OT: All day...
Mike W.
Any time I've been bored, I've been turning this can of Staples
compressed gas duster upside down and spraying it on my left
hand/arm. I had a 90-minute call where I think I used half of the
can up... Colder than hell, but I like it.. I think I need to get
the open-blade desk fan out now too. XM ain't cutting it.
Mike
XR650L_Dave
Did your fan come open-bladed? I've got a fair sized plastic-bladed
desk fan I removed the plastic guard from because it blocked a
ridiculously large amount of the breeze.
People ask 'why do you have that? Is it dangerous?" They then stick
their finger into the back of it (bad, front is safe though) and they
say "OW!"
They ask again why I have it like that and I just say "Intelligence
test".
-DDave
Mike W.
<spamT...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Did your fan come open-bladed? I've got a fair sized plastic-bladed
>desk fan I removed the plastic guard from because it blocked a
>ridiculously large amount of the breeze.
>People ask 'why do you have that? Is it dangerous?" They then stick
>their finger into the back of it (bad, front is safe though) and they
>say "OW!"
>They ask again why I have it like that and I just say "Intelligence
>test".
>
>-DDave
I'm outa gas... I think it came stock.
I stood up about 20 min ago and looked down. I never really
noticed... I'm fairly tall.
Mike
Mike W.
<outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote:
>
>I'm outa gas... I think it came stock.
Actually.. does anyone know where there's an all-night Staples?
I can quit ANY time I want.
Mike
-keith
>>Did your fan come open-bladed? I've got a fair sized plastic-bladed
>>desk fan I removed the plastic guard from because it blocked a
>>ridiculously large amount of the breeze.
>>People ask 'why do you have that? Is it dangerous?" They then stick
>>their finger into the back of it (bad, front is safe though) and they
>>say "OW!"
>>They ask again why I have it like that and I just say "Intelligence
>>test".
>>
>>-DDave
Intelligence or Impulse-control? Some pretty smart folks just have a
low threshold for going all kerfluffel out of nowhere.
>I'm outa gas... I think it came stock.
>
>I stood up about 20 min ago and looked down. I never really
>noticed... I'm fairly tall.
Legs go all the way down to the floor, with feet at the bottom.
Don't get vertigo on slippery tile.
>Mike
-k
-keith
>
>Actually.. does anyone know where there's an all-night Staples?
>
>I can quit ANY time I want.
>
>Mike
I get my dust-cans at Costco.
-k
XR650L_Dave
-DDave
Mike W.
wrote:
>On Tue, 10 May 2005 02:24:44 -0400, Mike W. <outo...@emailbiz.com>
>wrote:
>
>>>Did your fan come open-bladed? I've got a fair sized plastic-bladed
>>>desk fan I removed the plastic guard from because it blocked a
>>>ridiculously large amount of the breeze.
>>>People ask 'why do you have that? Is it dangerous?" They then stick
>>>their finger into the back of it (bad, front is safe though) and they
>>>say "OW!"
>>>They ask again why I have it like that and I just say "Intelligence
>>>test".
>>>
>>>-DDave
>
>Intelligence or Impulse-control? Some pretty smart folks just have a
>low threshold for going all kerfluffel out of nowhere.
I seem to be developing some small impulse control issues, mostly
around cones in active traffic... I dodged 4 cones yesterday in a
construction zone 1/4 mile before the busiest intersection in W.
Mass and then looked up and saw two cops. Fortunately, they only
stared. My left to right full-lock transitions are looking pretty
f'ing good though.. maybe I awed them into inaction.
I think the fan is about abject unquantifiably large boredom.
Boredom is avalanching.
>
>>I'm outa gas... I think it came stock.
>>
>>I stood up about 20 min ago and looked down. I never really
>>noticed... I'm fairly tall.
>
>Legs go all the way down to the floor, with feet at the bottom.
>Don't get vertigo on slippery tile.
It didn't bother me... go figure. I just seemed a good deal
taller than I assumed I was.
M
>
>>Mike
>
>-k
john
"Mike W." <
> I seem to be developing some small impulse control issues, mostly
> around cones in active traffic... I dodged 4 cones yesterday in a
> construction zone 1/4 mile before the busiest intersection in W.
> Mass and then looked up and saw two cops. Fortunately, they only
> stared. My left to right full-lock transitions are looking pretty
> f'ing good though.. maybe I awed them into inaction.
>
or they were wondering how much you bike weighted
& which one was going to help you pick it up when the
soccer mom in the hummer was going to wipe you out....
> I think the fan is about abject unquantifiably large boredom.
> Boredom is avalanching.
>
some folks build bombs, bird houses, or collect beer cans
i'd pick a hobbie that doesn't kill you
john
maybe your office needs a dart board,
no don't play mublely pegs with the darts.
Mike W.
>
>"Mike W." <
>> I seem to be developing some small impulse control issues, mostly
>> around cones in active traffic... I dodged 4 cones yesterday in a
>> construction zone 1/4 mile before the busiest intersection in W.
>> Mass and then looked up and saw two cops. Fortunately, they only
>> stared. My left to right full-lock transitions are looking pretty
>> f'ing good though.. maybe I awed them into inaction.
>>
>
>or they were wondering how much you bike weighted
>& which one was going to help you pick it up when the
>soccer mom in the hummer was going to wipe you out....
>
Or that.
>> I think the fan is about abject unquantifiably large boredom.
>> Boredom is avalanching.
>>
>some folks build bombs, bird houses, or collect beer cans
>i'd pick a hobbie that doesn't kill you
Like... dirtbikes?:)
M
-keith
wrote:
>>Intelligence or Impulse-control? Some pretty smart folks just have a
>>low threshold for going all kerfluffel out of nowhere.
>
>I seem to be developing some small impulse control issues, mostly
>around cones in active traffic... I dodged 4 cones yesterday in a
>construction zone 1/4 mile before the busiest intersection in W.
>Mass and then looked up and saw two cops. Fortunately, they only
>stared. My left to right full-lock transitions are looking pretty
>f'ing good though.. maybe I awed them into inaction.
>
>I think the fan is about abject unquantifiably large boredom.
>Boredom is avalanching.
What's the plan when there's an avalanche?
Surf and stay ahead of it. Get out your boogie-board, spring is
coming!
>>>I'm outa gas... I think it came stock.
>>>
>>>I stood up about 20 min ago and looked down. I never really
>>>noticed... I'm fairly tall.
>>
>>Legs go all the way down to the floor, with feet at the bottom.
>>Don't get vertigo on slippery tile.
>
>It didn't bother me... go figure. I just seemed a good deal
>taller than I assumed I was.
What's the yardstick marker in the kitchen-hallway say?
Ever have those dreams where your feet seem a thousand feet away down
there?
>M
-keith
Mike W.
wrote:
>On Wed, 11 May 2005 09:26:32 -0400, Mike W. <outo...@emailbiz.com>
>wrote:
>
>>>Intelligence or Impulse-control? Some pretty smart folks just have a
>>>low threshold for going all kerfluffel out of nowhere.
>>
>>I seem to be developing some small impulse control issues, mostly
>>around cones in active traffic... I dodged 4 cones yesterday in a
>>construction zone 1/4 mile before the busiest intersection in W.
>>Mass and then looked up and saw two cops. Fortunately, they only
>>stared. My left to right full-lock transitions are looking pretty
>>f'ing good though.. maybe I awed them into inaction.
>>
>>I think the fan is about abject unquantifiably large boredom.
>>Boredom is avalanching.
>
>What's the plan when there's an avalanche?
>Surf and stay ahead of it. Get out your boogie-board, spring is
>coming!
Last night, I went to the local Cruise Night. The KZP took Best
In Show last year, probably because it was the only bike that
wasn't some they-all-look-the-same-to-me Harley with some leather
homo standing next to it trying to look fashionable. I got one
cup of coffee while I looked at the cars, many of which were very
very cool. Then I watched the homos slow ride out dragging their
feet for hundreds of yards at a time. So, I'm going to find
someone to ride with here? Maybe not...
I hit the high school and ran every pattern I knew. Didn't touch
one GD cone. I parked the bike... it's totally about restoration
now. I have absolutely no desire to ride now. It was like
throwing a switch... boom. I worked on my tractor tonight.
Maybe there's a rec.motorcycles.tomato-plants?
>
>>>>I'm outa gas... I think it came stock.
>>>>
>>>>I stood up about 20 min ago and looked down. I never really
>>>>noticed... I'm fairly tall.
>>>
>>>Legs go all the way down to the floor, with feet at the bottom.
>>>Don't get vertigo on slippery tile.
>>
>>It didn't bother me... go figure. I just seemed a good deal
>>taller than I assumed I was.
>
>What's the yardstick marker in the kitchen-hallway say?
We had the kitchen painted, so I don't know anymore. Maybe 6-1 or
2.
>
>Ever have those dreams where your feet seem a thousand feet away down
>there?
That's the bottom of the cliff that's that far away. I call em
nightmares. Margaret started repelling down cliffs today for fun.
Really.
Mike
>
>>M
>
>-keith
>
The Real Bev
> Ever have those dreams where your feet seem a thousand feet away down
> there?
Shit, thanks for reminding me. I'm always driving a vehicle on city streets a
thousand feet below me (I think it's a thousand-foot-tall bus), and it
contains all my family and friends. The wind is blowing and the vehicle sways
back and forth. Steering is incredibly difficult and I always wake up before
the whole thing crashes.
Bastard.
--
Cheers,
Bev
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"Once you've provoked a few people into publicly swearing they are going
to hunt you down and kill you, the thrill wears off." -Elric of Imrryr
-keith
>>What's the plan when there's an avalanche?
>>Surf and stay ahead of it. Get out your boogie-board, spring is
>>coming!
>
>Last night, I went to the local Cruise Night. The KZP took Best
>In Show last year, probably because it was the only bike that
>wasn't some they-all-look-the-same-to-me Harley with some leather
>homo standing next to it trying to look fashionable. I got one
>cup of coffee while I looked at the cars, many of which were very
>very cool. Then I watched the homos slow ride out dragging their
>feet for hundreds of yards at a time. So, I'm going to find
>someone to ride with here? Maybe not...
A hockey mask I can see, but not you in chaps. Don't go there.
>I hit the high school and ran every pattern I knew. Didn't touch
>one GD cone. I parked the bike... it's totally about restoration
>now. I have absolutely no desire to ride now. It was like
>throwing a switch... boom. I worked on my tractor tonight.
That's a re-set button.
>Maybe there's a rec.motorcycles.tomato-plants?
Biofuel?
>>>>>I'm outa gas... I think it came stock.
>>>>>
>>>>>I stood up about 20 min ago and looked down. I never really
>>>>>noticed... I'm fairly tall.
>>>>
>>>>Legs go all the way down to the floor, with feet at the bottom.
>>>>Don't get vertigo on slippery tile.
>>>
>>>It didn't bother me... go figure. I just seemed a good deal
>>>taller than I assumed I was.
>>
>>What's the yardstick marker in the kitchen-hallway say?
>
>We had the kitchen painted, so I don't know anymore. Maybe 6-1 or
>2.
The main thing is that you CAN see your feet, right? The belly isn't
in the way.
>>Ever have those dreams where your feet seem a thousand feet away down
>>there?
>
>That's the bottom of the cliff that's that far away. I call em
>nightmares. Margaret started repelling down cliffs today for fun.
>Really.
Wear something bouncy and floaty?
I'm thinking about a buoyancy compensator without the whole heavy tank
harness, I've got a good snorkel already. Recent evidence indicates
that The Tsunami is not about Six-Story Size, or the Gigantic Breaker
- that's just uplift based on the shore profile. It's really about
the thousands of tons of earthmoving equipment-force it pushes.
So it's appropriate to work on the tractor.
>Mike
I gotta go grocery shopping. I have a list. Yesterday I washed both
vehicles.
-keith
-keith
<bas...@myrealbox.com> wrote:
>Shit, thanks for reminding me. I'm always driving a vehicle on city streets a
>thousand feet below me (I think it's a thousand-foot-tall bus), and it
>contains all my family and friends. The wind is blowing and the vehicle sways
>back and forth. Steering is incredibly difficult and I always wake up before
>the whole thing crashes.
Oh that's a good one!
>Bastard.
You're up high, don't you use the momentum to jump into the air and
fly off? I like air-coasting between telephone poles...
>--
>Cheers,
-keith
spodely
wrote:
>
Just curious... I use Office Depot. My can doesn't do anything for
me other than turn my arm cold. Am I doing something wrong, or should
I be using Staples brand?
Thankfully, I don't need my tongue to type. The fan messed it up
pretty bad.
John
Mike W.
wrote:
>Mike W. <outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote:
>
>>very cool. Then I watched the homos slow ride out dragging their
>>feet for hundreds of yards at a time. So, I'm going to find
>>someone to ride with here? Maybe not...
>
>A hockey mask I can see, but not you in chaps. Don't go there.
I was walking back to the bike, with my white helmet perched on
the mirror and overheard two Harley homos saying "I wouldn't be
caught dead on that".
>
>>I hit the high school and ran every pattern I knew. Didn't touch
>>one GD cone. I parked the bike... it's totally about restoration
>>now. I have absolutely no desire to ride now. It was like
>>throwing a switch... boom. I worked on my tractor tonight.
>
>That's a re-set button.
I used to be one hella big time yard guy. I can get back into it.
New dirt coming in...
>
>>>>>>I'm outa gas... I think it came stock.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I stood up about 20 min ago and looked down. I never really
>>>>>>noticed... I'm fairly tall.
>>>>>
>>>>>Legs go all the way down to the floor, with feet at the bottom.
>>>>>Don't get vertigo on slippery tile.
>>>>
>>>>It didn't bother me... go figure. I just seemed a good deal
>>>>taller than I assumed I was.
>>>
>>>What's the yardstick marker in the kitchen-hallway say?
>>
>>We had the kitchen painted, so I don't know anymore. Maybe 6-1 or
>>2.
>
>The main thing is that you CAN see your feet, right? The belly isn't
>in the way.
Ouch.. yes. I can see them, but that won't last given recent
trending in my lifestyle graph.
>
>>>Ever have those dreams where your feet seem a thousand feet away down
>>>there?
>>
>>That's the bottom of the cliff that's that far away. I call em
>>nightmares. Margaret started repelling down cliffs today for fun.
>>Really.
>
>Wear something bouncy and floaty?
>I'm thinking about a buoyancy compensator without the whole heavy tank
>harness, I've got a good snorkel already. Recent evidence indicates
>that The Tsunami is not about Six-Story Size, or the Gigantic Breaker
>- that's just uplift based on the shore profile. It's really about
>the thousands of tons of earthmoving equipment-force it pushes.
>So it's appropriate to work on the tractor.
It's just relaxing... a way to still be around a motor without
having to overtly make it fun, and thereby risk failing. It cuts
the grass... it pulls a cart.. it moves the snow. It's happy.
