Good morning!!!!

[PJSprog]

Kind of like when an airline flies you from St. Louis to Dallas ... via Chicago. :confused3:

 

[LouNY]

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. Should have said "should start", as the other day another friend of mine discovered that the battery in his fob had died when he pulled his newest Harley out of the garage where it had been stored all winter. He wasn't going anywhere until he spent enough time reading his owners manual to discover the bypass starting technique and the secret code it required.:shocked:

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'!

Yea, had the key fob on mine bite me once so far. Switched riding jackets in the garage next to the bike, took off for about a 30 mile ride got were I was headed shut down and went in got my business done back out to the bike and no start, realized what I had done and thought dang I'm sure glad I keep the spare in the travel trunk opened up got the spare and looked for the battery to install into it couldn't find the battery, fellow rider went to get me a battery about half an hour later as he's pulling up I'm just getting it started following the manual and the over ride procedure, which reminds me it's time to pick up fresh batteries for them for this year, hopefully another 2-3 weeks and I'll be able to get her out :dance1::drink:

 

[jbrumberg]

Without comment in any way, do you have a favorite news source? Way too political to talk in depth about, but interesting.

- Randy

Itç—´ very difficult to get real news anymore, anywhere.

- Randy

"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.

Ed- I am glad the funeral went "ok." I am glad that it was well attended. I hope that all is well with you, your wife, and family. Hang in there.

Kyle- I am glad the storm missed you and your family.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for all.

 

[toppop52]

- Randy

- Randy

"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.

Good answer on the news source, and reality as we know it today.

 

[toppop52]

77 now with high thin clouds occasionally, I am not going to like it cooling off again.
And whoever made fun of my legs earlier is just jealous! LOL

Going to put these wheels on the Monte Carlo, found a set with 600 miles, they are discontinued but my favorites.

 

[jbrumberg]

Randy- When Al Jazeera(sp?)/USA seemed to have the most balanced reporting 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.

I like the wheels. Good luck with Ellen tonight.

 

[toppop52]

I watch Perry, Della and Paul myself.

 

[ronjhall]

I look forward to the nightly "Perry Mason" reruns.
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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.
Randy News ‘eh’.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Was running to the grocery store about 3:00 and noticed the inspection sticker had a 3 on it. With every thing going on I had missed it. Have free inspections at the dealer but went to a local shop and ten min later had my new sticker. If the school had not been closed for Easter I would have been sunk, he drives a bus. Have a good evening. Ed

 

[jbrumberg]

Ron- We watch TV reruns more than the current garbage now seen on TV which we will not watch.. We watch the cooking, travel, history, science/natural history programming channels, and old movies especially the B&W SciFi and Humphrey Bogart movies. I watch the military and UFO "conspiracy" channels after Wifey goes to bed.


Better news on the Saint Bernard rescue front now that I talked directly to one of the rescue operation directors who called me this PM about her operations and dog possibilities. My confusion was real, but I am not completely at fault. Now I have a better understanding of the "process." I may have a dog delivered by this program through this program.