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Friday 151 it's cold again.

Winter hasn't left. It's gonna be the coldest 17th of March since 1901. Freezing and probably some snow. All football matches already have been cancelled, so sleeping out tomorrow
Football training this evening was cold in the end, you could feel the cold in the air.
Tomorrow there's a Bonzai party with Airwave nearby, but since I can't handle going out till late in the night anymore I'm not going. Getting older sucks...

I watched some Paralympics 2018 this week every evening. Huge respect for what they do. A Dutch 45 year old female snowboarder won two gold medals. She lost a leg due to bone cancer, but after that had eight more treatments for returning cancer and the last one was just finished in January of this year. She's must be an example for not giving up!

Winter vacation from work. Came up to the cabin and it's cold as balls.

Girlfriend crashed about two hours ago and I'm here eating salmiakki and drinking beer. It is not a good combination.

Long week with little sleep due to sinus pressure/pain. March Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft broke some shit at work, so that was not fun. Trying a new bourbon tonight (Jim Beam Distiller's Cut), and watching The Hateful Eight off and on. Wife had her second round of chemo on Wednesday, and it's kicking her ass pretty hard this time. Four to six more to go, then 20 radiation sessions. She's tough, though.

All is well around here.

I'm having so much fun now that I'm producing again. I'm weaning off all the supersaw fever I had in my twenties, but it sounds like I'm making sped up film soundtracks, which I suspect isn't a thing unless James Bond turns out to be a junglist. It's a shame I can't spend a day in a studio and/or spin records after I grade all the papers I'm supposed to read, but it's a nice hobby to have, I guess.

This is the track that had the "my world is mesmerised" line in it, by the way. This is probably the least wrong thing about it, heh.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery I'm here eating salmiakki and drinking beer.

This really doesn't look like a good combination... Although, given the gif I found, I'm sure it would be worse if you had salmiakki with Gatorade

It really wasn't very good, but I desperately craved a snack, and that was all I had.

I've spent too much money this week.

Cold here again too. Snowed a few times this week so we hit up the slopes for the last couple times this season. After today that's it until next year.

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Originally posted by Lira so much fun sped up film soundtracks junglist nice hobby

Do find more hobby time

If this is wrong it's nice wrong

I bought a road bike! Also as you can see by the ground, it snowed here in the middle of March.

I'd scrub that "n" out and paint in a "t", but otherwise it looks good!

Nice. Certainly a cut above my shitty �250 hybrid. Did I ever mention on here that I cycle to work every day?

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Originally posted by Zoso I'd scrub that "n" out and paint in a "t", but otherwise it looks good!

Biatchi? You know there is an "i" on the end there

I like the sentiment though.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Nice. Certainly a cut above my shitty �250 hybrid. Did I ever mention on here that I cycle to work every day?

I believe I've seen you mention it, yes. I've barely ridden a bicycle at all in the last 10 years. Luckily I live really close to my work so I might start riding my bike instead of driving.

My good friend and my brother both ride bikes on long routes (my brother is doing a full Ironman triathlon this year) and they peer pressured me into getting one. I already swim and run quite a bit so why not complete the event? There is an Olympic triathlon distance this summer that I'm interested in. Hopefully I will be in decent enough shape to do it.

Oh yeah, your brother. Mr. Wonderful.

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Originally posted by ziptnf I believe I've seen you mention it, yes. I've barely ridden a bicycle at all in the last 10 years. Luckily I live really close to my work so I might start riding my bike instead of driving.

You definitely should. It's one of the best decisions I've ever made. Saves a lot of money and it's a perfect way to turn the dead time of your commute into something productive. You also get to feel like a smug bastard environmentally, and whenever you sail past gridlocked traffic.

It had been at least 10 years since I'd sat on a bike when I got mine, and while I hadn't forgotten, I certainly wasn't confident on it at first. I was unsure of myself spatially when passing between bollards or other narrow gaps, and my balance when riding with one hand had become a bit wonky. Riding it for 50 minutes every day quickly smoothed all that out, though.