>
>>Mike
>
>I gotta go grocery shopping. I have a list. Yesterday I washed both
>vehicles.
Good deal.. you have a life. I gotta sharpen the mower blades. I
run two sets.
Mike
>
>-keith
Mike W.
<spo...@effedupaddy.com> wrote:
>
>Just curious... I use Office Depot. My can doesn't do anything for
>me other than turn my arm cold. Am I doing something wrong, or should
>I be using Staples brand?
I can't comment on the OD stuff. I can say this... as you did not
find it hyper-engaging, you likely qualify as "having a life".
You should NOT attempt to change this.
>
>Thankfully, I don't need my tongue to type. The fan messed it up
>pretty bad.
A sigh of relief is propagating through the online motorcycling
community as I type this. Careful out there.
M
>
>John
-keith
>>A hockey mask I can see, but not you in chaps. Don't go there.
>
>I was walking back to the bike, with my white helmet perched on
>the mirror and overheard two Harley homos saying "I wouldn't be
>caught dead on that".
Certain Harleys seem all right to me:
http://hem.passagen.se/ironbeds/bilder/scott_parker.jpg
although this one looks like a Rotax:
http://www.ama-cycle.org/releases/2003/images/springer.jpg
>>That's a re-set button.
>
>I used to be one hella big time yard guy. I can get back into it.
>New dirt coming in...
I remember some posts about a lawnmower...
>>The main thing is that you CAN see your feet, right? The belly isn't
>>in the way.
>
>Ouch.. yes. I can see them, but that won't last given recent
>trending in my lifestyle graph.
let yourself sleep a little more, that cuts into the food set-point
and draws it down.
>>>>Ever have those dreams where your feet seem a thousand feet away down
>>>>there?
>>>
>>>That's the bottom of the cliff that's that far away. I call em
>>>nightmares. Margaret started repelling down cliffs today for fun.
>>>Really.
>>
>>Wear something bouncy and floaty?
>>I'm thinking about a buoyancy compensator without the whole heavy tank
>>harness, I've got a good snorkel already. Recent evidence indicates
>>that The Tsunami is not about Six-Story Size, or the Gigantic Breaker
>>- that's just uplift based on the shore profile. It's really about
>>the thousands of tons of earthmoving equipment-force it pushes.
>>So it's appropriate to work on the tractor.
>
>It's just relaxing... a way to still be around a motor without
>having to overtly make it fun, and thereby risk failing. It cuts
>the grass... it pulls a cart.. it moves the snow. It's happy.
The boats outside the reef were not affected by the tsunami, it rolled
on by underneath...
>>>Mike
>>
>>I gotta go grocery shopping. I have a list. Yesterday I washed both
>>vehicles.
>
>Good deal.. you have a life. I gotta sharpen the mower blades. I
>run two sets.
I don't have a mower, I don't have a yard. I have a balcony (2), and
a shop-vac attached to an orbital sander - the bathroom ceiling fan
and walls are getting smoothed in a dust-free way. Next is
texture-spray.
>Mike
-k
Scott A.
> I was walking back to the bike, with my white helmet perched on
> the mirror and overheard two Harley homos saying "I wouldn't be
> caught dead on that".
Ha, cracks me up when the "Biker" guys say stuff like that.
All you have to do is ask them if they like Robbie Knievel (who I
personally think is a pretty cool guy, but that's subject for another
thread). They of course will respond with a huge F*ck Yea! And then
ask them what kind of bike Robbie uses for his jumps. Gets 'em
flustered everytime...
--
Scott A
'03 Yamaha XT225
'98 Suzuki DR350SE
'85 Honda CR125R
'74 Yamaha DT125A
Mike W.
wrote:
>Mike W. <outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote:
>
>>>A hockey mask I can see, but not you in chaps. Don't go there.
>>
>>I was walking back to the bike, with my white helmet perched on
>>the mirror and overheard two Harley homos saying "I wouldn't be
>>caught dead on that".
>
>Certain Harleys seem all right to me:
>http://hem.passagen.se/ironbeds/bilder/scott_parker.jpg
>although this one looks like a Rotax:
>http://www.ama-cycle.org/releases/2003/images/springer.jpg
>
I don't mean to crap on Harley's because they are Harleys, though
they don't impress me. I mean to crap on the Leather Homo Fashion
Pukes that project how hard they are working at *being* bikers...
as the term "biker" is defined in their little-exercised minds.
When I rode dirtbikes, my preference was to ride... not park it
and talk about riding. They can be whatever they want.. their
right. And I can look way down on them for wasting the
opportunity to live the richer experience by improving their
riding. If I ever meet one non-cop on a Harley who gives a shit
about skills, I'll think about buying one for me.
>
>>>That's a re-set button.
>>
>>I used to be one hella big time yard guy. I can get back into it.
>>New dirt coming in...
>
>I remember some posts about a lawnmower...
Lockes... GOD those are nice. In case I ever mentioned The Lawn
around here, it's in a state of decay... I imagine the guy just
got too old to follow the regimen he developed.
>
>>>The main thing is that you CAN see your feet, right? The belly isn't
>>>in the way.
>>
>>Ouch.. yes. I can see them, but that won't last given recent
>>trending in my lifestyle graph.
>
>let yourself sleep a little more, that cuts into the food set-point
>and draws it down.
I hate sleep.
>
>>>>>Ever have those dreams where your feet seem a thousand feet away down
>>>>>there?
>>>>
>>>>That's the bottom of the cliff that's that far away. I call em
>>>>nightmares. Margaret started repelling down cliffs today for fun.
>>>>Really.
>>>
>>>Wear something bouncy and floaty?
>>>I'm thinking about a buoyancy compensator without the whole heavy tank
>>>harness, I've got a good snorkel already. Recent evidence indicates
>>>that The Tsunami is not about Six-Story Size, or the Gigantic Breaker
>>>- that's just uplift based on the shore profile. It's really about
>>>the thousands of tons of earthmoving equipment-force it pushes.
>>>So it's appropriate to work on the tractor.
>>
>>It's just relaxing... a way to still be around a motor without
>>having to overtly make it fun, and thereby risk failing. It cuts
>>the grass... it pulls a cart.. it moves the snow. It's happy.
>
>The boats outside the reef were not affected by the tsunami, it rolled
>on by underneath...
Wait till that hill in the Azores cuts loose, then talk to me.
>
>>>>Mike
>>>
>>>I gotta go grocery shopping. I have a list. Yesterday I washed both
>>>vehicles.
>>
>>Good deal.. you have a life. I gotta sharpen the mower blades. I
>>run two sets.
>
>I don't have a mower, I don't have a yard. I have a balcony (2), and
>a shop-vac attached to an orbital sander - the bathroom ceiling fan
>and walls are getting smoothed in a dust-free way. Next is
>texture-spray.
Everyone paints on their own canvas. Sounds nice. I just did the
oil and removed the wheel wts on the tractor. Cleaned up the
garage a little. Those CZs really are wasting a lot of room...
Mike
>
>>Mike
>
>-k
Mike W.
<crdr...@NOSpam.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Ha, cracks me up when the "Biker" guys say stuff like that.
>
>All you have to do is ask them if they like Robbie Knievel (who I
>personally think is a pretty cool guy, but that's subject for another
>thread). They of course will respond with a huge F*ck Yea! And then
>ask them what kind of bike Robbie uses for his jumps. Gets 'em
>flustered everytime...
I want to do a road ride with you sometime too.
Hey.. I have to be in the Bay Area week after next and there's a
chance I get pulled up into your neck of the woods for a meeting.
If so, watch out... I'll be harassing you.
Mike
-keith
>I don't mean to crap on Harley's <snip> If I ever meet one non-cop on a Harley who gives a shit
>about skills, I'll think about buying one for me.
It would have to be a guy on a mile-bike that can run on the cushion
or in the marbles. There's some serious skill there but also massive
amounts of Fear dial-out.
<distraction>
Way-cool, two old Stearman's flew overhead, slowly, like walking pace.
>>I remember some posts about a lawnmower...
>
>Lockes... GOD those are nice. In case I ever mentioned The Lawn
>around here, it's in a state of decay... I imagine the guy just
>got too old to follow the regimen he developed.
Could be the regimentation and the drill got too old, maybe wanted to
curl his toes in it instead?
>>>>The main thing is that you CAN see your feet, right? The belly isn't
>>>>in the way.
>>>
>>>Ouch.. yes. I can see them, but that won't last given recent
>>>trending in my lifestyle graph.
>>
>>let yourself sleep a little more, that cuts into the food set-point
>>and draws it down.
>
>I hate sleep.
If it weren't for sleep there'd be no punctuation in the stasis
chamber - one long endless Norwegian summer night with the sun always
drifting in the sky.
>>>>>>Ever have those dreams where your feet seem a thousand feet away down
>>>>>>there?
>>>>>
>>>>>That's the bottom of the cliff that's that far away. I call em
>>>>>nightmares. Margaret started repelling down cliffs today for fun.
>>>>>Really.
>>>>
>>>>Wear something bouncy and floaty?
>>>>I'm thinking about a buoyancy compensator without the whole heavy tank
>>>>harness, I've got a good snorkel already. Recent evidence indicates
>>>>that The Tsunami is not about Six-Story Size, or the Gigantic Breaker
>>>>- that's just uplift based on the shore profile. It's really about
>>>>the thousands of tons of earthmoving equipment-force it pushes.
>>>>So it's appropriate to work on the tractor.
>>>
>>>It's just relaxing... a way to still be around a motor without
>>>having to overtly make it fun, and thereby risk failing. It cuts
>>>the grass... it pulls a cart.. it moves the snow. It's happy.
>>
>>The boats outside the reef were not affected by the tsunami, it rolled
>>on by underneath...
>
>Wait till that hill in the Azores cuts loose, then talk to me.
The tsunami waveform is only defined in relationship to the shore that
creates it and raises it up, until then its just rolling particles
crossing the ocean at speed.
>>>>>Mike
>>>>
>>>>I gotta go grocery shopping. I have a list. Yesterday I washed both
>>>>vehicles.
>>>
>>>Good deal.. you have a life. I gotta sharpen the mower blades. I
>>>run two sets.
>>
>>I don't have a mower, I don't have a yard. I have a balcony (2), and
>>a shop-vac attached to an orbital sander - the bathroom ceiling fan
>>and walls are getting smoothed in a dust-free way. Next is
>>texture-spray.
>
>Everyone paints on their own canvas. Sounds nice. I just did the
>oil and removed the wheel wts on the tractor. Cleaned up the
>garage a little. Those CZs really are wasting a lot of room...
I hate room-wasters, I don't have room to waste. Maybe that's what
you don't like about sleep?
>Mike
>
>>
>>>Mike
>>
>>-k
-keith
spodely
"Mike W." <outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote in message
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snip
And I can look way down on them for wasting the
> opportunity to live the richer experience by improving their
> riding. If I ever meet one non-cop on a Harley who gives a shit
> about skills, I'll think about buying one for me.
snip
> Mike
Well, I sold mine, but I learned to ride up a flight of stairs, turn, and up
the next just like the LA guys did in one of my classes. I also learned how
to shoot and ride, but that wasn't exactly in the lesson plan for the day.
I get another one, I'll come visit. I'm a non-cop now, does that count?
John
Mike W.
wrote:
> Mike W. <outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote:
>
>>I don't mean to crap on Harley's <snip> If I ever meet one non-cop on a Harley who gives a shit
>>about skills, I'll think about buying one for me.
>
>It would have to be a guy on a mile-bike that can run on the cushion
>or in the marbles. There's some serious skill there but also massive
>amounts of Fear dial-out.
Definitely... I never learned how to slide a turn on a dirt bike.
>
><distraction>
>
>Way-cool, two old Stearman's flew overhead, slowly, like walking pace.
I'm going over to a freind's house next weekend who is supposedly
the only source for replacement B-17 gun turrets. Going to bend
up some brackets for the KZP resto... then gotta figure how to
get the surface looking nice. Haven't decided on polished alum or
chromed steel. I know a guy in NZ that will chrome them for next
to nothing but the polished aluminum is more authentic to the
bike.
>
>>>I remember some posts about a lawnmower...
>>
>>Lockes... GOD those are nice. In case I ever mentioned The Lawn
>>around here, it's in a state of decay... I imagine the guy just
>>got too old to follow the regimen he developed.
>
>Could be the regimentation and the drill got too old, maybe wanted to
>curl his toes in it instead?
It was 1987 when I met him and he was fairly old then. I'm
guessing he didn't let it go because he wanted to. He had a
one-inch all-brass line just for the sprinklers in the yard
itself... in this little italian looking cement box.
Observation, as I remember his lawn. I used to be very passionate
about turf.. as gay as that sounds. I'm noticing it might be good
restore my view to turf as a journey... not as an endpoint.. a
"have to" that causes one to just do the minimum. Just an
observation.
>
>>>>>The main thing is that you CAN see your feet, right? The belly isn't
>>>>>in the way.
>>>>
>>>>Ouch.. yes. I can see them, but that won't last given recent
>>>>trending in my lifestyle graph.
>>>
>>>let yourself sleep a little more, that cuts into the food set-point
>>>and draws it down.
>>
>>I hate sleep.
>
>If it weren't for sleep there'd be no punctuation in the stasis
>chamber - one long endless Norwegian summer night with the sun always
>drifting in the sky.
Kurt needs that more than I do.
>
>>>>>>>Ever have those dreams where your feet seem a thousand feet away down
>>>>>>>there?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>That's the bottom of the cliff that's that far away. I call em
>>>>>>nightmares. Margaret started repelling down cliffs today for fun.
>>>>>>Really.
>>>>>
>>>>>Wear something bouncy and floaty?
>>>>>I'm thinking about a buoyancy compensator without the whole heavy tank
>>>>>harness, I've got a good snorkel already. Recent evidence indicates
>>>>>that The Tsunami is not about Six-Story Size, or the Gigantic Breaker
>>>>>- that's just uplift based on the shore profile. It's really about
>>>>>the thousands of tons of earthmoving equipment-force it pushes.
>>>>>So it's appropriate to work on the tractor.
>>>>
>>>>It's just relaxing... a way to still be around a motor without
>>>>having to overtly make it fun, and thereby risk failing. It cuts
>>>>the grass... it pulls a cart.. it moves the snow. It's happy.
>>>
>>>The boats outside the reef were not affected by the tsunami, it rolled
>>>on by underneath...
>>
>>Wait till that hill in the Azores cuts loose, then talk to me.
>
>The tsunami waveform is only defined in relationship to the shore that
>creates it and raises it up, until then its just rolling particles
>crossing the ocean at speed.
I am guessing the rise will start earlier when that mother
finally cuts loose.
>
>>>>>>Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>I gotta go grocery shopping. I have a list. Yesterday I washed both
>>>>>vehicles.
>>>>
>>>>Good deal.. you have a life. I gotta sharpen the mower blades. I
>>>>run two sets.
