Middle of the week coffee and weather, 18 April

[ibike2havefun]

Good morning everyone

All I know for certain is that it wasn't excessive St. Patrick's Day revelry that activated them, but something had set the mind hamsters into full active mode. Maybe coffee will help calm them down. There's enough that I can share with all of you, too. It's still Kicking Horse.

It's a chilly 26°F in Rockville at this ungodly hour, and worse than that it feels like just 18. Mostly sunny skies and a high around 40 await, much later in the day.

Mrs. Fun said yesterday that she and her sister plan to return from PA this afternoon, so I'd best shoo the dancing girls out before that and maybe get some general tidying-up taken care of.

Stay safe and well everyone and tell your dear ones you love them. Do it today, NOW, for tomorrow may be too late.

 

[ST1100Y]

ever come in early, poured a perfect cup of coffee, sit down, take one sip…
only to have someone immediately pop up in the door-frame, asking stupid questions?
Such incidents should legally reset the day...



G'Day...

2°/14°C, partially cloudy, it shouldn't rain or snow though...

home (comfy & calm) and office (the usual BS) Joe absorbed...

not much to report... SSDD and that...

I'm rationing trusty Toyota's fuel to make it to Thursday...
Those geniuses in administration issued that gas stations are only allowed to raise prices 3 times a week: Mon, Wen, Fri...
ze GF is even more pissed, Diesel has breached the peaks occurring during the famous lock-down...
I don't even want to look at the prices of groceries these days... pfffff...

Alright, back into the mine... updating prices, model numbers & tech data of a complete product range... +200 pages... BOOOOOOORING...

STill not weekend yet?

 

[STooRay]

Thx Keith!
Too bad you can’t shoot those hamsters without hurting yourself…

7˚C/45f, 25mph wind from south, grey.

Day started early.
Visit to the medical center to have my stitches removed. Hurt more than it should. I’m a sissy.
Then to have my barnet done.

Yesterdays tax work was done in 30 minutes, yes I had a clear moment.
Ended up better than expected, no loss.

Today will be a bit of cooking, doing small stuff.

Have a good one!
Stu

From the archives……somewhere on Gaularfjellsvegen, july 2024

 

[Obo]

Morning all, and thanks for the coffee, Keith.

I'm unsure if you should be kicking a horse though, as they are known to kick back (thus the term kick back (not the money term but as in the saw had a nasty kick back.))



-8/-14 here this morning and everything's frozen again, although the snow's mostly gone from yesterday's warm temps, wind and rain. We should see -3 and cloudy for the high with some snow in the forecast for the next couple of days. Nothing major, unless you gauge snow like Sadlsor does.

My mom called me last night to tell me my estranged aunt had passed away. We weren't close at all, having only met her a handful of times in my adult life. We've been trying to find her since my dad passed away in 2022. I don't think I'd seen her in at least a decade, maybe two. Lots of questions, but at least we know now what's what.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Obo.

 

[Sadlsor]

Morning all, I have no story today but I do have coffee.
I know my priorities, after all.
35 and cloudy here, warming back to 60 today and 70 tomorrow.
Nearly ready to remove the Warm and Safe Heat-Troller off the bike, but I'll wait a little longer. It was rough riding below freezing yesterday without my Hippp (Hippo) Hands, as the heated gloves could barely keep up, even with the grip heaters turned up to 80%.
In fairness, I allowed my hands to get cold outside before I put the gloves on. Should have covered my hands while attaching the trailer, but didn't, so my hands started cold and got colder.
Shouldn't need to put the Hands on again this year.
"Famous last words"...?
We'll see.
Regardless of what weather happens today or even next week, I'm convinced summer will come back.
That's my story (and my hope), ...and I'm sticking to it. And soon my clothes will be sticking to me.
We're about halfway to Friday, hang in there.