Apostrophe misuse on sign

Fungus that causes bats to wake up too early and die

Hidden picture? Wow. Who controls these kind of claims?

Apparently the Jesus figure is "hidden". Gives you an idea regarding the age range this picture is targeting.

Fun-A cute story behind a clutch

Ingredients for "Chow Chow"

Pick Jesus... funny

Re: Pool art

This was a kind of cool "art" project.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/s/3cuviI

Fun Christian bumper stickers

I'm not generally one to use bumper stickers, but these were kind of funny.

Bikes in stl

Bicycle Works has refurbished things
Randy's Recycled Cycles 2 days a week
Recycled Cycles St. Louis out of basement

Fake Vibram KSO Trek shoes

FAKE Vibram KSO Trek

(Pictures of real ones are at the bottom of this post)

Above is a picture of the fake Vibram KSO Trek Fivefinger pair of shoes I purchased for $71 on eBay from eBay. Totally not worth it.

Below is the picture in the eBay listing I bought the fakes from that are of a real Vibram KSO Trek

The picture on eBay did not show the differences between the actual shoe and what they were selling. How many differences can you see between the top picture and the other three pictures?

-First off, there is white stitching all around the shoe instead of tan stitching.

-There are 4 VERY apparent vertical slits with visible liner near the heel on each side instead of 2 vertical slits on each side with no visible liner

-The sole of the fake shoe is ALL black on the brown KSO. On the real KSO Trek, the sole is black on the bottom and brown on the sides.

-I put them on and they were tighter than the same size of actual shoes. I was not able fit my feet into them with socks. The real 42 Trek shoes fit fine with socks when I tried them on at REI.

-The hard footbed was narrower at the arch, thereby not giving much arch support or bottom of the foot protection.

-The "leather" top was way too thin. I doubt it was kangaroo leather, or even leather at all, like it was supposed to be. It felt like it could easily rip. It seemed to be a soft sewn material.

-The top strap is not as long as it should be.

Below are actual images I found online of the Vibram KSO Trek. You can see some of the differences.

Grandpa's meat grinder

McDonald's, the place to meet a blind date

McDonald's, the place to meet a blind date. If you start blabbering or don't know what to say, the table can help guide you into a staring contest. If that becomes awkward, say the table told you to do it.

My wrapping expertise

Castlewood State Park map

Paper airplanes

In a contest of accuracy, a paper wad beat out a folded rolled pieces of paper as well as the darts and gliders.

Stratego strategy

One idea is to have a non-traditional approach, have scattered strongholds and pieces you do not move, like a 3, 4 or 5 that you pretend are strongholds to psyche out your opponent. They run out of pieces searching for your flag.

The knife company

You get $5 per set if you sell at least 150 a week. $6 for another tier, and $7 at a higher tier by number of sales per week. He sold 70 sets yesterday.

They give demos at K-mart and Sam's Club and travel in regions.

He is nice, has 9 kids, and is friendly. He offered me a job since I looked confident, filled my suit well, and even took a stab at the commissions he was getting.

He led on that there was turnover for people that didn't believe in their product.

Sharp Select knife

These do not have wooden handles that harbor bacteria. They also supposedly never should be sharpened. It ruins the finish.

For $46.98, 10 knives. Twice a year they come to Sam's club.

Recipe for warm artichoke dip

Triathlon and Road Bike Research

So I am tempted to do a triathlon if I see one come up.

Wikipedia and a distance converter helped out.

Sprint Distance- USA Triathlon, the main international race distances are
750 m/.466 mile swim
20 km/12.42 mile bike
5 km/3.1 mile run

Intermediate (or Standard) distance, commonly referred to as "Olympic distance"
1.5 km/.93 mile swim
40 km/24.85 mile ride
10 km/6.21 mile run

the Long Course (Half Ironman)
1.9 km/1.18 mile swim --I've done one mile in about an hour
90 km/55.92 mile ride
21.1 km/13.11 mile run --I've done this in about 2 hours

Ultra Distance; the most recognized branded Ultra Distance is the Ironman triathlon.
3.8 km/2.36 mile swim,
180 km/111.85 mile ride --I did 100 miles in under 10 hours with many long breaks on a poorly geared bike with aero bars
and a marathon: 42.2 km/26.22 mile run

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I'm already looking at good bike configurations.
Here is the start of a relatively comprehensive summary of the highlights. It is a work in progress. Please comment with tips for order, phrasing, conciseness, relevance, etc.

