Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)

[Tom]

Stomach flu. The final death blow to any fitness I tried to preserve over the winter. I can't walk up a flight of stairs, I can't breathe, I hurt, my mind is gone. The worst part? I don't even care I haven't been on the bike in any form for days now. My spirit is broken. Nothing matters any more.

[dashDustin]

applied for a new job. grump? that was/ is the highlight of my workweek.

[Jonathan]

My small town dating back to the mid 1800's will soon be leveled to make way for another couple highway lanes. An amazing amount of history and infrastructure leveled. I blame the baptists. As other small towns have turned into walkable communities with revitalized restaurants and storefronts, Oviedo never got there because you can't serve alcohol within 1000 feet of a church and our Baptist church IS the center of town. Pave paradise, put up a parking lot.

Sorta motivated to move, yo.

[David Tollefson]

Yesterday I got news of the passing of one of my cousins. In the words of my 2nd cousin (via FB messenger):

Hello everyone,

I'm sorry to have to send news of my uncle Brad's passing. He was my Grandma Ruby's youngest child. He passed away peacefully last night, just before 11, with his wife Karen and son Kyle by his side.

I apologize if this is the first time you're hearing about his illness. This was a short and furious bout with metastasized melanoma. He had been in remission for a couple of years and had just received confirmation of its return about a month ago. We thought he had at least another six months left with some treatment. He'd been looking forward to some time left with his young daughters, Shyla (6) and Maya (3).

Please keep him in your thoughts today.

He was my age. You never know how much time you really have. Cherish the moments now.

[davids]

My Zank is covered with dirt and grime. And my brand new wheels don't look new any more.

Plus my fitness is lousy, like I haven't ridden a bike in 10 weeks and 5 days.

[Jonathan]

So my Ducati died 60 miles from home Saturday leaving me stranded for an afternoon at the beach. At least it's spring break and the people watching is good. I think I've tracked the issue to a wire shorting out in the fuel pump assembly. I drained the tank and have all the innards (that's southern for stuff inside) removed and will tear into it when I get some free time. The drop in replacement is $1100. I'll fix this better than new thank you very much. Ugh. I'd rather just be riding. The weather is full on perfect Florida.

[christian]

$1100 will get you a used Ninja 250. Just sayin.

[turkish]

Shit happens! Third day in our holidays and 900 km away from home. image.jpg

[summilux]

It's snowing today and I'm riding rollers.

[mmoore]

Dish towels that dont dry the dish.

[seanile]

freakin chainline calculations, man

[dashDustin]

for the first time in...damn near a decade...I'm sick with something other than a sinus infection.

[mnoble485]

I was supposed to drop my wife off at the airport at 9:30 and meet a friend for a much needed ride flight delayed, plans screwed. Hope for better the rest of the weekend as I am on my own!

Mike

[TMB]

My baby is coming home for he weekend, today. I had plans to give the salt mine a miss and spend the day with one of my favourite people.

Then the damn phone started. I am looking at not getting away until about 4 this afternoon, knowing that my wife and other daughter will be spending all that time with the young one.

Jealous.

[Matthew Strongin]

Either I'm having some serious allergy issues over the last couple days or I'm sick again.

[Brandon White]

Wife is sick again. 1 year old has a 2 week long cold and hardly sleeps. 6 year old has a cold. I don't.

I just ate 2 doughnuts though. I should cross post this in the fat slag thread.

[davids]

Father-in-law is dying.

[Nierman]

Heart's been prematurely beating (PVC) again - happened several years ago and I isolated the cause to be food-allergy related. Now that I cut nearly ALL dairy out they have made an abrupt return. So I need to lay off known exaggerators coffee and alcohol for a bit to see if they subside then I can isolate the food(s) that could be triggering them. God, I hope it's not chocolate. Or bread. Or beer/coffee. Anyways, I'm sick of the fatigue of interrupted sleep feeling the heart flutter - which probably perpetuates the whole thing. Even the nasty office brown water "coffee" brewing 25ft away from me is seducing me. So so sleepy...

[false_aesthetic]

lost. very lost.

[defspace]

Bigotry.


Friday is the first track night of the year, whooo whoo! Weatherspark says 40% chance of precip.