@daisy You missed it. There was at least one.

@mybirdistheword you and me both, man. I'm thinking about selling the El Camino pretty soon.

@ttyymmnn RIP

I still remember exactly which house on my paper route I'd be at when that song comes on the walkman.

@benjrblant Oh that makes a lot of sense. I was mostly running my bike in 30x22 yesterday for a similar ride of a ton of climbing and descending, not much flats as well. Surprised at how well it worked- I think I bailed out to the 22t inner chainring two or three times for muddy sections where I wanted the precision, but otherwise kept the ratio a bit above 1:1. It seems like singlespeed on a MTB is way more practical than singlespeed on a road/gravel rig, cause you're mostly pedaling up hills and coasting down and can have a single climb-oriented gear for it.

@kiltedpadre That certainly is a stack of fuzzy little people companions! 😛

@samv8 Well, would a rental spec Dodge Charger be exotic to you?

@qaaaaa said in More real estate bitching? More real estate bitching.:

@vincentmalamute it’s in Englewood, Ohio. City that butts up against Dayton. It’s definitely an absurd price for what the market was pre-Covid. I’ve been watching the market about 3 years. Low housing cost was one of the biggest drivers for me to stay in the area after I finished my undergrad.

ah! From reading the posts on Oppo, it's easy to forget that there are places in the USA other than Martha's Vineyard, PNW, or California! I'd assume the rest of the Midwest like IN, IL, WI (once you get out of the major cities) has similar "low" housing prices.

@ranwhenparked I used to have the prefect schedule Tuesday-Friday, and a short day (11-5) on Friday before the pandemic hit, but when I came back to work someone else was working Tuesdays and I still wanted 4 days. At least Friday is still a half day.

@britsnswedes-was-minigti
Hi-viz works good. Lights, hi-viz, and the 3M (or knockoff) reflective tape work well. Especially if you can color match the Diamond Grade to your bike.

@hammerheadfistpunch Tartuga!

@jminer said in I’m in love:

@just-jeepin Oh man that thing looks amazing!

I haven’t paid much attention to old CJ values lately, is $13k reasonable for this?

I'd rather not the 'glass tub but it's certainly better than rust. Love they kept the snorkel cut hood though. I can't pay five figures for a Hurricane 4, but it seems clean. But I'm also more of an AMC Jeep fan with the later CJ-5 than the Willys and Kaiser stuff (at least to own).

@ike808 I only have one. Skunkworks by ben rich

@jminer I used to ride a 15hp 125cc motorcycle on the highway...a 2005 MZ sm125. It was good for 70. no more than that, but it was geared high enough that it was only spinning about 8500RPM (torque peak) at that speed on an 11,000RPM clock and would do that for miles without complaint. Then again, I've ridden bikes with more power that were not safe/able to ride at those speeds...

@way2blu
Same ol' mostly. Today - long run, mow yard, vacuum, cook, then Mother's Day brunch at home tomorrow, and do the dishes this weekend (cause Mom's Day). We be boring...

@whoistheleader said in I'M FREEEEEE!!!:

@awesomeaustinv I'm very happy for you. College is not the be all end all of furthering your career and it certainly isn't a ticket to happiness. I hate how pressured everyone is that going to college is the only way to be happy in life as it automatically leads to a group of lifelong friends ❌ , a cushy job ❌ , and a better you ❌ . Not that those things can't happen at college, but far too many people spend far too much money only to find out that's far from guaranteed. College is for some people and isn't for others.

I agree, honestly. If I had my life to live over again, I probably would have learned a trade, like plumbing or electrical or mold/asbestos remediation, or maybe been a freight rail conductor.i have a degree from a decent university, but I feel like I could have gotten at least this far without it

@saracen said in RIP Paul:

I'm a bit of a Vans junkie, so...thank you, Paul.

I buy my 1 pair for the year, but have been doing so for about twenty years. Just picked up a pair of Vans grips for my Harley. Will post pics when they’re on.

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@eric
If you're willing to question your parenting skills you're ahead of the curve. The garbage truck thing is fine. My kiddo is older, but I was like that with her for years. Somewhat similar to @Chariotoflove, if it's serious then dad is serious/honest and if it can be silly/fun, I make it silly/fun. I still Calvin my kid when I can. She love/hates it but it keeps her on her toes.

@whoistheleader i do not

this clip should give you an idea tho...twas the grey one that did the ocon interview
maybe itll turn up one day

@whoistheleader I don't know how good quality these are but if they are in the same category with Ducato/Pro Master they'd compete on crappiness.

@whoistheleader Heh, it does look like that. You get a discount if you buy 4 or more, and it will probably need them sooner or later