• dirt guy exploring street

    From john@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 15 21:12:49 2022
    well it's been a few decades since i've done much street riding (let's
    just say my rz350 was nearly new then)..... so i've put a few miles on
    the harley road king last year and am now contemplating a longer ride to Sturgis, Yellowstone park or the everglades so what advice can ya'll's
    give to an older gentleman prepping for a late summer/fall trip.
    so far i've got a guy giving the bike a good once over and i have
    started some stretching exercising stuff to keep me limber. wondering
    about on the road cuisine, my gut is pretty tolerant of bugs & viruses
    should i pack MRE's or just go with the locals grub. the trip reminds
    me of the times I'd go camping with little more than a Swiss army knife
    and a jar of honey, but well I'm not as young as i use to ...... the
    warren Weber photos from years gone by have taunted me into thinking i
    need to try a trip on a less off road worthy bike to some remote areas
    of the lower 48 states... old but still up for a challenge.
    john
    btw taking an old EMT friend with me whom rides
    a bazillion lbs Indian..

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  • From The Real Bev@21:1/5 to john on Sat Jan 15 22:25:51 2022
    On 01/15/2022 06:12 PM, john wrote:
    well it's been a few decades since i've done much street riding (let's
    just say my rz350 was nearly new then)..... so i've put a few miles on
    the harley road king last year and am now contemplating a longer ride to Sturgis, Yellowstone park or the everglades so what advice can ya'll's
    give to an older gentleman prepping for a late summer/fall trip.
    so far i've got a guy giving the bike a good once over and i have
    started some stretching exercising stuff to keep me limber. wondering
    about on the road cuisine, my gut is pretty tolerant of bugs & viruses
    should i pack MRE's or just go with the locals grub. the trip reminds
    me of the times I'd go camping with little more than a Swiss army knife
    and a jar of honey, but well I'm not as young as i use to ...... the
    warren Weber photos from years gone by have taunted me into thinking i
    need to try a trip on a less off road worthy bike to some remote areas
    of the lower 48 states... old but still up for a challenge.
    john
    btw taking an old EMT friend with me whom rides
    a bazillion lbs Indian..

    Spring is sooner and might have more wildflowers. Why wait?

    Friend and I did the big 2-week circle in Utah in a Yaris in March 2017 including 3 days of skiing in Brian Head.. It would have been MUCH
    better on a bike. "Adventure" bike would be fine. No idea where you're
    coming from, but the Dakotas are no match for Utah. I can give you a
    list of places you shouldn't miss and you can work out your own route,
    but they're pretty much every national/state park or monument. 2 weeks
    wasn't enough, but the friend had a time limit. We missed stuff that I
    would have really liked to see.

    One motel you should stay at is the Recapture Inn in Bluff -- the guy
    loves topo maps and bought so many when he moved to Utah that he
    qualified as a dealer and got a big discount. Worth talking to the guy.
    And there's a Chinese restaurant (Tops City Cafe) in Delta that's as
    good as any of the places I've been in the local Chinese cities
    (Alhambra, Monterey Park, CHINATOWN Los Angeles, for Chrissake!).

    Just riding around on the floor of Monument Valley is worth the price of admission all by itself -- we did that decades ago on the Honda-90
    converted dirtbikes, but it was good even in the rented Yaris.

    NOWHERE is a s good as Utah. New Mexico and Arizona are close seconds,
    but third (parts of Kalifornia) are a big jump.

    DO IT!


    --
    Cheers, Bev
    "A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person
    or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even
    possibly incurring losses." -- C.M.Cipolla

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  • From john@21:1/5 to The Real Bev on Sun Jan 16 21:26:22 2022
    On 1/16/22 1:25 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
    On 01/15/2022 06:12 PM, john wrote:
    well it's been a few decades since i've done much street riding (let's
    just say my rz350 was nearly new then)..... so i've put a few miles on
    the harley road king last year and am now contemplating a longer ride to
    Sturgis, Yellowstone park or the everglades so what advice can ya'll's
    give to an older gentleman prepping for a late summer/fall trip.
    so far i've got a guy giving the bike a good once over and i have
    started some stretching exercising stuff to keep me limber. wondering
    about on the road cuisine, my gut is pretty tolerant of bugs & viruses
    should i pack MRE's  or just go with the locals grub. the trip reminds
    me of the times I'd go camping with little more than a Swiss army knife
    and a jar of honey, but well I'm not as young as i use to ...... the
    warren Weber photos from years gone by have taunted me into thinking i
    need to try a trip on a less off road worthy bike to some remote areas
    of the lower 48 states... old but still up for a challenge.
    john
        btw taking an old EMT friend with me whom rides
        a bazillion lbs Indian..

