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AND BEWARE OF THE ROAD APPLES!!!
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He won't have a gas meter, he said he's on propane. Brian: 20,000 is big, needs lots of fuel. I'm sure you know you can get a generator that runs on propane. Maybe you should upgrade to 1,000 gallon propane tank if/when the generator is installed. The automatic ones start themselves on a regular schedule, run for a brief time, then shut down, staying on stand-by. 1,000 gal. tank actually holds 800 gallons as they fill 'em to 80%. Yep, automatic transfer switch, all wired up is the way to go. If you take your time and shop around you can sometimes find a pretty good price on the generator. The electrical work should be done by a licensed electrician. They have to get into your utility electrical service at the meter. I had a portable generator, had it wired up for manual whole-house connection with 3-way knife switch (utility, off, generator) and the electrical work for that wasn't cheap. House was smaller than yours, did not need as much power as you. That hot tub will draw a lot of current, might want to consider turning it off when on generator power. Hope this helps some.
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If you happen to be in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl event, don't look for me (us). We were downtown and saw a lot of the "stuff" they are installing, quite a bit to get done yet. Three blocks of Georgia Street shut down and converted to an outdoor gathering place, calling it Super Bowl Village. Convention Center dedicated to Super Bowl visitors. We have lots of enclosed walk-ways that connect the down-town shopping center/buildings/parking garages/hotels. It seems to be well planned and should be a fun place to visit. Sadly, many of the downtown restaurants, bar & grills, etc. have already announced very pricey minimums, some charging up to $50.00 each for no-show for reservations. Reservation for four and can't make it? $200.00!!! http://www.indianapolissuperbowl.com/super-bowl-village/ BUT WE'RE OUTA HERE, WILL BE IN FLORIDA!!! Going to be in the Bradenton/Frostproof area for about two weeks. We're having a 50's reunion (that's 1950's) for graduates of McComb, Ohio High School. Little farm town in northwest Ohio. Will also visit friends/relatives while there. If you are here, enjoy yourself, make sure your credit card(s) have a lot of capacity.
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Wish I still had the snapshots (wish I still had the bikes). Middle 60's, wife had a 500 BMW, I had a R69S. Black beauties, fairings and bags. Would be worth a small fortune today, especially the R69S. Oh, woe is me!
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I think he said '84, that's a MKI, not MKII. As you probably know, side bags are totally different.
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And the lesson here is don't overload your travel trunk or trailer hitch! Once the front is in the air, it's all about balance and rear wheel gyro effect.
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Or if you don't want to use screws, contact cement or Liquid Nails, whole new surface. 1/8 inch would work fine. This is how I finish work bench tops.
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Yeah, but according to that article, Eck better stay away from Jiffylube.
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Send a picture that yard sculpture part to Jay Leno. Might make his "HEADLINES" segment.
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I bought my '84 Venture Royale brand new, if I can remember correctly I paid $6,800 for it. It was quicker, faster, handled better and got better mileage than '84-'85 Gold Wings that I was aware of. It's been a while, but I think I had it only about 3 years before I disabled the anti-dive and changed the fork springs to Progressive. Little did I know at the time that I was doing a modification that would become almost a "must do" on the Mark I's. Also had to re-solder some pins on the CLASS control board, never had another problem with it after that. Just two of the things that can improve your early Venture riding enjoyment. I rode that bike until 2004, and the 2nd gear defect finally caused me to trade it. -
I retired June 2004, was 67 years young at the time. I've been asked if I have ever considered working again, even part-time. After so many 10 or 11 or 12 hour days in various factory jobs (from machinist to general foreman) there's no-o-o way I'd want to go back to work. I (we) don't have the largest retirement income in the world, but so far I haven't missed a meal. I feel I've earned the right to do nuthin' if I want to.
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Trailer "box" is plastic, maybe fiberglass. Top 1/2 is pebble grain, bottom section is smooth. Just like a Henry Ford special you can get it any color you want as long as you want black. I found that the nuts and bolts rust rather quickly, changed a lot of them to stainless steel. Towed it first behind my '07 RSV, then my GL1800.
