. I set my alarm for 4 am like usual but was so exhausted I never woke up.
I am hoping tomorrow to do a metric. Really just depends on what time I wake up, have to be back by 730 am- 745 am.
Training is kind of on hold while i’m in work training. The trainer and I are not getting a lot, and I have been so stressed out with bus school I can’t really focus on anything else.
I am hoping tomorrow to do a metric. Really just depends on what time I wake up, have to be back by 730 am- 745 am.
Training is kind of on hold while i’m in work training. The trainer and I are not getting a lot, and I have been so stressed out with bus school I can’t really focus on anything else.