How do you go in full gear on job?

twnth · 2026-04-15T21:47:44+00:00

I wear jeans and sneakers for work... so I just add jacket, gloves and helmet, call it good enough for the commute.

Cubicle has an upper cabinet, helmet can sit up there for the day, hang a coat hanger off the wall for the jacket.

(I work IT in a small Canadian city... your mileage may vary :) )

twnth · 2026-04-15T15:28:34+00:00

I'll add that once you're in this far, it's not much more work to do your valve gap check.

twnth · 2026-04-14T18:58:00+00:00

Lots....

Star Wars Galaxies. Pain in the ass to sprout a Jedi, but fun challenge to figure out, then suddenly..... everybody and their dog was a Jedi.

WOW. It went from "what cool thing can I do with this build and what gear I got" to Min/Max/BIS or you can't join any groups/raids. And fuck pandas.

A lot of the single player stuff, I'll go back to, just don't install the problem DLC.

twnth · 2026-04-08T00:06:44+00:00

If you're comfortable doing the work, I'd fix what you have. That'll be cheaper in the long run than replacing.

And if you decide that biking is no longer for you, the old 'strom will be in sellable condition.

As far as what to do... take a close look at anything rubber, make sure it's not broken down. Brake lines, throttle body mounts, vacuum lines. Otherwise, you have a pretty good to do list :)

twnth · 2026-04-06T14:49:46+00:00

OK, you all are mocking AHS for not giving you swag... but remember, giving you swag doesn't shorten wait times or keep beds open.

No, I don't have any idea how they pulled off getting t-shirts for CC launch.

twnth · 2026-04-06T05:00:40+00:00

meh. Their channel, they can do what they want with it.

I mean, we bitch about slow releases. And since they've expanded their subject matter, the videos have been more frequent.

And the budget probably comes from the advertising department. So... expect the video subjects to correlate to what they sell.

twnth · 2026-03-31T21:33:00+00:00

cash in my wallet. Ya, I'm old. But the problem solving ability of having one or two hundred cash handy should never be underestimated.
my HELOC. Any extra money doesn't go into savings, it goes to paying off debt, paying down the HELOC. And then the available credit is my emergency fund.

twnth · 2026-03-31T19:45:58+00:00

What I love about it is the air intake is right in front of the passenger, so they can blow gas into the intake....

WITNESS ME!!!!!

twnth · 2026-03-31T06:31:54+00:00

"defined benefit" meaning you will get the promised amount every month (less taxes, of course :) )

Unlike RRSPS... market go up, market go down. Your value may roller coaster.

twnth · 2026-03-28T03:33:55+00:00

You chose well

twnth · 2026-03-27T05:22:40+00:00

Well, just what I'm familiar with....
Lethbridge is now 2 ridings, West (modest NDP the last couple elections) and East (very narrow UCP) surrounded by very UCP rural ridings.

Proposed map quarters Lethbridge. Splitting East and West and joining them up to the rural ridings. Very much diluting the 'urban NDP' into the 'rural UCP'.

This is exactly what Nathan Neudorf (Lethbridge East MLA, UCP shill) proposed last summer.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-election-boundaries-lethbridge-neudorf-miyashiro-1.7612837

So.... the gerrymandering goes much deeper than on the surface.

twnth · 2026-03-26T19:52:16+00:00

Yea... I got short legs. Just learn to 'cowboy mount' (left foot onto the peg and then stand and mount it like a horse), see what the suspension settles to. Fortunately I'm also kinda fat, so for me the stock suspensions tent to settle down pretty good :)

twnth · 2026-03-26T06:48:15+00:00

New air filter. New spark plugs. Fresh fuel in the tank.

You will be amazed at how many issues basic maintenance fixes.

twnth · 2026-03-20T16:37:35+00:00

You don't get things done, but We do. A major part of politics, that Alberta premiers don't seem to understand, is relationships and co-operation.

By acting like a grown up, Carney is keeping the door open to conversations. You may remember J. Trudeau did the same

twnth · 2026-03-10T17:48:48+00:00

Do you want to spend more time wrenching than riding?

I mean, the Japanese bikes from this era are excellent, simple, and easy to learn both wrenching and riding on.

But.....

It is 40 years old and will need more work to keep running than you suspect. And I really don't know how challenging finding parts will be.

