Well…damn, when I was out running errands this morning, there started to be some condensation on the windshield just above the defroster vents and that is a telltale sign of the heater core springing a leak…didn’t smell any coolant but I wasn’t going to chance it getting worse so I hit it with a bottle of stop leak I had on the shelf and let it idle for about 15 minutes to get the stop leak to circulate and I hope it stops it enough so I can still drive it until I have the chance to buy a new car…was going to do that this spring anyway but the problem will be finding another on that doesn’t have any rust in it and the prices have gone so nuts it’s going to cost me 10 grand to replace it instead of the 7-8 I wanted to spend…oh, well…I did get some good deals at Meijers today with 5 pound of potatoes for a buck…some bacon wrapped pork loin fillets for a buck and a bunch of other stuff for a buck…each, too…had another day of not eating much with just a half brat for lunch and then a salad for dinner…and only two rides today sine I have damaged my legs in the high wind lately and my knees needed a rest…
Monthly Archives: March 2024
The polls were wrong…
Well…with the super Tuesday primaries over and Nikki Haley dropping out, it looks like the idiot trump is going to be the repub nominee even if he has to run from prison…but one thing that blared out is that polls that predicted idiot boy blowing out haley, he underperformed in every election by anywhere from 7 to 35%…and one thing the he should be worried about is almost 70% of haley voters won’t vote for trump…and with Joe winning an starting to pull the dems together and will get more of the independents and moderates…especially since idiot boy just did a speech where he told the moderate repubs to go somewhere else…he only wants the maga assholes left in the repub party…and that won’t draw in anyone but his maga base…so, I think Joe is going to do okay and beat the idiot again now that it’s general election time…after all, the dems have more money since the idiot is hoovering up all the right wing cash and have a good record to run on…I guess we’ll see…geez…
March 6th
Well…damn, that sucked…up and down 5 times last night and I’m feeling it right now…just damn worn out and I need to get on the indoor bike in 15 minutes to stay on schedule for the day…it’s grocery run day so I need to get out of here by 8:15….pretty darn sore today after riding into the wind yesterday and I sure hope the wind is lower today…it’s supposed to get up to 55 this afternoon but it was supposed to get that warm yesterday and never got near it…I think we may be through with winter but I just looked at the weather and it’s supposed to be down in the 30′s again next week and that sucks….haven’t had a problem with swelling in my legs since I stopped eating pretzels so I guess that was the cause of it…and my right foot is showing improvement with wearing the compression socks all the time…I did have to slather myself in pain killers last night and they seemed to have worked and I can use my right thumb again…not much to do today…just the grocery runs and then back on the bike…going to make another vegetarian meal today sine I need to use up the lettuce and celery before it spoils…more later….
A better day…
Well…had a better day today with getting one ride in downstairs and then two cold rides outdoors into a 20+ mph wind on the way back on both rides…and I am feeling that right now with my right thigh and knee and the left side of my neck that is going to have to be treated tonight…it was supposed to get to almost 60 today but it never got out of the 40′s and my left ring finger turned white on the first ride and I’m not sure if it’s the cold or just that my hands go numb all the time even when it’s warm….I did go vegetarian for dinner tonight with just making half a head of broccoli in the steamer…and that’s only about 150 calories so I know I’m under normal with only having half a brat for lunch…have a lot of stuff to get at Meijers tomorrow sine they have the 7 items for a buck each…5 pounds of potatoes for a buck or some Lenders frozen bagels for a buck and laundry soap for buy one get one free…oh, and bacon wrapped pork tenderloin fillets for a buck each…so I’ll get a few of those….still have too much food in the freezer but do have a little room…time to read….