I'd ride a bike if this city had good bike lanes but they're fairly mediocre compared to bike cities like Amsterdam and drivers here are ridicously aggressive. Pretty much everyone I know that rides a bike daily has semi-regular stories of almost getting killed or seriously injured. Fuck that.

For the love of your crotch, put a good saddle on that bike!

It only got up to 72f (22c) today, kinda brisk!

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Originally posted by Woony I'd ride a bike if this city had good bike lanes but they're fairly mediocre compared to bike cities like Amsterdam and drivers here are ridicously aggressive. Pretty much everyone I know that rides a bike daily has semi-regular stories of almost getting killed or seriously injured. Fuck that.

I've worked out a route through the city centre that keeps me largely on back roads, pedestrianised areas and the odd footpath. I get the occasional sanctimonious pedestrian tell me I should be on the road, but I'd rather irritate them than mingle with heavy traffic. Leeds is also built around a ludicrous one-way system that means traffic can only circulate through the centre in a giant loop. There's no way I'm going to obey that system on a bike doing 10mph.

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Originally posted by Boomer187 For the love of your crotch, put a good saddle on that bike!

I know people have different saddle preferences but this is a pretty standard road bike saddle.

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Originally posted by ziptnf I know people have different saddle preferences but this is a pretty standard road bike saddle.

Does it have a cutout I am missing...those make a saddle so good. But I guess each taint is different, if it works it works!

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Originally posted by Midlothian Do find more hobby time If this is wrong it's nice wrong

Haha, dank je, I'm glad you liked it

I was a bit self-conscious with this one because I don't think I've ever heard a liquid funk track with cellos in it, but I like how this one flows. By the way, if you have any feedback, I'm all ears, and I'm probably going to upload a few more tracks in the near future if you want to check the rest of the batch!

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Originally posted by ziptnf I bought a road bike! Also as you can see by the ground, it snowed here in the middle of March.

I agree with Jack - if you can, and it doesn't put you in danger, do cycle to work!

I did it for six months, back in 2016, and it was great. It was all downhill on my way to work, so I didn't arrive drenched in sweat or anything, and I had to do the hard work on my way back or I'd stay put, so it was the best cardio I could've hoped for

Although I can relate to what Woony said because of the occasional aggressive driver here in Bras�lia, there are excellent bicycle paths most of the time, and I only stopped cycling because I had to start giving lifts to exchange students and my wife.

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Originally posted by Trance-M I watched some Paralympics 2018 this week every evening.

I hoped I'd get to watch some of it last night, but all the sports channels broadcast football instead

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I've worked out a route through the city centre that keeps me largely on back roads, pedestrianised areas and the odd footpath. I get the occasional sanctimonious pedestrian tell me I should be on the road, but I'd rather irritate them than mingle with heavy traffic. Leeds is also built around a ludicrous one-way system that means traffic can only circulate through the centre in a giant loop. There's no way I'm going to obey that system on a bike doing 10mph.

That sounds nice. Due to where I live, any routes I would regularily take go through busy rush-hour commuting streets (with no dedicated bike lanes) where people drive like they're an ambulance with a dying patient on board. When it's 17:30 these maniacs are totally ready to kill someone just to get in front of their TV two minutes faster.

I bought a 2017 Prius Prime plug-in over the summer. It looks a little less stupid than the regular Prius, and I can go from home to my office on battery only. On longer trips it gets about 70mpg. The nice thing is in EV mode the performance is similar to a gas engine car, and doesn�t feel like a weak hybrid motor.

It has a cool space ship-like interior too with an HUD and things like that.

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Originally posted by ControlFreak18

Wonder how that thing drives in Afghanistan.

Like a dream. It has around 200 camelpower

Did you hear about the winner of the Afghan beauty contest?


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Me neither.

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