A day in the life...

sometimes dickheads pull shit like that. but 99% of what i encounter is caused by the cyclist. as someone who mobs around on a BMX from time to time iv found that if you look out for the cars the cars also look out for you. the biggest issues are the douche nozzles on 10 speeds that think they're qualifying for the tour de fuck you. 90% of those guys are narcistic as all hell and only think you should be looking out for them. they make no attempt to share the road. and yes, motorists act like assholes to those guys, and rightly so. i kid you not about once a week i encounter one of these assholes blocking a shared bike lane/right turn lane. when the cyclist blocks the lane the drivers turn into assholes. when the cyclist moves forward 12 inches and left 16 inches and opens up space so cars can turn, the cars slow down more and try to keep distance. it's like, im going to look out for you because you weren't an asshole tome. respect is respected.

i like that idea! :twisted:
today i had to deal with 3 girls (probably about 12 -13) on 1 e-bike meandering down the bike lane freaking out traffic. :roll:

schwim wrote:

I don't feel comfortable riding any bike on the road, e- or not...
I know most people are dicks...

^^^ THIS! :lol:

And may be this suits our needs... :twisted:

couple weeks ago i was watching videos of people riding those. i really started to wonder, does it even need the front wheel and handlebars, like wtf was the point? just steer it like a tank. it's basically like one of those 6 wheel amphibious ATV's only with tracks and a motorcycle frontend stuck on it. i don't get it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sd.Kfz._2

Steering the Kettenkrad was accomplished by turning the handlebars: Up to a certain point, only the front wheel would steer the vehicle. A motion of the handlebars beyond that point would engage the track brakes to help make turns sharper. It was also possible to run the vehicle without the front wheel installed and this was recommended in extreme off-road conditions where speed would be kept low.

You could get a trailer for it too! I could take this to the kaufhaus for apfelkuchen!

Maddel wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sd.Kfz._2

Steering the Kettenkrad was accomplished by turning the handlebars: Up to a certain point, only the front wheel would steer the vehicle. A motion of the handlebars beyond that point would engage the track brakes to help make turns sharper. It was also possible to run the vehicle without the front wheel installed and this was recommended in extreme off-road conditions where speed would be kept low.

you crazy Germans :P

My lollipop of sadness.

im glad i scrolled way down on that one. for a second i thought you where pregnant :lol:

schwim wrote:

My lollipop of sadness.

Damn! Fingers crossed it'll pass without serious consequences.
Came down with the virus almost exactly one year ago.
Man, for three days I felt like having the W O R S T hangover ever. :evil:

Don't need this shit again.
Speedy recovery sir!

Maddel wrote:

Speedy recovery sir!

I'm ready for it to be over but it seems perhaps it's got other things in mind. I'm still working down and not up. Lost my sense of taste, hoping that comes back.

you dead yet?

just checking in again. you dead yet?

I lived.

I still can't smell or taste though. A great weight loss tactic, if we're looking for silver linings.

i could stand to loose about 50lbs, but id prefer an alternative method. as bad as salads and exercise sounds, i think ill stick to that.

couldn't work on the bug because of the cut on my finger being in a bad place. but i could do this

If I remember correctly, my brain has problems controlling a RC car when it changes directions. I kept wanting to reverse controls with it. Like R is R when it's going away from me but then I'd try to use R to turn it L when it was coming back toward me.

wtf, im dyslexic and don't even have that problem. what's wrong with you? :lol:

Super_Randy wrote:

wtf, im dyslexic and don't even have that problem. what's wrong with you? :lol:

My mom always told me I was special. Well, she pronounced is SPESHUL.

Plumbing today. Hot, insulation and a roof that impales you every time you lift your head up.

I passed the electrical rough-in inspection and moved to getting the plumbing ready for it's inspection. The largest issue is that the PO installed a water heater 12 feet up in the air. Also, it was a small tank so the kids were sometimes running out of hot water. I found a near-new large tank on FB marketplace and moved it down to the ground. The electrical inspector told me that it would fail because in a garage, the tank needed to be suspended 18 inches, so I cut up the plumbing(again) and built a stool for the tank. During that process, I reclaimed some of the floor space from when it was in the air so the compressor didn't get moved too far out.

Old tank.

First new tank install.

Second new tank install.

Yay! Some good progress sir!,
Step by step - slow and steady wins the race. :)

That stool turned out quite nice.
Resembles half of this in a way... :lol:

I've mastered slow, just got to work on the steady part :)

I've started drywall, I can hang and finish it everywhere but wet walls. Hoping the kids will have actual walls again in a week or so.