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He is educated, I do have kids, and he answers to the law like anyone. Jealous?

WWW.motorcycle.Ohio.gov I can't cut and paste on the phone but that's a good start. Motorcycle safety foundation classes take about three days to teach the basics of riding. You get your endorsement if you pass at the end. I did not go through it but wish I did and probably will eventually even with several years under my belt.

Probably a really good first bike.

I'd sign up for the MSF classes now. If you wait too long, it will be June before you get in. As for bikes, I valued my time on a 250, but that's just me. Be careful on whatever you end up with. And don't be a squid..... wear your gear.

1) You can never have too many guns, so go for the compact too. 2) If it's an either-or situation, carry the full size for a while before you decide. Know that no matter what you carry those first few weeks after you get your license.... everyone knows you're packing, everyone is looking at you, and you ARE touching it too much. It's a paranoia not felt since.... well.... that one time I got that Mexican skunk weed and then used my brother's ID for beer. They knew.... oh yes, they knew.

Lesson 1 1. Go to the grocery store. 2. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office. 3. Go home. 4. Pick up the paper. 5. Read it for the last time. Lesson 2 Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who already are parents and berate them about their... 1. Methods of discipline. 2. Lack of patience. 3. Appallingly low tolerance levels. 4. Allowing their children to run wild. 5. Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's breastfeeding, sleep habits, toilet training, table manners, and overall behavior. Enjoy it because it will be the last time in your life you will have all the answers. Lesson 3 A really good way to discover how the nights might feel... 1. Get home from work and immediately begin walking around the living room from 5PM to 10PM carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 pounds, with a radio turned to static (or some other obnoxious sound) playing loudly. (Eat cold food with one hand for dinner) 2. At 10PM, put the bag gently down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep. 3. Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1AM. 4. Set the alarm for 3AM. 5. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2AM and make a drink and watch an infomercial. 6. Go to bed at 2:45AM. 7. Get up at 3AM when the alarm goes off. 8. Sing songs quietly in the dark until 4AM. 9. Get up. Make breakfast. Get ready for work and go to work (work hard and be productive) Repeat steps 1-9 each night. Keep this up for 3-5 years. Look cheerful and together. Lesson 4 Can you stand the mess children make? T o find out... 1. Smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains. 2. Hide a piece of raw chicken behind the stereo and leave it there all summer. 3. Stick your fingers in the flower bed. 4. Then rub them on the clean walls. 5. Take your favorite book, photo album, etc. Wreck it. 6. Spill milk on your new pillows. Cover the stains with crayons. How does that look? Lesson 5 Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems. 1. Buy an octopus and a small bag made out of loose mesh. 2. Attempt to put the octopus into the bag so that none of the arms hang out. Time allowed for this - all morning. Lesson 6 Forget the BMW and buy a mini-van. And don't think that you can leave it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look like that. 1. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there. 2. Get a dime. Stick it in the CD player. 3. Take a family size package of chocolate cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Sprinkle cheerios all over the floor, then smash them with your foot. 4. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car. Lesson 7 Go to the local grocery store. Take with you the closest thing you can find to a pre-school child. (A full-grown goat is an excellent choice). If you intend to have more than one child, then definitely take more than one goat. Buy your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goat eats or destroys. Until you can easily accomplish this, do not even contemplate having children. Lesson 8 1. Hollow out a melon. 2. Make a small hole in the side. 3. Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side. 4. Now get a bowl of soggy Cheerios and attempt to spoon them into the swaying melon by pretending to be an airplane. 5. Continue until half the Cheerios are gone. 6. Tip half into your lap. The other half, just throw up in the air. You are now ready to feed a nine- month-old baby. Lesson 9 Learn the names of every character from Sesame Street , Barney, Disney, the Teletubbies, and Pokemon. Watch nothing else on TV but PBS, the Disney channel or Noggin for at least five years. (I know, you're thinking What's 'Noggin'?) Exactly the point. Lesson 10 Make a recording of Fran Drescher saying 'mommy' repeatedly. (Important: no more than a four second delay between each 'mommy'; occasional crescendo to the level of a supersonic jet is required). Play this tape in your car everywhere you go for the next four years. You are now ready to take a long trip with a toddler. Lesson 11 Start talking to an adult of your choice. Have someone else continually tug on your skirt hem, shirt- sleeve, or elbow while playing the 'mommy' tape made from Lesson 10 above. You are now ready to have a conversation with an adult while there is a child in the room. Copy and paste job.... not mine.

