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It's there folks. He just has so much great stuff that you have to scroll down and go to his second page. Here is a link to his kit. http://www.venturerider.org/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=3763&title=second-genheavy-duty-clutch-spring-upgrade-kit-21&cat=22 -
I haven't looked at them so can't so for sure but I will say that there is VERY little chance of it working for either one.
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No phone calls this time. A few texts....some emails.....I think there was a bloodhound scratching on my hotel door but I'm not sure.
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Yep....and I've been pulling out what is left of my hair.
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I don't see that becoming a possibility anytime soon. I actually tried to add that feature once and it was really a hog on the server resources. All you have to do is exchange emails with the other member and send them that way.
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I wonder if it is something in the security settings or something. I always use Firefox and have never had that happen. Just installed Firefox 11 yesterday and still no problems.
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OOPS...sorry about that. I deleted the other thread so that it would not be confusing. I just added the pictures to my first post.
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I've received no other reports of anybody having a problem. Which posts are you trying to reply to? It's not in the tech library is it? Those are read only and nobody can reply there. Also, you shouldn't have to hit preview though.
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Thank you. Folks, the donations are starting to tickle in. Thank you very much. I don't know how long I will keep the raffle open. I'm thinking a week or two. We'll just see how it goes. When it looks like everybody is about done, I'll announce that it is coming to an end and a date for the drawing.
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Trailer Raffle Has Concluded. No more ticket sales. Winner will be drawn soon. Thank you all very much for your support. As most of you know, Dano hit a dear on his RSV about 3 months ago and spent a good a long while in the hospital. He is home now and doing outpatient rehab but it is going to be at least a few more months before he is able to think about working again. Dano is self employed so no work means no money. Those of you who have been fortunate enough to meet him and Rose know that they are just great people. Dano is one that is always there when anybody needs his help but now he could use our help. Jeff and Margaret kindly donated the trailer that they bought and loaned Aussie Annie and Quickstep to use during their travels in the USA last summer. We are going to raffle this trailer off with all proceeds going to Dano. If you have no interest in the trailer and but with to donate to the fundraiser anyway, that would be great also. The trailer is a 1994 Cycle Mate. It had new tires installed last summer and the wheel bearings were all repacked at the same time. Now please be aware that this trailer is presently being stored at a members house in Washington State. Getting it home will basically be the winners responsibility but I know that as a group,, we can do a trailer relay and help get it to the winner. Rather than all the funds going through me or somebody else, I think the easiest way to do this will be to have you send your donations directly to Dano. The tickets will be $10.00 each or 3 for $25.00. If you use PayPal, PLEASE do NOT mention anything about a raffles as PayPal does NOT allow their services to be used for raffles. When you sent him the money, click on the "personal" tab and mark it as a "gift". That way there will be no PayPal fees held out of the donations. Now this will be an extra step and a bit of an inconvenience for you but if you are actually sending a donation and want to be included in the raffle, you need to send me a private message and let me know that you have sent Dano the donation and how much it was so that I will know how many tickets to be added to the raffle in your name. I will not be sending out ticket stubs or anything like that. At the conclusion of the raffles, I will use a random number generator to choose the winner. So let the fun begin. I hope that many of you will help out. If you can't send $10.00 for a raffle ticket, then $1.00, $5.00...whatever size donation will still be appreciated. It all adds up. Here is the info for Dano. You can use this email address to send funds via PayPal. Just got to paypal.com, login, click send money, enter Dano's email address, click on the tab that says personal, mark it as a gift and send. If you don't use PayPal, you can send a check, money order, whatever to this address. Dano's PayPal email address is: danob11@comcast.net His home address is: Dan Obert 8699 W 800 N Indianapolis, Indiana 46259-9402
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You would THINK that I would be getting pretty good on the guitar but it's just not happening. I take it with me every week but there are some weeks that I never open the case. There is obviously something wrong with the guitars that I have...they just don't sound like the ones I've heard on TV, Radio, etc. I may have to try another one.
