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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

Last night I kept waking up due t0 my b0dy, every ich, t0 where my ankles felt s0 much pain and ag0ny, yeah it is n0 fun when y0u want t0 g0 s0mewhere and have y0ur ankle start t0 act up... I am pretty sure we skipped a t0n 0f fringe DVDS, at least six 0f them and m0m skips right thr0gh0ut them and she is like "n0w wait a m0ment let me skip thr0ugh0ut them" But we still have the b0x set...we can rewatch them later 0n... hmmm...

E-Bikes

I did some grocery shopping this morning. It was a beautiful morning and as soon as I had my duties performed, I went riding. The sidewalk was busy my first time riding South but traffic thinned after that. I will guess that I saw ten cyclists today but most were during my first loop. I was a bit surprised the walk didn't remain busy all day. The weather was definitely enticing.
I saw a kid today that was riding a low profile high powered e-bike in a park that I ride by. He was on the sidewalk and I on the road parallel to him. He blew by me like I was sitting still and I was doing 22 mph. He rode by two boys that got off the sidewalk as he shot by them. They flipped him off and he stopped, cut a couple of donuts in the grass, flipped them off and away he went. I blame the parents for spoiling such a little brat and buying him such a powerful, basically illegal, bike that he obviously has no business riding. I'm afraid it's abuse like that will cause laws to limit the power of bikes.
As I was finishing up my second ride, I ran across the guy I bought the used Aquilla from. He said he just couldn't give up riding and was riding a ride1up bike. It looked like the RCS and the Aquilla in build and with similar specs. He was telling me he has a buddy that has eight thousand miles on his bike. He said he told his friend that I had that many miles on my bike and then he asked.. just how many miles do you have on your bike. When I told him that as we were parked on the corner that the odometer read 23,540 miles. He had to grab a pic to show his buddy. :)
It was so nice today that I had to ride one more time after dinner. I only saw a couple walking together on the sidewalk. I guess everyone else had enough great weather and went home. I rode until it was getting dark. I would have ridden longer if I had more daylight. I logged 108 miles today. It was an excellent day to be a cyclist.

Any Time is Grillin Time

Today was one of those rare Kansas days where there weather was ideal. I had planned to cook out some ribeye steaks. Between me riding my bike like there is no tomorrow and my son and his wife coming over for mother's day, I didn't put my normal cook on the steaks. I normally bag them up in marinade most of the day. I let them come to room temp and then smoke them on a low heat until I see 107°. I then put a reverse sear on the steaks and call them done when I see 130°-135°. Today, they soaked in the marinade then went straight the grill for a good cross hatch sear. I then turned the grill down to low and continued cooking until they reached medium rare temp. I honestly thought they were just as good as my normal cooked steaks. I didn't miss the smoke taste and I'm not so sure the smoke step adds to the tenderness of the steak. It wasn't like these were exceptional prime steaks. They were the normal run of the mill grocery store choice.

Disappearing photos

There's a Google Photos help page at Google Photos Help. That used to have a "contact us" link at the bottom, but like many of these companies that has now gone, but there is a "troubleshoot or send feedback" option. Or if you are logged into the Photos app you can tap on your avatar (top-right corner of the screen), scroll down to the bottom and click on "help and feedback", then scroll down again and there's a "send feedback" at the bottom.

MLB 2026

After stinking up the entirety of MLB and being dead last in the American Central, They have won nine of their last eleven games. They are far from playing shut down baseball but at least they have been watchable. Their pitching has improved and their defense has played solid ball. Their offense isn't lights out but they have been able to produce runs and haven't folded when they had to produce. The Central doesn't have a clear leader. The win loss percentages has the entire Central in a tight race. I'm sure there will be some separation by the break. The Royals have won the first two of four against the Guardians and then they host the Detroit for three. They need to stay hot and win those games. What an opportunity to move up in the standings that won't likely happen. 😆

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