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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by Mk3 » Wed Jun 10, 2015 3:31 pm

Mk3 wrote:NOT A CLUTCH! NOT A CLUTCH! NOT A CLUTCH!
Every light, for 5ish miles, after attempting an unintended stoppie on a birdshit white scooter with blue Hawaii flowers all over it because, as written above, the left lever is not, in fact, a clutch, but a brake.


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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by 12ci » Wed Jun 10, 2015 7:54 pm

the opposite just happened to a guy over on the BMW board:
yours truly was pedaling his little heart out. he got to the top of a hill and decided it was time to upshift to make the most of the downhill stretch ahead.

he grabbed his clutch and "WHOA!" boy did his vector change. it would appear that someone replaced his clutch with a front brake.

i've been riding bicycles all my life but this was the first time that muscle memory from motorcycling crept into bicycling. pretty weird.
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by Bo_9 » Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:11 am

A guy I rode mx and acoustic bike with swapped the brakes on all of his acoustic bikes just to solve this. Woe to whoever jumped on his mountain bike.
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by guitargeek » Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:30 am

That's why I want to switch the controls on my bicycle...
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by Zim » Thu Jun 11, 2015 12:11 pm

I'm planning on some modifications:

Remove the front brake. Convert to rear coaster brake only.
Install a Turbospoke.
Ditch the helmet and wear a black H-D performance beanie with HyperKewl* lining.
Wear a black H-D performance tee that has a treatment to reflect the sun's rays*.

*Not a joke. Actual product.
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by Bigshankhank » Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:11 pm

12ci wrote:the opposite just happened to a guy over on the BMW board:
yours truly was pedaling his little heart out. he got to the top of a hill and decided it was time to upshift to make the most of the downhill stretch ahead.

he grabbed his clutch and "WHOA!" boy did his vector change. it would appear that someone replaced his clutch with a front brake.

i've been riding bicycles all my life but this was the first time that muscle memory from motorcycling crept into bicycling. pretty weird.

Needs to get himself one of these so he feels more at home on the bicycle
http://www.dynamicbicycles.com/bicycles ... cycles.php
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by DerGolgo » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:58 am

Got visitors today.
My best friends.
The cat-woman (those who know about it, they know ... yes, I found one, in Connecticut, yes, she wears it, no, she's still hooked up with her car-mechanic/rock-band-drummer/six-pack-stomach twenty something).
Her ex, who's also my best friend.
We spent a few hours, making vegetarian pasta, eating vegetarian pasta, drinking too many beers ... rocking out to the favorite rock-out songs of our misspent youths (Bohemian Rhapsody for me), talking about how cat woman had broken our hearts. WAY too many beers. About 110 US fluid ounces for me. Everyone went home drunk and happy enough.
Good times.

I want cheeseburger now.
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by Bo_9 » Sat Jun 13, 2015 3:15 pm

Teaching the youngest to solder with a kit bought at the Radio Shack closeout..

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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by Bigshankhank » Sun Jun 14, 2015 3:17 am

Bo_9 wrote:Teaching the youngest to solder with a kit bought at the Radio Shack closeout..

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Holy shit my oldest daughter bought that same kit because she wanted to learn. Actually kind of made me want one as my soldering looks like crap.
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by SidVicious » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:12 pm

Bo_9 wrote:Teaching the youngest to solder with a kit bought at the Radio Shack closeout..

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Post by Bigshankhank » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:34 pm

Ducati test fleet was in town so I rolled up there this afternoon to see what all the hype was about with the Scrambler. Gotta say, that is the most boring motorcycle I have ever ridden. Too heavy to be a light bike, and too underpowered to be as heavy as it felt. Looks really nice, but having gotten the flavor of light bikes from the Duke, this was just a real snorer. Hard to put my finger on it directly, but it just really bored me.
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by guitargeek » Mon Jun 15, 2015 2:10 pm

Changed the rear brake pads on my niece's boyfriend's car, in the rain.
The goddamned, fucking rain.
They're driving to Colorado, they'll be back Thursday or Friday, then house sit for me while I go to Colorado.
I'm also watching the weather forecast with great despair.
I alternate that with watching the gravel wash out of my driveway.
This could be problematic, as there will soon be heavy road bikes coming and going, and it's no fucking fun when it turns to gumbo...
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Re: whatcha doing?

