Scruit

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2011/04/01/story-columbus-babysitter-to-be-sentenced-videotapes.html?sid=102 So why did this lady get 25 years and the tri-valley bus driver get 30 days in the death of that young boy? We never did get a good explanation of why that bus crashed.

All the best.

The vendor is Twisted-Throttle. The case was obviously damaged at the factory, not TT's fault at all. TT have already sent a replacement case out with a return shipping label. VERY impressed!

Walked up behind my brother who was playing in a puddle (I was 5, he was 6). My plan was to drop a cinder block into the puddle in front of him and splash him... Took the end of his finger off. It was treated as well as could be expected at the hospital in the country we were visiting, but they had to fly him home to get it treated properly. It was re-attached, sort of.

Yeah, already emailed.

I measured the gap and wrote it down. I'm sure I'll I spend the next day or two organizing the return so that will give it a change to settle back into position. If it does, fine. If it starts to settle back into position then maybe I'll give it a week to see if it settles more. If the gap is the same then it goes back.

I got a Coocase top case for my new WeeStrom and it just arrived today. Apparently the last time they closed the lid in the factory they trapped the soft inner liner in the lid and it caused the case to stretch so the lid and base don't meet any more on the one side. Supposedly waterproof / not any more. See attached pics. Is this fixable? Or am I going to have to send it back? (pics removed by Scruit because they were GINORMOUS, will re-post smaller pics tonight.)

Weather forecast is calling for snow in Columbus...

Safety schmafety. I wear no safety gear at all. I ride around naked with my man-bits hovering above the trigger of a rat trap.

We assume people who wear no safety gear at all will be dead before they get a chance to vote on this poll.

We can be different without one of us being "wrong".

Well, maybe not Afro's bike. It smells like burned oil and puckered bunghole. http://ohioriders.net/showthread.php?t=74418

Although the Wee is not the right bike for everyone, it IS the right bike for me. Just like my choice in cars over ther years. I've never had a car that everyone has liked - there's always been someone who didn't like what I drove. That's fine. - YOU may need to go 0-60 in 4.5 seconds, but I don't. - YOU may need to carry 7 screaming kidlets to soccer practice, but I don't. - You may need to pick up girls, but I don't (my wife would kill me if I did. Or maybe she'd want to join in and make it a 3some??) BRB, going to buy a Porsche... It's one of the biggest overall differences I've seen between the US and my native country England... Brits ask themselves "What do I NEED?" Americans ask themselves "What do I WANT?" This is why we have so many single people commuting in a Hummer or a huge pickup the US. You don't see that in England. That's not a dig on American or anything - just different thought processes leading us to be content with different things.

Lesson to everyone... When a car engine siezes it is likely to be expensive. When a bike engine siezes it is likely to be fatal. Yes, riding home was not the best choice that could have been made... But at least we all get to learn from his mistake. I'm glad he shared it - most guys wouldn't have the balls to own up to being wrong.

It's the 2011 DL650 ABS in Black.

If I wanted fast I'd buy a hayabusa. I want practical commuting with high mpg and the occasional 1-up multi-day trip.

Sucks that it happened but good to hear you're ok.

I don't need the power of the 1000. And I don't ride 2-up other than with my 7yo.

After much reserach I settled on the 650 V-Strom. After speaking with about half a dozen bike dealers I got my best price at Ask Powersports on the East side. New, in black. Deposit is down, bike is on order, will arrive in about a week.

Unless it's IP megapixel, there's no "clearing up" to do. This is not CSI. A "cleaned up" image would be probative, not evidentiary. You can't add detail into an image that wasn't there before and use that new data to convict someone. They best you can do is get the video right from the DVR in its OEM codec. Don't convert it at all.

Yep, my mistake. 1/1/1970 00:00 GMT is Unixdate 0. ET would be 5 hours before that, which would be 12/31/1969 19:00 Unixdate, for those that don't know but actually care, is the date represented as the number of seconds since the unix epoch of 1/1/1970 00:00. Right now the unixdate is 1301079480

1969-01-01 19:00 ET is a Unixdate of 0.

Getting my bike ready to trade for a WeeStrom. Removing a bunch of stuff, doing a service and valve adjustment and basically getting it ready for whoever will have it next. Took off the GPS and mount (leaving the 12v socket on the handlebars, tho), the camera system (fork-mounted "dashcam", see below) and the auxilliary lights (mounts were cracked anyway), flag mount (Patiot Guard rides) and highway pegs (don't use them on my commute) Leaving the heated grips on the bike and also I'm leaving the GPS tracker in place until it's sold. So it's a good day in that I'm working on the bike, but a crappy day in that I'm de-personalizing it and returning it pretty much to stock. Video from the bike's old camera system: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR2NuB_Bqe8

"A well regulated YouTube, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear video cameras shall not be infringed."

Two points: 1) If the police have to wait until a driver is so drunk that he or she is weaving all over the road or actually hit someone before they can be pulled over then that's a little bit like saying you cannot diagnose a cavity until the tooth falls out. While I accept that checkpoints smack of a police state, there has to be some middle ground. 2) There's nothing like getting hit head-on at 80mph to change your perspective on drunk driving. I prefer the British approach to punishing drunk drivers - 18 month suspension for a first offense. I don't mind checkpoints as an intermin measure as long as they don't unduly slow down the public. There does need to be a more effective measure though. How about a steering wheel with electrical contacts (much like that heart rate sensor on a stairmaster) that can sense alcohol? Something built into the car that won't allow a drunk to drive it.