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ai6yr, to cycling

Checked off the list. Hauled a bunch of books home via cargo rack (lesson: pack a canvas bag in the backpack).

MBridegam,
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@ai6yr @meganL

Please advise if you ever find a source for the Chicobag Micro keychain tote -- not the standard small folding tote but the tiny literally egg-sized kind in blue, green or black that used to be sold attached to a card, sometimes in sets of two. It is my Online Unobtainia #1.

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@meganL

Have thought about it but know the odds are steep: the item has been discontinued for about 10 years after being last sold (that I know of) by the Sierra.com company, which seems to be an affiliate of Marshall's doing a similar remainder-resale kind of business. Even though Wirecutter once called it one of the 7 best folding shopping bags. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/reusable-shopping-bags/

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@meganL OK, I wrote them, here goes nothing...

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@meganL

Drat, they said no -- too expensive to make.

The fabric is a nylon that's different from their standard PETE bags. Don't know what kind of nylon. I had the idea at some point that it was parachute cloth but I can't find that in any documentation that is still online and I may just be mistaken about that.

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@meganL

The cloth would be the issue, not the pattern. The pattern is similar to the standard ChicoBag, just a bit smaller. The main thing about the Micro is that the nylon cloth is very compact but not crinkly.

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@ai6yr @meganL

Hm, it doesn't have a coating or that silicon feel on the hand like Sea to Summit bags, which I think are silnylon. Maybe plain ripstop? But it doesn't have those heavier ribs woven into the fabric either. More like an imitation of silk, but not fragile like silk can be.

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@ai6yr @meganL

Interesting, thx!

This looks right re: a texture of tiny squares. Seems shinier than my familiar pocket tote bag but mine has many years of use on it: https://www.bradorfabrics.com/collections/micro-ripstop

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@ai6yr @meganL

Eh, but I don't even have a sewing machine...

MBridegam,
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@ai6yr @meganL

Seriously!?

Meanwhile I have an answer from Chicobag: 20D ripstop nylon.

ai6yr, to random

Little Free Library on a post! Hopefully won't get too much friendly fire from the family, LOL. (Starting to add books).

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@ai6yr @tiamat271

Hoping that a kid finds and loves The Phantom Tollbooth.

ai6yr, to random

New "old-school" hip hop station here in my area must be a robo-station... because all the announcements/voiceovers sound like one of these people... 🤔 (I mean, sure, maybe they like old-school hip hop too, but it's kind of weird to get a Casey Kasem-like "THE OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP CHANNEL" announcement).

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@ai6yr

What an odd photo that is. In each of the four couples, one seems to be displaying the other to the camera like a prize bluefish.

ai6yr, to random

Hmm, I am about to be reamed by people who are offended by my use of the word "lazy". Sigh. Instead of blocking them all I'm deleting my reply.

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@ai6yr @glightly

Hey, maybe both of you could agree that the term, "lazy" is imprecise and often used unfairly, and then you could talk about bikes or solar power or something else that you both like.

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@ai6yr @glightly

Thx. I just start to ache when two people who I like seem about to build a wall between them.

18+ scott, to random
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I have mixed feelings about people sharing Chris Rufo's triumphant tweets. I don't think it's reaching the people who actually need to be shamed—the editors and media figures who are seemingly his patsies. It builds his brand and reinforces his narrative that he personally co-opted the media into being shitty, but maybe the media are just shitty for lots of reasons. It foments a sense of despair: we keep posting about this, yet the NYT/CNN still suck.

18+ MBridegam,
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@scott

Stop the next cohort of demagogues from scapegoating unpopular social minorities. That's where these monsters all start.

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