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Saw a flag at half mast in front of a local high school. Turned on the radio.

Aaron Rodgers has Covid.

Wisconsin has surrendered to Minnesota.

And Canada.

It was simply too much for the Greed & Gold to bare. Or Chicago, bare/bear.

He was “immunized by his personal physician “
(Anal) Code…broken.

Other than a sore arm I was doing well up until this evening, about 24 hours from the shot. Started with needing a nap which isn't uncommon on a regular day but it lasted 4 hours. Then woke up with a headache and muscle aches.

Was gonna work for double time and a half tonight but the wife decided to go out to a bar and leave me home with the boy. Missing out on $600+ so she can find a booty call or whatever she doing.

Got frustrated with the E-bike conversion that I was trying to do. Originally bought parts piece meal to convert my pedal bike to and E-bike. Some parts didn't fit on the pedal bike as envisioned and required some modification to fit on the frame. It was not a smooth modification. I punted on that project and it's too late to return the parts especially after doing some hack saw mods to try to make it fit. Gonna tear it back down into a pedal bike.

So I bought a full up e-bike that was delivered yesterday. 350W motor, 36 V,10.4 AH battery. Easy peasy set up and it's ready to go. Unpacked it. Just had to install the handle bars, the front wheel, the pedals, and the head light. Super simple assembly. It's got a governor on it limiting it to about 20 mph under full electric, which I'd like to override (project for a different day) but state laws say they can't go faster than 20 mph under full electric power.

I was hoping I could use my other battery pack as a 2nd source but they use different connectors on the battery mounting plates. I didn't realize that there were multiple "standard" connections versions (https://www.ebay.com/itm/174797842768). Newbie mistake but in hindsight it shouldn't be much of a surprise either.

Well, I have an extra 48 V/13 AH rechargeable battery with a USB connector as an accessory left over from the retrofit attempt. I guess I could use to charge some cell phones if I ever go hiking to Mt Everest or sumptin.... or use it in the van down by the river.

I'll give the new contraption a test run around the block his morning. Prolly have to tune in the cables on the derailleurs and brakes a bit but we'll see after the inaugural test spin.

There is some exciting news. Test ride results pending, good for you.
Don’t understand the reason for MA’s ruling on a 20 mph rule.
Likely some combo of corruption and nanny statism, I would imagine.

Test drive went well, only maybe a mile ride. Couple loops around some residential blocks. There a block nearby that has a pretty steep hill. Gravity will take you easily to 35 mph just coasting down. The electric motor cuts out (on my particular bike) around 19.8 mpg per the speedometer that's tied into the motor. I can then use peddle power to go faster if I want.

Going up the incline on the Washington Street hill it was limping and required some human power but it went smooth at a slow pace. Washington street in my town, by eye, looks like a 30° incline. It would be a perfect sledding hill in the winter. I have no idea how people living on that street can handle the winter. This would be a hill I'd normally avoid even on feet. If I had to bike up it, I'd get off the bike and walk it. Going down it, brake early because at the bottom you hit Cross St and after you miss the stop sign, you hit a wrought iron fence.

The 20 mph rule, I think, applies to most states. After that I think the vehicle needs to be registered as a motor vehicle. I remember a roommate in college that had a Honda Spree. Did may a beer runs on those Sprees. With a few bungie cords and a backpack you could come back with case of beer and a couple bottles hard stuff that you'd end up puking out later. A lot of students had Sprees in the 90's. I think it pegged out around 35 mph but it had to have a license plate and pay registration fees and all that crap as a road vehicle.

Ram..!!

Coffee'd up... time for the walk. 50 degrees, currently... a titty bit nipply.

Happy Thursday fellas

It's 60 going to 86 here. Iffn it was 35 I would have to go find my long pants. Haven't seen them since about February.

Wife and I are kindergarten/school shopping for our oldest for next year. Seeing inside the public school system makes me really happy our state has charter schools...

Happy belated birthday Gene!
The drinks I had last night are retroactively dedicated to you…

Dog walked.
Cigar smoked.
Coffee with 1/2 shot of vodka and 1/1 shot of Kaluha Dark Especial’.

🍹 'THRISTY THURSDAY' 🍹...one day at a time.

Starting to have frost overnight and still a ton of leaves on the trees. I really don't want to be raking in the snow

^Methinks if you're smoking their cigars, ya get what ya got coming.

Sorry... been a Havana elitist for many years. I find most non Cuban offerings to be severely lacking. Very few exceptions, but they're not Altadis lazyasses, either.

YMMV

Same here. Not many leaves have fallen yet, but I'm scraping ice off my windows. Dug up the carrots just in time. They can handle frost, but not freeze, and we're into mid 20s now overnight.

I gave up on collecting and burning leaves years ago. Used to run a tow-behind sweeper, then upgraded to a Trac-Vac with a stick chipper on it. Sold the vac, now I just mow the leaves.

I think my final grass cutting is done, but gonna be mowing leaves well past first snow.

Pork butt almost done. Just hit 195, but there's still a bit of resistance when I probe the butt. Letting the temp run away a bit, was holding 230-245 since 9am. Now its around 275. Should be done by midnight.

New Call of Duty out tonight. Gonna stay up a while to play that. Got an after dinner nap in, so I'm good for a while. I played it some already by changing my VPN to Australia but that meant high ping and lag issues. Still got a taste and got stuff unlocked to make things easier when it's officially live here.

Perks of living outside town/city limits. Technically open burn is illegal, but it's only enforced if the fire dept has to put it out.

I know most of the local firefighters, the station is 5 houses west, the chief is across the street, 3 of the 5 houses between me and the station are firefighters/emts and I'm registered with them for FEMA disaster duty so I gotta meet up about once a year for paperwork n stuff.

My chopped/mowed leaves do choke the grass in the back, but I don't care about that. I only care about the area around the house that would be a normal suburban yard. Beyond that it's a go kart track anyway.

Butts done, pulled, and packed. Put it un the fridge to cool, ill vacuum pack 1lb bags to freeze.

I am outside city limits. Pretty sure one of the neighbors is a dirty snitch though.

Prolly didn't help that I aimed the leaf blower at the fire to accelerate the process. There was decently thick smoke covering a good chunk of the surrounding properties.

Nobody appreciates ingenuity anymore. *sigh*

Dan is an expert on leaving posts that beg for a double entendre.

Hey...

Beautiful 60 sunny morning when I went for a 5 miler. Stopped at a couple of garage sales on the way. Headed out to tour the historic Mormon temple in Mesa. They normally do not allow us heathens inside but are making an exception right now. I really have no interest but the wife corralled me into going with her by saying she goes to car shows with me.

ABBA has a new album...