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Don’t scare me like that Hammie. Abe Vigoda is still alive (isn’t he?)
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*glares at weatherpeople* – lookin like I’ll be a dang popsicle at least the first half of this run to Orlando (BACA’s annual International conference) – but I do have my electric heated gloves and enough layers to strongly resemble the Michelin man going down the road 🙂 – rollin out after midnight tonight
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Sooo, Gracie is out of the hospital?
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So what do you do if you have an otherwise fine-looking car but it’s got a stupid trendy hipster electric motor in it? Drop in a 638 HP LS9 Corvette engine in it, of course.
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via Breitbart: This is a great example of a baseball style change-up, real slow, screened the puck with his skate and completely faked out the goalie; very nicely done.
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#6: Dontcha know the eco-weenies are just pulling their hair out:>)
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Hammie
Now that car is a winner with some oooommpphhh in the front end. Me want. -
Mr. Fish
Days like this is when a good wind screen is in order. I hated them on my scoot but at time necessity won out. Be careful on your trip.
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#5 – Yep (now my wallet is at the E.R. 🙂 )
#10 – Squawkster I’ve not had a bike WITHOUT a windshield or faring since the 70s
Gracie is a roadking so windshield only (doesn’t cover the hands – but I have Gerbing’s heated gloves that plug into my electrical system – even carrying a spare pair of elec gloves and spare thermostat!) And what I call a ‘bra’ for Gracie’s crash bars (saddlebag gauge leather covers that keep a lot-but-not-all of wind/water off my legs / boots) Cold & wet don’t bother me as much as lack of visibility – I’m not bashful at ALL about moving over to the slow lane at 45 mph with my flashers on when the precip gets intense……….”hit or miss” precip will be a LOT better than solid rain for sure! -
#7 – BRUTAL “sleight of
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Chilly good morning Hamsters. Hmm, temperature is going backwards this morning from 38 at 6 and now 35 at 9:30. Weather prognosticators last night thought the chance for some freezing precip would be confined to parts north of town overnight and early morning with a high in the mid 40s. Oops, the cold is sliding farther south. Everybody be careful out there going over bridges as the day wears on.
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*freeze dried* ROFL!! If I could guarantee the DRY part I’d be dancing a jig!!
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Katfishy, I am in awe of your ability to ride a motorcycle to Florida even in good weather, but in a cold rain, man-Oh-man — that is dedication. Be safe and as warm as possible. “Froze Wet” is much worse than freeze dried.
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12 Kat,
I sold my 94 FXDL last year and I had one of those removeable windshields. I used
it mostly in the cold months, but I was sorely tempted to use it in the summer as well.
It was always a trade off in the summer. Fatigue from holding on the bike in a 70 – 75 mph
wind versus getting really wet from sweat without the “breeze”. I miss the bike, but my heart medicine makes me dizzy from time to time. Eventually, I would have ended up as road pizza. There really is no margin for error on a bike.
Besides, riding around in Houston traffic was never fun and it seemed like you had to drive further and further to get a place where you could relax a little.
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While I really don’t like dog cr@p in my yard, I think this is taking things a bit far.
n.b. story also makes an excellent point about the free market. If there’s a need out there, no matter how strange or goofy, someone will figure out a way to make a buck off it.
n.b.2. – Name. That. State.
n.b.3. – First comment is an excellent idea. update: it’s down a few now. Look for the “God_Guns_Guts” comment. -
Do y’all think Bronco is proud of the way he has roiled up the US and divided its people; got half the states talking about secession and 10th amendment; got quite a few republicans in congress talking about impeachment, etc. ? Does he just see the turmoil as not wasting a crisis, even when he has created most of the crises himself with his overreach?
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#20 Really confuse ’em and “lay out” some human poo.
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Did y’all see the official response to the Texas secession petition?
Official White House Response to Peacefully grant the State of Texas to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own NEW government.
Our States Remain United
By Jon Carson
Thank you for using the White House’s online petitions platform to participate in your government.
In a nation of 300 million people — each with their own set of deeply-held beliefs — democracy can be noisy and controversial. And that’s a good thing. Free and open debate is what makes this country work, and many people around the world risk their lives every day for the liberties we often take for granted.
