I drove by my gas station Saturday. Regular was up another twenty cents. $3.99 per gallon.

Today was much like yesterday. It got into the eighties and was pretty darn windy. I mowed my lawns and hustled home, suited up, and went riding. I only went around the block and came back. The bike was rarely sensing my pedaling. Something was way wrong. I put on some work clothes to attack the problem. My best guess was the distance to the sensor was still not correct. Everything I've read has the recommended space being a tight squeeze for a nickel to pass between the cassette and the sensor. My spacing is less than the thickness of a dime. I pulled the back wheel off and added a very thin washer and put the bike back together. I could almost push a nickel between the two. Thinking I had it set right, I once again put my bike clothes on and went for a ride. There was zero sensing of my pedaling. I returned and changed clothes once again. Increasing the spacing was moving in the wrong direction. I removed the washer I had just added and then put a micrometer on the washer combination I had.. and rode with the past few days. I didn't dare decrease the distance in fear I'd harm my impossible to obtain sensor. I put the washers back on the wheel, mounted the wheel, and called it good. Why my spacing isn't the recommended space... I can only contribute to it being an after market sensor. The sensing and lack of is either the sensor is bad or the problem is somewhere else in the bike. The same big question I've had for six months...WHERE? I flipped the bike back over, slapped a battery back on it, and rode around the block. Zero problem! I came home, put on my bike clothes, and rode 40 miles before putting the bike up.
It still had the occasional lull, but for the most part, it was as good as it's been since I first had the outage last fall. I did NOTHING to fix it today. Though it's not fixed, it was rideable. It was not rideable when I started out today. I turned the bike upside down and back a couple of times and I put the battery on and removed it a couple of times. That's it. I would suspect the battery to bike connection but the display never blinks and when the bike has no sensing, the throttle still works. I would blame it on the aftermarket sensor but it was purchased because the original started cutting out.. or the bike was cutting out.

I'll have them tomorrow. Ham for tonight.

Thanks, buddy.

No translation needed.

olbriar said:

Our cat has taken to sleeping or just keeping watch at night in our bedroom window. Late last week and again last night she has either slipped off or fell asleep and fallen off the window sill. I suspect she was asleep because she is landing with such a crash that I doubt she landed on her feet. She is starting to show her age.

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Or cats like the window too. But they sit and go crazy when the Jays (scrub Jays) land on the platform outside the window to pick-up the peanuts we leave out for them.

Yeah, we like to mess with the cats.

I purchased yesterday a decent bedr00m carpet that is charc0al grey, y0u cann0t see anything yet 0n it, since my 0ther shaggy 0ne lived ages.And it is g0ing t0 the trash later 0n... I had that Shaggy green 0ne like f0rever.

The_Chief said:

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 thin

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if i find out a friend has alexa or similar i love asking it inappropriate questions about current events

six million cookies, immigration, etc.

i get off on making absurd and/or unkind searches with it, fully relishing the fact that i am skewing results for future searches long after i am gone

like an immortal irritant to those who use AI

imagine someone you do or dont know is speaking to their phone or whatever to make a search and you sneak up and say 'Yulin Dog Meat Festival!' or 'truth about the U.S.S Liberty' or the equivalent

good times!

Milo Willamson said:

I decided n0t t0 disp0se 0f any big apps, besidess s0metimes it is my 0wn d0ing by tapping it. ann0yance I did this five times yesterday and still will n0t functi0ned right.. Eh thanks f0r the help.

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Happy Star Wars Day!
May the Fourth be with you!

I never gave too much thought to the word "parsec" when I heard it in a sci-fi show; I just thought it sounded cool.

With apologies for the FB link, here's Neil deGrasse Tyson explaining the term very well (and simultaneously explaining why he doesn't like it).

Your Time Is Gonna Come - Led Zeppelin

Mad Dog - Deep Purple

Query

My meatloaf was almost excellent. I had my meat probe in center mass of my loaf and it registered 162° before I removed it from the smoker. The taste was very good. The mix, if it could be duplicated, would be my go to loaf. However, the top inch or so of the loaf wasn't quite done. I am satisfied it was plenty safe to consume and I did just that. When we were finished eating, I baked it for an additional fifteen minutes in a 350° oven. My guess is the 20 mph wind that we had this afternoon was pulling the heat off the top of the smoker. I've never had this happen before. I'll do a bit or random instant read probs my next loaf to insure it is done from top to bottom. I'm looking forward to my meatloaf sandwiches tomorrow.

Nothing wrong with sardines or fish steaks.

It's been through hell. At least it still holds stuff. I hope I can get some pliers and try that.

I decided to write my 2025 Diary with invisible ink.

When I went to look back through it on New Year's Eve, I discovered the pen had run dry on the 3rd of January.

olbriar said:

Is there a plan B?

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Plan B is keep my S24 Ultra for yet another year. It's a perfectly good phone (I was going to keep it anyway for the camera).

I never owned a Leatherman. My nephew worked for Coleman for a number of years. He was part of the team that set up displays at camping shows. I was graced a number of the Coleman multitools and pouches. I carry a small set in the glove box of my truck. A large toolset is with my mow gear. I use it to cut my .105 weed string. The tool is a good lineman's tool and the other tools in the case come in handy now and then.