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  1. It's hardly fair to make a review on my electric bike but I am happy to report it totally did what I was hoping. My wife and I just rode a 17 mile round trip across the valley where we conquered a good share of hills get to and from it. I typically ride my touring bike about an average of 14 mph in the flats and anywhere between 8-12 mph up lengthy or steep hills. With the lowest pedal assist setting on the electrical bike, I probably increased my speed about 2-3 miles per hour just casually riding -- and I didn't attempt to maximize this. That is, this was accomplished using the two lowest pedal assist levels and casually riding. But here's the thing. I haven't ridden really since July, and while an increase in speed is nice, I was able to ride up hills like nothing and they didn't wipe me out. And where I live, this was key. The number of route options to get to my home from the transit center has completely opened up. I rode also w/o any bike shoes trying to gain any extra mechanical advantage. The advantage is the Bosch motor running in the bottom bracket. That means I can travel roughly 10 miles in casual shoes and wear without getting overly sweaty or being wiped out racing to my bus. Not sweaty. Not tired. Faster. Hmmmmm.... Essentially, there are 4 levels of assist on my bike, and if I was to ride in on of the top highest two gears, I would be burning 50% less calories than if I had no pedal assist. Rding an electric bike in one of the highest two gears is akin to a brisk walk -- some of the best exercise out there for you. But I found that I can use the first two lowest levels of assist (and far less drain on the battery) very easily. and is pretty much all I need. Therefore, I'm surmising that by riding my electric bike in one of the two lower modes, I'm burning 75% of the calories as compared if I were riding a regular bike. So I don't feel bad at all, really, about cutting out some of the health benefits for improved performance and ease -- because without it I wouldn't be riding at all. The locale of my house has been a detriment and a riding blocker. I wasn't riding at all. But not anymore. It'll be interesting to see if i slack over time but I now have NO excuse not to ride during my commute to work. None. Since moving to my new house, I have done NO riding during my commute. If I fail, then I just threw a bunch of money out the window. If i succeed -- and I'm literally betting money on it -- then I save money over time and my health goes up -- and most likely I continue to lose weight. Riding my electrical bike is a lot of fun. I believe my commute just got a lot more fun as well.
    10 points
  2. They might have been installing a new printer. You can't do anything when installing a new printer.
    6 points
  3. Better to find out sooner than later, go ride it through the creek and see how it does.
    6 points
  4. I bought them new chains. My road bike has over 4K miles on the 11-speed chain. It isn't quite worn out using the old 12" ruler + 1/16" measurement trick but close. The 9-speed chain on my touring bike is officially worn out. I'll also change the batteries on the cadence and speed sensors soon. Back before USB rechargeable bike computers, I'd also change the batteries in them at the beginning of the year. Usually I can go the whole year that way.
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  5. When I was still a young single Jesus Freak I once had three Esthers in my hippy van at the same time on the way to a concert. Esther was a popular name in my group of friends.
    4 points
  6. I had 16x20" metal prints made of two of my images. This was my first venture into metal, and I am impressed. They have both sold, and that made my wife happy. Now, I can do more with the money from the sales.
    3 points
  7. I eat at least one apple per day, sometimes two. I can't remember the last day that I didn't eat an apple. I panicked today when I look in my crisper and saw only one left. I went out in all the crazy Saturday before Christmas traffic and bought more. It was insane, but a day without an apple would have been disastrous, I'm sure.
    3 points
  8. I got up from the couch and went on the back porch to let Tag and Duke out for their morning run. Within seconds, my wife left the computer, walked through and turned off the living room light, and opened the door to the porch. I had let Tag out and was bending over letting Duke out. She was immediately met by Tag, who was suppose to be in her crate. Then I stood up, and then both Tag and Duke welcomed her to the porch. It was still somewhat dark on the porch. I also forgot to tell you we have another set of twin Katahdin ewe lambs, born 2 days ago.
    3 points
  9. The girls are getting ready for bed and are FaceTiming with their brothers and little sister. They are so cute.
    3 points
  10. The government temporary shutdowns seem costly....there is a cost to reboot back to normal because of the administrative stuff, cost to make a shutdown happen and to restart. Using govn't employees as political pawns is not a way to ask govn't to be efficient. A business plan is required of govn't leadership and cut certain things permanently, etc.
    3 points
  11. Yeah kinda, when we played softball we had a bench clearing incident that nearly led to a fight. After cooler heads prevailed we all sat back down and he was gone!?!? He went to the car while my daughter stayed with the team? I lit into him, told him if he ever runs on his team again I'd personally kick his ass.
    3 points
  12. My nephew married a girl named Isis. I told her the terrorists ruined your beautiful name. If I was you I would change my name. She refuses to change it. I’m probably on the terrorist watch list now because I’m friends with Isis.