But as much as we value a healthy debate, we don’t let that debate tear us apart.
Our founding fathers established the Constitution of the United States “in order to form a more perfect union” through the hard and frustrating but necessary work of self-government. They enshrined in that document the right to change our national government through the power of the ballot — a right that generations of Americans have fought to secure for all. But they did not provide a right to walk away from it. As President Abraham Lincoln explained in his first inaugural address in 1861, “in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution the Union of these States is perpetual.” In the years that followed, more than 600,000 Americans died in a long and bloody civil war that vindicated the principle that the Constitution establishes a permanent union between the States. And shortly after the Civil War ended, the Supreme Court confirmed that “[t]he Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States.”
Although the founders established a perpetual union, they also provided for a government that is, as President Lincoln would later describe it, “of the people, by the people, and for the people” — all of the people. Participation in, and engagement with, government is the cornerstone of our democracy. And because every American who wants to participate deserves a government that is accessible and responsive, the Obama Administration has created a host of new tools and channels to connect concerned citizens with White House. In fact, one of the most exciting aspects of the We the People platform is a chance to engage directly with our most outspoken critics.
So let’s be clear: No one disputes that our country faces big challenges, and the recent election followed a vigorous debate about how they should be addressed. As President Obama said the night he won re-election, “We may have battled fiercely, but it’s only because we love this country deeply and we care so strongly about its future.”
Whether it’s figuring out how to strengthen our economy, reduce our deficit in a responsible way, or protect our country, we will need to work together — and hear from one another — in order to find the best way to move forward. I hope you’ll take a few minutes to learn more about the President’s ideas and share more of your own. -
KatFish, y’all be careful out there, I 10 is a zoo! I 75 not much better. 😉
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#25 – SD any specific I-10 stretches to be wary of? (like construction or excessive dumassery?) 🙂
I’m not taking I-75 south – for a track within 5 miles same distance of the super slab I’ll be on US27 then US19 over on the Gulf side – then cut across to visit a couple of online pals I’ve-chatted-with-over-a-decade-but-never-met…….then east to Wildwood and last leg on the 19 to the 4 (both toll roads) -
#26 I don’t think that there is any serious construction going on now, but there will be some minor work SOMEWHERE. ‘Bout US 27/US19, that is a beautiful drive on the old yankee expressway. Very few people travel the routes so it’s wide open and very scenic. I came back from the Cape that way last summer. 😉
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A San Antonio car thief wannabe got dead after a brilliant exhibition of gun control by the owner of the vehicle he was trying to steal.
Since the incident happened in a more or less rational state, the owner is not expected to face any charges and is immune to a civil suit by the estate of the ex-car thief or his partner, who is in the hospital recovering from heavy metal poisoning. -
“excessive dumassery” Pretty much anywhere in Mississippi/Louisiana. 😉
The State Troopers are worse in Louisiana than any other state, whatever you do do speed across the 20 mile bridge (Atchafalaya River/Swamp). -
A bit long (10 minutes) but you don’t have to watch all of it to get the idea.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/15/james-okeefe-goofs-on-gun-grabbers/ -
Did y’all see the official response to the Texas secession petition?
This is why I never bother with many online petitions. While I deeply respect institutions like the Heritage Foundation and others (and I do sign their petitions) I know from experience that what they do not tell you is the petition is for the institutions database. That is, the petition is more of an “interest gauge” for them. Yes Heritage does approach the legislators with there findings but after that the petition does not carry much weight.
Unlike signed petitions, that is where we put pen to paper, there is a flaw with the electronic petitions that we all discovered in the heyday of the Ronulan Paulinians. Petitions get bombed just like polls. Online petitions are nothing more than ribbons to be warn to make folks feel good and think they did something. Sorry folks you did not. Writing letters and calling are the best methods short of face time with politicians to get your concerns heard. Getting DIRECTLY INVOLVED in the process 24/7 is the best best best way.
