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Vicky and Tom, Robin and I are here for you. We lost my brother last year, we know how hard it is to say good by to someone so close and so young. God bless.

9 deg's and sunny, and not much wind....feels like a heat wave compared to yesterday.

! Will somebody please delete this guy!

Yeah. but you got to come back home:rasberry:

That's just nuts!

You guys got what?... about 10 feet so far with another 10 feet on the way? all we got here in the finger lakes is freakin cold, But no snow.

We are back home. Had a great time. Hope to see you all again this summer when we can ride, instead of caging it in sub zero temps.

Just ignore him Don....we all do.

This is a terrible shock. Robin and I send our thoughts and prayers.

I've got your back Don. I've seen HD's going that fast....being towed on a trailer:whistling:

Thanks Andy.

Does anyone know if the admission is good for all 3 days, or is it $20.00 each day?

it gets easier and faster after you do it several times. I can get to the valve covers in about 30 minutes.... Don't ask:doh:

Hey Tom, ole buddy.....:moon:

A waddle..."hic" of yentalman yack...I mean Jack..."hic"...and I ain't opened it yet!

It's Christmas morning. I'm sitting here looking out the window at the snow on the ground, Robin is stuffing the stockings that we will take with us to my son's house later this afternoon And all I can think is how nice it would be if instead of snow, I was looking at Palm trees swaying in the warm breeze with the trike sitting in the driveway waiting for us to climb on and ride off into the warm and sunny day....How I hate WINTER! But I do like Christmas, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.

Happy Holidays became popular in 1942 when Bing Crosby performed the song written by Irving Berlin in the Holiday movie "White Christmas". It then became popular to say "Happy Holidays" For no other reason then to wise others well for the holidays. Had nothing to do with the BS going on today. So... MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT. Stop sweating the small sh.... stuff and enjoy the Holidays, whatever your beliefs.

Sorry almost forgot. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Won't work for me... I only get 2 holidays off a year....retail.

I did 21 years in the Navy. I spent a total of 7 and a half years with my family, and no, not all at the same time. I did six, 6 month deployments. six, 3 month deployments. 3, 0ne year yard overhauls. two away from home. I can't begin to count all the 1 week, 2 week, 3 week and 30 day underway periods. Must be several dozen. One 2 year shore duty that was 250 miles from home. Just loved driving back and forth every weekend just so I could spend 24 hours with my family. One 2 year period stationed 500 miles from home. I got home every other weekend for the first year so I could spend 12 hours at home before I had to drive 10 hours back to my ship. That was lots of fun! Did I mention that on one of my 6 month deployments I spend 4 months of it sitting in the Indian ocean in 100 deg heat with out ever setting foot on land. That was 100 plus degrees out side on deck. I work in the engine rooms, It was 120 degrees down there. six hours on, 6 hours off. That's when ships were steam powered, and no, no air conditioning. Your right, I should have to wait until I'm 62 to collect my pension. Just hope I live that long. Because many of use don't! So do I think I deserve My little monthly stipends, you better believe I do! And bye the way, It amounts to about 1/3 for my total active pay at the time I retired. That was in 97. Unlike most union workers that get 80 to 100%. Yep we retired military got it made in the shade. Well back to my hammock under the palm tree with my tropical drink.

Now you did it.... I'm all misty eyed. All those great memories.

Your all to late! I already got the car and the million bucks. Me and rockinrobin are driving the BMW to Hawaii to pick out our new beach house.

OMG! we've been wiped off the map!

If it was running ok prior to the leaf blower and fill up, then I would suspect you blew some water into a ignition wire causing a miss fire or dead cylinder. or you got a bad tank of gas. The gas is easy to check as someone here said. Just pull the gas line off the tank and turn the petcock to reserve, pour some gas into the clear jar and see if there is water at the bottom . I've had water in the gas more then a few times. Now if it's water in the ignition system, then you need to start pulling plug wires and electrical connections apart and blow them out using very low pressure air. Put a little dielectric grease on the connectors and reinstall. Oh, if it was popping prior to this, you need to sync your carbs also.

Can you believe CBS already aired Rudolph the red nose raindeer! Merry Xmas CBS!