The advice we are so often given is to live in the present. This is where it is happening, the past has gone by. In reality what we perceive to be the present is really the past. While we are conscious enjoying our existence we see, hear, and feel. During this process our brains collect this stimuli and we sense our surroundings. By the time we are aware of the moment, this moment has moved into the past.
Quantum Physics suggests that everything is happening at the same moment. We are being born, living, and dead all at once. It is the particles of time that separates the moment. Is time slicing our existence into segments the way cels in a movie give animation?
If we as humans could not see, feel, or hear the universe would only be partials. In this universe particles cannot be created or destroyed. We are made entirely of patricles, all particles have been around since the existence of this universe. Our make up is as old as the universe.
Now going one step farther, the partials of this universe creates waves as they move. We see these waves as light and hear these waves as sound. We also feel these waves and this is how we know the universe. The universe as we know has been created within our collective minds.
The splatter doesn’t matter if it isn’t on your platter.
Today was a good day to tinker and figure out how to use the camper’s table as a bike stand. I will be gone for around six months and having a stable way to hold my bike as I repair and do maintenance is more of a necessity than convenience. My plan is to use what I already have and to not carry items that are dedicated to a sole purpose.
The camper table is designed to swivel out of the sitting area when not in use. It also removes from its bench mount and can be attached to the outside wall of the camper for outdoor eating. With the tabletop removed from its leg it now becomes a pole to hold the arm mount of my portable stand. After scanning my bike room and boxes of saved “whatevers,” I realized that my old post mount bracket for a Caradice bag would clamp to the post for the table. All I needed was a seat post shim (stored in a parts drawer) to clamp the adapter to the table leg, and an odd cutoff of an adjustable shelf bracket to mount the bike arm plate to the Carradice bracket.
Now I have a very compact stand to keep my bike working. Another successful day of tinkering!
I ride tubeless tires, and they are near impossible to set the bead without an air compressor. I won’t have one while touring, so I needed to solve this potential problem now. I don’t like the option of carrying a portable air tank, so I made this handy alternative plastic tubing and a valve stem that was lying around the shop. With this I can attach my good tire as an air tank to pump the tire that needs setting.
