What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

Well, someone had to do it.

 

Did someone call for a superhero?

 

Got you both beat. I will be 63 in 2 weeks.

 

Jumped on my Harley for a ride! And it put a BIG smile on my face. The progressive suspension makes the ride SO much better! Harley doesn't make XL1200 like this anymore. Now they make water cooled Honda's and put a Harley tag on them. They even sound like a Honda. They may have sold more of these Sporties if they had only put a suspension on them! I was shocked at what I took off this bike! I shocks in the back really don't do anything and bottomed out all the time (I weigh 145) and the forkes were just a weak spring inside the tube with a spacer on top! Now it has a cartridge inside (modern suspension) all progressive. No pre-load at all on the shocks and I have not bottomed once since the upgrade! Harley sells expensive junk!

 

Long time since I had a bike, but I always had BMW. A little bit more advanced than HD. This time of year I always gets a little bit eager to buy a motorcycle but going through all the risks makes me think that it’s not worth it. My assumption was always that all car drivers were blind, drunk and crazy


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Yes, this is always in my mind. You need to be extra alert while riding and even then that may not be enuff! I don't ride as much as I used to. My 2013 has 18,500 miles on it. I may add another 2000 this summer. I put it back on the road more for the better gas mileage than anything else. Altho, I do love riding. It gets 50 MPG so I can do a little grocery shopping with it. Saddle bags each will hold a gallon of milk. I need this with gas prices edging up on $5 per gallon.

 

Quite big difference in price regarding the fuel prices in US and Sweden, we pay $8,5 per gallon . Diesel about $9. When I sold my K100 it had 87.000 miles on it, yearly I drove about 7.500 miles from April to November.


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Today I make the final step on my snuff tobacco, after fermentation in two steps adding flavour, Propylene glycol, Glycerin and Gummi Arabicum. Then wait for two weeks before it can be used. This brand is called “Hardcore” and for sure it’s just like that. 1,3% nicotine, twice as normal snuff tobacco.



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Helped pick 18 pounds of plums.

 

I bet you're just plum(b) tired out now.

 

Repaired and restored five wooden planes today.

 

As I was leaving my house today, my storm door did this;

I have removed every screw I could access, moved the door to a safe spot, where it won’t fall over and gotten back onto my feet, from sitting on my top step ( quite the accomplishment with my lousy knees.)

 

Weed-eatered, weedate, whatever, and raked.

 

@gorgo2 I say weed-whacked.

 

Committed weed wack-a-facation?

 

... or perhaps weed-whackery?

 

My boss prefers weed whipping, but I wish he'd keep his kinky perversions at home.

Sorry, I guess I still haven't recovered from his tales.

 

At least work is .... entertaining

 

What's this about your bosses tails? (OOOOPS)

 

Today I went for my third session with a trainer at our local gym. Two herniated discs in my neck have been dealing me misery starting in lower neck radiating down to my shoulder and upper back; after a nerve block to calm the nerve down, doc said the way to live with this going forward is to strengthen the muscles that support my neck, hence paying a trainer to make sure I don’t make things worse.