by "Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
Published 06/12/2017 at 15:00
by "Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
Published 06/12/2017 at 15:00
Tags: Weekend Oppo
STARS: 2
I set myself up for what I’d thought would be an average weekend. Nice dinner with Miss Tesla on Friday, doing my brakes on Saturday, then going to a bar with a friend that same night.
Well, I have to say this was one of the best weekends of 2017 so far. My friend and I never really got around to doing the brakes on Saturday, but she took me to what’s pretty much the only LGBTQ+ bar in the entire area. I’ve never been to such a bar before, and I’ve been curious as to what would happen or how it would be.
It was glorious! They had the most delicious frozen alcoholic drinks I’ve ever had. The bar-goers were all awesome people as well. I’m not even a bar person but I could totally see myself being a regular just because the awesome LGBTQ+ nightlife I never even knew existed on a local level.
I actually ended up meeting someone who will probably be a new friend too! This super nice woman offered my friend and I to go to Milwaukee Pride...I’ve never been to any Pride before so I definitely put it into my Sunday plans.
My friend and I proceeded to hop some more bars throughout the night. Never been barhopping either so that was legitimately fun too!
Sadly, Sunday had too many things going on for me to make it to Pride. No matter, it was still great anyway. My niece and nephew wanted to go to the beach. I didn’t bring a swimsuit thinking I wouldn’t be there long enough to go swimming. I was. Oh well, I actually like swimming in a dress (or underwear) more than I like swimming in a swimsuit anyway!
After cooling off from the horridly hot day, I did get around to doing my brakes. That sucked up the rest of my day and took 3 people to get done. The stupid T30 bolt locking on the left rotor decided to strip itself and most of the time was spent extracting the bugger. I made it out without my nails getting chomped up too much as well, which is an achievement all in itself.
Also, what a difference do new rotors and pads make. The heavy steering wheel vibration (likely caused by heavy warping on the driver side rotor) is gone, the brake pedal has more immediate response, and the pads are whisper quiet once again. Like wow, the car feels so much “newer” after such a small change.
The pad that was causing the “nails on a chalkboard” noise was the inner pad of the left rotor. I imagine the warping was making the pad get contacted pretty much all the time. I’ll be sure not to be so sloppy with braking this time around.
How was Oppo’s weekend? I just had one so awesome I was actually excited when I woke up this morning...I tend to hate Mondays.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
06/12/2017 at 15:02, STARS: 0
Pretty great
http://overland.kinja.com/past-the-sea-of-swirly-twirly-gumdrops-1796023644
Glad you had a nice weekend too.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
06/12/2017 at 15:06, STARS: 0
Flying all Saturday and repacking Sunday. Not too bad. For sure not as interesting as yours.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
06/12/2017 at 15:16, STARS: 0
I am currently trying not to melt. We went from a month of nonstop rain and sub 60 degree weather straight to 90 degrees with 50% humidity. I get to go install 6 ACs for my mom after work. Yay. -_-
Last night I got my Ptown vacation all booked so I have that going for me at least.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
06/12/2017 at 15:45, STARS: 1
Only 11 drivers showed up to the rallycross Saturday, so I got 18 runs in. I broke the RallyMetro a bit, but I’ll patch it back together and get it back out there.
Tucker should’ve been there!
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
06/12/2017 at 15:51, STARS: 0
yea... try loading and unloading a 26' box truck in that weather.
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
06/12/2017 at 15:51, STARS: 1
Oh man, if I could have gone to Milwaukee Pride AND rallycross? Holy cow that would have been the best weekend in many years!
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
06/12/2017 at 15:59, STARS: 0
It’s your own fault for moving at this time of year :P
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
06/12/2017 at 16:09, STARS: 0
That’s what movers are for.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
06/12/2017 at 16:17, STARS: 0
Definitely!
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
06/12/2017 at 16:18, STARS: 0
i hate paying people for what I can do myself
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
06/12/2017 at 16:21, STARS: 1
How hard is rallycross on a car? Tucker has to at least make it to Iowa next month. I decided he should proudly go to this year’s smart rally instead of Phil...seeing as not too long ago I was about to write him off for dead.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
06/12/2017 at 16:32, STARS: 0
Honestly, it’s very hard on a car. I wouldn’t do it in my daily driver. The next event at Byron isn’t until August. So you’ve got time to prep and buy a helmet.
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
06/12/2017 at 17:16, STARS: 1
That’s good food for thought! So what you’re saying is that I should buy the most silly project car I could find on CL then drive it to within an inch of its life racing it?
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
06/12/2017 at 17:39, STARS: 1
Yes. That is exactly what I’m saying.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
06/12/2017 at 18:40, STARS: 0
I finally got the SATA card I needed for my Abit BP6 (dual CPU Celeron board, it’s an oddball one) build, and got an OS on it.
And then the motherboard’s capacitors decided that they didn’t need to have capacitance any more, so now it won’t boot. Such is life playing with late 90s/early 2000s hardware.
"Verdog ~ manual Bro, Bro - HellHawk Equipped" (verdog)
06/12/2017 at 19:18, STARS: 2
Cotton Underdraws + swimming = unhealthy. Those down below areas harbor and bring in bacteria and the backend multiplies it*.
A lot of public pools actually ban underwear in the pools because of this. I could go into a lot more detail, but..... careful gurl.
*trying to stay as nice as possible!
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
06/12/2017 at 21:27, STARS: 0
That’s why I don’t swim in cotton, rawr. ;)
I’ve actually been swimming in clothes since 16 (idk where I got it from) then in bras & panties since my early days of gender experimentation. I learned reallllllly quickly how cotton is a no go lol.
99% of the time nowadays I just wear my swimsuit though...it’s more...palatable when swimming around others. xD
"MatisyahuSerious" (matisyahuserius)
06/12/2017 at 21:28, STARS: 0
you = totes adorbs
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
06/13/2017 at 07:55, STARS: 0
You obviously love torturing yourself. I should know that by now.
"PS9" (PS9)
06/13/2017 at 09:14, STARS: 0
I spent my weekend being a zombie. 60hrs/week means I have to scarifice sleep a lot. When a free day comes up, my body be like, ‘AHA, NOW I SHALL RECLAIM WHAT I HAVE LOST!’ and I spend it half-asleep, half-awake. It’s almost coma like.