I gotta get out more often.
After a couple enjoyable hours on the ol’ bikeroo I decided that what I needed was a plate of chicken enchiladas in green prepared by somebody who was not me, so off I went to Los Cuates.
On the way there I saw a guy riding one of the dinguses in the video up top. I dismissed it as another acid flashback, but here it is on the Innertubes, so it must be real.
On the way back I saw this frame shop, which is considering branching out into new services (hey, a frame is a frame, amirite?).
And on Central near San Mateo, where you never know what the hell you’re gonna see, I saw a couple folks waving signs for a charity car wash … to raise funds for a funeral.
There has to be a story behind that last one, and I hope to Christ I never hear it.
Mad Blog Media 
Sounds interesting.
I did my part to convince myself why cyclecross would never work for me. Rode out to the Rail Trail. Its a mucky, marshy, snow/ice festooned mess. After about a mile of pushing 700-40 MSOs through deep muck, I said Fudge It, so to speak, and turned around.
My man Matt Wiebe from up your way says the mud is fierce this year. He’s in an arroyo up off Palace and is thinking about calling in a Chinook to drop a few hundred tons of gravel into his soup so he can come and go without an airboat.
Wow, what an image…I wish I had more, but I don’t.
Just another way to break myself. I wonder if I could rent one.
The Geek will never go for it. She’ll beat you to death with it.
I watched the clip and before I knew it “Queen An” Coulter popped up! Way too early in the morning for this shrew….especially if she’s not dressed up in her Nazi SS garb.
Pretty sad commentary on Donald Trump’s America when you need a bake sale to finance a funeral, eh? MAGA!!!
That’s the risk of a YouTube video. Good God, have I seen some weird shit crop up while trying to watch something.
I wonder what she really looks like, when she goes home and takes off the human costume. Probably makes Cthulhu look like Salma Hayek.
Zappa had her pegged.
Meanwhile, there’s this – https://cycleitalia.blogspot.com/2019/01/a-picture-is-worth-1000-words.html
Maybe when you think you need to raise funds for a funeral and burial with a car wash, you should step back and think it through one or two more times.
My demented mind views young women on a street corner waving signs – “Free car wash”, “Donations accepted, “Mom, Dad, brother, sister, aunt , uncle, or best loved pet passed away” Be kind and generous”.
If they don’t like your contribution, the radio antenna is broken.
That’s a good one! Can’t remember the last time I saw a car with a “radio antenna” though I remember them from back-in-the-day.
Or maybe the casket becomes a two-seater and they sell your car?
Like you said Patrick, it’s probably a story we don’t want to hear.
We should all be glad we aren’t in International Falls this week. And, if one of your readers does, I hope they report to us what 40 below feels like. I hope Herb doesn’t freeze while Hurben puts the finishing touches on his sandal tan.
She’s pretty toasty down here, OZ has just had a few places hit 46 Deg Celsius & Auckland is forecast for 30 Deg Celsius today. I may use that as an excuse not to trim the hedge.
Hurben – aren’t the British tourists invading down there?
From what I read sounds like they’re like Americans with funny accents! I met a group of Aussie college kids a few weeks ago and thought they too are just Americans with funny accents.
Hi Larry, they were served deportation orders & most are gone except for a couple who face charges in court. They were real pieces of work but if we’re totally honest we have locals that are just as bad.
https://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=283819
Herb is safely ensconced inside while a sub zero blizzard rages. Had eye surgery this morning which went quite well and She Who Must Be Obeyed had to drive me home from the surgical center in a white out which fortunately could not see. But I heard plenty of colorful commentary which made me want to cover my ears too. High later this week will be -7.
What did the medicos do to you? Install X-ray vision? I always wanted X-ray vision. Occasionally heat vision, too, and maybe a little flying, a soupçon of invulnerability, and some cool PJs with cape.
I’m not complaining down here. 68 today. Check this out. My neighbor across the street, a snowbird, used to live and work year round in IF.
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=48.6026&lon=-93.4036#.XE-2kC3MxTY
Remind me never to complain about weather again. This shit makes Weirdcliffe look like Waikiki.
South central Wisconsin will be minus 27, wind chill minus 53 Wednesday morning. Minus 30 and minus 51 Wednesday nite. Tomorrow will sport a high of plus 1, with 30 mph gusts to blow the nine inches of powder we got today.
The real irony is that we had a pleasant snowless, relatively warm winter going until about twelve days ago. Somnabitch came roaring back. Magical foot-and-half appeared, and there you go.
After spending 20+ years in Iowa there is NOTHING about the US midwest that I will ever miss. Nothing.