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Through his last two years of university my son rode an old beat up cheap hard tail mountain bike back and forth to school so he would not have to pay for daily parking. At the end it was a write off, and not worth fixing. He moved to his full time job in North Vancouver and wanted to still ride. I wouldnt let him take the old bike as it was unsafe to use and not worth fixing up. He got a bike from a co-worker who has several as he likes to rebuild old bikes. My son snapped the chain on that one (twice) and didnt really fit him. He was disappointed as he wanted to commute to work when he could. So I offered to get him a bike to commute on for his Uni grad present. We looked at a number and he settled on a Giant Revolt gravel bike. He has had it two weeks, has ridden almost every day and loves how good a nice ride feels. Yesterday he did a 40 km loop on his way home, and wants to get proper riding shorts because he sees he will be doing some long rides on the weekends. He is built for bikes (unlike his dad), he is 5'8, 150lbs and super fit. I need to get riding because I know he will want to ride and try to drop me

back at work for me, and to wearing pants again Was a great 5-day weekend w/ a couple days of BCC time and lots o' biking

My day got better. Sent home after about 1/2 an hour at work. Management moved a guy into our pod, and didn't cross all the t's, so we all got sent for the rest of the day with pay I ate a big breakfast & now I'll head out to the garden, might even ride a bike in a little while.

My mom's temperature has come back to normal. HUGE relief.

Not spectacular, but the geese helped.

I have an older friend who mentioned his wife does a lot of favors for older folks in the area. She also feeds and lets other people's dogs out while they are on vacation. But she is no longer comfortable driving her car. So she is having a hard time riding a tapped out department store bike with mismatched tires that creaks and squeaks while riding it. He mentioned he was going to buy her a new department store bike and asked me what kind he should buy her. I told him not to do that, and I gave them a shiny, like new vintage rebuilt 3 speed from the Team Scooter Vintage Series Collection. Its a beautiful burgundy color with pin strips and whitewall tires. She said its the most beautiful bike ever. She even gave it a name. They bought a basket for it and she now makes excuses just to ride it. This is the third bicycle that made its way out from the basement to a good home. Ten more to go....

So here is your softball post. Emmy throwing a riseball. Supposed to come in straight and jump up at the batter so they cut under it.

How the mighty have fallen... My son is totally lazy now and has gained a bit of weight since he stopped playing baseball. But the other day he flashed a bit of his old self when he accidentally launched Smokey’s ball over a fence & across the street. The ball flew like 30 yards with a seemingly effortless throw. We all looked at him like dude seriously!?!? Smokey even stopped and looked back like dude WTF? Son sheepishly said damn forgot and went to get the ball... Under the chubby exterior still lives a cannon arm...

That looks good but I hope you made MrSue a sandwich!

@MickinMD I think your account has been hacked. Someone posted a pop science meme in your name, and they wrote only one paragraph.

Stupidhead.

That looks good, except it needs more meat and less veggies. And then add some bacon.

Wo46 and I both bicycled to work today and I ride right past her work place we ride together. We have one big up hill and she smoked me on the up hills.

Welcome to Canada. It goes towards our "free" medical system.

State Fair even

26.6 miles on the C&O Canal. Antietam to just shy of Williamsport. Ran into a guy i know from the LBS. He’s a regular customer. I’m barely starting the ride and I hear, “On your left”. I recognize him and say, “Hey Steve, Jack from the bike shop!” He did a double take. We rode together for about 12 miles talking stuff. Small world when you’re miles from home, on a semi-deserted path on a weekday.

http://wilburmexicana.com

...these were delivered. One is 10 yards of 2 to 1 blend of top soil and mushroom compost. Isn’t it beautiful? The other is some trucks.

... so I sit outside in the car eating this.

Aaaaand the follow up fastball.

Eating wealthy these days. I copied the ingredients from a salad at the bougie cafe up the street. Home baked toasted bread. I’m missing the grilled salmon, but it’s no thing.

The odds are forever in my favor.

I would.

N+1 of course.

