Day 31 - 2009 Date Book

Given it now 2010 and this was never used, there is no need to keep it.

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Day 30 - Old Skateboard Wheels

We replaced these wheels with some better wheels. I now question the reasoning behind indefinitely retaining crappy wheels as a contingency replacement for a set of slightly less crappy wheels.

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Day 29 - Lock Ring

Lock ring for a replaced cassette on a bike that was stolen > 10 years ago.

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Day 28 - Old Keyboard and Mouse

Probably won't be replacing the first gen iMac this keyboard and mouse are designed for.

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Day 27 - Undergrad Music Appreciation Sonic Materials

Completely unnecessary in the age of iTunes and eMusic.

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Day 26 - Old Shoes

Why throw out old shoes when you can make some slip-ons out of them? Because they're ugly and they clutter up the place.

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Day 25 - Disappointing Autobiography

By any measure this should be an inspiring story, someone at the peak of their sport suffering a horrible accident, then fighting their way back to the top. As written, the story is delivered with a lot of whining - apparently the world cup ski lifestyle isn't all one would think it is. Maybe it was the translation, but I don't have the space, nor do I want a whine cellar...

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Day 24 - Finisher's Medallion

Good race, but not an earth shattering accomplishment by any means.

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Day 23 - Serial Port Device

It's been replaced with a USB device, and I no longer own a serial port equipped computer... off to the slag heap with it.

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Day 22 - Old Tire Sealent

From back in the day, before the Slime Lite tube...

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Day 21 - Box of 8-Track Tapes

The pimpin' 76 Cadillac was gone long before cash for clunkers... time for the 8 tracks played on its sound system to go too.

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Day 20 - Electrical Switch Box

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Day 19 - Mountain o' Bike Tires

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Day 18 - Mountain Bike Drivetrain

Worn out drivetrain stripped off a mountain bike during a single speed conversion, inexplicably retained.

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Day 17 - Old Storage Device

Not much use for this in the day of the $5.00 2GB flash drive hanging with the odds and ends in the supermarket check out.

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Day 16 - Odds and Ends for Tuning Skis

There are two camps - the keep everything optimally tuned, and the strap on the boards and go camp. As a member of the second camp I fail to see the need to keep edge beveling tools and p-tex on hand. I can have the skis professionally tuned twice a decade anyway...

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Day 15 - More Old Packaging

Hmmm... a theme is starting to emerge...

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Day 14 - Old SPD Pedals

These should have been tossed years ago - SPD pedals scavenged from a friend's bike after an encounter with a car. The wreck rendered on side of this particular pedal useless.

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Day 13 - Performance CP300 Pedals

Old Look knock-offs from performance, which were challenging to clip into, and of course used a proprietary cleat. I have not used these for a least a dozen years.

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Day 12 - Saddle Circa 1993

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Day 11 - Cleat Packaging

Sure, there's the extra shim, plus a sticker,,, but why stash away the packaging?

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Day 10 - Old Memory Chips

Pretty sure I won't want to downgrade my compute power, the underpowered netbook fad not withstanding...

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Day 9 - Non-bib Shorts

At some point if you are into cycling long enough you'll switch exclusively to bib shorts. They are more comfortable, eliminate gaps between short and jersey, and are more PRO. Just remember... pee first, apply embrocation second if you are in the 'leg up' school.

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Day 8 - Broken Cutters

Day 7 - Old Chain Rings

Why would I keep a old 52 (too small) and an old mountain bike chainring?

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Day 6 - Broken Camera

Odds are I won't be sending a first generation 3MP camera in for repair.

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Day 5 - Hitler's Saddle

When you pick it up it seems like a decent saddle... well made, reputable maker. Just don't ride it, unless you don't value your junk.

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Day 4 - Consumer Electronics Packaging

Somehow it gets out of hand. You buy a gadget, and stow the box in case you need to return it, or send it away for service, and somehow you hang on to the box for longer than you hang onto the device.

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Day 3 - Unearned Trophy

While doing a biathlon 6 weeks after starting a family might be a moral victory (more so if you were the one who actually gave birth), what sense does it make keeping the overall winner's trophy when you were the only one who choose the biathlon over the triathlon?

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Day 2 - Magazines

In the Internet age, what sense does it make keeping magazines around when a subscription offers online access to the content?

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Day 1 - Expired Secure Id Token

Easing into it - a secure id token used for VPN authentication. It has expired, and should be discarded... why hadn't I discarded it?

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