You need a bike that fits you. You should be able to straddle the bike while in front of the seat and have about an inch of clearance.

Get a bike that weighs under 30 lbs (including aero bars). Road bikes generally range from 35 lbs to 14 lbs. The more total weight you carry, the slower you are when riding up hills. Lance Armstrong is 5'10", weighs about 155 lbs, and rides a 14 lb bike with some water for a total weight of around 172 lbs. (The Tour De France set a minimum weight limit at 14 lbs to prevent the race from costing more than it does already. Each rider uses several bikes each day of the multi-day race. Bikes in the Tour De France used to cost about $600 to manufacture 30 years ago. Now, with all the lightweight and aerodynamic components, some bikes range in the $5,000 range.)

Steel bikes are usually heavier than aluminum which is heavier than carbon fiber bikes. Generally the lighter the bike, the more it will cost. Aluminum is more expensive than steel and carbon fiber is more expensive than both. However, there are new aluminum bikes that are more expensive than steel ones but actually weigh more than the steel frames. Aluminum and carbon fiber bikes generally need thicker parts on the frame because they can not handle the side to side torque as well as steel and other metals, like magnesium, another lightweight metal popular in older racing bikes.

There are some old composite metal racing bikes that are only about 25 lbs and lighter than some modern aluminum bikes. Walmart's GMC Denali road bike is aluminum and weighs around 30 lbs. It has low quality parts that make taking the tires off difficult. It's not a great buy.


Parts that Matter

The more teeth the the main crank gear where the petals are, combined with as few teeth as possible on the rear wheel gives you the maximum potential speed of the bike.
The main gear for racers in the Tour De France are 55 teeth on one of their bikes and 53 on another of their bikes. Unless you have calf muscles like theirs, the standard 52 tooth gear is fine.

The rear wheel should have a small gear with 11 or 12 teeth and a rear large gear with 25 to 28 teeth. Competitive racers tend to have a smaller range of teeth in the rear cassette so they can get a more precise ratio. An 8 speed bike uses a more durable chain and doesn't need to be as finely tuned as a 9 or 10 speed bike.

The main crank can have as few as 50 teeth if you have 11 teeth on the back. If you have 12 or more teeth as your smallest gear on the back wheel, you will want 52 or more teeth on the main gear.

Many road bikes from the 80s have a main crank (the gears on the pedals) of 52 teeth and 39 teeth with 14-28 gears in the back or 52 and 42 teeth on the main crank and 14-30 teeth on the back. Notice how both bikes have the same gear ratios for their highest and lowest gears. 52-14 on both and 39-28 for the lowest gear on on and 42-30 for the lowest gear on the other. Those last two ratios are the same. You can go to the site.

Some road bikes will have three gears on the main crank. Most keep it down to two to save on a tiny bit of weight and reduce the need for an accurate shift on three gears vs two. This is usually fine since the smallest crank is usually not used in a race.


The Differences Between a Road Bike and a Tri-Bike

A road bike is built for fast handling and rapid acceleration.
The shifters are in front in stead of to the sides.
There are elbow pads on a tri bike so less weight in on your legs which are needed for the run.
The seat is more on top of the crank/pedals.
The downtube may be aero-shaped.
The tri bike will weigh a little more.

Furnishing

Weekends Only is a discount shop for slightly damaged or overstock furniture.

Fun licence plates

This guy in a Dodge Charger kept his car running while pumping gas.

Oh people of Target

What do you call guys that dress like this? He bought a Myoplex lite shake...

funny joke!

So you want a day off. Let's take a look at what you are asking for. There are 365 days per year available for work. There are 52 weeks per year in which you already have 2 days off per week, leaving 261 days available for work. Since you spend 16 hours each day away fron work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available. You spend 30 minutes each day on coffee break which counts for 23 days each year, leaving only 68 days available. With a 1 hour lunch each day, you used up another 46 days, leaving only 22 days available for work. You normally spend 2 days per year on sick leave. This leaves you only 20 days per year available for work. We are off 5 holidays per year, so your available working time is down to 15 days. We generously give 14 days vacation per year which leaves only 1 day available for work and I'll be darned if you are going to take that day off!

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Grandpa Peterson's Chili recipe

Cooking Time

About 45 minutes (and definitely worth it)

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Serving Size

Serves about 6 as a primary dish, 12 as a secondary dish. Refrigerate to eat later.

