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step up and help, please

               

I was contacted by the McKinney Firefighters Association last week to help them with a charity ride for fallen Firefighter Phillip Townsend, a Dension Texas firefighter. Phillip gave his life in the line of duty on December 30th 2006. I am providing 200 tshirts for the event and told the McKinney organization that I would raise the funds to do the shirts with no expense from them.

We did this with another charity event last year and had great success. My heart goes out to men and women who risk their lives for us. Phillip leaves behind 3 children, a grieving family and a host of friends.

The ride is on March 25 starting at Hanks in McKinney. Of course if you are in the area ... please do come out and ride. But ... the need today is funds for this event. If you can help in any way financially it would be appreciated. We are doing a sponsor back ... so if you want to promote your business or other cause ... we will print that info on the back of the shirt for a donation.

Please contact me if you are interested in helping with the ride shirt.

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sick? ... open a window

Experts now tell us that simply opening a window is better for you in a hospital than all the new techno gadgets to exchange the air in a room. Lori and I were talking about this just the other day. For economic reasons we didn't run our heat for much of the winter ... opting for little electric heaters near the TV and just a feather comforter at night. We have had very little upper respiratory  problems all winter.  I remember when  ... growing up my grandmother would open a window when I was sick ... looks like it "did" work.

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time change biggie

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Did you know? Congress, back in 2005, passed an edict that "Daylight Savings Time" would begin 4 weeks earlier in 2007. So on March 11 we will spring forward one hour in the US (except for AZ). Experts tell us ... we really aren't ready for the change.

For 20 years DST has been on the first Sunday of April and the last Sunday of October. ... but times they are a changing.

Your computer may not know that DST begins on March 11 ... better check out your OS's site to see if there is a patch ... or just change it yourself. Airline and bank IT folks are freaking out about the deal hoping that everything will make the jump without a glitch. This new change in DST has been kind of stealth like ... in fact I didn't know anything about it until last week.

Hope you are ready for some extra hours of riding in the daylight!!

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we're all rich

Here's a fun site. It calculates how much your domain name is worth. It's a new site ... it's getting spread around ... it's a viral thing. It might be down from time to time from slow servers, etc. Here's the link.

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shiftless harley

I just caught this news release this morning about a company that has designed an automatic transmission for Harley's. A very cool concept for those that are "shift challenged".

This new development offers several key advantages:

Simplified operation for disabled riders; Increased confidence for novice or smaller stature riders; Improved safety with less attention required; Added convenience in congested or stop-and-go traffic; Easier to learn and transition from an automobile.

Maybe the folks from Walters would ship me a auto-Harley and I could write a review for it! It could happen!

Check it out for yourself. Here.

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does it come in black?

Sweet ride. What are you running in this baby? Can you get it in black?
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off duty accident

       

I scan for motorcycle news everyday. Most of the news that is carried is mostly about motorcycle deaths. For the most part, I choose not to bring that up, because we should all know that riding a motorcycle is dangerous. We don't like to talk about it ... but it is.

Today, we remember a Dallas County Sheriffs Deputy, Stewart Reeves. Deputy Reeves was off duty doing what he loved most ... riding his new Harley.

The deputy had been president of the Peace Keepers Motorcycle Club – a close-knit group of current and former police officers, firefighters and other public safety officials that conducts toy drives and fund raisers for women's shelters. (from the Dallas Morning News).

Peace

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charlie knox

You know what this is? It is the patent drawing of the first heart shaped candy box invented by ... C.J. Knocks. Do you know when he invented it? February 19, 1960. That's right ... today is the anniversary of the heart shaped candy box. Look at the date guys ... you know what happened don't you? Yep, Charlie forgot his lady's chocolate fix and spent 5 sleepless nights wondering what he could do to make it up to her. Way to go Charlie! You da man! And ever since that day ... we thank Charlie for a great gift that says it all.

Love you, baby.

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go to your happy place

The first and only "World Map of Happiness" has been released. A real study by  a psychologist at the University of Leicester. Dr. White compiled his data from several sources including: UNESCO, the CIA, the New Economics Foundation, the WHO, the Veenhoven Database, the Latinbarometer, the Afrobarometer, and the UNHDR. Of which I have only heard of one of them ... the CIA. According to this study here are the twenty happinest countrys:

1. Denmark

2. Switzerland

3. Austria

4. Iceland

5. The Bahamas

6. Finland

7. Sweden

8. Bhutan

9. Brunei

10. Canada

11. Ireland

12. Luxembourg

13. Costa Rica

14. Malta

15. The Netherlands

16. Antigua and Barbuda

17. Malaysia

18. New Zealand

19. Norway

20. The Seychelles

FYI: USA (23), France (62), China (82) Japan (90), India (125). more here

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ghostrider

Lori and I caught opening day for Ghostrider. I know that all the reviews on this movie said that it was "not good", but if you have an interest in motorcycles ... I think you will enjoy it. It is a Marvel Comic character, after all. The special effects for this movie were great. The acting, well ... it isn't the best script in the world ... but ok. The different bikes in the film were fun to catch. The pre "hell bike" looks just like Peter Fonda's bike in Easy Rider. Of course they switched the bikes in and out of shots so many times ... but the close ups were great. Stunts were good. I especially like the front brake wheelie that Cage's character is shown pulling off. All in all ... if you are looking for Oscar stuff ... this ain't it. If you are a motorhead ... you overlook the acting and look at the bikes ... it's a thumbs up. BTW ... Lori was not thrilled at all at my pick of movies ... but I quickly reminded her of the 2 dozen chick flicks that I have watched with her and never complained.

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