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I will only tell this, basically because it needs to be stressed. Circa 1977, I'm 20 and home from college. Hot Aug. summer day, myself and 2 friends from HS get on our bikes for a run on some of our local country roads. I gear up in a side slit perf. leather jacket, jeans, work boots, work gloves and a Bell Star FF helmet. One of my frinds gears up about the same, the other is just pissed that it is so hot and gears up in nothing but his jeans and boots, His helmet, t-shirt and jacket are tied down to the back of his 650. I argue with him that he should have on his gear, he tells me it is his decision, not mine, I wasn't going to win that discussion. We hit a curve that we have ridden on many many times. I always lead, with my gearless friend in the middle, and 3rd, pulling up the rear. I am a little more aggresive then the other 2, and hit the curve about 30 yrds ahead of the other two. A car is entering the turn but goes left of center in its inside turn, my gearless buddy dives into the bottom of the turn, into the garvel shoulder. I am looking for his exit and see him flying over the bars and landing face and chest first onto the gravel shoulder. His front tire dove in and he went asshole over earlobes. I turned around, the car was long gone, my othere friend was just looking at the huge pool of blood forming under is face down body. We don't move him, my friend goes up the road to a house to call for help, remember, 1977, no cell phones. It is 25 min. before help arives, he has a heart beat, but still unconcious. The medics roll him over once they decide his neck and back aren't broken. His face was gone, no eyes, nose, teeth, or rt. ear. His cheek bones were exposed and gravel was imbedded in them, his jaw was fractured and jammed back, exposing his upper toothless jaw, his lips were gone, his collar bones were shattered and compound fractured. How he didn't destroy the veins in his neck was amazing. He lived, with no face to speak of, he wore a mask with glass eyes. He had 57 surgeries to attempt some kind of human appearence, but none helped. On his birthday each yr. I would gear him up and we would go for a ride, he lived with his mother until she passed on in 1997. In 1998, I got a call from his caregiver and asked to come to his house. She met me at the door, crying and handed me a note. It said: "Thanks for all of your Love over the yrs, you never cared what I looked like, and you were always a great friend. Ride safe my friend, Love, Rick After 4 attempts he finally was successful in taking his own life. 21 yrs of a living Hell, all because I couldn't convince him to put on his gear. He never blamed me, ever. But I still sometimes wounder, what if? I still miss him, his birthday is coming up, I think I'll go for a ride. ATGATT, ride safe all. Greg

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In other unrelated news, I now have a bunch of vouyeur videos I can sell. Anyone interested?

actually i believe it is geoid ... (and please intensive purposes ? )

A hunch and a theory are two wildly different things. In everyday usage, "theory" often refers to a hunch or a speculation. When people say, "I have a theory about why that happened," they are often drawing a conclusion based on fragmentary or inconclusive evidence. Basically it is a wild ass guess. The formal scientific definition of theory is quite different from the everyday meaning of the word. It refers to a comprehensive explanation of some aspect of nature that is supported by a vast body of evidence. Many scientific theories are so well-established that no new evidence is likely to alter them substantially. For example, no new evidence will demonstrate that the Earth does not orbit around the sun (heliocentric theory), or that living things are not made of cells (cell theory), that matter is not composed of atoms, or gravity keeps your feet on the ground. Like these other foundational scientific theories, the theory of evolution is supported by so many observations and confirming experiments that scientists are confident that the basic components of the theory will not be overturned by new evidence. However, like all scientific theories, the theory of evolution is subject to continuing refinement as new areas of science emerge or as new technologies enable observations and experiments that were not possible previously. One of the most useful properties of scientific theories is that they can be used to make predictions about natural events or phenomena that have not yet been observed. For example, the theory of gravitation predicted the behavior of objects on the moon and other planets long before the activities of spacecraft and astronauts confirmed them. (we can argue the moon landing as fact or hoax in another day..... ) The evolutionary biologists predicted that they would find fossils intermediate between fish and limbed terrestrial animals in sediments that were about 375 million years old. Their discovery confirmed the prediction made on the basis of evolutionary theory. In turn, confirmation of a prediction increases confidence in that theory. In science, a "fact" typically refers to an observation, measurement, or other form of evidence that can be expected to occur the same way under similar circumstances. However, scientists also use the term "fact" to refer to a scientific explanation that has been tested and confirmed so many times that there is no longer a compelling reason to keep testing it or looking for additional examples. In that respect, the past and continuing occurrence of evolution is a scientific fact. Because the evidence supporting it is so strong, scientists no longer question whether biological evolution has occurred and is continuing to occur. Instead, they investigate the mechanisms of evolution, how rapidly evolution can take place, and related questions.

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My wife got hired and they screwed her royally. Vacation after a year Insurance after 18 months told her pay was 9.90 and her first check was 8.50 and shorted 6 hours... Fuck UPS. that is all.

Wait there is actually a SVT Focus?? WTF is this world coming too?

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I have been drinking since ten, my whiskey is all gone. All litre of it. And a 12 pack of tall boys. I have to he up at 8. Wagner I need to get my whiskey from you.

I'd go with Callaghan Auto....there the God Damn Roll Royce of brake pads..

You'll have plenty of time to have a smoke

I could get a good look at t-bone by sticking my head up a bull's ass, but I'd rather take the butchers word for it. My apologies for a thread jack, but I couldn't help myself.

Ah, and thus the joke.

I figured i would spread the word not many people know about it.. but there are 1000s of reptiles there. and other supplies.. ill be there with lots of geckos and other things aswell http://www.allohioshows.com/ Moose Lodge 11 1500 Demorest Rd Columbus, Ohio 43228