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Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Fri May 15, 2015 7:00 am

Today is my last day at my current job. I am, as the saying goes, "fucking the dog" waiting until my exit interview.

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » Fri May 15, 2015 7:26 am

Bigshankhank wrote:Today is my last day at my current job. I am, as the saying goes, "fucking the dog" waiting until my exit interview.

Good thing you have a shiny new bike to go ride.

--Jaeger

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Fri May 15, 2015 11:31 pm

Son of a bitch, this might be the best stew I've made thus far...

SidVicious · Post by **SidVicious** » Sat May 16, 2015 12:41 pm

Put in eight hours of OT today at work. Production is so far behind, they're trying something new. Twelve hour shifts next week. In total, I figure about 23.5 hours of OT this coming week.

Looks like I won't have time to do much of anything after work. Pretty much get home, bathe, eat real quick, and then maybe I'll have a few minutes before I have to hit the sack.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Sat May 16, 2015 1:54 pm

Shite.
Are you at least getting decent pay and/or credit to your time sheet you can grab back later?

SidVicious · Post by **SidVicious** » Sat May 16, 2015 2:11 pm

DerGolgo wrote:Shite.
Are you at least getting decent pay and/or credit to your time sheet you can grab back later?

Well, we'll get paid overtime naturally. That's 1.5 times the normal pay rate, if you don't know. Anything over 40 hours a week is overtime, federally mandated.

However, with all those hours adding up to big paycheck, the check amount will likely knock us up to the next tax bracket for that check, so we'll actually get less! But, we'll get it back on our tax return at the end of the year as it'll average out.

But I want it NOW

Zim · Post by **Zim** » Tue May 19, 2015 5:53 pm

The last time I had done any bicycle riding was probably 2000. The bike was a 26" aluminum MTB. Rode all around a pop. 22k city, and ventured onto urban trails and singletrack.

Then I met a girl, got back into motorcycles, moved and shed 18,000 people, married the girl, knocked the girl up twice... and here we are. The kids are moving on to real bikes and want me to ride with them. I had given away my old MTB (stupid), and my wife's old jalopy weren't doin' it for me. So I furthered financial ruin and got myself a new MTB, with hydraulic discs and 27.5" wheels and a fork lockout and lower-tier components that still move the chain around just fine thank you.

The first ride was 5 days ago, 10.66 miles up and down (nothing is flat here), with my legs disagreeing with me for most of the ride. Today, however, the magic happened. My legs were trying to prove something. Instead of climbing in granny gear, I was one or two up, where I felt some power coming back after all these years. Ended up shaving 5 minutes off the previous run. I'm no Lucien Van Impe (had to look him up... no idea), but it felt good climbing.

The only equipment change so far has been ditching the stock pedals for SPD's and digging out my 18 year old cycling shoes. Click Click Boom.

Zim · Post by **Zim** » Sat May 23, 2015 4:33 pm

Cursing my bad luck.

Walked into the garage to shut the lights and radio off.

"The Final Countdown".

Bidibi-doo, bidibi-doo-doo...

Stuck.

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Sun May 24, 2015 10:05 am

About to become annoyed by the incessant rain. Thus far I've avoided doing so because, well, what would that accomplish?

SidVicious · Post by **SidVicious** » Sun May 24, 2015 6:12 pm

Zim wrote:Cursing my bad luck.

Walked into the garage to shut the lights and radio off.

"The Final Countdown".

Bidibi-doo, bidibi-doo-doo...

Stuck.

It does tend to get in your head, doesn't it? I sing it at work once in a while. Then, I hear other people doing it too...

Also,

good movie!

the-final-countdown-movie-poster-1020466763.jpg

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Sun May 24, 2015 6:24 pm

I saw it in the theater. I remember liking it, but thought that the poster was misleading. I was expecting a tiny aircraft carrier, or one populated by giants.

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Sun May 24, 2015 6:26 pm

I just took a shower with Honey.
No drama from this dog, ever.

12ci · Post by **12ci** » Wed May 27, 2015 7:46 pm

looking for work.

again.

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » Wed May 27, 2015 8:11 pm

12ci wrote:looking for work.

again.

With all your experience with cameras, have you tried whoring yourself out to some 3-letter agency? They are pretty keen on cameras, after all...

Regardless... fuck.