    Spring is sooner and might have more wildflowers.  Why wait?

    Friend and I did the big 2-week circle in Utah in a Yaris in March 2017 including 3 days  of skiing in Brian Head..  It would have been MUCH
    better on a bike.  "Adventure" bike would be fine.  No idea where you're coming from, but the Dakotas are no match for Utah.  I can give you a
    list of places you shouldn't miss and you can work out your own route,
    but they're pretty much every national/state park or monument.  2 weeks wasn't enough, but the friend had a time limit.  We missed stuff that I would have really liked to see.

    One motel you should stay at is the Recapture Inn in Bluff -- the guy
    loves topo maps and bought so many when he moved to Utah that he
    qualified as a dealer and got a big discount.  Worth talking to the guy.
     And there's a Chinese restaurant (Tops City Cafe) in Delta that's as
    good as any of the places I've been in the local Chinese cities
    (Alhambra, Monterey Park, CHINATOWN Los Angeles, for Chrissake!).

    Just riding around on the floor of Monument Valley is worth the price of admission all by itself -- we did that decades ago on the Honda-90
    converted dirtbikes, but it was good even in the rented Yaris.

    NOWHERE is a s good as Utah.  New Mexico and Arizona are close seconds,
    but third (parts of Kalifornia) are a big jump.

    DO IT!


    spent a lot of time in AZ in late 80'z, & New Mex in the 90's doing
    gov't work... it's pretty in Feb/ March but rest of time it
    just doesn't do it for me. Utah is on the list for next year
    or the year after.. I did drive 20hrs texas once just to
    meet a friend for barbecue. <under the overpass of I35 & rt281>..
    so tops city cafe might have to be added to the list of off
    beat meeting places.
    john
    have stomach, will travel.

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  • From Michael Sturdevant@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 17 09:13:03 2022
    john plans:
    well it's been a few decades since i've done much street riding (let's
    just say my rz350 was nearly new then)..... so i've put a few miles on
    the harley road king last year and am now contemplating a longer ride to >> Sturgis, Yellowstone park

    If you head to Sturgis be sure to visit the Iron Mountain Road tunnel. You come through and can see Mt.
    Rushmore framed at the other end of the tunnel. I suggest not going during the Sturgfest H-D ride in or
    whatever the heck they call it. Unless you like crowds. Deeney and Co will be in the Black Hills for an
    annual dirt bike ride sometime August if you wanted to co-ordinate a visit. Real nice roads getting to where they
    camp and the place has cabins (I'm not a fan of camping on a long ride).

    If you get as far as Laramie make sure you visit the Buckhorn Bar. Real cowboy bar including bullet
    hole in the mirror behind the bar.

    If you get to Cody (one of the better ways to get into Yellowstone is that entrance) I recommend a visit
    to the rodeo. Some weird ass stuff but like going to a chicken fight, you won't get many chances.

    Cheyenne has more brewpubs per capita than most anyplace else. There were 4 within a couple blocks
    of each other last I was there.

    Crossing lake michigan on the ferry from Muskegon to Milwaukee is something I've wanted to do
    forever and never pulled off. It's on your way.

    Florida sucks in the summer.

    That's my random thoughts for this morning.

    Go fast. Take chances.
    Mike S.

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  • From The Real Bev@21:1/5 to Michael Sturdevant on Mon Jan 17 10:46:08 2022
    On 01/17/2022 09:13 AM, Michael Sturdevant wrote:
    john plans:
    well it's been a few decades since i've done much street riding (let's
    just say my rz350 was nearly new then)..... so i've put a few miles on
    the harley road king last year and am now contemplating a longer ride to >> >> Sturgis, Yellowstone park

    If you head to Sturgis be sure to visit the Iron Mountain Road tunnel. You come through and can see Mt.
    Rushmore framed at the other end of the tunnel.

    244 west of Rushmore -- there's now a parking area where you can pull
    off, look up and see Washington in profile through a break in the rocks.
    Seemed special at the time, and apparently the highway department
    thought so too.

    https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mount+Rushmore+National+Memorial/@43.8773371,-103.4611749,714m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x877d35d8b53ed6df:0xdaf53dbe055cc641!8m2!3d43.8791025!4d-103.4590667

    And of course Wall Drug just because you've been seeing all those
    billboards. Another thing you should do ONCE.

