Panniers, Targets & Guest Cats
Aug. 15th, 2010 11:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shannon_aI think I finally figured out my problem with my new panniers for my bike. When playing around with them last week I discovered that one of the panniers had quite a bit more give than the other if you tried to lift it off the rack. So last night I looked up the web site of the Intertia Design, the manufacturer, and after reading some docs, tightened that pannier's bungee by an inch or more.
I should probably tighten up the other one a little bit too, but I have a suspicion that I'm not going to see more flying panniers once I do that.
(And, if I do, I figured out a way to wrap the bungee around the bike rack so it won't fall off--it's just a pain to take off if I do that.)
So we had to save our grocery shopping from yesterday to today because we had family & Guest Cat out. We decided to turn that into an opportunity and tested out shopping at Target today.
Target is about 4.5 miles distant or so, but it's mostly a nice ride through Berkeley and along the Ohlone Greenway. The only bad bit is the one (and only) road that leads to Target where bikes are forbidden in one direction and the other is a little too narrow heading north.
(If that theoretical connection from the Ohlone Greenway to the Bay Trail in North Berkely ever goes through, it should solve that issue because that'd go right by Target ... but I'm not holding my breath.)
After builder #17 came out to quote our garage work this morning, we biked down there. It was overall a very pleasant shopping experience. The store seemed much nicer than the Safeway we've been going to, I think because it's got taller ceilings and is better lit. The selection was tremendous and their non-sale prices were often better than Safeway's sale+club prices. It could be they're purposefully undercutting at the moment as they roll out their groceries-at-Target thing, but I'll hope not, because they were great.
I was also struck that Target seems a considerably healthier grocer than Safeway. They had big vats of reduced fat peanut butter and Miracle Whip lite, whereas Safeway only had those in the fattier variety. Their store-brand stuff also had whole grain and other healthy junk in it pretty commonly.
We weren't home until about two, but it was a sufficiently pleasant experience, that we're going to head out to Target instead of Safeway when we're able ... it's just a bit far for every week, I think.
Napped for another couple of hours this afternoon. It's like I've caught the tse-tse sickness from Kimberly.
(Or just that I like to nap in the afternoon when given the chance.)
Guest Cat continues to settle in. He's still in that early stage where he wants out of my office, but gets pissy when he's around our hissing cats for a bit. But, it seems better today than yesterday. It'll doubtless improve as the week goes on.
I suspect that tonight is the last night that I'll keep him locked in my office over night.
One of the problems this time around is that he's supposed to be eating special food, but as I told Melody, I just didn't think that was going to happen with three other cats in the house. Sure enough, he keeps making a bee line for their food.
I should probably tighten up the other one a little bit too, but I have a suspicion that I'm not going to see more flying panniers once I do that.
(And, if I do, I figured out a way to wrap the bungee around the bike rack so it won't fall off--it's just a pain to take off if I do that.)
So we had to save our grocery shopping from yesterday to today because we had family & Guest Cat out. We decided to turn that into an opportunity and tested out shopping at Target today.
Target is about 4.5 miles distant or so, but it's mostly a nice ride through Berkeley and along the Ohlone Greenway. The only bad bit is the one (and only) road that leads to Target where bikes are forbidden in one direction and the other is a little too narrow heading north.
(If that theoretical connection from the Ohlone Greenway to the Bay Trail in North Berkely ever goes through, it should solve that issue because that'd go right by Target ... but I'm not holding my breath.)
After builder #17 came out to quote our garage work this morning, we biked down there. It was overall a very pleasant shopping experience. The store seemed much nicer than the Safeway we've been going to, I think because it's got taller ceilings and is better lit. The selection was tremendous and their non-sale prices were often better than Safeway's sale+club prices. It could be they're purposefully undercutting at the moment as they roll out their groceries-at-Target thing, but I'll hope not, because they were great.
I was also struck that Target seems a considerably healthier grocer than Safeway. They had big vats of reduced fat peanut butter and Miracle Whip lite, whereas Safeway only had those in the fattier variety. Their store-brand stuff also had whole grain and other healthy junk in it pretty commonly.
We weren't home until about two, but it was a sufficiently pleasant experience, that we're going to head out to Target instead of Safeway when we're able ... it's just a bit far for every week, I think.
Napped for another couple of hours this afternoon. It's like I've caught the tse-tse sickness from Kimberly.
(Or just that I like to nap in the afternoon when given the chance.)
Guest Cat continues to settle in. He's still in that early stage where he wants out of my office, but gets pissy when he's around our hissing cats for a bit. But, it seems better today than yesterday. It'll doubtless improve as the week goes on.
I suspect that tonight is the last night that I'll keep him locked in my office over night.
One of the problems this time around is that he's supposed to be eating special food, but as I told Melody, I just didn't think that was going to happen with three other cats in the house. Sure enough, he keeps making a bee line for their food.