Billionaires ruin everything…
Well…sitting here trying to find a topic and one just popped into my head…after the SC ruling putting the idiot trump back on the ballot in Colorado, it occurred to me that all of the troubles that this country has right now is caused by billionaires…billionaires funded the shady organizations that picked the unqualified right wingers on the court that is going to give idiot boy “complete immunity” to commit even more crimes…billionaires bought up all of the media Like the NYT and the Washington Post and now they are just right wing rags that are doing their best to get trump elected again…and then we have a billionaire named Sinclair who is buying up local tv stations across the country and turning them into right wing propaganda machines…and don’t get me started about the asshole musk who bought twitter and turned it into a cesspool of nazis and hate and who just loves him some putin…you get the point…all of the troubles and hate in this country is being actively funded by billionaires and they are hellbent on destroying all of the institutions that make this a good country…and it’s just because they can…because people don’t vote or vote for a 91 felony count rapist that can’t string two sentences together….so get out and vote for the good guys up an down the ballot…geez…
March 5th
Well…slept okay last night with only getting up once when the storms rolled through about 2 am…and I didn’t crawl out of be until a little after 6 so I should be more rested than I feel right now…it’s still raining out there so it looks like two indoor rides this morning with the hope for one outside later…it’s going to be another one of those in between days for the outdoor rides…almost warm enough for shorts but close to gloves and thermasuit…I guess we’ll see…cutting out the salt from pretzels is still working to get the generalized swelling down and I haven’t had any problems with my legs being puffy so I’ll keep that up…still transitioning to outdoor riding and the new pain that comes with it…lots of muscle pain today and my right thumb hurts from shifting the bike…and my knees are hurting but that might just be the moving pain that happens all the time…I think one meal today is going to be vegetarian since I have a couple of huge heads of broccoli and a head of lettuce that needs to be used so that could be lunch..it’s a weird pairing but not a lot of calories so that may just work…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike soon to get the day started but I think I have time to finish the cup of coffee I poured….more later…
A day of reflection…
Well…it was a subdued day of reflection for me after the news of my brother’s health…but I did get three rides in for 33 miles today and that was a good place to think…it was a little cold out there for the first one outdoors and it had to be colder than the temps on the computer since I got back here with cold fingers…I did have some bad food for me today when I grilled some brats for lunch and then made some breaded chicken tenderloins and onion rings for dinner…but it wasn’t too bad since I only eat half a brat for each meal and that was with a small handful of chips…and only three tenderloins to go with the rings…normally don’t eat processed food but have had them in the freezer for a while and need to use them up….that’s about all for today…just worn out…
We knew this was going to happen…
Well…we knew this was going to happen…the SC put the idiot trump back on the ballot in Colorado and that means the two other states that barred him will have to put him back on the ballot, too…and that just about trashes what little respect I had for the court…and they made sure the 14th amendment can now be ignored since they have said it doesn’t matter what idiot boy did, he stays on the ballot if elected in the primaries…and this doesn’t bode well for idiot boy’s claim of “absolute immunity” that it looks more than likely they are going to give him…and they will write the opinion so narrowly that it will only apply to the idiot and not Biden…and that makes it imperative that we take back the House and
Senate this fall…geez…
March 4th
Well…slept okay last night but I still feel worn out and I guess that’s how I’m going to feel now…cutting back on the salt from the pretzels has had an effect and I’m starting to shed the retained water from it…my right foot is almost back to normal size and my hands are almost back to normal, too….it’s going to be a busy day today with trying to get three rides in, washing the car, and having to cook two meals today…going to grill some brats for lunch and make some chicken tenderloins with onion rings…and yes, I do know that is bad for me but I need to get some stuff out of the freezer….ad I need to cut up some carrots and celery for snacks…I do have some nice broccoli in the fridge that I need to steam but that will be for tomorrow but I’m not sure what goes with it…and I have a head of lettuce for salads so I have plenty of food for the week….have figured out that if I add some horseradish sauce to ranch dressing, it makes a good dip so I’m going to try that as a dressing for the salads…adds a nice little bite to the dressing….not much to do today…need to get moving here in 20 minutes and get on the bike but I need more coffee first….more later…
This sucks…
Well…there used to be five of the “DeVol boys” but in the next couple of weeks there will only be two of us left…my oldest brother is in hospice care and deteriorating rapidly so I have to start preparing myself for it…we’ve always had this special bond with being born on the same day 13 years apart and he used to call me his twin when he introduced me…he’s the one who got me started on riding a bike and I have two of his downstairs that I bought from him over the years….when I was on the downstairs bike yesterday, I got a weird feeling that something had changed…and it has…damn…