Troublegum

@Troublegum (641)

United States • Age 46

Joined myLot 16 years ago

www.goosecreekcycle.com

Discussions (61)

Troublegum's Discussions

contemplating midlife crisis

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 11 Oct 12

Anyone else have those moments when you realize you have 8 million things to do with your kids, your work, and your family. Your constantly putting out fires. When you are with your kids you are worried about something you have to...

sleep deprivation

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wow 4 years

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 18 Jul 12

Its funny, I take a break from mylot and check back on the bmx forum only to discover that my post from 4 years ago is still the most recent. Anyway, I no longer live in st Louis, so the new pump track in the new back yard is...

pump track

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rules questions

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 17 Jul 12

Hi all, I just started playing this with my son and had some questions where the rules were unclear. So the first one is this, are you supposed to bring you hand up to 3 cards at the beginning of each round, or his draw 1 card...

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Online coupon codes

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 14 Jul 12

Hey, Ever now and then these guys give out coupon codes with orders. They are intended for returning customers, but they work universally. The most recent one I got was "10bay" which is a 10% off online orders coupon. not sure...

coupon codes

organic foods better for you?

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 16 Jun 12

I hear a lot of people say that organic foods are better for you for one reason or another, but have yet to see any primary literature that proves it. Can anyone point me to studies on the topic? My concern is that if we are...

organic food

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any sellers getting upset with ebays new focus on "metrics"?

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 25 May 12

I have been selling on ebay with success for a number of years, but their new focus on metriics has pushed me away from their platform. I understand that they want to provide the best possible service for the buyers, but they also...

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does mylot cash expire?

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 22 Apr 12

Hi I just took a pretty long hiatus from mylot and returned to find my cash at zero, I know I had a little in the account. Not that it is a huge loss, I am just wondering how long it takes to expire if that is what happened.

cash

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can I mass "Skip this ad"?

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 21 Sep 11

Ok, I get that this site is driven by advertisers, but I also get that it is driven by those of us who pop up from time to time and talk to eachother (i.e. create content for Mylot. What is with all the adds that pop up take over...

advertisment

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remember when you slept at night?

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 5 May 11

Remember when you didn't have kids and if you were up and about at 2am it was by your own choice. I have solved this problem by doing work at night so when the kids get up in the middle of the night I am already up. I will sleep...

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650b khs

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 3 May 11

Me and the boys at http://www.goosecreekcycle.com justbuilt up a 650b khs can't wait to get on it. Anyone tried one yet

Hanging bike racks

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 17 Apr 11

Ok, my wife is fed up with the bikes in the garage, so I am hanging racks and drinking beer. Sounds like plans for the evening. So much for grab a bike and ride it. I am now going to have to take it down off a hook like it was...

Wow 4 months?

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 10 Jun 10

Ok the tour of callifonia, and the Giro De Italia have come and gone and there were no posts here on cycling. That kind of bums me out was everyone out riding or at the races?

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PIcture earning sites

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 13 May 10

There are a few of these sites where you put your picturs up and have people link to them and earn cash seem to be about 22-32CPM, anyone have experiance with any of them and know which ones are good or bad?

earn with photos

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Can Americans outwork Mexicans?

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 11 Apr 10

Ok, so I was mowing my yard and a guy cam buy and offered to get me a quote on doing my landscaping. (I personally don't care a lot about landscaping, so mine isn't great) At anyrate, I got talking to the guy and he basically said...

jobs

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Understanding other functions of twitter

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 19 Aug 09

Ok I have the basics, but I keep hearing people talking about having groups and discussions on twitter, and is seems like I must be missing some of the functions. Like if there are a bunch of people who want to have a discussion...

groups

twitter

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Vuelta a Espania on Mylot

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 4 Aug 09

Ok, so the Vuelta is comming up at the end of this month. Las month the Tour was running and we started to get a limited amount of commentary here on mylot. For the Vuelta, we should try to organize something around the race so we...

vuelta espania

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New SRAM X.X what do you think?

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 4 Aug 09

The new SRAM X.X is out and features a new 2 X 10 design, I don't think there is much question that on the racing side of things going to a double up front has been in the works for a while, but every time we add another cog to...

new sram components

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I predict a Lance Win

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 25 Jul 09

Ok, I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Lance makes sure Contadors lead is safe and then Lets it rip on the final climb of todays penultimate stage. He wants to win on this climb, and he needs to prove that he still...

lance armstrong

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Should George be in yellow?

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 19 Jul 09

Ok, who is to blame for George not bing in yellow? I know 5 seconds can go a lot of ways, but do you think Astana miscalculated, or do you think Garmin had a grudge? Or was it just good tactics for Garmin to make the same teams...

hincapy

yellow jersey

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Stan's Road Tubeless Kit

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 21 Jun 09

Has anyone out there used the new Stans tubeless kit for road bikes. Or even just run tubless at all? (tubeless, not tubular) I am thinking of making the leap and would be interested in feedback.

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