grumpo_potamus

joined 10 months ago
[–] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I hate Mondays --Garfield

I hate hate --Reagan Youth

We hate Donald Trump --Millions of American voters

[–] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

If you're still undecided at this point, you don't deserve to vote.

[–] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Biking is also pretty dependent on the individual and their setup. The elevation changes, distances, sustained speed, and terrain one individual and their equipment can handle can vary drastically with another person. Not to mention someone's tolerance for whatever the weather might be doing at the time while you're completely exposed to the elements on a bike or walking.

It's just them taking a "your results may vary" approach while covering their own ass.

Anecdotally, while driving in Colorado, I put in a destination that I was driving to in bike mode on accident. The destination was like 80 miles away from where I was and involved climbing and descending a mountain pass. Google Maps was very optimistic about how long it would take me to bike there...all without knowing my anything about my health, the kind of bike I have, if I would be able to bike at that elevation, etc. (being Google they probably knew)

[–] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago

My friend, if you rephrase "arguing online" as "debating", you will see your love-life improve dramatically.

 

Hey, I saw the link to this community in my settings today and just wanted to say thanks for the app. I use it every day.

[–] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hello, my hobby is arguing online - are we a match?

I don't have any hobbies in the "least attractive", but also not many in the "most attractive" either...and the ones I do - hiking and photography (of the stuff I see while hiking) are not really things my partner is into. Oh well, I guess we make it work.

[–] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I switched over to Ride with GPS for the most part (my activity there still syncs over to Strava), but I grabbed the route files from here: https://ridewithgps.com/users/171708

How was the WP area? I thought their rides up there looked really nice. I'll have to try one soon.

[–] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I followed this, except on the way back, I stuck to the right and went back the way I came on 343 instead of taking 344 over to 306 early as I wanted to avoid the pavement as much as possible (there was a lot more traffic than I was expecting). I parked in town, but if you wanted to avoid the paved road completely, it looked like you could park on some pull-outs on 343.

https://www.gravelbikeadventures.com/route/buena-vista-to-cottonwood-lake-out-and-back

[–] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Bike next to lake Picture from Friday's ride from Buena Vista, CO to Cottonwood Lake and back (25.5mi/2,200ft elevation gain).

Bike on Trail Picture from last night's after-dinner ride on my nearby trails (10.5mi/550ft elevation gain).

No pictures from this morning's trip to the farmer's market (18mi)

[–] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

The cream/white shape wear is so 2017

[–] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Does he own any other outfits? Every picture I see of him for like at least the last 6 months, he's wearing the same suit and tie.

[–] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

Started walking 10k steps a day after seeing myself in pictures and hating how I looked. I'd been fairly active in the past, but some injuries sidelined me. I found getting out and walking was much better for my mental health and creativity than staring at a screen. Embraced the zen of walking when it was cold or rainy out - I'm lucky to often see animals around me that I know most people near me are never seeing. Now instead of dreading exercise, I have the opposite problem of getting restless and pissy if I don't get my walking or biking in.

[–] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Picked up my daughter from her school parking lot years ago and while waiting at the stop sign to turn back onto the road a car goes by with their back tire smoking. I thought it was locked up from braking, but it was punctured and tearing apart. They made no effort to stop or really even slow down much. They continued on and the tire shredded to the point they were driving on the rim. They kept going and onto an even busier major road, which is when I lost track of them as we were turning the other way.

 

Fun daily word game that my wife and I play, which I haven't seen posted much.

Needs app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StudioFolly.GUBBINS

 

Do you agree with DirtFish’s rankings for last weekend's outing in Portugal for the Rally1 drivers?

It was great to see Tanak do so well finally. He's had some rotten luck the past few seasons and deserves to be in the title fight just as much as Evans and Neuville.

While they didn't podium this time around, I continue to be impressed with how Adrian Fourmaux is handling is role as nearly the sole point-scorer for M-sport month after month.

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