>>>
>>>I don't have a mower, I don't have a yard. I have a balcony (2), and
>>>a shop-vac attached to an orbital sander - the bathroom ceiling fan
>>>and walls are getting smoothed in a dust-free way. Next is
>>>texture-spray.
>>
>>Everyone paints on their own canvas. Sounds nice. I just did the
>>oil and removed the wheel wts on the tractor. Cleaned up the
>>garage a little. Those CZs really are wasting a lot of room...
>
>I hate room-wasters, I don't have room to waste. Maybe that's what
>you don't like about sleep?
In a sense... it's a heartbeat waster.
MIke
>
>>Mike
>>
>>>
>>>>Mike
>>>
>>>-k
>
>-keith
Mike W.
<spo...@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>
>Well, I sold mine, but I learned to ride up a flight of stairs, turn, and up
>the next just like the LA guys did in one of my classes. I also learned how
>to shoot and ride, but that wasn't exactly in the lesson plan for the day.
>I get another one, I'll come visit. I'm a non-cop now, does that count?
>
>John
>
It doesn't count... sorry. It puts you into a group that I
respect automatically. Sorry. Please do visit, though my own
skills are officially in bleed off mode now and there's no
judging where they'll be by that time (I'm doing 9' by 25'
Eliminator lanes and moving the cones in, if that helps at all).
OTOH, the bike should be looking *perfect* by then.
There is one obstacle I found maybe a week ago that might pull me
out of retirement temporarily. I found an "orchard" of handicap
parking posts... 4" iron pipes set in concrete... They are in two
rows so a wheel chair can drive between the left and right rows
of cars. Maybe a bike width plus 6". I'm not sure of the post to
post spacing in each line but I'd guess they're on 12' centers.
Threading one row of those is something I think I need to do..
you have actual skin in the game if you miss:) It's getting to be
like that handicap ramp at the Ground Round... I waste too much
time thinking about it when I should be working. I might light it
up today and do it in the rain actually.. more skin:)
Anyway, intriguing about the stairs... tell me more about them.
What sort of pitch? How much room did you have on the landing
between landings? How wide? Did you do any two-bike training?
Can't find curriculum material on that anyplace on the web.
Mike
spodely
snip
> Anyway, intriguing about the stairs... tell me more about them.
> What sort of pitch? How much room did you have on the landing
> between landings? How wide? Did you do any two-bike training?
> Can't find curriculum material on that anyplace on the web.
>
> Mike
LAPD used to do the same training. The Natl Park Service also did it. Mine
was somewhat unofficial while attending some classes in Florida with some
bike guys. One of them was from MA on a bike squad there. He attended the
Park Service training. The stair training was to get you to drive up a set
of stairs, why, I don't know other than to look impressive before being
suspended... Anyway, it was one flight that made a 180 turn halfway up.
Standard motel type stairs. At least, the one I did was <g> Plan on
skinning some chrome and paint. Also, makes sure there is another flight on
the other end to go back down or you are u-turning in a room or going back
down backwards. Not fun in reverse.
I have actually used that training since that time. (I have also never been
on a squad with a police department since they weren't operational again
until I left.) It was a motel, but it did not involve bad guys. It
involved a 'dresser' and a bet from a female. It also involved lots of
police, but none on duty. Any more info will be changed to protect both
innocent and guilty.
John
Mike W.
<spo...@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>
>LAPD used to do the same training. The Natl Park Service also did it. Mine
>was somewhat unofficial while attending some classes in Florida with some
>bike guys. One of them was from MA on a bike squad there. He attended the
>Park Service training. The stair training was to get you to drive up a set
>of stairs, why, I don't know other than to look impressive before being
>suspended... Anyway, it was one flight that made a 180 turn halfway up.
>Standard motel type stairs. At least, the one I did was <g> Plan on
>skinning some chrome and paint. Also, makes sure there is another flight on
>the other end to go back down or you are u-turning in a room or going back
>down backwards. Not fun in reverse.
>
>I have actually used that training since that time. (I have also never been
>on a squad with a police department since they weren't operational again
>until I left.) It was a motel, but it did not involve bad guys. It
>involved a 'dresser' and a bet from a female. It also involved lots of
>police, but none on duty. Any more info will be changed to protect both
>innocent and guilty.
Sorta like this:
http://www.rainforestnaturehikes.com/gallery/BamWCtrail%20stairs.jpg
????
Ok.. I can't do that. It's a good thing I bailed out of this too
before I got some real competition.
I have talked with an LAPD motor officer (oldest on the force at
the time) and a CHP... I forget which was which, but I think the
LAPD guys got 8 weeks, and the CHP guys got 12 weeks of motor
curriculum. On the East Coast, it seems like all anyone gets is 2
weeks from the road-show training (and then there is apparently a
bunch of heat from above that prevents them from practicing so as
not to scratch the bike and draw the wrath of the Chief. The FL
guys get more I'm told too but haven't tracked down any data on
that yet.. just that they kick ass in the rodeos.
There's a super campy old movie (40's?) called "Code 2" with
Keenan Wynn (noted off-roader too) that shows old days motor
officer training. You see them taking their Harley's off road for
several days running. I have a book that shows CHP guys taking
stripped down KZP's off road too. I was thinking about making up
an off-road KZ.. they're cheap enough now. Probably just turn
into another garage-sucking project like the CZ's:)
Anyway, cool skill. I know I wont be chasing that one!
M
>
>John
>
HardWorkingDog
<outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote:
> Probably just turn
> into another garage-sucking project like the CZ's:)
I was driving south on 680 today, somewhere around Sunol (925), and I saw
a vintage CZ motocrosser in the back of a pickup, fully restored, but with
a license plate hanging off the rear fender. What caught my eye in the
first place was the rear view mirror sticking up into the sky from the
handlebars...
--
Charles
'99 YZF600R
'99 YZ250
Mike W.
(HardWorkingDog) wrote:
>
>I was driving south on 680 today, somewhere around Sunol (925), and I saw
>a vintage CZ motocrosser in the back of a pickup, fully restored, but with
>a license plate hanging off the rear fender. What caught my eye in the
>first place was the rear view mirror sticking up into the sky from the
>handlebars...
Funny you should mention the plate... I spent the day working on
the tractor and clearing up the garage and got thinking... Maybe
I'd restore them if I could put a plate on the result:)
Mike
john
>>I was driving south on 680 today, somewhere around Sunol (925), and I saw
>>a vintage CZ motocrosser in the back of a pickup, fully restored, but with
>>a license plate hanging off the rear fender. What caught my eye in the
>>first place was the rear view mirror sticking up into the sky from the
>>handlebars...
>
> Funny you should mention the plate... I spent the day working on
> the tractor and clearing up the garage and got thinking... Maybe
> I'd restore them if I could put a plate on the result:)
>
> Mike
mike <SLAP> get your head on straight a plate means more taxes
put a slow moving triangle on the back of your farm equipment
then burn tax exempt fuel in it, just make sure you buy a packet of
seeds when you go into town.
john
Mike W.
>
>mike <SLAP> get your head on straight a plate means more taxes
>put a slow moving triangle on the back of your farm equipment
>then burn tax exempt fuel in it, just make sure you buy a packet of
>seeds when you go into town.
>john
>
I was actually talking about the CZ's but... are you saying I can
drive my tractor on the roads if I stick a triangle on it? And I
can burn gas with no taxes in it? Like... I could put a 50 gal
gas tank on it and maybe run the occasional cup or so full from
that into my Lexus?
Mike
-keith
>>It would have to be a guy on a mile-bike that can run on the cushion
>>or in the marbles. There's some serious skill there but also massive
>>amounts of Fear dial-out.
>
>Definitely... I never learned how to slide a turn on a dirt bike.
I'd say it's at least as important as cone-studies. There are other
things too, like pushing the front - I took a class where we practiced
certain drills - it's definitely something you have to practice a lot
before it makes any sense, and something (the front) you want to do
straight-up-and-down before you try any angles.
>><distraction>
>>
>>Way-cool, two old Stearman's flew overhead, slowly, like walking pace.
>
>I'm going over to a freind's house next weekend who is supposedly
>the only source for replacement B-17 gun turrets. Going to bend
>up some brackets for the KZP resto... then gotta figure how to
>get the surface looking nice. Haven't decided on polished alum or
>chromed steel. I know a guy in NZ that will chrome them for next
>to nothing but the polished aluminum is more authentic to the
>bike.
The B-17 and B-24 are coming here Wednesday:
>>>>I remember some posts about a lawnmower...
>>>
>>>Lockes... GOD those are nice. In case I ever mentioned The Lawn
>>>around here, it's in a state of decay... I imagine the guy just
>>>got too old to follow the regimen he developed.
>>
>>Could be the regimentation and the drill got too old, maybe wanted to
>>curl his toes in it instead?
>
>It was 1987 when I met him and he was fairly old then. I'm
>guessing he didn't let it go because he wanted to. He had a
>one-inch all-brass line just for the sprinklers in the yard
>itself... in this little italian looking cement box.
>
>Observation, as I remember his lawn. I used to be very passionate
>about turf.. as gay as that sounds. I'm noticing it might be good
>restore my view to turf as a journey... not as an endpoint.. a
>"have to" that causes one to just do the minimum. Just an
>observation.
Too many endpoints and all you have are really short journeys, good
thing to turn them into waypoints.
>>>
>>>I hate sleep.
>>
>>If it weren't for sleep there'd be no punctuation in the stasis
>>chamber - one long endless Norwegian summer night with the sun always
>>drifting in the sky.
>
>Kurt needs that more than I do.
Natch, but he's up there where summer nights stay-out pretty long,
it's overcompensating for Winter is what's the problem, everything
with a pea-brain flys south but us real-estate bound types stay put
for no real purpose.
>>>>>>>>Ever have those dreams where your feet seem a thousand feet away down
>>>>>>>>there?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>That's the bottom of the cliff that's that far away. I call em
>>>>>>>nightmares. Margaret started repelling down cliffs today for fun.
>>>>>>>Really.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Wear something bouncy and floaty?
>>>>>>I'm thinking about a buoyancy compensator without the whole heavy tank
>>>>>>harness, I've got a good snorkel already. Recent evidence indicates
>>>>>>that The Tsunami is not about Six-Story Size, or the Gigantic Breaker
>>>>>>- that's just uplift based on the shore profile. It's really about
>>>>>>the thousands of tons of earthmoving equipment-force it pushes.
>>>>>>So it's appropriate to work on the tractor.
>>>>>
>>>>>It's just relaxing... a way to still be around a motor without
>>>>>having to overtly make it fun, and thereby risk failing. It cuts
>>>>>the grass... it pulls a cart.. it moves the snow. It's happy.
>>>>
>>>>The boats outside the reef were not affected by the tsunami, it rolled
>>>>on by underneath...
>>>
>>>Wait till that hill in the Azores cuts loose, then talk to me.
>>
>>The tsunami waveform is only defined in relationship to the shore that
>>creates it and raises it up, until then its just rolling particles
>>crossing the ocean at speed.
>
>I am guessing the rise will start earlier when that mother
>finally cuts loose.
There's more big freaky waves out there than they expected, once they
started tracking and recording them. But still it's a bump that
requires a shoreline for amplitude.
>>>Everyone paints on their own canvas. Sounds nice. I just did the
>>>oil and removed the wheel wts on the tractor. Cleaned up the
>>>garage a little. Those CZs really are wasting a lot of room...
>>
>>I hate room-wasters, I don't have room to waste. Maybe that's what
>>you don't like about sleep?
>
>In a sense... it's a heartbeat waster.
I get some of my best ideas and work done in dreams, so it's not for
me, it's a force multiplier.
>MIke
-keith
-keith
>news:fkne81pq0u070ts81...@4ax.com...
>snip
>
>> Anyway, intriguing about the stairs... tell me more about them.
>> What sort of pitch? How much room did you have on the landing
>> between landings? How wide? Did you do any two-bike training?
>> Can't find curriculum material on that anyplace on the web.
>>
>> Mike
>
>LAPD used to do the same training. The Natl Park Service also did it. Mine
>was somewhat unofficial while attending some classes in Florida with some
>bike guys. One of them was from MA on a bike squad there. He attended the
>Park Service training. The stair training was to get you to drive up a set
>of stairs, why, I don't know other than to look impressive before being
>suspended... Anyway, it was one flight that made a 180 turn halfway up.
>Standard motel type stairs. At least, the one I did was <g> Plan on
>skinning some chrome and paint. Also, makes sure there is another flight on
>the other end to go back down or you are u-turning in a room or going back
>down backwards. Not fun in reverse.
There's a bunch of "sidewalks" in San Francisco that are like stairs,
you can find them all over the place -- fun to ride up anyhow scaring
the pedestrians. They hop out of the way pretty good.
-k
Mike W.
wrote:
>
>>>It would have to be a guy on a mile-bike that can run on the cushion
>>>or in the marbles. There's some serious skill there but also massive
>>>amounts of Fear dial-out.
>>
>>Definitely... I never learned how to slide a turn on a dirt bike.
>
>I'd say it's at least as important as cone-studies. There are other
>things too, like pushing the front - I took a class where we practiced
>certain drills - it's definitely something you have to practice a lot
>before it makes any sense, and something (the front) you want to do
>straight-up-and-down before you try any angles.
Sounds pretty interesting. I'd take a class like that.
>
>>><distraction>
>>>
>>>Way-cool, two old Stearman's flew overhead, slowly, like walking pace.
>>
>>I'm going over to a freind's house next weekend who is supposedly
>>the only source for replacement B-17 gun turrets. Going to bend
>>up some brackets for the KZP resto... then gotta figure how to
>>get the surface looking nice. Haven't decided on polished alum or
>>chromed steel. I know a guy in NZ that will chrome them for next
>>to nothing but the polished aluminum is more authentic to the
>>bike.
>
>The B-17 and B-24 are coming here Wednesday:
>
I think there's only a small handful of B17's left, so some of
this guy's work is on em. I got a tour of one once at an airshow
here at Westover by my mechanic buddy who worked on solving a
problem on the wing attachments.
>
>>>>>I remember some posts about a lawnmower...
>>>>
>>>>Lockes... GOD those are nice. In case I ever mentioned The Lawn
>>>>around here, it's in a state of decay... I imagine the guy just
>>>>got too old to follow the regimen he developed.
>>>
>>>Could be the regimentation and the drill got too old, maybe wanted to
>>>curl his toes in it instead?
>>
>>It was 1987 when I met him and he was fairly old then. I'm
>>guessing he didn't let it go because he wanted to. He had a
>>one-inch all-brass line just for the sprinklers in the yard
>>itself... in this little italian looking cement box.
>>
>>Observation, as I remember his lawn. I used to be very passionate
>>about turf.. as gay as that sounds. I'm noticing it might be good
>>restore my view to turf as a journey... not as an endpoint.. a
>>"have to" that causes one to just do the minimum. Just an
>>observation.
>
>Too many endpoints and all you have are really short journeys, good
>thing to turn them into waypoints.
