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I’d guess 40+ years of emotional baggage.

Might not be a big deal to some of you.. or any lol. But: im 48. I have never in my life had upper body strength. Legs and stamina I got - but even when I was swimming alot I had no strength. When I really started pushing myself a year ago one of my goals was to be able to do a chin up/pull up. Even in my best days in the military I couldnt do this. I had been working towards this with certain exercises but hadnt made an attempt in nearly two months. Monday I was at a play ground with my 10 year old and on a whim tried it hanging off the damn monkey bars… and I did it! Cold - in street clothes. So today Im back in the gym. Warmed up a bit and then grabbed the bar - banged out 3 good ones in a row. Relaxed for a minute and them banged out 3 more. Flat foot, full stretch chin ups. First time in my whole damn life.

It's standard for sedans. The controller is in the "pocket" behind the left tail light, and the trailer cord sits in the sub-trunk. You pull it out to use it, adjust the length, close the trunk. The lube is Permatex silver anti-sieze. I was going to go with copper for extra bling, but forgot. I've had several balls get damaged by running dry, though it was with much more weight.

If you put enough safety chain on it, the hitch may reach the passenger seat if it jumps off the ball. Don't worry, the battery will stop it.

Tomek says it's fucked so now we can comfortably say that it's good for at least 3X of the measly ton that you plan to pull.

I thought you saw that coming. 🤪🤪🤪🤪 Yeah, bolts will tighten that up a wee bit. HF also sells a hitch anti-wobble plate.

Basil seeds have much higher fiber than flax, and a bit higher than chia. I'm not aware of anything this easy to add that is as high in fiber. Basil has no net carbs, all fiber. Each tbsp: Flax 2 Chia 5 Basil 7

“She who must be obeyed”

See, you didn't follow the rules and now you paid for it. 😄

I'm fine, I always smoke a cigar and drink a beer while I do it. The label says that eating, smoking, and drinking during the application are prohibited. I only do two of them. I'm good. I skim the 50 pages of dilution rules, key on the biggest one, and then a little more to be sure.

If I had a 25 year old pick-up, I think I would just remove whatever is left of the insulation pad, and not worry about. But that's me.

You have to keep it because you will need it someday. Man I'm ready for someday. 🙂

I saw that and averted my eyes quickly, as I reflexively thought it may have been a Carlos post.

...girl scout techniques?

Bad. Every time I rearrange my tools, time goes by and I can't find the seldom used one that I need to complete what I'm working on. I never thought of it until now, maybe it would be a good idea to take the time to shoot some pics of where things are so I don't keep buying the same tool that I already own and find as soon as I get the new one.

It found a good home...looks like I'm a non-rider now Time to say goodbye to my FJR. Posting here first before I put it out to the world. 2014 Yamaha FJR1300 ES 24,056 Miles, Garage Kept, Excellent Condition, $10,500 Electronic suspension Electronic cruise control Heated grips Electronic adjustable windshield Cee Bailey aftermarket windshield and stock windshield included Cee Bailey headlight protectors Fog lights USB port Voltage gauge Pazzo brake and clutch levers Tank Bra Alarm system 2 Brothers carbon fiber exhaust and stock exhaust Included Russell Day-Long seat with removable rider backrest Frame Sliders Saddlebag guards Ventura soft rear pack system with 50 Liter pack Yamaha Shop Manual More pics available if interested

Good looking mile eater.

Burn it to the ground…only way to be sure.

I had the same problem with my 98. It was the fuel petcock diaphragm. Only leaked when running.

Same here. Some day I might replace the belt, but that old one slapping around and shaking the fuck out of the machine keeps things exciting.

