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    Venture sighting in Petoskey Mi

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    Small world!! I "graduated" class of 75 as well. Though as an exchange student and one year in a US high school, it's more an experience thing. There's very few people I remember, one is a blond long haired girl in choir who was .... very good looking (shall we say), whom I want to affix the name Cathy to. And there was a guy in math who helped me an awful lot, can't remember his name though.

     

    Cathy was "very good looking", but not a blond and not in choir...but I think I know what blond you're talking about ;). While I was already out of high school, because Cathy was still in I did go a lot of the activities her and your senior year...football games, basketball games, dances, prom, and the "parties." I'm sure our paths crossed.

     

    I'm like you, I don't remember a lot of people from high school, but I do remember a few and I do remember a lot stuff that happened. I think making it a little more difficult to remember is we moved away a few months after the '75 graduation and the closest we've lived since then is 300 miles away.

     

    It's interesting going back to Petoskey now. My great-grandparents raised me and after I moved away in '75 they stayed a few more years and then sold their house and moved to Indiana to live out their years with their daughter....so I no longer have relatives up their. These days when I'm there I definitely feel like one of the "fudgies" us locals hated so much (we loved their money though) when I was growing up. But there have been times where I'm out at The Home Depot or Wally World picking something up for my mother-in-law (actually it's more like getting out of her house for a while) and someone will say "excuse me, you look familar, are you from here?" Conversation will get going and it will be someone I went to HS with....not too bad because I don't look anything like I did when I graduated 36 years ago!

     

    Now on the other hand though, my wife's mother lives in Oden and she has two brothers living there, one out in the country east of Petoskey and the one she can't stand living in Conway....plus a crapload of aunts, uncles, and cousins in Cheboygan.

     

    The class of '75 has had a lot tragedy over the years, much more than my class of '74...Mike Zerimski (spelling) died in a car crash summer of 76, along with several female passengers in his car (also from class 76); Tom Sheltraw drowned shortly after high school; Alex Campbell passed away a few years ago...there were others as well, but those are names I remember well because they were good friends.

     

    Talk about thread hijacking...sorry about that guys!

    Venture sighting in Petoskey Mi

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    class of '75??

     

    Class of '74 for me, class of '75 for my wife Cathy :) . Class of 75 is having 35th reunion this year .. a good friend of mine from high school is one of the organizers; still surprised he's this involved with this considering he barely made it through and out of high school. Trying to get Cathy to attend, but she doesn't want too.

    Venture sighting in Petoskey Mi

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    My hometown, where I grew up, where I graduated from high school .. but haven't lived there in 35 years. Our Venture(s) has been in Petoskey quite a few times but it wasn't ours this time .. Will be over there in July though on the bike for a visit to Cathy's mother in Oden and brother out on the east end of Pickerell Lake.

     

    Curt

    favorite songs...be specific

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    My taste in music ranges from Big Band to Acid Rock, and it would take pages and pages list all of the songs I call favorite songs .. but the following are few that haven't been listed already above and are must have on any of the various MP3 players I use (bike, work, car, etc):

     

     

    David Allen Coe .. The Ride, You Never Even Called My Name, & If That Ain't Country

     

    Train .. Calling All Angels

     

    Nickelback .. Rockstar

     

    Three Doors Down .. Kryptonite

     

    Montrose .. Bad Motor Scooter

     

    Ten Years After .. I'd Love to Change the World

     

    Buffalo Springfield .. Bluebird

     

    Toby Keith .. Smokin' Weed With Willie & The Taliban Song :)

     

    George Jones .. Amazing Grace & Ol' Red

    Mouse in the fairing

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    I took the faring off today do some wiring and to my surprise a nest of insulation. Nobody was home so I cleaned it up and surprise again wires to speakers chewed up. I repaired the speaker wires and my intended repair. Before I put it back together I was going to put some dryer sheets in there. I am also looking for any other methods to keep the little creatures out. I would also say if you get a chance you may want to check yours. I am also going to check under all my covers and air intake.