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:sleigh:It has long been a tradition to place a star at the top of a Christmas tree. A recent trend has been to place an Angel there instead of the star. The reason for this change may not be known to all of you, so I will enlighten you. It is December 21st and Santa is just about completely stressed out. He and Mrs. Clause are on the outs, so he's been trying to get some sleep on the couch. The Elf's union has taken a strike vote and it looks like they are going to walk out at midnight, leaving a kazillion toys unassembled. The world is full of on-going wars, lots of no-fly zones and he's trying to figure out how to fly under the radar. Rudolph has come down with a terrible head cold and his nose is only working part-time. As the wizened old whiskered one is trying to cope with all of these situations, there is a light tap-tap-tap on his front door. Grumbling to himself, Santa yanks open the door, shouts "Now what?", looks around and finally looks down. He discovers a small, shy, just-got her-wings Angel. Full of the Christmas spirit and the joy of the season she looks up at Santa and chirps "Hi Santa. I'm your Christmas Angel and I have your tree for this year. Where would you like me to put it?" And thus a new tradition has it's beginning. Yeah, I know. But I still think it's fun to tell. Merry Christmas to all.
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970 pounds wa-a-a-a-y too much weight! Add your gear and you are looking at 100+ pounds tongue weight. How would you stop it, drag your feet? You certainly could not deal with an emergency/avoidance situation. Unless you have something else to pull it, it's not a bargain if you can't use it. No way should you use it behind a motorcycle. I doubt if your hitch/mount would handle that much stress. There is absolutely no way to tow it safely behind a motorcycle.
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I don't remember asking "How many of you are worried about what you pay for SEAFOAM?" I was just curious about the wide range of prices. Oh, by the way--- if you make it to retirement and have limited income, you may look more closely at a "buck or two".
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Advance Auto Parts on E 82nd Street In Indianapolis = $9.99 Menards on E 96th Street in Indianapolis = $7.29 What a difference!!!
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If you try it twice more you will have a triple X thread! Dang, two minutes too late! She already fixed it.
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Does anyone know if/how a U.S. citizen can legally transport firearms into/through Canada to get them to Alaska? What are the rules/law differences for long guns and hand guns? Not planning anything, just curious. Been a long time ago, but I rode a BMW and my buddy rode his Harley up to Montreal for Expo 67, after we got there I found out he was carrying. Scared the heck out of me that we had crossed the border and did not have a problem.
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Two Kentucky highway workers inspecting the roadside. As they are walking along they come upon a huge hole in the ground. They approach it and are amazed by the size of it. The first worker says, "Wow, that's some hole; I can't even see the bottom. I wonder how deep it is." The second worker says," I don't know, let's throw something down and listen and see how long it takes to hit bottom." The first worker says, "There's this old automobile transmission here, give me a hand and we'll throw it in and see". So they pick it up and carry it over, and count one, and two and three, and throw it in the hole. They are standing there listening and looking over the edge and they hear a rustling in the brush behind them. As they turn around they see a goat come crashing through the brush, run up to the hole and with no hesitation, jump in head first. While they are standing there looking at each other, looking in the hole and trying to figure out what that was all about, an old farmer walks up. "Say there," says the farmer, "you fellers didn't happen to see my goat around here anywhere, did you?" The first worker says, " Funny you should ask, but we were just standing here a minute ago and a goat came running out of the bushes doin' about a hunert miles an hour and jumped headfirst into this hole here!" The old farmer said, "That's impossible. I had him chained to a transmission!"
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--- you should enjoy the creativity. http://www.buckeye50.com/Photos_Brutusmobile.html
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There is a Big 10 championship game on TV you could watch. Oh yeh, Nebraska isn't involved.
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Would you guys mind helping me out in my marketting class?
Mel replied to GG54172's topic in Watering Hole
This survey obviously is not intended for 70+ years young retirees. Several of the "best describes" questions (the last two in particular) have no segment to best describe me or my choices. Perhaps you should add a qualifier at the beginning about targeting a particular age group. Seems to me that if everyone who responds is at or near mid to senior life stage this survey won't be of much value. -
Well, when something doesn't look right to me or I suspect that I've erred, I reach for the Merriam Webster.
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We just bought a new Buick Regal. Have a fairly long relationship with the dealership. The salesman said that when they quit making the Pontiacs, it wound up costing him 100+ deals per year. They are a GMC-Buick only dealership now, he said the Chevys are mostly picking up the Pontiac business. I always liked the Oldsmobiles and the Pontiacs, sad to see them (and Plymouth and DeSoto and Studebaker and Packard, etc. etc.) go. Those were the days, my friend! If you keep it long enough it may become a rare classic and become very valuable.
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Cows are NOT stationary!