limelight79

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[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A friend of mine was in a bike crash during an event (large group ride, not a race), and he firmly believes the helmet saved his life. Even with it, he had a concussion that kept him off the bike for months. (I wasn't there and don't recall any details of the crash, if I heard any.)

That said, nothing is perfect. Another friend of mine slid on some leaves, crashed, and died several days later in the hospital. He always wore a helmet, too.

I always wear mine when riding.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I laughed the first time I heard a MAGAt talking about how bad Biden was at speaking. I seriously thought they were joking, because Trump's word salad is far worse than any stutter Biden ever uttered.

...they were not joking. They seriously believe Trump is some great orator.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Confirmed. It crashed on my tablet as well.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

Stop and buy supplies of course! Even most grocery stores carry disposable litter pans, or just a plastic bin, along with food. Even a paper bowl will work for water.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

One of our cats had a serious medical issue (we think a tick bit her, but we don't know for sure), and after she recovered, she attacked her own tail one night. Woke up the next morning to find blood all over the house. Poor kitty ended up having part of her tail docked. :(

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The turnout will be about 10 people.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

This is basically why I didn't participate in the fandom for many years. Tired of hearing how bad this is or whatever. And this goes back to Next Gen, too. I found I enjoyed Star Trek more without everyone else's opinions.

It's a lot like this. (Thanks to The Oatmeal for putting it so well.)

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seems like these could be a good display/control panel for Home Assistant.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Very few people actually ever tow anything (and I say that as someone who regularly does tow things). But even then, I can keep our ice pickup and replace our car that we drive every day with an ev.

We won't, though, because the current situation in the US means us taking on new debt would be dumb.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Just to follow up on this, that Ridenow tube has a pinhole leak in it. Never ridden, so I'm guessing defective from the factory. I used one of their adhesive patches, so far it's holding air.

I'll check the rim to make sure there isn't something that caused it, but the butyl tubes are holding air fine, so it seems likely to be an issue with this tube.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I've had a few flats with tpu tubes, some of which were likely caused by installation error (accidentally twisting them).

I've broken a few of the plastic valves as well (Spingo brand), but I think that was because my pump had was failing and not sealing, and I thought the issue was the valve, not the pump. So user error there, too.

I bought some Ride Now tubes more recently. Of those, 3 of the 4 I bought have been fine. The fourth one isn't holding air, but I haven't had the time to figure out why. Just swapped to another tube to get the bike on the road. I like that the Ridenow tubes include patches.

Short version, my experience is that once they're in and working, they tend to be good for a long time. Gotta be more careful installing them. Overall, I do like them.

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