I'm putting a lot of faith into turn and sailing at the moment...
gotta get the rest of my damn dirt to get a good lawn in.
>
>>>>
>>>>I hate sleep.
>>>
>>>If it weren't for sleep there'd be no punctuation in the stasis
>>>chamber - one long endless Norwegian summer night with the sun always
>>>drifting in the sky.
>>
>>Kurt needs that more than I do.
>
>Natch, but he's up there where summer nights stay-out pretty long,
>it's overcompensating for Winter is what's the problem, everything
>with a pea-brain flys south but us real-estate bound types stay put
>for no real purpose.
What I can't understand is staying in the Bay Area. It's almost,
but not quite, as dumb as living in 413:)
I remember a news report in the 80's that said a 2" tsunami
slammed into Alaska and thinking... Crap, they must have had to
do signal processing on it to even see it in the regular surface
noise.
>
>>>>Everyone paints on their own canvas. Sounds nice. I just did the
>>>>oil and removed the wheel wts on the tractor. Cleaned up the
>>>>garage a little. Those CZs really are wasting a lot of room...
>>>
>>>I hate room-wasters, I don't have room to waste. Maybe that's what
>>>you don't like about sleep?
>>
>>In a sense... it's a heartbeat waster.
>
>I get some of my best ideas and work done in dreams, so it's not for
>me, it's a force multiplier.
When more rested, I get work done in my sleep too. Usually it's
just nightmares about cliffs the rest of the time:)
>
>>MIke
>
>-keith
Mike W.
wrote:
My respect to anyone willing to take 1000 lbs up a 45-degree
angle in a narrow channel. The idea of endo-ing that in a
no-escape zone is pretty intense and definitely outside my
envelope. I've gone up 6-8 steps on my XR taht were shallower
pitch than normal stairs. No room to fuckup on a cop bike.
I've thought about how much fun it would be to try and ride
Vermont St on the KZP... Definitely a challenge I can't get here.
Mike
-keith
>>>Definitely... I never learned how to slide a turn on a dirt bike.
>>
>>I'd say it's at least as important as cone-studies. There are other
>>things too, like pushing the front - I took a class where we practiced
>>certain drills - it's definitely something you have to practice a lot
>>before it makes any sense, and something (the front) you want to do
>>straight-up-and-down before you try any angles.
>
>Sounds pretty interesting. I'd take a class like that.
I'm glad I did, but it's one that bears repeating and practicing, and
I suck at repetition and practice.
>>The B-17 and B-24 are coming here Wednesday:
>>
>
>I think there's only a small handful of B17's left, so some of
>this guy's work is on em. I got a tour of one once at an airshow
>here at Westover by my mechanic buddy who worked on solving a
>problem on the wing attachments.
Amazing thing, the Internets:
Operational 11
Long Term Maintenance (back to operational) 2
Static Display 21
Under restoration to operational 2
Under restoration to static 2
In Storage 6
Total Complete Airframes 44
Partial Airframes 8
Total Recovered Airframes 52
http://www.aerovintage.com/b17loc.htm
Dammit one was just here, in Hayward:
May 13 - 15 Hayward,CA - Hayward Executive Airport, Bud Field
Aviation
>>>>>>I remember some posts about a lawnmower...
>>>>>
>>>>>Lockes... GOD those are nice. In case I ever mentioned The Lawn
>>>>>around here, it's in a state of decay... I imagine the guy just
>>>>>got too old to follow the regimen he developed.
>>>>
>>>>Could be the regimentation and the drill got too old, maybe wanted to
>>>>curl his toes in it instead?
>>>
>>>It was 1987 when I met him and he was fairly old then. I'm
>>>guessing he didn't let it go because he wanted to. He had a
>>>one-inch all-brass line just for the sprinklers in the yard
>>>itself... in this little italian looking cement box.
>>>
>>>Observation, as I remember his lawn. I used to be very passionate
>>>about turf.. as gay as that sounds. I'm noticing it might be good
>>>restore my view to turf as a journey... not as an endpoint.. a
>>>"have to" that causes one to just do the minimum. Just an
>>>observation.
>>
>>Too many endpoints and all you have are really short journeys, good
>>thing to turn them into waypoints.
>
>I'm putting a lot of faith into turn and sailing at the moment...
>gotta get the rest of my damn dirt to get a good lawn in.
I was tree-pruning, now I should be taping up plastic and spraying
orange-peel texture in the bathroom - then paint.
>>Natch, but he's up there where summer nights stay-out pretty long,
>>it's overcompensating for Winter is what's the problem, everything
>>with a pea-brain flys south but us real-estate bound types stay put
>>for no real purpose.
>
>What I can't understand is staying in the Bay Area. It's almost,
>but not quite, as dumb as living in 413:)
My wife has a job, she's a lifer, I don't have any money on my own to
go anywhere with.
>>>>>
>>>>>Wait till that hill in the Azores cuts loose, then talk to me.
>>>>
>>>>The tsunami waveform is only defined in relationship to the shore that
>>>>creates it and raises it up, until then its just rolling particles
>>>>crossing the ocean at speed.
>>>
>>>I am guessing the rise will start earlier when that mother
>>>finally cuts loose.
>>
>>There's more big freaky waves out there than they expected, once they
>>started tracking and recording them. But still it's a bump that
>>requires a shoreline for amplitude.
>
>I remember a news report in the 80's that said a 2" tsunami
>slammed into Alaska and thinking... Crap, they must have had to
>do signal processing on it to even see it in the regular surface
>noise.
I bet you couldda 'scoped it.
>>>>>Everyone paints on their own canvas. Sounds nice. I just did the
>>>>>oil and removed the wheel wts on the tractor. Cleaned up the
>>>>>garage a little. Those CZs really are wasting a lot of room...
>>>>
>>>>I hate room-wasters, I don't have room to waste. Maybe that's what
>>>>you don't like about sleep?
>>>
>>>In a sense... it's a heartbeat waster.
>>
>>I get some of my best ideas and work done in dreams, so it's not for
>>me, it's a force multiplier.
>
>When more rested, I get work done in my sleep too. Usually it's
>just nightmares about cliffs the rest of the time:)
I have plenty of nightmares, they're fun!
-k
-keith
>>you can find them all over the place -- fun to ride up anyhow scaring
>>the pedestrians. They hop out of the way pretty good.
>>
>>-k
>
>My respect to anyone willing to take 1000 lbs up a 45-degree
>angle in a narrow channel. The idea of endo-ing that in a
>no-escape zone is pretty intense and definitely outside my
>envelope. I've gone up 6-8 steps on my XR taht were shallower
>pitch than normal stairs. No room to fuckup on a cop bike.
When in doubt, gas it! Riding UP, I'd be more afraid of stalling than
endo'ing.
>I've thought about how much fun it would be to try and ride
>Vermont St on the KZP... Definitely a challenge I can't get here.
For the City, my favorite bike is an XR650L, definitely. Especially
on those streets with stoplights at the apex where you have all that
weight and a clutch to feather and slip.
I once drove a car that belonged to a guy who lived in San Francisco,
some Toyota thing with a clutch. I forget what, maybe a Celica, it
was a totally trashed rubber-band clutch, you could hardly pull away
from a stop-sign on flat ground - had to rev the shit out of the motor
and dump it and hope that the thing would catch, take up the slack,
and pull you forward...
>Mike
-keith
Mike W.
wrote:
>
>When in doubt, gas it! Riding UP, I'd be more afraid of stalling than
>endo'ing.
The top of the windshield limits the amount of forward body
lean... When I went over the possum, I felt it just touch my chin
strap when I stood up.
>
>>I've thought about how much fun it would be to try and ride
>>Vermont St on the KZP... Definitely a challenge I can't get here.
>
>For the City, my favorite bike is an XR650L, definitely. Especially
>on those streets with stoplights at the apex where you have all that
>weight and a clutch to feather and slip.
>I once drove a car that belonged to a guy who lived in San Francisco,
>some Toyota thing with a clutch. I forget what, maybe a Celica, it
>was a totally trashed rubber-band clutch, you could hardly pull away
>from a stop-sign on flat ground - had to rev the shit out of the motor
>and dump it and hope that the thing would catch, take up the slack,
>and pull you forward...
If I wanted maximum versatility around that city, I think the XR
or the KTM would be great bikes. What I get out of the KZP thing
is doing stuff that is hard to do with a bike that size. I bet
Baxter could take his trials bike into my 18' keyhole and do a
figure-8:)
Watched a BMW dork smoke his clutch on a hill in Newport once,
holding the car at a stop light. My KZP clutch is probably in
quasi-abused condition now... Been in since August.
A ray of hope entered my fog of bleakness yesterday. I spoke to
police training organizations in MI and CA that both put on
civilian version of the cop schools. All the non-tactical
training. The MI guys even said that if I can get made an
"auxiliary cop", I can take the full-on cop course AND get into
the rodeo there... so guess what the center of my life is today?
As I understand it, auxiliary cops are to real cops as parakeets
are to miners. Fine... I just want the training and have zero
desire to actually perform one minute's cop work.
Anyone got any suggestions how an old, bitter, out of shape
elitist who can ride his ass off in a parking lot can fast track
his way into auxiliary status? Yea... like anyone's even reading
what we're writing now:)
M
>
>>Mike
>
>-keith
-keith
>>When in doubt, gas it! Riding UP, I'd be more afraid of stalling than
>>endo'ing.
>
>The top of the windshield limits the amount of forward body
>lean... When I went over the possum, I felt it just touch my chin
>strap when I stood up.
The KPZ Decapitator!
>>>I've thought about how much fun it would be to try and ride
>>>Vermont St on the KZP... Definitely a challenge I can't get here.
>>
>>For the City, my favorite bike is an XR650L, definitely. Especially
>>on those streets with stoplights at the apex where you have all that
>>weight and a clutch to feather and slip.
>>I once drove a car that belonged to a guy who lived in San Francisco,
>>some Toyota thing with a clutch. I forget what, maybe a Celica, it
>>was a totally trashed rubber-band clutch, you could hardly pull away
>>from a stop-sign on flat ground - had to rev the shit out of the motor
>>and dump it and hope that the thing would catch, take up the slack,
>>and pull you forward...
>
>If I wanted maximum versatility around that city, I think the XR
>or the KTM would be great bikes. What I get out of the KZP thing
>is doing stuff that is hard to do with a bike that size. I bet
>Baxter could take his trials bike into my 18' keyhole and do a
>figure-8:)
As far as the city goes, at least the one to the north of me, there's
KPZ territory and non-KPZ -- besides the keyholes you have stair-step
equivalents in the middle of the so-called flat-surface roads called
potholes, sometimes filled with a warm oatmeal mush of soft asphalt
and sifted with a light coating of sand, the PG&E trenches that run
along the curbs, similarly filled or covered with ice-greased steel
planking, and the manhole-covers right in the middle of corners - not
out in the X-middle of the intersection where they belong.
All of these are capable of bike-swallowing which is why the great
portion of "CityBikes" are rat-bikes, missing most plastic.
>Watched a BMW dork smoke his clutch on a hill in Newport once,
>holding the car at a stop light. My KZP clutch is probably in
>quasi-abused condition now... Been in since August.
BMW's have those stupid non-motorcycle clutches, they have a
single-plate car-type clutch like my old VW Karmann Ghia that raises a
huge smelly stink when feathered the slightest -- they suck horribly.
A multi-plate wet, KPZ clutch is far-far-far-far better.
>A ray of hope entered my fog of bleakness yesterday. I spoke to
>police training organizations in MI and CA that both put on
>civilian version of the cop schools. All the non-tactical
>training. The MI guys even said that if I can get made an
>"auxiliary cop", I can take the full-on cop course AND get into
>the rodeo there... so guess what the center of my life is today?
>As I understand it, auxiliary cops are to real cops as parakeets
>are to miners. Fine... I just want the training and have zero
>desire to actually perform one minute's cop work.
Can you blow the siren?
>Anyone got any suggestions how an old, bitter, out of shape
>elitist who can ride his ass off in a parking lot can fast track
>his way into auxiliary status? Yea... like anyone's even reading
>what we're writing now:)
As far as I understand it, most things are for sale to one degree or
another, licensing=tax, certification=fees, college=tuition... I'm
sure you can take a cla$$ to qualify?
>M
-keith
HardWorkingDog
<outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote:
> Anyone got any suggestions how an old, bitter, out of shape
> elitist who can ride his ass off in a parking lot can fast track
> his way into auxiliary status? Yea... like anyone's even reading
> what we're writing now:)
Ya just never know who's reading...I know of a couple of people who've
done that (the auxiliary part, not the motor training part). The main
requirement is the ability to volunteer a lot of time.
-keith
wrote:
>> Anyone got any suggestions how an old, bitter, out of shape
>> elitist who can ride his ass off in a parking lot can fast track
>> his way into auxiliary status? Yea... like anyone's even reading
>> what we're writing now:)
>
>Ya just never know who's reading...I know of a couple of people who've
>done that (the auxiliary part, not the motor training part). The main
>requirement is the ability to volunteer a lot of time.
And you know what they say about time! So I'm sure there's a
substitutional equivalent. ;-)
>--
>Charles
>'99 YZF600R
>'99 YZ250
DirtCashOnlyUntraceable
Mike W.
(HardWorkingDog) wrote:
If someone was, say, in a high school parking lot.. many hours
per week.. think that would count as volunteer time? I'm NOT big
on uniforms and was kicked out of the Civil Air Patrol in high
school for refusing to wear one:)
Regarding reading our crap... PLS get a life! WE are screwed...
you should go on.. leave us behind. :)
Mike
Mike W.
wrote:
> Mike W. <outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote:
>
>>>When in doubt, gas it! Riding UP, I'd be more afraid of stalling than
>>>endo'ing.
>>
>>The top of the windshield limits the amount of forward body
>>lean... When I went over the possum, I felt it just touch my chin
>>strap when I stood up.
>
>The KPZ Decapitator!
Wonderful feeling when the back end is kicked out too.
That actually sounds like fun to ride. Don't forget, I go out
after midnight into the city in ice weather and did at least two
snow rides this year. I *might* be taking some training in
Alameda County this year too.. talking with them about that now.
If they supply the KZP, I'm there.
>
>>Watched a BMW dork smoke his clutch on a hill in Newport once,
>>holding the car at a stop light. My KZP clutch is probably in
>>quasi-abused condition now... Been in since August.
>
>BMW's have those stupid non-motorcycle clutches, they have a
>single-plate car-type clutch like my old VW Karmann Ghia that raises a
>huge smelly stink when feathered the slightest -- they suck horribly.
>A multi-plate wet, KPZ clutch is far-far-far-far better.
Oh yea... heard about the dry clutches on their bikes. That right
there is a show-stopper for me... no low-speed maneuvering. It
was a BMW car that cooked it in Newport.