I know many of you will be more interested in the latter, but I'm more interested in how life-changing this has been for me, and for many others. The fact that they are "gouging" has to be measured against the immense effort to create it, and how much value it provides to society. What is it? Tirzepatide, brand name Mounjaro. It's a GLP-1 and GIP agonist, the first of its kind ever, with stunning results. What does this mean? It stabilizes blood sugar for type 2 diabetics, or like me, pre-diabetics. I don't have diabetes, but I also don't have fully normal/stable blood sugar. It's been an ongoing challenge. I also didn't know how much this factored into many other parts of health and life. It does it through multiple mechanisms; better insulin response, and slowed gastric emptying. If your food moves slower, you absorb it slower, and eat less of it. Mounjaro has a retail price of $1044 per month. Notice I said per month, not for any given quantity. This is the game I'm beating. It's sold in a pen injector, which delivers the entire thing in a quick subcutaneous shot. The pens come in milligram doses of 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, and 15. Each is in a 0.5ml suspension. The price is the same. That's right, you pay the same to be "fixed" no matter the dosage. It is recommended to start at 2.5 weekly, and move up to 5 in four weeks. Then see how the results are and probably, but not always, continue moving up. I did none of that. After many many hours of research, I decided on a new course. Also, I had not realized that the pens were all the same price, and had no idea I could defeat them. See, I was prescribed the 2.5 dose, and even with a coupon and insurance, my price would be $750 per month. Motherfucker. My searching and reading led me to various sources of a generic version of the drug, which is not legal of course, so that also made me happy. Beating two systems at once? Cool. I started buying a dry powder version and reconstituting it myself, and just self injecting with a normal insulin needle. I paid $150 for 5mg at first, to see how it worked. That would still be expensive. The results were pretty much a miracle, I'll get to that later. Once I new I wanted more, I shopped harder and found a few other sources. One was $100 per 10mg vial, from a US vendor. They delivered in a few days. The other is in China, $490 for ten vials of 10mg, but delivery is a month-ish. Some people get it faster, some slower. So anyway, I've been using various vendors of the dry powder. Meanwhile, I learn about the game of the pens all being the same price. So it would be $750 for the four pens of 2.5, or for the four pens of 15. LOL, ok, I can see how to beat this. Inject the pen into a sterile vial, instead of my skin, and dispense from there. Too easy. Also feeds my love of hacking systems. Along with this, my reading led to the knowledge that the half-life of the drug is only 117 hours, so just under five days. The once a week recommendation from the manufacturer? Marketing, and ease of use for morons. It would be too hard to get patient compliance for dosing every 3, 4, or 5 days. And marketing "only once a week!" has a lot more power. Motherfuckers. So, I started on the dry powder at a rate of 2.5mg per three days. This is way more than a recommended starting dose. "Carlos, you moron, you're playing with your life and you think you know better than the doctors?" Nah, my doc said it's perfectly fine, but that I will feel shitty. The low recommendation is based on--marketing and patience acceptance. If you get hit with major side effects you may hate it and/or stop. So they start you on light side effect, but for longer. Fuck that bullshit. Rip the band-aid off. Give me all the problems hard, now, and get it over with. Also, I don't want the ups and downs of a weekly dose. I got a spreadsheet showing the blood accumulation levels, and ran calculations on what would get me to a therapeutic dose the fastest, and be maintainable. Again, doc says, you're not gonna die, roll with it. Actually he said "I can't advise you to ignore the recommendations, but you'll be fine." So my blood sugar is super stable. I went from hitting 160-some regularly and peaks of 190+ to never hitting 130 at all (which is the normal max). I went from a waking level of 105 (pre-diabetic level) to being in the 70s and 80s. They consider 100 to be pre-diabetic, and below 90 to be ideal. So cool, how does this change your life? Well, I'm suddenly sleeping all night. I'm suddenly full of energy most days, and have few energy drops that I had lived with and considered normal. And then, one day...a friend makes a comment that makes me realize that the tinnitus I was left with after COVID, is gone. And along with it the recurrent inner ear imbalance shit. This drug is implicated in a shitload of inflammatory issues and auto-immune issues being resolved. It's a possible treatment for MS and related disorders. Diabetes is an autoimmune disorder too (for those who are very aware of T1/T2 differences, new research says T2 probably is too). Blood sugar problems have a shitload of other effects, and they are all gone. The overall impact of the totality of the problem was hidden from me until they were gone. I'm not exaggerating when I say that it's massively life changing, in so many completely unpredictable ways, fixing things I've taken for granted for decades. I had this conversation with the guys at MotoGP; one of their wives has been taking it, and they say "life changing" is an under-exaggeration. Also MotoGP pointed out all my resolved issues. I got up way early, drove an hour, walked 8.1 miles through the entire day, drove an hour, sat around bullshitting, and was the last one ready for bed, at 2am. Got up at 7, drove an hour, only walked six miles this time, drove a couple hours for various reasons, and again last one to be tired. A side problem of diabetes is frequent urination, and being thirsty all the time, even while drinking lots of water. That would suck at the track, and driving a lot. But those things are gone. Done. A side effect of slowed gastric emptying is eating less. Being forced to eat less. Had to learn this. But great, eating more rationally is good. I learned I had extremely fast emptying, which led to never feeling full. The brain connection was fucked. It also means drinking less, including alcohol, and it has a very reduced effect. Wouldn't you want to drink more? Nope, the opposite. And then I find myself thinking, why are all my friends fucking drunk? Anyway, there's the long story. I still have more powder, and now I have my pens. I want to experiment with the real thing to build a baseline of expectations. I'm 90% sure one of the vendors is fucking me on overall potency/amount. But the way to know is to do the pens for a while, and then the dry, and compare results. I'm wearing a constant glucose monitor so every minute is tracked. And that was another pharma game to play, but this is already long enough.

