Commute/Bike: It has started off as a soggy week to say the least. The Iron Giant took a heavy beating on monday during a 45 minute soaking downpour of a ride. The elder chaos machine wanted to help dry the giant off and get it ready for the next day but i quickly learned, never give them grease or oil. It was everywhere in a matter of second but none on the bike. It was rather funny to watch though. Got the bike wiped down and dry before applying some new Squirt Chain Lube. All exposed cabling got a wipe down with Teflon silicone oil....I didn't think silicone needed Teflon but it sounded good and it has worked well so i haven't switched. Stick with what works well and what you trust. The Geax tires are holding up really well after two years of commuting on the iron giant. I hope that in the next few weeks i can get a few miles on the Panaracer Evo III and see how they handle and hold up on the busy pothole filled streets of the republic. I got them on some old Ritchey Pro wheels. These were amazingly tight to get on the rims to a point that I snapped a tire iron. The bead is amazingly tight so we'll see how they hold up. A new saddle is on the way too....90% off a sella so that should be interesting too see how it goes. I wish you could try a saddle out before buying it. Its just a matter of finding out what fits best. I have one specialized toupe but i can't afford another right now....so any imitation cheapo that is on sale will have to do the trick. The "carbon" saddle on the redline is the least comfortable seat and needs to be replaced before putting mileage back on that bike.
Food: Did get to munch down one of these the other day
Lobster rolls are something that i like to enjoy but can't figure out why they are so expensive. Are you getting 2 pounds of lobster meat in the roll. I haven't a clue but the other day it was 9 bucks for the roll and some interesting looking onion rings, more like onion fries that were tasty but not crispy enough. The lobster meat had only a very light dressing of mayo so it was good.
Rant: I understand items in very simple terms and sometime the complexity of situations is lost in translations. On the news the other day, I heard that Goldman Sachs is making record profits and will be dolling out remarkable bonuses to all employees. Wasn't this one of the companies that helped sell junk and facilitate the downfall in the market. They weren't the only player nor the biggest contributor but they do deserve the blame. I understand rewarding employee's for hard work, leadership and retention. However when you see the totals on these bonuses, it is staggering that the same people who almost destroyed a company are now getting large bonuses. These are people who offer little "core necessities" to the marketplace. You trade paper! (Speaking of paper-this makes for an easy analogy in my simple mind) However if you look at the paper industry which has been hit extremely hard you see a direct trickle down of the effect from the mill and pulp processors down to the loggers. These are workers who work extremely laborious jobs, fight to keep finding work even when the mills and pulp processors are not accepting wood, yet keep going without large bonuses or rewards. I don't want to say that a 50 hour work week at Goldman sachs is a cupcake job but at the end of the day, who do you think has to take more advil and figure which bills get paid and which don't at the end of the month. I would also have to imagine that the thousand or so ex-goldman sachs employees that got cut less than a year ago must be pretty infuriated that the executives are going to take home some record bonuses. I don't want to draw any conclusions from my nonsense just yet but at the end of the day I rather see the "logger" take home a paycheck than the management from GS. I don't pretend to understand many of politics at play in any industry and I am still wading through the information to make a better judgement but sometimes certain issues just sound unbelievable.
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