Peezy's Black Magic 2013
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1speed
Incredibly profound yet fantastically flawed
Is that the one where Dr. Scott yells "Booyah" during televised surgeries?
Especially Stupid Peoples Network
Sidenote they are the bread winners in company go figure.
Ok Utah's nice agreed but then that would make Luke his handler by entertainment standards.
ChrisG
Unapologetic Lifer for Rock and Roll
I know people who watch nothing but "Sportscenter".
The ad revenue must be off the hook. Can't have too many adverts for shitty light beer, pickups, and Viagra.
i see an avatar change in your future, son.
Glenlivet12
Well-Known Member
It's always fun having you guys over! I would have been there sooner but I had to avoid getting hit by a car while crossing new amwell. One of these days I need to see how quickly I could get there, get food and get back if I sprint both ways. Once we have the fence installed it might take me a bit longer.
Maybe a sub shop strava section...
Maybe a sub shop strava section...
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...on the inside. on the outside you're the jolly fat guy who got skinny but still retained the jolly.
RNG1
Well-Known Member
I saw a video of you helping an old lady cross a street today
pxs231
Active Member
Here's a compilation from Utah's recent trip to Russia.
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/05/the-best-of-humanity-caught-on-russian-dash-cams/?src=footer
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/05/the-best-of-humanity-caught-on-russian-dash-cams/?src=footer
Pearl
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
No one cares about Potato guns? Man you guys suck. I was going to post videos but I guess I'll just skip it.
Since we were heading to Jungle, and I wasn't racing (80% my mental state, 20% not feeling 100%) I decided to toast my legs as much as I could Friday/Saturday. Also was looking to have some sore arms. Mandi was out doing wedding dress things so I suited up to take my mountain bike up Vosseller and ride some CR for some Friday sunshine.
The ride to Vosseller is slightly uphill the whole time in Bound Brook, and makes climbing it hurt a little bit more. I somehow went 50 seconds faster my last time up this road climb, so I must have been feeling really good (or really bad) this time around.
I also somehow only ran into 2 groups of riders, 3 people total. Was Chimney Rock closed or did everyone just get their fix?
Flying down Vosseller at 38MPH is also a rush. My eyes teared up and I'm glad the light at the bottom was green.
http://app.strava.com/activities/54769920
I had a great ride and kept it all together. Climbed really well and was able to big ring everything, which is a positive to me. If I can save that little ring for when I'm really in trouble, I think I will be good. I get home right before the sun sets.
I'm not a early riser compared to many people on this site, I don't usually have any need to wake up and hit the road/trails before lunch is served. Every once and a while I will get the itch. I decided to meet Chris at Wawayanda at 7AM on Saturday to ride the Bearscat course. I was 50/50 on even doing this race, but I figured worst case it would be a fun ride. Also would be fun to see how my legs felt after yesterdays ride, as CR always puts a hurt on ya.
We meet on Cherry Ridge Road, which I've never been on. I have no idea where to park so I drive as far as I can until the road becomes a trail. No way the Fit would have made it any farther 😛
We have a pretty awesome ride. Amazing how big this place is. We only saw three people early in the ride, and then ever saw anyone again.
The course was in a great shape, minus 3-4 trees that fell recently. The course has has a good amount of fire road and road that let you regain your composure and/or take a breather from the tech stuff. Chris was riding super strong and is a great tech climber and can flat out crush the rocks downhill. I always felt like I opened it up on the DH's a lot, but he would just leave me. I almost fell backwards on the first of three bumps on Rattlesnake. I was happy with the sections of trail I cleared, but still got hung up on stupid stuff. I think I sometimes shift too early and bail out into an easier gear. It saves my legs and my lungs from busting out of my chest, but I start crawling and smack a rock, lose momentum. Need to work on that. Chris takes a pretty sweet fall but pulls some breakdancing move to save his ass from hitting the deck. The bugs are also horrendous.
http://app.strava.com/activities/54885266#
I was happy to be off the trail and man, my upper body is smoked. Mission completed. The sad thing is, I'm not sure how much faster I could have ridden that course. Maybe a couple of fire roads you could put the hammer down a little more, but man, that is a sweet and challenging course. Doing that twice is crazy.
As I type this, I haven't signed up for Bearscat. I'm thinking it would be a great ride before the Stoopid 50. I'm also afraid I may completely kill myself and not make it to PA on the 16th. Then I realized I would have a full two weeks to get my crap together before the trip out to PA. I think I'm going to do it.
