Great story Leah. Thank you for sharing it. I appreciate learning about the life and times of bicycle people. Doug
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 31, 2021, at 4:47 PM, George Schick <bhim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > TMI...sort of. > >> On Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 3:25:52 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> >> >> I’m glad this thread was resurrected because I’m in fine fighting form today >> about my garage. >> >> For years, 2 of the 3 stalls were mine. The third stall was for my deep >> freezer, bikes and the tiny amount of tools/pieces/parts that go with the >> bikes. But now big things are happening in my household. JP got himself a >> motorcycle, so that went to live in the bike stall. Then, he inherited his >> Dad’s 1995 Jeep Wrangler and decided to restore it. As of yesterday, he >> convinced me to move my van out of my remaining garage stall and park on the >> street so he can really spread out and mess up the garage. He’s doing things >> with paint, so now I live in fear he’s going to spray my beloved raspberry >> Platypus, or maybe it will get stolen because he’s got the garage door up >> all the time. Or maybe we’ll all die of the paint fumes, who knows. >> >> Last night things came to a real head when he asked for my socket wrench. >> Years ago I took the socket wrench and the 3/4” socket and kept them in my >> van, because that’s what both of my bike racks require. Last night he asked >> for it back...for keeps. I bought him this socket set when we were dating in >> college; we had just met and it was Christmas. He was a farm boy who was >> studying to be a suit, but I didn’t see why he wouldn’t like a good socket >> set - it was CRAFTSMAN. I think his exact words after unwrapping the gift >> were...”You don’t know me, do you.” And he was right. But now he’s returning >> to his roots. He sheds that suit and he turns on country music and he gets >> tools and he’s ripping apart that Jeep. Today I went to Lowe’s and spent a >> whopping $37 on one socket wrench and one socket in 3/4”. I bought Craftsman >> because it’s cheaper than a divorce (I’m kidding. Kind of.). >> >> Here are photos of the pathetic little spaces I’m left with, and of my >> glorious new socket wrench.You’ll note my one little tool bag (I bought one >> that didn’t scream TOOLS IN HERE to throw him off my trail). I have a >> make-up bag (!) in the van and that is where my socket wrench and bike rack >> parts are. Not pictured are my bike stand and my air compressor. >> Leah >> PS I actually adore him. I just think socket wrenches are like underwear - >> you should only have use of your own. >>> On Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 11:14:49 AM UTC-7 esoter...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> I'm a bit late as well, but I've really enjoyed seeing everyone's work >>> space and have gotten some good ideas from y'all. And hopefully we can keep >>> this thread going and see more of your shop spaces. Here's a pic of my >>> workbench: I moved the bike stand for the shot, but it lives on the >>> cardboard you can see at the corner of the pic, and most of the bikes are >>> hung up on the wall just to the left of the metal cabinet. Cheers, >>> >>> ~Mark >>> Raleigh, NC >>> >>> >>> >>>>> On Mar 19, 2021, at 19:40, Eric Marth <eric...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>> Dang, glad you made it Rich! I'm really impressed with the bottle cage >>>> and cup as tool holder. That's some next level stuff. I'm serious. I like >>>> your shop-made tool holders as well as the base you made for the truing >>>> stand. I'm with you on the plywood, nails and shop-made methods for >>>> holding stuff. Table-mounted vise is cool. >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 5:45:54 PM UTC-4 richd...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>> I'm very late to the party but wanted to share. I've done a lot more >>>>>> volunteer work- frame and wheel building for our local co-op. My frame >>>>>> building items are in another room and I haven't done a full-frame in >>>>>> almost 2 years, although I've done a lot of S and S coupler retro's >>>>>> which is odd. It seems repairs will come and go in cycles. My space has >>>>>> been taken over by various kids and family projects, which has been fun. >>>>>> My daughter's crafts, my son's pitching practice area, and oddly, a >>>>>> wrestling mat. Hey, they are only young once! My dream is a separate >>>>>> space outside of the house, but that is just that, a dream! >>>>>> -Rich in Des Moines >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7b2f35a0-a05a-4f6b-bee0-465bd27924f7n%40googlegroups.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/T9Vju7QDaPE/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f58574b0-374a-4393-89a1-6091a620d10dn%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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