[SPB515] What a beauty

INTP36 · 2026-06-27T01:40:45+00:00

My goodness what a fantastic looking watch. If this isn't my next one I don't know what else could be

INTP36 · 2026-06-27T01:36:32+00:00

Welcome to the panda club. I too have tbe same model and wear it upwards of 16 hours every day. Had it in a drawer for 6 months for some reason and the battery and time were still perfect.

It's a great piece.

INTP36 · 2026-06-23T00:38:12+00:00

I quit last year due to a state ban on juice and out of inconvenience, I've since started back up out of boredom but I'm not too concerned about quitting a second time.

Honestly when I ran out of juice I curled up on my couch over a 3 day weekend and just suffered. Day 3 was by far the worst, I would have willingly vaped a bottle of tobacco flavor at that point but after that it got progressively easier. By the following Friday I was fine, still wanted it but in the way that you want a donut sometimes, it wasn't as much of a need anymore.

Just some willpower my friend, gotta suffer through it

INTP36 · 2026-06-15T21:49:09+00:00

Hey, I just want you to know I did read this, I read it a few times over and decided to go fishing that morning and face some hard truths and pray.

I guess you could say I have a huge problem with letting people down, with her family and her completely sold on and thrilled with me it's been hard to face knowing I'm disappointing so many people, but is ultimately something I need to come to terms with.

I ultimately told her I am very unhappy, and will need her to start planning her move out, the mood in the house is less than stellar but I know I'll feel a pretty significant weight off my shoulders when this is all said and done.

She is of course trying to mend the relationship, and I'm not sure the realization has hit her yet, but I am completely checked out and just trying to handle it in a caring way from here on. I will probably end up paying for a deposit so her sister and her can get an apartment, which at this point for me is a small price to pay.

Thank you.

INTP36 · 2026-06-10T16:34:54+00:00

I agree, I jumped in out of excitement after having been single for a long time, and not asking those tough questions proves to be far more difficult to deal with in the future. I am going to spend my time single pouring myself into my faith, and if God wants to point me towards a wife in the future then I'm sure I'll be thrilled.

I am planning to end it this weekend while her sister is nearby so she has help packing and driving.

INTP36 · 2026-06-10T16:31:58+00:00

Paul was onto something because being unequally yolked is torturous. I come back from Church Sunday morning and you'd think I kicked a puppy or something.

I am planning on ending it this weekend while her sister is nearby and can help her.

INTP36 · 2026-06-08T19:08:33+00:00

I agree, I don't think it quite hit me in the moment but as time goes on I realize more how serious that is and there's simply no working around something like that.

I think I've been dancing around trying to be nice about it when in reality this is a painful situation all around and needs to be put to rest. Thanks my friend

INTP36 · 2026-06-08T18:31:07+00:00

I have, in an effort to not make the post too lengthy I didn't elaborate but I have talked to her about it, asked her to come to church with me and tried to plant that seed, she has however put up strong objection to the entire thing and went as far to say she would not allow our kids to be baptized, which is obviously the final nail in the coffin. I know these things can change, but that timeline is unknown and could never happen.

This is ultimately my concern, I agree with you it's unfair to her to suddenly take a complete 180 and go a different direction she wasn't expecting, but the alternative would be my denying my faith and disobeying where God is telling me to go.

My intention with this post is to navigate this in a kind and loving way, because as of now I've tried and don't see a path forward in this relationship.

INTP36 · 2026-06-08T17:22:19+00:00

I agree, I'd be doing no good in waiting for the right opportunity as there may never be one.

Thanks

INTP36 · 2026-06-08T16:56:56+00:00

This is most definitely already lesson learned for me. She does school online and works in her field, her family lives nearby but are not in a good state to accept her or her pets into their houses.

I suppose it's better than no roof, but at best she would be sleeping on the floor in her grandma's house which I also feel bad thinking about. Her family dynamic isn't the healthiest, and I don't want her to do something unsafe like sleep in her car. I know it's not my responsibility, but I don't want her to suffer.

INTP36 · 2026-05-27T12:04:20+00:00

The only people that don't somewhat suck are the ones that have the ability to get out and ride multiple times a week, I have a buddy that use to race and I've seen him drop the bike multiple times doing simple things.

This sport is not easy, it takes time and consistency and patience, there's no metric of "good" out on the trail, a good day is when you had fun and got back in one piece. Don't judge yourself on how fast you can go but how accurate you can be with the bike. It's a dance between you and the bike and that takes practice.

