A large number of my friends switched to different names online to wipe that out.

Some of mrs datlas' fellow painters are telling her she needs an instragram presence to sell her paintings.

I am quite skeptical, but wtf do I know about the arts and social media?

I view it differently in the professional world versus corporate world. My firms have traditionally represented a lot of different types of people, and it is fair to see what people are posting online. I had one lawyer that started posting a lot of anti-gay and other far right postings on FB, and I had to tell him to shut it down if he wanted to remain employed. It was an affront to the clients. I don't want any client or prospective client judging my firm based on someone's online postings.

Also, since we have some very strict confidentiality requirements with respect to our clients' affairs, I thought it was fair to see how lose lipped people were.

I don't have employees anymore so I don't have to worry about it anymore.

What's their success like?

It can certainly be a good platform for sellers - I follow quite a few accounts that align with my hobbies - and, as far as social media is concerned, IG tends to be significantly less toxic than FB. I would still make an effort to divorce the biz IG account from any personal... stuff.

I'm looking around for Rapha deals because.... well, because... and I'm surprised to see that Harrod's carries some Rapha gear. Also, their photography is occasionally LOL - I mean, at least give the guy a proper base layer.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...9613b5c13d.jpg

I have no idea. I suspect they might be more serious painters than mrs datlas. I don't mind if she wants to explore this, but it's all a black box to me.

Glad you’re okay! I nearly got taken out by a close pass on Sunday. Rider behind me thought I was a wenter. Remember, it’s only going to get worse after Labor Day.

Is this related to The Great Bib Short Search I have heard about??

I've seen that look before. Have never sported it though.

The times I've seen it, the cyclists were on beach cruiser/relaxed hybrid type bikes with knee high, typically black, socks.

What changes after labor day?

Other than temps drop from 100+ to merely 95.

I have a lot of family members on FB - all 5 siblings, a number of cousins, etc. Also some friends from High School and College. I tend to post political stuff there, and I have been unfriended by some because of it, but honestly I don't really miss those 'friends'. So I don't argue politics there since anyone who disagreed either ignores or unfriends, and most of my family are even more liberal than I am. Years ago I spent a lot of time arguing politics on the "Community" subforum of an archery and bowhunting forum, but that changed from "pointed but friendly" with a few more extreme to being all extreme and thus, no fun at all. It's fun for me, having that kind of discussion with folks you could drink a beer with IRL, but that all changed around 2008-2009.

Oh, I'm not searching for the right bibs for me - I already know what I want and like - the Pro Team bibs are awesome. I'm just looking for a decent deal to go with the new jersey (and to hold me over until Rapha repairs my kit that was torn up).

All the dickheads come back from the beach.

Is that a Cisco Kid reference? A guy I used to ride with liked to say "Let's went".

I don’t really remember, but my feeling is I got that from a R. Crumb comic WBITD.

I guess “wend” is the proper present tense.

I stopped arguing politics on FB after the last election, (mostly). It gets tiring looking up documents and articles to show people who don't care about the facts.

If you really want to see the nut jobs come out of the woodwork go to a politically charged article on Yahoo news and correct some dimwit in the comment section. I did this a couple times and the responses come to your e-mail and some of them are incredible. Actually, they're not incredible, they're just what you'd expect from misinformed, uneducated morons.

I'm going to avoid engaging with these cretins if I can restrain myself.

Not a problem here. The dickheads never leave.

Was he a friend of yours??

I miss being able to discuss things with people who actually care about evidence, and principle.

It amazes me just how stupid people can be.

That probably includes me from time-to-time.

Do you know people like that?

I gotta say, when we move from the Bay Area, I will probably really miss the polite, respectful drivers. Oh, I know that some riders around here think it's bad, but that's probably because they've only ever ridden here. I can't recall the last time I had a close pass.

I used to. I could post actual data and they'd engage with it. For a long time, I thought we all just wanted pretty much the same thing, but had different ways of getting to it. Some of them changed, and more of them were driven off by the more extreme folks, who also became more numerous.

It can be astonishing to watch someone who is otherwise very much driven by logic, reason, and evidence go completely off the rails and start making the same kind of arguments that, in another context, they have ridiculed.

We are friends with one couple that we can talk politics with. We don't always agree on everything, but we can certainly respect their opinions.

I also have one lawyer friend that I can talk politics with. He's a little bit more "right" than I am, but he's not a whack job.

Other than that, I'm afraid to even broach the subject. Too many have jumped on the far-right bandwagon without really thinking about the consequences or the fact that it just doesn't benefit them to do so.