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lol - Yep. All about me. But I could turn the same argument against the smokers. It's their right to stink the place up for everyone. Right? No prude or tobacco hater here. Shit - I've owned the stock! Helluva dividend. Light 'em up! Just don't do it where I have to work or eat/drink. Really, what I was arguing against was "smoke free" is "exactly the same" as mandatory helmet laws, which is utter bullshit. So...Once more, with feeling: Not wearing a helmet = stupid but no harm to anyone else. (Except maybe the insurance companies and the loved ones of the un-helmeted.) Smoking in public places = affects anyone nearby.

Flat wrong. I don't have to share anybody's skull. They're free to splat it all over the road if they like and I have no part in it. I DO share the same air in public places. It sucked to come home from a bar or restaurant and have everything down to my shoes stink. And the "it's your choice" bit is epic fail. They're called public places for a reason.

How do you get a philosophy major off your porch? Pay for the pizza and close the door.

Street smarts: Get some.

Not quite the same thing.

Yeah. It was nice having a place I could pick up parts within two miles from my house and they seemed like decent people. I have had service done there too and was treated fairly.

Mission accomplished there too. See the train wreck in Alabama? First thing the media goes to is, "... justifies new rules on rail shipping of oil..." or something similar. Remember the XL Pipeline? That's part of the reason that stuff is traveling over the rails in the first place.

Um, I thought you were talking pistons and shit. Sorry. My bad.While on the subject, I've often thought a v4 would be a great econobox engine.

And this is what Obama wanted the whole time. He wanted to set up a system where he could let the health care system fail (in a way that could be blamed on insurance carriers - 'cause hell, who likes them?) then he can come in and "rescue it."

Honda did that with the NC700X. Half of a 1600cc Fit engine.

Not available in the US - again.

So, a lot of words to say, "I'm not sure."?

You sound like you have looked into this, so you're probably right. My wife is involved in some kind of non-profit with a forum as well and members are not allowed to do things like promotion for the benefit fo individual members, only for the benefit of the group. But I think there are different kinds of non-profits. Being in finance, I should know this stuff but I stay as far away from tax accounting as possible.

One thing I think you might need to check is the way "members" promote on the site. I believe that non-profit status is tricky if anyone is making any money or doing any kind of promotion for thier shop, company, etc.

Yeah. Where's that guy that likes turtles?

That'll be very useful pulling players out of tattoo parlors and titty bars.

"Hey, uh, you gonna eat that?"

Yes. World class. He's widely considered a master-debator.

Maybe, but it's also kinda fun when the scientific results make the scientists squirm.

My $.02: The prime indicator for student success is parental engagement. That flows from the emphasis the parent places on education. "Rich" school districts are so because the residents of such districts earn high incomes through leveraging human capital they've acquired through... wait for it... education. They know what their kids will need to succeed. Having said that, the school funding model is inconsistent with the constitution of this state, where the state government is tasked with funding a "... thorough and efficient system of common schools." It doesn't say the individual districts will fund this in in cooperation with the state. It says plainly the state is accountable solely. Not that local input isn't needed. But think of this: Ohio has about 600 districts each with a school board of maybe 5 members or so. Thats 3,000 folks in leadership who are talented people invested in quality education in their communities. What do these people end up doing? Worrying about levies, bond issues, teacher and district labor contract negotiations, awarding building contracts, etc. As Casper alluded to earlier, we should centralize that funding and effort at the state level and let those local people work on driving student achievement. Correlation is not the same as causation. The same force that drives good results in achievement testing and student success for certain districts often concurrently drives money into the districts' treasuries. This "force" comes from active parents who ascribe high value to education. Tearing down "rich" districts will not help "poor" ones.

A couple people mentioning "northern Ohio" and that is the one I've seen on Cycle Trader with some pretty good pricing. I'm looking at picking up a CB11 this spring and was wondering.

Northern Ohio mean any dealer in particular? Honda East Maumee?

The master trolls his own forum and says, "...keep it civil." Hmmm.

Took a while, but here is a vid from the Cascades trip earlier this summer. Not challenging twisties but absolutely gorgeous and I was on a big beemer anyway.

Truth. The VFR12 is gettin' long in the tooth too. Maybe something better next time?