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I looked up Delano Park because that name rang a bell. Thea certainly was the place where I saw major leaguers play baseball. It rang a bell for a second reason as well. As a boat builder and sailor, I am interested in all things nautical. My reading in that area made me aware of the Delano side of the Roosevelt family. They were ship owners and merchants in the China trade and made scandalous amounts of money in a short period of time. That was the equivalent of a killer app of their day. The Delano side had a mansion south of Newburgh near Cornwall that burned down.
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The sad news is the subframe is steel and subject to rust, especially for those of us who live in snowy climates thanks to rock salt. I am hoping to keep it for a few more years, but I am aware it may not last forever.
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The initial cleaning is definitely the worst part, but it's not that horrible and the ease afterwards more than makes up for it, IMO.
Then again, it may be that people in different regions have different kinds of drivetrain grime. For me, cleaning the crud that accumulates is teh horrible - dealing with that black, gritty, smudgy ****, all over my cassette, jockey wheels, chainrings, etc. Ick.
Then again, it may be that people in different regions have different kinds of drivetrain grime. For me, cleaning the crud that accumulates is teh horrible - dealing with that black, gritty, smudgy ****, all over my cassette, jockey wheels, chainrings, etc. Ick.
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Yes. The side panels are all plastic and indestructible.
The sad news is the subframe is steel and subject to rust, especially for those of us who live in snowy climates thanks to rock salt. I am hoping to keep it for a few more years, but I am aware it may not last forever.
The sad news is the subframe is steel and subject to rust, especially for those of us who live in snowy climates thanks to rock salt. I am hoping to keep it for a few more years, but I am aware it may not last forever.
The salt and rust is one thing I do not miss from living in a colder clime. After I finished school, I took my rusted out Celica to trade for a new car. When I asked what they would give me in trade, the guy looked at it and said "Nothing since it has cancer. But, we'll only charge you $50 to haul it to the junk yard." Deal!
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Pants, dress shoes, socks, belt, the whole enchilada.
Since Covid started, the number of times people come to my office or I go to their's or a courtroom can be counted in less than two hands. Everything is WebEx/Zoom, email or phone. And, we no longer go out to dinner or for entertainment, so I rarely, if ever, wear my dressier clothes. I was telling my wife this morning as I put on the suit that it's a shame that I have an entire closet of stuff that I simply don't have a place to wear it. The shoes I put on today, for example, haven't been worn in at least 8 months.
Since Covid started, the number of times people come to my office or I go to their's or a courtroom can be counted in less than two hands. Everything is WebEx/Zoom, email or phone. And, we no longer go out to dinner or for entertainment, so I rarely, if ever, wear my dressier clothes. I was telling my wife this morning as I put on the suit that it's a shame that I have an entire closet of stuff that I simply don't have a place to wear it. The shoes I put on today, for example, haven't been worn in at least 8 months.
I haven't owned a suit since I gave away my uniforms, but I have some nice clothes. I keep one of two lovely Irish tweed jackets in the office and sometimes wore it to clinic and senior meetings. Probably wore it twice last year before I stopped going in. I remember putting on a pressed shirt, a tie, and my Brooks Bros cashmere blazer for an evening event last winter with LSS's partners. I have a journal editorial board meeting in February. Maybe I'll put on a shirt with a collar for that.
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Looks like it's still in pretty good shape for its age. Down here, a dark color car would be down to the primer on the horizontal panels due to UV damage. I tint the side and rear windows, and religiously use a windshield screen to try to keep ahead of interior damage from the UV.
I also gotta say, I have never kept a car for 23 years either! Only wives and kids.
I also gotta say, I have never kept a car for 23 years either! Only wives and kids.
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Is your bike a 63? Looks tall.
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It's depressing.
I haven't owned a suit since I gave away my uniforms, but I have some nice clothes. I keep one of two lovely Irish tweed jackets in the office and sometimes wore it to clinic and senior meetings. Probably wore it twice last year before I stopped going in. I remember putting on a pressed shirt, a tie, and my Brooks Bros cashmere blazer for an evening event last winter with LSS's partners. I have a journal editorial board meeting in February. Maybe I'll put on a shirt with a collar for that.
