n_maher

Happy Birthday, Matt!

Have a very happy birthday, Shelly!

You've got the big mouth part covered...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nikon-18-200mm-f-3-5-5-6-G-ED-VR-USA-VERSION-/400295562638?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item5d33798d8e Looks like a much better deal to me with the hood, front and rear caps, and bag.

I gave up after book 3, it mostly felt like punishment trying to get through them. I'm all for lengthy novel with deep character development but they simply failed to keep me interested.

which they just did 5 minutes ago.

Well done mike.

Very cool, Gene, color me jealous.

Sadly I have to report that I am almost definitely not going to make this. Stupid f****** work.

^ this. Make sure you take care of the eye. Me: at a conference for the day.

No worries.

One for me please.

Castle. Great. Effing. Show.

Al, you're in my thoughts bud. Me: I managed to make it out for the usual 17mi loop. Felt good for the first 14, hurt for a mile or so and then recovered somewhat. With a little luck improvements will continue and I'll ride to work this week.

Sorry to hear about your dad, but like Steve I'm glad you got the chance to say goodbye. Me: yesterday I mowed the lawn for the first time this season, ugh. Today I'll hopefully finally make it back out on the bike for a ride aft a week of feeling not great.

you may pick two. Maybe try to find a first gen 18-200vr on the used market. I love mine although it's not very fast (f stop wise).

Happy Birthday Kevin.

Congrats, that's certainly something to celebrate and be proud of.

Thanks guys. Unfortunately it's AT&T/T-Mo only, both of which have crap service in my neck of the woods. I'm due for an upgrade on Verizon but don't really want to be beholden to them for the next two years with the specter of the iPhone 5 still something that I'd consider if they correct what I don't like about the 4s (tiny screen). That said my Droid X is having increasing difficulty getting a GPS signal lock so I'm ready to do something, just not sure what yet...

That link doesn't work for me (but could be my fault...).

Thanks for the advice, there's actually an adjuster on the down tube which is what I used. I just didn't bother trying it on the fly. Boo, all it took was brute force to "fix" it. I always carry a cell phone with me when I ride because I don't carry any tools other than to fix a flat.

Took a very frustrating ride today. 1. Last night discovered that after a long ride this week I'd developed a flat. 2. This morning, went to get going, iPod battery dead, no tunes. 3. The bike was shifting like shit the whole ride. All I can figure is that I bumped something while changing the tire last night. The bike had been shifting a bit off for a few weeks... 4. Despite the shifting issues I was making good time on my ~17mi loop when I hit a big hill, downshifted, decided to pop up off the saddle for a bit only to have the chain jump the rear cassette and lodge itself between the first cog and the wheel. Thankfully I didn't crash. A few minutes of cursing, bloody fingers and grease everywhere and I was going again. But the shifting was even worse and nearly unbearable. So I decided in a last ditch effort to salvage the final three miles I'd try adjusting the cable tension and see if it helped (based on the advice of friend) and viola, blissful precise shifts returned. I don't know wtf happened but I'm glad the issue is gone (for now). 5. I'm a bit pissed to not get to see what my time/avg. speed would have been given that I had to stop twice and completely dismount and still managed 15.6mph.

Do not use speakon connectors for power cables unless they're low voltage.

What projects do you intend to do with the drillpress? The reason that I ask is that a small mill might make a better (or worse) choice.