Sacrificial makes a lot of sense when the choice is a $10 DR hanger or a new frame.

There's a lot of that going around. Mrs. GeneJockey heard last night that a friend of hers from college had died of a heart attack, and wanted to let another friend know. The friend she wanted to contact was someone who, now I think about it, Mrs. GJ had not been in touch with for probably 35 years. She managed to find her professional page (she's a lawyer) and maybe FB, and ..... wow. This woman weighed 1 1/2 to 2 times as much as she did in her late 20s. I would not have recognized her from the pictures, though knowing it was her I could see who it was. Kinda.

My original Ultegra 6700 got literally ripped off the frame when the defective CN-6700 broke/twisted (note that's why they came out with the CN 6701).

Luckily the Habanero has beefy Ti dropouts and integrated hanger, so no frame damage and no need for sacrificial hanger. Shimano tacitly accepted fault and gave me a new RD and chain under warranty.

Mrs. GeneJockey seems to be looking at houses larger than our current house at this point. Our house is about 1600 sq ft, 3BR/2BA, but she sees these 2000 sq ft 4BR2BA places for a small fraction of what our house should bring. She's looking at "Craftsman" style places, but, you know, we've live 26 years in a Midcentury Ranch. So either it's time for a change, or it isn't. Since we hope to have a few more years before we have to jump, I hope she'll calm down a bit.

As luck would have it, the last house my Grandparents lived in before The Home is up for sale. It is SMALL, about half our square footage. 2BR1BA in less than 800 sq ft. I remember it being small, and I was a little guy at the time! The kitchen is miniscule, the dining room part of the "open plan" LR/DR is barely large enough for 2. But the thing I really noticed was the windows. They're like Archer Slits in a castle. Very narrow! I remember the LR being really dark, and now I know why. I sent the listing to my siblings who told me something I didn't know about the place - before Pap and Gran lived there, my Aunt and Uncle lived there with at least 2 of their eventually 3 children! That I cannot imagine!

People from your neck of the woods are moving here and using cash acquired from selling the 1500' Cali place to buy a 3,000-5,000' place for all cash! Pool included.

Yeah, we figure on being Equity Pirates wherever we move. I know some folks get upset about that, so hopefully my nonspecific Mid Atlantic States accent will disguise that we're from CA.

Nothing wrong with spending what you got, regardless of how you got it. It's just payback for living in a high cost place all those years.

Shopping for tux shoes. Will I be cool wearing these walking down the aisle with my daughter?

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4dbe4099cd.png


Sora level Louis Vuitton. Go well with a high-vis jersey in lieu of pleated shirt.

And if I hit the lottery, I wouldn't leave till I was carried out with a toe tag.

Hmmm. Maybe I should actually PLAY the lottery. It might improve my chances a little.

WT Actual F?

WRT the shirt - not just pleated. RUFFLED.

Chances are the same no matter how much you play.

Yep, searching for tux shoes and those turned up. $1,300 to boot.

I'm more in the market to spend less. I found a pair of shoes at Dillard's that I just ordered for $80. They look very much the same, except they do not have the hi-vis accents. I'll just have to slum it.

Goes without saying.

Like this?

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...51eebe2f20.jpg

Sure, if you buy 2 tickets with the same numbers. But if you buy 2 Powerball tickets with different sets of numbers, your odds go from 1 in 292,201,338 to 1 in 146,100,669!

(I wonder if there's anyone dumb enough to do that - buy TWO tickets with the same numbers? I mean, I COULD NOT convince my MIL that if she played the same numbers ever week, her chances did not increase incrementally each week that they didn't win. And she taught school! Sure, it was only 2nd Grade, but still.)

A friend in high school went hog wild renting his tux for the Prom. Powder blue, wide, wide satin lapels, ruffled shirt with ruffled cuffs, enormous blue velvet bow tie. It went with his mid-70s long hair and sideburns.

Like this to go with the shoes!

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...81f07339d3.jpg

My eyes!!!

this exactly what I was thinking when I saw those shoes.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8f4d7704f3.png


Thank god for delta. Got done in New York at 930 am this morning. Miss my flight home and the next one wasn’t until this afternoon. Ran outside to the delta terminal and got on. If not I would prolly be stuck in New York tonight.


Commuting is fun.

Are you saying that is not appropriate for a cyclist?

I can't think of anything more appropriate!

I worked in a tux rental shop in the late '70s. I'm familiar with that look as well as many more. :lol:

In the 90s I lived in a small community in the mountains and they had a small fair every year. It started with 4 skydivers dropping in. One of them had his shoe come off when the chute opened. It was so weird looking up and seeing that shoe spinning and then landing in the street with a loud slap.

Anyway I pigged out on fair food including a funnel cake the size of a Frisbee. A big Frisbee.

Are you kidding? Those ruffles will cost you at least 25 w at 30 kph!

No matter while walking down the aisle. I can't walk at 30 kph. Maybe 2 kph with my daughter in tow.