I get home around 12:30 and I'm beat. I figured I would be. We both take a nice nap. Not many things are better than a good nap. Maybe a Choco Taco. Speaking of Choco Tacos, I realized I left my wallet at the Utopia Deli, where I stopped for lunch. Super. Good thing they are honest people (lez be honest, I didn't have any cash in my wallet) and I would be up in that are tomorrow. I also didn't realize Jungle was that close to Wayway. You take such a weird way to get to Wayway, I figured it was at least 30 minutes northwest of Jungle. Roads are crazy like that.
Sunday Morning comes and it looks damp outside, but nothing on the radar. Everything is packed for the race and we hit the road. Felt like I slept in from Saturday morning, which was nice for driving. I felt awake.
Sadly the rain just kept coming and coming. Gross.
Mandis warmup
Hung out with Luke, Dustin and Kirt in the woods. Pretty miserable out on the trails. No real carnage to note of. Mandi made it back alive and made a mess of my car. Real fun to watch her battle back and forth with Kristine.
I got my wallet back. We then partied at Lukes. He made a fire and Maria treated us to Berglers. I took a nap on their couch. I don't think I drooled at all.
This wasn't in my wallet.
Fun, long weekend that seemed to last a while. Usually they fly right by. I was able to enjoy this one. I also feel I'm back to where I needed to be after that spill earlier, which makes me happy 🙂
Since we were heading to Jungle, and I wasn't racing (80% my mental state, 20% not feeling 100%) I decided to toast my legs as much as I could Friday/Saturday. Also was looking to have some sore arms. Mandi was out doing wedding dress things so I suited up to take my mountain bike up Vosseller and ride some CR for some Friday sunshine.
The ride to Vosseller is slightly uphill the whole time in Bound Brook, and makes climbing it hurt a little bit more. I somehow went 50 seconds faster my last time up this road climb, so I must have been feeling really good (or really bad) this time around.
I also somehow only ran into 2 groups of riders, 3 people total. Was Chimney Rock closed or did everyone just get their fix?
Flying down Vosseller at 38MPH is also a rush. My eyes teared up and I'm glad the light at the bottom was green.
http://app.strava.com/activities/54769920
I had a great ride and kept it all together. Climbed really well and was able to big ring everything, which is a positive to me. If I can save that little ring for when I'm really in trouble, I think I will be good. I get home right before the sun sets.
I'm not a early riser compared to many people on this site, I don't usually have any need to wake up and hit the road/trails before lunch is served. Every once and a while I will get the itch. I decided to meet Chris at Wawayanda at 7AM on Saturday to ride the Bearscat course. I was 50/50 on even doing this race, but I figured worst case it would be a fun ride. Also would be fun to see how my legs felt after yesterdays ride, as CR always puts a hurt on ya.
We meet on Cherry Ridge Road, which I've never been on. I have no idea where to park so I drive as far as I can until the road becomes a trail. No way the Fit would have made it any farther 😛
We have a pretty awesome ride. Amazing how big this place is. We only saw three people early in the ride, and then ever saw anyone again.
The course was in a great shape, minus 3-4 trees that fell recently. The course has has a good amount of fire road and road that let you regain your composure and/or take a breather from the tech stuff. Chris was riding super strong and is a great tech climber and can flat out crush the rocks downhill. I always felt like I opened it up on the DH's a lot, but he would just leave me. I almost fell backwards on the first of three bumps on Rattlesnake. I was happy with the sections of trail I cleared, but still got hung up on stupid stuff. I think I sometimes shift too early and bail out into an easier gear. It saves my legs and my lungs from busting out of my chest, but I start crawling and smack a rock, lose momentum. Need to work on that. Chris takes a pretty sweet fall but pulls some breakdancing move to save his ass from hitting the deck. The bugs are also horrendous.
http://app.strava.com/activities/54885266#
I was happy to be off the trail and man, my upper body is smoked. Mission completed. The sad thing is, I'm not sure how much faster I could have ridden that course. Maybe a couple of fire roads you could put the hammer down a little more, but man, that is a sweet and challenging course. Doing that twice is crazy.
As I type this, I haven't signed up for Bearscat. I'm thinking it would be a great ride before the Stoopid 50. I'm also afraid I may completely kill myself and not make it to PA on the 16th. Then I realized I would have a full two weeks to get my crap together before the trip out to PA. I think I'm going to do it.
I get home around 12:30 and I'm beat. I figured I would be. We both take a nice nap. Not many things are better than a good nap. Maybe a Choco Taco. Speaking of Choco Tacos, I realized I left my wallet at the Utopia Deli, where I stopped for lunch. Super. Good thing they are honest people (lez be honest, I didn't have any cash in my wallet) and I would be up in that are tomorrow. I also didn't realize Jungle was that close to Wayway. You take such a weird way to get to Wayway, I figured it was at least 30 minutes northwest of Jungle. Roads are crazy like that.
