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Why does this Dispatch Rider and his bike look sooooooooo good in this new shirt?

Indeed,, THAT ONE DID IT!! I walked past Tweeks in the garage and her antelope horns started twitchin,, I said, whats wrong ol girl,, she mumbled something about someone yakking stuff about us,,, I dug around for my keyboard - found it buried in the camping department on Tweeks back (goofy kids never put stuff back where it belongs).. Sure enough,,,, ol Tweeks was right on the money!! THANKS FOR THE WELL WISH EUSA!! You made my day shine like Diamond!!

and I just wish I could join ya, sitting here watching some of FlyingFools work fall from the sky (the Fool airmailed 2' of the nasty stuff to our U.P. - icky).... RIDE SAFE AND HAVE AN AWESOME TIME - DONT FORGET A PIC OR TWO FOR YOUR BUDDIES BACK HOME HERE.. Riding Iron Butt in November = OUTSTANDING!! Go get em Gez!!

My oh my,,,, isn't it amazing how quickly our philosophies and lifestyles are forgotten when we are out of gas for a while?? I should be hurt by this appauling thread Diamond Guy,, I mean anybody who has hung around the Watering Hole should know the cup your passing around can not possibly hold water... I am really hurt... So,, ok,, the bike does look a little familiar,, and it does have that certain "Puc Appeal" to it but,,,, it has a GPS hanging on the bars for crying out loud!!! Obviously a Puc poser, probably what BikerJohn would call a Photo Chop Shop Job,,, certainly no way you would find me pulling into town with that anti social device hanging there where all the world can see it!! On another note,,, I LOVE that pic and that old scoot has potential,,, loose the GPS of course...

BREAK BREAK BREAK FOR CRYING OUT LOUD BREAK,,, you two elbows quit your lip flapping - BREAAAAKKK!! There,, thats better,, sheeshhhhh,, Hey,, KRIDER,, welcome aboard and CONGRATS on the new bike!! You done well my friend,,,,, actually times 2 that - first with the bike, second by following Lewis here - stick around - this place is almost as much fun as riding a Venture!!!! P.S.,, ya might wanna question the type of friends you hang out with,, a true friend would make sure you ended up with the fastest of all Ventures (that would be an 83) - just thought I would mention that... Ok,, back to normal lip flapping ya bunch a toe nails..

Ya know bro,, one of the things that I really really love about VR is that we can love and talk to each other like real brothers,,, kinda rare in life it seems... For me,, being, as you say, "wide open" has an amazing affect - it always seems to help just to know that I have friends who really do care.. That said, I want you to know that your old Pucster buddy is one of those friends - Prayers Up Dan!! In November of 03 I swerved my car as a White Tail Deer tryed to jump thru the windshield.. After using a tree for brakes, I woke up and pushed the airbag off the side of my face.. I had leaned away from the deer - hid my face behind the dash and the airbag had deployed against my left shoulder and my face had made contact with the center of dash board and chipped a couple teeth.. The medical people focused on my broken back which left me parallized. After 5 back surgeries, a year in a body cast (turtle shell) and wayyy more "pain management" drugs than anyone should ever take (I liked em,,, a lot), I found myself being declared "healed" by the car insurance companys doctor (we have "lifetime" car insurance care in Michigan,,, unless the insurance people decide they dont want that responsibility - if that is the case they just hire a doctor to declare you "healed" and you are healed and all better - its almost kind of a spirtual experience LOL...). Later, little things kept popping up,, just not "feeling" well at times - little periods of brain fogginess.. Just not able to focus and having a hard time concentrating.. Every once in a great while I would have these odd smells in my nose - some times it smelled like hot fiberglass, other times like burning electrical wiring.. Those episodes were not real frequent but in later years became more so.. I had complained to my doctors about it all thru the years BUT, most of them felt it was just getting over the surgeries, drugs and maybe some PTSD.. It seemed just not that big of a deal to me either and truthfully,, it came and left infrequently enough that I just lived with it.. Besides,, who the heck wants to deal with temporary medical stuff when ya got work to do, kids to play with, bikes to ride and life to live.. This year, for some reason,, it didnt just come and go.. Tippy says that the fogginess and "death stare" has been lingering since late last summer.. Looking back,, I thought I was going thru some midlife crisis stuff,, you know,, empty nest and all that - I had soooo much fun with the kids,, you know the routine.. I had also noticed major changes in my sleep habits (INSOMNIA), irritability, unable to focus, lack of thought clarity, tiredness, stinky nose, watering eyes, just feeling blahhh since this summer and I just got tired of it.. I switched doctors,, again,, in search of why... This new Doc, a young lady full of youthful vigger,, took me seriously.. Sent me off to another young specialist ENT - she told me he would remind me of Doogy Howser and he does.. Anyway,, he is the one that found this leaky brain fluid stuff, right after finding it he asked me how long it had been since I had head trauma.. I told him about my car accident and he said that residual affects of head injuries can go on for many many years and sometimes never do get treated.. That a lot of times in the medical field stuff like this is found by accident, if you will, and as a result of looking for something totally unrelated,,,,, go figure... After having my heart checked today and some blood drawn I had another regular Dr's appointment.. She asked how the the sinus polyp removal was coming.. I told her about the brain fluid stuff.. She had that same "deer in the headlights" look on her face that I am sure I had when the ENT told me about it (I even told her that). She said she felt bad for me cause this may be some very serious stuff.. I told her how THANKFUL I was to finally have someone take me serious about all this stuff and that just getting some kind of anwers made me feel better than I have in a long long time... Later, after examining my crippled up hands (I literally can only open my hands half way - they are permanently "c" shaped just like they are holding a set of bike grips LOL) and finding out that I apparently have "Gout" (arrrggg) - I made a comment about how getting old sucks,, she says,,,, Scott - I get that BUT obviously you have really really lived,, your body is worn out equally from top to bottom LOL... I truly am sorry for what ever is going on Dan,, I hope and pray that somehow they find out whats happening.. I am here for ya buddy!!! In the mean time,, try to focus on the positive memories of life,, you and I and our family here have sooooo many things to be thankful for,, we still got each other even if we are all worn out!!! Puc