--Jaeger

Post by **DerGolgo** » Wed May 27, 2015 8:18 pm

Jaeger wrote:
12ci wrote:looking for work.

again.
... fuck.

Indeed.

The fingers, they are crossed!

Post by **DerGolgo** » Thu May 28, 2015 11:10 am

Rallying my troops, my loyal hordes, against the red-and-yellow-peril.
No, you're the racist, I'm talking about DHL!!
They have tossed quite a few chunks of BS in the general direction of my head over the last year, and while I don't usually bother trying to raise a stink against big, soulless corporations? Nope, I've had it with this one. Never done anything like this before, actually. I must be careful, I might get drunk with power!

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Thu May 28, 2015 5:44 pm

Sitting in an RV in an RV park down in South Florida, at least I have my bike.

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Sun May 31, 2015 11:42 am

Just finished a bowl of stew, now I'm sipping a beer and listening to Django Reinhardt and reading some Joe Haldeman, my dog at my feet.

Today is the second day without rain in some weeks, forecast looks clear for the next week! In a little while, after my food settles, I'll go pull the starter motor off of the lawn tractor and see if I can figure out what the problem is. I have *acres* to mow, and it's knee-high...

Toonce(s) · Post by **Toonce(s)** » Sun May 31, 2015 11:59 am

Setting up a stew in the crock pot (it's catching!!! like '28 days later', oh my god, that is actually the perfect label for GG's stews, "28 Days Later"). Then going to hand wash some laundry and rack-dry it on the deck. Some wine for the stew, and some for the cook. Also thinking about thermite. Need to set aside some brain cycles for later to deal with divorce unpleasantness, also work is in crisis mode, going to be a tough few weeks and then Bam, Rag.

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Sun May 31, 2015 2:25 pm

This pleases me.

It's a good way for a bachelor to keep himself fed! Cheap, healthy, delicious, easy. A perpetual stew is something you work up to, cooking them longer and longer.

How're you handling temperature control?

Shhted turned me on to his favorite brand of black rice, the name of which escapes me, but it's from Minnesota.

Vidalia onions are finally back in season!

Toonce(s) · Post by **Toonce(s)** » Sun May 31, 2015 3:59 pm

I just run mine on low for 12-14 hours and call it good. Eat a bowl then the rest goes into the ole freezerino. Perfect lunch for the office because a frozen block of goodness won't leak out of its container.
Not perpetual, but call it fanboy stew.

wyckedsin · Post by **wyckedsin** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 7:44 pm

Which Joe Haldeman are you currently reading GG (or were at the time of your post)

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 5:38 pm

Working, though I think I'm almost done for the night.

Hopefully putting the new speedo cable on the Triumph this weekend. Fingers crossed.

--Jaeger

thack · Post by **thack** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 7:58 pm

vacuuming water out of my basement. well, not any more, but i was. crazy storms in denver.
on the good side, the airhead is almost back together enough to ride. it was cafe'd by the PO and i had to put it back to 2up riding positions.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:29 pm

thack wrote:on the good side, the airhead is almost back together enough to ride. it was cafe'd by the PO and i had to put it back to 2up riding positions.

Pics or ...

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 3:29 am

Finally have a weekend free for the first time since I moved here. Stopped by a local coffee shop that the locals swear by for some 'nuts and joe. Impressed by the bakery, not overwhelmed by the brew. I've gotten spoiled by the Keurig (sp?) at my new job...

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 3:47 am

Bigshankhank wrote:Keurig

Wolfgang Puck's coffee... pucks. Good shit.

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:11 am

wyckedsin wrote:Which Joe Haldeman are you currently reading GG (or were at the time of your post)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/388 ... ite_Dreams" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Zim · Post by **Zim** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:42 pm

Been riding my mountain bike quite a bit lately, but I just hopped on the Super Sherpa. Tooling around the yard, getting ready for a ride. Thought I would skid the rear tire on the dirt.

Bicycle rear brake = lever at right grip
Motorcycle rear brake ≠ lever at right grip

Sore calf from being pinned under the bike. And a broken clutch lever, which, incidentally, ≠ front brake.

Rench · Post by **Rench** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:23 pm

Even crashing sounds funny with this guy.

We'll see if Mk3 adds in his learning curve on a Honda Metro scooter vs regular motorcycle controls...

-Rench

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