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My favorite memory of Mac Davis is from the movie "North Dallas Forty". He plays quarterback Don Meredith, or an approximation of Meredith.
Meredith used to be a color guy on Monday Night Football and he would get buzzed on air and sing "The Party's Over" when the outcome of the game was obvious.
His banter with Howard Cosell was entertaining.
Meredith used to be a color guy on Monday Night Football and he would get buzzed on air and sing "The Party's Over" when the outcome of the game was obvious.
His banter with Howard Cosell was entertaining.
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Well, folks, the pandemic is over: The Commissary has Lysol wipes.
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Because it means I can likely do the same, which would be handy on days when there are supposed to be mid-day showers. Not much covered bike parking in my area. There is one place around the corner that I have used before, but someone in our club recently had their bike stolen from it.
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Radiant floors are becoming more popular - I would love them. Otherwise, some houses still use the old cast iron radiators or the baseboard radiators that I hated as a yute.
Edited to add: this is for heating with hot water, of course; I would think that forced air is more common.
Edited to add: this is for heating with hot water, of course; I would think that forced air is more common.
Most common heating in lower part of WI now is natural gas, forced air.
As a side note, looks like I'll be travelling to South Korea in two weeks - but wow what a process this year. Not to mention that will be it for my outside biking this year more or less.
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Do you remember exactly how it worked? I guess the conveyor had to be a belt, which fed a screw, which lifted the coal to the rotating platen. Then the ash fell off the edge and somehow made it into two galvanized ash cans via a Y-connector. That's all I remember, but boy did that thing fascinate me.
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Do you remember exactly how it worked? I guess the conveyor had to be a belt, which fed a screw, which lifted the coal to the rotating platen. Then the ash fell off the edge and somehow made it into two galvanized ash cans via a Y-connector. That's all I remember, but boy did that thing fascinate me.
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Radiant floors are becoming more popular - I would love them. Otherwise, some houses still use the old cast iron radiators or the baseboard radiators that I hated as a yute.
Edited to add: this is for heating with hot water, of course; I would think that forced air is more common.
Edited to add: this is for heating with hot water, of course; I would think that forced air is more common.
Never seen radiant floors in this country, only visiting colleagues in Europe.
I'll second radiant floors as awesome. I had one in mid-level hotel in South Korea where they are common, very comfy to walk on and the heat at least in the hotel room was very even. Most common now in this area is natural gas, forced air.
As a side note, looks like I'll be travelling to South Korea in two weeks - but wow what a process this year. Not to mention that will be it for my outside biking this year more or less.
As a side note, looks like I'll be travelling to South Korea in two weeks - but wow what a process this year. Not to mention that will be it for my outside biking this year more or less.
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The house where I grew up, in Southern PA, has hot water radiator heat. Originally built in 1935 with a coal-fired furnace, but they installed an NG furnace before we bought the place in 1962. What I mostly remember is the house was always warm in the winter. No hot spots or cold spots, just evenly warm, no drafts, no wind from forced air. Just nice, even heat. Pretty much silent, too.
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Not sure if I have seen this one, but have seen several of these long conveyors in Illinois. I always do a double-look especially when they go over/below roadways, they are an unusual feature to see.
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I know someone who lives in anthracite coal country in PA. Her house has coal heat. When I rode across PA in the late summer of 2017 I stopped at a convenience store chain in her area. The place had bags of it for sale like you would see rock salt piled up in stacks at Home Depot.
Anthracite is still used in industrial manufacturing. A lot of it moves to east cost ports by rail and is shipped up to Canada by boat. Also, until 2016, military bases in Germany had been required by law to use PA anthracite coal for the last 40 years. Now, its use is permissive.
Anthracite is still used in industrial manufacturing. A lot of it moves to east cost ports by rail and is shipped up to Canada by boat. Also, until 2016, military bases in Germany had been required by law to use PA anthracite coal for the last 40 years. Now, its use is permissive.
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I'll second radiant floors as awesome. I had one in mid-level hotel in South Korea where they are common, very comfy to walk on and the heat at least in the hotel room was very even.
Most common heating in lower part of WI now is natural gas, forced air.
As a side note, looks like I'll be travelling to South Korea in two weeks - but wow what a process this year. Not to mention that will be it for my outside biking this year more or less.
Most common heating in lower part of WI now is natural gas, forced air.
As a side note, looks like I'll be travelling to South Korea in two weeks - but wow what a process this year. Not to mention that will be it for my outside biking this year more or less.
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Could also be an irritated posterior branch of a lumbar nerve root, related to the back issue.
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Because it means I can likely do the same, which would be handy on days when there are supposed to be mid-day showers. Not much covered bike parking in my area. There is one place around the corner that I have used before, but someone in our club recently had their bike stolen from it.
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We just got up and running in this building a little over a month ago. Never asked about the building policy. I will now.
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Seems like the kind of thing where it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
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Might of missed that form. Actually I will feel safer there than here, unless the verbiage between the North and the US heats up.
The difficulty has been in getting an exemption from a 2 week quarantine. Update statement of qualifications, host company sends letter to Korean government, Korean government approves and informs Chicago consulate, need to send pre-purchased airline ticket and hotel reservation to consulate exactly 7 days prior to travel to the consulate who will then approve and send to the Korean government. Korean government will then send exemption e-mail to me (?). Then on arrival will be required to be tested, load an app and then be quarantined for 2 days.
Added to this found out I will eventually need to drive...luckily jobsite is not near Seoul....which means need to apply for a rush International Driver Permit. Adding to the excitement is that my Passport expirers with-in 6 months of travel which can cause problems such as airlines not letting one on the airplane. Normally we could rush a Passport application within 1 week, but with Covid 19 looking at 4-5 weeks.
All of this for the opportunity to work 14 days straight at a minimum of 10-12 hours per week. Luckily I do like it over there, with getting equipment up and running being especially fulfilling when working with people in their home countries.
The difficulty has been in getting an exemption from a 2 week quarantine. Update statement of qualifications, host company sends letter to Korean government, Korean government approves and informs Chicago consulate, need to send pre-purchased airline ticket and hotel reservation to consulate exactly 7 days prior to travel to the consulate who will then approve and send to the Korean government. Korean government will then send exemption e-mail to me (?). Then on arrival will be required to be tested, load an app and then be quarantined for 2 days.
Added to this found out I will eventually need to drive...luckily jobsite is not near Seoul....which means need to apply for a rush International Driver Permit. Adding to the excitement is that my Passport expirers with-in 6 months of travel which can cause problems such as airlines not letting one on the airplane. Normally we could rush a Passport application within 1 week, but with Covid 19 looking at 4-5 weeks.
All of this for the opportunity to work 14 days straight at a minimum of 10-12 hours per week. Luckily I do like it over there, with getting equipment up and running being especially fulfilling when working with people in their home countries.
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Me too, if it's on the other side. Perhaps it's buttosis and you should see a buttologist (at a major academic center, of course).
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I think security is going to notice me coming through the hadicap doors with a bike and lifting it over the current rope barricade designed to force people to use the designated entering and exiting revolving doors. I think it would be more efficient to ask permission.
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I was riding the Bianchi mostly then, with its FSA crank that has a wide Q-factor. Then I upgraded the Ritchey with the 7410 Dura Ace cranks with a really narrow Q-factor and mostly rode that, and the pain went away.
The scientist in me said I should start riding the Bianchi again to see if the pain came back, but discretion is the better part of valor.
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