Here is the current model of the frame part, it's not showing the bolt on part that the GIVI case clicks into: https://sw-motech.us/products/luggage/luggage+racks/STREET-RACK/4052572051177.htm

When I was towing a lot, and when I had a tri-ball, I had these plastic covers that would slip over the balls. Keeps them clean, keeps the grease from getting on you. I mean, I'd still bust a shin on it, but at least it wouldn't have grease in the cut.

Wow, that is more saw than I thought from the other thread.

This is definitely not good for our corporate overlords. I did an 8mg shot today, and will space my next one at around 5 days, I hope.

Have you tried cleaning the seals? It's worked for me on the leaky/weepy forks I've tried. They sell tools for it, a common DIY tool is a piece of photo film. I think I used a plastic water bottle to make mine.

The Rock Auto isn't a Ford part and there is three different sizes. I believe it is a universal part. https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=2848932&pt=1000334&jsn=510&jsn=510 $12.99 shipping to my house.

I'm wearing a CGM. As you said, the data is super crucial. If I'm going to self medicate, I better do it right. Plus, it is just so personally satisfying to see this happen. Before: After: Drink more. Exercise that liver and tell it who's boss.

Yesterday I was tinkering with the Jeep and wanted to replace the thermostat, but didn't wanna drive to the store. Hoarding paid off, I had the right size and temp NIB Murray thermostat sitting in a parts bin. Anti-hoarding fuck you; A couple months ago I tossed a bunch of brand new lug nuts that happen to be the exact OEM type used on the Cherokee, and this one needs several. 😠

Inexpensive wood filler…and you make what you need rather than buy a tub and toss what you don’t use if it sits too long after it was opened.

No, it will be in that corner that I let clutter creep into repeatedly. Why do I have this again?

Measure once, throw failure in burn pile, drink. Repeat 'till you've used up the wood, start over tomorrow.

And the incoming new kid on the block...

Recommendations; the only one I've used is the Battery Tender brand from Amazon. Compare it to whatever else is out there. Charger, I just used a normal charger when I killed mine. There may be special chargers for them, but since my bike doesn't have a special stator or R/R I just sent it some normal amps. And forgot about it so I'm pretty sure it overcharged. If I were planning to let the bike sit I'd just disconnect it if it has any parasitic loads. Maintenance charging/maintainer shouldn't be needed for seasonal parking. Unless your off season is a prison sentence.