Hitting the ‘Reset’ button

Orin O’Neill photos

My new favorite look-on-the-sunny-side phrase is, when life hands you lemons, marinate some shrimp. Fresh-squeezed lemon juice, butter, some basil. Mmmm. I love shrimp.

Scooterless in Seattle

Orin O’Neill photo

It’s been a whirlwind, scooter-wise. Here’s the full story:

Some days, everything just goes your way

There was a lady standing outside the Starbucks on Admiral Way. If I bring my receipt and answer a few questions, she says, she’ll give me two dollars. I’m going to Starbucks to get a Top Pot Chocolate Old Fashioned doughnut, which will cost $1.76 (including the 10% sales tax). How could I refuse?

‘Tis the season

The PX in Diane’s truck, at Madison Park (Orin O’Neill cell phone photos)

When I got up Saturday, the streets were wet. Sleet was falling. The Q13 all-weather digital subchannel said it was 37° F. Rally season will begin at noon.

Another West Seattle Thursday

The PX at Alki Tully’s (Orin O’Neill photos)

Time to go read the alt-weeklies.

Pippins vs. clementines

Orin O’Neill photos

The sun was out today. But unlike the past few days, the sun was out in the morning.

43° and cloudy

Orin O’Neill photos

Finally, finally, the temperature was above freezing. Forty-three degrees felt downright tropical.

Not so tired

It’s been about a month since the PX got its new shoes, so I thought you might be interested in a progress report.

The PX definitely rides better; the bumps are much less bumpy, it’s more stable in corners, and the Zippy 1s definitely have more grip on wet surfaces, especially surfaces that are worn out, with protruding gravel that’s been polished smooth.

But that would be true of any new tire. The rubber is fresh and pliable, and the tread is still a half-circular arc between the sidewalls.

There is, however, one huge difference from the S83s that is impossible not to notice: the complete, total, utter lack of bridge grate nibble. The drawspans of the bridges on the Lake Washington Ship Canal may as well be paved; the PX’s path is straight and true, utterly unaffected by the texture of the grated surfaces. That alone will make up for any shortcomings that might occur as the tires accumulate miles.

Continental offers Zippy1s in sizes to fit GTs and GTSs…