Got a nice package from monoprice the other day! 250 ft of cabling, in-ceiling speakers for the rear channels and a smattering of banana plugs. I’ve ran the cabling for the front three channels and have plates ready etc, just need a saw to cut the wallboard since it’s not drywall. I haven’t tore into the ceiling to cut holes for the rear channels, need to see which stud cavity is going to be easiest and paint the speakers first. Also replaced the outlet/HDMI on the ceiling from a 3 gang to a 3 gang recessed so it looks much nicer and more finished.
Pics as soon as I get a chance to finish the rear channels etc.
Pro’s: Nice place to eat, staff was helpful, you could totally tell it was a local joint, everyone knew everyone and the tables were all loud (in a great way). Everyone was drinking and watching football and enjoying good food. They have a full bar, as well as an impressive selection of bottled beers from around the world.
Con’s: Sort of hard to get to, if you don’t know where you’re going- google map it or use nav on this one!
Food: My lady friend had the “Marvin’s Burger” which was suggested by waitress. I had the Jucy Lucy, we both ordered them medium and got fries, I had water to drink as I was dehydrated.
Immediately after we ordered we saw a platter o’ nacho’s being delivered to the table next to us, and were sorry we didn’t just order that to share! They were huge and looked wonderful, the waitress said they were a local favorite. (next time)
Food arrived on time, and burgers were actually medium (hard to find these days imho). Fries were good, thick cut but crispy and very tasty, not over salted. The Marvin was fantastic, the chipolte mayo was a nice touch- I would order this next time. Juicy Lucy was good, good beef, plenty of cheese but not anything overly special, just a good solid Lucy.
I should tag this with #selfhelp but I think I’ll just skip all that. I’ve been walking and jogging a lot with my girlfriend, and I thought “wow this is great, I feel great, I’m running great! I should start running again!!!”
Problem was, I was just jogging, at someone else’s pace, with walk breaks.
I was lying to myself to convince me it was worth starting to run again. Last weekend Michelle and I went on a nice leasurely walk:
Roughly as such:
Total Distance: 6.26 km (3.9 mi) Total Time: 1:19:07 Moving Time: 1:10:32 Average Speed: 4.75 km/h (2.9 mi/h) Average Moving Speed: 5.32 km/h (3.3 mi/h) Max Speed: 15.41 km/h (9.6 mi/h) Min Elevation: 233 m (765 ft) Max Elevation: 273 m (894 ft) Elevation Gain: 322 m (1056 ft) Recorded: Sat Sep 10 17:30:28 CDT 2011 Activity type: walking
After which, I was feeling great. We had ran a few times before that, and I thought “oh yea, this google tracks thing is awesome!” And figured I should run at home.
Then of course work picked up, consulting, blah blah.. you get the point. Today I finally said “that’s it, I’m going to go and run some of this work stuff off, between 5 and 6 before I start working again.
Total Distance: 3.08 km (1.9 mi) Total Time: 21:35 Moving Time: 21:24 Average Speed: 8.55 km/h (5.3 mi/h) Average Moving Speed: 8.62 km/h (5.4 mi/h) Max Speed: 14.51 km/h (9.0 mi/h) Min Elevation: 459 m (1504 ft) Max Elevation: 479 m (1573 ft) Elevation Gain: 63 m (206 ft) Recorded: Wed Sep 14 17:25:32 CDT 2011 Activity type: jog
Sadly what Google My Tracks doesn’t tell you is that my first mile was well under 10 min (rougly 8.5). My pace was out.of.control. (for not having ran in over 5 years, anyway) It felt great until I looked down and realized my planned 1 mile run was already .89 miles in. Woops!
I turned around, and attempted to slow my pace, but it was too late. I was feeling my ankles and calves starting to tighten up: I had stretched but the pace of the first mile on a stomach full of coffee was not sitting well.
I got back to town and walked the last 1/5 of a mile at ~3 mph, stretched well, showered and came to post this up.
Hopefully it’s mental fuel for the fire, I want to be able to do a mile in a solid 6-7 min in the not too distant future.
The corvette got sold. So did the mini. Needless to say the garage is lonely with just the truck and the vega.. so, it’s time to get going on the vega!
Thanks to help in the engine tech section over at H-Body.org I’ve gotten it running but am having fuel delivery issues. Carb will likely need to be rebuilt due to excessive varnish action. Why bother if I’m planning an engine swap? I’d like to drive the car some to see what i like/don’t like about it. How much more power does it need? Hows the suspension? etc. I’ve never driven a running HBody, figure I can get the wheezy 140 going and at least put put it around and build some impressions.
Cleanup inside has started. My barn pasture find is pretty dirty and even has the added perk of some mold growing here and there. I’ve dried it out, and started with some mold specific cleaners and leather/vinyl cleaner / treaters. Photos below.
