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Merry Christmas
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and all the best for the holiday season.(Image from Orange County Choppers’ Christmas Bike)
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Screw it, let’s ride!
Good riddance to 2018.Those of us who ride know that a sure remedy for all the bullshit that surrounds us is to go for a nice, long ride. No matter what, two-wheel therapy will have all that nonsense...
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It’s officially over. Today the Christmas tree came down and all the decorations were packed away up in the attic for another year. And I’m totally discombobulated. Remembering what day of the week it...
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Sad news
Going through some papers today I came across these tickets for a ‘69 Pontiac GTO and wondered why the organizers hadn’t reached out to advise me of my win.A quick check of the website explained the...
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Progress?
Okay kids, gather around the woodstove and let this old man tell you how life used to be. Once upon a time, when we actually wrote letters to each other, we sometimes used typewriters. They looked like...
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Get me out of here!
I have a love-hate relationship with winter. On occasion I have been heard to say that I don’t really mind it all that much. Of course that’s when I’m rationalizing to all my snowbird friends why we...
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The Secret History of Soldiers - a review
I don’t consider myself an expert on the First World War, but I have always had an interest in the human side of that horrific conflagration. Books exploring the soldiers’ experiences in the trenches,...
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What happens in Vegas...
Well, I’m now back from a four-day guys trip to Vegas. While a core group goes yearly for Superbowl weekend, I tag along only periodically. As one would expect there’s usually some golf involved, some...
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Montana Canada?
My favourite news aggregator had these two items posted together this morning. One wonders what would happen if both were to occur.Canada’s redneck province, Alberta, has decided that it’s not getting...
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Has the time come for flying cars?
Some time ago I clicked on a link (no idea which one) in Facebook that put me on a list of recipients interested in human-sized drones and flying cars. And it’s now a rare day that goes by without some...
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No. 2
Well I finally dragged the second 440LTD in from the shed. I decided to go with the '83 belt drive model as it seemed to be in the best and most complete condition. The belt is in good shape which is...
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True believers
We hear about true believers in many contexts. Faith and politics are the two most common but there’s a third, and that’s technology.The younger generation(s), those who Gerry Seinfeld once described...
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A Canadian scandal
Like many Canadians who follow politics I have been consumed by the bizarro world that Washington inhabits these days, Canadian politics being dull and boring in comparison. However we now have our...
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Dear Abby
Dear Abby: I just finished rebuilding my master cylinder and I have a piece left over. Why do manufacturers always use more parts than needed? Signed: Give me a brake.Dear Give Me A Brake: It’s brakes,...
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A special guest
Our small rural area is home to a vibrant community centre. Managed by locals for the benefit of locals, the centre hosts all the usual sorts of events and activities one would expect – euchre groups,...
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Starting to itch
Here we are again, in April. Finally, after a long winter, we’re starting to see some relief from the cold. The snow is mostly gone and the sun’s heat warms the soul. But there’s still enough frost in...
View ArticleThree steps back
No, this is not in reference to any 60's dance craze.I did get the second little Kawasaki running. Not great but good enough to warrant proceeding with a carb refresh and making a few other repairs...
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California Road
It was a beautiful day today so I thought I’d take a run down California Road to see how much spring runoff damage there was.There was still snow in places and the swamps and ditches were full of...
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Killers of the Flower Moon - a review
In the early part of the 20th century some of the richest people in America were the Osage Indians in Oklahoma. Like many tribes, in the 1870s the Osage were forced from their ancestral home in Kansas...
View ArticleA shed full of 'Sea Kings'
For more than 5 decades, the Canadian Navy flew the venerable Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King. Long past it’s projected life span, they were finally retired in 2018 after a 35-year project to select a...
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