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And I still have all my teeth Replacing the springs wasn't a hard job, I wouldn't consider it very dangerous , although there are people that prolly shouldn't do this type of work. Anyway, cost me 200 dollars for two high cycle springs, so an upgrade, and took about 3 hours total, I didn't call for prices but I'm sure I saved a few dollars.

Or three. Got a new toy and have not quite figured it out yet.

Now there's a euphemism I've not heard before...

Are you a fan of musicals now?

Wait Wut? Thank you Sunshine Committee from the maxx household. We will drink that tea with gusto.

A new convert!

I woke up a bit early and laid in bed petting Romeo, then I got up around 6:45 and got a cup of coffee and watched the news and did the Wordle for par. This made me feel very average. After a second cup of coffee, I grabbed shower and got dressed, but forgot to button the collar buttons my button down. While grabbing my cup of too go coffee I noticed my sprinklers were running. This made me feel confused as I thought I cleared the programming on the controller last night and did a manual test of all stations. This made me feel doubtful and somewhat unsmart. On the way to the car I turned the sprinkler controller from test all stations to off. This made me feel productive and a bit "that will show you whose bossy". Got in the car and looked at the clock and made a mental note to turn off Hillcrest at Beltline to see if the car wash was busy as I was tired of driving a car that looked like a cinnamon sugar donut. This made me feel hopeful. Traffic was light and I made good time to the car wash and there was no on in line, so I pulled into the exterior wash only lane, as I did not have time for the full service wash and vac and dry thing. This made me feel ecomonical with both my time and money. As I was waiting for the attendant to process my debit card and hand me my receipt this car pulled up in the VIP unlimited wash lane and got in front of me. This made me feel like maybe I should get a VIP pass and it also made me feel a bit upset to be second instead of first, but what could I do. This made me feel resigned to my fate. Finally I got my receipt and pulled around to the entrance and realized the car in front of me is the father of a recent Eagle Scout from our troop and a good friend of mine, so I texted him to quit cutting people off at the car wash. This made me feel happy. We exchanged a few texts and as we got our cars spritzed and scrubbed and soaped and rinsed. It was at this point that I noticed the scrubbers had flipped my mirrors shut and this made me feel like I might have to get out of car and fix them, but then I got distracted when I noticed my collar was not buttoned! So I took the time to button my collar and think back to earlier in the morning when I was getting ready. I normally put on my shirt, button the shirt, then button the cuffs and then button the collar, but today I skipped the collar and I do not know why, but I think I was thinking of getting the car washed and got distracted. This made me feel confused. It was around then that I got to the end of the wash tunnel and the guy started drying my car, so I pulled out a $5 to tip him since he fixed my mirrors while drying my car! This made me feel happy and generous, especially when he thanked me and called me Senor! I completed my drive to the office and it made me feel happy to park my shiny black car in my spot and was at my desk by 9 am and ready to work. This made me feel responsible. I logged in and checked email and our bank accounts and then decided to check the forums and tell you about my morning. The end.

I suppose a bit of an update on me is worthwhile... and I know it's been quite a spell In 2013 I got married, in 2014 I had my son (Oliver, who damn him, hates riding a bike (for now))... bought a bigger house close to my kids' elem school... I went back to school for my Masters (Analytics), got lateralish promotion as a result...(been at the same company since '05)... more or less quit riding cold turkey for about three years (my last ever bike race was a Merckx TT in the month just before my son was born)... got back on the horse after buying a Giant Defy Pro... did some charity rides, and just been kinda doing fitness riding for the last few years since... my schedule is always too iffy for too much dedicated training, and clubs around here are pretty spotty on group riding, sadly. Most of the shops don't even do rides anymore. I kinda feel like cycling's heyday is long past...

I have no idea what you are babbling on about.

The girls got a new book today

I had/have this nice t-fal nonstick saute pan with a lid that I really liked a lot. I know, it is not snob-approved and it has the hated rivets, but it was a bit better than totally fine. It is a good size, I dig the lid, it makes things hotter than if I held the food in my hands, all good. Then tragedy struck. I cooked something in the pan more than a year ago, and I transferred it to a plate. In my haste to consume this food, I put the pan back on the same burner, thinking I had turned it off, but I hadn't. It was on very low, and I didn't see the tiny flame in the bright lights of the kitchen. I ate in front of the tv, and promptly fell asleep on the loveseat. I woke up to a smoky apartment (no smoke alarm) after maybe 40 minutes, and the pan was totally ruined, or so I thought. I scrubbed the crap out of that pan as best I could, and used ever method I could find to resuscitate that pan, seeing as it was maybe a year old and I didn't want to buy a new one. All the methods combined with scrubbing made the pan kinda usable again, although now it was a bit wonky. The rivets were now extremely loose and the nonstick coating looked different, although it seemed mostly intact, and the bottom of the pan was partially burned away. Still, I figured it was better than what you'd find in a FL trailer park, so I kept using it. The gf bitched about it, and to excess. It was the pan I had, and it worked, so the bitching and nagging wasn't about to move me. If she had just expressed some concern about it once or even maybe twice, I would have replaced it, but it was so overmuch that there was no way I was going to get a new one. Anyway, now she is gone and I have a new pan. The end.