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How to Serve

Eat out of a bowl or on a slice of wheat bread

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Ingredients


2 lbs ground chuck beef (80 lean-20 fat) or venison or ground turkey
1 full finely cut up onion (optional to the weak of heart)
small slice of butter to coat bottom of skillet (optional)

2 cans chili beans
2 cans kidney beans
1 small can of tomato sauce
1 bottle of Heinz chili sauce
2 (small?) cans of diced tomatoes
1 frozen pack of mixed vegetables (peas, carrots, corn)

1 pack of elbow macaroni

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Kitchen Materials

Skillet to brown 2 lbs of meat (optional if you brown the meat in the pot instead)
Large pot (1.5 gallon or larger)
Medium pot to boil water for the pack of elbow macaroni

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Directions

1. Brown meat in a pot (or skillet, then add to a pot after browning) with the chopped onion using medium high heat. (Cooking with the onion adds flavor to the meat.) You may want to use some water or butter on the skillet to prevent the meat from sticking. After the meat has finished browning, drain the fat and add the meat to the pot.
(~15 minutes)
--2 lbs ground chuck beef (80 lean-20 fat) or venison or ground turkey
--1 full cut up onion

2. Add the remaining ingredients (except the elbow macaroni) to the pot with the meat and cook on medium high. Stir every few minutes. Make sure nothing burns on the bottom of the pot by scraping the bottom of the pot with the stirring spoon.
(~10 minutes)
--2 cans chili beans
--2 cans kidney beans
--1 small can of tomato sauce
--1 bottle of Heinz chili sauce
--2 small cans of diced tomatoes
--1 frozen pack of mixed vegetables (peas, carrots, corn)

3. While the ingredients in the pot are warming up, prepare the macaroni in a separate pot following the directions on the bag. (Bring the appropriate amount of water to a boil, then add the macaroni and stir occasionally until the macaroni is soft.)
(~10 minutes, but overlaps the previous step)
--1 pack of macaroni

4. Once the macaroni is soft, add it to the pot with the meat, beans, etc. Stir and simmer on medium heat (down from medium-high heat) for about five minutes. Serve when ready. Feel free to taste it before serving.
(~ 5 minutes)

St. Louis Recycling fluorescent bulbs with mercury

Apparently, when you buy a fluorescent lamps to save money, you also sign up for properly recycling them when they make a popping sound and die out. You don't want mercury to leak into the ground. One of the bulb boxes says to go to www.lamprecycle.org to find a recycling center. The one nearest to St. Louis is here: http://search.earth911.com/location/3ZwA5VGZ/?what=Items+Containing+Mercury&where=63131&max_distance=25&country=US&province=MO&city=Saint+Louis®ion=Saint+Louis&latitude=38.6171262087&longitude=-90.4431068348&list_filter=all

It was suggested that the store you bought the bulb from may collect them and perhaps dump them at the recycling center for you... or maybe throw them in the trash themselves.

Christmas poodle fun

Tea strainer

Is this a safe material? Is metal a safe material?

Hanging Scale

This would be cool to use when weighing bikes.

REI January

Fun tweety no pants

Ironic. No pants

Casual brown shoes

Here are some nice casual brown shoes

Business spelling

Dickey's

Key door info

You can reprogram the locks on your doors if you have this brand of locks.

Computers photography

Spider 3 is a usb color calibration tool to make screens a true color.

Transmission

Apparently, transmission leaks can start small, but if they get bigger, you can drain your fluid in a matter of minutes and destroy your transmission. The solenoid on these older vans is outside the transmission and can be replaced much more easily than the newer transmissions which have the electric solenoid inside the transmission. Expect 15 hours of labor... he said. A 6 speed manual transmission on a super duty truck with a built in solenoid would be 25 hours labor. Chrysler is notorious for solenoids that are susceptible to having transmission fluid leak into them causing them to need to be replaced.

Scratch off gambling

My sister has a guy that likes her. His mom bought her $10 in scratch off tickets. I said I would have taken the $10. She gave me one sheet to scratch off. I was confused. I assumed I could only scratch off a certain number of options or else risk disqualifying myself if I scratched everything. Nope. This card, you scratch everything. My brain screamed for a catch. Surprise! No winning lines.

Movie recommendations from blockbuster workers

Manson: my name is evil, flipped, afterschool, mysterious skin, winter's bone,