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Old 04-16-21, 04:16 PM
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I am on call this weekend and none of my partners are able to cover for a few hours tomorrow. I will still ride but will have to go solo.

Sigh.
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Originally Posted by datlas
I am on call this weekend and none of my partners are able to cover for a few hours tomorrow. I will still ride but will have to go solo.

Sigh.
Can contemplate the meaning of life. I do it frequently.

How's your daughter liking the camera you got her?
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Can contemplate the meaning of life. I do it frequently.

How's your daughter liking the camera you got her?
Since all I ride is solo, you may be interested in my thoughts on the meaning of life.
See below.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Since all I ride is solo, you may be interested in my thoughts on the meaning of life.
See below.
I mostly ride solo as well. Nobody's asking me my thoughts.
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Old 04-16-21, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
I mostly ride solo as well. Nobody's asking me my thoughts.
ok what are your thoughts?
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Can contemplate the meaning of life. I do it frequently.

How's your daughter liking the camera you got her?
She does not use it much, but seems to like it. She does plan to take a photography class in the fall.
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Originally Posted by datlas
ok what are your thoughts?
Right now, nothing good. Came home to find the notice that the taxing authorities increased the tax value of our house by 13+% this year.
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Old 04-16-21, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Of course it's cheating! Lemme get my lawyer to explain.
I concur. Totally cheating.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I concur. Totally cheating.
If you are not cheating, you are cheating yourself.

Somebody told me that once.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
If you are not cheating, you are cheating yourself.

Somebody told me that once.
A cheater?
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Wouldn’t surprise me!
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What a day.

Packed up my desk at work and said goodbye to coworkers of the last 6.5 years.

Then rode bikes everywhere.

Then had dinner with the family Mrs. Abshipp has been a nanny for the last 6 years.

I'm pooped.

And I should have worn gloves. And sunscreen



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Whatever you do datlas, when riding solo don’t think about annoying songs. One will get stuck in your head, and that will be the theme of the ride.

pro tip.


vacation officially over, back to grind.
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Lots of breeze up in the creek yesterday. Had to get smart about the stern lines to save the Gelcoat and the GPS antenna cable (bad design). Went to West for some soft anti-chafe material and met an old buddy who was moonlighting there. He sent me back to the boat to do this.


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Hmmm, woke up feeling completely normal. 18 hrs in after the second dose and nothing to report.

perhaps my immune system has the reflexes of a dead horse
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Hmmm, woke up feeling completely normal. 18 hrs in after the second dose and nothing to report.

perhaps my immune system has the reflexes of a dead horse

my family had both the moderna and pfzeir and no one had any negative things happen to them.
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This was funny 40 years ago when I was in high school. For some reason it popped into my head yesterday at work.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Lots of breeze up in the creek yesterday. Had to get smart about the stern lines to save the Gelcoat and the GPS antenna cable (bad design). Went to West for some soft anti-chafe material and met an old buddy who was moonlighting there. He sent me back to the boat to do this.


That’s a really good idea. Cheap snubber.

Any chance you can add cleats port and starboard on the walkway so you don’t have to cross the stern with the dock lines? You could use them for springs as well.

We park (for the landlubbers) bow in. Have both sides of the slip lined with this: https://www.westmarine.com/buy/taylo...04?recordNum=5

Haven’t used fenders in the slip at all, but we do have the dock lines adjusted so that the boat cannot rub under even the highest loads.

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Old 04-17-21, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
I am on call this weekend and none of my partners are able to cover for a few hours tomorrow. I will still ride but will have to go solo.

Sigh.
Shoulda let me know, I would have covered for you.

"Aw-right, who's next"?
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
If you are not cheating, you are cheating yourself.

Somebody told me that once.
Was it a former recent high government official?
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Shoulda let me know, I would have covered for you.

"Aw-right, who's next"?
I might have been able to help as well. I have a license plate that starts with “DR J.” First name begins with “J” and I have a doctorate degree. Couple that with the license, and we may be good to go!
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Was it a former recent high government official?
No, but the shoe probably fit.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Whatever you do datlas, when riding solo don’t think about annoying songs. One will get stuck in your head, and that will be the theme of the ride.

pro tip.
There is a current Walmart commercial jingle that has been stuck in my head recently, "Hello Sunshine". After a little research, turns out it was a b-side song by one of my favorite gravel-voice artists, Wilson Pickett. I've since added it to my library.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
I might have been able to help as well. I have a license plate that starts with “DR J.” First name begins with “J” and I have a doctorate degree. Couple that with the license, and we may be good to go!
Good enough, and I stayed at a Holiday Inn a couple months ago, that's license enough.
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Good enough, and I stayed at a Holiday Inn a couple months ago, that's license enough.
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