    I suggest not going during the Sturgfest H-D ride in or
    whatever the heck they call it. Unless you like crowds. Deeney and Co will be in the Black Hills for an
    annual dirt bike ride sometime August if you wanted to co-ordinate a visit. Real nice roads getting to where they
    camp and the place has cabins (I'm not a fan of camping on a long ride).

    If you get as far as Laramie make sure you visit the Buckhorn Bar. Real cowboy bar including bullet
    hole in the mirror behind the bar.

    If you get to Cody (one of the better ways to get into Yellowstone is that entrance) I recommend a visit
    to the rodeo. Some weird ass stuff but like going to a chicken fight, you won't get many chances.

    Cheyenne has more brewpubs per capita than most anyplace else. There were 4 within a couple blocks
    of each other last I was there.

    Crossing lake michigan on the ferry from Muskegon to Milwaukee is something I've wanted to do
    forever and never pulled off. It's on your way.

    Florida sucks in the summer.

    Any place with high humidity sucks all year 'round.

    That's my random thoughts for this morning.

    Go fast. Take chances.
    Mike S.

    When convenient I always ask bikers about the longest trip they've ever
    taken. Longest so far was to Las Vegas, which isn't all that special.
    Shortest was from the kid's house to where I met him in the Harbor
    Freight parking lot. He, inspired by 'Long Way Round', bought a used
    bike and was going to try something like that and was buying tools.

    --
    Cheers, Bev
    I bought a tape called "Subliminal Advertising"
    The next day I bought 47 more.

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  • From john@21:1/5 to The Real Bev on Mon Jan 17 15:33:07 2022
    On 1/17/2022 1:46 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
    On 01/17/2022 09:13 AM, Michael Sturdevant wrote:
    john plans:

    Rushmore framed at the other end of the tunnel.

    And of course Wall Drug just because you've been seeing all those


    I suggest not going during the Sturgfest H-D ride in or

    was planning on missing the main event weeks

    whatever the heck they call it.  Unless you like crowds.  Deeney and
    Co will be in the Black Hills for an

    Deeney, wasn't he the guy that ran into a Llama

    If you get as far as Laramie make sure you visit the Buckhorn Bar.
    Real cowboy bar including bullet

    to the rodeo.  Some weird ass stuff but like going to a chicken fight,
    I like rodeo, chicken fights not so much

    Crossing lake michigan on the ferry from Muskegon to Milwaukee is
    hmm

    Florida sucks in the summer.

    Any place with high humidity sucks all year 'round.

    friend florida has an airboats, it doesn't suck
    there when i'm with him and his dog shucking oysters.
    john
    A drummer’s wife had quadruplets. He wanted to name
    each one Anna. She asked how they will tell them
    apart. He replied, “Anna1, Anna2…”

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  • From Michael Sturdevant@21:1/5 to Bev on Mon Jan 17 15:26:13 2022
    Bev asks:
    Aren't those usually called cock fights?

    Yes.

    Are hens allowed to
    participate now too?

    Yes, they had a class for every chicken. Bring your stewer, bring your layer, we'll find a
    fight for 'em.

    What about transfowl?

    No idea.


    Go fast. Take chances.
    Mike S.

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  • From john@21:1/5 to The Real Bev on Mon Jan 17 18:31:28 2022
    On 1/17/22 6:16 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
    On 01/17/2022 12:33 PM, john wrote:
    to the rodeo.  Some weird ass stuff but like going to a chicken fight,
    I like rodeo, chicken fights not so much

    Aren't those usually called cock fights?  Are hens allowed to
    participate now too?  What about transfowl?
    having raised chicken for a couple decades, can't say i've
    encountered a transfoul

    Florida sucks in the summer.

    Any place with high humidity sucks all year 'round.

    friend florida has an airboats, it doesn't suck
    there when i'm with him and his dog shucking oysters.

    Oysters are icky.  Better be a really fast boat to make up for the oysters.

    Oysters, well there's an acquired taste for them things.. and
    yes it's a very fast boat. too much horse power is just enough.
    john
    UNIX is not some crystalline bon-bon for computer
    scientists to smack their lips over. It's all a
    big hack! Get over it! Go back to your syntax-directed
    Scheme editor and your pen-and-paper philosophizing!
    Leave the rest of us to our Perl hacking and
    .Xdefaults files. -Garth Snyder

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  • From Michael Sturdevant@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 17 15:23:47 2022
    john notates:

    was planning on missing the main event weeks

    Right answer.