    3 points
  13. I wonder how many smartasses have named their daughters Polly Esther? :D
    3 points
  14. That thread has me quite shut down. Dumb.
    3 points
  15. If we would have had a daughter I wanted to name her Naomi.
    3 points
  16. SW, I don't know what happened but I find it hard to believe you were a bad parent intentionally or not intentionally. You don't seem like the type. From my experience, it's partially a result of alcoholism in the family but this is a very subjective statement as I have pretty extensive experience in the subject and I'm bound to it. I suspect finding help and guidance from a professional third party counselor would do you well. They have an ability to challenge your foundation of thoughts and spin the direction on them, while providing help on your journey of fixing the definite wrongs from your past. It seems to me you are in a cycle of thought and belief that is in a loop and you can't figure out the puzzle on your own. I've found that no matter how intelligent I think I might be, I need the help of others from a objective perspective to help right the ship. It's practically impossible for us to travel this journey on our own in a healthy and successful way while battling demons and ghosts from the past. Welcome to being human. It's sounds like you have an opportunity here to grow. Peace, Couch
    3 points
  17. My boss thinks I fly a plane. He doesn't realize how many fires one must put out to make it all seamless. So, daily, Ralph.
    3 points
  18. You love your kids and you've done your best, that's already a stop ahead of a not insignificant percentage of parents. I look at my niece and nephew, and they were raised very similarly, but they each have very unique personalities. Sometimes kids are just different no matter what you do. There are also a lot of factors that can be influencing them that really have nothing to do with you. Your daughter may be appreciative of the room but feel like her mom needs her more, or that whatever the home situation is, at least it's a "known". I have a tendency to think that people's actions are a reflection of how they think of me, when usually it's just a function of how they feel about themselves. And I think I had a pretty wonderful Dad, but he was a different grandfather than a Dad. When we were young, he had to work hard to support the family and he commuted over 2 hours a day. He was wonderful, but we saw a lot more of our Mom. But he and my Mom were very active in taking care of the grandkids when my sister went back to work. Now he was retired and he had a lot more time to spend with them and talk. Of course if he'd done all that when we were younger, we'd have had no food and no place to live. 2 of the 3 kids in our family had no children, but it wasn't because we were reacting to our childhood, it's just sort of how life unfolded. Kids can be a huge blessing, but there are also situations where not having kids is the right choice. There's rarely one answer that is right for all situations and all people. At one point my sisters and I all lived in different cities around the country - Boston, Chicago and LA. None of us were trying to get away from family, it's just the various opportunities we had and the things we wanted to explore. Oddly enough, years later we all ended up living within an hour of our parents.
    3 points
  19. is starting to look like Michael Jackson
    3 points
  20. Mrs Longjohn is a lovely lady.
    3 points
  21. T minus 36 minutes
    2 points
  22. It's called taking a dump because you are taking the time to poop. Sort of like taking a vacation .
    2 points
  23. Leaving now and heading to Ohio for Christmas. If all works out nicely, we will be arriving around 9am.
    2 points
  24. I was thinking you were going to tell us that you got some cool bells and maybe some streamers or somesuch.
    2 points
  25. The rehearsal is done, family gatherings had, everyone who is going to be here is here. Wife leaves shortly for hair appt and then she's getting dressed at the hotel with our daughter. I have the morning free and am meeting the wedding party at 2 PM. Everything is set, just need to get it done. I apparently caused a stir at the rehearsal with the grooms family. As I walked my daughter down the isle he stuck his hand out to shake and I drilled him on the shoulder pretty hard (actually a little harder than I meant) Everyone gasped, I LOL'd, gave him a bear hug and took my position. I had about 10 people ask me if I'm going to hit him in the wedding. Probably not was my response. ?
    2 points
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  28. Congratulations. Enjoy the ride.
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  30. Why don't you give Craig's List a try?
    2 points
  31. I think he has to speak French in the Paris of Ohio.
    2 points
  32. I had a cousin Polly. Her middle name was Esther.
    2 points
  33. Okay, coming from a pilot, that doesn't engender a lot of confidence in me over air travel.
    2 points
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  35. Our Maytag was like that. Ditched it before it died because when we bought a new fridge a nice Samsung caught our eye. We liked the stainless steel interior, and it cleans a hell of a lot better than that _)()(*&^%^% Maytag. Go figure!
    2 points
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  37. Have a beer at Great Lakes for me please!
    2 points
  38. That is the correct way to spell Esther. The parents that leave out the h don’t know how to spell.
    2 points
  39. Old people names are making a comeback. Friends daughter recently had a baby...named him Everett. At least Esther is a biblical name...and reportedly quite a looker.
    2 points
  40. My family had the typical or maybe not so typical share of holiday meltdowns and crap..but overall it was home...After my mom died I was the friend who had no family..who got invited to other peoples dysfunctional holidays..After a couple of years like that...I started saying "no thank you...I have plans"...actually I made someone invite me just so I could say no..and then told others "thank you, but I have been invited"... We have holiday expectations..and most families have there share of issues..put the two together and you can have a shitstorm...or make sure you volunteer to run to the store..or take a walk or hide in the attic or basement with a book. Merry Christmas peeps
    2 points
  41. Their printer is probably broke down and they are just stalling until they can hook up a new one.
    2 points
  42. typin' is typin', grammaring is grammaring ?
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