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  1. during holidays. vacations, or times you're together all day, about how many times a day do y'all say to your wife (in your head), "shut the fuck up"?

    since we got off the slopes a couple hours ago, I think I'm up to 8.  seems like a lot, but maybe it's because I'm trying to read a book.

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  2. On 12/26/2019 at 2:27 PM, KuЯdt said:

    Since I'm living in the dark ages over here, the first time I rode with a dropper was a couple weeks ago on a demo bike I had.  I forgot to even use it most of the time, but did drop it down a bit on some gnarly descents at BCGB.  It is a bit awkward for me still, as I'm used to kind of using the seat for stability holding it between my legs (more phrasing?) and when it is dropped down it feels like I lost my safety net, in a way.

    I can see how it would be a benefit though once I get used to it.   I'll hold off getting one until I get a new bike, which will undoubtedly come with it.

    I rarely drop mine more than a couple inches.  which is to say never, unless I'm just sitting on it to shoot the shit with my bros, when I would otherwise sit on the top tube. 

    same deal, I like knowing where it is, leaning on it at mid-thigh.  I feel lost on the bike if it's slammed.  just enough to get it out of the way.

    2x, you might try RocknRoll Gold.  it's been my goto for 15 years.  a lot less dirt build up vs White Lightning and other waxy lubes.

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  3. 6 hours ago, El Diablo said:

    We had a couple of civilian women on my first ship, one was a floating hot Puerto Rican chick named Daisy. Daisy wasn't lacking for seamen. Couple of different guys had the hots for the Puerto Rican and one night at sea one of 'em disappeared. Just vanished. He either jumped or got throwed and the smart money is on got throwed. 

    did she almost drive you crazy?

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  4. 2 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

     


    Its a semi legit fire pit. Just had to burn off the pile of leaves and branches that had been raked on top of it

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    I see ya got a hollered out log in that thar far.  those rule.

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    Please post up a video when the drunkest fool tries to restart the fire with that can of gasoline in the background.

    ER’s are fun places during the holidays.

     

    feh.  a little dab (or six) 'll do ya

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  5. 21 hours ago, El Squared said:

    Hanging onto the Cowboys or any other major flawed enterprise ( relative to the audience/ fans) is like never getting over losing out on your high school crush. There is no acceptance of the reality that you have been dumped and / or passed over.

    In the case of the Cowboys it’s JJ and his meddle fingers that are all about scooping money and attention  apparently, but definitely not about Ws and Ls.

    Some folks enjoy pain and suffering, but get out of here stating you are a true fan if you are actively being trolled by ownership/mgmt.

    You  not a fan being a fan, you are being a sports cuck, and you like it that way.

    to summarize:

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  6. 2x, all of the above, on technique.  it's a judgement call based on current speed, energy level and the obstacle.  the set up on my bike keps the front end pretty light, so wheelie-ing up is little different than just unweighting, in terms of effort.  just gotta pick a spot where I can get the front up on the ledge where it has room to roll before the next significant bump, and where I have clean traction in the back.  

    watching the video again, I have little memory of what I was doing after that move at 1:25.  had to get the front tire over a boulder, and roll it along the top of a knife- edge rock to bridge up to the next boulder up before the two old ladies came down.

    I generally try to go Earl up the Middle, because it's so easy to get snagged on stupid shit going around stuff at the edges.  but traffic and my energy level often dictated going wide.  there's also a lot of scree in the middle that forced me outside.

    no 50T.  I'm just that slow.  30 up front, 42 in the back for my granny.  pretty sure I was in it almost the whole time.  definitely don't like to do a lot of shifting on that stuff.  tend to squirt rocks and spin out.

  7. Thanks, man.

    well, here's some more inspiration (or 11 minutes you'll never get back).  the rest of today's footage.  

    I really didn't know what I wanted to do with it, and I already burned the song I heard today that stuck in my head, so I ended up going with your comment about bcgb being the quintessential Austin trail.  

    it's in sequence from where I started, to where I ended up before I got sorta lost trying to find Pump Station.  I let it run after the music to help remind me where to turn (during dry conditions).

    btw, my HOL record isn't much better.  been years for me, as well.  usually take Taint, because I can never seem to find Hobo Hut on my own.  HOL proper has really gotten eroded and widened, since I last saw it.  I'd planned to take Dumptruck anyway, but if I'd made that crux, I'd have tried to go for the top.  I was about done anyway, spinout or no, so no complaints.

    hero dirt today helped.

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  8. my FIL and his two brothers rotate hosting thanksgiving.  bro1is in Lafayette, bro2 in OKC.  FIL is in Washington state, so he 'hosted' at my house (in Austin).  none of bro1 or 2's kids and their families could make it, which kept the crowd manageable, although it would have helped with the left overs, since I misread the tag on the turkey and grabbed a 21lb instead of a 12lb.  first turkey ever on my smoker.  it was a learning experieince.  duck and chicken turned out great, though, despite my old Weber rotisserie motor not being able to turn that much weight.   we had to improvise them on the smoker with the turkey, followed by a few manual spins on the Weber to crisp the skin.

    only awkward part was my FIL bought each of his brothers and me monogrammed chef jackets for the occasion.  

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    we were sitting around drinking on Wednesday night when he announced this.  there was a moment of silence.  then I said, "so we're in a sorority".  there was another moment of silence, then bro1 raised his glass, and we moved on.  fortunately, we only had to wear them for a photo op.

    meanwhile, Thanksgiving at my folks house was a little different.   apparently, my brother and my dad wrapped up the evening by getting in a shouting match over Colin fucking Kaepernick.

    wife took SILILF to the airport this afternoon, then went to hang out with her aggy friends in town from Dallas.  so I've just been watching football and hockey while enjoying various vodka drinks from the handle of Titos FIL left behind; plus breaking my longest stretch of full days in underwear in several years.

    only thing that could make today better is if I could take a giant shit.

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