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Addiction LXXVIII

Old 07-11-20, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
It's time for second dinner.
There's no chicken in my chicken lo mein.
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Old 07-11-20, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by LAJ
In my opinion, you need to learn your bike a bit. Every ride need not be a hammerfest, or a competition within yourself to bump up the average speed. Learn the big and little chain ring when you have time to absorb what's actually happening. Experiment. See what happens when you swap gears and chain rings at the same speed. Just stuff....

Prolly right, the spacing just bothered me this morning.
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Old 07-11-20, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Married 6 been together for 12. A lot of hair cuts.
I was talking about the $40/month.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
There's no chicken in my chicken lo mein.
Any noodles?
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Old 07-11-20, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Any noodles?
Yes, though they're thinner, like mei fun.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Yes, though they're thinner, like mei fun.
I have found it hard to find good, traditional, Cantonese-American food since about 1974.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I was talking about the $40/month.

2 a month or I guess one every three weeks is more realistic.
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Old 07-11-20, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Mrs datlas gave me a COVID19 haircut.
Kudos.

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It was pouring here at 5AM so I didn’t get to go out. Taking the girls kayaking tomorrow so only have time for about 30 in the AM. Deeply disappointed in my lack of mileage this week
There, there.
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I usually have my hair cut once a year.
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Old 07-11-20, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Mrs datlas gave me a COVID19 haircut.

Now she can’t stop laughing at me.

I'm about due for my second covid haircut.
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!!!!!

I saw two deers between Brown Squirrel and Dead Horse Lake Golf Course.

Also six Canadian geese by the pond near Brown Squirrel. DougRNS


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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Use it in health and contentment. We have a polycarbonate French press on the boat. One of life’s essentials.
I’ve been using one during tours for years. The inner wall of my current one cracked. It’s happened before. I think because I sometimes make the water too hot.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I usually have my hair cut once a year.
wut
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Old 07-11-20, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Beats what happened to the USFS policeman who hit a grizzly while mountain biking near Glacier a few years ago. R.I.P.
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Old 07-11-20, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Its 50/34. The cross chaining I am referring too, When I am on the big ring it seems that I am favoring the larger side of the cassette. Number 5 through 9 when I am on the smaller chain ring I almost always end up on the smallest cassette.
You could start a gear thread in the 41, those go for multiple pages. I think there were 2 going at the same time recently.

I know my rings and I know my small and large cogs and that's about it. I don't know what the other cogs are and I never looked at them. I also never think about what cog I'm in while riding except when I'm in the lowest one. Sometimes I force the shifter to make sure it's all the way at the end.

I've had everything from 5 speed to 11, triples to one by, and I always go by feel.
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Old 07-11-20, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
a cat sitting on his head during the warm stretch.
Don't knock it till you've tried it.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
I’ve been using one during tours for years. The inner wall of my current one cracked. It’s happened before. I think because I sometimes make the water too hot.
If ours broke, I would get a double-walled steel one, but I have already epoxied the handle and now it will last until I drop it overboard while dumping grounds on a morning when I don’t feel like diving in after it.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
If ours broke, I would get a double-walled steel one, but I have already epoxied the handle and now it will last until I drop it overboard while dumping grounds on a morning when I don’t feel like diving in after it.
I’m actually surprised I haven’t been able to find other options for a combination French press/mug that is portable. I’m talking something you make the coffee in and drink straight from it. I had one from REI, but the lid broke. There is at least one titanium press out there, but you can’t drink from it. I want something that is going to keep the coffee hot when it’s cold in the morning.
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Old 07-11-20, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by big john
If that's not rusted out it's worth a few bucks. Very desirable model.
I had one back in the 70s. Best vehicle I've ever owned. Mine was orange with diamond tuck interior. Kick down 3 speed transmission was the schizz
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Old 07-11-20, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
I had one back in the 70s. Best vehicle I've ever owned. Mine was orange with diamond tuck interior. Kick down 3 speed transmission was the schizz
A guy I knew had a Ford panel truck like this for sale before I had a car. I wanted it so bad but my father wouldn't allow it because it didn't run. My second car was an International Harvester panel truck.

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Another sign the season formerly known as summer is done and gone: I saw a guy harvesting berries by the road.

Pumpkin spice is right around the corner.
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Another sign the season formerly known as summer is done and gone: I saw a guy harvesting berries by the road.

Pumpkin spice is right around the corner.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Kudos.


There, there.
it’s a rough life
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
I had one back in the 70s. Best vehicle I've ever owned. Mine was orange with diamond tuck interior. Kick down 3 speed transmission was the schizz
It was, by the way, thoroughly rusted.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
It's time for second dinner.
Spoken like a true hobbit.
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