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When they're (nearly) worn out.  Ideally just before they start squealing since I don't want to ruin the rotors.  About 1/8" of pad left = nearly done.

Safe empty.  Stuff will rattle around no matter how well you secure it.  What if you have a wreck/flat/strap breaks and the safe goes tumbling down the interstate?  Bring friends, beer, and an appliance dolly. 

  I know and do have a license, but in the unlikely event I hook something I don't have a permit for,  I don't have to worry about it as I don't keep anything anyway. 

    Amen.   That gigantic nut that holds the drain pipe to the bottom of the sink.... :rant:   Whoever the yahoo is that decided that was the best way to do it needs his peepee smacked.      Cleaning it...  a few small (SMALL!!) pieces of cooked chicken bone with some very hot (boiling) water.            Neither are the peels from a 1/2 bushel of cucumbers or apples.

In case you aren't aware.... pics or it didn't happen.    :)

There's a reason why I try to just feed the fish.  I don't keep anything but pictures. 

Sounds like a bad ground.  Good luck finding it...

The boxes of WWB .380 were about $23/50. 

I've met Yellow Wolf a couple times.  Rick's a super nice guy and will amaze you with what a 'wing can really do.  He also did the 1000 miles of Deal's Gap a couple years ago.  He literally rode back and forth for 1000 miles in less than 24 hrs.  He tried to get credit for a SS1k but couldn't because the average speed required him to exceed the posted limit.  http://www.easttnriders.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12734   As for the road.... its not a racetrack, its a road.  Ride/drive it like its a road and you'll be fine.  I used to ride it a lot but the persecution that went on a couple years ago by the THP mostly ruined it for me.

Yep, I like it and River Monsters too.  I know I couldn't deal with that much winter, but I still romanticize the idea of homestead living.  Darn lot of work tho...

You got a piece of the X, so it's an X.

Don't forget that the rider's body position contributes significantly to the lean angle of the motorcycle, even with a heavy cruiser bike. In too hot? Stand on the outside peg and get your butt off the seat. Granted, "hanging off" may look a little goofy on a cruiser, but it's better than road rash.

I wonder if the press here realizes the 2nd Amendment is the only thing keeping the 1st Amendment alive? 

Good for him.   Maybe I expect too much, but I'd hope that by the time they're in high school, these kids would know what the "correct" answers are to questions on tests like these and answer them appropriately. 

Link to the park.... http://www.nps.gov/chch/index.htm

The wife and I were in Chattown visiting my folks for the weekend. We managed to get sunday afternoon free and my wife suggested we visit Chickamauga Battlefield. I thought that was a fitting destination for the Memorial Day weekend. :usa: Having grown up in Chattanooga, I've been there a bunch. But that was a long time ago before I had much interest in such historical things. Unfortunately we didn't have but a few hours to look around. There's a ton of stuff there so we tried to hit the high points. As luck would have it, we arrived just in time for the last cannon demonstration of the day. They fired the 12lb'er twice. Love the enthusiasm in the command to FIRE! Love the echo reverberating across the open fields. They told us this is about 50% of the typical amount of powder used to fire these. Cannons frickin ROCK! :rock: http://youtu.be/bDVKnEQZVBg http://youtu.be/h5vJFi0CqBI Then there's an absolutely spectacular period gun collection in the visitor's center. It's beyond amazing! :drool: There's 6 rows of guns on display like this... (note that the building is posted) Saw plenty of stuff I'd never heard of before... Cool double musket... SBR, 1795 style... Don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to get stuck by that.... :ugh: The ranger on duty told us that they'll be having a large reenactment in the fall for their 150 year anniversary celebration. They're expecting 10,000 reenactors. We've put that on our calendar. They've also got a cool cell phone driving tour. You drive around following the signs and call a number they give you. You enter your location and you get a narrated account of what went on in the battle in that area. I thought that was a pretty cool idea. There's monuments literally everywhere, one could spend hours (days?) looking at and reading all of them. I'd love the have the opportunity to nerd-out and check it all out in depth. And since we like talking about bicycles so much here, note that the whole park is very bicycle friendly. :up:

That one's from a year or two ago.  They felt the need to put on a show for the cameras, and put on a show they did....   Note the FL tags.  Just sayin'.

