So I'm going to give this another shot but I have new blog site. If you want to read any posts you can see them at http://greernomics.blogspot.com/
Team Sore Butt
Friday, September 6, 2013
Friday, March 15, 2013
Honor Society
Bek was selected to the National Honor Society for her High School we're very proud of her. Here she is just before signing the Honor Role Registry.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Chocolate Run
Susan and Bek signed up for the 1st Annual Chocolate Run/Walk a few months back and this weekend was the big event.
Here they are ready for the 5K walk at the start
and again at the finish.
Each participant received a small bowl of googies with some melted chocolate dipping sauce.
Jaz and I stood by at the local Starbucks having bagels and coffee while the others got in a little exercise.
I'll give the sponsors credit for organizing a cool run/walk and some "very cool" hoodies.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Sick Day?
I called in sick today to take a break from the work place and try to get in a little R & R, but one chore I wanted to take care of was the hot water handle in the shower. It's been acting up and just needed a new washer. In order to do the repair I needed to cut off the water supply to the house and it's no big deal, I've done it several times in the past. Well after fixing the shower I noticed the shut off valve was leaking. Great! I was hoping to get lucky by pulling the stem out, buying a similar valve and putting the new stem in. Not a chance! The valve is/was probably the original from 40 years ago and they've gone through several changes since.
Here's the culprit now and I think I see the problem.
I used our Christmas Tree funnel to catch the water and transfer it into the bucket while I scratched my head.
Here's a before picture with a little better view after cutting the drywall out of the way.
After 7 hours, 4 trips to the store and 50 bucks worth of parts, I have a finished product and a little more experience in the plumbing department. I actually got pretty lucky because I didn't have to do any digging. So much for my R & R?
I did the repair correctly, but I had some bad luck during the process so I'm leaving the funnel in place just in case.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Smelly Bell
This morning
I went through my normal routine of getting all my riding gear on and one of
the last items installed is the helmet. I placed it on my head and a stream of
yesterdays, cold sweat immediately ran down my forehead. Ugh! I guess I forgot to wipe it off before setting it down for the night. There was a light drizzle out and it was going to get wet again, so hit the road only to find out that it had a really
bad odor to it as well. REALLY BAD! I had a head wind for the better part of
the ride and cranking on the pedals with your head down allows the air travelling
over your helmet to cross your face, giving you a blast of stinky air
the entire time. Needless to say, I
brought it into the shower with me and gave a good cleaning, so it’ll be good
for another 4 or 5 months. : )
Cross Anyone?
I’ve been on
the lookout for another bike for Susan for a few months now and in December, a
Double Check teammate told me he was selling his and I should take a look at
it. We finally got the chance to meet up and he gave me a price. But if I built
him some replacement cabinets for his trailer he'd drop the price by that much. I took him
up on his offer and now Susan is the proud owner of a 2008 Redline Conquest
Pro. I had to order new shifters for it because she liked the SORA
STi shifters on her old bike and I didn’t want to confuse her with Paddle design.
Anyway, Ebay was kind enough to have plenty of what I needed so purchased a new
set for less than a hundred bucks and spent the day swapping over the stem, tires, fenders, handlebar and shifters from one bike to the other. If you haven’t taken a look inside your
shifter and studied the mechanics, you really need too. Who ever thought up the
idea of putting the brake and derailleur cable together (integrated shifter) was
definitely a forward thinker. Now I
spent a fair amount of time working on bikes as a kid, but I can’t tell you how
much I learned about modern day bike repair during this project. If you would
like to have skills necessary to do any repairs in the field, I highly suggest start working on your own bike at the house. Trust me, it’ll pay off.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Standing Room only.
I’ve been having lower back problems for several years now and I thought I would try something new. My brother told me a few weeks ago that he has a standing work station in his office, so I decided to make one for myself and give it a try. Yesterday was day one and I “want to say…?” my lower back is feeling better. Now if I can just get my feet to stop hurting. : ) I’m guessing it’ll be a couple weeks for the transition to take place and my body to accept it. I do have a bar stool to sit/lean on for the occasional break. As long as my PF doesn’t come back, I’ll stick with it.
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