>
>>A ray of hope entered my fog of bleakness yesterday. I spoke to
>>police training organizations in MI and CA that both put on
>>civilian version of the cop schools. All the non-tactical
>>training. The MI guys even said that if I can get made an
>>"auxiliary cop", I can take the full-on cop course AND get into
>>the rodeo there... so guess what the center of my life is today?
>>As I understand it, auxiliary cops are to real cops as parakeets
>>are to miners. Fine... I just want the training and have zero
>>desire to actually perform one minute's cop work.
>
>Can you blow the siren?
Got thinking about the full-on cop course... I have zero desire
to learn all the tactical stuff. I'm just after high end rider
proficiency. I probably won't pursue it, but I'd still enjoy the
competitive part at a rodeo.
>
>>Anyone got any suggestions how an old, bitter, out of shape
>>elitist who can ride his ass off in a parking lot can fast track
>>his way into auxiliary status? Yea... like anyone's even reading
>>what we're writing now:)
>
>As far as I understand it, most things are for sale to one degree or
>another, licensing=tax, certification=fees, college=tuition... I'm
>sure you can take a cla$$ to qualify?
You're one smart dude... Of course, you can tell just by the
hats:)
Mike
(Maui t-shirt on)
>
>>M
>
>-keith
-keith
wrote:
>On Wed, 18 May 2005 22:36:50 -0700, har...@mush.man
>(HardWorkingDog) wrote:
>
>>In article <65lm81500o706gaqa...@4ax.com>, Mike W.
>><outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone got any suggestions how an old, bitter, out of shape
>>> elitist who can ride his ass off in a parking lot can fast track
>>> his way into auxiliary status? Yea... like anyone's even reading
>>> what we're writing now:)
>>
>>Ya just never know who's reading...I know of a couple of people who've
>>done that (the auxiliary part, not the motor training part). The main
>>requirement is the ability to volunteer a lot of time.
>
>If someone was, say, in a high school parking lot.. many hours
>per week.. think that would count as volunteer time? I'm NOT big
>on uniforms and was kicked out of the Civil Air Patrol in high
>school for refusing to wear one:)
http://www.napoleon-net.de/Armies/France/FR_foreign/Westphalie2.jpg
-keith
>>>The top of the windshield limits the amount of forward body
>>>lean... When I went over the possum, I felt it just touch my chin
>>>strap when I stood up.
>>
>>The KPZ Decapitator!
>
>Wonderful feeling when the back end is kicked out too.
A friend of mine had the rear-end of his ST1100 try to come around and
pass him on Hwy 17, coming over from Santa Cruz -- there's a little
creek that runs across the road just past summit when it's wet.
Hwy. 17 has a MikeW Warning attached.
He quit riding shortly after.
>>>>>I've thought about how much fun it would be to try and ride
>>>>>Vermont St on the KZP... Definitely a challenge I can't get here.
<snippet>
>>As far as the city goes, at least the one to the north of me, there's
>>KPZ territory and non-KPZ -- besides the keyholes you have stair-step
>>equivalents in the middle of the so-called flat-surface roads called
>>potholes, sometimes filled with a warm oatmeal mush of soft asphalt
>>and sifted with a light coating of sand, the PG&E trenches that run
>>along the curbs, similarly filled or covered with ice-greased steel
>>planking, and the manhole-covers right in the middle of corners - not
>>out in the X-middle of the intersection where they belong.
>>All of these are capable of bike-swallowing which is why the great
>>portion of "CityBikes" are rat-bikes, missing most plastic.
>
>That actually sounds like fun to ride. Don't forget, I go out
>after midnight into the city in ice weather and did at least two
>snow rides this year. I *might* be taking some training in
>Alameda County this year too.. talking with them about that now.
>If they supply the KZP, I'm there.
Ok! Tractionless surfaces!! Alameda County...Hmmm...Where? Some of
it is better than other parts. Do you have reciprocity? What's that
area-code-thing you mention?
>>BMW's have those stupid non-motorcycle clutches, they have a
>>single-plate car-type clutch like my old VW Karmann Ghia that raises a
>>huge smelly stink when feathered the slightest -- they suck horribly.
>>A multi-plate wet, KPZ clutch is far-far-far-far better.
>
>Oh yea... heard about the dry clutches on their bikes. That right
>there is a show-stopper for me... no low-speed maneuvering. It
>was a BMW car that cooked it in Newport.
I'd rather drive my pickup truck with an auto-trans (and a bunch of
scary dents) in San Fran-disco. Sheryl's car is a pain, partly
because it's a damn BMW and partly because the dickheads who live
there are like close-talkers, they pull right up behind you and leave
you about 10-inches room at a light, so you have to slip the clutch
and use the handbreak and all that crap.
>>>A ray of hope entered my fog of bleakness yesterday. I spoke to
>>>police training organizations in MI and CA that both put on
>>>civilian version of the cop schools. All the non-tactical
<snip>
>>>are to miners. Fine... I just want the training and have zero
>>>desire to actually perform one minute's cop work.
>>
>>Can you blow the siren?
>
>Got thinking about the full-on cop course... I have zero desire
>to learn all the tactical stuff. I'm just after high end rider
>proficiency. I probably won't pursue it, but I'd still enjoy the
>competitive part at a rodeo.
One CHP guy I knew who roadraced said that pursuits were just like
races...he later had some *difficulty* and had to leave the force.
As far as I can tell a lot of cops who are "motor officers" aren't any
more into bikes in particular than cops who drive patrol-cars are into
NASCAR.
So the guys who DO rodeo are into it but good.
>>>Anyone got any suggestions how an old, bitter, out of shape
>>>elitist who can ride his ass off in a parking lot can fast track
>>>his way into auxiliary status? Yea... like anyone's even reading
>>>what we're writing now:)
>>
>>As far as I understand it, most things are for sale to one degree or
>>another, licensing=tax, certification=fees, college=tuition... I'm
>>sure you can take a cla$$ to qualify?
>
>You're one smart dude... Of course, you can tell just by the
>hats:)
I don't have enought hat$ though.
>Mike
>(Maui t-shirt on)
We're goin' in August. Can't quite figure how to get in range-time,
May do the A-II sled-ride again.
-k
Scott A.
I've been slightly amused watching the banter also. Anytime you two get
to talking I always learn something. Somtimes it's things not to do,
and sometimes it's actually useful information.
--
Scott A
'03 Yamaha XT225
'98 Suzuki DR350SE
'85 Honda CR125R
'74 Yamaha DT125A
WoodsChick
Mike W. wrote:
> On Wed, 18 May 2005 22:36:50 -0700, har...@mush.man
> (HardWorkingDog) wrote:
>
> >In article <65lm81500o706gaqa...@4ax.com>, Mike W.
> ><outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Anyone got any suggestions how an old, bitter, out of shape
> >> elitist who can ride his ass off in a parking lot can fast track
> >> his way into auxiliary status? Yea... like anyone's even reading
> >> what we're writing now:)
> >
> >Ya just never know who's reading...I know of a couple of people
who've
> >done that (the auxiliary part, not the motor training part). The
main
> >requirement is the ability to volunteer a lot of time.
>
> If someone was, say, in a high school parking lot.. many hours
> per week.. think that would count as volunteer time? I'm NOT big
> on uniforms and was kicked out of the Civil Air Patrol in high
> school for refusing to wear one:)
The CAP was ultra-cool! Taught me how to fly, and I loved the search
and rescue missions. I was even the squadron leader of our
award-winning drill team. Hard to imagine, eh? I was on a fast-track to
the Air Force Academy, until my FAA physical revealed to all that I
couldn't hear out of my right ear. The guy told me I wouldn't even be
able to get a job at the small airport in Fremont towing gliders. Major
Bummer.
>
> Regarding reading our crap... PLS get a life! WE are screwed...
> you should go on.. leave us behind. :)
Ok. Sorry for the interruption. Carry on.
Where we goin' for dinner?
> Mike
Tami-
oldfart
Captian.
Mike W.
wrote:
>Mike W. <outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote:
>
>>>>The top of the windshield limits the amount of forward body
>>>>lean... When I went over the possum, I felt it just touch my chin
>>>>strap when I stood up.
>>>
>>>The KPZ Decapitator!
>>
>>Wonderful feeling when the back end is kicked out too.
>
>A friend of mine had the rear-end of his ST1100 try to come around and
>pass him on Hwy 17, coming over from Santa Cruz -- there's a little
>creek that runs across the road just past summit when it's wet.
>Hwy. 17 has a MikeW Warning attached.
>He quit riding shortly after.
Yea... I have Wes' photos of that road. I'm a city rider.
>
>>>>>>I've thought about how much fun it would be to try and ride
>>>>>>Vermont St on the KZP... Definitely a challenge I can't get here.
><snippet>
>
>>>As far as the city goes, at least the one to the north of me, there's
>>>KPZ territory and non-KPZ -- besides the keyholes you have stair-step
>>>equivalents in the middle of the so-called flat-surface roads called
>>>potholes, sometimes filled with a warm oatmeal mush of soft asphalt
>>>and sifted with a light coating of sand, the PG&E trenches that run
>>>along the curbs, similarly filled or covered with ice-greased steel
>>>planking, and the manhole-covers right in the middle of corners - not
>>>out in the X-middle of the intersection where they belong.
>>>All of these are capable of bike-swallowing which is why the great
>>>portion of "CityBikes" are rat-bikes, missing most plastic.
>>
>>That actually sounds like fun to ride. Don't forget, I go out
>>after midnight into the city in ice weather and did at least two
>>snow rides this year. I *might* be taking some training in
>>Alameda County this year too.. talking with them about that now.
>>If they supply the KZP, I'm there.
>
>Ok! Tractionless surfaces!! Alameda County...Hmmm...Where? Some of
>it is better than other parts. Do you have reciprocity? What's that
>area-code-thing you mention?
My area code is 413. And 413 sucks.
The Alameda things is:
The have 2-day intermediate and 1-day advanced civilian bike
stuff. It's my understanding from speaking with them that it's
basically the riding proficiency component of the 10-day cop
course. The car courses are looking interesting too.
>
>>>BMW's have those stupid non-motorcycle clutches, they have a
>>>single-plate car-type clutch like my old VW Karmann Ghia that raises a
>>>huge smelly stink when feathered the slightest -- they suck horribly.
>>>A multi-plate wet, KPZ clutch is far-far-far-far better.
>>
>>Oh yea... heard about the dry clutches on their bikes. That right
>>there is a show-stopper for me... no low-speed maneuvering. It
>>was a BMW car that cooked it in Newport.
>
>I'd rather drive my pickup truck with an auto-trans (and a bunch of
>scary dents) in San Fran-disco. Sheryl's car is a pain, partly
>because it's a damn BMW and partly because the dickheads who live
>there are like close-talkers, they pull right up behind you and leave
>you about 10-inches room at a light, so you have to slip the clutch
>and use the handbreak and all that crap.
I disagree with the whole complicated=advanced mentality of
everything from germany now. I looked at BMW's for the current
car and they didn't do it for me. I loved how the MB S-class was
THE least reliable car on the planet.
>
>>>>A ray of hope entered my fog of bleakness yesterday. I spoke to
>>>>police training organizations in MI and CA that both put on
>>>>civilian version of the cop schools. All the non-tactical
><snip>
>>>>are to miners. Fine... I just want the training and have zero
>>>>desire to actually perform one minute's cop work.
>>>
>>>Can you blow the siren?
>>
>>Got thinking about the full-on cop course... I have zero desire
>>to learn all the tactical stuff. I'm just after high end rider
>>proficiency. I probably won't pursue it, but I'd still enjoy the
>>competitive part at a rodeo.
>
>One CHP guy I knew who roadraced said that pursuits were just like
>races...he later had some *difficulty* and had to leave the force.
>As far as I can tell a lot of cops who are "motor officers" aren't any
>more into bikes in particular than cops who drive patrol-cars are into
>NASCAR.
>So the guys who DO rodeo are into it but good.
I was informed today by a cop instructor that my current riding
skills (cones... NOT dirt... I suck in the dirt) are probably
well above most cops. The second shift captain stopped by the
parking lot the other night and said something like he's amazed
at how much time I've put into it. You don't notice these things
when you have no life:) That's how it was with yacht racing and
ice hockey... OCD masquerading as focus. I can only imagine what
the guys who succeed at competitive precision riding do for
training. I'm looking forward to getting my ass handed to me at
one of these training sessions so I just get discouraged and have
more time for tv.
>
>>>>Anyone got any suggestions how an old, bitter, out of shape
>>>>elitist who can ride his ass off in a parking lot can fast track
>>>>his way into auxiliary status? Yea... like anyone's even reading
>>>>what we're writing now:)
>>>
>>>As far as I understand it, most things are for sale to one degree or
>>>another, licensing=tax, certification=fees, college=tuition... I'm
>>>sure you can take a cla$$ to qualify?
>>
>>You're one smart dude... Of course, you can tell just by the
>>hats:)
>
>I don't have enought hat$ though.
If the Spinners met you, they'd do a song about how you're the
Hat Man.
>
>>Mike
>>(Maui t-shirt on)
>
>We're goin' in August. Can't quite figure how to get in range-time,
>May do the A-II sled-ride again.
Say hi to the Witch.
Mike
>
>-k
Mike W.
wrote:
>On Thu, 19 May 2005 13:06:49 -0400, Mike W. <outo...@emailbiz.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 18 May 2005 22:36:50 -0700, har...@mush.man
>>(HardWorkingDog) wrote:
>>
>>>In article <65lm81500o706gaqa...@4ax.com>, Mike W.
>>><outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone got any suggestions how an old, bitter, out of shape
>>>> elitist who can ride his ass off in a parking lot can fast track
>>>> his way into auxiliary status? Yea... like anyone's even reading
>>>> what we're writing now:)
>>>
>>>Ya just never know who's reading...I know of a couple of people who've
>>>done that (the auxiliary part, not the motor training part). The main
>>>requirement is the ability to volunteer a lot of time.
>>
>>If someone was, say, in a high school parking lot.. many hours
>>per week.. think that would count as volunteer time? I'm NOT big
>>on uniforms and was kicked out of the Civil Air Patrol in high
>>school for refusing to wear one:)
>
>http://www.napoleon-net.de/Armies/France/FR_foreign/Westphalie2.jpg
>
Whoever drew those was a pervert. And my FRO uniform will be
blue. Navy blue.
Mike
Mike W.
<crdr...@NOSpam.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>I've been slightly amused watching the banter also. Anytime you two get
>to talking I always learn something. Somtimes it's things not to do,
>and sometimes it's actually useful information.
>
>--
>Scott A
Things not to do:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.motorcycles.dirt/msg/45e0a6d5dd17c39d?dmode=source&hl=en
Useful information:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.motorcycles.dirt/msg/b54dde424ffa4444?dmode=source&hl=en
Mike
Mike W.
wrote:
>
>The CAP was ultra-cool! Taught me how to fly, and I loved the search
>and rescue missions. I was even the squadron leader of our
>award-winning drill team. Hard to imagine, eh? I was on a fast-track to
>the Air Force Academy, until my FAA physical revealed to all that I
>couldn't hear out of my right ear. The guy told me I wouldn't even be
>able to get a job at the small airport in Fremont towing gliders. Major
>Bummer.