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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by Rench » Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:29 pm

Eating Chinese with road warrior AZrider! Shortly we will retire to my shitshow of a garage and try to make enough room to fab a new battery cover for Räg!

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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by DerGolgo » Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:57 am

Got a phonecall today.
I was in the cheese section at the grocery store, trying to locate the Irish Cheddar. I'm not particular to Irish Cheddar or anything, I actually like some proper Scottish stuff, the kind that so hard and brittle you can barely cut it. Yummy. But this is Jerryland, and "Kerrygold" brand Irish Cheddar is what we got. Huh.
Anyway, while I was there, I got a phonecall. Connection wasn't so hot, on account of being about 300 feet from the entrance of the big-box store. I had gone to the big box store just because, I needed to get out of my apartment for more than a few minutes. Went home from work early on Wednesday after the second hand full of Ibuprofen that day hadn't made things better and I couldn't even focus my eyes on the monitor anymore. I get to harass a bunch of specialists next week, my GP couldn't work out what it is. I'm on the pain meds I last got for my hip surgery, and they make me think funny. Like going to the big-box store to buy cheddar. I also stopped by an electronics store and bought a toaster. More or less on a whim, been eating a lot of toast lately, and using my foreman-grill-like device was a hassle. So I bought a toaster.
DO NOT BUY A TOASTER WHEN YOU'RE FLYING ON PAIN MEDS!
I have no reason to doubt it's a good device, but I got a deal on a showroom model ... it's a nice toaster, seems to work fine, has a "Cancel" button to stop proceedings, a reheat and a defrost function, the whole 9 yards. Except it was the showroom model, so it came WITHOUT the original packaging and, much worse ... without a manual! I bought a very fine toaster, with a defrost and a reheat function, but I can't even RTFM!
Where was I ... oh, yeah, that phonecall.
I had been ... less than delighted at my current position within the company where I work. I won't go into the why, but a while ago I started applying for basically any job going within the company, any other department. I got one interview some months ago, got turned down for ... reasons.
Had another interview last week, and that was what the phonecall was about.
Ever had a conference call with four other people while you were in the cheese section of a big-box supermarket?
I ended up texting with one of them, for lack of signal.
Oh, and I got that job, I shall not specialize in mobile phones in the future but do social media stuff. Live chat, specifically. I think my speed of typing may have impressed them, the sheer amount of text I can throw down in a hurry ...
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by Jaeger » Fri Jun 19, 2015 11:02 am

DerGolgo wrote:Got a phonecall today.
...
Oh, and I got that job, I shall not specialize in mobile phones in the future but do social media stuff. Live chat, specifically. I think my speed of typing may have impressed them, the sheer amount of text I can throw down in a hurry ...
w00t! Congrats!

Now go eat cheese.

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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by DerGolgo » Fri Jun 19, 2015 11:11 am

Jaeger wrote:
Now go eat cheese.

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I'm not sure.
I will have dinner shortly, and my plan as of my expedition to that store was to create a grilled-cheese-with-bacon sandwich in my foremanesque grill.
But now I have that toaster. And I have not only bought that toaster, my very first very own toaster, no.
I had thought about it, considered it, but not owning a toaster, had never gone for it ... but today, minutes after buying that toaster, I came by the US-foods display in that big box store. And, for the first time, I bought 'em, my very first ... POP TARTS!
Yes, I've never, in my life, ever, had a Pop Tart. I just haven't. Now, there's a box, sitting in my kitchen, right next to my brand new, as-yet unused toaster.
I gather they aren't really dinner-fodder, but still, I'm torn ... grilled cheese with English style bacon, or Pop Tarts?

EDIT: I had the grilled cheese. Pop-Tart will happen for breakfast.
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by SidVicious » Fri Jun 19, 2015 12:59 pm

I'd toss those pop tarts and have the grilled cheese, personally. :p
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by Bigshankhank » Fri Jun 19, 2015 5:35 pm

Remember to apply the butter to the toast AFTER it has been toasted.

