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12-26-23, 08:23 PM
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Kansas vs UNLV who ya got?
12-26-23, 09:02 PM
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Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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Day After Christmas Dinner. Same food, less pressure. For one thing, it's already cooked, so there's no worries about whether everything will be done on time. Also, we're doing "Catch As Catch Can", meaning it's every Smith for themselves. Eat when you want. Eat what you want. Eat as much or as little as you want. Ahhhhh.... Prime rib - sliced thinner than last night, which was too thick, potatoes, green beans, and some ham. With a beer.
Since I'm the head cook, on feast days I'm always anxious that the food we've spent so much time preparing, and so much time anticipating will disappoint. And then on feast day there's always the urge to overindulge, to fill your plate too full and then eat all of it. And then suffer. And then pie a couple hours later. With ice cream. And you have to eat BOTH pies.
I ended up unable to sleep till 2 AM from over indulgence, and I had to wake up to take TOB to work for an 8 AM shift. Luckily I caught a nap later. And there was time for an hour or so on Zwift, which is always more fun than I expect. I must be strange.
Since I'm the head cook, on feast days I'm always anxious that the food we've spent so much time preparing, and so much time anticipating will disappoint. And then on feast day there's always the urge to overindulge, to fill your plate too full and then eat all of it. And then suffer. And then pie a couple hours later. With ice cream. And you have to eat BOTH pies.
I ended up unable to sleep till 2 AM from over indulgence, and I had to wake up to take TOB to work for an 8 AM shift. Luckily I caught a nap later. And there was time for an hour or so on Zwift, which is always more fun than I expect. I must be strange.
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12-26-23, 09:18 PM
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I drove a RHD vehicle for years at the Post Office. Took a few days then it felt normal. Problem was when I got home and drove our car, I'd frequently hit the curb when I parked.
12-26-23, 09:24 PM
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It's an inanimate object. At least go for something living.
https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1739659110813991067
https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1739659110813991067
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12-26-23, 09:35 PM
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12-26-23, 10:29 PM
#9906
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Velo Vol
Kansas vs UNLV who ya got?
Kansas vs UNLV who ya got?
12-26-23, 10:31 PM
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(I'm an Islander born and bred: Cowichan Valley, then Victoria, until I left in the early '90s for the barren wastelands of Southwestern Ontario for work reasons.)
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12-26-23, 10:42 PM
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Absolutely. Drove me crazy. I went to the post office in Minot to check for General Delivery mail. Told the clerk my last name. With a big smile, she asked me if my name was Eye-talian. I suppressed the Northeasterner in me and said "Why, yes, it is."
12-26-23, 11:06 PM
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In the late afternoon I also went to Lululemon to get a gift card. More potential there. I guess people were returning stuff because there was a long line and only two unmotivated cashiers. So I opted just to print out an e-Card, which is even more pathetic that giving a gift physical card.
12-26-23, 11:26 PM
#9910
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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In the late afternoon I also went to Lululemon to get a gift card. More potential there. I guess people were returning stuff because there was a long line and only two unmotivated cashiers. So I opted just to print out an e-Card, which is even more pathetic that giving a gift physical card.
12-26-23, 11:36 PM
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Today's groundscore. I reckon it's for HVAC but haven't looked it up yet. One corner is pretty dinged up but it seems to work. Box fan with filter reads 190cfm if I'm using this thing right. Seems like I'd have to enter the size of the fan to actually get cfm numbers but ... RTFM will occur on some other day.
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12-26-23, 11:46 PM
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Could be any one of several spots. Lesquiti (Island) comes immediately to mind -- Loon Central even by Island standards -- but many possibilities.
(I'm an Islander born and bred: Cowichan Valley, then Victoria, until I left in the early '90s for the barren wastelands of Southwestern Ontario for work reasons.)
(I'm an Islander born and bred: Cowichan Valley, then Victoria, until I left in the early '90s for the barren wastelands of Southwestern Ontario for work reasons.)
12-27-23, 04:50 AM
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Happy National Fruitcake Day!
12-27-23, 06:52 AM
#9914
So it is
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In the late afternoon I also went to Lululemon to get a gift card. More potential there. I guess people were returning stuff because there was a long line and only two unmotivated cashiers. So I opted just to print out an e-Card, which is even more pathetic that giving a gift physical card.
With a picture of a dog. Personalize it.
12-27-23, 06:54 AM
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serious cyclist
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A customer brought one in to my dealership on a weekend. He was looking to trade it in because he thought it needed an engine. Some slimy sales guy took it in the back and then told the customer it definitely needed an engine so he traded it in and they gave him peanuts for the car which was in beautiful condition. One of the mechanics saw it on Monday morning and bought it from sales for some ridiculously low price. I think it just had a broken valve spring.
The dealership owner found out and he was pissed. Not because they screwed a customer but because he thought the mechanic got the car way too cheap (he did). He went to the shop and started chewing out the mechanic and that guy told him it needed a camshaft and heads, etc. The owner felt bad and kicked the mechanic back a few hundred bucks.
I told him "Not only did you screw the dealership out of the car, the owner paid you to do it". He still has the car, it's been trouble free for years.
The dealership owner found out and he was pissed. Not because they screwed a customer but because he thought the mechanic got the car way too cheap (he did). He went to the shop and started chewing out the mechanic and that guy told him it needed a camshaft and heads, etc. The owner felt bad and kicked the mechanic back a few hundred bucks.
I told him "Not only did you screw the dealership out of the car, the owner paid you to do it". He still has the car, it's been trouble free for years.
12-27-23, 06:55 AM
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12-27-23, 06:57 AM
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12-27-23, 07:13 AM
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Should Be More Popular
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12-27-23, 07:45 AM
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12-27-23, 07:50 AM
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12-27-23, 08:26 AM
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12-27-23, 08:41 AM
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12-27-23, 09:01 AM
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Not actually Tmonk
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. I may start using that colloquialism more broadly, just for funsies
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12-27-23, 09:03 AM
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
12-27-23, 09:04 AM
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Today I get zero miles, not even fake ones. It's my weekly off day, strength routine in the AM, lite jog in the PM. Does the jog count? If so I'll get like 2-3
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste