WallyG

Great example of lane positioning when riding in formation:yikes: I especially liked the drive through bike wash...

A man was riding his Harley along a California beach when suddenly the sky cleared above his head and, in a booming voice, the Lord said, 'Because you have tried to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish.' The biker pulled over and said, 'Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can ride over anytime I want.' The Lord said, 'Your request is materialistic. Think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking; the supports required reaching the bottom of the Pacific and the concrete and steel it would take! It will nearly exhaust several natural resources. I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. Take a little more time and think of something that could possibly help mankind.' The biker thought about it for a long time. Finally, he said, 'Lord, I wish that I and all men could understand women; I want to know how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong, why she snaps and complains when I try to help, and how I can make a woman truly happy.' The Lord replied, 'You want two lanes or four lanes on that bridge?'

We used to have a 34' class A on an Oshkosh chasis, Ford drivetrain, 460 cu. in. Pig on fuel(70 gal or 266 litre tank, wouldn't want to be filling it up at today's prices:yikes:), I was lucky to get 5 mpg on the highway, lots of weight to pull on the road and almost as aerodynamic as a shoebox. Max speed on the highway about a 100, so a real hazard on the Coquihala or the ickspressways south of the border... Of course, on the plus side - all the comforts of home when you finally park for the night Setting up for the night was a fairly complex procedure: hook up the water, sewer, power, cable, pull the curtains closed and then try and figure out what you want to watch on the tv If and when we ever get another one it would be a Class C, diesel, with slides. If it's gonna be just you and your missus, have you thought about a class B? Easier to drive, can still pull a trailer and (I would think) a whole lot easier on fuel... Good luck any which way to decide, that's my ...

Buck seventy five a gallon - good deal!! For the same kind of fuel (10%ethanol) $2.449 a gallon in Bellingham Fred Meyer. Works out to $0.87 per litre Canadian, while our stations in Surrey sell their high quality regular fuel at $1.219 per litre.

In a previous life I worked in a glass shop, we'd regularly send the newbies to go get the glass stretcher, told them they'd find it over by the furnace... LOL, good times...

One year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift... The next year, I didn't buy her a gift. When she asked me why, I replied, "Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last year!" And that's how the fight started..... ________________________________ My wife and I were watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while we were in bed. I turned to her and said, 'Do you want to have Sex?' 'No,' she answered. I then said, 'Is that your final answer?' She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying, 'Yes..' So I said, "Then I'd like to phone a friend." And that's when the fight started... ________________________________ I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason, took my order first. "I'll have the rump steak, rare, please." He said, "Aren't you worried about the mad cow?" "Nah, she can order for herself." And that's when the fight started..... ________________________________ My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken man swigging his drink as he sat alone at a nearby table. I asked her, "Do you know him?" "Yes", she sighed, "He's my old boyfriend.... I understand he took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since." "My God!" I said, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?" And then the fight started... ________________________________ When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed. But, somehow I always had something else to take care of first, the shed, the boat, making beer.. Always something more important to me. Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point. When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors. I watched silently for a short time and then went into the house.. I was gone only a minute, and when I came out again I handed her a toothbrush. I said, "When you finish cutting the grass, you might as well sweep the driveway." The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a limp. ________________________________ My wife sat down next to me as I was flipping channels. She asked, "What's on TV?" I said, "Dust." And then the fight started... ________________________________ Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, and slipped quietly into the garage. I hooked up the boat up to the van, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour. The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad all day. I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed.. I cuddled up to my wife's back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, "The weather out there is terrible." My loving wife of 5 years replied, "And, can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?" And that's how the fight started... ________________________________ My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary. She said, "I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds." I bought her a bathroom scale. And then the fight started...... ________________________________ After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social Security. The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver's License to verify my age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later. The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt'. So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair. She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me' and she processed my Social Security application.. When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office... She said, 'You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten disability, too.' And then the fight started... ________________________________ My wife was standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror. She was not happy with what she saw and said to me, "I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment.' I replied, "Your eyesight's damn near perfect." And then the fight started........

My riding buddy and I (we're also business partners) did some work up in that area a while back, Tatogga Lake, and we stayed at the Tatogga Lake Resort. Don't let the name fool ya, it's a tidy little place where they serve great home cooked meals, omelets that are best shared by two (they're that big, I can barely finish small one, never mind the regular size), reasonably priced rooms, they've got cabins available, and, unless I'm mistaken, they also have camping spots. I gotta say, I'm you two are riding one of the roads on our bucket list . Ride safe, take lots of pics, keep posting so we can continue to ride, at least vicariously.....

Heartbeat has an ad saying he can punch new keys with a key code, check out the classifieds... http://www.venturerider.org/forum/photopost/showproduct.php?product=118&title=keys-i-can-punch-cut-new-original-factory-like-ones-for-you-2c-1st-and-2nd-generation-venture-and-rstd&cat=8

I dunno ...I been to AZ, nuthin but cactuses (cacti?) and sand and wind that sucks the moisture right out of your skin (you can hear the moisture as it's leavin')...I didn't see a single cactus in them pics you posted therefore and ergo, it couldna been AZ...sides, all that white crap in your last pic is the final proof you wasn't in AZ cause it's always hot and I heard somewhere it's too far for FlyingFool to reach with his dandruff makin mashine...that's my

...and a dipstick! Who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to have to balance a 900 lb bike:yikes: with one hand while kneeling on the ground peering at the sight glass:bang head::confused07:?

Lemme guess - a surgeon and a gynecologist??

I just gotta ask: What on this God's green Earth were you trying to...what were you thinking? :yikes:Huh??? WHY???

holy crap, beer hurts just as bad as hot coffee squirting out the nose :rotf:

This thread has sure brought up some long forgotten (so I thought) memories. Thankfully, I was born in early '63 so was not old enough to bear witness to the Kennedy assassination, though it makes my heart heavy every time I see footage of the event - he may (or may not) have been a poor president, but I still think he deserved an opportunity to prove (or disprove) it. My first "flash-bulb" memory is of the moon landing - I used to spend summers at my grandparents and on this particular occasion, my grandmother sent me off to find grandpa. I found him alright, in the local pub. When I walked in (yes, back then 6-year-olds were allowed in the pubs in Croatia) the place was deathly quiet, everyone's gaze (including grandpa) glued to the grainy images on the screen. Another moment frozen in time is the Challenger tragedy - I had worked the night shift and was blissfully asleep when I was shook awake by my girlfriend at the time with the words "Challenger just exploded!" I spent the entire day watching the reruns of the explosion, waiting anxiously (praying) for any hint of survivors - sadly, it was not to be... I think everyone remembers where they were on the morning of September 11, 2001 - I was at my desk working as purchaser for a welding shop when the receptionist came in to say a plane had crashed into one of the World Trade Centre towers. At the time everyone thought it might have been a horrific accident, yes there would be fatalities, but the tower itself would be fine and the occupants would make it out OK. By the time the second plane hit, we all realized that someone had declared war on the US. When US planes started landing at our airports and the airspace over the US was closed we were told to go home, come back when the crisis was over.