genejockey 

One of my miniions and her husband own a house they rent out. She's the handyman, does all the maintenance, and all the repairs between tenants. She told me the last renters asked her husband to expedite the security deposit check because they needed it blah,blah,blah.

So he did.

Then she saw the place. Apparently the renters, a couple, have a ....tempestuous relationship, and the bedroom door was broken badly enough to need replacing, along with sufficient other damage beyond simple wear-and-tear to completely eat up the security deposit and then some. It took her long enough to get the place in shape to rent again that they also lost a month's rent on top of that.

So, if you're going to rent out a place, make sure whoever deals with the tenant isn't a sucker. Her stories definitely cured me of wanting to be a landlord.

WhyFi

Heh - if I were to put in the work to get to 75kg, I'd probably be sporting a w/kg that would improve my outlook on hills.

phrantic09

My goal is 77kg. Since 1/4 I’m down 10 lbs and my BF% is down 3%.

genejockey 

I did Stage 6 of the Tour de Zwift last night. I was going pretty well, in what I think was the 2nd group on the road, keeping up, going at a pace I figured I could sustain for an hour if I was in the draft most of the time. Then I noticed I hadn't turned on the music - I start up iTunes so all I have to do is hit the 'play' key on the laptop. So I did. And the music didn't start. I got distracted for maybe 3 seconds, and they were gone, and I had to chase back to a subgroup of about 3 other riders who I assume also got spit out the back. We spent the rest of the ride with the group waxing and waning. Sometimes riders would come through from the back and one of the group would grab their wheel, and often we'd end up reabsorbing that rider a few minutes later. Got to the end feeling thoroughly gassed, because there was no point at which I could just coast - at 94kg, Zwift REALLY makes me work on any little rises, so I had to power up ever rise and then push hard on the following descent to catch up to the front, just to have to do it again 30 seconds or so later. So, when we got to the last of 3 laps and got closer to the line, and everyone started droping their hamers, I amazed myself by actually still having 20 seconds of a sprint left.

Lesson learned. Make sure the music is set up, or do without. Riding in a group of 20, the draft effect on Zwift seems to work much better than a group of 4-8. I'd had to rush getting set up - HVAC guys here again and I couldn't start getting ready to ride till 20 minutes before the start. I had almost no warmup and had to do my spindown calibration while sitting in the start pen, with 2 minutes to go.

rjones28 

I've had duck bacon. Does that count?

rjones28 

It stopped snowing here, for now. I cleared the additional three-or-so inches of snow from the driveway with my trusty shovel, in honor of DougRNS . Get well soon.

Naturally, I Stava'd it.

Snowy morning shenanigans - quick shovel. | Walk | Strava

genejockey 

I've never tried to go vegetarian or vegan, but it seems to me if your meals are still built around a meat substitute, you may not really be ready to go full vege. There was a really nice vegetarian restaurant in Ithaca - no, not the one with the cookbooks - where the meals were great and NOT built around any kind of "It's just like meat!" substances, but all really nicely balanced for nutrients. I could live on their cashew chile and cornbread, with no TVP or similar.

datlas 

I was about to say something mean about you being too fat for this sport.

But I was suddenly inspired to, ahem, be nice and not say that.

datlas 

Kudos

MoAlpha

I'm counting on you not doing that.

Velo Vol 

No.

According to your average speed, it was not very quick.
Oh? How many more years until I will be ready?

genejockey 

4 years, 7 months, and 13 days, starting.............................now.

MoAlpha

We were vegetarian on an off for a long time and still try to eat vegan for dinner a couple of times a week, but once you're old, the low protein density of non-animal sources makes makes it difficult for anyone with athletic pretensions. As it is, I have to supplement to get my daily requirement.

ls01

Pardon me, ...wut.....

ls01

I know everyone thinks their ^$$hole drivers are special. Thats one thing this planet has an overabundance of. Im no saint. I have tendencies. But hey if you don't like the way I drive maybe you shouldn't be on this sidewalk!

ls01

Ffa, you misspelled it. Got your back!

ls01

twss. Report yourself sir.

ls01

Further behind than I thought

indyfabz

Do 4-block walks in the snow to the bust stop count?

phrantic09

Do you really trust a nation that kills its own citizens to be the gatekeeper for your RA meds?

And I’m not anti Chinese, my step mom and step sister are both from China and my dad lived there a number of years. I don’t trust CCP with that data. Period.

ls01

So, Pops is being discharged today. I received bad intel yesterday. They only did one stent. On his "main artery" which was occluded by a large blood clot. They removed that and installed a large stent to keep it clear. Apparently they are unable to find the other bypasses from inside the arteries.

LAJ

CCP isn't on the top of my list in regards to trustworthiness.

I removed the sarcasm.

gnome

sarcasm. lots and lots of sarcasm. doesn't necessarily come across the interwebs.

gnome

doh. slower than LAJ. no surprises there though.

datlas 

Yes, if you were running Strava.