Dec 31, 2019
Picking up a new years eve pizza for Silas
—orc Tue Dec 31 19:48:52 2019
Dec 30, 2019
An Oak Grove-bound train passes though downtown Milwaukie.
—orc Mon Dec 30 18:40:36 2019
Dec 28, 2019
I went out early to run over to Henry Higgins, and I managed to catch the morning fog (mainly down by Johnson Creek, but there was still fog in the streets in Sellwood & the southern reaches of 72nd.)
—orc Sat Dec 28 17:35:03 2019
Dec 27, 2019
The minimum-gauge railroad at Sushi Takahashi 2 grinds out the miles during its last week of service (the strip mall that Sushi Takahashi lives in is going to be scraped and replaced with an apartment block, so the railroad will be lifted and, hopefully, relocated to a new venue.)
—orc Fri Dec 27 23:41:34 2019
Dec 25, 2019
Mavis warms herself on the keyboard. It turns out if she sits on the keyboard just right, the keys repeat indefinitely and the macbook becomes a little oven because the cpu cranks up to 400% doing I’m not sure what. This time I had to reset the machine after I extracted her, because it would not respond to any input but just sat there and whirred at me.
—orc Wed Dec 25 19:36:13 2019
Dec 24, 2019
Bringing almost 120 pounds of groceries back home.
—orc Tue Dec 24 22:39:22 2019
Dec 20, 2019
Dust Mite climbs the tree
—orc Fri Dec 20 23:40:20 2019
Dec 17, 2019
After spending about a month forgotten in the basement, I finally got this pile of bike components into the mail for the cyclist who wanted them. Fortunately it was not too windy, because this big old box only weighs about 17 pounds and makes an excellent sail.
—orc Tue Dec 17 21:49:24 2019
Dec 16, 2019
A finished bespoke fop chariot™ for someone else, painted, set up with random parts from my basement, and ready to deliver. The gory details:
- 650b (Pari-Motos, room for 42s if you’re nasty)
- 7/4/7 DT, 8/5/8 TT, 8/6 ST, pencil stays
- 22 pounds, I think?
- Approximately 73/73 HTA/STA, 585 TT, 415mm chainstays
- di2, with a 11-42 pieplate in back and a 48t narrow/wide ring in front
- internal wiring for di2 & lights
- Honjo fenders (I bought a pair of the years ago and never found a machine of mine that they would fit, but this machine was made with generous clearances so yay I can get rid of them.)
Note that I’m using a regular old GS cage 6870 dangler; I might be able to get away with a SS cage, but it’s nice to have more cage to wrap the chain with.
—orc Mon Dec 16 19:02:26 2019
Dec 14, 2019
A Holiday Express works up the ramp towards Spokane St.
—orc Sat Dec 14 20:34:27 2019
Checking the alignment on a recently installed fender.
—orc Sat Dec 14 00:04:14 2019
Dec 08, 2019
A bit of parking congestion in front of Henry Higgins; I had to move the motorscooter a little bit to the right before I could fit the disco travel bike in between it and the big Yamaha.
—orc Sun Dec 8 19:28:09 2019
Dec 06, 2019
A little evening snack
—orc Fri Dec 6 23:48:58 2019
Dec 05, 2019
Under our front steps last night.
—orc Thu Dec 5 07:32:09 2019
Dec 03, 2019
Thor naps in one of her favorite spots
—orc Tue Dec 3 21:53:47 2019
Dec 02, 2019
At one of the new observation points on the extensively relandscaped Johnson Creek meander just southwest of the intersection of Luther St & the Portland Traction ROW. Apparently a sewer main goes under this area, and flooding a few years ago deepened Johnson Creek so the point where it exposed the main (I have pictures of various bicycles at more-or-less this location – 20 feet down – that shows Johnson Creek falling over what I thought was a ledge but turned out to be a sewer main) and the sewer department chose to rip the existing landscaping out and raise everything as part of their sewer main repair/relocation(?) effort.
So my old scenic point for voiding warranties is now buried under 20 feet of fill, and instead of scrub brush and grass it’s a vast field of dirt with geotextile , saplings, and industrial buildings. Oh well, sic transit gloria mundi; after a few years, and modulo destructive flooding, everything will grow up and start to look better.
—orc Mon Dec 2 21:38:13 2019
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