Monthly Archives: September 2011

Notice anything missing?

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Paul Tomblin

Last night somebody stole my roof rack. The Yakima rack was nearly 12 years old (except the new q-towers, which are only a few months old) but it might be worth something to somebody. The really annoying thing is the … Continue reading →

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Don’t worry, it won’t affect anything

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Paul Tomblin

Before upgrading to Lion, I checked the compatibility of the apps I use, and discovered that Quicken doesn’t work on Lion. Intuit hasn’t actually updated the Mac version or Quicken for nearly 5 years, instead bringing out something called “Quicken … Continue reading →

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A long boat on a short car

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Paul Tomblin

One of the problems with my car is that the gap between the roof rack bars is so short. I bought a v-rack so that I wouldn’t be supporting the boat at two points near the middle and having it … Continue reading →

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Progress

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Paul Tomblin

For the last several months I’ve been trying to slowly build myself back up after the surgery. I paddle once or twice a week, and generally I do one “long” (for values of long that seem ridiculously short to me) … Continue reading →

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