so i roll into the office today

only to have to REALLY go potty, wet not poopy (can ya tell my bathroom vocab is influenced by a 2 year old?)...

and well i got as many layers on as ever... bib shorts - damp REI baselayer (poly pro ain't so stretchy when stuck to skin) bib tights, pearl wind pants, Bellweather heavy weight longsleeve jersey and Sugoi jacket.. getting changed into clothes just doesn't happen fast enough...

And if the ride in this morning at 15-17° F (yeah - balmy compared to the northern folks) wasn't quite enough - i've gotta pop back out, brave the city streets and hit the other facility in a few minutes. Farking brilliant. And no - thet littlest hitched a ride in the car this AM.

And while watching the news or something in the last couple days - i think just before the "cold" hit, a guy said "It is very important to get your car winterized."

So my wife turns to me and says "What do you have to do to winterize the car?"

And i thought for a second... um... um... um... not a Fahking thing! Not a Goll-durn thing. Okay - running through the list:
Oil- most all cars now require an "energy conserving" viscosity that is fine for cold weather
Coolant- winter/summer if ya coolant ain't ready for summer it ain't ready for winter and if it ain't ready for either it is just flat out asking for trouble and problems down the road...
Fuel- should be good fuel ya ain't gonna have problems if you have good fuel (gasoline or diesel)

so what else is there to winterize?

put the ice scraper in the car?

snow tires - yeah, that'd be winterizing, but most folks run all seasons and stuff...

winter wipers - yeah, i suppose... i've used em, and they flat out suck giant donkey testicles, esp if ya going over 60 mph... at least on the Golf they do.

I guess bottom line - if ya car is properly maintained and your maintenace up to date... ya don't need to worry about "winterizing" and yes... i've lived in michigan, two three months where the temp NEVER got above 20 degrees F EVER... weeks in the single digits. I ain't experienced penguin arctic cold... but the windswept fields of Michigan are pretty damn almost as close as you can get in the lower 48...

Okay,

scannin through skimming stuff (okay i read all of Peanut's new stuff while eating a fig newton or two or 6)...

I get to this at Big Jonny's and laugh... how funny - and how true - he DOES try really hard:

And yes, Al as in Al Gore. Who wants to pick on Al Gore? He's like everybody's retarded second cousin. You don't see much of him, but when you do your nice to him because he's trying really hard.

Patrick O'Grady's got some new stuff and a pic wearing a Richard Sachs T but that'll have to wait - as will what-i-think (she's talking about beer... mmmm beeeeer)

and heck - read the rest of Jonny's sh-tuff for a nice play by play from "demon cat" about some yuppie in a volvo in DC... good stuff - gwadz - watch out for that volvo!

Okay well that's about it for the link happy g...

*raising my cup of coffee in toast mode*

Here's
to rides that how ever freaky in the middle wind up safe in the end
to having family and friends you love and respect
to having the benefits of health and freedom

And to the bumper sticker i saw:

I can't wait till
2008

(ya gotta admit, it has a nice rhythm and meter)

Peace
G