Small victories
Oct. 3rd, 2009 01:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrEarly today I met a man on a street corner. He gave me something I'd been craving...
No, not drugs :-)
He'd posted a bluetooth headset on freecycle on Wed, and after a few phone calls, since he was going to be in the area this morning he dropped it by (saving me a long bus/bike trip).
Took a bit of googling to figure out how to get it into "discoverable" mode so my phone could find it. But it paired up fine. Even found the "manual" for it online.
It appears to be missing the earhook" thingie to hold it to the ear. It "press fits" into my ear ok, but I'll be dropping by the Verizon store and asking if I can replace it (I'll just say I lost it :-). It'll likely to be something they'll have as a freebie (I hope). I want it so the earoiece won't fall out if I'm on my bike. It's secure enough for most other stuff, but...
In other news, the last few times I weighed myself I weighed 333 lbs. Does that make me the half-sibling of the beast? :-)
I accidentally grabbed a pair of jeans I'd had set aside (they got shuffled in with the ones clean ones when I had to rearrange everything for the inspection). They were a bit tight but I could wear them. I'd set them aside *years* back hoping to lose weight. They are 52x30. The jeans I've been wearing are 56x30. I could probably wear 54x30 just fine. But I'll stick with what I've got for now, since I have to wear suspenders anyway.
Oh yeah, in spite of the weight loss, I still have something between an A cup and a B cup. Guess low T levels mean I might actually be able to lose the beer belly and still keep them. That'd be nice.
Managed to get thorns in a bike tire *again*. And I thought I was being careful. I'll definitely be taking the larger bike pump on rides in the future. The "pocket sized" one is useless. 300-400 pumps only got me up to 25 psi. :-(
At least I got the rear rack (another freecycle item) that I'd gone out for. So once we get her front tire fixed, Fay can carry stuff on her bike more easily.
I was able to swap in one of the patched tubes when I got home. I'll need to get another patch kit though. Still need to see about getting another warranty repair on the chain guard. It's still usable, but... And I'm gonna ask if there's such a thing as puncture resistant bike tires. This is getting ridiculous.
Oh yeah, on the way back from getting the rack, I decided to look for a few geocaches. found 4 out of 6, which is darn good considering that since I hadn't planned on it, I didn't have the cheat cheats! Brings my total to 53.
No, not drugs :-)
He'd posted a bluetooth headset on freecycle on Wed, and after a few phone calls, since he was going to be in the area this morning he dropped it by (saving me a long bus/bike trip).
Took a bit of googling to figure out how to get it into "discoverable" mode so my phone could find it. But it paired up fine. Even found the "manual" for it online.
It appears to be missing the earhook" thingie to hold it to the ear. It "press fits" into my ear ok, but I'll be dropping by the Verizon store and asking if I can replace it (I'll just say I lost it :-). It'll likely to be something they'll have as a freebie (I hope). I want it so the earoiece won't fall out if I'm on my bike. It's secure enough for most other stuff, but...
In other news, the last few times I weighed myself I weighed 333 lbs. Does that make me the half-sibling of the beast? :-)
I accidentally grabbed a pair of jeans I'd had set aside (they got shuffled in with the ones clean ones when I had to rearrange everything for the inspection). They were a bit tight but I could wear them. I'd set them aside *years* back hoping to lose weight. They are 52x30. The jeans I've been wearing are 56x30. I could probably wear 54x30 just fine. But I'll stick with what I've got for now, since I have to wear suspenders anyway.
Oh yeah, in spite of the weight loss, I still have something between an A cup and a B cup. Guess low T levels mean I might actually be able to lose the beer belly and still keep them. That'd be nice.
Managed to get thorns in a bike tire *again*. And I thought I was being careful. I'll definitely be taking the larger bike pump on rides in the future. The "pocket sized" one is useless. 300-400 pumps only got me up to 25 psi. :-(
At least I got the rear rack (another freecycle item) that I'd gone out for. So once we get her front tire fixed, Fay can carry stuff on her bike more easily.
I was able to swap in one of the patched tubes when I got home. I'll need to get another patch kit though. Still need to see about getting another warranty repair on the chain guard. It's still usable, but... And I'm gonna ask if there's such a thing as puncture resistant bike tires. This is getting ridiculous.
Oh yeah, on the way back from getting the rack, I decided to look for a few geocaches. found 4 out of 6, which is darn good considering that since I hadn't planned on it, I didn't have the cheat cheats! Brings my total to 53.
