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The pandemic was just the push I needed to do what I should have done long ago. I used to enjoy going to the gym, but more and more, I find it an exercise in frustration. Mostly, the frustration stems from inconsiderate slobs who can't be bothered to put weight back where they belong, can't seem to bring themselves to wipe down benches and machines when they're done, and park themselves on machines between sets with ear buds plugged into their heads so they can conveniently ignore anyone who might ask to work in. Anyway, my wife and I had the discussion about investing in a home gym, so I went looking. And I think I scored big time. Checking on a local classified site, I found a unit for sale in virtually brand new condition for less than half the retail price. So today, I borrowed my son in law's truck and my grandson, and we made the one hour drive to check it out. I took the cash with me, because I was pretty certain I was going to come home with it. It was in a small storefront wellness clinic. The proprietor had bought it thinking his clients would make use of it, but it almost never got used, so he decided to sell it. Anyway, I pulled the trigger, and my grandson and I disassembled it and brought it home. Now I have to move some furniture and other crap out of the basement so I can set it up. The machine is a Hoist V4 Elite, which retails at just about $4,000 Canadian.

Beware of rednecks with good credit.

It’s like saying “you have no brains,” but there is a collection of cells inside your cranium. It’s there, but it’s not the feature.

However, she dies have a wall full of event numbers and a bike! I trust her information.

This was taken at a friends house back in the day

I was afraid you were going to tell us, he had moved to your new neighborhood.

I never quite figured oot how to put my Integra back together after disassembly.

It would not make me nervous because with the terrible smell that would be emanating from my drawers from the load I would drop in them would guarantee the bears would not want to eat me

This was taken someplace back in the day.

I like Bend nice enough. Really nice park system. Lots of outdoor stuff. You don't have to check the weather because it's going to be pretty nice. I just don't have the friend network here that I have back in Portland. I miss our long time friends. Plus I can go into the office a few times a week & kibbutz with them. Bend was always WoScraprs place. She loved it. It's just not the same without her

That's good news... generally that is not the case. I had to use Google... I learned something today. I can stop now... The expression 'Scot-free' originates from the Scandanavian word, 'Skat,' which means “tax” or “payment.” The word mutated into 'scot' as the name of redistributive taxation meant to provide relief to the poor during the 10th century. Someone who did not have to pay the tax for some reason was referred to as 'scot-free.'

ChrisL wins the Dilbert's mom/Rick Henderson award for this thread. And those Halo ads are creeepy!

When I was a kid, one next door neighbor rented out their house and several families were living in it. They had numerous cars & felt the street in front of their house was their parking so would yell at my oldest brother not to park there. My brother repeatedly told them to F’ off. Well one night somebody broke into his car, put in in neutral, released the brake and pushed it down the street. My brother was pissed but never said a word about revenge. However a few nights later someone punctured all 4 tires on every one of their cars. Someone also shimmied up the power line & cut the power to their house. It took the power company a couple of days to repair the damage. Oh and did I mention my brother was a linesman for a power company? The parking fued ended after that...

I agree. I have people for that kind of thing.

By the time this is over, there will be no winners, only losers.

Stay safe, Parrot

I barely remember him playing. I do remember when Walter Payton started playing for the Bears and hearing that he could be the next Gale Sayers. My first thought was a sarcastic, "yeah, right."

Didn't he die in Brian's Song?

I have yet to see a grizzly in the wild..., but did face down a polar bear coming towards me. I didnt bother with the spray, but fired a couple rounds into the ground in front of him. He paused and looked at me and I was thinking "okay, that was two..., I have 43 left. 42 for him and one for me." When he turned and went back the way he came I was a happy camper. He was 32 feet away (i went back and measured the distance in the tracks in the snow)

So you bought a mental exercise machine. Wouldn't a 1200 piece puzzle have been less expensive. As always, expect at least one piece to be missing.

Is that a boarding house?

You can download the manual from here but there is no fun in that.

Nice clothes rack. Some assembly required.

I had to attend a certification audit in our Potsdam (@buffjim knows the place) today. I brought my bike and rode with my good friend who works in that office after we finished. 18 lumpy miles on quiet back roads.

If I had a million dollars I wouldn’t have to eat Kraft dinner every night.

I say supper at supper time and dinner at dinner time. They really don’t describe the same meal.

Got mine at work today..with2 other staff members and 130 residents.

So they were White Stripes fans.

The Howels certainly wouldn't have been living in a thatched roof shack

I do not want my butter choices limited or made for me. Quality hosts serve real butter and in a way that says, help yourself to all the real butter you'd like. Not in a plastic container where people dip their spoons and God only knows what else when you're not watching them. Real butter is showcased on the table and served with a knife.

We use a tea saucer for the butter. Growing up we used a Correlle Livewear butter dish with the green flower pattern that matched the rest of our dishes.

I have two of them. When one is about empty I get out the other one so it can begin to soften. One dish is glass, the other is Tupperware.

What's that thing behind the bike and next to the file cabinet with the microwave oven on it?

He's almost as good at gif posting as I am.

and he was good at sliding on a pole

Mmmmm. Not so sure. Motivation comes from many different directions. Sometimes you just can't pour sugar on it.

24 miles for me, nice afterwork ride

Walked 3.8 miles with WoJSTL.

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Here is where everyone gives you a hard time for being an antivaxer bastard who hates puppies and people from other races without remembering stuff. I said I was forever done with the flu shot, but I am reconsidering because I would hate to get the flu and covid at the same time, I am sure it would be my demise. I would just hope that it is more than 50% effective (which historically it is not). I am still on the fence.

It's a good rule. But not always one you can live by I know folks with drug/alcohol addicted siblings, who go in and out of rehab or periods of sobriety, and bring with them many problems. Those problems can follow them to a family birthday, wedding, or 4th of July party. Likewise, it's the classic "blame the victim" in this case, since unless the report shows she was in any way an active participant in wrongdoing and that the wrongdoing was something a reasonable person would expect to be killed for. How many times have your heard/seen situations of "Well, why were you at the bar where men would be drinking and you were wearing a skirt?"??? You can arrest a person during the day, outside, as they walk to their car or head to a store. You can execute a search warrant on a property as soon as the person you are after is arrested. Again, there will or should be reforms made that steer us away from making heavy-handed enforcement a "norm" in our neighborhoods.

No knock warrants are a horrible abuse of police power. In this case it was used for an investigation - not an arrest. If someone wakes me up in the middle of the night by breaking down my door, I'm shooting.

My snowblower has two 6-volt batteries and works great. Of course those are connected to a 70+ horsepower diesel motor😁