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  1. Can't motorboat a personality, huh?
  2. The CDC. (My son's pediatrician always hands me a flyer of CDC "home safety tips" that explicitly states that you should never have guns in the house) According to CDC figures for 2004, there were 143 kids killed in gun accidents in 2004 (most recent data at this site I'm looking at). According the NHTSA there were ~230 children killed in non-traffic car accidents (run over in own driveway). Back-over accidents are considered just regular accidents, "one of those things" etc, yet gun accidents, which account for fewer deaths, are evidence of a flawed constitution?? Wankers.
  3. It IS her. Check out the two faint blemishes. You may need to tilt you lcd monitor up to see the bottom blemish on the tmz pic because of the tmz watermark...
  4. Red X. Try this link instead http://www.ohioriders.net/album.php?albumid=1245 Backstory? What kind of gear were you wearing? Not judging, just trying to understand how the level of gear effects the level if injury. That's a pretty busted foot and arm. And more staples than anyone should ever get.
  5. Everyone's house prices have dropped. But there's still as many houses. Less funding, just as many kids... See where I'm going? I don't blindly pass (or reject) levies - I look at why they are saying justifyies it, listen to both sides and make my decision based upon that. Of course the school district will say; "If you don't pass the levy then we will have to cut transportation (e.g)" Because if they HAVE to cut transportation and the DO cut transportation then people whill scream that they weren't warned about the effect of not passing the levy. In our school district we actually lost a ton of state funding because the state decided we are an "affluent" district. The state knows that they will request, and get, a levy. So is that the fault of the school district? The state? If the sttae has to raise taxes (or cut other programs) to be able to keep funding our "affluent" district then the effect is much the same as a local levy. Either I pay for the school through money going up to the state and back down to the school district - or I pay a local levy. I'm goinna pay the money either way. As far as running the school leaner... Anyone who's been in business knows that wehn you star laying people off "Trimming the fat" then it's not long before you start cutting into muscle, and bone. The people in charge of the money prefer to see layoffs because it makes the bottom line look better. But those people need to have a better idea of what impact that had to the school itself. Do you think everyone with a NO sign in their yard has looked at the books for the school and figured out that there is still fat to trim? Do you think everyone with a YES sign has confirmed that there is no fat left to trim? If oyu said yes then you are deliding yourself. Most people (based upon the people I have talked to) vote largely based upon if they have kids or not. Do parents ever vote down levies? Keep an open mind, every levy is different - investigate and determine for yourself - don't just count levy signs on your way to the polling place. There's plenty of people who would rather see parents pay $600 activity fees and $904 transportation fees annually than themselves pay $168. And there's just as many parents who would vote up a levy to pay for Rolls Royce company cars for the teachers.
  6. You realize that 75%-to-the-classrooms is actually less money to classrooms that "20%-to-administrators" (leaving 80% to classrooms), right?
  7. Scruit

    Who am I?

    I guess it wasn't hitler. It was his twin brother Hans.
  8. Scruit

    Who am I?

    That's what I thought.
  9. They pay for your injuries? Did your medical insurance subrogate and save you the hassle? Concours is a nice bike. If it had better than 35mpg (versus the 55mpg of the V-Strom) then I'd have bought one one myself, but I needed a daily commuter and I do 1250 miles per month so the gas savings was worth it.
  10. Even my 7yo knows the line; "Sweat washes off, road rash doesn't"
  11. Walk away, unless you're real comfortable with that kind of work. There's a reason the insurance company thinks it's too expensive to fix.
  12. How could you even test that? You could measure form point-to-point on each side and compare, but is that really a valid test?
  13. If they had a sruvery that said the Honda Civic was a better car than a Mercedes SLK, what would you think? Well, more civics are sold, so they my be more popular/better, right?
  14. I've had HJC full-face, flip face (broke, stuck closed) and Shoei. Not surprised at the placement of Shoei and HJC. Does Harley actually make helmets or just rebrand another company's helmets?
  15. How many times did he land on his head trying to do that?
  16. Suicide Shift on a V-strom? Hmmm... What about rigging up a hand stop-the-bike-from-falling-over-er?
  17. http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemid=1019&acctid=441 I cannot vouch for the bike or the seller - just saw this bike on GovDeals (Delaware, OH) and figured someone here might be interested. Siezed property. Dead battery. Mileage/history unknown. Current bid is $1304. Original title issued in 2002 with 5 miles on it. Siezed property. "Retail" value on KBB for this bike is ~$2800, so there's plenty of room left in the bidding to still get a deal (assuming the bike passes your inspection) https://www.dps.state.oh.us/atps/titleinq.asp?id=JH2SC3604XM100346&propid=V If I didn't have $2k tied up in the GimpMobile I'd be all over this as a fun toy to blast around on when I'm not commuting.
  18. http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemid=1020&acctid=441 I cannot vouch for the bike or the seller - just saw this bike on GovDeals (Delaware, OH) and figured someone here might be interested. Siezed property. Dead battery. Current bid is $3111. They claim <3k miles "accurate". "Retail" value on KBB is ~$3400 (not counting for the low mile) so there's not much room left to bid this up.
  19. but, bu... Then nobody will wave at me...
  20. You'd think they'be be more understanding! I only have 9 OVIs. This week, at least. Picky, picky.
  21. They will want to you western-union a deposit (or full payment) to them. Then that money is gone forever.
  22. I hope you're not taking me seriously.
  23. In case it goes away, preserved her for the lulz:
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