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

[bigbill]

My boss and I sat down once, around hour 50 of a long weekend install
to figure our actual hourly pay. McDonalds would have us beat.

The good old days.

My last couple of years in the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander I was making around 121K with all the extra pay for being deployed. With my workload, I was making $18.61 an hour. When I was a lower rank doing the same work, it was around $10/hour. I think I was in the Navy for 3 years before I passed minimum wage.

[teleguy57]

I have not ridden with @bigbill or @saab2000 in WI yet this year....

[Saab2000]

I have not ridden with @bigbill or @saab2000 in WI yet this year....

Gotta make it happen. I'm off Mon-Wednesday this coming week! Tuesday night ride?

Shoot me an e-mail and we'll try to make a bike selection!

[Shinomaster]

You know what sucks about this bike Mike made me? It's lighter and faster than all my other bikes, and it's the only thing I want to ride now. It makes my Atlanta feels so sluggish and heavy and over-built. The Fuji?? Yeah right.. Thanks Mike, I love it!!

[Waldo]

Had to descend parts of Skyline at, I dunno, 10, 12, 14 (?) mph -- couldn't tell for the damn fog -- this morning. Visibility is about 5 feet at 5:30 am in Oakland hills these days. Yeah, that's it, fog and tree rain are chapping my ass.

[Waldo]

You know what sucks about this bike Mike made me? It's lighter and faster than all my other bikes, and it's the only thing I want to ride now. It makes my Atlanta feels so sluggish and heavy and over-built. The Fuji?? Yeah right.. Thanks Mike, I love it!!

Collectively, our hearts bleed. :-p

[bigbill]

I have not ridden with @bigbill or @saab2000 in WI yet this year....

I was in Appleton for two days in June. All day conferences, team building dinners in the evening, the exact opposite of riding a bike. I get asked all the time if I want to transfer to Neenah in 2018 (when The Boy graduates HS), but I'll be 53 by then and don't know if I want to adjust to another climate, especially that one. It is nice in the summer, all 5-6 weeks of it.

[Brandon White]

I have ridden 3 times in 4 weeks, I think.

[Matthew Strongin]

I have ridden 3 times in 4 weeks, I think.

Dude, you better get on the horse. Six Gap is coming soon.

[teleguy57]

I was in Appleton for two days in June. All day conferences, team building dinners in the evening, the exact opposite of riding a bike. I get asked all the time if I want to transfer to Neenah in 2018 (when The Boy graduates HS), but I'll be 53 by then and don't know if I want to adjust to another climate, especially that one. It is nice in the summer, all 5-6 weeks of it.

I remember the trip and your schedule.

Two words for you: fat bike fat bike fat bike (ok, that was six but I had more than one link to share)

Spring and fall are amazing, and when you get into winter sports (xc skiing, snowshoes, those words above) you miss it when the other seasons roll around. . Well, mostly....

[jdp211]

Still haven't had surgery yet. Plan is to correct that early tomorrow morning. Which means I have to wake up at the ass crack of dawn.

[Saab2000]

I was in Appleton for two days in June. All day conferences, team building dinners in the evening, the exact opposite of riding a bike. I get asked all the time if I want to transfer to Neenah in 2018 (when The Boy graduates HS), but I'll be 53 by then and don't know if I want to adjust to another climate, especially that one. It is nice in the summer, all 5-6 weeks of it.

Been sweating my butt off in the upper Midwest since about April and I only missed a handful of possible road riding days due to winter weather after moving in on February 8 of this year. It's not nearly as bad as people think and it can be way hotter in July and August than most people imagine possible. I expect to be riding road bikes until at least the end of November up here in the Twin Cities.

[colker]

just sick of being lied to over and over. Bipolar is a really nasty disease, just amazing what a pathological personality it can produce in an otherwise wonderful person

I know.

[christian]

Checked. Yup, leg still broken.

[Rich Beaudoin]

Stuart,
I feel you pain. Saturday will be my third Saturday in a row working. One day weekends suck!

Mike

Since being laid off in spring, I have been taking everyone's Saturdays.
Consider this a belated 'thanks'
And just to be clear: I am thoroughly enjoying the time even if my wife worries...

[Brandon White]

Dude, you better get on the horse. Six Gap is coming soon.

I've started my carbo-loading, don't worry.

[Artie]

I have been told to be at the airport 2 hours early for a 2.5 hour flight to Atlantic City.
ugh.

[Matthew Strongin]

I've started my carbo-loading, don't worry.

You might want to sprinkle a little something extra on those carbs. Georgia's got some hills to tackle.

[mg2ride]

Spent my Thursday reviewing my brain and spine MRI report and it's littered with comments like:

"substantial ventral epidural CSF collection"
"large dural defect"
"Arachnoid cyst"
"evidence of chronic hemorrhage"

Good news is the neurologist will try to "squeeze me in" in a few weeks. I'll be pounding xanax until then.

[znfdl]

Three work days into this week:
Day 1: 5:30am - 7:00 pm
Day 2: 5:30am - 9:00 pm
Day 3: 5:30am - 5:30 pm

Definitely not having fun.

I feel like I am living Groundhog Day, same stuff different week, no sight in end.