    Deeney, wasn't he the guy that ran into a Llama

    Yep. If you want a dirt bike ride he can jefficate you too.


    I like rodeo, chicken fights not so much

    The RedBird Gentlemen's club was quite the experience. Once was enough though. Pretty sure it no longer exists anyway. Was quasi-legal at best even way back then
    (92ish). How we got out of there with our friend Billy not beaten to a pulp is a miracle.


    friend florida has an airboats, it doesn't suck
    there when i'm with him and his dog shucking oysters.

    There is that.

    One thing I forgot. If you go into Yellowstone NP be ready for the "Full German".
    This is where the German family in front of you (maybe 27 cars in front) stops in the
    middle of the 2 lane to take a picture of the 17th buffalo they have seen today. You'll
    know it was 17 because you were behind them for the first 16 where they did the Full
    German too.

    Go fast. Take chances.
    Mike S.

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  • From The Real Bev@21:1/5 to john on Mon Jan 17 15:16:23 2022
    On 01/17/2022 12:33 PM, john wrote:
    On 1/17/2022 1:46 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
    On 01/17/2022 09:13 AM, Michael Sturdevant wrote:
    john plans:

    Rushmore framed at the other end of the tunnel.

    And of course Wall Drug just because you've been seeing all those


    I suggest not going during the Sturgfest H-D ride in or

    was planning on missing the main event weeks

    whatever the heck they call it. Unless you like crowds. Deeney and
    Co will be in the Black Hills for an

    Deeney, wasn't he the guy that ran into a Llama

    If you get as far as Laramie make sure you visit the Buckhorn Bar.
    Real cowboy bar including bullet

    to the rodeo. Some weird ass stuff but like going to a chicken fight,
    I like rodeo, chicken fights not so much

    Aren't those usually called cock fights? Are hens allowed to
    participate now too? What about transfowl?

    Florida sucks in the summer.

    Any place with high humidity sucks all year 'round.

    friend florida has an airboats, it doesn't suck
    there when i'm with him and his dog shucking oysters.

    Oysters are icky. Better be a really fast boat to make up for the oysters.


    --
    Cheers, Bev
    It is just a bicycle. It is not dedication and bugs
    in your teeth and dust and rain and mud. It is not
    madness and harmony and glory and rhythm. It is not
    muscle and flesh and sweat and lycra and wind.
    It is just a bicycle. -- Bianchi

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  • From john@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 17 19:17:08 2022
    On 1/17/22 6:23 PM, Michael Sturdevant puked up:
    john notates:
    was planning on missing the main event weeks
    Right answer.
    Deeney, wasn't he the guy that ran into a Llama
    Yep. If you want a dirt bike ride he can jefficate you too.
    friend florida has an airboats, it doesn't suck
    there when i'm with him and his dog shucking oysters.

    There is that.

    One thing I forgot. If you go into Yellowstone NP be ready for the "Full German".
    This is where the German family in front of you (maybe 27 cars in front) stops in the
    middle of the 2 lane to take a picture of the 17th buffalo they have seen today. You'll
    know it was 17 because you were behind them for the first 16 where they did the Full
    German too.

    Go fast. Take chances.
    Mike S.
    ichk sprecking deutch (at least i can order a beer and cuss)
    as for buffalo my friend steve raised them he has since passed
    a few years back. i have no desire to get close to them
    due to their poor eye-site and propensity to just run..and rum
    and run...
    john
    are we the only folks here: bev mike and i, well and carnivore
    and enchelon or whatever my fbi man is using these days..??

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  • From The Real Bev@21:1/5 to john on Mon Jan 17 17:49:49 2022
    On 01/17/2022 03:31 PM, john wrote:
    On 1/17/22 6:16 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
    On 01/17/2022 12:33 PM, john wrote:
    to the rodeo. Some weird ass stuff but like going to a chicken fight, >>> I like rodeo, chicken fights not so much

    Aren't those usually called cock fights? Are hens allowed to
    participate now too? What about transfowl?
    having raised chicken for a couple decades, can't say i've
    encountered a transfoul

    Perhaps, not being a fowl of any sort, you wouldn't know.

