So far today is going great. I tried to fix my bike's flat tire ... • Aaron Parecki

So far today is going great. I tried to fix my bike's flat tire and it went flat again an hour later. And now my external SSDs aren't mounting which is making it very hard to do work.

Can I call in a "technical difficulties day"? It's like a sick day but for my stuff.

Portland, Oregon, USA • 40°F

Mon, Dec 19, 2022 12:47pm -08:00

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- Perry Wagle (@pwagle@mastodon.social) twitter.com/PerryWagle
  
  Get puncture resistant tires?
  
  Tue, Dec 20, 2022 8:43pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- wat..? but in 🌈 twitter.com/elizabethcb
  
  Maybe the tubes were bad?
  
  Tue, Dec 20, 2022 5:55pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- carpetbomberz mastodon.online/users/carpetbomberz
  
  @aaronpk I'm imaging a Bill Lumbergh like conversation where one asks, if you could just go ahead and consider this a sickday but for my stuff, that'd greeeaaaaat.
  
  Mon, Dec 19, 2022 8:19pm -08:00
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  Yeah this may be the answer 😬 Until about last year I always went to a bike shop if I had a flat. Barely ever had flats. Replaced my tubes three times this year and got a flat again shortly after each time. I am clearly not cut out to be a bike mechanic.
  
  Tue, Dec 20, 2022 3:46am +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- jack the nonabrasive mastodon.social/users/karabaic
  
  @aaronpk “our company offers unlimited tdd’s” ⬅️ something you’ll never see in a job ad
  
  Mon, Dec 19, 2022 7:42pm -08:00
- gene twitter.com/pdxgene
  
  I’ve long since given in to the luxury of allowing a specialist to fix my bike tires. The walk-up window at @SellwoodCycle has 100% spoiled me…
  
  Tue, Dec 20, 2022 3:41am +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
  
  The nice part of replacing my tube twice in one day means I'm getting faster at disassembling and reassembling the whole rear wheel on the Brompton. Took only 18 minutes the second time!
  
  Maybe I should schedule monthly sessions to keep practicing.
  
  Mon, Dec 19, 2022 7:39pm -08:00
- Nate xoxo.zone/users/voiceofunreason
  
  @aaronpk I worked at bike shops for a dozen years and rarely ever got flats. I got a better paying job in tech and my flats-in-a-year rate has gone up, no joke, at least 5x. I’ve angered the bike gods.
  
  Mon, Dec 19, 2022 3:30pm -08:00

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