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Post by blustnmtn on Aug 26, 2018 0:16:30 GMT
I live on an island... Several days without rain so wife and I took a motorcycle ride east. East? Spain or Portugal? PS: I want to see a picture of your bike. Just for you Ratty. Old ‘95 HD. I’m the original owner. I also have a ‘76 CB750 f1 that I keep upstate.
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Post by Ratty on Aug 26, 2018 1:17:13 GMT
East? Spain or Portugal? PS: I want to see a picture of your bike. Just for you Ratty. Old ‘95 HD. I’m the original owner. I also have a ‘76 CB750 f1 that I keep upstate. Nice. Coincidentally, I was just looking at some WW2 pics and came across this: A policeman of the U.S. Military Police on a Harley-Davidson WLA motorcycle near Saint-Lô, France, 1944. Some may be interested in the site that pic came from: https://twitter.com/wwiipix?lang=en
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Post by Ratty on Aug 26, 2018 12:18:46 GMT
Specially for Blue:
Harley Davidson is closing many of its plants due to declining sales.
Apparently, the Baby-Boomers all have motorcycles, and Generation X is only buying a very few, and the next generation, the Millennials, aren’t buying any at all.
A recent study was conducted to find out why?
Here are the reasons why Millennials don't ride motorcycles, and why sales are down:
1. Pants won't pull up far enough for them to straddle the seat. 2. Can't get their phone to their ear with a helmet on. 3. Can't use 2 hands to eat while driving. 4. They don't get a trophy and a recognition plaque just for buying one. 5. Don't have enough muscle to hold the bike up when stopped. 6 Might have a bug hit them in the face and then they would need emergency care. 7. Motorcycles don't have air conditioning. 8. They can't afford one because they spent 12 years in college trying to get a degree in Humanities, Social Studies or Gender Studies for which no jobs are available. 9. They are allergic to fresh air. 10. Their pyjamas get caught on the exhaust pipes. 11. They might get their hands dirty checking the oil. 12. The handle bars have buttons and levers and cannot be controlled by touch-screen. 13. You have to shift manually and use something called a clutch. 14. It's too hard to take selfies while riding. 15. They don't come with training wheels like their bicycles did. 16. Motorcycles don't have power steering or power brakes. 17. Their nose ring interferes with the face shield. 18. They would have to use leg muscle to back up. 19. When they stop, a light breeze might blow exhaust in their face. 20 It could rain on them and expose them to non-soft water. 21. It might scare their therapy dog, and then the dog would need therapy. 22. Man buns don’t fit under helmets!
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Post by nautonnier on Aug 27, 2018 9:44:47 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Aug 27, 2018 19:18:58 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Aug 27, 2018 23:51:20 GMT
Can I make a table out of that stuff?
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Post by missouriboy on Aug 28, 2018 3:08:29 GMT
Can I make a table out of that stuff? The invisible table. Could play all types of havoc in Mrs Ratty's dining room.
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Post by Ratty on Aug 28, 2018 3:35:26 GMT
[ Snip ] The invisible table. Could play all types of havoc in Mrs Ratty's dining room. Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark.
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Post by nautonnier on Aug 28, 2018 11:43:44 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Aug 28, 2018 13:04:35 GMT
White people got rhythm? Britain's Got Talent (somewhere)? < Insert Redcoat joke here>
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Post by Ratty on Aug 29, 2018 7:44:20 GMT
Please don't watch if easily offended ...
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Post by missouriboy on Aug 30, 2018 16:33:51 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Aug 30, 2018 16:51:36 GMT
White people got rhythm? Britain's Got Talent (somewhere)? < Insert Redcoat joke here> Ok ... too bad I can't draw. So here is the cartoon Gary Larson (The Far Side) should have drawn ... in words. Setting: Bunker Hill (actually Breed's Hill) June, 1776 American Officer yelling "Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes". Zoom into line of Redcoats charging up the hill in sunglasses.
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Post by Ratty on Aug 31, 2018 8:01:06 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Aug 31, 2018 12:25:56 GMT
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