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By ad hoc (Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 03:35:30 PM EST) (all tags)

Phone
Back
Work
Bike

Phone report: The phone is fixed. I think. I hope. I've got a dial tone and I can make crystal clear calls. But an hour after he left, the DSL dropped synch again. I'm hoping that was a one-time thing. Developing...

Back report: Ouch. Spent the weekend off the bike, laying on heating pads. Do you know how hard it is to find an old fashioned rubber hot water bottle? I decided to get one to take on the bike trip, just in case, since I won't always be near convenient electricity. It took three drug stores before I found one in a dusty box in a locked filing cabinet marked "Beware of the leopard".

Further phone report: The DSL seems to go out any time there's a voice call. I can make calls out, but calls in do not ring and the caller does not get sent to voicemail. Both calls in and out disconnect the DSL.

This is becomming a nightmare.

Further further report: Verizon repair guy showed up again at 1PM and left around 3 after having strung a brand new wire all the way around the place. I certainly hope that's the last of it.

Further back report: Chiro appointment on for Wednesday. Their inquiry yeilds the fact that Insurance will cover 12 visits per calendar year at the normal office visit co-pay. As it's already July, that means I could go every two weeks. I'm hoping it won't take more than once.

Heh. Who am I kidding?

One of the managers is a wee bit upset at $client. She'd been testing her new app for a while using the development database (as she was told to do). I was then ordered by IT manager to refresh the development DB with new data from the live site. This overwrote all her testing data. She's not pleased.

Bike ride coming closer. Plans in place for parental arrival Thursday for dog sitting. Hotel room reserved for Friday night. Fundraising has made target. Goal: $3000; Raised: $3240.

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I hope he didn't use that liver flavored wire by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #1 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 03:40:56 PM EST

again.

When I wanted DSL, I ran one new line from the telephone connection to my study, so I new I'd get a good line.

: No by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #2 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 03:58:46 PM EST

but it's glued to the wall with peanut butter.
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Back. by blixco (4.00 / 1) #3 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 04:13:34 PM EST

Hey, don't let your back go for too long. Do your McKenzie exercises, even if that's not the problem they'll help the muscles calm down. That and hip shrugs.

My surgery is Wednesday! Yay!
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: Baby Puppy McKenzie Exercizes? by MohammedNiyalSayeed (4.00 / 2) #16 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 11:49:35 PM EST

Her back is in great shape!

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: Ouch by ad hoc (4.00 / 1) #17 Tue Jul 11, 2006 at 10:32:31 AM EST

Hope it goes well.
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Close friendships and a private room can offer most of the things love does.
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+1, H2G2 ref by Kellnerin (4.00 / 1) #4 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 04:33:34 PM EST

But if you reordered your intro items as "Back, Phone, Work, Bike" it would map better to the song by the Godfathers.

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"later" meant either "when you walk around the corner" or "oatmeal."

What happened to your back? by Bob Abooey (4.00 / 2) #5 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 05:01:08 PM EST

And what happened to Pink and her ex fiance guy and his girlfriend?

And what happened to that giant fee they were going to levy on your building for repairs?

And what happened to that relative of yours who was chucking stuff at parked cars?

And what happened to my freaking hair?

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob

Did you look in the tub drain by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #6 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 06:00:47 PM EST

for your hair? Mine tends to end up there.

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Re:s by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #7 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 06:00:59 PM EST

I was supposed to have dinner with The Arborist where I would have found out, but so far schedules have not allowed. IIRC, Bunny is out and The Arborist is back on the market.
They levied. I paid. In four easy installments of $1000 or something.
Still in jail, bond unmet. There have been developments on that front, but would require a hole diary to recap.
High humidity does that.

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Close friendships and a private room can offer most of the things love does.
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So it's a secret then by Bob Abooey (4.00 / 1) #9 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 06:59:00 PM EST

What happened to your back that is?

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob
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: Ach, forgot that one. by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #10 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 07:11:27 PM EST

The full story
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wheels by LilFlightTest (4.00 / 1) #8 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 06:55:50 PM EST

if the bike nick was given has slightly bent wheels and crappy tires, will it be cheaper to replace that, or the whole bike?
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Dance On, Gir!

Tough to say by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #11 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 07:18:33 PM EST

You can get cheap wheels for about 75 each, I think. Maybe a little less. You'd have to replace tires anyway, so they don't enter into the equation. This and this are about $150 for the pair.and they're both servicable.

The real question is why are the rims bent? If the bike was in a accident bad enough to bend the rims, the frame and/or deralleur hanger might also be bent which will either be expensive or futile to fix.
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we're not sure by LilFlightTest (4.00 / 1) #12 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 08:21:50 PM EST

would sitting in a garage for years be enough to cause warpage?
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Dance On, Gir!
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No by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #13 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 08:28:01 PM EST

not unless it was hit by a car or a lawnmower or something. Rusted, yes; warped rims, no.

Well... let me qualify that. When you say "warped" exactly what do you mean? Are they actually bent? Or are they just out of true?

Is it so bad that the wheel doesn't go around? Or does it just look like it's wobbly but they still go around?

Your best bet is to take it to a shop and ask them if the rims can be trued. If that's all it is, it should cost around $20 per wheel. If they're really bent, they'll need to be replaced.

If they just sort of wobble, or if the spokes are loose or rusted, chases are all it needs it to be trued.
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Close friendships and a private room can offer most of the things love does.
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just wobbly, i think by LilFlightTest (4.00 / 1) #14 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 10:44:53 PM EST

they rub on the brakes as they go around, in certain points.
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Dance On, Gir!
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: Oh, that's okay then. by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #15 Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 11:43:56 PM EST

Just take it to a shop and ask them to true the wheels. $20 each, max.
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