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Friday 253

Sitting around at work waiting to see if it snows. This has been a week of tortuous insomnia. The body will eventually shut down and sleep, but it needs to hurry the fuck up and get it done.

These may or may not work for you and they may or may not be healthiest options but they work for me:

Day drink (usually hoppiest beer available and 7% or higher abv) have several and then stop for a while, sometimes I don�t and it feels good

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Neocitron

Saturday here, and it's officially the last day of summer in Australia. Not a huge weekend planned. We're meeting up with some friends for Vietnamese food for lunch later on, and then the usual boring shit like grocery shopping. Looking forward to getting stuck into the new William Gibson book though.

routinefags

Carnaval ended, had some good laughs and fun.
No football tomorrow, as we got some snow yesterday they cancelled all matches here. Snow is gone now, but it's too wet to play at the field.
Kids will go to the movies with my parents tomorrow.
No plans, except to ones my wife didn't tell me yet.

Snow came and went. Working the late "on call" shift tonight, then going to stay over at the cabin. Supposed to wake up to more snow, so we'll see. Going to drink Sierra Nevada IPAs and watch Knives Out again whilst at the cabin.

Got a shiny new toy today...

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Originally posted by ziptnf Got a shiny new toy today...

Nice! Is that a size 51? You got some short legs If so do you know what length crank arms are on it? I am a tall dude with long legs and I ride 165mm crank arms...doesn't bring the knee up as much and you can get more aero. Although looking at your drop you seem to be fairly low.

That is one hell of a bike! You racing in Chattanooga at all this year?

For this weekend I am running a 5k pushing my daughter. It will be somewhat cold.

Tomorrow going to prepare a dinner for my girlfriends family and bottling wine(13$ for 14 bottles lol). Tonight watched �ready or not�. 6/10 but had some nice beer w/ it: imperial porter from holland, black ipa from niagara Canada region now on a double IPA from southern Ontario. If I�m not tired yet I�ll go into my absinthe and then pass out

Spent the night at the cabin and got more sleep than the rest of the week, combined. Working a half day from home, then some house chores, maybe. Supposed to warm up into the 60s next week. Parts of my yard needed mowing a month ago, but god I had to commit to that shit this early in the season. Besides, the ground is so soft, I'd probably just get the mower stuck.

Went for a drink after work yesterday that turned into a full evening of liberal hydration ending at 1am. Surprisingly enough, I don't feel too ropey today. Going round to a mate's flat for a mix this evening.

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Originally posted by Zoso Spent the night at the cabin and got more sleep than the rest of the week, combined. Working a half day from home, then some house chores, maybe. Supposed to warm up into the 60s next week. Parts of my yard needed mowing a month ago, but god I had to commit to that shit this early in the season. Besides, the ground is so soft, I'd probably just get the mower stuck.

It's the beers, dude ever since i went on my binge 22 days ago I've been sleeping like a baby. i think hops are a natural sedative to some degree

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Originally posted by planetaryplayer It's the beers, dude ever since i went on my binge 22 days ago I've been sleeping like a baby. i think hops are a natural sedative to some degree

Could have been...those were the first IPAs I've had in a while. I have been on a Guinness kick as of late. Even though we haven't really had much winter to speak of, I prefer stouts and porters in the traditional winter months. Finished a fifth of Jim Beam Black last night while watching John Wick 3. I may come to regret that.

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Originally posted by Boomer187 Nice! Is that a size 51? You got some short legs If so do you know what length crank arms are on it? I am a tall dude with long legs and I ride 165mm crank arms...doesn't bring the knee up as much and you can get more aero. Although looking at your drop you seem to be fairly low.

I'm a bit blown away that you can identify the frame size by a photo alone! My road bike is a 54 but the guy at our bike shop recommended I go down in size for my TT bike. Not sure of the crank length off hand but I can definitely notice the frame size being smaller.

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That is one hell of a bike! You racing in Chattanooga at all this year?

Nah Muncie is my big race. Is there a Tri in Chattanooga? Ironman or Olympic?

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Originally posted by Zoso Could have been...those were the first IPAs I've had in a while. I have been on a Guinness kick as of late. Even though we haven't really had much winter to speak of, I prefer stouts and porters in the traditional winter months. Finished a fifth of Jim Beam Black last night while watching John Wick 3. I may come to regret that.

i'd say stouts and porters are my favourite overall. right now I'm just looking for beers that i haven't logged (3 more to finish this journal).

a few years ago the liquor store stocked one from california (North Coast Brewing) called Old Rasputin. i loved it but after that season was over they never brought it back. the local imperial stouts and porters do the trick so long as they aren't bourbon barrel aged...

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Originally posted by ziptnf I'm a bit blown away that you can identify the frame size by a photo alone! My road bike is a 54 but the guy at our bike shop recommended I go down in size for my TT bike. Not sure of the crank length off hand but I can definitely notice the frame size being smaller. Nah Muncie is my big race. Is there a Tri in Chattanooga? Ironman or Olympic?

