Originally Posted by Bah Humbug

Ha, I was not quiet on the first non-Addiction thread, to the point where the ardent supporters were pissed off enough that I left.

It's crap. There's a psychological barrier where any amount of money (and miss me with the cup of coffee nonsense) changes the nature of the deal. When it's free, I'll put up with a lot of junkiness. As soon as they charge a single dollar, I am no longer a guest but a client, and that changes things. It's similar to how my expectations would change if you let me crash on your couch for a night on a cross-country drive vs if you charged me for it, even a nominal amount. When it's not longer a favor, the entire concept changes. There's a whole fascinating book about research into this called Predictably Irrational. I also don't trust Strava in the slightest. They ignore bugs forever, break features (like the BT sensor support, not that that's one I care about personally), break third parties intentionally, and generally act like poor digital citizens. Again, that's one thing when they're free, but if I were to pay a single dollar I'd have expectations about their quality and reliability of service that they've never demonstrated an interest in meeting. If they want to be a commercial service, they have to demonstrate professional quality, and I've never seen that out of them. Asking me to pay to enable that is up there with my ex who said "well if you marry me I'll change". I also don't need another social network; I already mostly ignore FB and IG, and completely ignore T. The more resources they pour into that side, the less I want to contribute.

Finally, this puts the stink of death on them - it seems their VC sugar daddies are tightening the purse strings in these pandemic times, and Strava is desperate to make money. If this attempt fails (which it probably will, when you read below) they'll either fail or have to be yet more draconian to try to convert free into paid users.

This article sums it up even better: https://medium.com/@cosmocatalano/on...k-b6928d6e8b5b

Originally Posted by WhyFi

I find that angry flailing helps.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

I screwed up my coffee this AM. I have a new bag of beans and even though I had the grind # written down, the first double shot grind was coarse, readjust and the second double was too coarse,also.

Going to have to readjust and wait an hour or two before trying again.

Originally Posted by rjones28

I've changed my whole coffee routine. I'm undecided about whether I got the grind right on the first try or not.

Originally Posted by noodle soup

So I waited for the bike to arrive until 9pm, and then turned out the lights and went to bed.

This morning when I checked the UPS tracker, this is what it now says.

Scheduled Delivery

Tuesday 05/26/2020

Estimated Time

by 9pm.

I'm glad I didn't rush home at 2pm to wait for it.

Originally Posted by rjones28

I once flung a cat across the room, when she became to aggressive in her demand for morning food.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol

Such violence.

Originally Posted by rjones28

The Manwich can makes the shot epic.

Originally Posted by datlas

How do you change the setting on an alarm cat? I would not mind sleeping in until say 6:30 on a lazy Sunday morning.

Originally Posted by rjones28

I once flung a cat across the room, when she became to aggressive in her demand for morning food.

Originally Posted by rjones28

She never used her teeth to wake me, after that and we were buds for the next 16 years.

Originally Posted by BillyD

Gasp!

Not YOU Jonesy.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

I tried and tried pour overs and finally gave away my pour over equipment to a friend. POs are very smooth but I like my coffee hot and rich which I never could achieve with a pour over.

Originally Posted by BillyD

Really? I'm more concerned about that drug scale. I know Les is a clean-cut guy, but I'd be concerned about what visitors think, especially considering Az is such a conservative place.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol

Unlikely there's anger management therapy available in Chittenango.

Originally Posted by rjones28

I once flung a cat across the room, when she became to aggressive in her demand for morning food.

Originally Posted by WhyFi

That. Was. The. ******g. Best.



Consistently pushing the pedals harder makes you go faster! Why didn't someone tell me this earlier?!

Originally Posted by WhyFi

That. Was. The. ******g. Best.



Consistently pushing the pedals harder makes you go faster! Why didn't someone tell me this earlier?!

Originally Posted by noodle soup

I had a good one yesterday too. I've been pretty slow on my solo rides lately, but I suspect it was lack of motivation to go faster.

Originally Posted by WhyFi

So are we elite?

Originally Posted by WhyFi

That. Was. The. ******g. Best.



Consistently pushing the pedals harder makes you go faster! Why didn't someone tell me this earlier?!