That sucks... The Air Force's loss is Hyatt's gain. Do this for
me...
Get into the elevator at the hotel.. and press the button for the
top floor. Then read this:
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of the lobby
And danced the concierge floor on laughter-silvered wings;
Where never even Gold or Platinum trod
And while with welcome amenity I respond
and card key, programmed for the Regency Club;
I put out my hand and touched the face of a Diamond
>>
>> Regarding reading our crap... PLS get a life! WE are screwed...
>> you should go on.. leave us behind. :)
>
>
>Ok. Sorry for the interruption. Carry on.
Thank you for stopping by. I said THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY.
>
>
>Where we goin' for dinner?
Where do you want to go? I need some tomato sauce to ensure good
prostate health.
Mike
>
>
>> Mike
>
>Tami-
WoodsChick
Mike W. wrote:
> On 19 May 2005 16:30:41 -0700, "WoodsChick" <TamiR...@msn.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >The CAP was ultra-cool! Taught me how to fly, and I loved the search
> >and rescue missions. I was even the squadron leader of our
> >award-winning drill team. Hard to imagine, eh? I was on a fast-track
to
> >the Air Force Academy, until my FAA physical revealed to all that I
> >couldn't hear out of my right ear. The guy told me I wouldn't even
be
> >able to get a job at the small airport in Fremont towing gliders.
Major
> >Bummer.
>
> That sucks... The Air Force's loss is Hyatt's gain. Do this for
> me...
>
> Get into the elevator at the hotel.. and press the button for the
> top floor. Then read this:
>
> Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of the lobby
> And danced the concierge floor on laughter-silvered wings;
> Where never even Gold or Platinum trod
> And while with welcome amenity I respond
> and card key, programmed for the Regency Club;
> I put out my hand and touched the face of a Diamond
Bravo! Good one!
There are strange things done in an enduro run
by riders on dirt bike machines...
Uh...
Well, I'll have to find the printed copy, I guess, as that's all I can
remember.
>
> >>
> >> Regarding reading our crap... PLS get a life! WE are screwed...
> >> you should go on.. leave us behind. :)
> >
> >
> >Ok. Sorry for the interruption. Carry on.
>
> Thank you for stopping by. I said THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY.
<cringing> Quit shouting, will ya? I can read lips.
> >
> >Where we goin' for dinner?
>
> Where do you want to go? I need some tomato sauce to ensure good
> prostate health.
I duuno, somewhere easy to find. I think I'll order up some sort of
creamy alfredo sauce with parmesan on top. See, I'm kinda young and
healthy.
> Mike
Tami-
Mike W.
wrote:
>
>Mike W. wrote:
>> I put out my hand and touched the face of a Diamond
>
>
>Bravo! Good one!
>
>There are strange things done in an enduro run
>by riders on dirt bike machines...
>Uh...
>
>Well, I'll have to find the printed copy, I guess, as that's all I can
>remember.
I know the one you mean... from the thread about the day we
buried our good friend Al (celebrating, as Al would have wanted
me to:). For the record, there were hundreds of cars at that one.
There are strange tales spun on a Burger Night run;
by the crew from RMD.
The Tied House tables have heard some fables,
and many involve Jay C.
Not about his septum... but yes... his rectum,
Though the queerest we ever did see,
Was a sight most crass, of Jay's bright white ass,
In the pickup owned by Mike B.
>
>>
>> >>
>> >> Regarding reading our crap... PLS get a life! WE are screwed...
>> >> you should go on.. leave us behind. :)
>> >
>> >
>> >Ok. Sorry for the interruption. Carry on.
>>
>> Thank you for stopping by. I said THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY.
>
><cringing> Quit shouting, will ya? I can read lips.
<flapping out "sorry" with my hands>
>
>> >
>> >Where we goin' for dinner?
>>
>> Where do you want to go? I need some tomato sauce to ensure good
>> prostate health.
>
>
>I duuno, somewhere easy to find. I think I'll order up some sort of
>creamy alfredo sauce with parmesan on top. See, I'm kinda young and
>healthy.
Not as young as this picture I have:) I have to do healthy
shit... I don't have a fourth car locked down for my funeral yet.
M
>
>
>> Mike
>
>Tami-
Brian McG
Dear Conehead,
Please retitle this thread 'OT: All Month....'
and try to make it a little more interesting than watching paint dry.....
Or maybe, is this some kind of new water-torture type test (boring cone
riding vs writing about boring cone riding vs reading about boring cone
riding) you're subjecting yourself and us too, to see who'll crack first?
Mike W.
wrote:
>"Mike W." <outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote in message
>
>Dear Conehead,
>
>Please retitle this thread 'OT: All Month....'
>and try to make it a little more interesting than watching paint dry.....
Not possible.
>
>Or maybe, is this some kind of new water-torture type test (boring cone
>riding vs writing about boring cone riding vs reading about boring cone
>riding) you're subjecting yourself and us too, to see who'll crack first?
I've got a song from HMS Pinafore stuck in my head... be DAMN
glad I'm not sharing the details. I am nothing if not merciful.
On the bright side, I am confining my verbal styrofoam to just
one thread. That must be a good thing.
Hey... that case that came with the StarTac kicks ass. Thanks!
M
Brian McG
Neighbor, you're so beyond anything that Geek or Nerd could convey....a new
noun is required, just for you.
Craig Faison
> Neighbor, you're so beyond anything that Geek or Nerd could convey....a new
> noun is required, just for you.
Dwork?
Craig
-keith
I still don't get how it works with the eBay thing:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64355&item=5775522197&rd=1&tc=photo
is there a chip to switch around?
Geerkn' Wannabe
WoodsChick
Mike W. wrote:
> On 20 May 2005 04:22:08 -0700, "WoodsChick" <TamiR...@msn.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >Mike W. wrote:
>
> >> I put out my hand and touched the face of a Diamond
> >
> >
> >Bravo! Good one!
> >
> >There are strange things done in an enduro run
> >by riders on dirt bike machines...
> >Uh...
> >
> >Well, I'll have to find the printed copy, I guess, as that's all I
can
> >remember.
>
> I know the one you mean... from the thread about the day we
> buried our good friend Al (celebrating, as Al would have wanted
> me to:). For the record, there were hundreds of cars at that one.
>
> There are strange tales spun on a Burger Night run;
> by the crew from RMD.
> The Tied House tables have heard some fables,
> and many involve Jay C.
> Not about his septum... but yes... his rectum,
> Though the queerest we ever did see,
> Was a sight most crass, of Jay's bright white ass,
> In the pickup owned by Mike B.
>
Gaah! No, that isn't the one I was thinking of, but it's pretty damned
good! I think it should continue. That poem is long enough, I bet we
could work in a tale about everyone in it. Where the hell has Jay C
been, anyway?
>
> >
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Regarding reading our crap... PLS get a life! WE are screwed...
> >> >> you should go on.. leave us behind. :)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Ok. Sorry for the interruption. Carry on.
> >>
> >> Thank you for stopping by. I said THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY.
> >
> ><cringing> Quit shouting, will ya? I can read lips.
>
> <flapping out "sorry" with my hands>
Thanks. That's better.
>
> >
> >> >
> >> >Where we goin' for dinner?
> >>
> >> Where do you want to go? I need some tomato sauce to ensure good
> >> prostate health.
> >
> >
> >I duuno, somewhere easy to find. I think I'll order up some sort of
> >creamy alfredo sauce with parmesan on top. See, I'm kinda young and
> >healthy.
>
> Not as young as this picture I have:)
Hey! Don't tell anyone about that photo I sent, ok? And especially
don't tell `em how long my hair was. It's a little embarrassing,
really; If you look closely, you'll see that my grip was all
wrong-hands should have been closer together, and a little closer to
the knob.
> I have to do healthy
> shit... I don't have a fourth car locked down for my funeral yet.
Yeah, but there'll be 2 bikes there from this household. Does that
count?
When my friend Gary died (previous owner of my GSXR) everyone rode
their bikes in the funeral procession and it was cool. I'd want that,
too.
Tami-
-keith
>>Hwy. 17 has a MikeW Warning attached.
>>He quit riding shortly after.
>
>Yea... I have Wes' photos of that road. I'm a city rider.
It's not Wes' road, that little old local-yokel Hwy-9 - 17 is a bigass
four-lane freeway with tons of traffic: gravel trucks, and logging
trucks, and commuters and everything.
>>Ok! Tractionless surfaces!! Alameda County...Hmmm...Where? Some of
>>it is better than other parts. Do you have reciprocity? What's that
>>area-code-thing you mention?
>
>My area code is 413. And 413 sucks.
>
>The Alameda things is:
>
>http://sheriffacademy.com/
>
>The have 2-day intermediate and 1-day advanced civilian bike
>stuff. It's my understanding from speaking with them that it's
>basically the riding proficiency component of the 10-day cop
>course. The car courses are looking interesting too.
That's the nice part of Alameda - we can't just go by area-codes here,
there's too much micro-climate activity, it has to be zip-codes or
better. I mean, 94027 is right next to 94061 and 94063! The
possibilities are cataclysmic, tsunamic even.
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-_MapEvent=Pan&-errMsg=&-states=%A0&-redoLog=false&-_zoomLevel=&-street=&-rm_config=
|b=50|l=en|t=420|zf=0.0|ms=ref_zip_00dec|dw=0.029208748708512918|dh=0.017571440533410945|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-122.209713
1230628|cy=37.47652060725072|zl=3|pz=3|bo=328:315:314:313:323:211:319|bl=362:393:392:355:366:212:354|ft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331|fl=381:403:204:380:369:37
9:368|g=01000US&-PANEL_ID=rm_result&-_pageY=&-_lang=en&-_pageX=&-_mapY=&-city=&-_mapX=&-_latitude=&-_pan=S&-zip=94305&-_longitude=&-_changeMap=ZoomIn
See, it's even too long, it's a damn Tsunami of URLs.
>>I'd rather drive my pickup truck with an auto-trans (and a bunch of
>>scary dents) in San Fran-disco. Sheryl's car is a pain, partly
>>because it's a damn BMW and partly because the dickheads who live
>>there are like close-talkers, they pull right up behind you and leave
>>you about 10-inches room at a light, so you have to slip the clutch
>>and use the handbreak and all that crap.
>
>I disagree with the whole complicated=advanced mentality of
>everything from germany now. I looked at BMW's for the current
>car and they didn't do it for me. I loved how the MB S-class was
>THE least reliable car on the planet.
I don't like the new shape, they're taller and rounder like bigger
turds. I haven't liked the MBZ shape since our old 200-sedan.
http://www.hubcapcafe.com/i/2002/waukesha/benz6701.JPG
>>One CHP guy I knew who roadraced said that pursuits were just like
>>races...he later had some *difficulty* and had to leave the force.
>>As far as I can tell a lot of cops who are "motor officers" aren't any
>>more into bikes in particular than cops who drive patrol-cars are into
>>NASCAR.
>>So the guys who DO rodeo are into it but good.
>
>I was informed today by a cop instructor that my current riding
>skills (cones... NOT dirt... I suck in the dirt) are probably
>well above most cops.
You probably shoot better too.
>The second shift captain stopped by the
>parking lot the other night and said something like he's amazed
>at how much time I've put into it. You don't notice these things
>when you have no life:) That's how it was with yacht racing and
>ice hockey... OCD masquerading as focus.
If only I could whip up some OCD, then I might be successful...
>I can only imagine what
>the guys who succeed at competitive precision riding do for
>training.
Needlework?
>I'm looking forward to getting my ass handed to me at
>one of these training sessions so I just get discouraged and have
>more time for tv.
How many channels? You got digital? Plasma screen??
>>>>As far as I understand it, most things are for sale to one degree or
>>>>another, licensing=tax, certification=fees, college=tuition... I'm
>>>>sure you can take a cla$$ to qualify?
>>>
>>>You're one smart dude... Of course, you can tell just by the
>>>hats:)
>>
>>I don't have enought hat$ though.
>
>If the Spinners met you, they'd do a song about how you're the
>Hat Man.
My Old Man always wanted to be known as a great humanitarian, now it's
possible but it's gonna cost him big, since they keep score of that
shit by keeping track of financial donations.
As far as I can tell, letting the moneylenders or Development Officers
into the Church -- it's like buying yourself a Peerage or something.
>>>Mike
>>>(Maui t-shirt on)
>>
>>We're goin' in August. Can't quite figure how to get in range-time,
>>May do the A-II sled-ride again.
>
>Say hi to the Witch.
>
>Mike
I'll wave a tiki-drink in her direction across the ocean, when we go
down to the south end of the Island - I think you can see the Big
Island from there...
-k
-keith
wrote:
>> I have to do healthy
>> shit... I don't have a fourth car locked down for my funeral yet.
>
>Yeah, but there'll be 2 bikes there from this household. Does that
>count?
>When my friend Gary died (previous owner of my GSXR) everyone rode
>their bikes in the funeral procession and it was cool. I'd want that,
>too.
One of the guys in my club drives a cement truck, that would be
bitchin' to have at a funeral...really-really big heavy equipment, and
dynamite. get the party started.
>
>Tami-
-k
HardWorkingDog
khun...@yahoo.com wrote:
Yeah, called a SIM card. Little piece of cardboard, about 3/4" square,
with some bits of copper and silicon. Can store your phone book, and
identifies the network/phone number that belongs to you. Don't know how
you'd get one if you buy a phone off ebay.
The Real Bev
> Hey! Don't tell anyone about that photo I sent, ok? And especially
> don't tell `em how long my hair was. It's a little embarrassing,
> really; If you look closely, you'll see that my grip was all
> wrong-hands should have been closer together, and a little closer to
> the knob.
That conjures up an interesting mental picture...
--
Cheers,
Bev
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"History I believe furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people
maintaining a free civil government."
-- letter from Thomas Jefferson to Baron vonHumboldt, 1813
Mike W.
wrote:
> Mike W. <outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote:
>
>>>Hwy. 17 has a MikeW Warning attached.
>>>He quit riding shortly after.
>>
>>Yea... I have Wes' photos of that road. I'm a city rider.
>
>It's not Wes' road, that little old local-yokel Hwy-9 - 17 is a bigass
>four-lane freeway with tons of traffic: gravel trucks, and logging
>trucks, and commuters and everything.
Well, after Cow Mtn, I'll never know:) I have 101 memorized...
the road to seat 1B outbound when the Bay Area-ness of the place
gets to me.
>
>>>Ok! Tractionless surfaces!! Alameda County...Hmmm...Where? Some of
>>>it is better than other parts. Do you have reciprocity? What's that
>>>area-code-thing you mention?
>>
>>My area code is 413. And 413 sucks.
