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I don't carry a phone anymore.

 

Got tickets for the Angels home opener.

because they’re playing the Blue Jays

 

SpaceX has the whole euphemism thingy down pat: According to them, the rocket experienced "a rapid unscheduled disassembly."

It blew up.

 

I've been to the Toronto stadium a few times...

 

Don't be surprised. It passed the test the moment it successfully exited the launch pad. There was a warning of an exciting ending before the launch occurred. The rocket was not meant to fly into space and it was clear by the way it was spiraling so it was only a matter of moments before the exciting part occurred.

 

SpaceX pretty much just negated any environmental benefits from Tesla cars. Job well done!

Or, watching the launch was like watching the twitter implosion in time lapse.

 

Yeah, I don't see anyone with wrenches or anything.

 

I've never been to Tronno, but I've been to Angel Stadium...it just reinforced my aversion to crowds of the proletariat.

 

New purgatory from spec

Supposedly good for front and rear

Wonder how it compares to the current one

If you like the old ones grab em for $13 while supplies last

 

Wow, thats drastically different. Just as much as the second one was from the first.

 

Only available in 2.4 right now
Maybe when they have the 2.6 I’ll try them

 

You sound like @DangerDirtyD !

2.6 is dangerously close to that "plus" sized garbage that manufacturers tried to convince us to want back around 2015.

https://www.bikeradar.com/features/less-is-more-why-the-27-5-plus-standard-is-doomed/

 

Ha! For 95% of 2023, I’ve been rolling on 1.5 and 1.75 tires.

 

925 grams for the T7 and 965 grams for the T9 compound in Grid casing... I need to see them in person, but at first glance I'd be skeptical of any gains over the Ground Control which comes in around 870 grams in 2.35 Grid T7.

 

And once again it pays to live near a Greek Orthodox church. Free admission to and two free gyros at the annual Greek Festival across the street.

We're not Greek (0r any other) Orthodox, but so what. Food is good, music is good, and we get in for free, and it's a good cause for a good neighbor. And leukomathes!!!!

You should be so lucky.

*EDIT* We get in for free because we deal with the traffic, parking and noise (what little there is and it ends early enough). We still drop close to a hundred bucks (and enjoy it) over the weekend it happens!!!

 

When I was a kid, my dad would find me hiding in the closet (not a metaphor). He would then proceed to whip me with a belt through the house, out the door, and down the driveway until I got in the car to go to Greek folk dance practice in anticipation of performing at these festivals in full ethic 19th Century garb for you xenoi.

In retrospect, it was a perfectly normal Greek childhood, and those thousands of hops, skips, and jumps growing up contributed to my pedalability.

 

https://fresnogreekfest.com

We go every year

 

All this Greek festival talk is making me hungry for some Papa Cristo's

 

Tripple D finally time to come out of the closet

 

But was there Windex???

 

I came home one day after school and found my brother putting on multiple pairs of underwear.
‘What are you doing!?’ I asked.
His reply ‘I’m in trouble and dad’s going to be home soon’
lol

 

National News; earthquake swarm in So Cal. The swarm is near the Salton Sea. It is in the area surrounded by 6 steam plants where the DWP injects water on the top of the mid oceanic ridge creating steam. the steam is used to drive turbines. the turbines make electricity. Nobody mentions 5X to 10x more quakes where the City of SF injects water on the top of an inactive volcano. they average 350 quakes a week.
Happy Sunday to you

 

On this day in 1969 Led Zeppelin played at the University of California Irvine. Tickets were $3.

 

Concerts are typically no longer an affordable nights entertainment.

 

You should try a midnight ride from Faustie's house. You already have the gear. Lights are on loan for free. Breakfast is included. Best party this side of the sun!

 

Nah....the concert tickets themselves really aren't that expensive.....it's the 700% Service Fee that Ticketmaster/LiveNation add to every ticket that makes them expensive.

 

That and the $200 parking spots!

 

This is true, I checked out a concert was interested in and it was $3300 on ticketmaster. Pretty sure the original ticket was $100 or so.
If I was interested in traveling out of state and buying months ahead would have been only a few hundred.
So, haven't been back to TM, it's a scam IMO.

 

But I turn into a pumpkin if not in bed by 10pm!. ( Not AM...).

 

Driving today and someone decided they'd make their own left turn lane....I was hoping nothing serious happenes, and thankfully it didn't. Just a lot of honking.