ChrisL

I remember as a teen visiting Holland and arriving at 9 PM and got to my aunts place around 10:30 PM. This was after a 13 hour flight. Well it’s still light in Northern Europe at that time in summer so I assumed it was 10:30 AM. I was so not ready for bed….

Not sure about yours but we recently changed out to high end Kitchen Aid appliances and our dishwasher is so quiet we can run it anytime. Our last one was really loud. Except…. Our new fridge has an annoying buzz to it if we over stuff the freezer… We have literally thrown items out to keep the damn thing quiet.

My daughter sent this this morning. My SIL is away on business travel and so Smokey found a new snuggle buddy.

Yeah that’s the south in general. I remember the feeling of being in the barracks in dress blues (wool). Issuing weapons, guardmount and then walking outside to a freaking sauna. Faaaahk it’s going to be a long hot day…

I used to fly in/out of there often. It is easy to navigate. When I was there the “white fleet” (Fed Ex) had about 60% of the tarmac space.

We do family dinner Sunday but yeah maybe a quiet walk on the beach. She’s going with me to Vegas (They hold them in swank places so she’ll get pool & spa time) so we do need to pack.

Kicking the MIL to the curb Sunday morning. Nothing else planned that I’m aware of.

I buy several grand in branded clothing for my security team a year & have been using these guys since 2018. I hit them up yesterday stating I need 3 new shirts as I lost weight & don’t want to wear baggy polo’s to the meetings. As we have a lengthy approval process I told them I’d pay with my CC. I got shipping confirmation today, I sent an email asking for payment link and was told Josh (owner) said not to charge, his thank you for 6 years of business. I’m never leaving those guys!

I worked graveyards while going to college. It seemed every semester, I would have one 24-36 hour period where I couldn’t sleep. It was usually: work, early class, late class, work, early class…

Agreed, “funny” in that I’ll be doing pretty close to that next week… 18-20 hour days for 2 days for our annual meetings

I have heard good things on orange Seal but Stan’s has worked well for me over the years. I also swear by Stan’s valves. I had some that came with the wheel/bike and switched them all to Stan’s. I find non Stan’s valves tend to get gummed up making the presta valve impossible to unscrew without a tool.

I notice the same in that the older the tire the more pimples show on the tread, or where the tread once was… I run Challenge Strada Bianca’s on my mixed use bike road/gravel and I love the tire but they don’t seem to last very long. I don’t track mileage but probably ride that bike 1,500 - 2000 miles a year and replace a rear tire about every year.

I live near the OC Fairgrounds and they often hold car shows there. There was a VW show recently and we saw a bunch of beautifully restored bug, vans, square backs and a few fastbacks, karman ghias & such. Really cool to see them all cruising to the show.

Yeah I heard Westfalias are worth a lot these days. One of my neighbors has a Westie. Just leaves out out in our community too…

I had company phones for ages and with my last lay off I just got my own phone and then carried two with my last job. I got tired of telling everyone my new number every few years with job changes. When I returned to my previous employer, I actually forwarded my old phone to my personal phone, loaded email teams & such to my personal phone and just carry my personal phone.