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  1. 2014 Epic Ride meet up for SWOhioans - NOW MAY 18TH!

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    Really you didnt feel like a rebel?

    Honestly, at the time...I thought we were gonna get caught for sure.

     

    I just have a crappy memory, and had brain dumped that part of the trip.

     

    Hope you guys all have a great time.  The odds of me getting of work are looking slimmer every day.  May is when we usually have some heavy stuff going on.  Maybe I can make the fall ride, or some smaller ones throughout the year.

  5. So Rumsfeld proves he is a...

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    Hi Tigerpaw, I didn't mean to imply he was wounded or killed - my sloppy choice of words. I lost him as a friend and he lost 3+ years of private life refueling jets in-theater. He was (is?) a pilot. Name's Keith. He was pulled out of reserve life with a lovely new girlfriend into wartime. Of everyone, he perhaps had it the easiest, but I think he associated the hypocrisy of warhawkishness with me being at home, doing the same job on the same schedule arm-chair quarterbacking global events without having to pay for it first-hand. Unfair, but I understand. I fell for George/Dick/Don's maneuvers.

    I am glad he is ok.  I thought there was something lost in translation.

  6. So Rumsfeld proves he is a...

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    So, this is where I admit that back then I bought into the WMD argument, in part because of he did indeed gas the Kurds - that's irrefutable.  In fact, I lost a good friend (KC-135 pilot and former SAC B-52 nuke bomber) by mirroring what Rummy, Dicky and Bushie lied to us about - it was he and thousands of others who paid with years of their lives (some, the ultimate cost) by doing what we the public told them to do.  So, please forgive me for not wanting to dive into conflict so ardently, and for not taking much of anything Rummy has to say as worth a hill of beans.

    Sorry about your friend.  Was he there as something other than a pilot?  I work on the aircraft you describe, and don't think we lost any in Iraq.  I am genuinely curious, and not trying to be a dick.  I was over there doing things unrelated to my normal job.

  10. Billion $ Bracket

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    I picked Wichita State to win it all, and then picked places I've lived/ & names I recognized to fill in the rest of the bracket.  It's actually a foolproof system.  I may as well just start spending my winnings now.

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  14. Rider dies after hitting pothole while traveling over 100 mph in Minnesota

    in Daily Ride

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    I'd rather be left for dead than have some half-wit "I stayed at a HolidayInnExpress" doctor wannabe moving me all over the place after I launched myself over the bars of my bike at speed. Please, just call 911 and don't touch me.

    Fair enough.  

     

    A) Whoever was riding with you could probably be the first/best person to call 911, and at the very least keep the scene safe.  i.e. kill the bike, redirect traffic, direct rescuers to your situation.

     

    B) Not everyone is clueless when it comes to first aid/CPR/lifesaving techniques.

  15. Rider dies after hitting pothole while traveling over 100 mph in Minnesota

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    Like I said, if it was remote - no choice but stop and help... But on a busy road with plenty of witnesses around - there's nothing I could do to help, you already know probably 5 different people already called it in - no reason to go to prison... Go ahead and call it a bitch move, but I'm not your keeper and won't ruin my life because you can't control yourself and you fucked up... If it's in the middle of nowhere, I don't think anyone on the forum would just leave anybody, just talking about on a busy highway where this supposedly all went.... Dead is dead, I'm not a fucking miracle maker, I'm not reviving anybody

    How will you be helping them on the remote road...if there is nothing you can do(as on the main highway)?

     

    I also think relying on others to do the right thing for a fallen rider is a big assumption.  What if everyone assumes someone else handled it?  Have you ever seen the hidden camera videos of a classroom filling with smoke?  No one acts, because they all believe someone else would handle it, if something really was wrong.

     

    I admit I am trying to ruffle some feathers with these posts.

  24. One for the Harley Guys

    in Daily Ride

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    Can't defend a lot of this , I know too many harley guys who have bought full on into the Screamin Eagle stuff. They really do think it makes their stuff faster . They bike should come with the parts but why ? We buy the shit anyway. I used Fuel Moto parts in my build and did the work myself, saved a ton .

    Harley's can easily come with more power but not air cooled like they are now. they are set up so lean from the factory just to clear EPA regulations so simple mods really do wake them up a bit. The liquid cooled models this year will be the norm shortly . The Screamin a Eagle 110 bikes are about as big as HD can now without emissions issues in the USA.

     

    I actually had FuelMoto custom tune my 300.  Awesome group of guys.  They all appreciated differences in bikes.  Not what I expected in northern WI. LOL.

  25. Cell Service Ratings

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    I've travelled the country with Verizon & my cowworkers having all the other brands.  VZW has been by far the most reliable everywhere we go.  This has been my experience for the past 12 years and counting.

     

    Verizon just works.  Period.

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