OT. Don't Sit, Ride

Dean Hoffman

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Sep 20, 2021, 9:27:57 AM9/20/21

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This article talks about the relief one gets from just getting away for awhile.
<https://spectator.org/dont-forget-to-remember-old-kaw/>
Some people spend too much time worrying and the days, weeks, months, and years slip by. Maybe the get away time is spent fishing, boating, or just driving the old buggy aimlessly. We forget to do it. Roundtoits rule.

rbowman

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Sep 20, 2021, 9:45:08 AM9/20/21

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Never owned a Kaw but the Suzukis and the Harley haven't been idle.

Wade Garrett

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Sep 20, 2021, 11:20:25 AM9/20/21

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Back in the early 70's, I was a two-BMW guy...a beautiful maroon 1972
model 2002 sedan and a similar vintage white R60/5 bike (full
wrap-around Windjammer fairing, saddle bags, etc.)

Hard to be cool living in Detroit then- but I managed ;-)

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I thought growing old would take longer

Marilyn Manson

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Sep 20, 2021, 12:48:40 PM9/20/21

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SWMBO and I never hesitate to "get away". We go for long drives (hours) just
to get to a place to walk. A park, a small town, a flea market, a crafts show, etc.
A cooler, some chairs and folding table means that a quiet lunch can be enjoyed
whenever/wherever we want.

Spending a weekend in an Airbnb "just because" is something we do every couple
of months. One time we drove 4 hours just to spent a couple of nights in an old
church that had been converted to an Airbnb. Based on the layout, we're pretty
sure that we "slept" on the alter. :-O

I moved out of NYC 4 decades ago because "getting away" was getting harder
and harder to do. Not just because of the unrelenting traffic, but also because
of the hectic lifestyle. I recall the day trips we used to take up into the Catskills
or going apple picking on Long Island more fondly than I recall the "city stuff"
that we used to do. It's always been about "getting away" for me.

"Getting away" is most definitely important for our well being.

Peeler

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Sep 20, 2021, 12:50:31 PM9/20/21

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On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 07:45:01 -0600, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

...and especially not your gob! LOL

rbowman

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Sep 20, 2021, 10:33:03 PM9/20/21

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I definitely don't need another bike but if a /5 wandered into the
driveway I wouldn't chase it away. I'm not a fan of the newer models.

One year the Hell's Angels came here for their vacation run. The college
kids raised hell protesting the Gestapo that was imported from St.George
UT but the Angels were well behaved. There was one arrest and that was a
Sons of Anarchy actor who was too much into his fictional role.

A couple of years later the BMW MOA showed up. Passel of assholes as a
friend used to say.

Peeler

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Sep 21, 2021, 3:45:00 AM9/21/21

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On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 20:32:54 -0600, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,

troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

> I definitely don't need another bike

I know! But you definitely NEED to talk about it anyway, you weird verbose
windbag!

Snag

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Sep 21, 2021, 7:12:07 PM9/21/21

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I'm hoping my wife won't want to go with me to buy likker tomorrow
... I can turn that ride into an over a hundred mile round trip , with
an outbound route that includes AR263 from AR66 to AR14 and an awesome
ride up Push Mountain Road (AR341) and into Mountain Home . The ride
home will probably be straight down AR5 into Mountain View , which is a
nice though not exceptional ride .
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Snag
1990 FLHTCU
with suspension mods

Snag

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Sep 21, 2021, 7:14:22 PM9/21/21

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Fuckin' Heinie Bike Elitists !
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Snag
Race only matters to racists ...

Dean Hoffman

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Sep 21, 2021, 9:09:49 PM9/21/21

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I finally followed my own advice and headed for southeast Georgia after Labor Day. There's no such thing as level in
northern Missouri. The saying straight as a string meant nothing to the highway construction crews there,
either.
It seems like I drove for 40 miles east of Tulsa, Oklahoma and was always within sight of a wind generator.
One can't swing a dead cat in parts of Mississippi and Alabama without hitting a church of some sort. My Nebraska
ears didn't work too well sometimes. People down there sound like they have marbles in their mouths to me.
The image of old junk vehicles, trailer houses and other junk in a yard is true in places also. Businesses closed
when the interstates got put in. The two lane, fun roads lost a lot of traffic.
I got my feet wet in Atlantic Ocean surf and ate stuff I'd never heard of in restaurants along the coast. I'll die with
two pennies in my pocket if things work out right down the road someday.

rbowman

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Sep 21, 2021, 9:19:10 PM9/21/21

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They run to doctors, lawyers, stock brokers, and other ne'er-do-wells.

rbowman

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Sep 21, 2021, 9:29:54 PM9/21/21

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On 09/21/2021 07:09 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 6:12:07 PM UTC-5, Snag wrote:
>> On 9/20/2021 8:27 AM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
>>> This article talks about the relief one gets from just getting away for awhile.
>>> <https://spectator.org/dont-forget-to-remember-old-kaw/>
>>> Some people spend too much time worrying and the days, weeks, months, and years slip by. Maybe the get away time is spent fishing, boating, or just driving the old buggy aimlessly. We forget to do it. Roundtoits rule.
>>>
>> I'm hoping my wife won't want to go with me to buy likker tomorrow
>> ... I can turn that ride into an over a hundred mile round trip , with
>> an outbound route that includes AR263 from AR66 to AR14 and an awesome
>> ride up Push Mountain Road (AR341) and into Mountain Home . The ride
>> home will probably be straight down AR5 into Mountain View , which is a
>> nice though not exceptional ride .
>> --
>> Snag
>> 1990 FLHTCU
>> with suspension mods
> I finally followed my own advice and headed for southeast Georgia after Labor Day. There's no such thing as level in
> northern Missouri. The saying straight as a string meant nothing to the highway construction crews there,
> either.

A couple of years ago I came back through the Missouri Ozarks. I was not
impressed. It wasn't flat but it wasn't the Boston Mountains either. It
seemed mostly about boats and I didn't have my kayak with me.

Snag

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Sep 21, 2021, 11:29:17 PM9/21/21

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This area is part of the Boston Mountains . We're in the
south/central part of the Ozark Plateau in Stone County Ar . It ain't
flat , but it ain't the Rockies . Ain't a lot of straight roads around
here either ...

Peeler

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Sep 22, 2021, 3:45:36 AM9/22/21

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On Tue, 21 Sep 2021 19:19:03 -0600, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,

troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

> They run to doctors, lawyers, stock brokers, and other ne'er-do-wells.

But never gossiping bigmouths like you, you revolting gossiping washerwoman!

Peeler

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Sep 22, 2021, 3:47:12 AM9/22/21

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On Tue, 21 Sep 2021 19:29:45 -0600, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,

troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

> A couple of years ago I came back through the Missouri Ozarks. I was not
> impressed. It wasn't flat but it wasn't the Boston Mountains either. It
> seemed mostly about boats and I didn't have my kayak with me.

But you DID have your big mouth with you, didin't you? It will never fail
you! <EG>

Jim Joyce

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Oct 13, 2021, 12:49:13 PM10/13/21

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I used to come down to AR to ride with friends about 10-12 times a year and
AR341 is one of my favorites. 23, 21, and 14 are also very nice. The only
downside is when we'd come up behind one of those all-too-frequent rolling
roadblocks, the Harleys.