I have a deep red bruise on my hand underneath my thumb from serving the volleyball. It doesn’t hurt. I maybe shouldn’t serve the ball at practice next Monday. And wear a volleyball hand/wrist guard.

I like to think we were all divinely inspired by the memory of Buggie10.

I got SIX goddamn uptick bites last year. Beginning to think I need a flea collar.

Exact same story here. When I got out of HS, the housing market was completely in the toilet, so it was Plan B. Been in the trade for 45 years now. I can't - what you saw is all I'll be able to post for the next couple of months! Besides, being in the Physics Department, 90% of what I make, I don't understand. People ask me what I'm making and all I can say is "A thing for the thing that does stuff". Before, I was an island of wisdom in a sea of weapons grade stupid. Here, I'm the dumbest guy in the building.

Maybe if that kid had had a beer or two, it would have settled his nerves and he would have driven better.

Came in to find a Post-it note from my cow-orker: "Dave, could not find batteries for large calipers." To this I attached another Post-it note that said "Phil, looked for .002 seconds in desk drawer, found batteries" ...and said batteries.

that only likes Jewish cowboys? RG could say his real name is Bucky Goldstein.

@F_in Ray Of Sunshine, I suspect to you it might not be exciting, but I liked your machine shop stories and pics. I went to a technical high school for carpentry, machine shop was my second choice. I got to go through that shop for a couple of months and really liked it. Please consider posting pics and stories of jobs / parts.

Dear Penthouse Forum Stuff like this does not happen to guys like me. It all started the day my new neighbor locked herself out of her apartement.

In Argentina, they drink Fernet and Coke. Maybe ask her to help you cook empanadas so you can talk about pans.

I can ask her to set up a webcam, just to be neighborly.

He is already figuring out a way to meet her mom! If only in his mind.

I tried a "throat health" herbal tea this afternoon and it was wonderful. Thank you again Sunshine Committee.

This post is very RG like!

Find a bar on the beach and perv on chicks in bikinis.

Youngest son has returned to work Womaxx has a headache and sniffles I have the sniffles and am doing some exercises to regain strength. Thank you all. We are on the recovery road. The tea will help a lot.

With or without the neckerchief?

Yes, my dog was disgusted! It felt very natural, though, it was like perfume and I did smell like the French for a while.

You?

It all started with a little clipping that I found while searching for something else. I read it and said "...wait....what? They did what? I have to know more..." I searched, not expecting to find more, but boy howdy did I find more. And the more I found, the worse it got

She DESERVED it:

All RG needs are daddy 'issues'.

You would be perving on her, too! Woot! The goose poop is still there, but maybe she didn't notice. No show and tell with the pan yet, and I bet she likes cucumbers. It was fun to talk to a human in my apartment again, and I am glad I have a nice neighbor!

Have you considered heading down to Big Bob's Used Cannon Boutique and Tanning Salon to see if you can get a cheap cannon to machine new and innovative shells for it?

To: Lamborghini Customer Service From: Young driver playing your game. Subject: Where is the reset button Sir: I recently borrowed your game from the neighbor and while it is entertaining to play, the reset button is not in sight and the instruction manual is very unhelpful. You may contact me with your answer at the local juvenile center. Please hurry. The neighbor wants their game back.

Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version erroneously reported the vehicle was owned by the driver's parents.

I have a good serve. It lobs just right so that the athletes can bump it. I just bruise easily. Didn’t even notice this one until last night.

Kids have been doing stupid stuff for years. Some stuff stupider than others. I snuck a car out when I was a teen and wrecked it. Got in quite a bit of trouble, but I learned from it. I was raised right, I just did a stupid thing. And who would expect a 13 year old to know how to control a super car in the dark on wet roads. That would be a challenge for many people. In all honesty, a go cart racer would probably do better than your average driver in that car.

Thanks! I've actually been kinda prepping these kind of questions right now. I'm pretty good on my feet and always been a champion bullshit artist, so most of these are cakewalks. But, it's still a good idea to have a cohesive vision of each so you can put out a smooth delivery without umss and ahhs, and any breaks in speech pattern. The interview is in 3 hours! Gotta shit, show, and shave. Not in person but best to be of empty body and clean appearance on camera at least.

I have a cousin-in-law who works for GE Aerospace in upper management. Last year they "suggested' that he retire and gave him a nice separation package. Last month they begged him to come back, which he did. He got to keep the separation package. And he wasn't the only one. I wonder if the split had anything to do with it.

No ones gonna tell him it’s April? Just cause it’s snowing, doesn’t make it March.

A Canon DSLR body modified to be sensitive IR light to about the same degree as infrared black and white film