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03-11-24, 09:24 AM
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03-11-24, 09:32 AM
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03-11-24, 09:50 AM
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03-11-24, 10:03 AM
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BITD, when cars had cheap steel wheels and hubcaps instead of alloy wheels, I think most folks who lived in snowy areas had their snow tires on a spare set of wheels. I know my folks did. My Dad took advantage of my desire to drive by "letting me" back the cars out of the garage and switch the tires.
03-11-24, 10:22 AM
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03-11-24, 10:52 AM
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Mrs BD switches to snows (tires only) every winter. I never did, i’m retired, so if the snow gets too deep for my 4WD I’m not going anywhere anyway. The last couple of years there’s been little need for snows or 4WD in this joke of a winter.
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03-11-24, 10:59 AM
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This is the second comic drawing recently that I've not understood. Life is passing me by. Sad.
03-11-24, 11:00 AM
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03-11-24, 11:01 AM
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Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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My former BIL had a BSA. He had all the coolest vehicles, including that BSA, an MGB, and a red 1968 Mustang fastback with a 289.
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03-11-24, 11:03 AM
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**** Apple.
03-11-24, 11:07 AM
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I apologize for not alerting the thread participants of the flurry of high quality content i just posted.
03-11-24, 11:09 AM
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03-11-24, 11:09 AM
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windy this morning. Wind should not be a factor at 330 am.
03-11-24, 11:13 AM
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Not Roscoe but a cute, recently adopted dog that was at the shelter. Someone has given him a forever home and he will return the favor by giving unconditional love.
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03-11-24, 11:14 AM
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03-11-24, 11:15 AM
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03-11-24, 11:19 AM
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From January 2022.
03-11-24, 11:23 AM
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03-11-24, 11:45 AM
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Oh, you mean the one upthread. Same.
And, sad as it is to say, I doubt I will ever be easy with the pronoun ‘they’ when referring to a single person. It just rubs me the wrong way, though I fully understand why it is used. It is something I might have used once, in my rebellious ute.
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03-11-24, 11:51 AM
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I got my first two this year. An iPad and then a phone. I got the phone in the hope of it being more durable than the androids I’ve had. I got the iPad because it appeared my Chromebook died an early death, and I didn’t want to go down that road again. Turned out to be only an ‘upgrade’ . After the next upgrade it was fine again.
03-11-24, 11:56 AM
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My first was a Sears 106. My next, and last, was a 68 Honda 305. I sheared the shift lever off, riding it through a vacant lot. After a long rebuild, the fork got wiped out in an illegal left turn very shortly thereafter. I didn’t have the heart and parked it in the garage I was living in and left it behind when I left.
03-11-24, 12:00 PM
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My Dad used to take me slot car racing. I won a Honda S65 there (sweepstakes, not from skill). My Mom said no way your riding a motorcycle. A few years later she OK'd that ^.
At 18 I started racing motocross. My first bike was a Maico 400, back when there were no mufflers. First time I started it in the driveway, it scared the crap out of her.
At 18 I started racing motocross. My first bike was a Maico 400, back when there were no mufflers. First time I started it in the driveway, it scared the crap out of her.
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03-11-24, 12:01 PM
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