Well…have been thinking of doing another one today on the idiot trump but I just don’t want to…so, I’m going to wander around a little and see what happens…I know I’ve been writing about the old bike quite a bit lately but I had a new thought while riding this morning that I just had to pass along….when you add the ages of my two most used pieces of equipment, the bike and car, you get almost 70 years…69 years to be exact…and that is just strange when you think of it…and they both still function as they did when they were built…not sure if I’m lucky or what but it is still pretty cool…and, if you add the age of my stereo, you get 110 years….and it still works fine, too…well… some of the lights don’t but it still plays….I did  get a drive in to withdraw some cash and make sure the new debit card works…it’s one of the new ones with the chip in it and that is pretty cool…okay, that’s enough….for now…oh, got some tomatoes, too…since I bought some fresh mozz…

Well…running on time today and I’m not sure why….got up a little before 6 and have been doing nothing since…need to just ease into the day today and have more coffee….at least my jaw is better this morning and I can open my mouth enough to eat today and I am going to make some ribs to celebrate…and that has to happen in a few minutes to cook them low and slow…I picked up some new rib rub that smells really good and I can’t wait to see how that works….I am enjoying riding the old bike and that is making me rethink buying a new one…oh, I talked about that yesterday….not much to do today…I should wash the car but I think I’ll wait til Monday to do that…it may rain today and with all the dust in the air, it would just be dirty again in a minute….more later….

Well…running a little late today…grocery run and all that…and I keep forgetting to do this before I go…not really forgetting but I guess once I get over the quota for the month, I slack off a little…slept okay last night and don’t feel too bad today but just sore from using new muscles on the old bike…I’m thinking of putting off getting a new bike until after the new year since the old one is fun to ride and the trails will probably ice up around the first of December….I did get over 2400 miles yesterday so I’ll probably end the year with around 2800 miles which is an average year for me….I have been grinding my teeth again at night and the pain in my jaw during the day yesterday was so bad that I could barely eat…but it is better today so that is a relief….not much to do today….going to clean some after the bike ride but that is about it….more later….

Well…running a little late today and I just can’t get started…went out to have a couple with G last night and I wasn’t good when I got home so I guess I earned it…slept okay last night and even had some dreams that were quite weird but I don’t remember the details….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today looks the same….just going to work out and ride the bike and then wait for Man U to play later….I think I didn’t eat enough yesterday with only a pork chop sandwich and two pieces of pizza for the whole day and that may be why I feel a little slow today….not much to do today….I think I may clean a little but my back is hurting from the old bike and I don’t want to aggravate it….more later….

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I worked on the bike for quite a while trying to get the brakes working enough so I am sure of them….slept okay last night but I am still sore everywhere from the new/old bike and it looks like there will be aspirins before the ride today…didn’t get much done yesterday but working on the bike so I will have to do some cleaning today…there are two new developments going on around here and, without and rain to speak of, there is so much dust in the air that I can smell it in here…and my car looks like it is covered in mud when the dew hit it in the morning…not sure if I’m going to wash it until it rains some….not much to do today…probably going to go out and have a couple with G later but that is about it….more later….

Well…have been chronicling the saga of getting the old bike running again and just finished the first long ride on it in almost 10 years…now I remember why I used to love riding it…it weighs about half of the mountain bike and it is so responsive…you just have to think where you want it to go and it goes there…I am really surprised how much of operating it came back to me in the first ride…how the non-index shifters have to be moved to get smooth shifts without any noise…and that is one of the really cool things about it…it is silent going down the road and I can put as much pressure on the pedals as I want without any skipping…it is a little jarring with no suspension but I was used to that by the end of the ride….when I look at it, it is the distilled essence of a bike, it’s design would be just as familiar in the 1890’s as it was in the 1970’s….I may be a little less happy tomorrow when the new muscle pain kicks in but it was a great ride today…maybe I won’t buy a new one…

Well…running on time this morning but I am really sore…new muscles being used on the old bike and all of that…slept okay last night but was still up too darn early…the 5 am crap is starting to wear on me some but I don’t know what to do about it…can’t even nap in the afternoon anymore….not sure if I’m going to be riding the old bike every day…going to have to see how badly it beats on me…don’t want to do permanent damage while I wait for the new bike…didn’t get a lot extra done yesterday after working on the bikes so I’ll need to clean up after myself some today….but not right now….it’s coffee time and I need to read some news….more later….

Well…today started off like most of them except for forgetting to come here and do this…and it was the last ride on the Motobecane today when the frame where the rear shifter was mounted broke and destroyed the shifter, broke two spokes and threw me off the thing…glad it was on an uphill and I wasn’t going too fast…but I did have to push the damn thing back here…and then spent a few hours getting the supersport ready to ride again…had to get a new back tire and tube…unfreeze the brakes and get them adjusted, transfer the computer over to it, and put the bag on the handlebars….had to remove the rat traps on the pedals, too since the straps were rotted away…and I had to clean 9 years of cobwebs and dust off it….took it out for a ride and it is really weird riding an non-suspension bike again…it actually hurts when you hit the larger bumps on the trail but I can’t afford a new bike until next month so I guess I can live with it…it actually was a little fun riding the antique…it is 46 years old and looks it…but it should be a conversation starter….I was going to get it running anyway so maybe this was kismet….I think it will make me appreciate the new one more….

Oh, I did get out to have a couple with K as a surprise and that was fun….

Well…for the first time almost forever, I forgot to do this this morning…and what a morning..the bike finally died and I had to walk back 4 miles pushing it….and then I spent the rest of the morning getting the Schwinn ready to ride again…had to get a new rear tire and tube and that cost 30 bucks…and then get the brakes unfrozen…they work just like I remember…kind of work, that is….I got spoiled with the disc brakes on the mountain bike…so it looks like I’ll be on the road bike for a month or so…other than the brakes…the 46 year old Schwinn still rides pretty good…but there are going to be new muscles hurt and you feel every bump in the road….and I am used up after all that so I’m taking the rest of the day off….more later…

Well…has anyone been raptured yet? Today is supposed to be the day….I looked outside and didn’t see anyone floating to the heavens yet so I’m a little confused…after all another crackpot said today is the day…I wonder if I will be able to get a new car or a house when they are left abandoned? Or maybe a job when they go? I wonder how many times the apocalypse has been predicted over the years and it didn’t come true? More times than I can count probably….and yet, we’re still here….at least for now…