     

    You must be related to ZMan (Mark Theis) from up in Wisconsin .. we call him Charlotte De Squeek :). The mice turned the inside of his fairing into a condo!

    Fav Book

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    Favorite .. any of the late Tony Hillerman's books (mystery)

     

    Also

    Nevada Barr (mystery)

    Frederick E Smith's 633 Squadron books

    Alistair MacLean

    John Steinbeck (it's been a while, but a "required" reading in high school led to reading pretty much everything else he wrote)

    John Nichol's The Milagro Beanfield War

     

    Two thumbs up for William Least Heat Moon's Blue Highways .. I think I'm on my 9th or 10th reading :)

     

    Currently reading Neil Pert's Ghost Rider

    Sport tourer

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    I owned a '95 1st Gen (version 2 ... 94 or later) Concours, and currently own a 2d Gen FJR ('06 or later). Considering your comment regarding who the bike is for, I'd endorse looking for a Pacific Coast 800 or a Suzuki V-Strom 650.

     

    But, as mentioned you can find some really good deals on used Concours out there and it's a fantastic bike. While the 1st Gen Concours is (and was even while they were still selling them) a little dated in technology, it does have a 997cc engine with close to 100 hp...it has no problem getting out of its own way, and will hold its own in the twisties. It also has a very nice, silky smooth six-speed gearbox. The bike is easy to work on and very easy to make modifications to (I had plenty on mine..there are a few you can see in the pix and quite a few you can't see). The other nice thing about the Concours is the Concours Owners Group .. you think folks around here are passionate about what they ride :) Is a Connie top heavy? Yes...that's a 7.5 gallon gas tank sitting up there. But once moving you'll never notice, but it can be handful until you get used to it.

    Top Enlisted Association

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    Curt...they bill it as E9s from all services

     

    Thanks...I researched after I asked the question...mission is a good one. But the fine print for this group was TOP enlisted as in E9.

     

    I asked the question only because when I was active duty, Senior Enlisted were E7s, E8s, and E9s. I was a senior NCO (MSgt) when I retired, and even through Air Force spent my last five years on two Navy bases where the Navy and Marines I hung out with called me "Top". Getting my MA killed my board score on the last go around so I punched before making E8.

    Insurance sticker shock!!!

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    Mel,

     

    Try American Family as well .. they write in Indiana and fairly reasonable on their rates. One caution with AmFam through, their policy language can be confusing .. they insure the bike which is the frame, wheels, motor, seat, and tank as one item, and then they insure the bags, top case, fairing, and misc accessories as the rest.

     

    Not advocating AmFam...just another option in Indiana. I used to work for them...good insurance, terrible employer!

     

    Curt

    In your opinion, what are the top five states to motorcycle in?

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    To many to choose just 5 from. :confused24: I have been in every state all though not on the motorcycle. (But that is in the works.) They all have there good areas.

    Around here > N/E Iowa is good, N/W Illinois is good, S/W Wisconsin is great (just about any road), :sign woo hoo: S/E Minnesota is good, and south central Missouri and on south or along any river road is great.

    Some states may have good or great roads for 20 to 30 mile stretches then it's another 100 to 200 miles to the next good road. :bang head: That would be Iowa. :bawling:

    But if you are on the motorcycle they are ALL GREAT!!! :thumbsup2:

    Bryan

     

    Hard argue with any of the above :thumbsup: ... especially since I put most of miles on in these states. Picking five states myself though, I'll keep Wisconsin on the list, but then ad Arkansas (NW corner), Missouri (pretty much anything south of I-44 all the way across the state), Tennessee, northern Georgia, and SW North Carolina.

    A new Buick

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    .....!.... All this in preparation for a Caddy!

     

    Oh yes,,,,,,Caddy's come with optional handicap stickers that can be displayed in non-handicap parking zones!,,,, Imagine the FREEDOM! As an added plus, the owners manual comes in LARGE PRINT!

     

    Renne,,,:stickpoke:

     

    Hmmm, my car resembles those remarks...NOT :)

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