I worked at a bike shop for a bit and we did a lot of fits. We usually ended up swapping cranks out to get fits more aero. You don't have to, and if you are flexible enough there is no need.

I've done Muncie twice, I love that race. There are all distances at some point in Chattanooga. A 70.3 in May, an Oly/Sprint in late June, and a full in Sept. Definitely recommend doing one there, the town is awesome.

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Originally posted by Boomer187 I worked at a bike shop for a bit and we did a lot of fits. We usually ended up swapping cranks out to get fits more aero. You don't have to, and if you are flexible enough there is no need. I've done Muncie twice, I love that race. There are all distances at some point in Chattanooga. A 70.3 in May, an Oly/Sprint in late June, and a full in Sept. Definitely recommend doing one there, the town is awesome.

One of my friends/coworkers and a buddy of his that runs a local tire shop in the town I work at are huge bike nuts. Barry probably spends 10s of thousands a year on frames, etc. They love riding the trails over at VW in Chatt.

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Originally posted by Zoso One of my friends/coworkers and a buddy of his that runs a local tire shop in the town I work at are huge bike nuts. Barry probably spends 10s of thousands a year on frames, etc. They love riding the trails over at VW in Chatt.

It all adds up quick, and there is always something new and better to buy with frames and components. Then types of bikes as you obviously need a mountain, road, gravel, time trial, and commuter bike.

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Originally posted by Boomer187 It all adds up quick, and there is always something new and better to buy with frames and components. Then types of bikes as you obviously need a mountain, road, gravel, time trial, and commuter bike.

Indeed. They have framers, shifters, derailers, etc. for every damn trail/environment type, I swear. Barry does well running his tire shop, and he gets tire manufacturer rebate checks each quarter that are more than my annual salary, lol. Hell, he bought/sold over 70K worth of bikes via Craigs List one year. These boys keep waiting for a good enough snow down this way to get the "fat tire" bikes out and raise hell. I live at about 1800 ft elevation, so we get a few good snows "on the mountain," but you drop 1000 ft when you drive into the Sequatchie Valley, so it's more difficult to get a good snow that hangs on down here.

Crazy weather in Middle TN last night. I think the last count I saw was 19 fatalities in tornadoes...14 in Cookeville, TN/Putnam County alone! Parts of Nashville got tore the fuck up. We were much luckier on the Plateau. Most of the strong stuff broke up/weakened before it hit, and the cell that produced the tornadoes in Camden, Nashville, and the Cookeville passed north of us. When I was a kid, storms scared me to death. I would go into literal panic attacks. We lived on a 165 acre cattle farm that one of my uncles owned. Our house was in the middle of a large pasture on the south side of the farm, so we have a large, unobstructed view due north and west, which most of our weather comes from. I recall staring out the large sliding glass doors on the north side of the house, many times, secretly praying to whatever deity that may be to see fit NOT to drop a funnel cloud on top of us.

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Originally posted by Zoso Crazy weather in Middle TN last night. I think the last count I saw was 19 fatalities in tornadoes...14 in Cookeville, TN/Putnam County alone! Parts of Nashville got tore the fuck up. We were much luckier on the Plateau. Most of the strong stuff broke up/weakened before it hit, and the cell that produced the tornadoes in Camden, Nashville, and the Cookeville passed north of us. When I was a kid, storms scared me to death. I would go into literal panic attacks. We lived on a 165 acre cattle farm that one of my uncles owned. Our house was in the middle of a large pasture on the south side of the farm, so we have a large, unobstructed view due north and west, which most of our weather comes from. I recall staring out the large sliding glass doors on the north side of the house, many times, secretly praying to whatever deity that may be to see fit NOT to drop a funnel cloud on top of us.

I have a friend in Nashville, and her entire neighborhood just got flattened. The pictures she posted on Facebook this morning just look completely insane.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk I have a friend in Nashville, and her entire neighborhood just got flattened. The pictures she posted on Facebook this morning just look completely insane.

Yes, sir, the pics were jaw dropping and sobering. It's amazing, to me, that something you can't even see (air) can pick up a car and throw it into a 3rd story apartment as easily as you or I could throw a baseball.

I'm about 30 miles south of Putnam County/Cookeville, which has the highest death toll. Though curious to drive up that way and see the damage first hand (never seen a tornado, nor do I want to), the right thing to do is to stay out of the way of first responders, emergency workers, and officials...and look for ways to help those in need. It's sobering to realize that had the storm cell been just a few miles south, I could very well be picking up the pieces of my life, too. I hope your friend is able to both recover as quickly as possible and to lend a helping hand to his/her neighbors. If more people (especially "Christians") actually practiced "love thy neighbor as thyself," we'd all be in a much better world. Instead, we are more apt to behave like, "I got mine, so fuck you...get your own."

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