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In Memoriam of My Knee

Published on May 26, 2014 in bike and rant by risu. Closed

Monday, 26 May 2014

Like clockwork, rainy weather rolled in for the long weekend.  With the prospects for a ride all but gone, when Memorial Day Monday rolled around, a hike was decided on.  Chris and I met at Root’s then we headed over to Koko Head district park, then up past the rifle range to the entrance of Hanauma Bay.  We hiked the ridge road, following a large group of beachgoing visitors.  They turned down a side trail assumedly to a bus stop and we continued up to the turnoff to the point.  Descdending along the rim of the first explosion crater, we passed Mojo Dave’s best customer, all decked out in Vertx with an Eberlestock pack.  I asked him how long he had been out there, assuming from the size of his loadout he had been there at least overnight, but he said he was there only a couple of hours.  My knee was fine on the climb up. but this descent was starting to cause discomfort. Continue reading ‘In Memoriam of My Knee’

If Can, Can

Published on May 21, 2014 in bike and rant by risu. Closed

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Doctor’s clearance, clear afternoon weather, and the upcoming Whistler expedition meant secret training for conditioning.  Plus, getting mudded-out on the previous Saturday’s ride left me itching to get out on the bike.  Knee felt pretty good afterwards.

D = 8.8 km, Vavr = 15.4 km/h, Vmax = 36.1 km/h, T = 34-minutes, A/D = 132 m

Dozed and Hosed

Published on May 17, 2014 in bike and rant by risu. Closed

Saturday, 17 May 2014

There had been some rain during the week, but on the two days leading up to the weekend, it was dry, so we figured the Ditch would be fine for a afternoon spin.  It must have been raining out in Waimanalo, because we found the trail a muddy mess.  The hikers coming out of the gate were all pretty muddy and had moon-shoe.  I don’t exactly know why we didn’t give up, but we rode up Government Road until it got too slippery, then tried going out along the ditch, until it became too soupy to continue.  Government road had been recently bulldozed, so the regraded surface was ripe to transform into sticky mud at a hint of moisture.  Oh well.  Should have just gone to get beer and blown off the ride!  Bike got another bath.  Took two hours to clean up from a one-hour ride.

Pictures soon

D = 1.93 km, Vavr = 4.9 km/h, Vmax = 12.9 km/h, T = 24-minutes, A/D = 133m, Total ride time about an hour.

Shimazori

Published on May 1, 2014 in Culture, rant and SUAR by risu-mobile. Closed

Odd how you can get Okabashi flip-flops at CONUS Wal Marts, but in Hawaii, land of slippers, you can get everything except those USA-made Okabashis.

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Camaro Refresh

Published on April 23, 2014 in car, rant and SUAR by risu. Closed

When I saw the new taillights of the mid-cycle refresh of the Camaro, I thought it looked pretty good.  Seeing it again though, it made me think that the car looked like a swollen Nissan Silvia S13.

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Leakage Problems

Published on April 15, 2014 in car, Culture, rant and SUAR by risu. Closed

There’s “squirter overflow” on the Likelike.  If you’ve driven on the H3, you know what a squirter is: They’re the drivers going 35 in the passing lane who you pass only to have them blast by you a mile later going 90, but you end up passing again at the bottom of the hill when they’re going under the limit again.  Essentially, drivers who can’t properly control or understand their speed.  Guess there are so many on H3, they’ve bled over to other trans-Ko’olau routes.

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Gesshoku

Published on April 15, 2014 in Culture and rant by risu. Closed

Of course, since there was something happening in the sky at night, it was cloudy, then rainy at my house.  The sky did clear enough for me get these lame pictures with my point-and-shoot.  I didn’t feel ripped-off, but it was a lot less impressive than I imagined it would be.  In the long shot, that’s Mars at the top of the frame, and some unknown star to the right of the moon. Continue reading ‘Gesshoku’

Flashers

Published on March 24, 2014 in rant and SUAR by taro. Closed

Driving into work this morning, a spate of non-signalers drove me nuts that I started keeping count. When I first started instances of signalers during an event that require them, I was at 1 out of 10. By the time I got to work the sample size got bigger and things evened out a bit, 37 signals out of 63. So guess it was more than 50%, but not much.

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Monku Monday

Published on March 18, 2014 in rant and SUAR by taro. Closed

Forgot to post up monku Monday rant. How lazy are people?! Pulled into stall at Foodland when an errant shopping cart came rolling toward the car. Had enough time to reverse out of the way, jump out and catch the cart and take it 20 yards to the cart return station.

How annoying are people?! Going home on Kal Hwy after, Tacoma in right lane I’m in middle. There is no one behind us for at least a quarter mile. He speeds up to cut in front of me, no signal, cuts into the next left, no signal, then cuts into the left turn lane, no signal, and has to stop to wait for the turn light.

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Got Milk?!

Published on March 14, 2014 in rant and SUAR by taro. Closed

It’s rant Friday! How can an ice cream parlor run out of milk?! It’s like that Mexican place Zaratez being out of pork, repeatedly. I’ve been denied a milkshake! Curse!

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