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What do you think?
Had an interesting (and, surprisingly civil – no one called anyone an idiot for a starter) debate online this past few days. A rider posed the following question:When you as a biker come up behind...
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But is that true? I’ve not used this blog to comment on the US presidential elections up until now but the more I see, and hear, and learn, the more I realise that we all have a dog in this fight, no...
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“Have your wages been garnished?”
Why yes they have. In fact last week’s paycheck was covered with mustard, relish, and some sort of pickle. GAAAAAK!This quote is from a radio commercial I heard today advertising a financial...
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Is it time yet?
There are a number of things I love about this time of year but one I don’t is the uncertainty about the weather. For most of October and part of November we can experience anything from sunshine to...
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My world is yellow…
… and orange and red and brown. Every year millions of photos and thousands of hours of film are shot of the fall colours here in the northeast. It is a spectacle that Mother Nature puts on every year...
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A love of riding
Everyone rides for a reason. For some it’s a lifestyle and for others it’s simply transportation. But few of us have a love to ride like Ron McLean.57 years old, Ron lives in Edmonton Alberta and is a...
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Season is over
No more second chances, even if the weather turns hot and summery for the next few weeks. Wheels go into the shop tomorrow for a new tire (rear) and new wheel bearings (both). For an hour or so labour...
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Any job worth doing is worth doing twice.
We just recently purchased a new vehicle, and with that vehicle came four new snow tires, already mounted on wheels to make the seasonal changeover a bit easier. Today we had a rather balmy day for...
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A More Unbending Battle – A Review
I had heard of the Harlem Hellfighters and their First World War exploits but it was more just in passing, like a bit of trivia that barely registers at the time but stays lodged in some deep recess...
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Slow rollin’
This is cool on so many levels, so why have I never heard of it before?Started in Detroit 6 years ago, Slow Roll is a weekly group bike ride that tours different areas of the city every week. The...
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The Beverly Hillbillies Redux
For those with fewer trips around the sun than I’ve experienced, The Beverly Hillbillies was a ‘60s sitcom where a poor, uneducated (at least formally), family from Tennessee or thereabouts strikes it...
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Lest we forget.
(Previously posted November 11, 2009 at viewsfromthelake-eh.blogspot.com)
View ArticleWhen is a difference of opinion…
… just a difference of opinion?Much has been written lately about the polarisation of uppercase-P-Politics in Western societies – Brexit in the UK, the recent presidential election in the US, Marine...
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And another one leaves the stable.
Many years ago now I used to participate pretty regularly with a group that rode trials in this area. Every week or so we’d go out and climb rocks (or try to), ford streams and creek beds, and...
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Dreaming
Dreaming: The process one goes through to get from here:To here:Or here:Or maybe here:Or even here:Well maybe not that last one. But with winter on its way it’s time to start thinking about where I...
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All I want for Christmas is … camo?
Just recently a new Cabela’s opened up in Ottawa. For anyone not in the know, Cabela’s is essentially a big-box store selling everything any hunter, fisherman, or general outdoorsman (and the female...
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2017. Already?
Yup, it’s 2017, whether I like it or not, and it’s time to check in since I haven’t posted in quite a while. I wish I could say I’ve been AWOL, spending the last month riding in some location that...
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A bad few months for cars.
Coming home from a dump run yesterday, minding my own business, listening to some good tunes, and out of nowhere, boom, two deer in full flight land on the road mere inches in front of the car. Even if...
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Perusing the ads
Sometimes when I have nothing better to do, or am grounded for whatever reason, I will browse the various online markets in search of that elusive interesting old motorcycle that is actually complete...
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“I’m from Missouri”
Not really (although I understand it’s a beautiful place to be from, if I was), but this post reflects on how, in these times especially, we should all be “from Missouri”.“I’m from Missouri; show me”...
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