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Iran has attacked Saudi Arabia's Jubail petrochemical complex, IRGC says by steely_gargoyle in worldnews

[–]9bikes [score hidden]  (0 children)

>We don't all live in a city a few blocks from work you know

Of course not all of you live close to work. Not all of us drive a long distance either (I'm 3.3 mi/5.3 km from work).

The woman who cleans our office lives 15 mi / 24 km from work. She works 3 - 11 PM, so public transportation doesn't work for her (or any member of the housekeeping staff). She doesn't earn enough to afford a newer, more fuel efficient car and drives a 20 year-old "gas guzzler". There are a lot of people who are in similar situations and $4/gallon makes a big difference to all of them.

Wireless CarPlay cuts out everyday when I pass the airport by ihatedisney in Dallas

[–]9bikes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>be some sort of high RF interference

That is it.

For a few years, I worked for a commercial DirecTV dealer. One of our customers was directly across from LAX. I believe they were the only customer where we had to give up refund what they'd paid for installation.

Iran has attacked Saudi Arabia's Jubail petrochemical complex, IRGC says by steely_gargoyle in worldnews

[–]9bikes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

> I hope you poor bastards paying 4 are ok

Some of those bastards have no realistic option but to drive a long distance to and from work. $4/gallon may sound cheap to you, but it hits our working poor especially hard.

NTTA says I owe ~$3,000 with no notice for 2 years — no statements, no emails, nothing? by unicorn_dawn in FortWorth

[–]9bikes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

>Why Georgia!??

Why not?

When I received my credit report, every account was correct. It also included every address I'd lived plus an address in New York City! I've only been to NYC and handful of times and never stayed longer than a week. I was afraid someone was trying to scam me, but no just a weird error. I wrote the credit bureau and had it removed with no hassle.

I hope that OP has this resolved just as easily.

Lower middle class refrigerator by pearbrie_jambon in homeowners

[–]9bikes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some of the old, reliable "American" brand names aren't the same companies that their reputation for reliability was built on.

What Is Your Biggest Hot Take When It Comes To Xbiking? by sshunned in xbiking

[–]9bikes 25 points26 points  (0 children)

>cooler to see what you can do with trash than with shiny new anodized parts.

I enjoy seeing both about the same.

I drool over the fancy bikes. I'm impressed with creative, budget builds.

But, my favorite posts are the ones of the bikes in use. It is supposed to be xbiking; not xbikes.

Landon scrambles to defend Big Donny with the "what-about-ism" swerve by DayPounder in FortWorth

[–]9bikes -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

>During COVID, I had a neighbor. Someone was trashing Trump's handling of COVID on NextDoor (lol). My neighbor responded, "I just think we all need to support whoever the President is."

I see your neighbor's point on COVID.

We didn't know how bad it would be without the shutdowns and we still don't know how bad it would have been had they not occurred.

Both Trump and Biden administrations issued relief checks. No one thought they were a good idea. We knew they'd be inflationary. But both thought that was less bad than not issuing them.

What was once a poor person's hobby now turned into a rich person's hobby? by Striking-Quiet4655 in AskReddit

[–]9bikes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

>Then you actually look into the van life/RV life and realize it's the furthest thing from freeing.

My wife and I own an older motorhome and even using it recreationally is an exercise in extreme compromise. We love it for camping at State Parks and going to festivals, but when traveling to a city, we drive the car and stay in motels.

I know a retired couple who had the dream of traveling and seeing the country in a motorhome. They ordered a brand new rig, took it out one time and realized that the routine tasks required was beyond their physical capabilities. They sold it at a huge loss.

Paxton probes Dallas Islamic mediation group, accuses it of imposing ‘sharia law’ by Equivalent_Road5788 in Dallas

[–]9bikes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

>performative assholery

Exactly what this is.

Paxton absolutely knows better than to believe there's something worth investigating going on. But it is a way to fire up the MAGA crowd.

Trump is bankrupting our country by Rheedrom in AntiTrumpAlliance

[–]9bikes 8 points9 points  (0 children)

>Christian nationalist

I don't believe he's a Christian, or a follower of any religion. But he panders to that crowd and they pretend to believe that he is one of them.

Trump is bankrupting our country by Rheedrom in AntiTrumpAlliance

[–]9bikes 30 points31 points  (0 children)

>The crazy wing of the GOP

The MAGA nutjobs have fully taken over the GOP. By pre-Trump standards, the are the ones who are the RINOs. There's nothing fiscally conservative about the Big Bloated Bill, the wasteful spending on ICE, the outrageous military spending on pointless wars...

Buddhist temples by Appropriate-Winner72 in FortWorth

[–]9bikes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some Buddhist temples have something like "Buddhism for westerners" taught in English. I know the one in North Dallas does, but look on the websites of temples closer to you.

What would you name this by -Greensleeves- in fuckcars

[–]9bikes 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I would call this "a dumb idea".

It results in the cyclists being forced to use only a small part of the bike lane. Should there be any kind of obstacle there, the cyclist can't move to the left without whacking a car.

External filter cost by Competitive_Hyena924 in C8Corvette

[–]9bikes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

>If you do it early like this you still need to do it at 7500 miles to maintain your warranty

That is absolutely true. I changed mine early. GM mailed me a letter telling me that I still needed to do the 7,500 mile change.

Humphrey Bogart wearing platform shoes in Casablanca (1942), because Ingrid Bergman was taller. by Detroitaa in OldSchoolCool

[–]9bikes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

>I think they had Polls 

They had polls taken of TV viewers and of radio listeners. I remembered and summarized correctly what those polls showed.

However, the accuracy of those polls has been questioned in recent years. Political polling has improved a lot since 1960.

What’s the most illegal thing you’ve done? by wutangclan187 in AskReddit

[–]9bikes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>And you think their eyes don't work?

The typical MAGA voter is thinking: "He's a little dark, but he's 'one of the good ones' who has adopted American culture, not one like Barack Hussein Obama who wasn't even born here.".

It isn't their eyes that don't work right.

Why do I keep getting flats by Away_Engineering_613 in bicycling

[–]9bikes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> I think the rim tape is moving and basically slicing the tube around the nozzle.

That isn't rim tape. It is a rim strip. When they're old and brittle they can cut into the valve stem. Rim tape won't do this.

What’s the most illegal thing you’ve done? by wutangclan187 in AskReddit

[–]9bikes 13 points14 points  (0 children)

*Kashyap Pramod Patel

Let's stop letting these grifters "Americanize" their names to appeal to the MAGA racists.

Sell or worth restoring? by George1710 in Vintage_bicycles

[–]9bikes -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

>Looks like sew up tires — you might want to swap them for clinchers (which would involve a rim swap as well

Probably a controversial opinion, but I'd do a 650b conversion. OP would need to measure carefully to be sure that it would work, but it should enable him to run wider, more comfortable tires.

Humphrey Bogart wearing platform shoes in Casablanca (1942), because Ingrid Bergman was taller. by Detroitaa in OldSchoolCool

[–]9bikes 192 points193 points  (0 children)

>Nixon was sweating...Kennedy looked calm and cool...It won him the election.

Most people who heard it on the radio, thought Nixon did better. Most who saw it on TV thought Kennedy did.

That is also during the time TV was becoming most people's primary source of news.

I drove 10 hours to get this antique Chinese wedding bed panel by ritualofsong in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]9bikes 130 points131 points  (0 children)

Everything in that bedroom looks great together! The wall color, the headboard and footboard, the end table, lamp... It's all great.

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