I have a double dental appointment - two crowns installed (temp crowns been in since February) and a cleaning. I want to get everything done before my dental insurance runs out next month. Then I have to go out to Scott Air Force Base to get a prescription refilled. It's not like pulling up to a CVS. It's about 23 times more complicated and takes much longer. The flip side is that it's free for me. I did work an hour this morning. I've been transitioning my job to another guy as I only have about 7 more days of work!

The Wilbur-rito sounds good.

Are you trying to be ironic?

I'm not big on Sushi, but when opera grand diva Hyunah Yu complimented me on a piano recital performance and I didn't realize who she was until after she left, her sister, a professor at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins U where I was studying piano in the adult program, invited me to the party she was having for her students after the party so I could talk with her. Hyunah poured me a Coke and held a tray of sushi in front of me, asking if I wanted any. There was no possibility I'd say no! I had a long conversation with her and the sushi was fine! When playing Baroque (1600-1750, Bach, Handel, etc.) or Classical (1750-1830, Beethoven, Mozart, etc.) you're supposed to play the music exactly as it is written. But for Romantic Era stuff (1830-1900, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, etc.), you are expected to put feeling into the music by slightly stretching some notes and varying the loudness. At the recital I had played Schumann's "First Sorrow" which is about a girl having her heart broken and she's hurt and angry. I made it sad and I nailed it and Hyunah liked it! That gave me a lot of confidence in my playing from then on.

I don't know why or what for but I'm sure he hurt someone's sensitive feelings within the last few days. So RG, freaking apologize. Now. Karen

no. just batter it and deep fry it.

It's mellow, it's beautiful, it's one of the best ever albums ever recorded. The drummer, James Cobb, passed away last weekend.

The first one is the bottle kid that is living in the house. She is on her bed in the corner of the kitchen by a heater vent.

Just got back from 16.5@17.2.

Buy a six pack and invite RG over😁

They pulled up in front of my house, and delivered to my neighbor. Then he waved at me and just drove off.

That answer is definitely from the Rhetorical Questions category $100 spot. Autumn Calabrese is quite a breezy name.

WE ARE STILL HERE!!!!

I had not them since I was a kid until I discovered a recipe that has ground beef, ground pork and chirizo in it, topped with manchego cheese. They are a favourite in our house, we make them a couple times a winter

Why wouldn't he. Parr8 is almost that old anyway.

Happy pants Wednesday!

They bbq everything in Texas, sushi, boots, bourbon, college football coaches, ...ad nauseum.

I've lived in the North, South, and Northwest. Jerks were everywhere. On a per capita basis, likely pretty similar.

NYC - the hardest his location in the US and possibly the world - has had folks see friends and family members seriously ill or even die from COVID. Folks there KNOW the need for a mask, social distancing, and other general safeguards to follow for trying to prevent the spread of COVID. I sort of feel like you would see a similar reaction in California or Colorado at a campsite following one of the massive wild fires if someone was standing around with random folks and flicked a cigarette butt into the bushes. Maybe it would start a brush fire, maybe it wouldn't. But, WTF????

Hot and humid here..well 65 but the dewpoint is 65 as well..so sticky icky

Seasonal weather for us. Supposedly to be dry for several days. We need it to dry out from the nearly 7 inches of rain over the weekend! Hoping to take the roadie out on the new wheel set tonight.

I would have found a bbq joint

We have a Japanese market within walking distance from where we live and we have been getting their fresh sushi lately. As good as any sushi place we have been to at a very reasonable price.

That is the problem with the internet. I had typed this way before the post about your wife, but was sidelined and did not get it posted. Now it seems to have set you off in another direction. I was just addressing the plethora of hateful attitudes that seem to be prevalent in the USA. I find it alarming.

Mixing in where the bushes will be in front of the house, filling a few low spots in the lawn for reseeding, starting a cutting bed beside the barn, filling planters for the barn, and then order another load. $44 a yard seemed decent and they deliver for free because the quarry where we get it is about a half mile down our road.