    Florida sucks in the summer.

    Any place with high humidity sucks all year 'round.

    friend florida has an airboats, it doesn't suck
    there when i'm with him and his dog shucking oysters.

    Oysters are icky. Better be a really fast boat to make up for the oysters.

    Oysters, well there's an acquired taste for them things.. and
    yes it's a very fast boat. too much horse power is just enough.

    Like every other motorized thing.

    john
    UNIX is not some crystalline bon-bon for computer
    scientists to smack their lips over. It's all a
    big hack! Get over it! Go back to your syntax-directed
    Scheme editor and your pen-and-paper philosophizing!
    Leave the rest of us to our Perl hacking and
    .Xdefaults files. -Garth Snyder

    This is weird -- My .Xdefaults contains a few xterm things, but the
    rest is Netscape stuff. I wonder if any of that is relevant in any way
    to Firefox and Thunderbird. Better leave it alone...

    --
    Cheers, Bev
    Why is it so hot and what am I doing in this handbasket?

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  • From The Real Bev@21:1/5 to john on Mon Jan 17 17:59:04 2022
    On 01/17/2022 04:17 PM, john wrote:
    On 1/17/22 6:23 PM, Michael Sturdevant puked up:
    john notates:
    was planning on missing the main event weeks
    Right answer.
    Deeney, wasn't he the guy that ran into a Llama
    Yep. If you want a dirt bike ride he can jefficate you too.
    friend florida has an airboats, it doesn't suck
    there when i'm with him and his dog shucking oysters.

    There is that.

    One thing I forgot. If you go into Yellowstone NP be ready for the "Full German".
    This is where the German family in front of you (maybe 27 cars in front) stops in the
    middle of the 2 lane to take a picture of the 17th buffalo they have seen today. You'll
    know it was 17 because you were behind them for the first 16 where they did the Full
    German too.

    Go fast. Take chances.
    Mike S.
    ichk sprecking deutch (at least i can order a beer and cuss)

    Bitte, danke and scheiss. That pretty much covers it.

    as for buffalo my friend steve raised them he has since passed
    a few years back. i have no desire to get close to them
    due to their poor eye-site and propensity to just run..and rum
    and run...
    john
    are we the only folks here: bev mike and i, well and carnivore
    and enchelon or whatever my fbi man is using these days..??

    Volker posted a few times in October, and Chris Coogan posted about a
    specific problem. Somebody named Nadia posted "hi" several times,
    probably by mistake. That's about it. MikeW gave up on Facebook and
    hasn't rejoined RMD. Arnett was gone for a while. Baxter moved to S.
    Carolina and got a dog along with the goddam fabulous house and lot.

    Facebook is... well, not alive and well, but limping along. There's an
    RMD private group there.

    Life used to be better on a number of levels.

    --
    Cheers, Bev
    "Tip: Place your houseplants in front of the television during
    the next presidential debate and watch how leafy they get."
    -- Scott Adams

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  • From Volker Bartheld@21:1/5 to The Real Bev on Tue Jan 18 08:42:38 2022
    On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:59:04 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:
    ichk sprecking deutch (at least i can order a beer and cuss)

    Ich spreche Deutsch. Gibst ma sofort a Ma Bier, Du Hundkrippl! Herrgott
    Sakra Kreizkruzinesn Zfix Sacklzement Halleluja! [Bavarian Swear, will
    earn you much reputation if direkted at a waitress in a Wiesnzelt
    during the Oktoberfest.]

    Bitte, danke and scheiss. That pretty much covers it.

    No bonus points.

    Volker posted a few times in October

    Still here, fighting a Yamaha WR250X's no start condition (ECU service
    display varyingly hints at tipover sensor, sidestand sensor, clutch and
    gear sensor so I suspect some grounding issue) and planning an overhaul
    of the mighty orange turd (1998 KTM 620 SC) in need of top/bottom end,
    forged piston, gaskets and couple gearbox bearings. But this can only
    take place if lambda system/air leak/injector issue plaguing antique
    Audi A3 (aka. "Olympic Nightmare" - because of the rings and because of
    the spectacular reliability) is remedied.

    RMZ450K8 is largely put out of service, COVID-19 you know.

    Facebook is... well, not alive and well, but limping along. There's
    an RMD private group there.

    So Facebook is not the ultimate salvation? How come?

    Life used to be better on a number of levels.

    We used to be younger on a number of levels.