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Two guys were discussing popular family trends on sex, marriage, and family values. Bill said, 'I didn't sleep with my wife before we got married, did you?' Larry replied, 'I'm not sure, what was her maiden name?' ___________________________________________ A little boy went up to his father and asked: 'Dad, where did my intelligence come from?' The father replied. 'Well, son, you must have got it from your mother, cause I still have mine.' ______________________________________ 'Mr. Clark, I have reviewed this case very carefully,' the divorce Court Judge said, 'And I've decided to give your wife $775 a week,' 'That's very fair, your honor,' the husband said. 'And every now and then I'll try to send her a few bucks myself.' __________________________________________ A doctor examining a woman who had been rushed to the Emergency Room, took the husband aside, and said, 'I don't like the looks of your wife at all.' 'Me neither doc,' said the husband. 'But she's a great cook and really good with the kids.' __________________________________________ An old man goes to the Wizard to ask him if he can remove a curse he has been living with for the last 40 years. The Wizard says, 'Maybe, but you will have to tell me the exact words that were used to put the curse on you.' The old man says without hesitation, 'I now pronounce you man and wife.' __________________________________________ A blonde calls Delta Airlines and asks, 'Can you tell me how long it'll take to fly from San Francisco to New York City?' The agent replies, 'Just a minute.' 'Thank you,' the blonde says, and hangs up. _________________________________________ Moe: 'My wife got me to believe in religion.' Joe: 'Really?' Moe: 'Yeah. Until I married her I didn't believe in Hell.' __________________________________________ A man is recovering from surgery when the Surgical Nurse appears and asks him how he is feeling. 'I'm O. K. But I didn't like the four letter-words the doctor used in surgery,' he answered. 'What did he say,' asked the nurse. 'Oops!' __________________________________________ While shopping for vacation clothes, my husband and I passed a display of bathing suits. It had been at least ten years and twenty pounds since I had even considered buying a bathing suit, so I sought my husband's advice. 'What do you think?' I asked. 'Should I get a bikini or an all-in-one?' 'Better get a bikini,' he replied. 'You'd never get it all in one.' He's still in intensive care. _________________________________________ The graveside service just barely finished, when there was massive clap of thunder, followed by a tremendous bolt of lightning, accompanied by even more thunder rumbling in the distance... The little old man looked at the pastor and calmly said, 'Well, she's there.'
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Yes, exactly like that. That was in April of 1999 the day that I took delivery of the RSV.
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Retirement? Well let's see. Based upon how my 401k has done over the past 3 or 4 years and looking at my outstanding debt, I'm thinking that I will be able to retire at around age 145 I was shooting for 120 but don't see that happening now.
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Being on the road so much probably actually makes it easier to do what I have to do here. If I was home every night, Eileen would start getting upset at me for being on the computer all the time. Being on the road, I really don't have anything else to do at night. I'm too old and ugly to go out and pick up women and besides, Eileen doesn't let me date.
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Here it is, March 2, 2012. We just completed 2 months of the year and this morning I got an email from Choice Hotels congratulating me on achieving Diamond Elite Status for this year. I've been a Diamond Elite member for a lot of years but you have to re-qualify every year. That is the top level of their membership program and I think you achieve it at 40 nights. I am not bragging about it....I'm really just TIRED of being gone so much. It doesn't even include my last 8 or 10 nights on the road and yes, I'm writing this from another hotel room. I know that I am fortunate to have a job at a time when so many are out of work and I am indeed thankful for that.
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I did a Google search on it and it appears that it is just a concept bike and not actually even designed by Ferrari. Either way, it sure doesn't look very comfortable.
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LOL...I wonder what happened to Spud. I actually didn't mind him but he was always getting mad about something. He finally go mad and left. Then he rejoined and sent me a message that he was sorry and hoped he was still welcome. I told him that of course he was still welcome. Then he posted once or twice and was gone again. He was last here in February 2010 and I never heard from him again. He just never seemed happy about much of anything though.
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So just to be clear, what are you running? Water Wetter or Engine Ice?
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I've never quite understood this desire to make the engine run cooler. Now what I'm going to say can be taken as a question as much as a statement of fact because I'm just sort of thinking out loud and need to do some more research on this subject. My thought though are that these engines are designed to run within a certain temperature range. They have thermostats that are designed to get them up to a certain operating temperature before opening and regulating the temperature. If the manufacturers wanted them to run cooler, there are a number of ways that it could be accomplished. I read an article somewhere long ago that discussed this and I wish I still had it. Basically what it said was that modern combustion engines are designed to run at fairly high temperatures and run most efficient at those temperatures. The running temperatures can affect fuel efficiency, emissions, etc. If all this is true, WHY do we want to add something to make them run cooler and possibly less efficient?
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You are correct. Years ago when I worked for a power plant, a lot of our high voltage motors use 120V DC control. We had emergency battery backup for those control circuits. 60 LARGE 2 volt batteries wired in series to provide 120V DC backup power.
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I was going to post something along these same lines. I wasn't sure but had read somewhere a long time ago that they HAVE to offer the "no purchase necessary" clause to conform to government regulations. Same thing in the USA. They obviously don't REALLY want to be giving things away but they HAVE to make such offers to comply. I agree it is stupid but that's the way it is.
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Some of you are getting your burgers spit on.
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I would think that you will be able to find a good used one pretty easily. If not though, you might be able to fill it with JB Weld and then drill and tap it.
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He was quite a character. He also had a very interesting history. He was on disability and the story he told me was that he had sustained a back injury when he was working as a body guard for the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones. The story was that they came out of club in Austin or Houston and got jumped. He got hit from behind or something like that. He was always pushing the limits here. He may hold the record for having the most posts deleted. The last time I communicated with him was when I sent him an email one night asking him to PLEASE show a bit of restraint. His response was that I was just scared of him because he was getting too popular and I was afraid that he was going to take over the club. You can say what you want about him but you CAN'T say that he didn't have a very high opinion of himself.