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As I have mentioned before, I retired after 53 years from Tool and Die Machining in the Aerospace and Petroleum Industries. Now being retired, to say the least has caused quite an adjustment in my life and the things I do day to day. My wife Jean, is the typical "Early to Bed, Early to Rise" type of person. Up at 4AM, and usually to bed around 8PM. I on the other hand, am a bit of a "Night Owl". Staying up sometimes well past midnight. During my adjustment period, I have turned to YouTube for my evening entertainment. Now that I finally have time to investigate things that interest me, I have taken advantage of this block of time between when my wife retires for the evening, and when I can finally "Turn my brain off" and get some sleep. I have my favorites as far as content goes, a few motorcycle channels, some off road channels, but the one channel that has peaked my interest lately, is a channel called "The Why Files". The Narrator, who goes by the name AJ, does an excellent job of explaining many "Hot Topics" that I find very interesting, using a format that reminds me of the days when reporters just stated the facts, and didn't "Cross the Line" between stating the facts of the topic, and NOT adding drama, or personal opinion to cloud the issue at hand. This has been refreshing, and allows me to come to my own conclusions based on the information that has been researched and is presented. I am going to leave a link to a random Video that will allow you to see for yourself ALL of the episodes he has produced. He also takes suggestions on future episodes he is willing to investigate if there is enough interest, but his list of things that he touches on is vast, and his delivery is very high quality. I have NO vested interest in this channel, but this forum has some very astute members in it, and I thought you might enjoy his reporting style, and the topics he covers. If this is not "Your Cup of Tea" so to speak, I apologize for interrupting your regularly scheduled programming! LOL!! Here's the Link: I would be interested in any comments you would have about this style of reporting. (Don, if this belongs in another part of the forum, please forgive me!) Earl

OK....watched both those videos and found them very interesting. I am far from a conspiracy theorist but I also believe that there is a lot out there that most of us don't know about. I will have to watch more of his videos. At the very least, they are entertaining.

I finally got around to taking some pictures of the changes I make to my trike. I changed out the headlight to a LED, added passing lamps with LEDs and installed a new Clearview windshield. I was too lazy to take the shipping film off the windshield before taking the pictures. The pictures show a running/brake light with turn signals I added to the trunk. It had some small running lights bolted on the trunk that looked quite bad. Unseen but much needed, is a Skydoc 17 total clutch upgrade and a new clutch actuator. I haven't taken much of a ride with it yet, but it worked great going around the block with it. I am looking forward to some warmer weather so I can get it out on the road. Steve

Had to pull up your profile to see where you are and yep it's gonna be a while before you see some good riding weather but the bike is looking good I like a lot of lights on the rear of my bike rest assured if they hit me it's not my fault. We had several good days of riding last week but it is storming today guess I'll just work in the shop

I know how you feel Don, we did the same thing 3 years ago. We cut our square footage in half and went south far enough to get maybe 1 snow a year. We were in our previous home 32 years and let me tell you, at least double the time you think it will take to sell off what you do not want to take to the new place. Good luck finding the next place.

I spent 3 yrs and 8 months in Homestead, FL just south of Miami working on the nuclear plant there and I love the weather down there. Winter lasts about 2 weeks and the summers aren't any hotter than where I live in Wilmington, NC, just longer. The water from about Ft. Lauderdale south is crystal clear and the fishing is fantastic. We spent lots of time in the Keys fishing and visited Key West many times. And there is a reef from about Ft. Lauderdale south past Key West that keeps the waves down, so it's a fantastic place to go snorkeling or fishing. Only thing about Homestead and the Miami area is that the crime level is higher than normal. That is when I got a carry permit for the first time. I'm the old guy in the photo if you couldn't guess😁

Naw, we will likely stay around here. I kind of like it here and my wife is from here. Winters get old but they aren't that bad and summers are great. No hurricanes and very few tornados. No flooding problems where I live. So.....not likely to move very far,.

That is a nice house you've lived in for 25 years Don. Was great for maintenance day....camping, parking....pond monster. But....the time comes for all of us to reduce the maintenance we have to do on home and relocate. If you move before the next maintenance day....I can see Carl going in the direction of your "old" house and have to do at least one u-turn. Worst thing about selling/moving though....is the packing. After 25 years you accumulate a lot of things.....and you'll wish those things you kept because you might need them some day you'll regret not disposing of them sooner !

Time flies especially during the warm summer months for me. There is never enough time to take all the vacations I want to take each year. I still get a day in the 50’s or 60’s here and there to ride but I’m looking forward to riding season again