As far as any secession of states, that ain’t gonna happen either. The states legislatures do not have the stomach to make that move and a populist movement would be viewed as just anarchists marching in the streets and there is not enough folks in any state to effect that drastic of a change anyway. -
#27 – We rode a goodly portion of the 27/19 last January was very empty and pleasant (until we made the colossal blunder of going through Red light HELL (aka Ocala)
#29 – HEH – my dumassery rermark was totally tongue-in-cheek as I don’t know ANYWHERE there aint plenty of that! 🙂 -
I have pretty good luck with most State Troopers *knockin on wood* – heck I don’t think I’ve ever crossed that lengthy Loooosiana swamp bridge on I-10 at under 70 (and half the time getting “pushed” by crazier folks than I) – THIS TIME I bet it will be wet and I’ll be goin slow for sure
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Katfish, good news: You’ll be running south of Winter Storm Helen!
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#27 – We rode a goodly portion of the 27/19 last January was very empty and pleasant (until we made the colossal blunder of going through Red light HELL (aka Ocala)
When I was back in September I-4 was under a lot of construction. When you pass through Chiefland on US 19 you’re about 15 miles from where I grew up.
You’ve probably got your route already mapped out but if you want to bypass Tallahassee, the route I always take is this:
Exit I-10 at FL Hwy 71 (Blounstown) to Hwy 20
Go east on 20 to 267 S (as you go through Bristol you’re in my pappy’s home town)
Take 267 down to Hwy 98 (there’s a nice oyster bar on your left in Newport, right before the river)
Take 98 east to Perry, where you’ll pick up 27/19
A lot of the drive is through the Apalachicola National Forest.
Ocala is goony road lizard ground zero. Avoid at all cost!
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Life take you down some interesting paths. Many of us have heard ourselves say things our parents said. Today was such a day for me, but with a twist.
I took a project to work to read up on the instructions and maybe do some measuring and cutting. The project is a water proof sack. I brought the kit and the instructions and everything I would need in case I got to the point where I felt confident enough to start cutting fabric.
Like most offices, certain pieces of office equipment are for common use. For instance, everybody has a stapler, but there’s only one “big stapler.” When most folks use this stuff, they leave it on thier desk in full view until they get the chance to put them back so that if someone needs it they can pick it up and use it.
Today, one of my co-workers reached for something on my desk. I heard myself say:
“Don’t touch those. They’re my good sewing scissors.” -
Ouzt’s Oyster Bar
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When my mom sat down at the sewing machine you got outta the house quick ’cause there was fik’n to be some cussin’ and hollerin’ and throwin’.
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I can’t believe The Obama said no to the secession petition.
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#35 – Thanks Hammy!
Tallahassee is already my sleep destination for tomorrow evenin – Dave Bodett’s place is right there on 27 -
Yep. The sewing scissors were off limits.
Pinking shears were completely irresistible. -
One thing I’m looking forward to is pinking.
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pinkos
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This just in:
Charlie Sheen and Lindsey Lohan are starting their own TV show. . . .
It will be call Two and a Half grams. . . .
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One thing I’m looking forward to is pinking.
Figured you’d already been pinked…
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49 Hamous
Discoloration from rusty pipes is certainly plausible.
Discoloration can be caused by a high iron content in the water, too.
There shouldn’t be any problem with using treated effluent from a treatment plant. These guys need to rinse their pipes before using it for snow. For sure.
If it isn’t used for this purpose, it’s running into the local rivers and streams, anyway.
Most treated effluent does.
I believe El Paso reclaims theirs for drinking water. San Antonio reclaims theirs for irrigation.
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We need to do something about assault boobies.
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One thing I’m looking forward to is pinking.
I thought that was a special outside the main gate ., . . . .
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#50 Shannon: I believe the Lubbock Country Club uses effluent to irrigate the golf course and Braeburn CC here in Houston may as well.
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I heard a story growing up that my father had brought home a parachute from WW II. There was no particular use for a parachute in West Texas, so eventually my mother had decided to make herself a blouse from the material. Due to the construction of the chute from many narrow panels, it was tricky to lay out a pattern that avoided the seams already on the fabric. But it was done, and the blouse was completed except for the buttonholes. They said that around this point, a certain toddler girl took the good sewing scissors and started cutting up the new blouse. I’m sure it was exasperating.
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We need to do something about assault boobies.
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Dude.
