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07-28-22, 09:25 AM
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If I ever want to fillet a beer car, I would reach for a Ginsu. Since that's not something I have ever needed to do - nor see myself ever needing to do - I don't have a Ginsu in my kitchen block.
15-ish years ago, I obliged a Cutco salesperson as a favor to a family member. He was going on about how the serrated cutting edge would allow me to cut tomatoes without squashing them. I went to my kitchen, grabbed a tomato and my chef's knife (mediocre-level Henckles), and quickly produced a small stack of wafer-thin tomato slices for him. Umm...yeah. I don't have that issue with tomatoes. His pitch didn't last much longer. However, I mercifully bought a pair of kitchen shears from him that I still use on a regular basis.
15-ish years ago, I obliged a Cutco salesperson as a favor to a family member. He was going on about how the serrated cutting edge would allow me to cut tomatoes without squashing them. I went to my kitchen, grabbed a tomato and my chef's knife (mediocre-level Henckles), and quickly produced a small stack of wafer-thin tomato slices for him. Umm...yeah. I don't have that issue with tomatoes. His pitch didn't last much longer. However, I mercifully bought a pair of kitchen shears from him that I still use on a regular basis.
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07-28-22, 09:25 AM
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07-28-22, 09:27 AM
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07-28-22, 09:38 AM
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07-28-22, 09:47 AM
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If I ever want to fillet a beer car, I would reach for a Ginsu. Since that's not something I have ever needed to do - nor see myself ever needing to do - I don't have a Ginsu in my kitchen block.
15-ish years ago, I obliged a Cutco salesperson as a favor to a family member. He was going on about how the serrated cutting edge would allow me to cut tomatoes without squashing them. I went to my kitchen, grabbed a tomato and my chef's knife (mediocre-level Henckles), and quickly produced a small stack of wafer-thin tomato slices for him. Umm...yeah. I don't have that issue with tomatoes. His pitch didn't last much longer. However, I mercifully bought a pair of kitchen shears from him that I still use on a regular basis.
15-ish years ago, I obliged a Cutco salesperson as a favor to a family member. He was going on about how the serrated cutting edge would allow me to cut tomatoes without squashing them. I went to my kitchen, grabbed a tomato and my chef's knife (mediocre-level Henckles), and quickly produced a small stack of wafer-thin tomato slices for him. Umm...yeah. I don't have that issue with tomatoes. His pitch didn't last much longer. However, I mercifully bought a pair of kitchen shears from him that I still use on a regular basis.
07-28-22, 09:55 AM
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07-28-22, 10:14 AM
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Fun job of the day: riding in the back of a pickup truck that's driving down some Belgian 2-lane blacktop and photographing race cars.
07-28-22, 10:24 AM
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I think Mrs John would be happy to live in a cave (climate controlled, of course) and have very little contact with the outside world. I could handle that, but would want to be able to ride with friends, at least sometimes. I might like to travel but I don't think about it much, and I hate flying.
07-28-22, 10:26 AM
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07-28-22, 10:27 AM
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07-28-22, 10:29 AM
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Depends hugely on your intended uses and personal preference, What do you have now?
07-28-22, 11:02 AM
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The previous house I lived in for 16 years was a little like that. In the hills outside the city limits with an absurdly steep driveway. Never a loud party and never any fireworks in the 16 years I was there. Never any solicitors! We get that now and I do not approve of anyone opening the gate and banging on my door to try and sell me some crap or ask for a donation.
07-28-22, 11:05 AM
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You gotta get yourself over to my old stomping grounds, NW of Gettysburg. I was just playing around with Strava, starting from Mom and Dad's house, and just taking Dad's old route to work, it was 800 feet in 9 miles.
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07-28-22, 11:08 AM
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The Subaru passed inspection.
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07-28-22, 11:13 AM
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Lordy, I remember those. The "no rust-through" rule often weighed heavily on any car older than about 10 years, and often took out cars that were otherwise mechanically fine. It was quite a revelation when I moved to New York, which had inspections but allowed rust-through. I once saw a Chevy Vega with front fenders so destroyed by rust they were more like suggestions of the original shape, than actual fenders.
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07-28-22, 11:21 AM
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Lordy, I remember those. The "no rust-through" rule often weighed heavily on any car older than about 10 years, and often took out cars that were otherwise mechanically fine. It was quite a revelation when I moved to New York, which had inspections but allowed rust-through. I once saw a Chevy Vega with front fenders so destroyed by rust they were more like suggestions of the original shape, than actual fenders.
I've done 3 tours in New England since 2018. So many Subaru's there, including a good number of old ones.
07-28-22, 11:28 AM
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Issue is it's about 100 miles away from me. Kinda far to ride there and back in a day.
07-28-22, 11:28 AM
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07-28-22, 11:41 AM
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07-28-22, 11:42 AM
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When I rode there as a ute, I tended to avoid any really big climbs, but it turns out the whole area north and west of town have a lot of ups and downs.
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07-28-22, 11:46 AM
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Saturns had plastic body panels, right?
Our old '66 Ford station wagon lasted 15-20 years, with a bit of Bondo and fiberglass toward the end, but the 1954 Plymouth Dad bought new before moving to Rochester for 4 years barely made it 10 years before it failed inspection. Those years in Upstate NY.....
Our old '66 Ford station wagon lasted 15-20 years, with a bit of Bondo and fiberglass toward the end, but the 1954 Plymouth Dad bought new before moving to Rochester for 4 years barely made it 10 years before it failed inspection. Those years in Upstate NY.....
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07-28-22, 11:59 AM
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Saturns had plastic body panels, right?
Our old '66 Ford station wagon lasted 15-20 years, with a bit of Bondo and fiberglass toward the end, but the 1954 Plymouth Dad bought new before moving to Rochester for 4 years barely made it 10 years before it failed inspection. Those years in Upstate NY.....
Our old '66 Ford station wagon lasted 15-20 years, with a bit of Bondo and fiberglass toward the end, but the 1954 Plymouth Dad bought new before moving to Rochester for 4 years barely made it 10 years before it failed inspection. Those years in Upstate NY.....
07-28-22, 12:13 PM
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Wordle 404 4/6
Got the first 3 letters in the right spot on my first guess, and eliminated a common last letter. Still took me 4. Blah.
Got the first 3 letters in the right spot on my first guess, and eliminated a common last letter. Still took me 4. Blah.
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07-28-22, 12:44 PM
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I hit 305.9 kph, according to RideWithGPS. Drat! Missed it by .1. That must be why I'm so tired today. No smile coming in; just looking for the end.
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07-28-22, 12:47 PM
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