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  1. Every January a local bike shop runs a special where they take your bike completely apart, clean the frame and all components, reassemble the bike, true the wheels, and adjust the shifters and brakes. Yeah, yeah, I know the drill – the shop offers ‘recommendations’ for you to replace or upgrade components and you walk out the door paying more than you thought. And that’s OK - bike mechanics need to make a living too. So I took my touring bike in and reserved another spot for my newer road bike that I’d bring by later. I’d bought the touring bike in 2008 and it’s seen some tough cycling conditions since then. I usually do my own repairs and maintenance but I figured it was time for a complete renewal by a professional. In due course they recommended replacing the wheels as they said the rims were pretty worn. The rims were original and I’d ridden some gritty miles. Given sometimes I barrel down hills towing a loaded BOB I figured I’d take the recommendation. I picked up the bike last night and paid the bill. I checked the invoice this morning and the bill didn’t list all the work to which we’d agreed. The shop billed me for installation of a component I didn’t buy. Worse, they billed for the maintenance service for the second bike; you know, the one I haven’t even brought into their shop yet. And they didn’t bill me for the new wheelset they put on my touring bike, even though the wheels are indeed on the bike plain as day. I emailed them this morning advising them of all this and let them know they needed to adjust the bill. I re-figured the final tally and it showed they'd billed me too little. They’d hornswoggled themselves out of nearly $90, and I asked them to contact me about making up the difference.
    8 points
  2. I changed my mind more times than a chocken lays eggs. But of course, cause I have a thing for all things Italian. Someday, I might even see he region. <3
    6 points
  3. If I did have any fidget toys, someone else would snarf them. Then she'd run around the house, throwing them in the air, snarling like a beasty in a rainbow sweater.
    6 points
  4. Turnip and Lentil Soup for dinner. Sounds awful but it is actually quite good.
    5 points
  5. I used Anne Burrell’s recipe from the Food Network. Spaghetti squash was the base. Topped with parmigiana, meatballs cooked in a San Marzano tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese. Manga manga.
    5 points
  6. I made a h'wheat pizza with pepperoni and green pepper. I was so anxious to eat a piece, I forgot the pic. Came oot dang good. And java porter to wash it down.
    5 points
  7. One Lead Foot Scotch Ale
    5 points
  8. Got out of bed, no comb needed here! Had a cup of strong black coffee and headed to the grocery at 6 am. Went to the new Wegmans at Tysons Corner. Tysons has become a city so I wanted to go before people woke up. Nice place but I won’t go there during prime time. Picked up some hot pork sausage for biscuits and gravy later as So7 has a friend over to help wrench his Jeep. They are replacing tie rods. Also picked up some pancetta, ground beef and pork for meatballs I am making later today. Back home drinking more coffee before running errands with Wo7.
    5 points
  9. I have more than one wife. I think it’s bigamy to admit it!
    5 points
  10. This reminds me of a Beatles song for some reason!
    5 points
  11. I love going down a YouTube rabbit hole and finding something cool I've never heard before. Tonight's find is Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats.
    5 points
  12. I worked as an operative for a private investigator at one point when I lived in Chicago. I took pictures of accident scenes for court cases and followed around some suspected cheating spouses. One of them was actually going to a bible study meeting, though, so god was the hussy in that situation.
    4 points
  13. A little lighter and sweeter than I expected.......I would have another if I wasn't driving.
    4 points
  14. #1, of course!. Then #2. Then #3. Then...
    4 points
  15. I blame it on less cardio...Doc says we will watch it..everything else is good!
    4 points
  16. I worked in the medical industry before moving into computers and networking. I was the senior designer at a company that make custom pressure garments for burn victims. After that, I worked in dialysis. I was certified to repair and maintain the equipment. I also took the renal nursing course and got certified to run patients as well.
    4 points
  17. I had a miserable childhood because of my younger brother. Mom always liked jsharr best.
    4 points
  18. Hot soup for a cold day.
    3 points
  19. The Navy used to serve something like this called "creamed dried beef" which was different from "creamed chipped beef". My breakfast on a working day with no plans for breaking for lunch was scrambled eggs with bacon and toast and hash browns with creamed dried beef poured over them. We had "not healthy" cornered.
    3 points
  20. I made Cajun stuffed peppers last night. Haven't decided what I'm making tonight. It will involve chicken, since that's what I've got in the fridge.
    3 points
  21. The landscape supply place I worked at was bought by a rich city guy to keep himself busy in his spare time. We started calling him Oliver because he'd often deliver equipment or fertilizer while wearing a business suit. Then, when he bought an old John Deere (below) to disk the soil field, the name stuck. "Has anybody seen Oleevaah?" Yepper, he's oot in the field playing with his tractor.
    3 points
  22. She should turn it upside down and look at its feet. That is what they do, right?
    3 points
  23. Just got back from the LGS by me...I am not a big fan of it..but early..it was okay..gonna make (by adapting a recipe) orange cranberry scones...got some more veggies and a couple things they didnt have at target on yesterday's run. Got the stuff for the Martha Stewart cookies I made back in like April..might make them for "recovery"..this weekend or next.. Ready for hibernation...can't remember when the snow is s'pose to stop...Don't care
    3 points
  24. I twirl my reading glasses.
    3 points
  25. I think it was my youngest daughter that couldn't have food touching other food on her plate. Thankfully she grew oot of that.
    3 points
  26. 3 points
  27. Egg and avocado on tost
    3 points
  28. My wife pointed oot to me that this is snot original. Then I realized it started with Chris Christie in the beach chair. But it is a great extension nonetheless.
    3 points
  29. One summer I worked for a fence contractor. (sub contractor for Sears) I had to make money to pay for engineering classes. We worked from dawn to dusk $4 per hour and no OT. That was a great summer job. We installed LOTS of fences in Chicago, and the near west suburbs. Fences go in for lots of reasons... many for neighbors that hate each other. I learned I needed to be sure I graduated from college with my engineering degree. And use lots of hand lotion after mixing cement all day. OMG cement dries out your hands a LOT.
    3 points
  30. i sang the Folsom Prison Blues during the Passenger Talent Show on my 5 day Yangtze River Cruise. The mouth's of the Chinese crew dropped open in disbelief when I got to "just to watch him die." They didn't think stuff like that happened in "Meiguo," their word for America and which means "The Beautiful Country."
    3 points
  31. Say, they sound like great places to work! Jerry, PM me the names of those companies and I'll cut you in for 20%! Think about that for a couple seconds. That's WAAAY better odds than winning the lottery. I worked at a research center for a global company that made its initial fortunes in the power producing business. Every August the company stockroom would be wiped out of pencils, pens, notebooks, paper, rulers, erasers, etc., etc. Curiously, this mad exodus of stationary supplies never occurred at any other time of the year.
    3 points
  32. It's all ready. Couple bolts, hook up the brake lines and bleed, and the GTI is driveable! A cold front just blew through, wind chills in the single digits all weekend, snow coming in during the week. I may just brave the cold, but I'll need help with the axle and doubt the wife will be willing to help.
    3 points
  33. 3 points
  34. Back in my Jesus People hippie days I was also a deacon in a Baptist church.
    3 points
  35. Just a bag of caramels that I keep eating.
    3 points
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