Happy birthday Aqua!

[mark]

Happy birthday!

[Horace]

Happy birthday Aqua!

[Catseye3]

[kluurs]

Tea's time to celebrate your birthday. Hope it's a happy one.

[Copper]


[Jolly]

Just remember, dude, no matter how old you are, I've still got boots older than you.

[LuFins Dad]

Happy Birthday Jolly’s Boots!

Oh, and Aqua, too.

[Aqua Letifer]

Thanks, everybody!

There's a place I drove by a few days ago: Randy's Ribs, touted as the only true open pit BBQ place in all of Maryland. (For those unawares, pit beef is very much a Thing in central Maryland. Yeah, I know, I don't get it, either.) The restaurant is all kinds of fantastic. I took a picture, and I'll share it here once the roll's developed. When you're in line, you have almost no indication that you're not in 1975. One line on a sign (that's definitely as old as Jolly's boots) indicates they have a website, and that's it. The line forms in the parking lot, which it shares with a Baptist church and Rotary Club Bingo. If you like the sauce, it comes in 3 sizes: Bottle, Jug, and Yellow Jug. It's freaking great.

Today, I sampled Randy's Ribs, and saw that it was Good.

[jon-nyc]

How old are you now?

My guess is 37 or maybe 36.

[Loki]

@aqua-letifer said in Happy birthday Aqua!:

Thanks, everybody!

There's a place I drove by a few days ago: Randy's Ribs, touted as the only true open pit BBQ place in all of Maryland. (For those unawares, pit beef is very much a Thing in central Maryland. Yeah, I know, I don't get it, either.) The restaurant is all kinds of fantastic. I took a picture, and I'll share it here once the roll's developed. When you're in line, you have almost no indication that you're not in 1975. One line on a sign (that's definitely as old as Jolly's boots) indicates they have a website, and that's it. The line forms in the parking lot, which it shares with a Baptist church and Rotary Club Bingo. If you like the sauce, it comes in 3 sizes: Bottle, Jug, and Yellow Jug. It's freaking great.

Today, I sampled Randy's Ribs, and saw that it was Good.

That’s great. Happy bday.

[Catseye3]

@jon-nyc I don't care about that. I want to know whether he had the Bottle, the Jug or the Yellow Jug.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in Happy birthday Aqua!:

How old are you now?

My guess is 37 or maybe 36.

Good guesses. 39.

@Catseye3 bottle. I'm easing in.

[brenda]

Happy birthday, Aqua! I hope you had lots of cake or other treats in addition to the BBQ. Got any special plans with the family?

[Rich]

Sounds like a good time. Happy birthday!

[taiwan_girl]

A bit late, but happy birthday Aqua!!! Sounds like you had a great day!

[Friday]

I'm late too.

Happy Birthday Aqua!

39? Damn time flies. In my mind you are 23, even though I know you aren't.

[Klaus]

Happy Birthday indeed!

[Aqua Letifer]

Thanks all! Aside from a cool family road trip, I pulled my bike out of storage and broke a toe? bought some crap to trick it out some. Gatorskin tires, Dura-Ace cables, new chainring, new brake levers, and I'm converting the front thru-axle to a quick release. The work will be most of the fun.

My wife's gonna take over the ebike as soon as it's fixed up. It'll haul the kiddo in a trailer. It's gonna be speedy.

[Klaus]

@aqua-letifer said in Happy birthday Aqua!:

I'm converting the front thru-axle to a quick release.

Converting a wheel is easy, but how do you convert the frame?

[Aqua Letifer]

@klaus said in Happy birthday Aqua!:

@aqua-letifer said in Happy birthday Aqua!:

I'm converting the front thru-axle to a quick release.

Converting a wheel is easy, but how do you convert the frame?

Nothing on the frame, but the axle might prove to be a bit of a challenge. How do you get the cones and cups to be the right diameter, distance, etc? There are adapters you can get but it seems you have to take a ton of measurements.