Re: aging and riding

On 4/30/2025 5:25 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:

I am in the process of refinishing/repainting my kitchen cabinets. A tedious job you have to remove doors and handles. Clean, sand a bit, and paint 2 coats. Getting the hinges off and bending and getting on the floor is not easy as it was 6 years ago when I repainted inside of house.
 Normally I do  my ride early in the morning and come in and eat good them rest a bit and dive in. Well not the back does not like all the bending and up and down. I was never good at it and not real flexible for sure. On top of that the normal 40-55 mile ride now takes enough out of me that I don't have the pace I once did.
 Even 6 years ago I would jump  on bike and ride 50 and come back and go for say 4-5 hours easy. Now I tell you after 2 I am getting wiped. This painting is like painting a bike you have to mask things to avoid problems.

The problem is the boss on that project.
Girlfriend painted her kitchen walls and the next year, after a trip to Europe, her kitchen cabinets.  They're done in a girl color 'damned near but not quite white' with brush strokes showing and some errant paint on the hinges and light switches. Inspired by French and Italian country houses, she thinks it looks great.
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