As always, TONS of good advice going on here.. Pulling the air filter, starting her up and watching those slides will tell ya alot about how its responding to the vacuum.. If you have a stuck a slide, I would be very careful using anything to pry it open - that slide material is pretty brittle.. Just use caution with them when prying on em.. You will probably find it necessary to pop the diaphram covers to get the slides out and get them to slide properly anyway - if you have a stuck one you may as well start by pulling the covers and use your finger inside the slide (along with carb cleaner around the slide) to get it to move.. Those slides should move freely with no stickiness.. On another note, you should look your carb overflows over very very carefully.. A sticky float valve can really fool ya and can dump a lot of fuel out as your traveling down the road.. Just check the ends of all the overflow tubes and see if you have dampness on them... Of course, ANY sign of drippage while sitting idling should NOT be happening..

Yea,,, THANK YOU to all who have served, are serving and are going to serve - YOU FOLKS ARE APPRECIATED YESTERDAY, TODAY AND ALL THOSE TOMORROWS!! Congrats to all you gangsters fortunate enough to have your Birthdays on such a great day, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ya bunch of FREEDOM LOVERS!!

Ice Cream and Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting,,, YUUUMMMYYY!! Prayers Up - Blessings Down!!

:rotf::rotf: THAT RAGGY,,:rotf::rotf:sure is smart alec:rotf: MAINTENANCE DAY AT DON's!!!!! Thanks Freebird,,, you just made the winter coming up tolerable!!!!

WOW!!! Totally awesome scoot!! Remember em well - THEY WERE RUNNIN FOOLS!! If it has sat for a long long time ya might wanna prelube the cam journals in her before you start her - could save ya some major issues.. BEAUTIFUL BIKE!! That 2nd Gen is too - they are gorgeous!! I had a gut feeling that saying was yours!! Being a conisour of personal quotes I gotta say - thats a good one!! Perfect example of how true it is too!! I get to rotating my signature quotes do you mind if I rotate it in - with your name attached of course?

Hmmm,, no idea PB,, I do know if you take the seat off a 2nd Gen and put it on a 1st Gen you will have a faster bike:rotf: Dont get to upset with me my friend,,, better to hear it from a fellow Michigander than than one of those smart alect jokers from down south of us.... By the way,, I LOVE your quote!! Is that something you came up with?

Hmmmm,,,, that wasnt the day last year that the Wisconsin White Wash Maniac (aka FlyingFool) forgot to set the timer on his machine of misery and ended up blanketing all of North America in white wash and sub zero temps was it?? Only reasonable explanation I can come up with..

WOW,, dont know nuttin about who the rider on the Venture was XV but THAT is a good article and GREAT mission!! I certainly wish them all the best in this worthy cause!! Stinkin terrorist,,,, what a shame..

Thanks again for the heartfelt thoughts, prayers and :rotf:folks,, I KNEW I could count on ya'll!! Gotta say,, the ONLY comment that made me at all was that sneaky Flyingfool and his thinking he could trick me into purposely getting buried in his replacement for hot white sand:no-no-no:,, apparently he didnt read the part where I said its my sense of smell that is affected - not my sense of frostbite... All the rest of you made perfect sense - some very very good ideas!!! I will keep you all posted as Tip and I proceed thru this craziness!! You are ALL greatly appreciated (including you Mr. Bury Us In Snow) Puc

Totally AWESOME KIC!! God bless each of you who participated in doing that - you folks certainly made that hero's day - I can see it in his face:usa::usa: Not to ruin your thread but I gotta tell ya,, your undertaking actually brought a tear to my eye - sorry about that... It was a happy tear though!!!!!