    Greets,
    Volker

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  • From john@21:1/5 to Volker Bartheld on Tue Jan 18 13:07:14 2022
    On 1/18/2022 2:42 AM, Volker Bartheld wrote:
    On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:59:04 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:
    ichk sprecking deutch (at least i can order a beer and cuss)

    Ich spreche Deutsch. Gibst ma sofort a Maß Bier, Du Hundkrippl! Herrgott Sakra Kreizkruzinesn Zäfix Sacklzement Halleluja! [Bavarian Swear, will
    earn you much reputation if direkted at a waitress in a Wiesnzelt
    during the Oktoberfest.]

    got the "bring me some beer" part, clueless on the rest..

    Still here, fighting a Yamaha WR250X's no start condition (ECU service display varyingly hints at tipover sensor, sidestand sensor, clutch and
    gear sensor so I suspect some grounding issue)

    LoL, tip over sensor, my bike would never run if it had one of those...
    at what point do you remove all sensors and install a resistor?
    john

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  • From The Real Bev@21:1/5 to Volker Bartheld on Tue Jan 18 14:38:14 2022
    On 01/17/2022 11:42 PM, Volker Bartheld wrote:
    On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:59:04 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:
    ichk sprecking deutch (at least i can order a beer and cuss)

    Ich spreche Deutsch. Gibst ma sofort a Ma Bier, Du Hundkrippl! Herrgott Sakra Kreizkruzinesn Zfix Sacklzement Halleluja!

    Google translate couldn't cope with what I assume are the important
    bits. "Crippled hound" is too obvious, so it must mean something else.

    [Bavarian Swear, will
    earn you much reputation if direkted at a waitress in a Wiesnzelt
    during the Oktoberfest.]

    Bitte, danke and scheiss. That pretty much covers it.

    No bonus points.

    Ganz gut! I remember that too. And Ich spreche kein Deutsch.

    Volker posted a few times in October

    Still here, fighting a Yamaha WR250X's no start condition (ECU service display varyingly hints at tipover sensor, sidestand sensor, clutch and
    gear sensor so I suspect some grounding issue) and planning an overhaul
    of the mighty orange turd (1998 KTM 620 SC) in need of top/bottom end,
    forged piston, gaskets and couple gearbox bearings. But this can only
    take place if lambda system/air leak/injector issue plaguing antique
    Audi A3 (aka. "Olympic Nightmare" - because of the rings and because of
    the spectacular reliability) is remedied.

    RMZ450K8 is largely put out of service, COVID-19 you know.

    Facebook is... well, not alive and well, but limping along. There's
    an RMD private group there.

    So Facebook is not the ultimate salvation? How come?

    No interspersion. I suppose it could be done with copy+paste, but some
    people don't know what that means and it's a nuisance even so. It
    discourages conversation in favor of pronouncements.

    Life used to be better on a number of levels.

    We used to be younger on a number of levels.

    Ja, mein jungfreund!

    --
    Cheers, Bev
    The beatings will continue until morale improves

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  • From Volker Bartheld@21:1/5 to The Real Bev on Wed Jan 19 10:55:18 2022
    On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:38:14 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:
    On 01/17/2022 11:42 PM, Volker Bartheld wrote:
    On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:59:04 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:
    ichk sprecking deutch (at least i can order a beer and cuss)
    Ich spreche Deutsch. Gibst ma sofort a Ma Bier, Du Hundkrippl! Herrgott
    Sakra Kreizkruzinesn Zfix Sacklzement Halleluja!
    Google translate couldn't cope with what I assume are the important
    bits. "Crippled hound" is too obvious, so it must mean something else.

    In fact it has to say "Hundskrippl" (with a "s"), my bad. Here's the
    training video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVI9OQDlJq0

    Facebook is... well, not alive and well, but limping along. There's
    an RMD private group there.
    So Facebook is not the ultimate salvation? How come?
    No interspersion. I suppose it could be done with copy+paste, but some people don't know what that means and it's a nuisance even so. It discourages conversation in favor of pronouncements.

    Who would have thought?

    Life used to be better on a number of levels.
    We used to be younger on a number of levels.
    Ja, mein jungfreund!

    Tell me more about endoprotheses.

    Greets,
    Volker,

    just found an original video tape with the first "Crusty Deamons of Dirt"
    in a cellar cabinet. By Fleshwound Films, featuring Seth Enslow's epic
    jump. The aftermath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4viC07kvXwE

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