Sunday Morning comes and it looks damp outside, but nothing on the radar. Everything is packed for the race and we hit the road. Felt like I slept in from Saturday morning, which was nice for driving. I felt awake.
Sadly the rain just kept coming and coming. Gross.
Mandis warmup
Hung out with Luke, Dustin and Kirt in the woods. Pretty miserable out on the trails. No real carnage to note of. Mandi made it back alive and made a mess of my car. Real fun to watch her battle back and forth with Kristine.
I got my wallet back. We then partied at Lukes. He made a fire and Maria treated us to Berglers. I took a nap on their couch. I don't think I drooled at all.
This wasn't in my wallet.
Fun, long weekend that seemed to last a while. Usually they fly right by. I was able to enjoy this one. I also feel I'm back to where I needed to be after that spill earlier, which makes me happy 🙂
i've been debating heading that way you rode friday on my next road ride vs staying in town like i have. i want to slowly stretch my mileage and add a hill or two. or three.
i'm pissed i didn't get to CR. i feel like the weather was dry enough that it was prime and now i'm going to be waiting for a while because of the rain. i snooze i lose.
c note cat. like a boss.
i'm pissed i didn't get to CR. i feel like the weather was dry enough that it was prime and now i'm going to be waiting for a while because of the rain. i snooze i lose.
c note cat. like a boss.
Pearl
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
Monday
EDIT: I ended up having a pretty good discussion with a knight in shining armor about racing the Bearscat course. A random hero out of the darkness preached to me and I ended up signing up today. It can only do me good.
Besides that, Monday ended up being a disaster. We were suppose to go see a house that we wanted to look at with a realtor, the second one we have tried to work with. We have been excited that we could possibly make it work here in New Jersey, and this is the next step. We drive out to the Ringoes area, call this lady 15 minutes before and she has totally forgotten about us.
Pretty bummed out. A whole 1:30 of my life driving that I will never get back.
Sometimes it makes me feel like its a sign. Maybe we can't make it work. How come we have to beg someone to sell us a house? I didn't think it worked like this. So we are back to square 0 again. I decided to forget about it until we get back from vacation.
I take the anger out on my car (had to bang the rear fenders a little because the rear wheels were rubbing) because it has been annoying me lately. Little bumps + wide wheels = rubbing things you shouldn't. I don't think I fixed it all the way though. Better than it was, so that's a plus.
Mandi throws some chicken on the grill and we enjoy the rest of the night. We have enough sunlight to get some ice cream
which makes everything better.
EDIT: I ended up having a pretty good discussion with a knight in shining armor about racing the Bearscat course. A random hero out of the darkness preached to me and I ended up signing up today. It can only do me good.
Besides that, Monday ended up being a disaster. We were suppose to go see a house that we wanted to look at with a realtor, the second one we have tried to work with. We have been excited that we could possibly make it work here in New Jersey, and this is the next step. We drive out to the Ringoes area, call this lady 15 minutes before and she has totally forgotten about us.
Pretty bummed out. A whole 1:30 of my life driving that I will never get back.
Sometimes it makes me feel like its a sign. Maybe we can't make it work. How come we have to beg someone to sell us a house? I didn't think it worked like this. So we are back to square 0 again. I decided to forget about it until we get back from vacation.
I take the anger out on my car (had to bang the rear fenders a little because the rear wheels were rubbing) because it has been annoying me lately. Little bumps + wide wheels = rubbing things you shouldn't. I don't think I fixed it all the way though. Better than it was, so that's a plus.
Mandi throws some chicken on the grill and we enjoy the rest of the night. We have enough sunlight to get some ice cream
which makes everything better.
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My realtor didn't do dick other than show us the house and show up at closing to get his check. I will warn you now, the house buying process is disheartening. No one truly cares about your timeline and budget except yourself. At least your aren't selling something at the same time because that is nothing short of a nightmare.
Our friends just put a deposit on new construction, 4 bed room house in NC for 245,000. It is in bumble f, but soooo cheap.
Our friends just put a deposit on new construction, 4 bed room house in NC for 245,000. It is in bumble f, but soooo cheap.
Our first realtor experience sucked. I actually found a good realtor for us this time around. Hasn't pushed our budget and has been giving us listings the minute they come out. Even got a listing before it hit the websites. Not sure if he works out there in Ringoes but he does do Branchburg/Hillsborough/Bridgewater. PM me if you want his info.