Reading the news is now a statistical process, where one hopes to gather a large enough sample to be able to detect a trend and is able to settle on that resembling some aspects of truth.
Gone Canadian have you?
We are glad there was no tornado, Kyle.:thumbsup:
Had a pleasant talk with my buddy that runs the little motorcycle custom shop in town, and picked up some ebay selling tips. We also talked about the perceived need to bring younger people into the BMW clubs to carry on the tradition. Attendance at events has been falling for years, I think largely because people spend their time online instead of by attending events face-to-face with people of like mind. Fewer people get an exposure to the industrial arts as part of their education as well, so have no idea that there are people in clubs out there that can show them how to do their own maintenance. Most riders today know little more than where the key goes and how to put gasoline into the thing when it runs dry. They carry a card with an 800 number imprinted on it to use if they need the machine hauled into the dealer. Just read that last bit back, and today's motorcycles don't have key slots anymore, and will start with a button push if you have the fob in your pocket somewhere.
Two boxes of parts were waiting for me when I got home yesterday, so it'll be another hopefully pleasant day out in the garage. The weather we're having for the next week will sure help.
Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!
- Randy
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"I used to be a real news junkie. I'd always search as many sources as I could find, from newspapers to magazines to radio and television, and eventually the vast internet. Over the past 20 years or so, it seems everyone has gotten so narrow in their scope that it is indeed almost impossible to find truly unbiased news anymore. Sad, really, considering the incredible glut of information available to even the casual observer. I know it's probably always been like that, but it just seems so brazen now. Discouraging."- PJS
I have no favorite news source anymore. I was a news junkie like PJS and have come to the same conclusions. All the news agencies and especially the cable news networks spin the news as dictated by their funding sources' political leanings and their following viewership. It's all a financially driven rating game. My cynicism about health care has evolved from professional, personal and family experiences. I filed complaints about the care my Mother and Father received by both hospital and longterm care providers.
The day started off cloudy and temperatures where in the mid 30F's; now it is drizzling and temperatures are in the low 40F's. This weather is knocking down the snowpack here- it's ~6" in the open and close to 12" in the woods. This place due to its location is one of the few places around here that still has snow on the ground.
This weather matches my mood today. I/We missed out on another Saint Bernard rescue, but I am happy for the dog and his new owners. I am not familiar with the "rescue process" nor comfortable with Facebook which does not help connecting with the different FB St. B. rescue sites. There are now a few other people helping us look; ideally a bonded pair rescue, but we may end up going to a breeder.
on that missing commercial airline I gave up on news almost completely. Honestly there a few, very few, commentators on each of the news agencies that I can briefly tolerate. I watch the local news. The evening national "news" is background noise. I look forward to the nightly "Perry Mason" reruns. Good luck with Ellen tonight.
I think I am more up to date. Matlock and Murder She Wrote. Everything we watch on TV is reruns. No morning or evening news. Mornings we listen to Light Rock on Echo.I look forward to the nightly "Perry Mason" reruns.
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If the school had not been closed for Easter I would have been sunk, he drives a bus. Have a good evening. Ed
