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  1. Freebird
    I don't know....I'm thinking that nurse Helga is going to help a LOT and will add even more to the story.
  2. Freebird
    No, but thanks for asking.
  3. Freebird
    WOW...you folks have SUCH little confidence. Have I EVER let you DOWN? OK....let's just pretend that I didn't ask THAT particular question. At any rate, the upgrade is DONE. All is well in VentureRider Land.
  4. Freebird
    Yes, it may come to that. Right now I just have some prescription pain pills that I take when i have to. I try not to take them and usually wait too long before I do. I had blood tests last week and Uric acid was high but only slightly. I'm keeping a watch on it.
  5. Freebird
    Uh....yea...that was me. Just a little hiccup there....nothing to worry about...uh...nothing at all. So far...just a handful...or few...database errors. It will be seamless I'm telling you....uh...totally seamless.
  6. Freebird
    Yes, but that is just too much. Don't worry about what the manual says. Just fill it halfway up in the site glass with the bike in the vertical position. Anything more can cause problems.
  7. Freebird
    The pond...hmmmm.....I THINK that ice is thick enough now.
  8. Freebird
    OK folks....just a little heads up here. I've decided to upgrade our server for VentureRider.org The hosting company is running a special and I need to take advantage of it. For very little more money, we will double our disk space, double our monthly bandwidth and almost double our ram. In addition to faster processors and etc. This should be fairly seamless with little or NO downtime. That's my hope anyway. I'll let you know just before I pull the trigger.
  9. Freebird
    Heck...I just crept outside and turned up the hot tub. It should be nice and toasty by this evening. I'm thinking that the hot tub and some Bailey's in my coffee would be just the ticket. Besides...back to work tomorrow...gotta hit the road again.
  10. Freebird
    I actually DO have a bottle of that as well as a bottle of Bailey's Caramel sitting beside the coffee pot. I'm almost scared to try it though. Heck....I'm falling down WITHOUT any alcohol.
  11. Freebird
    You know....sometimes in life you are the bug and other times you are the windshield. I honestly feel like the bug right now. We had a nice Christmas in spite of some aches and pains though. First of all, Christmas Eve morning I started coming down with a rather nasty cold. Sore throat, head all stopped up so I felt like I was in a drum when I talked, etc. Nothing too terrible but certainly not feeling 100%. Then by later Christmas Eve, my body decided that it was due for a flareup of my Gout. Now those of you who truly have Gout know exactly what it does to you. I usually get it a couple of times a year in my left toes and ankle but this time, it hit full strength in both feet...toes, ankles, etc. It darn near crippled me to the point that I could barely get out of bed and get down the stairs on Christmas morning but I finally managed to make it. Took some pain pills and within a couple of hours, I was pretty much functional again but with the gout and the cold I just wasn't feeling my best. The day progressed nicely enough. Watched my son open his gifts, had a nice fire going in the fireplace, coffee for Eileen and I and hot chocolate for Dylan. Just a very nice quite family time. Later in the day my brother in law came over and also Tony who is my wife's nephew accompanied by his finance and her two children. Had a very nice time and then later a fantastic Christmas dinner. After dinner we all pitched in and cleaned up a bit. The refrigerator was so full that I decided to take the ham into the garage and put it on top of the freezer over night as it was plenty cold in the garage to store it there. Well, over the past few months I have progressively approached total blindness in my right eye. I'm slowly adjusting to it but am just not there yet. I guess it was a combination of being a bit crippled from the Gout and my depth perception still being off from the loss of site in my eye but when I stepped out of the kitchen into the garage, I completely missed the top step. There is a three stop drop from the kitchen to the concrete garage floor and there I was in a free fall of about 3 ft. while holding a nice large Pyrex platter with a ham in it in my hands. As I fell, I managed to twist around so that the Pyrex platter would not hit the concrete floor and was successful. I managed to hold onto the platter and keep it from hitting the floor and shattering and thus saved the dish and the ham. The only problem is that in doing so, I successfully twisted both of my already hurting ankles and also found that using your left knee, left elbow and HEAD to cushion a 3 ft. fall off a set of steps is not necessarily the best course of action. So....I am now laying here on the couch after managing to slowly ease down the stairs this morning. I am nursing two sprained ankles, a twisted left knee, a sprained left elbow, rash on my left knee and left elbow, a knot on my head and I STILL have this danged cold. Otherwise, life is good. I hope that you all have a fun but SAFE New Years day. I think I'm going to just wrap myself in bubble wrap and hole up here until spring.
  12. Freebird
    A big THANK YOU to raceman62race for providing this PDF document for the Yamaha Passing Lamp installation. These are the original instructions from Yamaha that many say do not always come with the lamps. Most folks here would recommend that you supplement these instructions by adding a relay. Adding a relay will prevent the extra load of the lights from passing through your ignition switch and also isolates the passing lamps from your normal light circuit which would prevent your losing your headlight in the event of a short circuit within the passing lamps. Here is a simple diagram on wiring a relay for the lamps. [ame=http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=525]Standard Passing Light Relay Wiring - VentureRider.Org[/ame] The actual Yamaha instructions are attached here as a pdf file. Passing Lamp Installation Document
  13. Freebird
    I agree about Susan Tedeschi. I've got two of her CDs. Another one that I like that is not so common is Beth Hart.
  14. Freebird
    Add me to the list of fans also. There was just something special about the way she belted out those tunes.
  15. Freebird
    Sorry my friend, I should have let you know. YES...I received mine and they are GREAT. I will wear them proudly. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
  16. Freebird
    Ron, Our thought and prayers are certainly going out to you at this difficult time. Please know that when one of our members here hurt, we hurt with you. Also, please do not continue to second guess yourself about if you had gotten there sooner and etc. Things happen that we do not understand and cannot explain but the fact is that the Lord chose to take them at that time for a reason and they are looking down on you now and they know your heart. It is obvious that you were a good friend to them and they know that very well. Take care my friend. May the Lord bless and comfort you during this difficult time.
  17. Freebird
    Yea, but I'll bet she didn't get in trouble and you were indeed here hero for the day. Great story and you are a good person for helping her out.
  18. Freebird
    Well...I don't have a ton of money but I also like to help others when I can. Just a few bucks here and there but I always feel great when I can do it. Good job Dennis, good people can make a huge difference in the lives of others.
  19. Freebird
    There is surely something wrong. Specs call for 110 ft.lbs. and I always torque mine to that. Never a problem. One other thing to check is the bushing that goes into the hub next to the wheel bearing. Make sure you don't have it in backwards but I don't think that will bind it up.
  20. Freebird
    I would be embarrassed to tell you. Not even sure I know. I have it set up so that I get all posts by email. I read them all and then login and reply to some of them. I also actually log in ... let's just say several times a day. It varies depending upon where I am because I travel every week.
  21. Freebird
    I can tell you this for a fact. None of our faithful members here will EVER be denied full membership due to any type of financial hardship. All they have to do is send me a private message.
  22. Freebird
    For MP3, I use my Zumo 550. I also have an IPOD that I can use if we want to. I highly recommend the Ipod NANO. My wife's is 16GB and that holds a LOT of music. My phone also has an 8GB chip for MP3 but I seldom use it for that.
  23. Freebird
    Yes, one is hidden in the lowers.
  24. Freebird
    12 months from your join date.
  25. Freebird
    Eileen is 21. That's her story and I'm sticking to it.
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