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Marburg
02-18-2006, 05:31 PM
Idle hands are indeed the devil's playground.

As of this moment, as I clean out my courier bag, it contains:


One Baileyworks SuperPro, XLarge, Orange
"Probabilistic Robotics" by Thrun, Burgard and Fox
"Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, 5th ed" by Franklin, Powell, and Emami-Naemi
Two homeworks sets I need to grade
One large unlined Moleskine notebook, my "design notebook"
One monthly planner
One Performance Bike flyer, expired
One manilla folder containing CAD drawings for my latest project (a stainless steel hummingbird feeder)
One lined yellow pad, letter size, with a couple of physical oceanography notes crammed in it.
One big piece of brown craft paper with some sort of inscrutable design discussion scrawled on it
A pile of mail w/o bike content
A smooshed apple, still edible
One pair safety glasses stored in an old gym sock
One pair Tillman kidskin welding gloves, medium
One "Olympia" brand tape measure, 12ft capacity
One Pentax Optio33WR digital camera (not pictured)
One SimpleTech Bonzai SD-to-USB thinger
One ea 128 and 256 MB SD cards
Two AA batteries I need to recycle
One red flashy (Cateye, I think)
One white flashy (Planet Bike?)
One 50ml centrifuge tube, once sterile
One HP 32SII RPN scientific calculator
One CD-R of Knoppix Linux
Two empty/blank business envelopes
Approx one dozen scraps of wet/dry sandpaper, 240-600 grit
The sternum strap for my bag
Two of those paper coffee-cup insulator thingers
One Tiger's milk bar wrapper
One tailor's tape (inches and cms)
One pad 2x2in postit notes
Three pant cuff reflector straps, one played out, one promotional Stanford transportation office
One paper "tag"
One pair earbud headphones with broken left bud
One Park folding hex tool
One 1/8-1/4 headphone adaptor
One half a big eraser
Two bags of random 6-32 hardware
Two tags from Stanford Cycling wheels we trashed
One tube of 0.5mm "B" pencil lead
One checkbook with lizards on the cover
One set Kryptonite keys
One adjustable shelving bracket
One small Moleskine notebook, unlined, for "notes"
One small Moleskine notebook, lined, for "research"
Four blue fountain pen refills, Euro style, in metal tin
One broken 6-32 tap
One broken 1/2 x 45 deg dovetail cutter (endmill), with box
One M5 (bottle cage) bolt, not shown
Four black Sharpies, three fine, one extra fine
Two 0.5 mm mechanical pencils, both empty
One 0.7 mm mechanical pencil, not empty
Another chunk of Staedler eraser
Two red pens, played out
One stub of red colored pencil
One anonymous black pen
One Rotring 600 series fountain pen, extrafine nib, black w/ black ink
One Cross ATX fountain pen, fine nib, black w/ blue-black ink
One Rotrin 600 series ball point pen, gel insert, "lava" finish


Now I've got to put it all back in!

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Kevan
02-18-2006, 05:53 PM
thar ain't cha fella?

I leave most of that stuff at home:

1- CO2 nozzle
2- inner tube wrapped in clear wrap
3- 2 come-alongs
4- one-in-all tool (in its own pouch w/ patch, quarter, pencil, copy of driver's license)

Samster
02-18-2006, 06:01 PM
2- inner tube wrapped in clear wrap


why do you wrap it? is it necessary?

as for me:

1. tire levers
2. inner tube (unwrapped)
3. co2 pump + 2 cartridges
4. $20 bill
5. clif bar (wrapped)
6. crackberry (just in case something unpleasant happens...)

Steve Hampsten
02-18-2006, 06:09 PM
http://www.dangpow.com/~landed/bigblack/images/bigblack.album.covers/rchfront.jpg

Bill Bove
02-18-2006, 06:43 PM
1 tube

1 Co2w/nozzle

1 lever

1 5mm Allen key

1 Five dollar bill

1 Dog tag w/ D.L. # engraved on it.

Too Tall
02-18-2006, 06:59 PM
Marburg - So? How is your back? Concerned. haha. That was an awesome and very personal "dump" thanks for sharing.

OK. I'm in. No particular order this is what fell out of my daily commuter courier bag:
1. 2 knee warmers
2. 1 Topeak Combo Master Blaster pump
3. 1. 26X1.25 Wrench Force tube
4. 1 Bank deposit slip
5. 1 receipt for deposit of an obscure stock certificate.
6. 1 band aid
7. $4.78 in loose change
8. 1 Eldi tire lever
9. 1 Park AWS4
10. $20 emergency espresso money

Fixed
02-18-2006, 07:10 PM
bro tube co2 leavers a pic of my wife and son .cheers :beer:

e-RICHIE
02-18-2006, 07:12 PM
a note from don ferris saying, in essence,
"it's not you, it's me". end of story. :beer:

Steve Hampsten
02-18-2006, 07:34 PM
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~kagan/k_thesis/gallery/U-Anvil_s.jpg

Louis
02-18-2006, 08:33 PM
Marburg,

How many mechanical pencils does an engineer need?

