So yesterday I was running late for work, turned a corner and put out for hard rubbish was…
I couldn’t believe my luck; half deflated tyres, rusty as hell but with perfect working brakes and no spiders under the seat, I thought “you’ll do me!” I rode it carefully the rest of the way to work. Well, I’ve kinda fallen in love.
Today I bought a helmet and lock. She’s perfect: not so grand she’s a target for thieves, grand enough for me to ride to work.
Today I rode her home to begin a new life with me, and it felt good.
Edit: please ignore my shitty side way garden.
That’s a nice find. Mudguards, basket, rear rack and chain guard are all premium additions. Those twist gears are a bit shit in my experience.
E: I reckon you can get some panniers for that rack.
They are a bit shit, and aren’t working that great, but I rarely get out of second gear. I like to just cruise along in an unhurried manner. I didn’t actually notice them at first, other bikes I’ve had in the past have the more usual kind of gears. My other bike (which has been in the shed for 13 years awaiting restoration by Mr P) has no gears and back peddle brakes lol. I’m not looking to take the Gaffney street hill (again) any time soon so it’s all good.
They’re pretty easy to swap for the trigger style just be sure to get a trigger that matches the gears on the back. Else cruising round in 2nd should be okay too.
Even my old car would struggle on the gaffney St Hill. My touring bike has a massive range of gears for that nonsense but my road bike would get walked up the hill. Used to take gaffney on the regular to get to Jiu Jitsu, prick of a hill but better than Bell St.
Bell St is a nightmare even in a bus. It astounds me how many times the driver has to hit the anchors due to cars cutting in front of it. Crazy.
Oh I didn’t mention that the trigger shifter needs to match the number of gears on the rear gear cluster. Your bike looks like it’s got five gears at the back so you’d get a five speed trigger. If you keep an eye on other hard rubbish bikes one’ll turn up soon enough, else ceres bikeshed given you’re in the North.
That’s awesome!!! Nice score :)
Noodle diaries day two:
Hot ones todayWoo hoo, light workload day tomorrow!
Got a bit of a gentle but well-deserved telling off from my supervisor about needing to finish collecting data by the end of the month. Stupid fucking ADHD brain really does need a threat to kick start itself. I hate it but it is what it is. Let’s get this shit done.
The data knows it can run, but it can’t hide. It sees you coming and resigns itself to collection and analysis. Resistance is Futile, and you are unstoppable. You will kick the data’s arse into next week if it dares try to resist you. As has been said already, you got this =)
Fried rice is a lunch win
I’ve not managed to achieve anything since lunchtime because the entire tech ecosystem my job relies on is melting down.
On the other hand I did manage to make happy noises at a co-worker’s dachshund puppy over webcam…so it is not a complete loss
KFC or Pizza?
Local Pizza > KFC > Dominos.
I don’t want to say too much but lately my kid has been helping me obtain cookbooks, movies and tv series 😉 and I am in my glee. Finally she’s earning her keep.
my kid has been helping me obtain cookbooks, movies and tv series
And so it begins…
A life destined for navigating the high seas, it starts with downloading cookbooks and ends in downloading cars.
There’s a movie called “The Abandon” that is really good.
Reminds me of The Cube.
New season of Daredevil is pretty good. Slow start, but they’re building it up to something big.
D’onofrio as Fisk is still great.
bloody hell, esso got cancelled 7 hours into the entry queue
Shit I thought they just got the go ahead?
33 violations from the surveyor, overrides council approval
Pizza was the better choice. I forget how shit KFC makes me feel the next day despite how tasty it is in the moment.
In other news, pretty much disconnected from everyone at work. I check the laptop a couple of times a day.
I really will miss these people but the situation was untenable.
I feel very unproductive though, which I dislike. Have been doing gym every day, plus guitar etc.
I think I actually miss work.
Goodnight all ❤️
took tomorrow off, four day blitz on garage to deal with sorrow commencing
so many hugs
heh my first ever "hi mum/dad" scam text, noice!
The number it was sent from and the number they provided are different.
I’m not responding, they’ll know the number is active lol but tell me what you’d say - joke replies only 😂
