ChrisL

Yeah they drafted an edge & DT, what I hoped they’d address. We are a bit thin at RB after Kyren Williams so it made sense.

I don’t know why but when I was getting ready this morning I had Beach Boys Sloup John B in my head. I played it on YouTube & then a bunch of other Beach Boys songs followed.

Still working my event in Vegas Saturday. We’ll leave Sunday morning getting home mid day. Probably grocery shopping and then give that grand son of mine a big hug & hang out with him for a while.

Green tea from the hotel beverage bar. Cold & dry in Vegas & my throat is scratchy…

For the future maybe. They drafted heavily on CB’s the past few years and brought in some FA CB’s. Safety is a bit thin tho.

No wood siding on any of the cars my parents had.

Seems times are tough for bike shops. I bought a few things from them but quite a while ago. Sad to see. I believe I mentioned my LBS owner friend had to take a second job as her sales had really tapered off. Just before Covid hit she was in a bad way and then boomed for a couple of years but is slow again.

I just PM’d you.

Are you in Vegas? I’m working an event in Vegas through Sunday.

WOChrisL was at WVU when we were dating. Did that drive often from Northern VA.

I’m in @Kirby camp. I’d be thinking longer term as you could be forced out with no other options again in a few months. Although not ideal, #1 affords longer term options which IMHO makes it ideal.

It’ll be interesting to see what my Rams do with their 1st round pick. Trade it, trade down or actually use it to address needs. I still think D Line & Edge should be the priority but knowing Sneed & McVay, they will likely pick a WR…

I’m good with my black bikes. Unless it’s a high end paint job it will look like crap and I don’t see the need to spend that kind of money to repaint any of them.

My wife rides a a Celeste Bianchi (I forget the model but a 7-8 YO carbon endurance model). IDK, I think t looks great.

I wanted my Bianchi in Celeste but it wasn’t available in my size so I got nude carbon with white lettering. It’s absolutely gorgeous with the clear coat over raw carbon but…. Not Celeste.

My last three bikes were black. Not necessarily my first choice but the only color available.

I had a white 91 Nissan Sentra. My only white car.

Plenty if a team does their homework. The best receiver (arguably) in last years draft Puka Nakua was a 4th rounder.

My oldest brother was manic depressive and I had a hard time figuring out what was just him being him and what was part of his manic state. He was an avid fly fisherman but would spend hours on end on the water. He’d often just pee in his waders as he didn’t want to stop fishing. I couldn’t do it and often left him on the river for periods of time. He also would go all in on something, then walk away from it some time later. Like his fly fishing, I have seen him sell everything only to realize he made a mistake and then stock up on everything again.

Interested to hear opinions on why they do this from someone who drove trucks. Are they incentivized to get there faster? There could be other reasons than the drivers are just assholes...

Last time I was in Detroit I got Covid! I’ll pass this time. I am curious what my Rams do this year. They have a first round pick for the first time since they drafted Goff like 8 years ago. But they are also known to trade their picks too.

They’ll step up to Applebees!

There is a section of the 5 Fwy that cuts through Camp Pendleton in San Diego. Years ago you couldn’t cut through the base so had to ride several miles on the freeway. No rain but yeah big rigs passing a few feet to your left at 70 MPH sucks you in. Really unnerving the first time it happened.

There is a section between Barstow & State Line that are 2 lanes as well. The only reprieve is on the uphill grades there are 3 lanes and fortunately the truckers stayed out of the left lane. When I drove to Bakersfield often, it’s 4-5 lanes the whole way and the truckers generally clog 4 of them and sometimes take all 5.

Just got settled in Vegas, WOChrisL & I drove. As we drove mid day traffic was light leaving OC (it can take 2 hours to go 50 miles in drive time) so that was good. Except… I forgot how much of a PITA truckers are. There are only 3 lanes and they take all fucking 3 as the slow guy in the right lane holds up a truck so other trucks pass in the middle lane. Then another trucker decides both trucks are too slow so decides to pass. So net result is right lane truck going 55, middle lane truck going 57 and left lane truck is going 60 and they are tying up traffic for miles. But wait it gets better, apparently when middle lane truck wants to pass in the left lane, he just comes on over regardless if there is a car there or three or not… I was 3rd car in a row of cars in the left lane and car #1 got pushed into the shoulder, car # 2 held is ground hitting the horn & got pushed to the shoulder too! Both cars passed the truck in the shoulder. Anticipating a pile up I backed off and got fucked… Three trucks three abreast 55, 57 & 60 MPH holding up traffic for miles again…. I’d say if the 200 miles of desert roads, half of them were spent stuck behind trucks blocking all lanes.