We had a big family gathering and rented several cabins at Rock Island St park a couple years ago. Other than being hot as blazes that weekend, it was nice.

I changed my old Saturn SL2 religiously every 3000 with semi-synthetic. The oil was black when it came out and it burned a qt every 1500 miles anyway. Note that it burned a qt every 1500 for the entire 180,000 miles I put on that car. After changing the 6.5 qts in the blazer a few times only to find the old oil nearly indistinguishable from the new, I begrudgingly increased the interval to 5000. It still looks really good when it comes out. I also change the oil in the minivan every 5000 also with semi-synthetic. It works out well with the tire rotation interval too.

Very cool!

This might help point you in the right direction...  http://www.nra.org/nralocal.aspx

Congrats!   Yes, the HCP course is a joke in that regard.  It's intended to educate you on the laws with respect to carrying.  Its not intended to teach you how to shoot or handle a firearm.    Lots of ranges offer some very basic handgun classes.  While I don't know of one near you, I feel sure there is. 

     I'd wear one riding on public roads, but probably not when just riding around the neighborhood or greenbelt.  But since I have to be "a good example for my kids", I wear one all the time.  Its not a big deal, helmets now are so much nicer than the huge, goofy thing I wore 20 yrs ago.    Along those lines, I'd also wear something "hi-vis" and have the blinky lights on the bike if riding on public roads.  If people claim to have not seen trains, a bicycle doesn't stand a chance. 

heh... I've got a good one...   About 10 yrs ago, I was home alone (don't remember where my wife was) and had just started cleaning my SKS on the coffee table when the door bell rang. Just for laughs, I answered the door with the rifle in hand (the bolt was sitting on the coffee table). The 19 yr old kid's eye got kinda big, but he took a deep breath and launched into his pitch. The fact that the came in anyway impressed me, so I let him go. I continued cleaning the rifle while he talked. At every opportunity I'd clack, snap, or pop pieces together quite loudly just to watch him flinch. I had to try hard to keep a straight face. He started sweating.   :)   He went through the whole demo of comparing the Kirby to my current vacuum and extolled the virtues of the Kirby. Being the nerdy engineer type, I counter-pointed nearly every feature he said was better and challenged him to explain why it was better. He struggled a bit but didn't quit. He conceded a few things that I convinced him weren't actually any better, simply more (and unnecessarily) complicated. When he didn't have an answer, he said he would find out and let me know. Somewhere in there I got finished with the rifle and put it away.   As with everyone else, these sale presentations are exceedingly long and it was dinner time so I started fixing dinner for myself. I offer him something but he refused and continued with this pitch while I cooked. His boss came back by the house about the time I sat down to eat. She was pretty cute and I figured this is where she swoops in for the kill.   :dirty:   I told her that the kid was an excellent salesman and had performed admirably in the face of some pretty difficult questions. So while I'm eating my supper, time to talk brass tax comes. She dropped the $2100 bomb on me and I nearly choked.   :stunned:   $2100?!?! For a vacuum? Are you freakin' insane?    :eek:  Do you come with it and vacuum the house for me or something? My current vacuum cost me $100, do you know how much ammo I could buy with the other $2000?    We go back and forth for a while and the price eventually drops down to $700, which is still WAY more than I'd dream of spending on a vacuum. It had been over 2 hrs at this point and I decided I'd had enough fun for one night. So I looked the lady right in the eye and said (and I'm particularly proud of thinking this one up on the spot)....   "Ma'am, here's the deal. If I'm gonna spend that much money on something that sucks, it's damn sure gonna suck more than my carpet."   :wave:   The kid nearly exploded trying not to laugh. Again, I had a hard time keeping a straight face. She quickly and calmly packed up the vacuum and left. I still laugh thinking about it.   :rofl:     But there's more to the story... I told this story to some co-workers a day or two later. When I got to the $700 part, one of them says "Aw f_ck." Seems he paid $900 for his but should've held out a little longer.  

I used to ride all over the place when I was in high school.  I ride very little now, mostly waiting for my kids to learn to ride so we can go more often.  I really enjoy it both from the "just getting out" perspective and the fitness benefits, which I desperately need.   As with most all of my hobbies, I just don't have much time to do it very often.