We've got some new, fresh stuff coming along. Bigger and better with each new idea. We have a really big idea. We are going to be the cycling version of girl scout cookies. Don't laugh. It's for real. More on that as things coagulate.
The jerseys haven't been moving on Ebay, so it's time for plan B. Or is it plan C now?
Well, I haven't thought of plan C yet, so if anyone has any ideas, we would be happy to entertain them.
hasta la pasta
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
t-shirt designs
So we got our first answer to the question, "So you want to put our t-shirt in your store?" The answer was a polite, but unequivicol "no". The feedback was that it was just all too simple. Well, that was the point. Singlespeeders like it that way.
But no worres. STC is devoted to satisfying our customers. "You want an x-ray? You want some Vicodin? Nooooo prrrroblemm. Here's a menu of tests and meds. You just mark what you would like, and I'll be back to top off your soda and change your bed pan." Oh wait, we're supposed to be selling t-shirts, not return ER customers. So the idea of keeping it simple apparently doesn't sell. We've got some new and improved designs, and I think the world is gonna like em. I'd like to do a presidential theme too (for Obama, not for dubya), but I haven't quite hit on the right idea just yet. If anyone out there has an idea for a good t-shirt (not just for Obama), and we use that idea, you will be compensated hansomely with an enthusiastic "thank you" and a t-shirt of your very own creation.
Keep thinking and keep blogging, everyone.
-wu
But no worres. STC is devoted to satisfying our customers. "You want an x-ray? You want some Vicodin? Nooooo prrrroblemm. Here's a menu of tests and meds. You just mark what you would like, and I'll be back to top off your soda and change your bed pan." Oh wait, we're supposed to be selling t-shirts, not return ER customers. So the idea of keeping it simple apparently doesn't sell. We've got some new and improved designs, and I think the world is gonna like em. I'd like to do a presidential theme too (for Obama, not for dubya), but I haven't quite hit on the right idea just yet. If anyone out there has an idea for a good t-shirt (not just for Obama), and we use that idea, you will be compensated hansomely with an enthusiastic "thank you" and a t-shirt of your very own creation.
Keep thinking and keep blogging, everyone.
-wu
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Night Shift - continued
Jeff's runaway kid came back: 24 hours later. They managed to hold him this time and he's off to the psych hospital.
At about the same time Jeff was wrestling with the runaway last night, a gentleman in Boulder was placing a tight, thick spring on his unit. (Presumably for fun). It was apparently easier to get on than off, as he showed up tonight on my shift, swollen and greatly distressed.
We broke a 3' pair of the firefighter's bolt cutters in trying to remove it (the spring, not the unit...). We successfully freed Willy with the pneumatic grinder that is normally used to cut people out of wrecked cars.
After all that, it's time for a donught from the lounge, though a jelly-filled kruller may be a bit too much to handle right now....
At about the same time Jeff was wrestling with the runaway last night, a gentleman in Boulder was placing a tight, thick spring on his unit. (Presumably for fun). It was apparently easier to get on than off, as he showed up tonight on my shift, swollen and greatly distressed.
We broke a 3' pair of the firefighter's bolt cutters in trying to remove it (the spring, not the unit...). We successfully freed Willy with the pneumatic grinder that is normally used to cut people out of wrecked cars.
After all that, it's time for a donught from the lounge, though a jelly-filled kruller may be a bit too much to handle right now....
Monday, January 19, 2009
late night cravings
Over night shifts in the ER are hard for many reasons.
Right now, I'm waiting for the CT tech to come in from home, so she can scan this alcoholic, so I can put him in a cab home, so I can go lie down. But alas, some kid is being forced to come into the ER for a "mental health eval". He didn't agree with the plan, so he bolted into the parking lot. Now his mother and Louisville Police are looking for him, and I'm sure he is faster than the cops. But they will eventually catch up to him, and they will then bring him into the ER, so I can work magic on him, which consists of telling him he can't leave and ordering some lab work so that the mental health workers will agree to see him. All of this just makes me hungrier, and now I'm contemplating raiding the docs lounge for a soggy sandwich to quench my discontent. I hope we can sell eleventy-billion t-shirts so I can be sleeping at this hour rather than blogging.
Right now, I'm waiting for the CT tech to come in from home, so she can scan this alcoholic, so I can put him in a cab home, so I can go lie down. But alas, some kid is being forced to come into the ER for a "mental health eval". He didn't agree with the plan, so he bolted into the parking lot. Now his mother and Louisville Police are looking for him, and I'm sure he is faster than the cops. But they will eventually catch up to him, and they will then bring him into the ER, so I can work magic on him, which consists of telling him he can't leave and ordering some lab work so that the mental health workers will agree to see him. All of this just makes me hungrier, and now I'm contemplating raiding the docs lounge for a soggy sandwich to quench my discontent. I hope we can sell eleventy-billion t-shirts so I can be sleeping at this hour rather than blogging.
Hungry?
Hello and welcome to our family!
Glad you could join us. We could use the company. The Spare Tire Cycling clan hasn't exactly been treated to a land o' plenty recently. The economic downturn has been putting the screws to most everyone who would otherwise like to don a hot and fresh jersey. But we are resilient, and we have plans. Big plans. Although the Boulder Belle line of women's fitness apparel is on hold for now (not a good time to be coming out with another high-end product), we are pushing on with a new line of simple, but silky (cottony) t-shirts geared toward the singlespeed, 29er, fixie riders. Let's be frank, we singlespeeders ride one gear because it's fun, it's pure, and for gosh-sakes, so we can tell the whole motha-grabbin world that we ride one gear. 29er and fixie riders are as fanatical, if not more so (especially fixies), than we are. Keep your eyes peeled for them. We hope to roll them out this spring, and they are going to be hotter than the fries on the back of our jersey. Anyone have thoughts on whether you would like to see it offered in organic cotton? More $ of course, but fashionable for all the right reasons.
See you on the trails, party people.
-wu
Glad you could join us. We could use the company. The Spare Tire Cycling clan hasn't exactly been treated to a land o' plenty recently. The economic downturn has been putting the screws to most everyone who would otherwise like to don a hot and fresh jersey. But we are resilient, and we have plans. Big plans. Although the Boulder Belle line of women's fitness apparel is on hold for now (not a good time to be coming out with another high-end product), we are pushing on with a new line of simple, but silky (cottony) t-shirts geared toward the singlespeed, 29er, fixie riders. Let's be frank, we singlespeeders ride one gear because it's fun, it's pure, and for gosh-sakes, so we can tell the whole motha-grabbin world that we ride one gear. 29er and fixie riders are as fanatical, if not more so (especially fixies), than we are. Keep your eyes peeled for them. We hope to roll them out this spring, and they are going to be hotter than the fries on the back of our jersey. Anyone have thoughts on whether you would like to see it offered in organic cotton? More $ of course, but fashionable for all the right reasons.
See you on the trails, party people.
-wu
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