Everyone, including his mother and himself, realize that this potential is great. But for all that is good in humanity.... to hope for it?

I don't know that this is because of people feeling bad for him. I think it is because of people feeling good for him. This is a "feel good" story of someone with a second chance. I don't pity him, but I'm excited for him and hope with him that he doesn't slip back. Do you have any idea how hard this is going to be on a recovering addict? As for the job offers, I'm sure there is an element of altruism, but let's be honest.... that guy's story is $$$$ for the company that hires him. How many of us are going to listen for the new Kraft commercial this weekend and say "that's that homeless guy!". The $$$$ thing isn't a derogatory comment either. It's business and they are paying him a wage for it. As for his criminal history... if he's paid his debt, then so-be-it. If he has outstanding warrants, then he will stand for his crimes in front of a judge. If that happens, I think the prudent thing to do would be to weigh the punitive against the rehabilitative goal of incarceration. I have trouble believing that there are warrants out for him and he has been allowed to leave Columbus after several days of media attention. Been wrong before though.

No question about it. I think that's what is bugging me about these smoking gunners. If every homeless person, or ex-con, or drug addict would find this personal redemption (not necessarily through religion) and would decide to make something of themselves, we would all be in a better place. Now would I let him watch my kids? No, but I'd let him sell them some mac 'n cheeezzzze.

As soon as this story broke, I looked at my wife and said.... "just wait until all the retards are surprised that he has a criminal past". How does one survive on the street without income? Answer.... find things or steal things. Why is one on the street? Answer.... Mental Health, Drugs, On Da Lamb, or truley very unfortunate circumstances. It rocks my gut a little that people put this stuff out there.

I will go Wolverine on their ass if they screw up Red Dawn.

Congratulations to both of you!

So what did happen to our fuel efficiency? My wife's '89 Tercel would consistently get 42 on the highway. Now we're supposed to get excited about mid-20s.

But...wha........huh?

There's no one in front of him. He's cruising in the passing lane.

I heard that not getting vaccines is linked to an increased chance of getting those diseases.

Cruising in the left lane is so much more relaxing though. The road is always clear in front of you as far as the eye can see. I drive far too many highway miles to play games. Pin the cruise at +4, stay in the right lane until I need to pass and respect the big rigs.

I guess I missed that we were talking .22 here. Get a semi-auto and blast the shit out of some stuff. My all-time favorite gun was my 94-22 lever action Winchester. Sold that when I was 19. Ass-hole kid.

For me..... I don't have a place to really enjoy a scoped bolt gun. Deer hunting with such a weapon isn't legal in Ohio and I don't have anywhere to take out other game. So for me, there is more enjoyment in the semi-automatic. Again, much depends on your purpose and realistic shooting space. Punching paper at an indoor range at 70 feet with a scoped 30-06 isn't fun for me. Blasting an AR at the same range is(still overkill for an indoor range, but what the hell?).

Thanks! Rep to you.

I've been sticking the piece in the center glove box between the seats (unlocked) but have been stressing about it. Was the glove compartment locked? I'm unclear about that interpretation and I'm having trouble getting someone "in the know" to commit to an answer.

Avoid the euphoria of the showroom and get something used. Please, you don't want to start your adult life in the hole with $500/month on a bike and insurance. This is a house payment in some decent communities. That being stated, get the Yamaha because they are better.

The news said the flood was the size of Texas. I forget how big Australia really is.

So you know my wife?