I haven't owned a suit since I gave away my uniforms, but I have some nice clothes. I keep one of two lovely Irish tweed jackets in the office and sometimes wore it to clinic and senior meetings. Probably wore it twice last year before I stopped going in. I remember putting on a pressed shirt, a tie, and my Brooks Bros cashmere blazer for an evening event last winter with LSS's partners. I have a journal editorial board meeting in February. Maybe I'll put on a shirt with a collar for that.
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Got out for a little spin. That was interesting. Had a couple pucker-inducing slip-slides, but the studs grabbed and righted me. I've never worked to hard to go 11mph.
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The initial cleaning is definitely the worst part, but it's not that horrible and the ease afterwards more than makes up for it, IMO.
Then again, it may be that people in different regions have different kinds of drivetrain grime. For me, cleaning the crud that accumulates is teh horrible - dealing with that black, gritty, smudgy ****, all over my cassette, jockey wheels, chainrings, etc. Ick.
Then again, it may be that people in different regions have different kinds of drivetrain grime. For me, cleaning the crud that accumulates is teh horrible - dealing with that black, gritty, smudgy ****, all over my cassette, jockey wheels, chainrings, etc. Ick.
this is on a completely clean chain at 1st application
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If I can ever retire, I'll be happy to never own a suit again. Right now, I have about a dozen suits and half-dozen sports coats. Pre-Cov they were worn pretty regularly even though the office was always business casual. Since I have to be the rainmaker, office slave, and stand up guy in the court room, I always believed I have to at least look like a "lawyer." I used to take clients and prospects to lunch at least three times a week, and felt the necessity of dressing nicely for that. Now, I wear jeans and shorts to the office since I hibernate and pack my lunch most days. Quite frankly, I'm ready to get back to the good old days of dressing up more.
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One day we'll see those door panels floating in the plastic ocean!
The salt and rust is one thing I do not miss from living in a colder clime. After I finished school, I took my rusted out Celica to trade for a new car. When I asked what they would give me in trade, the guy looked at it and said "Nothing since it has cancer. But, we'll only charge you $50 to haul it to the junk yard." Deal!
The salt and rust is one thing I do not miss from living in a colder clime. After I finished school, I took my rusted out Celica to trade for a new car. When I asked what they would give me in trade, the guy looked at it and said "Nothing since it has cancer. But, we'll only charge you $50 to haul it to the junk yard." Deal!
BUT, in Upstate New York, a 1966 car that was still on the road got me compliments for what great shape it was in!
Then I moved out to California, and the company that had hired me was kind enough to move my car, too. Out here, it was considered a rusted out piece of s***. Literally, I was told by one garage that nobody would work on it without a tetanus shot. I got $200 for it in trade, almost certainly by having $200 added to the purchase price of the new car.
Take-home lesson - whether your car is "in great shape" or "a rusted out piece of s***" depends on where you are when you ask.
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Don't tell Mrs. GeneJockey, whose beloved Sienna turns 20 this year and just got brand new front brake rotors and battery. Two years ago, it turned old enough to vote. Next year, it'll be old enough to drink.
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The great thing about working in research is that they don't ever expect me to wear coat and tie. They don't mind jeans, but they do frown on T-shirts as a regular diet.
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I just can't keep a car for more than a few years, at most. It's a disease.
Upside of that is that I'm doing my part to keep the economy stimulated.
Upside of that is that I'm doing my part to keep the economy stimulated.
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I’m with you. Friends ask me if I ever got new tires or oil changes. Another joke is I think the inspection sticker with a month showing means the expiration date of a car
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The shortest I can recall recently was a 2014 model that I traded at 11 months and 5,000 miles.
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It’s a 62 but custom geometry. It really SHOULD be a 64 but that would result in such a long head tube that my fork options would be limited. The compromise is the slightly upsloping stem.
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