Bananas, Bike tires myths

The Washington Nationals were suppose to fly to Milwaukee for the series opener yesterday after the Phillies beat them. They go to the plane and sat on the tarmac for 7 freaking hours.  At about 2:30 this morning they were headed back to the hotel and will catch another flight this morning.

SUCK!!

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So Trump is heading to war with Iran and sending a carrier task force.  Distraction?  Probably.  Typical GOP where they set things up to fail and then say I told you it would fail, like the so called Obamacare. 

Let's strip 90% of the funding and then say SEE?  We told you it would fail.

And WTF - The GOP had 8 years to screw with abortion in Wisconsin - yet as soon as Evers becomes Governor they put 4 anti abortion bills in Evers lap.  Distraction from getting anything else done.

Meanwhile it looks like Illinois will make recreational use cannabis legal January 1st 2020 with the first recreational use cannabis shops opening around June 1st. All cannabis  related criminals will be expunged.  With ILL now controlled by the Dems in all houses I can't see any road blocks.

cannabis arrests are related to racial bias in America.  American is a racist country.  You can not arrest someone for being black - HOWEVER - you CAN arrest a black person for smoking a reefer.  Which is what happens. 

Cannabis consumption has the same ratio between races yet blacks are arrested 5 times more then us white people. 

With that said there were 15,000 arrests in Wisconsin wasting police department time on actual important things. Our last Chief said when I was arguing with him that cannabis is the gateway drug to heroin.  I have to think BEER might be the gateway, but drinking huge amounts of beer is legal but having a spec of cannabis can be 6 months in jail.         

In Wisconsin the GOP has stated that cannabis in ANY form recreational  or medical will ALWAYS be illegal Wisconsin.  Who cares that it has been proven to be a miracle plant when it comes to medical and ALL of the worries you hear about are complete myths.  Nuff said.

and then there are bananas.

If you see bananas with green stems and bright yellow they are chemically ripened (go to Pic N Save to see artificially ripened bananas).  Artificially ripened bananas do not taste as good as naturally ripened ones.

Calcium carbide is to ripen bananas artificially which is very hazardous as it contains arsenic and phosphorus.

When exposed to water Calcium carbide produces acetylene gas. So when you see an artificially ripened banana they should have warning label

WARNING - acetylene gas - may cause headaches, vomiting, seizures, loss of sleep, cerebral edema, hypoxia and mental disturbances 

and

WARNING - ingesting Calcium carbide causes diarrhea, ulcers, allergy and burning eyes, sore throat, shortness of breath, extreme thirst and gastritis.

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Bike tire size myth 

Then there are bike tires.  My Giant has 23mm tires filled with 110lbs of pressure.  You would think they would be fast tires.  YET - it seems to be a myth.

Scientists tested 20, 23 and 25mm tires, same brand and found the smaller the tired the slower it was.

Once you get past 25mm size does not matter. In fact in controlled tests 26mm to 54mm there is no difference in how fast a tire is.  Even on super flat smooth roads.  On bumpy roads wider is actually faster.

There is a placebo effect going on where thin tires FEEL like you are going faster.  Fatter tires are heavier then thin tires but that extra weight does not really slow you down when starting from a standing stop.  The power-to-weight ratio is pretty poor on a bike and even professionals will not see a difference which is why professional sprinters are using wider tires now.

"Tire width influences the feel of the bike, but not its speed."   

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It was Gus's birthday yesterday and he spent it not feeling very well.  We went up to Kewaunee and he ate all sorts of bad things from treats to licking plates to other dogs dog food and anything else he could find. 

We got up a 4:30 and he had the runny orange poops all day.  The GOOD NEWS is we gave him a wonderful chicken and white rice meal which is suppose to cure this type of thing.

SO - here Gus is showing you how old he is as of yesterday - 2

 
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Balderdash and I went to the Brewer game Thursday, (the last game they lost) and the crowd  was rather sparse.  This LITERALLY is the height of the crowd in our area.

Reminded me of the good ol' days at County Stadium with no lines.  Just walk up and get a beer and hot dog, no waiting.

I got to sit with Uecker for a little while but he was not very talkative.  And looked a lot younger then I imagined.

But then look at the view he had.

Billy Joel REALLY did a job in the outfield.

OH - The Brewers 18 inning game.  We were driving back from Kewaunee where I was helping Ralls roof and listening to the game.  We picked it up in about the 5th inning

Hours and hours later DJ and I are STILL watching the game on TV.  You could not turn it off. It was so exciting and frustrating.  That Brewer game was EXACTLY like my SOM team for an entire month.

Guys on base all the time and no runs. But here is the funny thing. So many people a watched the game because  . . . it was PROM NIGHT!  Parents were staying up late ANYWAY waiting for sons and daughters to come home.  Too funny!    Probably the highest rated extra inning game this year.

In fact it was the Brewers FIRST extra inning game of the year.  The last team to go OT.

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