You know you can’t unsee stuff like that don’t you? -
There was no particular use for a parachute in West Texas
And there was in Kalamazoo?
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a certain toddler girl
…and downhill from there. 😀
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You know you can’t unsee stuff like that don’t you?
You’re welcome!
I’m a giver. The best gifts are those that don’t need to keep on giving; they are simply…
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There was no particular use for a parachute in West Texas.
He!!s Bells of course there was, y’all had lots more wind than we had in south Alabama and we had a WWII parachute that we got at the Army Surplus Store in Pinckard Alabama. Before we got it, they cut off all the cords and sold them seperate because parachute cord was a hot item, anywho, we tied about 6-8 cords to the 2 foot strings on the chute and had a great time being dragged through the front yard.
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Hubby took good care of me tonight. I was trying to meet a deadline with my cpa, and yesterday the office help had car trouble. So did I, which was a good thing. I was supposed to meet with the cpa yesterday, but after Hubby got me a new battery and I got home, it was too late. I have a standing Monday evening appointment with some friends, and when I got home I went upstairs to the office and opened my files. That’s when I realized that what I thought I had done – wasn’t. I worked into the wee hours again, finally getting to sleep around 3:00 a.m. I was up at 8:30 a.m., back at work, and I answered no phone calls, not even from Hubby, and was finally able to meet at 3:00 pm this afternoon.
I’ve been fighting a headache all day. After I got back from my CPA’s office, I laid down for about an hour, not really able to sleep, but resting, and Hubby went and got dinner for us, so I wouldn’t have to cook. Still not feeling right, but doing better after resting and eating.
Good news – the CPA has what he needs to get some things done so we can hopefully get a loan in place to get a new rental property AND lower our payments on an existing loan, to boot. Can’t beat that with a stick.
Tomorrow, I have a meeting with the city. They’re having a contractor’s meeting, which they haven’t done in some months, so we figger there’s something we need to know. I’m glad I got the heavy stuff done last night.
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Well the SHOT Show is comming up! Dang, I wish that I could go. 😀
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Dirt surfing, huh?
We didn’t have constant wind outside Midland. The place had a windmill that filled a swimming tank and a stock tank, but also had an electric pump, because sometimes the tanks were not kept filled. -
NRA’s new ad calls Obama ‘elitist hypocrite’.
The National Rifle Association released a new video on its Web site Tuesday calling President Obama an “elitist hypocrite” for having Secret Service protection of his daughters at school but saying he was “skeptical” about installing armed guards in all schools.
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Honesty.
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#64 mharper42
We didn’t have constant wind outside Midland.
I’ve never been to Midland but I thought that they got lots of wind, the biggest windmill farm in Texas is about 150 miles east of Midland near Abilene Texas. Google Map 32.20129,-100.023308 and you can see it.
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There used to be a lot of blowing just outside the Main Gate at Fort Sill
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Hey, I didn’t even live in Midland until I was 12 years old. And remember, the parachute had been made into a blouse when I was maybe 3. So I wouldn’t have been dirt-surfing in Midland with that WW II parachute — even if we had a constant 30 mi/hr wind. Which we did not.
Windiest place I ever lived was on Ocean Drive near downtown Corpus Christi. There truly was a constant 30 mi/hr humid wind coming in off the bay. -
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#s 69 & 73 – I’d bet there are similar stories regarding Colorado Springs or darn near anywhere in Wyoming!
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buen viaje
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Windiest place I ever lived was on Ocean Drive near downtown Corpus Christi. There truly was a constant 30 mi/hr humid wind coming in off the bay.
The first time I spent more than an hour in Corpus, was several years ago, during my time with the sewer cleaning business. The wind howled and after about 6 hours of it I became disoriented, almost intoxicated; it really messed with my head for a while. The next day I was OK, but during that time I was not much good and could barely express a thought. There was no alcohol or drugs involved, just something about the wind pushing all the dirt around at the city dump (which is where the disorientation happened), seemed to foul my mental equilibrium.
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Some caller on the Mack show this am, referring to the upcoming plan from OJugEars on gun control, stated that 0 was gonna use the kids as human shields for his policy and his unconstitutional gun grab.
All in all it was a pretty profound statement.
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