240 not coming from the best place

I don't know what to say. I'm fucking tired of our president, and I don't want to give any air to his bullshit. But there's this idea going around that the opposition isn't opposing his opposition enough. 

Fuck that overblown gas bag.

I don't have to say fuck you for voting for him, you fucked yourself.

And if you want to go on fucking the country, that's your right as a free fucking person.

Just stop. 

Fuck.

This is what almost half the country is choosing to see. A grump victory, plus some lawsuits and recounts. 

Ha, good luck with that. Our values are convenience and disposability. Somebody wrap me up in a snuggie and dig my mummified corpse out of the couch in a few decades.

Yesterday, I did some competitive research on a business idea.

The answer is, I could find a few places doing electric bike battery refurbishing. A couple seem legit, most seem like a website set up overnight.

But the real bitch? I'm not sure the reuse-recycle crowd can keep up with the buy-it-new-cheap-on-Amazon crowd.

FTH is one of the legit refurbishers. They don't list their prices to bring a battery back to life, but this is their replacement battery for Rad Power Bikes, the most popular brand in America. (Founded with a Kickstarter in 2015.)

And this is the cheapo version on Amazon. Sadly, I can't imagine many people wanting to spend $200 to rebuild a battery when they can buy a new one for $300. 

However, maybe the economics will line up. Certainly based on their three month backlog, business is good right now. The one thing I know is that ebike sales are skyrocketing, and they will all need new batteries in two years.

Did you know there is skating in the park on Friday nights, not just Sundays?

At top, Venus and the moon.

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