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Some bar jokes - how many can we manage ?
Sailor replied to greg_in_london's topic in Jokes and Humor
Did you her the one about the two nuns, the priest, the midget and the goat all sitting in the bar? Neither did I. -
Darn you! Now you have done it! I have that old song "Sea Cruise" running through my head.
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To apply it to real live you would have to know the income of each person to judge what percentage of that income was being paid by each which lets you know how much they can afford to pay. EG a person with $10.00 who pays $1.00 is paying ten percent but a person with $1000.00 who pays ten times as much ($10.00) is only paying one percent.
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I do like the Venoms. It does feel as if the bike is lighter.
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Something I have not seen mentioned is the scenery. In mountains you get terrific scenery and it can be distracting. Do not try to glance at the scenery while riding, the next corner is coming up fast. Find a place to pull over then you can relax and enjoy it. Don't worry about missing anything, there is more just around the next corner. Car drivers get distracted and will slow or speed up and wander. Watch out for them.
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Need beer, lots and lots of beer!
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I compare riding a bike to sailing. Power boaters are like car drivers. Get in, turn it on, turn your brain off and bulldoze your way to where you are going. Stop, turn it off, turn your brain back on. With a sailboat you have to be aware every second. Tides, back eddys, wind shifts, waves, other boaters, etc. Same as with a bike, you have to be much more aware of road conditions, weather, traffic etc. In both cases you don't have to pick a destination, sailing or riding is the destination.
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Keep on Keepin' on.
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Yep:whistling:Shure does:whistling:
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Don't know about you guys but when Rick takes off his hat I put my sunglasses on.
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Spring is finally here. The temperature us up to normal for the first time in nearly a year. Today I had to stop at a crosswalk and watch a tall, long legged, good looking blond in high heel sandals, very tight, very short, shorts and very, very tight tee shirt strut her stuff past. I love spring. Things are busting out all over!
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Don't do it!! They will corner you and give you an extreme sales pitch which can go on for hours until they wear you down. If you want to go to the same place at the same time every year for your vacation it may be ok. But there are condo fees, grounds keeping fees, managers fees, taxes, housekeeping fees etc. You can not get out of it unless you can find some sucker to take your place.
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Hilarious!!!! Around here it is not squirrels ( the local cats got them all) that are the problem, it is woodpeckers. In the spring they drum to announce their territory and attract mates. Houses make good drums, or so they think. Imagine lying in bed on a lazy Sunday morning when suddenly a machine gun opens up above your head. Gets your attention right away. I run outside and start throwing handfuls of gravel at the house. We wound up with three holes drilled through our wood siding. My neighbour had at least five and one in his roof.
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Hey Brian, we have a ride here you can make, assuming you don't have to work weekends. Last weekend in August we have our Santa Clause toy run here on Saltspring. We will open up the Farmers Institute on Friday for those who want to camp. The ride starts at 11:am on Saturday followed by bike games and BBQ. There is a dinner and dancing that evening. Don't have everything finalized yet but when we do I will post it here. 1st year 40+ bikes, 2nd year 80+ bikes, this year figuring on aprox 120-150 or so.
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Motorcycle or Car..Which has greater chance of Accident
Sailor replied to GolfVenture's topic in Watering Hole
70% of motorcycle accidents are caused by car drivers (the Hurt Report). How do you figure the stats on that? -
I have seen an eagle do this while out in the boat. I have never seen a first gen do this.
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Apple? We used to have apple fights when I was a kid. I like apple pie. An apple a day and all that. What is so bad about an apple?
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I have been there. I firmly believe a positive attitude makes a big difference in survival. If you can't keep biking at least keep smiling, then you will be back biking.
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Ya can't fool me Rick. I know how you ride. That noise is the bike shaking in fear. lol
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My wife is a golf fanatic. I took up trying to play the game some time ago as it was my only chance to spend time with her. Then I beat her. Haven't seen her since. Game over. Lets face it, it was invented by the Scots, the people who gave you bagpipes ( the missing link between noise and music), and Scotch whiskey. I doubt it was ever intended to be played sober.
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Yeah Rick. I sat out on the sundeck, not in my shirtsleeves, I had the shirt off.
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Back when the winter Olympics were in Vancouver our then premier decided to clean up the cities by rounding up the panhandlers and shipping them to the towns out in the country. They brought busloads to Saltspring. They did not stay long. They did not want to be in a place where the same people saw them every day and knew everything they did. They wanted the anonymity ( and cash) of the cities. Here all they got was food, shelter and offers of work. Not what they wanted.
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I would like to see a series of scenes on a clear road where the car driver makes a left turn into the bike. The bike is obviously visible to the driver, the driver simply did not look. It could be followed by scenes where the biker is being loaded into an ambulance and the drivers are all saying "He just came out of nowhere"
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Another ad I saw there had bikers riding along and there were very large neon signs over top of them with flashing lights and arrows saying "can you see me now?". and "Here I am". etc. Perhaps whoever came up with them would be willing to share or swap.
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I like it. As my sister in law said when I tried to teach her to ride a motorcycle " Oh, I just don't want to have to pay that much attention when I drive" She is not a good driver. I saw a couple ads over in England. One had an accident scene at an intersection. A bike is parked on the kickstand and a car is in pieces all over the road with the driver and passenger being loaded into an ambulance. The cop is interviewing the biker who is saying " I never saw him, he just came out of nowhere, must have been speeding".