Rest in Peace Alice & Malcolm

 

Alice Brock of Alice's Restaurant fame has passed away.

And so Has Malcolm Smith. If you're of my generation and a motorcyclist, he needs no introduction. In addition to being a great motorcyclist, he had a motorcycle dealership and when the federal government decided to ban the sale of motorcycles to kiddies because of lead in the valve stems, Malcolm called bullshit on the whole deal and sold bikes anyway. Common sense would have told you a little tyke wasn't going to be able to get his head in between the spokes, therefor, not much chance of ingesting lead.

I worked on the log splitter yesterday - cold out in the unheated garage. I got as far as I could go until I get some help with the beam. That should arrive today after the 5K event. That too is going to be a chilly one - something like 18 degrees at the starting time. I probably should have taken a pass on this event. I don't think I'm going to try and be competitive any longer and I don't need another tee shirt - just need exercise. 

I was going to finish up the chin-up bar yesterday but I got a chill working on the log splitter and it was too cold to paint anyway. Maybe get that done today. I brought the can of paint in so it would be warm enough. If I run the heater for a while, I can get the shop temperature up to painting temperature. When it's this cold I don't like to run the heater unless I'm going to be out there for at least a couple of hours.