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Old 06-02-22, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
A cycling friend just bought a lovely house near a creek and a pond. He said there are TONS of frogs there, and within a couple days there was a 4 foot snake on their deck.

His family could not accept this and so the house is back on the market and he moved everyone back to the previous house. Sad.
My first house had a creek through the back yard. I lived there for about 12 years with no problems. Then one spring, I ran over two water moccasins with the lawn mower in about three weeks. Sold the house a month later.
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Old 06-02-22, 11:33 AM
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I'm listening to pop music from last year.

#notafogey
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Old 06-02-22, 11:36 AM
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RIP Father of Midi

Dave Smith, Sequential Synth Founder and MIDI Pioneer, Dies at 72 (msn.com)
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Old 06-02-22, 11:38 AM
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I'm happy for you. I'm listening to pop music from 40 years ago and you're listening to pop music from 400 years ago. Somehow this matters to you.
Because the 1970s was a low-point in music history.

Now I'm listening to pop music from the '20s-'30s. We're playing selections from Gershwin next band concert.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Because the 1970s was a low-point in music history.



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This guy grows vegetables to sell. This is what's underfoot when I'm weed eating. Some of you have expressed surprise that it tires me out so.

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Originally Posted by Mojo31
I'm listening to pop music from last year.

#notafogey
Talk about....

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Old 06-02-22, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Knoxville, Cincinnati, etc.
google says it's faster to skip Cincy.
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3 chains- and one tail lighter later…… it’s safe to say I won’t be buying power meter pedals anytime soon.
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Old 06-02-22, 12:40 PM
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3 chains- and one tail lighter later…… it’s safe to say I won’t be buying power meter pedals anytime soon.
Thought your chains were good?
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Old 06-02-22, 12:49 PM
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Thought your chains were good?

Nope, Ritchey was showing .5 wear. Figured I should change that before I go to charlotte since I won’t be bringing a lot of tools with me. I have no idea how many miles are on the chain but I have put 1500 ish or more. Cervelo chain was changed last august, it has over 3,000 miles on it. Chain checker wasn’t showing .5 yet but it was a matter of miles. The madone, was way over due. I am mad that I let it get that far, but I didn’t realize the chain checker doesn’t work on Sram Force chains.

My chain breaker broke after the second chain change, will do the cervelo next week.


Got The Ritchey all decked out with the old school bike computer and magnets. Going to test it out tomorrow as well as cycle meter using my apple watch for head rate data.
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Originally Posted by datlas
A cycling friend just bought a lovely house near a creek and a pond. He said there are TONS of frogs there, and within a couple days there was a 4 foot snake on their deck.

His family could not accept this and so the house is back on the market and he moved everyone back to the previous house. Sad.
Our yard backs onto a creek that has water year 'round, and there are lots of frogs. I like to leave the windows open at night, so I can hear them. No snakes that we've seen, but we have had raccoons and skunks, not to mention deer in the yard. That was before we put in the 6' tall deer fence. Since then, we see deer on the outside of the fence, and one time, a very brazen coyote, who eyeballed me and sauntered away nonchalantly.

I think if we found a non-venomous snake in the yard, we'd all probably go out and ogle it and consider ourselves fortunate.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
The above has segments from his radio broadcast, which was sponsored by a chewing gum laxative.
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Old 06-02-22, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Our yard backs onto a creek that has water year 'round, and there are lots of frogs. I like to leave the windows open at night, so I can hear them. No snakes that we've seen, but we have had raccoons and skunks, not to mention deer in the yard. That was before we put in the 6' tall deer fence. Since then, we see deer on the outside of the fence, and one time, a very brazen coyote, who eyeballed me and sauntered away nonchalantly.

I think if we found a non-venomous snake in the yard, we'd all probably go out and ogle it and consider ourselves fortunate.
What woudl you do if you found a poisonous snake?
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Old 06-02-22, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
google says it's faster to skip Cincy.
@DougRNS when you drive to Sharpsville, do you drive through the Natti?
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Old 06-02-22, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
@DougRNS when you drive to Sharpsville, do you drive through the Natti?
How about Cincy?
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What woudl you do if you found a poisonous snake?
Not eat it?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Happens to be my favorite classical piece, although I don't care for this particular rendition.
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Granted, I have only had a chain checker tool for a few years. I have never measured a chain that is worn out, according to that tool. Some of my chains are a decade old, if they're a day old. Some of those chains have 10,000 miles on them. Yes Virginia, I was once a serious cyclist. Don't let Big Bicycle (or your anxieties) run your life.
Perhaps they don't make chains like they used to. I have installed one new chain over the last ten years. I think I have made my point.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Because the 1970s was a low-point in music history.
Just trolling now. SMH
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Reading FinCen's proposed CTA regs.

Exciting day.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
This guy grows vegetables to sell. This is what's underfoot when I'm weed eating. Some of you have expressed surprise that it tires me out so.

Is there a genetically-modified form of vegetable that tolerates rocks?
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Originally Posted by datlas
A cycling friend just bought a lovely house near a creek and a pond. He said there are TONS of frogs there, and within a couple days there was a 4 foot snake on their deck.

His family could not accept this and so the house is back on the market and he moved everyone back to the previous house. Sad.
Last season, LSS and I were sailing upwind in sporty conditions, requiring quite a bit of attention and muscle, when a snake suddenly appeared in the cockpit. It was a small, fairly innocent looking thing, but the driver's shriek still rings in my ears. To her credit, she held it together. The creature disappeared into the nether regions of the boat and was never seen again. And believe me, I looked!

When we moved into our previous house there was a large snake residing in the garage and the basement, depending on time of day and temperature. We had a Russian couple in to paint the place and one day he tried to pick it up, thinking it was a rubber model and planning to play a joke on his wife...
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Is there a genetically-modified form of vegetable that tolerates rocks?
No GMO required. Just no root vegetables. All the leafy ones and legumes will do fine.
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