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I tend to ride as early/late in the season as possible. I have an oversized pair of ski gloves I put over my regular riding gloves....

That being said, one of these days, I will follow through and get heated grips (been saying that for a few years now).

I remembered from Sniper's info, his wife has a GXR and I clicked the thread thinking he had an eventful evening.

If you are looking to get into Healthcare IT, a degree is critical. I would agree with Justin that you should find an employer who will pay for your education, but it's really difficult and setting yourself up for failure if you think they will promote you for your education after they have already paid for it. You usually need to move on to get parity with your similarly educated peers (at least within a few years.)

my .02.

7-9 and 4-6? More like 24 hours a day. Being from Toledo, I thought Michigan drivers were bad (up until the 90s they didn't have a driving test up there, just written) until I moved down here. Columbus drivers are horrible. And I've driven in Atlanta.

Tell me about it...I've been all over (mostly north) and I'm used to waking and seeing 6-12 inches of snow EACH AND EVERY morning. These people freak when there is a drizzle.

I blame it on the fact nobody is actually from here. We're all just here for the jobs.

BW3 (at least the Gahanna one) is having a tapping party on Oct 3.

hope he took the chain(or belt) off

Nah - He didn't even put in neutral...just bungied the clutch cable.

Agreed with the comments so far on the plasma sets. On the other hand I have the 50" plasma Panasonic TH-50PZ800U and love it. The picture is fantastic, black and color reproduction in movies can't be beat except for the most high end led sets. Until the last year or so I would have argued you could not beat the plasmas for picture quality but I think these days the full backlit led sets are just as good and for the lack of screen burn they may even be better. That said, mine has been going strong for 3 years now with no issues and I would probably have to think long and hard before moving away from the plasma format. I am kinda intrigued by the specs on that Panasonic you linked to because for it still being a 50" screen like mine, it weighs 30 pounds less and draws over 300 watts less power. They did something inside the chassis over the last few years to make it lighter and more efficient.

My only faults with the plasma are the following.

It uses a lot of power compared to an lcd or led set. Mine is rated to max out at over 600watts and on a very bright white screen the ammeter I have in the power conditioner reflects that.

Heat, that 600watts from above makes plenty of heat. It actually has three fans across the top of the tv to make sure the electronics and the screen stay cool enough. When you walk up to the tv after it has been on for a few hours, that end of the room is noticeably warmer.

Screen burn, yep it happens. I have the pixel orbiter on mine and the screen wipe features just like the modern sets do. It still does it. You fall asleep watching the History channel and 6 hours later you wake up to change the channel and that stupid "H" is burned in the corner. Gaming can be done but you have to follow the same precaution as with tv logo's, limit screen time to 1-2 hours at a shot. I had my pc hooked to the plasma for a while and loved playing Crysis and Call of Duty on it. Ammo/health counters and your crosshairs are stationary. They burn in very nicely.

As for cables, unless the store you buy the tv at is giving them away for close to free don't get them. www.Monoprice.com or www.optimization-world.com They both have cables for way less then Best-buy and it is good stuff.

Are you sure it was the History channel logo that we burned in, Dave?

Ohiohealth is looking for a few more Tier III desktop support folks. If the jobs aren't posted now, they will be shortly.

Ducati?!?!

I just bought a 700 there a month or so ago for $69.99 out the door. Already had a 700 and it allowed me to transfer over my smoked shield and chin skirt.

I have the dainese scarpa shift boots. They are an ankle style boot and, while they wont protect like a calf boot, they offer more than shoes and arecomfortable for all day wear.

Does this mean AsianRob is back?

I'd pee in her butt.

I'd spit in her butt

My bikes don't like Ravenna - went down 20 years ago on Rt 5 as a girl in a cavalier hung a left in front of me. 60 to 0 and a destroyed Nighthawk. I couldn't do that to my sexy Italian.

I've met a few of you through Desmohio and a couple at Circleville a month or so ago.

Anyway, I didn't realize I couldn't post to the For Sale section, but thought some of you might be interested. Saw a Daytona 675 for sale at Kenny and Henderson in Columbus. Gorgeous black and gold. Didn't have time for a pic, but the number on the sign was 460-1000.

Awesome, Joe!

OhioHealth has an open req for the Helpdesk Manager, too. Very strange. We (OhioHealth) are looking for some Tier III Desktop folks as well.

Not too many people showed today....who's going tomorrow?