Nothing worked well for me this morning but I finally managed to fix my flat. I opted for a new tube and will patch the recent nail finder. I struggled to get the tub and the tire liner in the tire. I finally remembered a trick I read somewhere and tried it with great success. The new tube was just tacky enough that it kept sticking to the liner. That made it impossible to get each properly oriented. Baby powder on the tube made it just slick enough to slide tube this way and that to get everything in place. Worked like a charm.

Giving the drive chain close scrutiny while the wheel was off was down right depressing. The rear gear cassette is shot. Checking the chain it is also shot. Doing my research, all of the wear items have a life of around three thousand miles. Twenty three thousand was a bit more than ever designed to last. All modern chains are exactly one half inch from rivet to rivet. The tool I ordered wouldn't tell me how worn out the chain was. Far more than the tool was designed to measure. I took a rule to the chain. Across 24 rivets should be exactly 12 inches. My chain measured 12 5/16. The call it chain stretch but in reality is is the rollers wearing out allowing an increase in distance between them.
Here is the alarming find of the day. The sensor is on the far side of the chain as it pass from derailleur to the cassette. No amount of chain flop would effect the sensing. The sensor is looking at the nineth gear ring... the one closest to the sensor. I almost exclusively ride in the nineth gear. The worn out chain has almost worn the teeth off on the nine ring. Instead of lookin a like a series of slotted screwdrivers with valleys between them, they look like a bunch of spikes. If they are so bad that they aren't always counted by the sensor... problem solved. It has to be replaced no matter what or retire the bike. A new chain that I'll have to make shorter, the tools to make it shorter and to take the old chain apart, a new 9 speed cassette and the tools to remove and replace the old one will be close to two hundred dollars. That's a lot to spend on an old bike but it will make a fun project. The specialized tools for the job represent half the cost. Their is the bummer part of the project. I will need the chain tools again.. Three thousand miles isn't diddly for me. The tools for the cassette replacement will likely never be needed again. Oh well.

I didn't get to ride much today. By the time I got the tire remounted I was running short on time before my son and his wife were coming over. It was a nice day but I only logged 24 miles.

Two things happed yesterday that I failed to mention. As I was passing over the bridge that spans a railroad track there was a train heading away from me. It was car after car of cargo containers. As I was in full view of the aft of the cars, one container had the rear doors swinging in the breeze. I could see boxes stacked from floor to roof but none within eight or ten feet of the doors. Only a few boxes were on the floor leading to the open doors. I highly suspect the rest of the cargo was scattered up the tracks. I stopped near my town to get my handkerchief from my trunk to blow my nose. I no more got off my bike when a motorcycle pulled up and a guy asked if everything was okay. He was just like the guy the other day. He had seen me often and when he saw me stopped he felt inclined to check on me. Pretty nice of those guys. Where were they when I was walking my flat bike home lol.

I rewatched the knife video and noticed another difference in my older model. He spoke of and showed the tang stamp on the large blade. My stamp is different. On one side is stamped Officier Suisse and on the side shown in the video I snapped a pic.

I was trying to help somebody get his goo photos back, but it didn't work out well. Goo pretended that it didn't know him, made him wait days and change his password, just bull. Then it took forever for it to load. When it did, there was nowhere near as much as there should have been. He's missing photos and albums from maybe ten years ago, which is ridiculous, especially considering that he has been paying maybe ten bucks a month to keep them. How do we make goo give up the goods?

My son and daughter in law were over and we had a party on the patio. When they left, I was not in the mood to cook so we ordered pizza.

Something from few weeks back, salmon in the air fryer

Good luck!!

I hate it when I l0se track 0f time, I th0ught it was eight weeks t0day since I sprained, but h0ly heck in a h0ly pearl!
0nly been f0ur!!! What...wh0 put this curse 0n me???? GRRRRRRRRRRRR... Me wanna feel better

Maybe Mulder is 0nt0p 0f everything I w0nder h0w many pe0ple get tired 0f thr0wing their cells d0wn 0n the pill0ws 0ut 0f frustrati0ns, and understand that m0st settings is accessable and they are really expensive?


My dream cell... A better 0ne.

This is what happens when you watch Youtube.

Your only options are to pay for Youtube Premium, or to use an ad-free Youtube frontend app.

The ads on Youtube are a big reason why I dont watch things on Youtube very often.

If I do, I often turn to one of the ad-free frontends that also offer background play and downloading of content.

Even so, the majority of what I see on Youtube is AI generated slop that is just taking up space.

Look online for ad-free Youtube apps for android.

this is but one reason that i use KISS launcher.
it allows me to type settings shortcuts right into the search bar on the home screen.

also, this seems a time to bring up how i put utility apps and other things that i want on any device onto an SD card that i install before i ever turn it on. just a cheap ~$7 ONN 32GB card that has apks for all my utility apps, canta, shizuku, f-droid, etc..

to be honest, i dont like most of the changes i have seen just between android 11 and 12.
even the quick settings tiles are now blocky and ugly, and many things that were done with one touch are now two or three touches.
it seems to me that new devices are geared to keep us 'touching' them as often as possible.

I got home from riding in time to see the last couple of innings of the Royals / Angels. The Royals were up 5-3. The Angels had the bases loaded with two outs and the Royals were bringing in another pitcher. I've seen the Royals give away countless games under similar circumstances and prepared myself for another "ground hog day" moment. Like a good ball team, the reliever came in and issued a strike out ending the inning. They Royals put up an insurance run in the bottom of the inning and hung on to win. I was shocked.

Killing Time - Metallica

54321 - Manfred Mann

Rooftop

I ditched Microslop in 2008, after Vista. Been using Linux and MacOS ever since.
My computers are:
2015 Macbook Air (Intel) running MX Linux.
2020 Macbook Pro (M1) running MacOS and Asahi Linux Fedora Remix (dual boot).

There are things AI can't, or won't, do: I uploaded a couple of videos of AI being stupid and not being able to shut up... even Alexa (aka "Bimbo in a Bowling Ball") likes to tell me things like, "I have a suggestion for (whatever we're doing). Would you like to hear it?" If I tell Alexa to stop sending me suggestions, it shuts up; doesn't even acknowledge my statement; and continues to suggest things.

I don't know if this is true or a joke, but it made me laugh.

Haven't had anything to report on lately, folks
Today is a prime example. It's 86 degrees with a high of 87.

On the bright side...the sun is shining.

Grammy-winning conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas, who headed orchestras in Buffalo, Miami, London and San Francisco while also composing, has passed at 81 from a brain tumor.

RIP, Mr. Tilson Thomas, and thanks for sharing your talents for so long. Condolences to your fans, friends, family and loved ones.