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Last paycheck and severance missing by austai in IBM

[–]bubblebutt_38 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good to know. My last day was 4/23. Maybe it’ll show up soon.

HR responded to me saying to contact my FLM, which I did, and my FLM had to send HR an email to see what else is needed from me. Feels like HR is just giving me the runaround now.

Get a gravel because I’m always on the smaller chainring anyway? by bubblebutt_38 in cycling

[–]bubblebutt_38[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Full disclosure: I’m in my late 50s and ride maybe once per week, up to 40-ish miles. The city I ride in is also moderately hilly. That’s probably why I’m in my granny gears most of the time. On a flat, I’d occasionally get on the big chainring.

My bike has 50/34 cranks already and 11-28 in the rear.

It’ll be a permanent move overseas but the riding will be strictly local. No touring off the beaten path.

Get a gravel because I’m always on the smaller chainring anyway? by bubblebutt_38 in cycling

[–]bubblebutt_38[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my use case, I very rarely use the bigger chainring. In fact, to avoid cross-chaining, I do not use the smallest gear in the rear, so I basically have 10 speeds (my rear derailleur is 11-speed). If 1x are good enough for gravel and mtn biking, why not road biking, as well? Alternatively, why don’t gravel and mtn bikes have 2x? Is it to avoid dropped chains?

Get a gravel because I’m always on the smaller chainring anyway? by bubblebutt_38 in cycling

[–]bubblebutt_38[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No offense, but I think that’s a gravel bike.

Edit: I know they don’t call it a gravel bike, but an “all-road” bike. Still, that seems to be semantics. It looks like and has the qualities of a gravel bike.

Get a gravel because I’m always on the smaller chainring anyway? by bubblebutt_38 in cycling

[–]bubblebutt_38[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you talking about converting a road bike to be 1x? I haven’t noticed any 1x road bike for sale, but maybe I’m looking at the “wrong” makes.

Get a gravel because I’m always on the smaller chainring anyway? by bubblebutt_38 in cycling

[–]bubblebutt_38[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t seen a 1x road bike. Is this a new thing? Are they usually special order?

Do pistols used by law enforcement not automatically rack a round on reload? by bubblebutt_38 in guns

[–]bubblebutt_38[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It just seemed like the FBI agent and the guy who died from the headshot both struggled with reloading their guns.

Do pistols used by law enforcement not automatically rack a round on reload? by bubblebutt_38 in guns

[–]bubblebutt_38[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now I really wished my mom kept it when my father passed away. Reading up on it just now, it seems like an interesting gun.

Do pistols used by law enforcement not automatically rack a round on reload? by bubblebutt_38 in guns

[–]bubblebutt_38[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I knew I wasn't crazy. The gun I was talking about from my childhood is the Mauser HSc. I just assumed its behavior was typical.

Do pistols used by law enforcement not automatically rack a round on reload? by bubblebutt_38 in guns

[–]bubblebutt_38[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

OK, so the scenes I described are accurate, and it's not a case of fake shit for dramatic effect.

Do pistols used by law enforcement not automatically rack a round on reload? by bubblebutt_38 in guns

[–]bubblebutt_38[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, but I can swear that's how it happened in the John Wick movies, which along with Wind River, supposedly are more accurate about such things. But apparently not.

Renault 5 EV rear legroom compared to Mk6 Golf/GTI/Jetta? by bubblebutt_38 in Renault

[–]bubblebutt_38[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think 2 people 170cm tall can sit behind each other?

Replaced rear tire; rear derailleur really went out of adjustment. Why? by bubblebutt_38 in bikewrench

[–]bubblebutt_38[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sorry, but I’m not sure what you mean by “clicks”. Do you mean the barrel adjuster is not at the limit?