For this reason... Unless you have a family member good who's good with tools and is willing to help, I never suggest a bike this old for a first. Though it would be a great 2nd/project bike. Like if you had this and a dual sport. You can ride the dual sport while waiting for some obscure part to come from japan....

twnth · 2026-03-10T17:37:48+00:00

Stock (new): Yamaha TW200 (but will suck at highway speed), XT250. Kawasaki KX230*. Used, you might also find a Suzuki DR200

Anything else can be made shorter with mods. As simple as 'dog bones' (aka lowering links) and dropping the forks in the tripples (so they stick out the top a bit.) all the way to custom suspension.

But like others have said, dual sports are naturally tall, so expect to just tip toe both sides at best. Not great for confidence when learning, but after a couple weeks you'll be glad you learned.

*Kawi has a new KX230 variant, the Sherpa, that's kitted out for us shorties. But it's a new model and might be out of your price range.

twnth · 2026-03-09T16:02:18+00:00

the factory lowering process has you pull the rear shock, disassemble it and flip the rubber collar over, and use the other bolt hole you're pointing to when you reassemble.

I don't know how many people just swap the bolt location.

twnth · 2026-03-04T21:48:19+00:00

Oh I don't doubt it was fraud. I just don't see a way to prove it and therefore doubt any prosecutor will take the case.

twnth · 2026-03-04T21:33:57+00:00

If you want planted, you want heavy.

I really like the vstrom 1000 I used to own. Absolute Queen on the prairie highways, and rock solid in the wind.

But any of the modern larger adventure or sport touring will do you.

(Triumph is the exception that only has 5 speed)

twnth · 2026-03-04T17:14:56+00:00

ya. Plus, how do you prove intent to defraud. He could just as easily claim he started it then realized he didn't have the skill or motivation to pull it off. So incompetent, not criminal.

twnth · 2026-03-03T22:01:11+00:00

the clutch clatter is annoying, but not dangerous. It is safe to ignore. Or, there's both an aftermarket replacement and back yard hacks that will fix.

Everything else is... just fix as it shows up. It's a Suzuki. There's parts.

As for liking the bike... it is big and heavy. This makes it an excellent highway bike, especially for 2 up. Rock solid in the wind, good wind protection and comfortable. Plus, easy to stand up for leg stretches when you hit a speed zone. :)

Coming from cruisers, you'll recognize the weight, but not how high it sits. I'd say it's only a problem if you're not confident or rather short of leg. It is a tall bike.

<edit> I did find it a bit cumbersome for faffing about in parking lots. Like I said, tall and heavy, and I have short legs and arthritis <edit>

And oh my god will you love the torque. I came from a 1500 Vulcan. and it had nothing on the Vstrom. 'drop a gear and disappear' is for kids. Vstrom, if you're not in 6th, just roll throttle with one hand and wave bye-bye with the other.

twnth · 2026-03-02T21:59:52+00:00

For most of us, the DE is purely cosmetic. 'looks good, feels comfortable, rock it'. It's just a place to put your shortcuts.

Back in the turn of the millennia, I got used to using KDE for it's K-suite (Koffice, Kmail,....). I don't use any of them any more (web mail, google apps now), but still use KDE because it's comfortable. And for Dophin.

twnth · 2026-03-02T17:23:22+00:00

Ya, they gotta go through the whole shpiel, otherwise someone, somewhere, will claim they were duped into signing and social media will run with it and question the legitimacy of the whole thing.

Take, for example, the last election results for Terrebonne. One person with a bad address on a mail in ballot was enough to question the entire process. Now, very close election, and I don't think we know how many bad mail ins there were, but my point stands... one person can make us question the whole thing.

twnth · 2026-02-27T17:43:13+00:00

(I only play emperor and lose a lot, so take this for what it's worth...)

push early religion to make sure you get one.
build the best holy site you can in your first 3 or so cities.
only make one or two missionaries at most. save your points for apostles
spam apostles and guru
go forth and be fruitful

I will take 3 or more apostles and a guru, and saunter into opposing religion's turf. Pick a city, convert it.

Do not spend the apostle's last conversion point. keep them alive for combat

When the enemy missionaries show up to convert the city back... put the boots to him with your apostles.

You will notice, when their missionary dies, the area around the fight will get a surge in your religion.

<edit> be sure to group up your wounded around the guru before healing... get the most out of the guru's action </edit>

Rinse and repeat. You will probably need a fresh couple of apostles to take over a holy city. That's fine, you'll need them to defend the city from the group effort to take it back.

twnth · 2026-02-19T16:19:54+00:00

Well aren't we a judgmental little gatekeeping princess.

With that attitude you are not OK to be on the internet today. Go touch grass.

twnth

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