Addiction LXXVII
03-03-20, 09:39 PM
#7101
VFL For Life
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FYI, the D-A/Sram setup is quiet as Velo Vol during a Sunday sermon 
Kudos.
03-03-20, 09:52 PM
#7102
So it is
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I have an avocado tree growing in my garage. Well. Not me. Mrs. LAJ is growing it for me.
03-03-20, 10:01 PM
#7103
Senior Member
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Location: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
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We had a huge avocado tree at that house with all the fruit trees. Damn squirrels ruined all of them. They take one bite and drop the avocado on your car. I did not shed a tear when my landlord's cat killed one and ate it in front of the other squirrels.
03-03-20, 10:18 PM
#7104
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03-04-20, 05:21 AM
#7105
Should Be More Popular
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03-04-20, 05:38 AM
#7106
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03-04-20, 06:30 AM
#7107
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I think that I have decided to give the waxing faff a whirl. Rather than go full-faff with a home-brew option, I think that I'll go half-faff with Molten Speed Wax this time around. Also, I looked up cheap slow cookers online and I see that Target has 2q CrockPots for a measly 10 bucks, so I'm going to pick up one of those as it'll give me a little more room to do more than one chain at a time.
03-04-20, 06:35 AM
#7108
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I think that I have decided to give the waxing faff a whirl. Rather than go full-faff with a home-brew option, I think that I'll go half-faff with Molten Speed Wax this time around. Also, I looked up cheap slow cookers online and I see that Target has 2q CrockPots for a measly 10 bucks, so I'm going to pick up one of those as it'll give me a little more room to do more than one chain at a time.
I want a step by step play with moving pictures and audio.
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03-04-20, 07:03 AM
#7109
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03-04-20, 07:45 AM
#7110
Mostly Harmless
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@Velo Vol is more like a lab mouse.
03-04-20, 07:48 AM
#7111
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65 and sunny today. Hoping to get 30 today and 20 in tomorrow morning. Start a 3 day trip tomorrow afternoon.
03-04-20, 08:14 AM
#7112
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So this morning on the news I heard that there was a stickup in my 'hood. Didn't catch the whole story, but at the end I heard them say there was another one two weeks ago. On my block. Could be time to join Next Door.
03-04-20, 08:34 AM
#7113
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03-04-20, 08:36 AM
#7114
Vain, But Lacking Talent
Geez, I lost track of this thread.
Weekend completely got away from me with no riding. I did 2-3 hours manual labor each day working on a patio build that is overdue.
The event I was "training" for is cancelled. It was in conjunction with the NAHBS show which just got postponed due to coronavirus concerns. There will still be an event, but now I don't know where it will be or what the format will be. To make it up, they are going above and beyond by giving us entry to an event that day as well as the august date, and even one on the 15th, but that will be a few hours away and I just don't have time to make it with all my upcoming travel and work/home duties.
Work is officially killing me. I have basically three or four major projects all bearing down at once and I am trying to get everything in order because I am supposed to be out all next week. So I need to somehow put a cap on major projects while also planning enough work to ensure my people have plenty to do while I am gone. And I'm still having to keep an eye on whether or not people get in at 8. Yay. Work is sapping me so much that I am losing a lot of motivation for everything outside of work, including being a reasonable human who is nice to their family. I do believe I might be looking for new employment opportunities.
And speaking of vacation, the plan is to visit our good friend in Nashville. She lives well south of downtown and is safe, but she's a musician and frequently gigs in the area. A drummer she was going to play with last night lost his house and his car. Another place she was scheduled to gig at for a couple of weeks got flattened. Thankfully it seems that so far none of her immediate friends are among those that passed. Overall though, I'm not sure if it's a great idea to keep the visit on or not. I will have to touch on that idea today.
Like I said, motivation is SHOT. I barely talked myself into getting on the trainer last night. The fake miles went rather well, though. Got some climbing PR's which is always nice.
Weekend completely got away from me with no riding. I did 2-3 hours manual labor each day working on a patio build that is overdue.
The event I was "training" for is cancelled. It was in conjunction with the NAHBS show which just got postponed due to coronavirus concerns. There will still be an event, but now I don't know where it will be or what the format will be. To make it up, they are going above and beyond by giving us entry to an event that day as well as the august date, and even one on the 15th, but that will be a few hours away and I just don't have time to make it with all my upcoming travel and work/home duties.
Work is officially killing me. I have basically three or four major projects all bearing down at once and I am trying to get everything in order because I am supposed to be out all next week. So I need to somehow put a cap on major projects while also planning enough work to ensure my people have plenty to do while I am gone. And I'm still having to keep an eye on whether or not people get in at 8. Yay. Work is sapping me so much that I am losing a lot of motivation for everything outside of work, including being a reasonable human who is nice to their family. I do believe I might be looking for new employment opportunities.
And speaking of vacation, the plan is to visit our good friend in Nashville. She lives well south of downtown and is safe, but she's a musician and frequently gigs in the area. A drummer she was going to play with last night lost his house and his car. Another place she was scheduled to gig at for a couple of weeks got flattened. Thankfully it seems that so far none of her immediate friends are among those that passed. Overall though, I'm not sure if it's a great idea to keep the visit on or not. I will have to touch on that idea today.
Like I said, motivation is SHOT. I barely talked myself into getting on the trainer last night. The fake miles went rather well, though. Got some climbing PR's which is always nice.
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03-04-20, 09:42 AM
#7116
smelling the roses
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The final houseguest of the season left this morning. I am grateful for their visits-- it means I don't have to travel. These last two were back to back. One left and another arrived within the week. This latest is a woman I haven't seen in 16 years. Our last visit was in the early days in Belize.
It will be nice to get back to some semblance of a routine. And eventually, to a full semblance of routine.
It will be nice to get back to some semblance of a routine. And eventually, to a full semblance of routine.
03-04-20, 09:45 AM
#7117
smelling the roses
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I broke down and ordered a cd from Amazon this morning. To play in the car. Internet signals are few and far between, and downloading music has proved an impossible task for this codger.
03-04-20, 09:53 AM
#7118
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It feels like I have a virus. #COVID19
03-04-20, 09:58 AM
#7119
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It feels like I have a virus. #COVID19
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03-04-20, 10:04 AM
#7120
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It feels like I have a virus. #COVID19
03-04-20, 10:05 AM
#7121
Super Modest
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03-04-20, 10:13 AM
#7122
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03-04-20, 10:29 AM
#7123
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03-04-20, 10:32 AM
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03-04-20, 10:48 AM
#7125
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RA does affect my jaw.
My wild layperson guess is that it's the drug wearing off. If I had an infusion today it would go away.
For now I'll just take Vimovo, or more prednisone, if I must. Sigh.