My old college HP is a 34C, (red LED display) and it's nearly impossible to get batteries for it. I have to buy them individually at Radio Shack and cobble something together.

Louis

Marburg
02-18-2006, 08:49 PM
How many mechanical pencils does an engineer need?


As many as it takes to guarantee one has lead in it...

which is about twice as many as I have at any point in time.

I'm gonna be sad when this HP croaks. Better start buying them off eBay and hoarding them..

Louis
02-18-2006, 08:57 PM
Try this:

Jeff Weir
02-18-2006, 09:20 PM
switchbade
ludes
papers
matches
bottle opener
I'm set to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marburg
02-18-2006, 09:28 PM
Try this:

I got 'em. I think it's in the lower right corner of the big piece of brown craft paper...

I just emptied it into one of my 0.5's. Well, now I've got two good'uns and one bad'un.

musgravecycles
02-18-2006, 10:40 PM
I"ll bite...


1. 1x Surefire L2
2. 1x Benchmade 942
3. 1x 'little black notebook' (contact info)
4. 1x 3 ring binder with my framebuilding notes in it
5. 1x set of e-RICHE's "Richie-issimo Series" lugs (changed the shorlines a bit)
6. 1x PCD bottom bracket shell (filed the windows to mach the lugs/finished the cutout tonight)
7. A half dozen 6" swiss pattern files (to accomplish above task)
8. 1x 7"x10" notebook to keep random notes/thoughts in
9. 1x Mountain Hardwear beanie
10. 2x The last two ultrasounds from the day before my daughter was born (that was almost a month ago, where is the time going!!!)
11. 1x TI 36x solar calculator
12. 1x tin of Blistex DCT
13. 1x small piece of G10 laminate (for a knife project I've been working on)
14. 4x "Mount Pisgah Academy" ball-point pens
15. 4x Ticonderoga pencils
16. 1x Eraser stick
17. $0.71 in loose change
18. 1x Michelin sock (gotta find the mate)
19. 1x set of DeFeet knee warmers
20. 1x set of Bondhus allen wrenches
21. 1x Spare Conti Sprinter
22. 1x Bank deposit slip
23. A ziploc bag full of "gussuk agutuk" (A high-powered blend of peanut butter, honey, and oats)
24. A 140mm Ritchey WCS stem for a frame project (same one as the lugs)
25. All stuffed in a very muddy Timbuk2 bag from my commute home in the snow/rain at 19 degree's the other night

toaster
02-19-2006, 01:48 AM
Viagra tablets
rubbers
KY jelly
Wet Ones
$100 bill.

Kevin
02-19-2006, 06:17 AM
Viagra tablets
rubbers
KY jelly
Wet Ones
$100 bill.

Are you a cowboy or do you participate in co-ed rides ? :D

Kevin

dirtdigger88
02-19-2006, 06:44 AM
Viagra tablets
rubbers
KY jelly
Wet Ones
$100 bill.

amature- where are the spanish flies and your lawyer's information

you are going to need those as well

Jason

Dr. Doofus
02-19-2006, 06:54 AM
in pocket:

tube
co2
4-5-6


in bag:

the company we keep
eichmann in jerusalem
grade book
some essays from AP students
pencils and stuff

toaster
02-19-2006, 09:00 AM
Are you a cowboy or do you participate in co-ed rides ? :D

Kevin

Those who ask such questions must be searching for something, like their own sexuality. Good luck in your quest. :beer:

Too Tall
02-19-2006, 09:05 AM
Steve, how's your back?

Kevin
02-19-2006, 09:57 AM
Those who ask such questions must be searching for something, like their own sexuality. Good luck in your quest. :beer:

I have thought about becoming a non-practicing homosexual. ;)

Presently, I am a married man with two young children. My wife gives me a hard time if I want to watch sports, or go to a ball game with the guys, and if she catches me oggling women I get the look. Now if I was a non-practicing homosexual, nobody would care if I wanted to spend 4 hours on my bike, or go to a Giants game or watch a baseball game, or oggle women. In addition, since I would be a non-practicing homosexual my sex life would be the same as it is now, zero. :D

Does anyone know how old the kids have to be before the wife's interest is restored? :confused:

Kevin

shoe
02-19-2006, 06:48 PM
i have never been married --
in my bag -one empty banana holder(rather phallic looking)- one of those multi tools . two tubes in the box - a local map. roll of electrical tape. copy of license with my ex's phone #. no tire pulls since i lost them...oh and a tire patch kit. i could handle alot of flats....sometimes i wish bibs had belt loops so i could carry my knife, leatherman , and digital camera......dave