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05-28-23, 10:47 AM
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05-28-23, 10:49 AM
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The high today is supposed to be 61, with a 40% chance of showers. One hates to lend credence to Velo Vol's oft-repeated "year without summer" complaint, but really - there have been damn few "shirtsleeve" riding days this year. I shouldn't complain, though, since the longer the cool spring lasts, the lower the risk of a big, all-at-once melt of the snowpack. Once again, it's time to don the Zero Aqua long sleeve jersey. In May. Memorial Day weekend.
Rango was just outside doing a little leg lifting, but I don't think it makes him any stronger...
Rango was just outside doing a little leg lifting, but I don't think it makes him any stronger...
or something like that.
05-28-23, 10:50 AM
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Whole lot of cool going on here.
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05-28-23, 10:58 AM
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Instead of injecting chlorine into the pool, you dump bags of salt. The generator converts the salt to chlorine. Other than that it’s pretty much the same.
When we built our current pool we considered salt. Got talked out of it. Pool builder said the generators don’t last long and are expensive. The salt also corrodes flagstone very fast, and we have flagstone in our design. Builder said they quit doing them because of issues like that.
Either way, you are using chlorine as a sterilizer.
05-28-23, 10:58 AM
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05-28-23, 11:02 AM
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05-28-23, 11:02 AM
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05-28-23, 11:05 AM
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05-28-23, 11:26 AM
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Marina and the Diamonds have been one of my obsessions since that "I am not a Robot" song came out.
ETA:
I've been sitting here watching the Indy 500 and wondering how I was introduced to the Robot song and I'm pretty sure it came up on my "The xx" Pandora station from back then.
ETA:
I've been sitting here watching the Indy 500 and wondering how I was introduced to the Robot song and I'm pretty sure it came up on my "The xx" Pandora station from back then.
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05-28-23, 12:49 PM
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Marina and the Diamonds have been one of my obsessions since that "I am not a Robot" song came out.
ETA:
I've been sitting here watching the Indy 500 and wondering how I was introduced to the Robot song and I'm pretty sure it came up on my "The xx" Pandora station from back then.
ETA:
I've been sitting here watching the Indy 500 and wondering how I was introduced to the Robot song and I'm pretty sure it came up on my "The xx" Pandora station from back then.
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05-28-23, 01:10 PM
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The really fun part was that I had done this route before but it's been almost a year and had forgotten a lot about it, so it was an adventure for everyone. Today my legs are wrecked, most likely from the ~45 minutes of hike-a-bike through really steep rocky terrain.
Everyone had an awesome time, though. We really lucked out with the weather, too. Forecast from the day before indicated rain starting at about 1PM. It didn't start until we were pulling out of the parking lot at around 4PM. Also 55 degrees in the woods is my favorite riding temperature.
Everyone had an awesome time, though. We really lucked out with the weather, too. Forecast from the day before indicated rain starting at about 1PM. It didn't start until we were pulling out of the parking lot at around 4PM. Also 55 degrees in the woods is my favorite riding temperature.
05-28-23, 01:25 PM
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05-28-23, 01:27 PM
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05-28-23, 01:32 PM
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05-28-23, 01:44 PM
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05-28-23, 02:04 PM
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It's a private thread.
05-28-23, 02:08 PM
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05-28-23, 02:15 PM
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Not hard, just swap the chlorine feeder for a chlorine generator.
Instead of injecting chlorine into the pool, you dump bags of salt. The generator converts the salt to chlorine. Other than that it’s pretty much the same.
When we built our current pool we considered salt. Got talked out of it. Pool builder said the generators don’t last long and are expensive. The salt also corrodes flagstone very fast, and we have flagstone in our design. Builder said they quit doing them because of issues like that.
Either way, you are using chlorine as a sterilizer.
Instead of injecting chlorine into the pool, you dump bags of salt. The generator converts the salt to chlorine. Other than that it’s pretty much the same.
When we built our current pool we considered salt. Got talked out of it. Pool builder said the generators don’t last long and are expensive. The salt also corrodes flagstone very fast, and we have flagstone in our design. Builder said they quit doing them because of issues like that.
Either way, you are using chlorine as a sterilizer.
05-28-23, 02:17 PM
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Velo Vol 's Twitter feed.
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05-28-23, 02:22 PM
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05-28-23, 02:37 PM
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Read this - https://www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/...swimming-pools
Our pool never smells, but we don’t have heavy swimmer loads.
05-28-23, 02:43 PM
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My brisket has been stalled at 173 for 5 hours! Guests are coming in two hours. Could be close.
05-28-23, 02:46 PM
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My trumpet studio.
Why?
At 1600 hours we hadn't even reached our normal low temperature for 28 May.
At 1600 hours we hadn't even reached our normal low temperature for 28 May.
