It’s barely into October and Pearl Highlands already has xmas banners hanging on the parking lot light poles! WTF?!?!
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Just went by Auto Recycling on Sand Island, $40 per rim for stock Toyota steel?!
(0)The albizia trees are in full bloom for the second time this year. Have fun with your allergies! Wonder if all the delusional folk who complained about the State cutting down their “pretty trees” along the H2 corridor realize that this tree is to blame for all the doctor visits and allergy med copays for themselves and their kids?
(0)So I get into the “down” elevator on the 3rd floor lobby level at QMC POB-1 and press “2”. This large sour-faced woman standing by the button panel sneers loudly and snidely, “This elevator is going down“, thinking I may have wanted to go up but got into whichever elevator opened first. “Yeah, ” I spoke as dryly and matter-of-fact-ly as possible, “2 is down.” She shrunk as much as her bulk allowed. Some maintenance guy in the back of the elevator with a service cart laughed out loud.
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With a bit of hiatus till next rally-X, the timing was good to do a bunch of work on the rally FX. Most of the major work was done and I’d put enough miles to break in the new clutch and LSD. I was itching to test it out, and this past Sunday was an auto-X event. I decided to slap on my old 13″ racing wheel set and go for it! Decided Saturday morning to swap over the rear swaybar too. That one is a Whiteline uprated adjustable bar.
For anyone keeping track, here’s what has happened to the rally FX: Continue reading ‘Triwheeling’
Having just gotten back to Hawaii from Japan on Saturday the 24th. and having exploded my lower back on my first day back at work, I wasn’t quite ready to do anything other than lie down until Wednesday. The weather was not bad, so I took a spin on the bike. I tried pushing some intervals, cycling through “hard”, “harder”, and then recovering on “easy”. Along my circuit, there was a black polyethylene cloth construction barrier along the sidewalk. Each time I passed, a little mongoose was poking his head out from the corner, watching for doves or chickens to prey on. Never saw him get anything. Didn’t run his head over either (not like that squirrel in Whistler). The ride actually did my back some good – loosening it up and stretching it out.
D = 11.86 km (7.37-miles), Vavr = 17.5 km/h (10.9-mph), Vmax = 48.1 km/h (29.9-mph), T = 41-minutes
Sam Adam’s entry into the seasonal. Pours a medium dark red brown with moderate head that quickly dissapears. Carbonation is not that strong. Bit of roastyness, nicely moderated bitter. Pretty clean with just a bit of heavier mouth. I’m not sure which Oktoberfest I prefer, the Sam Adams does lose its carbonation rather fast. 3 out of 4 Otkobering monkeys.
Widber Brothers’ seasonal appropriately enough is the Okto this October 1st. Pours medium dark red brown with moderately strong head that quickly dissapates. Carbonation is not too strong. My nose is once again really plugged up so I can’t get the aromas too well, a bit of smoky and nuttyness. Medium smooth mouthfeel, a nice moderated bitter. Nicely drinkable. I’m glad autumn is here. 3 out of four Oktoberfestive monkeys.
Hm, I’m not sure if this counts as another life down for Musubi cat, but I took her into the vets on Wednesday to have them take a look at a scratch she got on her face from some other cat. I remember how the other scratch she got became an abscess and her first -1 life. Vet prescribed some antibiotic and since it was a long time we decided to give her some vaccination shots. All seemed good and I was able to feed her the antibiotic pill hidden in a food treat packet with no problems. Then later that night she vomited, not a happy cat. She didn’t seem to be in any extreme distress though, so I waited until next morning. Wondering if the pill was reacting badly. Called the vet office next morning and made an appointment. Musubi didn’t seem to be showing a serious allergic reaction, but she wasn’t eating. That afternoon took her in and vet examined her. Her temperature was running high, high enough to be of concern. They immediately worked to cool her down by applying alcohol soaked towels & ice pack which she didn’t really take to. I think administering subcataneous saline to her is what really helped.
On life -2 Musubi had received the same antibiotic with no problems, so it was determined that she was having an adverse reaction to the vaccination. She’s doing much better now, but still hasn’t eaten all that much. Trying to restrict her to wet food as she really needs the hydration.
So who writes the copy for the Hawaii Candies fortune cookies? “Love is an attempt to change a piece of dream world into reality.” I don’t know if the sarcasm I get from it was intentional or not.
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