And for hereafter whenever I start an online live chat with customer support, I shall mention that Unicorns Took My Car and if its you, you'll know its me.
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by SidVicious » Fri Jun 19, 2015 6:07 pm

Bigshankhank wrote:Remember to apply the butter to the toast AFTER it has been toasted.

:lol:

I worked with a guy that told the story of how he didn't know that fact the first time he attempted to use a toaster.
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by Bo_9 » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:53 am

You can pull off "butter first" or even grilled cheese if you put the toaster on end...
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Post by Bigshankhank » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:55 am

SidVicious wrote:
Bigshankhank wrote:Remember to apply the butter to the toast AFTER it has been toasted.

:lol:

I worked with a guy that told the story of how he didn't know that fact the first time he attempted to use a toaster.
Amazing, you also know a guy on an internet motorcycle forum who can tell the same story! The world truly is a small place.
It's time for Humankind to ditch the imaginary friends of our species' childhood and grow the fuck up.
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"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"

Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness

Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.

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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by Zim » Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:15 am

Dealing with Laconia Bike Week.

Yesterday evening, whilst acoustic to the right of the white line, three cars followed by a pack of straight-piped DC's approached from behind. The cars were going a bit slower than the bikes, so everyone was bunched up. The bikes weren't WOT, and their quiet state was further masked by the cars and the wind in my ears.

Anyway, cars go past, and of course the pirates make their presence know by blasting their cannons just as they reach me. Skank on the back laughed and turned to see if they succeeded in scaring me off the road. They failed, but I did swear a little. Might have peed a little too.

Yesterday night, whilst caging to lo mein, I was approached from behind by many, many differently sized yellow headlights grouped close together. I wasn't going fast enough for them, apparently, because they tailgated quite violently. General Tso's Road was coming up, so I signaled my right turn. Pack Of Awesome blasted past me on my left, with little regard for my presence. Almost ran me off the road. All Hells Angels.
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Post by Bigshankhank » Sun Jun 21, 2015 3:56 am

Brothers in the Wind man...
It's time for Humankind to ditch the imaginary friends of our species' childhood and grow the fuck up.
-Davros

"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"

Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness

Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.

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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by guitargeek » Sun Jun 21, 2015 4:15 am

Blech.
Elitist, arrogant, intolerant, self-absorbed.
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Pattio wrote:Never forget, as you enjoy the high road of tolerance, that it is those of us doing the hard work of intolerance who make it possible for you to shine.
xtian wrote:Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken

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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by Jaeger » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:25 am

I'm sitting in a basement office wishing I was in Colorado... :P

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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by DerGolgo » Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:18 am

Well, I'm sitting in a 2nd floor apartment over an intersection in Germany, and I too wish I was in Colorado.
I even have this week off! And I managed to FINALLY finish a project that has been the most wonderful Albatross around my neck for the past TWO YEARS.
Which would be jangleplatz.
If only the damn software was a bit more fucking cooperative, thank you very fuck! :(
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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by wyckedsin » Wed Jun 24, 2015 12:56 pm

Wishing I was somewhere in Colorado, not impatiently waiting for a physical torture session involving needles...
Sanity has left the building

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Post by Bigshankhank » Wed Jun 24, 2015 4:53 pm

Wishing I was in Colorado instead of stuck in this RV watching Pirates of the Carribean.
It's time for Humankind to ditch the imaginary friends of our species' childhood and grow the fuck up.
-Davros

"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"

Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness

Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.

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Re: whatcha doing?

Post by guitargeek » Thu Jun 25, 2015 12:05 am

Sitting in Colorado, wishing I could stay longer.
Elitist, arrogant, intolerant, self-absorbed.
Midliferider wrote:Wish I could wipe this shit off my shoes but it's everywhere I walk. Dang.
Pattio wrote:Never forget, as you enjoy the high road of tolerance, that it is those of us doing the hard work of intolerance who make it possible for you to shine.
xtian wrote:Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken

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