Now THAT is gorgeous JD!! I really like the color - would make a GREAT background for stickers from alllllll over North America,,, and beyond... CONGRATS to you my man!!

My Dad and I used to go all the way up into the U.P. hunting Black Bear,, I never did get one but he finally did.. Got me thinking now that we should of left the hunting clothes home, dressed up like a couple city slickers and headed to Joisy:cool10: That was unreal Larry - cool thread!!

Following the pathway of many others (must be something we drank over the summer), I found out some pretty interesting stuff yesterday.. A while back I wrote a thread about weird smells in my nose, headaches, mental confusion.. Went to the doctor, had a CT Scan and ended up on some high dosages of anti-biotics.. That helped but the symptoms came back.. Like Buddy is doing with his knee, I decided to get a second opinion.. This new Dr. immediately sent me to a specialist (ENT).. My father's funeral (thanks again for ALL the support folks) ended up being on the day I was suppose to be at the ENT, had to change appointments but THANKFULLY they showed compassion and got me right in afterwards.. This is where the story really gets crazy.. This ENT numbs my nose and runs a camera up into my sinus cavity,, explains to me that this "sack" (as seen on a computer screen - pretty cool really) hanging in my sinus cavity is a "polyp", says it is kinda different that I only have one big one on one side.. Then he asked me if the drippage from my nose tastes salty:confused24:.. I smile and say,, yea,, as a matter of fact it does... As he is removing this camera from my nose he is explaining to me that he thinks I my be leaking brain fluid (used a medical name like Ceribal something) into my sinus cavity.. I stared at him to see if he was kidding:detective:,, apparently these ENT guys dont joke much (my daughter here at home laughed when I told her and said "that explains alot" = kids:whistling:).. I am now scheduled for an MRI in search of a crack in the bottom of my skull by which brain fluid can enter the sinus cavity.. The ENT will do no surgery repair work until he knows exactly whats going on BUT, I am also scheduled for blood tests and heart stress tests and all that stuff now too - exactly the kinda stuff they put me thru before I had back surgery back in 03 so I gotta hunch something tricky is in the works.... I probably should be deeply concerned (and I am) but I am finding myself actually feeling better just KNOWING that headway is being made (like Flyingfools case) - FINALLY!! On a side note,, being somewhat of an optimist, ok - maybe a little egocentric too,, it amazes me that I can have a leaky brain and still be smarter than a lot of folks I know,,, go figure:rotf:.. Appreciate all thoughts and prayers anyone can muster for this ol pest!! THANKS GANG!! On another side note,,, anyone else notice how many of us are going thru ailments at this time?? I honestly think maybe we should all go to Australia or somewhere really really warm, find us some nice warm white sand and bury our hurting bodies in it, leave just our heads sticking out..... PICK THE SPOT AT HIGH TIDE OF COURSE:stickinouttounge:

Man oh man Buddy,,, must be something we got into over the summer.. I was just getting ready to do a follow up thread of my own and now I read this.. Soooo sorry to hear of your knee pain, that stuff that is so bad it makes ya sick to the stomach is HORRIBLE!! I am happy for you that you are seeking a second opinion (and proud of you too - it is NEVER fun trying to figure this stuff out).. Thoughts and PRAYERS UP for you as you seek more help in resolving your pain my friend..

Dont let em fool ya gang, da Fool aint no fool,,, he knows exactly what he is doing - Puc has nuttin to do with nuttin.. We had great big White Wash flakes (talkin those 1 1/2 inchers) the other morning.. They were really pretty but I swear each one displayed a really sly little right in the middle of em,,,, check your flakes - if they have that symbol you KNOW where they came from!!

Oh man,,, I wouldnt know what to do with myself if I didnt spend all winter harassing the likes of Flyingfool,, watching the evening news with all those Atlanta people freaking out trying to drive on a half inch of snow, having Tippy rub my back with "Heat" after an afternoon of shoveling white wash, having my beard freeze solid when I walk out the door to go lay in the snow and make snow angels.... Maybe someday when I grow up Skid,,,

Just give the word Fool and I will stop by and pick it up.. Talked to my buddy with the foundry and he is shut down for maintenance right now,,, I also have a friend who owns a sub zero freezer complex that operates off liquid nitrogen, maintains -4000 degrees year around inside.. Said I could store the White Washer inside there till the foundry work is done.. Guys a really good friend who wont pressure me to remove the ol White Washer till the Foundry is ready.. You can trust me when I say that the foundry maintenance wont take to long..

I'd gladly pay you Wednesday for hamburger today :rotf: What cha talkin bout Skidder,,, ANY DAY is a great day for good burger:backinmyday: You troublemakers have fun down there,,, FlyingFool keeps goofin around doing his pre-season tweekin on that White Wash Machine and ya'll can shoot up here for a snow-cone when your done!!

Way to go MIRIDER!!! Us Michigan west coasters gotta stick together in maintaining a sense of sanity around this place!!