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I used Mototune's method on my new '13 DL650 and with new rings in an '85 CB700SC. The rings seated beautifully and I have excellent compression on both engines, now 5k+ miles later.

In concocting the joke, I presumed Obama's blame would be too assumed to have much play left on it.

You are a sick, twisted man. Is scrabble even legal in Ohio?

What else have you heard on the media tonight?

100:1 says Jay already has an order in for a low serial numbered street model, and possibly a track version as well. Just plain makes sense for a celeb collector.

Should have renamed this to top 10 straw dog fallacies to hate people you don't understand.

Coolness!

Definitely WINnage

FWIW I'd like to comment SS for what I think is an exceedingly fair and balanced tone and an understanding the the issue is complex and partisan on both sides.

I follow a couple, but most of them are crap, IMHO. Endless rambling about stupid stuff while you plow through traffic isn't my idea of an ideal viewing experience. If you do motovlog, consider these ideas: 1. Pick a theme/identity/brand for your vlog and stick to it. "Weekly Rides With Reuben" is very good at that, and I look forward to his bike reviews, topic'd discussions about preparing for weather, etc. 2. Be prepared before you start. Don't make up the topic and content on the fly - write down what high points you want to cover and the transitions between before you get on your bike. 3. Edit out dead space - don't make us wait for you to reassemble your thoughts - keep the vlog compact. In the end, it's a lot like writing a blog or a story. Think about your audience and what they would be interested in and what you have experience, insight and knowledge about.

Gotta love maker/experimenter/hacker/builder spirit

"Use" taxes are similar. You can choose not to buy gasoline and avoid the fuel tax. Or choose not to fly and avoid landing fees or choose not to rent NYC hotels and avoid lodging taxes or choose not to own property and avoid RETs.

Yea, I'm not one for the Walmart/Best Buy example either but don't get side-tracked by it. I'll say it again, there are only a small handful of big name PC manufacturers willing to sell systems without Windows, and even then it's unclear whether they are pricing a Windows license fee inside the deal. The issue is about choice and about not tithing a company for goods and services not received. It's about antitrust. Again don't get hung up on a red herring. While you're semantically correct, the legal definition of collusion in the context of anti-trust requires a higher standard, that the colluding companies represent a monopolistic hold on market choice, and that's exactly what the EU rulings have found in multiple cases with MS - that they abused their market position, stifled innovation and fair market competition. I.e., while semantically it would be collusion for you and me to charge OR members $5/candy bar, it would only be monopolistic if we commanded the vast majority of all candy bar sales and required vendors to bundle that $5 candy fee in every movie theater ticket price, whether our customers wanted the chocolate or not. Funny how some folks think government taxes for services not directly rendered are bad but corporate ones are just fine. How very selective and Ayn Randian.

Just because I want Linux doesn't mean I want a PC built by Crazy Kenny. Ugh indeed.

To be completely fair, you CAN get a PC without paying the Windows tax from smaller manufacturers who haven't engaged in exclusivity contracts with Microsoft. Also, Dell has started to offer two of their models without Windows. However, it is unclear whether consumers of those PCs are actually paying for Windows beneath the base price of the systems. So, augmenting what CSC said, you can either 1) buy a PC with Windows, 2) a Mac with OSX, 3) a small-name PC without Windows, or 4) (when you can get it), a big-name-brand PC without Windows and hope you're not paying an extra $50-100 for a copy of W8 you'll never get the key for, simply because the manufacturer is contractually obliged to tithe Microsoft for it. ZX, this is what the EU law suits have been about for the last two decades. It's not a religious war, it's about antitrust and consumer choice.

Zx I don't think you fully understand. Microsoft establishes contracts with PC resellers where deep discounts are given to them for Microsoft products in exchange for exclusivity. In that way, Microsoft sells more licenses by removing the option of buying a PC without them, and the resellers reduce their system costs and deliver a pre-configured product with crapware they themselves benefit in other ways from. But not every customer wants Windows (and the rest of the crapware) on their PC - many want a flavor of Linux. But because of the reseller's exclusivity contract with Microsoft, those customers have to tithe Microsoft anyway, because an OS-less PC isn't available from most of the big resellers. This is called collusion, among other names.

Looks like Square doesn't like a lot of other things also: https://squareup.com/help/en-us/article/5089-prohibited-goods-and-services-with-square-register Any illegal activity or goodsBuyers or membership clubs, including dues associated with such clubsCredit counseling or credit repair agenciesCredit protection or identity theft protection servicesDirect marketing or subscription offers or servicesInfomercial salesInternet/mail order/telephone order pharmacies or pharmacy referral services (where fulfillment of medication is performed with an Internet or telephone consultation, absent a physical visit with a physician including re-importation of pharmaceuticals from foreign countries)Unauthorized multi-level marketing businessesInbound or outbound telemarketersPrepaid phone cards or phone servicesRebate based businessesUp-sell merchantsBill payment servicesBetting, including lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, off-track betting, and wagers at racesFinancial institutions offering manual or automated cash disbursementsPrepaid cards, checks or other financial merchandise or servicesSales of money-orders or foreign currency by non-financial institutionsWire transfer money ordersHigh-risk products and services, including telemarketing salesService station merchantsAutomated fuel dispensersAdult entertainment oriented products or services (in any medium, including Internet, telephone or printed material)Sales of (i) firearms, firearm parts or hardware, and ammunition; or (ii) weapons and other devices designed to cause physical injuryInternet/mail order/telephone order cigarette or tobacco salesDrug paraphernaliaOccult materialsHate or harmful productsEscort servicesBankruptcy attorneys or collection agencies engaged in the collection of debtIt's really a bizarre list that puts Square squarely in the seat of arbitrary interpretation. Like, "harmful products" - that SHOULD include soda, solvents, rodent poisons, weed killer, bug killer, motorcycles... And "Occult materials" - does that mean books about Mormonism, Wicca, Ouija Boards and Dungeons and Dragons cards are prohibited? And "Adult Entertainment" - would that include instructional materials, or only things Square discerns as smut? F#%^ Square. If they want to be in the business of deciding what I can and can't use it for, then I'll go with instant-pay options provided by a real FI (financial institution).

That's a sobering reminder, thanks Butters. That should be just as unacceptable to anti-gunners, because if you can exclude lawful firearm commerce, you can do it to anything else otherwise allowed by law.

Are you trying to use me as an excuse to go? [emoji1]

Cabella's in Polaris and Field and Stream in Easton are a couple more options, but I haven't bought any firearms from them so I can't attest to them other than their existence. I did have a weird experience at Cabella's though. My GF and I stopped by to see if they had a Thompson in their Gun Library. It was when The Great Gatsby was playing and she, being new to guns, wanted to see what a Tommy looked like. The salesman was a complete prick about it, barking that it's illegal to own a full-auto gun and that they don't keep that stuff there. I barked back the regs, and that shut him up, but it left my GF unimpressed and deflated about her interest. Try introducing someone to firearms when they have negative emotions about it...

There are going to be SO many options for mobile/quick payments in the next year. Looks like this one is pretty straightforward. I would expect PayPal to have to simplify their flow and give up some holding interest income as a result.

Zero as well, in the form of a DS: http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/zero-ds/

I was thinking the exact same thing, especially the potential to upon up a lot more riding courses closer to civilization due to lower noise and smog emissions.

Me too. I'm debating whether to ride one before winter or wait until next year.

{facepalm} :-D