Not to buy the Godzilla Holstein truck. It was a nice truck but I hated the light colored fabric seats and the white paint was so boring. I mean if I’m spending SuperDuty money I should get something half decent not just on paper. Good bones are important, but I don’t want something looking like an econo-box after spending so much.
So I told the dealership and thanked them for the test drive and will keep looking. I think I want to be more flexible, especially when it comes to considering the MiniZilla and a quad cab. It’s going to be a boat that drinks fuel regardless, that’s the nature of HD trucks. That said with the Middle East crisis I’m not sure how much of a rush I am in at this point. The bike works fine, the roadside trash cans and buses. If anything it’s nice saving money not paying insurance, gas or repairs and as it’s more work to haul groceries and dispose of trash as I buy a lot less crap. Tossed another plastic milk bottle in a recycling bin in the Empire Plaza on my way over to the shuttle this morning.
I kept seeing white SuperDuties including one with the blacked out wheels like I test drove, on way home last night from the Guilderland Planning Board and on the way to work, but I really don’t want a white truck, epecially with that light gray fabric that I could see getting quickly stained with mud, blood, and whatever other stuff leaks out of coolers or flakes off equipment. There are other SuperDuty trucks out there, but I want to slow things down because who even knows if in a month we can get fuel, with the Middle East blowing up. Truth is though, I think I’ve moved away from the high stress, traveling, spending weekends up in wilderness. I feel like I’ve done that before, and to double down on way things were seems awfully dated in my mind. But what’s next? Maybe not sold on ginormous truck.
Rode the bus downtown this morning, as I could see the bands of sleet pushing in from the west on the radar, and it’s supposed to be a pretty raw day after the past four days of above normal weather. Tomorrow I’ll ride in as I’ll want my bike if I have meetings downtown in the afternoon. Plus it’s nice to avoid the buses on Friday. I think after yesterday’s continued warmth and the rain which was pounding for a while in the early morning, things are mostly free on the bike trail. I should see if I can tighten up the rear wheel on the bike and get it a bit more into true, as after all the pounding on the ice, it’s been a pretty wobbly ride. Plus at some point get a new rear tire on the bike, as it’s so bald at this point. Of course I’ve been saying that for close to a year now. I ride so many miles. To get a bit of exercise before work and avoid the crazies at Capitol, I got off at Jefferson Street and walked down to the Plaza and then over to the shuttle. And got the early shuttle over to the office
More blueberry pancakes this morning, though Mom got me clued into a wonderful secret ingredient for pancakes, namely shredded lemon. I won’t buy lemon juice right now as I don’t want to have plastic trash to deal with but I know Wally World has inexpensive bags of lemons that I should get some, make lemon pancakes and lemonade with stevia. And more compost. That meeting in Guilderland dragged on and on about yet another proposed development in the Pine Bush , I got home after 10 PM and dug out some pinto beans and a bit of frozen fruit, and headed to bed. Slept good, though I had to close my windows before bed. 🪟
The war in the Middle East is creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. With crude and oil product flows through the Strait of Hormuz plunging from around 20 mb/d before the war to a trickle currently, limited capacity available to bypass the crucial waterway, and storage filling up, Gulf countries have cut total oil production by at least 10 mb/d. In the absence of a rapid resumption of shipping flows, supply losses are set to increase.
Global oil supply is projected to plunge by 8 mb/d in March, with curtailments in the Middle East partly offset by higher output from non-OPEC producers, Kazakhstan and Russia following disruptions at the start of the year. While the extent of losses will depend on the duration of the conflict and disruptions to flows, we estimate global oil supply to rise by 1.1 mb/d in 2026 on average, with non-OPEC producers accounting for the entire increase.
The conflict is also having a significant impact on global product markets, with export flows through the Strait at a near standstill. Gulf producers exported 3.3 mb/d of refined products and 1.5 mb/d of LPG in 2025. More than 3 mb/d of refining capacity in the region has already shut due to attacks and a lack of viable export outlets. Runs elsewhere will be increasingly limited due to feedstock availability.
and thanked them for the test drive and will keep looking. I think I want to be more flexible, especially when it comes to considering the MiniZilla and a quad cab. It’s going to be a boat that drinks fuel regardless, that’s the nature of HD trucks. That said with the Middle East crisis I’m not sure how much of a rush I am in at this point. The bike works fine, the roadside trash cans and buses. If anything it’s nice saving money 
not paying insurance, gas or repairs and as it’s more work to haul groceries and dispose of trash as I buy a lot less crap. Tossed another plastic milk bottle in a recycling bin in the Empire Plaza 
on my way over to the shuttle this morning. 
on way home last night from the Guilderland Planning Board and on the way to work, but I really don’t want a white truck, epecially with that light gray fabric that I could see getting quickly stained with mud, blood, and whatever other stuff leaks out of coolers or flakes off equipment. There are other SuperDuty trucks out there, but I want to slow things down because who even knows if in a month we can get fuel, 
with the Middle East blowing up. 
Truth is though, I think I’ve moved away from the high stress, traveling, spending weekends up in wilderness. 
I feel like I’ve done that before, and to double down on way things were seems awfully dated in my mind. But what’s next? Maybe not sold on ginormous truck.
as I could see the bands of sleet pushing in from the west on the radar, and it’s supposed to be a pretty raw day after the past four days of above normal weather. Tomorrow I’ll ride in as I’ll want my bike if I have meetings downtown in the afternoon. Plus it’s nice to avoid the buses on Friday. I think after yesterday’s continued warmth and the rain which was pounding for a while in the early morning, 
things are mostly free on the bike trail. I should see if I can tighten up the rear wheel on the bike and get it a bit more into true, as after all the pounding on the ice, it’s been a pretty wobbly ride. Plus at some point get a new rear tire on the bike, as it’s so bald at this point. 
Of course I’ve been saying that for close to a year now. I ride so many miles. To get a bit of exercise before work and avoid the crazies at Capitol, I got off at Jefferson Street and walked down to the Plaza and then over to the shuttle. And got the early shuttle over to the office
though Mom got me clued into a wonderful secret ingredient for pancakes, 
namely shredded lemon. I won’t buy lemon juice right now as I don’t want to have plastic trash to deal with but I know Wally World has inexpensive bags of lemons that I should get some, make lemon pancakes and lemonade with stevia. And more compost. 
That meeting in Guilderland dragged on and on about yet another proposed development in the Pine Bush 
and headed to bed. 
Slept good, though I had to close my windows before bed. 🪟
