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Whack a Mole / Ivan Stevic

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I’ve written a couple posts on one of my “least favorite people that I don’t really know”, Ivan Stevic.  I don’t like him because when he came to the US, fleeing from Italy, because his apartment had been raided and drugs found, he proceeded to beat up on the domestic peloton in a prickish way.  He took no mercy and was arrogant doing it.  Here is a link to many of Ivan’s antics.  

Last year, at the Richmond Worlds, supposedly Ivan was bowing out of the sport.  He rode the World Championships for Serbia, got into the main break of the day, then did a swan song show, bowing to the crowd before getting caught, then ejected from the field.  I said good riddance.

But no, the dude is still lurking around.  I don’t know how, but somehow the guy is racing the Olympic Road Race in Rio.  WTF?  This guy was caught red handed selling EPO and other drugs in Italy, came to the US and took way over a 100 grand of domestic salary and prize money from our riders, and now he is riding the Olympics, again.

Our sport has no ability to police itself.  That is a fact.  I have to agree with Oleg Tinkov that the double standards that the UCI imposes on a daily routine is a joke.  His latest Instagram below.

Anyway, tune into the Olympics, this Saturday, August 6th to watch Ivan going around in circles with Chris Froome and buddies.  What a farce.

Ivan bowing to the crowds in Richmond last fall.

Ivan bowing to the crowds in Richmond last fall.

One of his better poises.

One of his better poises.

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Oleg's Instagram last week.

Oleg’s Instagram last week.

Tucker has his own good looks.

Tucker has his own good looks.

Ivan is officially in.

Ivan is officially in.

 

 

 

Vandalism – A Learning Experience

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Topeka isn’t the least crime city in America.  Far from it.  I don’t know if it has more crime than the average US city, but it seems like it does.  A couple days ago, some dick threw a concrete statue threw the side quarter glass on the diesel van.  I guess just for fun.

Keith Walberg drove by and texted me that he saw the window blown out.  I thought it was going to be pretty expensive to get it fixed.  As it turned out, it wasn’t too bad.

I bought a replacement window at a local salvage yard for $85.  I called around and it was around $100 to get it installed.  But after looking at the replacement glass, I realized that I could do it myself.

The window attached with a bunch of nuts attached to bolt, connected to the rubber seal around the glass.  I just needed to remove the old piece, clean up the urethane, then reseal the window back on.  I took a couple hours, but it was rewarding.  The urethane is pretty messy.  It stays elastic forever.  The stuff I took off was 17 years old and still sticky.

Of course I don’t like guys throwing stuff threw my car windows, but I did learn something and felt pretty good about doing the project, so maybe it was a wash.   If it happens again, I already know how to do it, so I’d probably not be so content because the learning experience has already occurred?  Hopefully I don’t find out the answer to that dilemma.

Pretty good throw, really.

Pretty good throw, really.

Glass removed.

Glass removed.

New window.

New window.

Statue.

Statue.

3M urethan adhesive.

3M urethane adhesive.

Fixed.

Fixed.

Tucker ate a bowl full of watermelon yesterday. He dropped the first piece on the floor, then ate the rest and came back for the initial piece. I've never had a dog that would eat so much weird stuff as he does.

Tucker ate a bowl full of watermelon yesterday. He dropped the first piece on the floor, then ate the rest and came back for the initial piece. I’ve never had a dog that would eat so much weird stuff as he does.