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06-26-22, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Today is day 5 of work. Anything more than 3 is too much. I have never been more ready to be home.
06-26-22, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Scintillating!
06-26-22, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Five day work weeks are a biatch.
should be illegal.
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06-26-22, 10:14 AM
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Guess I should look for some Pikes Peak live stream.
Finish line, 2 hours ago:
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06-26-22, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
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If this thread doesn't go 10 pages I'm quitting BF.
06-26-22, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Five day work weeks are a biatch.
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06-26-22, 12:12 PM
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SMH
I don't know what to say about this younger generation . . . . complaining about just 5 days a week?
SMH
I don't know what to say about this younger generation . . . . complaining about just 5 days a week?
SMH
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06-26-22, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
SMH
I don't know what to say about this younger generation . . . . complaining about just 5 days a week?
SMH
I don't know what to say about this younger generation . . . . complaining about just 5 days a week?
SMH
06-26-22, 12:22 PM
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In my day I was thrilled to have a Sunday off. Saturday was a work day.
If I recall, it took me seven years to earn more than 2 weeks vacation a year.
If I recall, it took me seven years to earn more than 2 weeks vacation a year.
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06-26-22, 12:23 PM
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Had to walk to work some jobs, uphill in both directions.
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06-26-22, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
SMH
I don't know what to say about this younger generation . . . . complaining about just 5 days a week?
SMH
I don't know what to say about this younger generation . . . . complaining about just 5 days a week?
SMH
Oh, I should clarify. Being home every night after work is very very very different then being gone for 5 days at a time.
06-26-22, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I shot it with a high-speed camera and then slowed it down in the iOS editor so viewers can see detail, rather than a blur.
06-26-22, 03:23 PM
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We arrived at the beach house Friday late afternoon. We just got home a few minutes ago. Feels like we've been gone a week! We are not beach people. The wife and her brother will return tomorrow and I will return Wed, for a Thu departure.
The grandson knows us by name and voice, so there's that.
The grandson knows us by name and voice, so there's that.
06-26-22, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
SMH
I don't know what to say about this younger generation . . . . complaining about just 5 days a week?
SMH
I don't know what to say about this younger generation . . . . complaining about just 5 days a week?
SMH
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06-26-22, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Had to walk to work some jobs, uphill in both directions.
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06-26-22, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
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06-26-22, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Do they speak Spanglish?
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06-26-22, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Oh, I should clarify. Being home every night after work is very very very different then being gone for 5 days at a time.
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06-26-22, 05:45 PM
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Nice ride today. Not great, but good. I took the Battaglin, having just gotten a brand new Conti Grand Prix tire for the rear to replace the one that got a cut with alarmingly few miles on it. 
About 8 miles from the end, I think I hit a rock. 1/4 mile later, the rear end felt spongy, and then it felt really rough. Flat as a pancake. I was picturing a big damn gash or something in my brand new tire, but there was not a blemish - which is why I thing it was that rock.
Anyhow, it was a convenient place to fix a flat, with a nice fence to hang the bike on, and a post to lean the wheel against while I pumped it up. Someone must have had a long talk with Continental, because the tire came off the rim and went back on with nothing but hand pressure. The Battaglin has a pump peg, so I always carry a full-size frame pump on it, and it made short work of reinflating the tire. Whoever said, "Hey, lets build frames that won't hold a pump!" should be hanged, drawn, and quartered.
About 8 miles from the end, I think I hit a rock. 1/4 mile later, the rear end felt spongy, and then it felt really rough. Flat as a pancake. I was picturing a big damn gash or something in my brand new tire, but there was not a blemish - which is why I thing it was that rock.
Anyhow, it was a convenient place to fix a flat, with a nice fence to hang the bike on, and a post to lean the wheel against while I pumped it up. Someone must have had a long talk with Continental, because the tire came off the rim and went back on with nothing but hand pressure. The Battaglin has a pump peg, so I always carry a full-size frame pump on it, and it made short work of reinflating the tire. Whoever said, "Hey, lets build frames that won't hold a pump!" should be hanged, drawn, and quartered.
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06-26-22, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
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People here don't get it.
06-26-22, 06:04 PM
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For the first time in two-three weeks of 90F weather, we have light to moderate rain. #QuasiCalifornia
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
People here don't get it.
06-26-22, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
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People here don't get it.
06-26-22, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
For the first time in two-three weeks of 90F weather, we have light to moderate rain. #QuasiCalifornia
06-26-22, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Nashville's getting hit hard enough they've stopped the NASCAR race, you might have some weather coming your way at some point.
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People here don't get it.
