SNOWSTORM!!!!!
I just $!@$@#$% hate the weather people anymore. we begin at the start of the week with building (ratings-grabbing!) coverage of 'potential snow' for Thursday, today. by yesterday-Wednesday- we had gone from 1"-3" to 4"-8". an 8inch snow in Louisville in diciembre is a big deal, so all eyes on the TV. today- Thursday- we all watch the skies with baited anticipation for the fury to come. oh, by mid-day the forecast may call for a little sleet and "wintry mix" in that 8". now, at 5.30 p.m., the skies are emptying of moisture and it, IT mind you, managed to contain some dreary rain and sleet and almost negligible snow. almost NONE. being in my line of work, we're impacted by all the snow talk. it seriously works the baboons up. do you get your hopes up? do you ignore it all? do you get by like farmers in 1900 who didn't have TV WINTER STORM WARNINGS!? BS, just total BS.
played with the Lumotec light some more today. i already prepared the Carradice for return to peterwhite. i'm going with the Nelson Longflap, since i have to have the room.
the light has proven more complicated. it works. in fact it works better than it's supposed to. the switch which should turn off the light during the daytime, thereby saving bulblife, doesn't cut the current. therefore the light is on 24/7/365. i just can't pay $105.00 for a light that doesn't do what it should. i emailed and got a response from a nice gentleman in Quebec, Michel Gagnon [mgagnonlv@yahoo.fr], who gave me some good suggestions. i removed the light from the frame, thereby ensuring that there are no grounding considerations. i switched the wires back and forth so as to have appropriate "polarity". best i can tell, the switch doesn't work.
i've stated before that i'm scared of peterwhite; he's intimidating and seems to think that i'm stupid, which i might be technologically. i have to get this light thing worked out, because i refused to ride with this generator hub that seriously increases my drag without having the benefits of the light.
i'll call peter tomorrow and see how he treats me.
because i also have been fiddling with the LHT, and now have no rack mounted, i'm going back to the old C'dale for tomorrow's commute. i'll mount both lights and pump the tires up and ride in the the "wintry soup".
played with the Lumotec light some more today. i already prepared the Carradice for return to peterwhite. i'm going with the Nelson Longflap, since i have to have the room.
the light has proven more complicated. it works. in fact it works better than it's supposed to. the switch which should turn off the light during the daytime, thereby saving bulblife, doesn't cut the current. therefore the light is on 24/7/365. i just can't pay $105.00 for a light that doesn't do what it should. i emailed and got a response from a nice gentleman in Quebec, Michel Gagnon [mgagnonlv@yahoo.fr], who gave me some good suggestions. i removed the light from the frame, thereby ensuring that there are no grounding considerations. i switched the wires back and forth so as to have appropriate "polarity". best i can tell, the switch doesn't work.
i've stated before that i'm scared of peterwhite; he's intimidating and seems to think that i'm stupid, which i might be technologically. i have to get this light thing worked out, because i refused to ride with this generator hub that seriously increases my drag without having the benefits of the light.
i'll call peter tomorrow and see how he treats me.
because i also have been fiddling with the LHT, and now have no rack mounted, i'm going back to the old C'dale for tomorrow's commute. i'll mount both lights and pump the tires up and ride in the the "wintry soup".
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