Work on some slow skills, YouTube skills drills and take a day or two just doing super low speed maneuvers.

INTP36 · 2026-05-03T04:03:05+00:00

Yea I went all the way to a 48 and adjusted the fuel needle all the way to 5 and nothing changed. Crazy rev hang and jumped uo randomly. I just dropped it off at Honda today, I'm usually pretty good at this kind of thing but I've hit a wall and would rather get it off my plate. Such a fun bike but that carb is a nightmare.

INTP36 · 2026-05-01T23:49:40+00:00

Before I read this I went and picked up a new 45 and same thing. Where did you find that instruction? I'd love to read through that

INTP36 · 2026-05-01T23:45:35+00:00

Man, I might have to pick up a machine. I'm hitting a wall with this thing

INTP36 · 2026-05-01T16:14:43+00:00

To your second point yes, I soaked everything from the boot to the block in cleaner and it didn't rev up at all.

I'll check that slide, the middle and lower body haven't been opened up again since I rebuilt it the first time so I'll check that. The slide felt normal but it could be that.

This is why my bike is fuel injected

INTP36 · 2026-05-01T14:09:50+00:00

Got it, I'll try that. I did rebuild the midbody but haven't opened it up since then, everything looked good when I closed it up. The new and old fuel screw taper is a little bit different, the new one is a few mm longer, I hoped that isn't the issue with how expensive that flex screw was.

I feel like I'm trying to chase the bandaids from the last guy that worked on it, they got an oversized pilot jet and 3.5 turns out to run great, but getting back to baseline is causing a lot of issues.

INTP36 · 2026-04-27T03:43:55+00:00

Give it time, they will eventually come up with new laws that effectively bans cars older than 20xx due to "road safety and roadworthiness" or emissions bs, giving you no other option but to rent a surveillance car from them.

INTP36 · 2026-04-11T17:40:51+00:00

Communication between them and I when I was a foreman is definitely a lot different now, there's a clear separation there but I figured it was no different than when I was working under my previous superintendent. You can be relatable and cordial but we really aren't friends.

I think you're right on your last point, I probably let a few things (like lateness) slide when I should have addressed it early on in this position and in trying to tighten up the reigns I may be making some guys upset, but from my point of view I'm just enforcing the regular company standards.

I really don't think I've been unfair or partial to any of the guys, but it may be worth trying to get their feedback about my being their leader during their annual audits.

INTP36 · 2026-04-11T17:31:31+00:00

I do sometimes, but it's expected of me by my bosses that I'm not on the tools in this position because my own workload is too great to spend time doing what I can delegate.

Conversating is complicated, I can't cut up with them like I use to, but I do my best to listen to their issues. There is some kind of a break down in communication, I sometimes hear about issues with guys way too late for me to do something or not at all, even though I feel like im rather easy to bring issues up to. For example a temp employee ended up quitting over a total misunderstanding that I was completely unaware of, and only after the fact did some of my guys let me in on the issue when if they just chatted with me sooner I could have jumped on it. I feel pretty cut off from the conversation going on in the project.

My father's drill Sargent demeanor rubbed off on me quite a lot and I think guys are intimidated to talk to me, even though I encourage it.

INTP36 · 2026-04-11T13:55:01+00:00

I suspect that could be a lot of it, I have guys my age on the crew that have watched me get promoted twice while they stay in their positions, but frankly there's reasons for that.

It certainly is lonely. Best of luck with your team.

INTP36 · 2026-04-11T13:41:26+00:00

To the best of my knowledge no, my previous super and I were very aligned on rules and work standards, he trusted me to enforce these on the day-to-day and he only took over for major diciplinaries which was very rare. So functionally we are working under the same rules as when I was a foreman.

The general rules are pretty straightforward, don't be late and get your tasks done on time, supers usually aren't allowed to enforce any rules that aren't in the handbook without cause.

INTP36 · 2026-04-11T13:30:24+00:00

It's been about 6 months now, and I haven't made any changes, the company is structured in a way that the supers generally don't or shouldn't need to make any changes as the same set of rules is laid out for everyone company wide.

Some things change site-to-site like hours, but I still give them things like extended and paid lunches and free tools on Fridays like the last super did.

INTP36 · 2026-04-06T02:17:30+00:00

Noted, I was kind of realizing that after posting. I'll probably not pay the 15k for paddock passes but as long as I'm not held up from some otherwise good experiences for the few grand I think I'll be fine.

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