The Isolated Blurt Thread XXXVII: You're Welcome, Fuckers

[silver gurl]

The 1990s are now considered “vintage”

 

[silver gurl]

When we bought this house, i needed new hoses. We have over acre between the front and the back. So, i did the logical thing, bought the best hose money could buy, at the longest length they sold. The fucking things are thick! And unroll like solid steel coils. I fight those fuckers every spring and fall. Last year i didnt even bring them in, just unhooked it from the spigot. I just couldnt with those things. It’s a battle. One i struggle to win. Bucket and a sponge would be in my future!

Just ditched the 100 ft hose at the Summer place. It was a pain in the ass to roll that thing up.

 

[Plasmaball]

Hoses

No that talk was totally hot..
Im glad I read it

 

[Plasmaball]

Just ditched the 100 ft hose at the Summer place. It was a pain in the ass to roll that thing up.

Hose reel

 

[Plasmaball]

300 bucks later before my trip I need new brakes.
I hate being an adult

 

[spacekowboy]

Just ditched the 100 ft hose at the Summer place. It was a pain in the ass to roll that thing up.

Size queen

 

[FataMorgana]

Just ditched the 100 ft hose at the Summer place. It was a pain in the ass to roll that thing up.

Spaceboy has similar problems.

 

[butters]

cooler nights are comfy for me but H and his mum find it cold already... I'm still using one light coverlet and a sheet at night whereas H has 5 layers of varying thicknesses. I put his mum's thick duvet on her bed and left some extra blankets in case she wants them, too. plus I've done her annual den heater clean out and relighting. It's a simple enough job but it takes a little time to be thorough... can't believe she used to pay someone over $100 for about half an hour's basic work. Did that this morning, along with filling up the bird feeders and not long got back in from splitting wood ready for when H feels cold enough to want the basement furnace lit

My head is just drenched in sweat

 

[pink]

300 bucks later before my trip I need new brakes.
I hate being an adult

Brakes are pretty important though. Did you catch them before the rotors went?

 

[pink]

cooler nights are comfy for me but H and his mum find it cold already... I'm still using one light coverlet and a sheet at night whereas H has 5 layers of varying thicknesses. I put his mum's thick duvet on her bed and left some extra blankets in case she wants them, too. plus I've done her annual den heater clean out and relighting. It's a simple enough job but it takes a little time to be thorough... can't believe she used to pay someone over $100 for about half an hour's basic work. Did that this morning, along with filling up the bird feeders and not long got back in from splitting wood ready for when H feels cold enough to want the basement furnace lit

My head is just drenched in sweat

I'm the same way. I have a terrible time wearing long sleeves, even in cold weather. Now if my room is really cold, yes but most of my time is in short sleeved shirts.

 

[Plasmaball]

Brakes are pretty important though. Did you catch them before the rotors went?

Nope. The calipers didnt release and thus they they compressed the brakes and rotors.
Both under warranty though. So it cost me 294 total. Which whatever.

 

[Lazaran]

updated to say: I was too optimistic. Between H and the bloody cat, I was disturbed so many times it threw my brain for a loop and so a timely nap this afternoon was required to reboot it

Speaking of “H”, we haven’t had any update on his post op progress. Hope all are doing well in the Harrybutters household.

*smiles*

 

[Lazaran]

The 1990s are now considered “vintage”

I brought my mint 1992 Bridgestone RB-1 road bike (bicycle) into the bike shop for a going over before summer, and the staff at the shop acted like it was the holy grail - the kids (they were probably in their twenties or early thirties) even called other staff out of the back to look at it.

Weird… (at lest I felt weird about it…)

 

[thør]

I brought my mint 1992 Bridgestone RB-1 road bike (bicycle) into the bike shop for a going over before summer, and the staff at the shop acted like it was the holy grail - the kids (they were probably in their twenties or early thirties) even called other staff out of the back to look at it.

Weird… (at lest I felt weird about it…)

That's a nice bike.

 

[Lazaran]

That's a nice bike.

It was mid (what I could afford) at the time, but it came with the shimano ultegra 600 crank, etc, and I liked the performance of that set. The bike itself is kinda heavy for what it is. (My friend let me train on his titanium frame trek road bike with some top end Italian components, and my RB-1 felt like a significant downgrade). Ironically, the Ishiwata CrMo frame was what the young bike geeks seemed most interested in, though some were also drooling over the shimano set.

The funny thing is, the bike stayed basically mint because I bought it, and then my work life really cranked up almost immediately thereafter, so it largely sat idle.

I have more time to ride now, but I’m beginning to think that a road bike isn’t for me anymore. A touring bike is probably a better fit.

 

[thør]

A touring bike

They can be a more comfortable ride. I like the 40 psi on the 40 mm clinchers on my dualsport bike.

 

[pink]

Saturday, Saturday means college football all day long!!!!!!

 

[Cindy027]

Speaking of “H”, we haven’t had any update on his post op progress. Hope all are doing well in the Harrybutters household.

+1

 

[butters]

Speaking of “H”, we haven’t had any update on his post op progress. Hope all are doing well in the Harrybutters household.

*smiles*

hiya oh, his shoulder's fine, the scar tissue is still pink and shiny and a little taut but it's fine, especially considering the size of the tumor removed! No pain. His ear, well, he's been ignoring that for all the wrong reasons and it's not getting any better. *sigh*

We're all ok, and his mum's just doing her thing which involves a lot of reading, word-searches and napping but at 102 going on 103 that's great She's eating less and has lost weight as things start slowing down with her but she had her hair permed not long ago and still enjoys church every sunday.

Thanks for asking

 

[Lazaran]

hiya oh, his shoulder's fine, the scar tissue is still pink and shiny and a little taut but it's fine, especially considering the size of the tumor removed! No pain. His ear, well, he's been ignoring that for all the wrong reasons and it's not getting any better. *sigh*

We're all ok, and his mum's just doing her thing which involves a lot of reading, word-searches and napping but at 102 going on 103 that's great She's eating less and has lost weight as things start slowing down with her but she had her hair permed not long ago and still enjoys church every sunday.

Thanks for asking

Don’t know what’s up with the ear, but if it’s the same as the shoulder, then that is another area where the medical field has made great progress.



Maybe H is just pacing himself with the surgeries??? Still recovering from the shoulder???



Regardless: Be well, y’all.

 

[Lorilei]

The 1990s are now considered “vintage”

That's just mean.

 

[coffeebean]

Wow


Gobsmacked

 

[silver gurl]

I brought my mint 1992 Bridgestone RB-1 road bike (bicycle) into the bike shop for a going over before summer, and the staff at the shop acted like it was the holy grail - the kids (they were probably in their twenties or early thirties) even called other staff out of the back to look at it.

Weird… (at lest I felt weird about it…)

The 90’s, seems like a few years ago to me.

 

[silver gurl]

That's just mean.

Totally

 

[Lazaran]

The 90’s, seems like a few years ago to me.

Sorta does and doesn’t seem that way to me.

I had some really tough years and some really good ones in that stretch between the 1980s and the late 2010s.

Things have sorta leveled off at this point, so it does seem like I’m “looking back” at the 90s like: “Yeah, it’s been a while since all the crazy (good and bad) was happening in my life”.

Does that make sense???