>>
>>The Alameda things is:
>>
>>http://sheriffacademy.com/
>>
>>The have 2-day intermediate and 1-day advanced civilian bike
>>stuff. It's my understanding from speaking with them that it's
>>basically the riding proficiency component of the 10-day cop
>>course. The car courses are looking interesting too.
>
>That's the nice part of Alameda - we can't just go by area-codes here,
>there's too much micro-climate activity, it has to be zip-codes or
>better. I mean, 94027 is right next to 94061 and 94063! The
>possibilities are cataclysmic, tsunamic even.
>http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-_MapEvent=Pan&-errMsg=&-states=%A0&-redoLog=false&-_zoomLevel=&-street=&-rm_config=
>|b=50|l=en|t=420|zf=0.0|ms=ref_zip_00dec|dw=0.029208748708512918|dh=0.017571440533410945|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-122.209713
>1230628|cy=37.47652060725072|zl=3|pz=3|bo=328:315:314:313:323:211:319|bl=362:393:392:355:366:212:354|ft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331|fl=381:403:204:380:369:37
>9:368|g=01000US&-PANEL_ID=rm_result&-_pageY=&-_lang=en&-_pageX=&-_mapY=&-city=&-_mapX=&-_latitude=&-_pan=S&-zip=94305&-_longitude=&-_changeMap=ZoomIn
>
>See, it's even too long, it's a damn Tsunami of URLs.
I'm roasted and mega-unmotivated... I'll be damned if I'll be
putting that one back together:)
>
>>>I'd rather drive my pickup truck with an auto-trans (and a bunch of
>>>scary dents) in San Fran-disco. Sheryl's car is a pain, partly
>>>because it's a damn BMW and partly because the dickheads who live
>>>there are like close-talkers, they pull right up behind you and leave
>>>you about 10-inches room at a light, so you have to slip the clutch
>>>and use the handbreak and all that crap.
>>
>>I disagree with the whole complicated=advanced mentality of
>>everything from germany now. I looked at BMW's for the current
>>car and they didn't do it for me. I loved how the MB S-class was
>>THE least reliable car on the planet.
>
>I don't like the new shape, they're taller and rounder like bigger
>turds. I haven't liked the MBZ shape since our old 200-sedan.
>http://www.hubcapcafe.com/i/2002/waukesha/benz6701.JPG
Yea.. I'm sure they were decent cars then. Tall is good, with my
neck.
>
>>>One CHP guy I knew who roadraced said that pursuits were just like
>>>races...he later had some *difficulty* and had to leave the force.
>>>As far as I can tell a lot of cops who are "motor officers" aren't any
>>>more into bikes in particular than cops who drive patrol-cars are into
>>>NASCAR.
>>>So the guys who DO rodeo are into it but good.
>>
>>I was informed today by a cop instructor that my current riding
>>skills (cones... NOT dirt... I suck in the dirt) are probably
>>well above most cops.
>
>You probably shoot better too.
My great uncle held 112 world records for shooting for S&W back
in the early 1900's. I used to be a good shot when I'd shoot with
him. I'm sure I suck now. If it's shooting for real, I've already
determined I'd have gotten my ass kilt if I had a gun that time
in the 7-11.
>
>>The second shift captain stopped by the
>>parking lot the other night and said something like he's amazed
>>at how much time I've put into it. You don't notice these things
>>when you have no life:) That's how it was with yacht racing and
>>ice hockey... OCD masquerading as focus.
>
>If only I could whip up some OCD, then I might be successful...
I believe you should challenge your definition of successful.
Perhaps you already are. You know.. back when I had my Civic
sedan with a 5 spd, I used to go out every night and drive
twisties. I had hell-toe down to a perfection double clutched
every single shift over the life of the car. The Honda service
guy always noted now new the shifting felt. That was my old OCD
issue.
>
>>I can only imagine what
>>the guys who succeed at competitive precision riding do for
>>training.
>
>Needlework?
You mean steroids? I doubt it but if you can lay your hands on
some prednisone, I'll buy it off you.
>
>>I'm looking forward to getting my ass handed to me at
>>one of these training sessions so I just get discouraged and have
>>more time for tv.
>How many channels? You got digital? Plasma screen??
>
>>>>>As far as I understand it, most things are for sale to one degree or
>>>>>another, licensing=tax, certification=fees, college=tuition... I'm
>>>>>sure you can take a cla$$ to qualify?
>>>>
>>>>You're one smart dude... Of course, you can tell just by the
>>>>hats:)
>>>
>>>I don't have enought hat$ though.
>>
>>If the Spinners met you, they'd do a song about how you're the
>>Hat Man.
>
>My Old Man always wanted to be known as a great humanitarian, now it's
>possible but it's gonna cost him big, since they keep score of that
>shit by keeping track of financial donations.
>As far as I can tell, letting the moneylenders or Development Officers
>into the Church -- it's like buying yourself a Peerage or something.
I see his problem a mile away... "wanted to be know as". I would
contend the greater the humanitarian, the less obvious it is.
Maybe it's a targeting problem.
>
>>>>Mike
>>>>(Maui t-shirt on)
>>>
>>>We're goin' in August. Can't quite figure how to get in range-time,
>>>May do the A-II sled-ride again.
>>
>>Say hi to the Witch.
>>
>>Mike
>
>I'll wave a tiki-drink in her direction across the ocean, when we go
>down to the south end of the Island - I think you can see the Big
>Island from there...
>
>-k
I'll wave a coffee at her across the table... should be out in my
neck of the woods pretty soon.
Mike
Mike W.
Mike W.
wrote:
Ask me out there. I'll get you set up. Startacs... that's all I
know. I want nothing to do with any phones that came out after
that.
Hey... I'm probably heading out to the Alameda place on Wed after
my meeting. Like 1. I gotta haul ass up there because the guy
won't be around too long. I might have to buy a helmet on the way
up too. Want to test out their KZP's to see if I want to use
theirs or mine. Want to go if I do this?
Mike
Mike W.
wrote:
Are you talking about one someone else wrote? I did start to
write an enduro poem around McGee. Actually, here.. from an email
back to me from Gordon:
There are strange things done in the woods for "fun"
By the men who ride for gold;
The Six-Days trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The German hills had their own wild thrills
But the wildest they ever did see;
Was the ride through the rain, and the blood, and the pain
on a Triumph by Steve McQueen.
I started that one after I read about his ISDT effort and pushing
the bike thru the woods of Germany after he crashed until he met
the woodsman and used his axe to cut the exhaust off and finally
get back into the race. I got 5 or 6 stanzas done until I bailed
out. Hey.. actually my desktop pic is a shot of Steve ripping
thru the desert on a Triumph. Cool.
>Where the hell has Jay C
>been, anyway?
He's being treated for excessive mastur... er... he's away.
>
>
>>
>> >
>> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Regarding reading our crap... PLS get a life! WE are screwed...
>> >> >> you should go on.. leave us behind. :)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Ok. Sorry for the interruption. Carry on.
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for stopping by. I said THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY.
>> >
>> ><cringing> Quit shouting, will ya? I can read lips.
>>
>> <flapping out "sorry" with my hands>
>
>
>Thanks. That's better.
YW
>
>
>>
>> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Where we goin' for dinner?
>> >>
>> >> Where do you want to go? I need some tomato sauce to ensure good
>> >> prostate health.
>> >
>> >
>> >I duuno, somewhere easy to find. I think I'll order up some sort of
>> >creamy alfredo sauce with parmesan on top. See, I'm kinda young and
>> >healthy.
>>
>> Not as young as this picture I have:)
>
>
>Hey! Don't tell anyone about that photo I sent, ok? And especially
>don't tell `em how long my hair was. It's a little embarrassing,
>really; If you look closely, you'll see that my grip was all
>wrong-hands should have been closer together, and a little closer to
>the knob.
Your lucky you can see anything thru all the hair. All I can say
is, stop beating yourself up. I can't imagine Eric is complaining
so stop worrying about it.
>
>
>> I have to do healthy
>> shit... I don't have a fourth car locked down for my funeral yet.
>
>Yeah, but there'll be 2 bikes there from this household. Does that
>count?
Well, yes, if you want to drive that far. Looks like I can eat
like shit next week!
>When my friend Gary died (previous owner of my GSXR) everyone rode
>their bikes in the funeral procession and it was cool. I'd want that,
>too.
Cool. I'd offer to but you're too young for that to be
practical:)
>
>
>Tami-
See you out there.
RMD - see you next weekend.
Mike
WoodsChick
The Real Bev wrote:
> WoodsChick wrote:
>
> > Hey! Don't tell anyone about that photo I sent, ok? And especially
> > don't tell `em how long my hair was. It's a little embarrassing,
> > really; If you look closely, you'll see that my grip was all
> > wrong-hands should have been closer together, and a little closer
to
> > the knob.
>
> That conjures up an interesting mental picture...
The mental picture might be more interesting than the real picture. I
was only, well...I was very young. I'd send it to you, but I don't have
your real e-mail address.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Bev
Tami-
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> "History I believe furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people
> maintaining a free civil government."
> -- letter from Thomas Jefferson to Baron vonHumboldt, 1813
Amen, sister. I always look forward to your posts, not just for the
content but for the tag also.
Tami-
WoodsChick
Hey! I like that idea. Please invite him when the time comes, ok? We
can have Eric use his big remote-controlled crane to move my pine box
around.
Well, if I was gonna go that route, that is. I think cheap cremation is
the way to go. That way, I can be sprinkled around on all my favorite
trails and y'all can grind me into the ground. Hey! Just like real
life!
I love those shows on the History channel with all the big equipment.
The ore haulers at the Bingham (or is it Kennecott?) Copper Mine in
Utah are unbelievably cool.
> -k
Tami-
WoodsChick
Dang! That's good. But no, that isn't the one I was thinking of. It was
typed (on an olde typewriter by the looks of it)
on a piece of paper and handed out at an enduro about 6 or 7 years ago.
I think one of the club guys wrote it, because the story sounds like
the enduro they put on. I'll try to find a copy of it.
>
> I started that one after I read about his ISDT effort and pushing
> the bike thru the woods of Germany after he crashed until he met
> the woodsman and used his axe to cut the exhaust off and finally
> get back into the race. I got 5 or 6 stanzas done until I bailed
> out.
Please post the rest of it, `kay?
> Hey.. actually my desktop pic is a shot of Steve ripping
> thru the desert on a Triumph. Cool.
Mine is a photo of me going over a jump at the GP up north. I think
I'll replace it for now with a photo of me sleeping on the couch.
> >Where the hell has Jay C
> >been, anyway?
>
> He's being treated for excessive mastur... er... he's away.
<finger in ear> La La La! I'm not listening!!!
> >> >> >Where we goin' for dinner?
> >> >>
> >> >> Where do you want to go? I need some tomato sauce to ensure
good
> >> >> prostate health.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >I duuno, somewhere easy to find. I think I'll order up some sort
of
> >> >creamy alfredo sauce with parmesan on top. See, I'm kinda young
and
> >> >healthy.
> >>
> >> Not as young as this picture I have:)
> >
> >
> >Hey! Don't tell anyone about that photo I sent, ok? And especially
> >don't tell `em how long my hair was. It's a little embarrassing,
> >really; If you look closely, you'll see that my grip was all
> >wrong-hands should have been closer together, and a little closer to
> >the knob.
>
>
> Your lucky you can see anything thru all the hair. All I can say
> is, stop beating yourself up. I can't imagine Eric is complaining
> so stop worrying about it.
Yeah, he doesn't complain. But, it's been so long, and it'll be a long
time until I do it again, that he probably quit thinking about it.
> >> I have to do healthy
> >> shit... I don't have a fourth car locked down for my funeral yet.
> >
> >Yeah, but there'll be 2 bikes there from this household. Does that
> >count?
>
> Well, yes, if you want to drive that far. Looks like I can eat
> like shit next week!
>
>
> >When my friend Gary died (previous owner of my GSXR) everyone rode
> >their bikes in the funeral procession and it was cool. I'd want
that,
> >too.
>
> Cool. I'd offer to but you're too young for that to be
> practical:)
Hey, *someone* has to lead the cement truck safely through the
intersections. I'd think a big dude on a KZP would do nicely. Can I
count on you?
> See you out there.
Um, I can't remember which day was chosen. I'm sure someone will
enlighten me.
>
> RMD - see you next weekend.
>
> Mike
Tami-
Keith Warren
"WoodsChick" <TamiR...@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1116686453.5...@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> The Real Bev wrote:
> > WoodsChick wrote:
> >
> > > Hey! Don't tell anyone about that photo I sent, ok? And especially
> > > don't tell `em how long my hair was. It's a little embarrassing,
> > > really; If you look closely, you'll see that my grip was all
> > > wrong-hands should have been closer together, and a little closer
> to
> > > the knob.
> >
> > That conjures up an interesting mental picture...
>
> The mental picture might be more interesting than the real picture. I
> was only, well...I was very young. I'd send it to you, but I don't have
> your real e-mail address.
a.b.p.m. for all to see? :-)
-keith
wrote:
>>I still don't get how it works with the eBay thing:
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64355&item=5775522197&rd=1&tc=photo
>>
>>is there a chip to switch around?
>>
>>Geerkn' Wannabe
>
>Ask me out there. I'll get you set up. Startacs... that's all I
>know. I want nothing to do with any phones that came out after
>that.
>
>Hey... I'm probably heading out to the Alameda place on Wed after
>my meeting. Like 1. I gotta haul ass up there because the guy
>won't be around too long. I might have to buy a helmet on the way
>up too. Want to test out their KZP's to see if I want to use
>theirs or mine. Want to go if I do this?
That could be happening - I gotta make sure I get the painting done
next week, Sheryl wants her bathroom back... But it takes a day to dry
and cure-up good before things go back up, like towel racks.
>Mike
-k
-keith
wrote:
>> One of the guys in my club drives a cement truck, that would be
>> bitchin' to have at a funeral...really-really big heavy equipment,
>and
>> dynamite. get the party started.
>
>Hey! I like that idea. Please invite him when the time comes, ok? We
>can have Eric use his big remote-controlled crane to move my pine box
>around.
Piñata!! Arriba! Tequila!! Sounds like fun!
>Well, if I was gonna go that route, that is. I think cheap cremation is
>the way to go. That way, I can be sprinkled around on all my favorite
>trails and y'all can grind me into the ground. Hey! Just like real
>life!
Dynamite, and lots of it to do the spreading.
>I love those shows on the History channel with all the big equipment.
>The ore haulers at the Bingham (or is it Kennecott?) Copper Mine in
>Utah are unbelievably cool.
We used to know someone who drove one of those in Nevada, it was a
girl, she was hella brave - especially when it was icy because those
things start to slide and there's no way faster down the mountain than
off the edge with a full load...
The Guys would wait and see if she decided to make a run before they
would go.
>Tami-
-k
IdaSpode
wrote:
<snip>
>I love those shows on the History channel with all the big equipment.
>The ore haulers at the Bingham (or is it Kennecott?) Copper Mine in
>Utah are unbelievably cool.
