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Yep. There has been some buzz about the new SRAM drivetrain on a MTB forum I frequent, starting last week when the top riders' bikes started showing up in the pits in Les Gets. My concern is the potential for frame damage if the derailleur gets torn off. The reason that the bike industry went to replaceable hangers was that they are sacrificial.
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08-30-22, 11:42 AM
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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.
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08-30-22, 12:22 PM
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Yep. There has been some buzz about the new SRAM drivetrain on a MTB forum I frequent, starting last week when the top riders' bikes started showing up in the pits in Les Gets. My concern is the potential for frame damage if the derailleur gets torn off. The reason that the bike industry went to replaceable hangers was that they are sacrificial.
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.
08-30-22, 12:58 PM
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My wife and I had always planned to move from our suburban 1 acre 4BR3BA 2500SF home to an in-town 3BR1.5BA 1500SF home close to work so we could downsize to 1 car and I could walk/bike to work.
But real estate in West Chester, PA (where I work and the county seat of Chester county) is crazy so that downsize-move is postponed indefinitely.
But real estate in West Chester, PA (where I work and the county seat of Chester county) is crazy so that downsize-move is postponed indefinitely.
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!
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08-30-22, 01:44 PM
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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!
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!
08-30-22, 01:48 PM
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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.
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08-30-22, 01:53 PM
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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.
08-30-22, 02:00 PM
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Shopping for tux shoes. Will I be cool wearing these walking down the aisle with my daughter?
Sora level Louis Vuitton. Go well with a high-vis jersey in lieu of pleated shirt.
Sora level Louis Vuitton. Go well with a high-vis jersey in lieu of pleated shirt.
08-30-22, 02:04 PM
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Hmmm. Maybe I should actually PLAY the lottery. It might improve my chances a little.
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08-30-22, 02:04 PM
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WRT the shirt - not just pleated. RUFFLED.
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08-30-22, 02:04 PM
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08-30-22, 02:06 PM
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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.
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.
08-30-22, 02:08 PM
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08-30-22, 02:31 PM
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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.)
(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.)
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08-30-22, 02:38 PM
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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.
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08-30-22, 02:40 PM
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08-30-22, 02:46 PM
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My eyes!!!
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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.
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08-30-22, 03:23 PM
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After a day of walking around the fair, I've accepted that I like the idea of fair food more than the reality of fair food. First, the value sucks all the way around - I've always known that, but it's worse than ever, now. Then there's the question of whether or not the stuff is worth the calories, which is almost always a hard "no" for me, these days, too. And let's not forget the indigestion cost - oof. It's often high (I overheard some college age kid, in an "extreme" voiceover voice say "The MN State Fair - punish your toilet!!!" He's got a point, there 
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In the end, I got back home hungry for something substantial, because I didn't have much and a lot of the stuff that I did have was sugar/fat/carbs with some nostalgia value (helllllo, mini donuts).
Also, fair goers are fat. Shocking.
).In the end, I got back home hungry for something substantial, because I didn't have much and a lot of the stuff that I did have was sugar/fat/carbs with some nostalgia value (helllllo, mini donuts).
Also, fair goers are fat. Shocking.
Anyway I pigged out on fair food including a funnel cake the size of a Frisbee. A big Frisbee.
08-30-22, 03:23 PM
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Are you kidding? Those ruffles will cost you at least 25 w at 30 kph!
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08-30-22, 03:29 PM
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