Out Door!

First, more bacon.

I want to stuff you in my pants, Mr. Bacon.  Yummy.

Enough of that. Down to business. 

These two items recently found their way into the "hock me for cheap so as to finance frighteningly ridiculous and unnecessarily extravagant facility improvements" climate controlled storage facility in our International Shipping and Global Domination (ISGD) offices and therefore hit the flea. Increasing our liquidity here in the gleaming towers of One Utahdog Center, World Congress of the Americas has become a priority. The women are restless and are demanding an unprecedented level of investment to the brick-and-mortar side of the enterprise, what with the removal of the brass poles and the wallpapering of the Hookah Lounge and all. Now they are yammering on about lead crystal and Corinthian leather and other such nonsense. The board is discussing options, ranging from the repeal of the right to vote to the suspension of fresh cut flowers for the Formal Dining Hall and Topless Water Polo Pool, or "FuDHaTWaPP". Something has to be done.

Shimano 737 pedals.  Beat but functional.  $0.99 and the buyer is whining about shipping costs. Holy crap, fella...

Caramba Double Barrel cranks.  These came to our gleaming towers of world domination in an "asset valuation swap"; otherwise known as a "trade", for a pair of "well worn mountain bike wheels"; otherwise known as "some beat junk".

Missed Opportunity? A QUIZ!

Cruising the flea leads to quizicularistic behavior.... So here's a little quiz...

1) - Snappy old blue ano Zaskar for $two-fitty.  I had a purple one once, and it would be sort of neat to hang another purple from the rafters, but:...

-----A----- I'm trying to purge my own stash of weirdness. and also, this one is blue, dumbass.

-----B----- Somebody else already determined that this frame warranted purging from a stash of weirdness.

-----C----- Adding some mystery person's purged weirdness to my stash of purged weirdness is weird. 

-----D----- All of the above.

-----E----- Bacon.

This green 1.125 threadless steerer-tubed Cannondale Pepperoni fork went for a shockingly low $9.99, strange because...

-----A----- 1.125 is an odd duck size for Pepperoni forks, usually found in 1" threaded or in 1.25" dia.
-----B----- Most, if not all, of Cannondale's forks have already broken in two.
-----C----- Everybody likes Pepperoni, especially in a nice Calzone.
-----D----- All of the above.
-----E----- Bacon.

The correct answer for both questions is 'E'.  

Moor Foor The Out Door!

The scantily clad hotties are beginning to complain, so it is high time; fresh wallpaper is needed in the Hookah Lounge here in the gleaming towers of One Utahdog Center, World Congress of the Americas. We still don't allow the finer of the sexes in the Long Bar, because hey ho, they just don't look right in smoking jackets, so we have to up the game in the Hookah Lounge to keep the peace. We yanked out the brass poles and did away with the required veiled-face policy already, so this is a big last step. Never let it be said that we resist cultural evolution in the name of equality.

That can only mean one thing. More crap for sale!

36 HP VW fuel pump diaphragm, NEW!  Includes awesome original VW factory packaging, with printing detail fit for the Long Bar.

36HP VW fuel pump parts and bits. A new complete pump with no diaphragm, 2 NEW fuel pump tops, and a used Canadian made pump.

36HP German made pumps, one clearly is for core rebuild only, the other is marked as "used 200 miles and removed for sale of car", 3 new tops.

Finally, early Porsche 356 bits. A core fuel pump in need of rebuild. German of course. And a second pump top with a cracked filter cover, some random original parts, and a box. Merkur hood badge not included in auction, thanks.

Come get some parts! Hitting an eBay near you. Well, hitting the eBay. Not like there's 14 eBay's out there is there. Although with their new and 'improved' stupid policies, they could clearly use the competition.

Saying 'so long'...

Sometimes you have to say goodbye.  And I don't mean to Don Zimmer, who passed away Wednesday at the ripe old age of 83.  Zimmer was the only decent thing ever associated with the Yankees, and spent the last 11 years with the Tampa Bay Rays.

"Gerbil"

No I mean the Turner, which is on its way to Boulder Colorado to new owners. 

There aint no junky Specialized in that box!

Be well and godspeed. 

The sale of the bike left me a bit more "fat of stacks', but looking for avenues to dump my unspent aggression, so I took to vandalizing reminder notes left for cleaning crew folks in public bathrooms.

The Rocky Mountain is next.  Frame, fork, stem, bars, front and rear brake, seatpost and seat clamp.  $250 plus shipping...  Come get it.

Then I'll probably piss all that money away on some snappy vintage Japanese truck like this awesome old Toyota idling outside my local Chinese Tool Emporium; a.k.a. Harbor Freight.

God Bless America.