Not that it makes any difference, but it's the Kennecott Copper Co.,
the mine is the Bingham, so named for Bingham Canyon.
>Tami-
David - 05 KTM 200EXC
djones<at>LSidaho.com
http://www.spodefest.net/rmd
http://www.spodefest.net/forum
marika
>>
> Hey! I like that idea. Please invite him when the time comes, ok? We
> can have Eric use his big remote-controlled crane to move my pine box
> around.
> Well, if I was gonna go that route, that is. I think cheap cremation is
> the way to go. That way, I can be sprinkled around on all my favorite
> trails and y'all can grind me into the ground. Hey! Just like real
> life!
>
> I love those shows on the History channel with all the big equipment.
> The ore haulers at the Bingham (or is it Kennecott?) Copper Mine in
> Utah are unbelievably cool.
>
just don't leave it in a taxi in downtown Atlanta. They have taxi cops down
there. Special cops just for taxis. So if the taxi stops for more than its
allotted time in the taxi stand, it gets a ticket. And a whole bunch of
other wacky laws
mk5000
"If I think they are going to shoot somebody or cut his finger off or do any
sort of permanent damage, I will immediately stop them. As Americans, we
will not let that happen. In terms of kicking a guy, they do that all the
time"--Capt Jeff Bennett
WoodsChick
Um...ok.
>
> mk5000
Tami-
marika
>
>
> That sucks... The Air Force's loss is Hyatt's gain. Do this for
> me...
>
> Get into the elevator at the hotel.. and press the button for the
> top floor. Then read this:
>
> Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of the lobby
> And danced the concierge floor on laughter-silvered wings;
> Where never even Gold or Platinum trod
> And while with welcome amenity I respond
> and card key, programmed for the Regency Club;
>
>
Where is that - in the Atlanta Hyatt. It would figure. I still haven't
figured out what that golden statue out front is.
mk5000
"HE was not looking for Baathists or people with blood on their hands. But
a tremendous amount of people who worked for the government or army weren't
either of those. So why start from scratch when we can starin the middle?
That's where the commando idea was formed"--Steve Casteel
marika
"-keith" <khun...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ervp81p162e40qg5u...@4ax.com...
>
> A friend of mine had the rear-end of his ST1100 try to come around and
> pass him on Hwy 17, coming over from Santa Cruz -- there's a little
> creek that runs across the road just past summit when it's wet.
> Hwy. 17 has a MikeW Warning attached.
> He quit riding shortly after.
>
did he also maybe bump into a sign in Altanta that we call the Boobie stop
sign for its very interesting indentation
mk5000
"the police and the bulk of the security forces were given grossly
inadequate training, equipment, facilities, transport and
protection"--Anthony Cordesman
Mike W.
wrote:
Let's make sure we stop at the Home Depot (in Alameda) to make
sure we have all the best materials. I heard back from the
Sheriff and it's a go. I'll assume we're on unless you call in a
cancellation on Wed. The biz meeting should be over between 1230
and 130 and is near the SJC airport.
M
Mike W.
wrote:
I used to be damn good.
>But no, that isn't the one I was thinking of. It was
>typed (on an olde typewriter by the looks of it)
>on a piece of paper and handed out at an enduro about 6 or 7 years ago.
>I think one of the club guys wrote it, because the story sounds like
>the enduro they put on. I'll try to find a copy of it.
I'd love to see it. If you come across it, package it up with all
the lesbian photos and send it to me.
>
>
>>
>> I started that one after I read about his ISDT effort and pushing
>> the bike thru the woods of Germany after he crashed until he met
>> the woodsman and used his axe to cut the exhaust off and finally
>> get back into the race. I got 5 or 6 stanzas done until I bailed
>> out.
>
>Please post the rest of it, `kay?
I'm pretty sure that was in a pile of stuff I lost a few years
ago in a simple/stupid filing accident. I pulled this part out of
an email. Cobra Grass survived though.
>
>> Hey.. actually my desktop pic is a shot of Steve ripping
>> thru the desert on a Triumph. Cool.
>
>Mine is a photo of me going over a jump at the GP up north. I think
>I'll replace it for now with a photo of me sleeping on the couch.
How bout a picture of me sleeping in a chair?
>
>> >Where the hell has Jay C
>> >been, anyway?
>>
>> He's being treated for excessive mastur... er... he's away.
>
> <finger in ear> La La La! I'm not listening!!!
So yesterday, I gave a quick scan on this before I went out. I
was prepping the bike before I left and thought I'd be a smart
ass and come back and change "fingers" to "finger"... I laughed
with I saw you'd already done it:)
>
>
>> >> >> >Where we goin' for dinner?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Where do you want to go? I need some tomato sauce to ensure
>good
>> >> >> prostate health.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >I duuno, somewhere easy to find. I think I'll order up some sort
>of
>> >> >creamy alfredo sauce with parmesan on top. See, I'm kinda young
>and
>> >> >healthy.
>> >>
>> >> Not as young as this picture I have:)
>> >
>> >
>> >Hey! Don't tell anyone about that photo I sent, ok? And especially
>> >don't tell `em how long my hair was. It's a little embarrassing,
>> >really; If you look closely, you'll see that my grip was all
>> >wrong-hands should have been closer together, and a little closer to
>> >the knob.
>>
>>
>> Your lucky you can see anything thru all the hair. All I can say
>> is, stop beating yourself up. I can't imagine Eric is complaining
>> so stop worrying about it.
>
>Yeah, he doesn't complain. But, it's been so long, and it'll be a long
>time until I do it again, that he probably quit thinking about it.
He's a guy... guys don't forget that. Watch.
>
>
>
>> >> I have to do healthy
>> >> shit... I don't have a fourth car locked down for my funeral yet.
>> >
>> >Yeah, but there'll be 2 bikes there from this household. Does that
>> >count?
>>
>> Well, yes, if you want to drive that far. Looks like I can eat
>> like shit next week!
>>
>>
>> >When my friend Gary died (previous owner of my GSXR) everyone rode
>> >their bikes in the funeral procession and it was cool. I'd want
>that,
>> >too.
>>
>> Cool. I'd offer to but you're too young for that to be
>> practical:)
>
>Hey, *someone* has to lead the cement truck safely through the
>intersections. I'd think a big dude on a KZP would do nicely. Can I
>count on you?
I'm sure that I will hour out before you do, though if that
doesn't turn out to be the case, I'd be happy to (assuming you
have sent those photos by then). And I can get a good price on
Forward Air. And this procession doesn't go in/out of Metcalf. Or
on that big ass fly over in Oakland that I'll never ever try
again. Obviously bridges are out.
If you know it's coming, is there any way you could put me in for
a crap load of fake stays to get me back to Diamond again?
>
>
>> See you out there.
>
>Um, I can't remember which day was chosen. I'm sure someone will
>enlighten me.
Here it's Sunday and nobody has picked squat yet. Let me pick Wed
as tentative to start the ball rolling. I'll send an email. since
I'm about to cut the RMD cord for a week.
M
The Real Bev
>
> The Real Bev wrote:
> > WoodsChick wrote:
> >
> > > Hey! Don't tell anyone about that photo I sent, ok? And especially
> > > don't tell `em how long my hair was. It's a little embarrassing,
> > > really; If you look closely, you'll see that my grip was all
> > > wrong-hands should have been closer together, and a little closer
> > > to the knob.
> >
> > That conjures up an interesting mental picture...
>
> The mental picture might be more interesting than the real picture. I
> was only, well...I was very young. I'd send it to you, but I don't have
> your real e-mail address.
bas...@myrealbox.com is my real address. I get roughly 200 spam there per
day, but I can reject most just by looking at the headers before downloading
them. Send it along if it's unsuitable for posting in ABPM!
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > "History I believe furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people
> > maintaining a free civil government."
> > -- letter from Thomas Jefferson to Baron vonHumboldt, 1813
>
> Amen, sister. I always look forward to your posts, not just for the
> content but for the tag also.
Thanks, I steal only from the best!
--
Cheers,
Bev
=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=
"Sure, everyone's in favor of saving Hitler's brain, but when
you put it into the body of a great white shark, suddenly
you're a madman." --Futurama
-keith
>>next week, Sheryl wants her bathroom back... But it takes a day to dry
>>and cure-up good before things go back up, like towel racks.
>>
>>>Mike
>>
>>-k
>
>Let's make sure we stop at the Home Depot (in Alameda) to make
>sure we have all the best materials. I heard back from the
>Sheriff and it's a go. I'll assume we're on unless you call in a
>cancellation on Wed. The biz meeting should be over between 1230
>and 130 and is near the SJC airport.
>
>M
Some workmen are coming today to do the trellis I have to move plants
and umbrellas.
But Wednesday still is a possible - except I don't shop for paint at
HD - I'm a Kelly-Moore kinda painter. Bone and Malibu Beige are the
colors...I've got all the brushes and rollers I need, but first I do a
sealer-coat after the texture goes up.
-k
The Real Bev
> Some workmen are coming today to do the trellis I have to move plants
> and umbrellas.
> But Wednesday still is a possible - except I don't shop for paint at
> HD - I'm a Kelly-Moore kinda painter. Bone and Malibu Beige are the
> colors...I've got all the brushes and rollers I need, but first I do a
> sealer-coat after the texture goes up.
Have you ever tried a paint pad?
--
Cheers,
Bev
---------------------------------------
That's my opinion. Ought to be yours.
-keith
<bas...@myrealbox.com> wrote:
>-keith wrote:
>
>> Some workmen are coming today to do the trellis I have to move plants
>> and umbrellas.
>> But Wednesday still is a possible - except I don't shop for paint at
>> HD - I'm a Kelly-Moore kinda painter. Bone and Malibu Beige are the
>> colors...I've got all the brushes and rollers I need, but first I do a
>> sealer-coat after the texture goes up.
>
>Have you ever tried a paint pad?
I've used foam brushes before, but not a pad.
I've got enough rollers to do this job anyhow, it's hell on the ones
you use with the Zinnser shellac-based primer/sealer crap.
I'm most concerned with a good mildew killer/inhibitor.
-keith
The Real Bev
>
> On Tue, 24 May 2005 19:30:31 -0700, The Real Bev
> <bas...@myrealbox.com> wrote:
>
> >-keith wrote:
> >
> >> Some workmen are coming today to do the trellis I have to move plants
> >> and umbrellas.
> >> But Wednesday still is a possible - except I don't shop for paint at
> >> HD - I'm a Kelly-Moore kinda painter. Bone and Malibu Beige are the
> >> colors...I've got all the brushes and rollers I need, but first I do a
> >> sealer-coat after the texture goes up.
> >
> >Have you ever tried a paint pad?
>
> I've used foam brushes before, but not a pad.
The pads aren't foam, they're sort of hairy. I think a pad with an automatic
feeding system would be about as good as you can get without letting somebody
else do it.
> I've got enough rollers to do this job anyhow, it's hell on the ones
> you use with the Zinnser shellac-based primer/sealer crap.
Last time I used shellac was on some knotty pine I was going to paint, and I
just used those cheesy throwaway brushes.
> I'm most concerned with a good mildew killer/inhibitor.
Move to the desert!
--
Cheers, Bev
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey
and car keys to teenage boys." -- P.J. O'Rourke
WoodsChick
Hey, Bev-
Did you get the photo I sent?
Tami-
The Real Bev
No, but I might have deleted it if I didn't recognize your name and the
subject sounded like spam :-(
Check your email.
--
Cheers,
Bev
***********************************************************
"Everyone ought to stop and smell crayons once in a while."
-- DA
HardWorkingDog
khun...@yahoo.com wrote:
Probably too late now, but don't bother with that shellac stuff. Get the
Zinnser oil-based primer called Cover-Stain. Shellac's OK, but oil is
better. They also make a water-based primer of the same name, don't go
near it.
Then, get Kelly-Moore to mix in a little mildewcide in the paint, if
you're going to use a latex finish coat.
Or, to really go whole hog, use an oil-based low-sheen wall paint.
Water-based paints have no way to keep out moisture, no matter what it
says on the label. House will be a bit...fumey for a few days, but once it
dries, it'll be bullet-proof!
--
Charles
'99 YZF600R
'99 YZ250
HardWorkingDog
khun...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Wed, 25 May 2005 20:11:47 -0700, har...@mush.man (HardWorkingDog)
> wrote:
>
> >> I'm most concerned with a good mildew killer/inhibitor.
> >
> >Probably too late now, but don't bother with that shellac stuff. Get the
> >Zinnser oil-based primer called Cover-Stain. Shellac's OK, but oil is
> >better. They also make a water-based primer of the same name, don't go
> >near it.
>
> Not too late, things have a way of getting in the way... Let me go
> check...I've got the blue Zinnser "Stain-Killer" white-pigmented
> water-base1-2-3 interior-exterior blah blah.
I'd look for the oil-based. It's a gold and white colored can, "Zinsser
Cover Stain".
> Somewhere I read that oil-based stuff and flat latex gave the mildew a
> thing to chew and grow on? That unless totally eradicated it would
> return.
Don't know about that. I think that mildew needs moisture, and water-based
paints just don't prevent moisture transfer. I've found that too many
times, the hard way. Especially with a drywall compound textured surface
that soaks up moisture like a sponge. The oil-based Zinnser dries very
quickly, fumes should be gone in 24 hours.
> I was going to sand-down the few remaining mildew-spots to bare and
> mud-over - but maybe they like to eat mud too...?
At least they like to live in it. Sounds like a good idea.
> >Then, get Kelly-Moore to mix in a little mildewcide in the paint, if
> >you're going to use a latex finish coat.
>
> Yeh I have a little "envelope" thing of that, the satin top-coat is
> "Bone" - but I was figuring on a latex...
That should be a good combination--I've used that many times. The oil
primer will give you good protection, the latex is easier to work. The
shiznit. Good luck!
Mike W.
wrote:
>>>That could be happening - I gotta make sure I get the painting done
It looked great to me... the whole place did. Good eye! Did you
find the hooha for trimming cases yet?
M
-keith
wrote:
>>Some workmen are coming today to do the trellis I have to move plants
>>and umbrellas.
>>But Wednesday still is a possible - except I don't shop for paint at
>>HD - I'm a Kelly-Moore kinda painter. Bone and Malibu Beige are the
>>colors...I've got all the brushes and rollers I need, but first I do a
>>sealer-coat after the texture goes up.
>>
>>-k
>
>It looked great to me... the whole place did. Good eye! Did you
>find the hooha for trimming cases yet?
>
>M
Yes, I had them stored in another little tin hiding right in front of
me, I'm going to put them back and quit showing-off my braincells.
Now I have fifteen new hinges in satin-nickel to replace the old
painted-over (I know, shame shame shame) ones... The EXPO near us
(EastPA) is going out of bid'nezz - well they're closing that store -
%15 off everything, so it was cheaper than the HomoDepo next door even
(no returns, good thing I got the right size!)
-keith