Just the front, that back is pretty sweet. Are you going to burst the edges to hide the edge of the material?

In addition to a butt-load of wheels, I have broken 4 frames, 3 pedals (crashed twice because they snapped off) a stem, at least 3 seatposts, at least 4 saddles, lots of cables (usually my fault for leaving them on too long) but only one chain, and that was my fault, too. I broke a front derailleur and I was 20 some miles out. Got to practice my spin that day.
I was climbing a grade with a friend and he sprinted after someone and his middle cog split in half and fell out. He didn't crash and that was amazing.

OK, so writing as a someone who was once also an 18-year-old girl:
First of all, I truly applaud the effort you are making to take her wishes and interests into account. Like your sister, that is something that I was not afforded during that time in my life. I was accepted into two out-of-state schools and wait-listed for another and had only applied to my in-state university as a back-up (all were good, well-respected options for my major of choice). When it became apparent that I was wanting to go out of state (because communication in my family sucked- at least you have that better state of affairs going for you), and while there was some resentment on my part at the time, my father did tell me straight out that there would be no assistance available from him. Though knowing what I know now about their finances at the time, at least some financial support would have been possible.

So my options were financial aid and/or scholarships, and I opted for the almost full-ride scholarship in-state. I can tell you that with the massive amounts of student loan debt my generation has taken on that I was relieved to come out the other side relatively unaffected. Now, you don't (obviously) need to answer this question here, but what would her financial situation look like in 4-5 years? Are you paying the full ride, do you feel the need to pay that full ride, or is she making the choice to be saddled with tens of thousands of dollars in debt? Because I have to say, seeing those numbers made a definite impact on my choice. And I'd like to think that even if my parents had offered to pay for out-of-state, I wouldn't have wanted to saddle them with that amount anyway when it came time to make my final choice. I know she's 18 and it might not be something she wants to think about but if she hasn't picked up the financial savvy from you and your wife yet, maybe now is the time?

Regardless, good luck to you all, and congratulations to her for having so many great choices!

You people are smart.

If I go with the original plan, the sides will be solid with slight burst to the top and back to hide the fabric to wood transition. If on the other if I just cover the top, I’ll leave the fabric overhanging from the side and pattern route it afterwards. It’s thin enough that it may not show but the cleanest most still be routing a binding channel and binding it. Perhaps with pink-ish abs.

Yeah, what happened to us?

My older sister wanted to go to college and my parents couldn't understand why. Why would a woman need college? Of course, they didn't have any money anyway.

I need to clarify though, due to how things are structured back home, higher education is roughly 95% (if not more) subsidized. Of course, if you go out of state, you’re responsible for your living expenses, which is also strenuous for many.

if my family was having to pay for any of it, it would have weighed heavily on my choices. In fact, when I came to the US, the reason I went to Penn State was the full scholarship plus paid TA position vs half scholarship and no pay at USC. Stanford, the place I wanted to at the most put me on the waitlist :notamused:

Good news is my wireless earbuds arrived and work/sound great! :bday:

Where is back home??

Turkey.

Gobble gobble.

BTW if daughter goes to a private university she WILL have to borrow a portion of the cost. Probably 20% or so. If she goes to Temple, we will pick up everything.

That’s more than a fair deal for her.

I love the Mediterranean climate and lifestyle. More comfortable with Spain but I would not mind visiting Turkey if the political and economic situation allows.

Just be careful! I've already been killed thrice because of mine. :(

I’d say it’s still good to visit, but things have changed over the last twenty years that it brings me down when/if I read the news :(. The media is fox times a hundred (I’ll just leave it at that).

Many of the roads on the coastline are begging for cyclists, but our drivers all think they’re Indy car drivers. :bang:

You have my full sympathy and this is not meant as criticism, but just allowing her to apply was tantamount to consent to go there and I think you're on the hook unless the financial picture has changed enough to make it very difficult or you're prepared for a bitter fight with long-term consequences. :(

What happened??

We must remember that my rims are 40-50 years old. Maybe that makes it easier. But you,re right. Better the correct tubes. And there truly is no hurry

Grrrrr - locked out from the last page. :notamused:

Well yes. One of the problems is a career should be minimum 30 years, probably more like 40. We "train" for this sort of career in 2-4 years, whether traditional college or trade school, and then the world changes prior to your career being over. Whether that's welding or other manufacturing before the job goes overseas (or just to another state) or is automated, vast reams of office workers being replaced by MS Office, travel agents, pretty much everything. And when you're 10-20 years into the career, you usually can't just stop and retrain as effectively as the next batch of kids going to school with no mortgage and family, only for the cycle to repeat again, and again.

I once read several books by a West Virginia author by name of Mary Lou Setter. She lived for several years in Turkey at a seaside town and had many friends there. After leaving, she returned some years later to hugs and kisses from her friends there. She evidently spoke enough Turkish to get by on her own and took a bus into the interior. At one point she was invited to visit a family at home. We travel out of curiosity but the people we visit are curious about us also. She carried a pocket photo album that she showed to her hosts with photos of her home in W. Virginia, the mountains there and friends and family. I thought this a superb gesture.

I didn't hear something, so I died, evidently.

Three times over.

You are one chatty corpse.

Are you a cat? Six more and it’s buh-bye.

Kudos!!

:roflmao2:

I thought Temple offered her a full ride?

You sound big.

You're missing out.

This is getting shorter.

Heck, we don't even know how traditional careers such as doctor may change in the next 10 years.

In the past, I used coffee makers that we picked up at the local thrift store. I prefer a thermal carafe myself - like a thermos, I guess. This way the coffee doesn't cook on the burner. The current one is something we bought new because I was tired of dealing with a design defect in the thrift-store Cuisinart that caused it to make a mess every now and then.

No thrift stores now, however.