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Post by kungfuzu on Sept 14, 2022 19:08:28 GMT -8
The shoes I was referring to are also Florsheim. I also have a couple pair of Lucchese boots. I just looked them up and one costs $895 and the other $995 today. I must have paid about $200 for each pair in the early 1980s. Of course, I bought them on sale. Just seeing how much I have saved makes me feel better.  The Florsheim shoes were somewhat cheaper. I bought a couple pair of them in the 1970s. I believed then and still believe that it pays to buy better shoes. I have plenty of suits and sports coats that are still in good shape and look good. Unfortunately, they are all tailor-made (it was cheap to have clothes made in Asia) and I am too fat to wear them. Luckily, my son isn't and he looks good in them, on the rare occasion that he needs to wear a suit. |
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Sept 14, 2022 19:23:35 GMT -8
Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 14, 2022 19:23:35 GMT -8
That's a neat story of making due and with software development.
I wrote my main business management software (including print estimating) in HyperCard, which is a scripting language by Apple (no longer continued or supported).
This is not to be confused with professional programming or even good programming. But it worked (and still works, bug free). There's a module that tracks and organizes all jobs in progress (and all relevant data for those jobs), a module for archiving and retrieving previous jobs, a module for customer data, a module for print estimating, a module for employee time keeping, a module for invoicing, and a module for tracking daily, monthly, and yearly gross sales.
This goes back to at least 1991, and probably earlier since I was developing this over a number of years. It runs only in OS 9 so I have to run a Mac OS 9 emulator withing OS X. And I haven't changed my socks since 1997.
No, I have. I'm still working on the same type of computer I purchased in 2011, although I had to replace it with a used one last year. And I think there is a growing movement for "retro" this and that, for using and preserving the things we once so carelessly discarded. Maybe one day that will include the U.S. Constitution.
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Oct 29, 2022 15:42:49 GMT -8
Post by Brad Nelson on Oct 29, 2022 15:42:49 GMT -8
The weather was nice (ish) today: a little sun, no wind, and 55 degrees. I took the eBike out for a very casual spin of 6.94 miles. I was basically tooling around the neighborhood in a several block radius.
You know, if you cruise around your neighborhood you'll see all kinds of things you never knew were there. In a car, everything just moves past you in a blur.
After the ride I decided it was a good time to give this bike its first bath. It looked like a rust-bucket. But that "rust" was a fine dirt that was covering it in an even, almost painted-on, layer. We had almost no rain between mid June and mid October. That is unusual for us. If we get a deluge on the 4th of July, nobody likes it, but nobody sees that as unusual.
This summer was unusual. But having lived here all my life, what is "usual" varies greatly. It's what they call "weather."
I'll take the bike down to the bike shop next week just so he can check it out and do any needed maintenance. And that was a good excuse to give it a good bath. I have it inside now in my heated living room so that it will dry off fast and completely.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Dec 13, 2023 8:54:10 GMT -8
For those interested, the bike like I have has come done in price to $1395.00: Ride1Up LMT'DBut if you want to get your feet wet in eBikes and don't want to spend a lot, I would recommend the Turris for $995.00. If I wasn't going up and down Green Mountain and the like, this is the bike I would get. It's one that they've introduced in the last year or so.  It's about the same weight as my LMT'D (55 lbs). It has a 750 watt motor that provides 60nm of torque which is pretty beefy. My LMT'D has 95nm of torque, which is one of the primary reasons I got it. But that's on the high end of the scale. 60Nm is going to get you where you want to go with ease. I like that the Turris comes standard with fenders. A step-through frame is available for $1295.00. I don't know why the step-throughs tend to cost a little more. But it's well worth it just for comfort and safety. And rather than seeing the step-through as a "girl's bike," I actually prefer the frame design of the step-through the way they've done it:  I really thinks this is a smart-looking bike in the cream. But I love the green as well. And this model doesn't cheat on features. You get the hydraulic brakes and hydraulic lockable front fork. It even comes with a front headlight with a choice of more upright handlebars if you wish, which I think would be ideal for just cruising around Plano for a little exercise. Or Arkansas. |
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Mar 3, 2024 13:55:21 GMT -8
Post by kungfuzu on Mar 3, 2024 13:55:21 GMT -8
Earlier today, we went for a short walk in a local park. I thought we would all benefit from a little movement on a sunny spring day. While walking along, I was once again reminded why I hate cyclists. Not the individual or pair who happily ride down the path. Who are polite and seem to enjoy being in the open. Who look normal. No I am talking about the wannabes who travel in a pack, on expensive racing bikes, in virtually the same spandex tights and funny hat. To my mind they move about as a swarm, with some dick leading the way calling for all mortals in their path to move or be crushed. As they swish by they sometimes utter phony "nice days" or other nonsense in an attempt to appear polite. Ten years ago, we did not have such types in Plano. Then the city fathers arranged to bring in Toyota and numerous other firms from bankrupt California and other leftist dumps, and they are not-so-slowly bringing their disease to us in Texas. May they have perpetual flat tires. May their spokes be clogged with fallen twigs and other such debris as they clutter both our auto-traffic roads and park paths. A curse on such swarms.  |
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Mar 4, 2024 10:35:48 GMT -8
Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 4, 2024 10:35:48 GMT -8
Out on Green Mountain, there are very few posers. I suppose the thing is, hiking or biking a mountain is real work. And given that you don't run across that many people, the opportunities for fashionable virtue-signalling are limited. So the people I meet are people who like biking, hiking, motorcycling, or (becoming more common), just walking their dog. But quite rare is the fat, tattooed lady. And, good god, you wouldn't want to be run over by her. That's some kinetic energy she would be carrying down the bike path.
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