MattPie

Good point. Have you considered a telegram? Tweeting at them? :)

Garth Snow?

Maybe just a smaller yard.

You kinda joke, but the entrance I use to work is a big glass wall and there's a dead bird on the sidewalk at least once a month.

I think I've used that before, but it could have been subconsciously after whatever dust-up a few years ago you're talking about.

After taking my bike to a track, I fully know the limits on the street are of my own making, not the bike; even with my pretty sedate R1150R. There's no way I'd corner on the street the way I do on the track.

I'm going around in circles about this; Van-dor the Unstoppable has run-flats, but I've heard the horror-stories about tires shredding after going flat and/or wearing out before you can get to a shop that has the right tire and size for your car if you're on a trip. Plus being AWD, it's not always advisable to throw a new tire on with 3 half-worn tires. I keep a can of fix-a-flat in the van so I can spray and inflate if I have one go flat. If it was just me, I'd consider running normal tires and keeping a patch-kit in the car but I'm can't recommend that to my wife in good conscience in case there's a flat that's worse than a patch kit can handle. Some people get an extra rim keep a spare; that has merit too. Another tire-related complaint (sort of): I was out on the fun roads on my bike last weekend and had a pretty good slip on gravel. The bike righted itself and I kept going, but it's by-far the closest I've come to crashing. I did all the wrong things, my foot came off the peg and the heel hit (but thankfully slid and didn't break) and I (think) I chopped the throttle. I need to work on my panic respnse. That was gravel, but the whole day the bike didn't feel very planted. I'm not sure if the somewhat-oddly worn front tire is the issue or it's me being rusty for riding those kinds of roads. The worst part is the big slip happened right at the start of my favorite two roads and it put a big dent in the experience.

If I were buying a bike today, it'd probably end up being some sort of adv. I do a little too much gravel and dirt for my street bike's own good. This isn't Fontana, but it's not far away from it!

Yeah, the internet generation; those 80s corporate raiders. I'm not going to let you pin "get rich quick" on Gen X and later, man! :) "The former secretary of State also holds commanding leads Trump among blacks, 90 to 7 percent, and Hispanics, 62 to 23 percent." http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/fox-news-poll-bernie-sanders-donald-trump-hillary-clinton I don't have Obama's numbers handy, but I can't imagine them being that much better.

Why do you think hard lefties would be pro-Clinton? If anything, it'll be the moderate Democrats (DINO, if you like a loaded term).

I've been on a kick for the last few months, with varying definitions of "j". I haven't found a J that just plain didn't work, but some are better than others: - Lingonberry Jelly (from Ikea) - Hot Pepper Jelly from Wegmans - Orange Marmalade - McKay's Ginger Preserves (this is good, and not that sweet) - Mango Habanero Jelly (ok, but it doesn't hold up enough to the PB for some reason) RosePie is on a kick too, currently she likes the lingonberry. I just bought some Key Lime marmalade to try next.

If you're a pessimist, unless green energy takes off, having a military is going to be more and more critical until the oil dries up.

The exhaust doesn't look right for a BMW (it'd be an F800, I think). It looks adventure-y though; maybe an SV1000 (err, I meant V-strom) or the Ducati adv bike.

Absolutely. Also, I think it takes way more than a 2nd and the 3rd to jump from 8 to 4.

For the first at least, 15% prefer "another" between Trump and Clinton. I don't think it's a stretch to say those are Bernie fans; the question is whether those people would vote for Clinton or not come the general election. I can't see many of them voting for Trump.

Fontana Dam is on a great road; at least when the numnutzes driving Mustangs don't clog it up. :)

Sawadee!

On a side note, the US military has a directive to go green (as in sustainable fuels and energy). They'd be stupid not to, the oil will dry up so there better be a solution that works after that. It helps that large parts of the military runs on one type of fuel (JP-8), so if they can create a compatible biofuel the transition isn't too bad. The problem then becomes if we can grow enough to supply. In an interesting development, the Army can apparently make 11 gallons of JP-8 from a ton of trash. https://www.army.mil/article/50201/army-converts-garbage-into-energy-reduces-carbon-footprint/

The planet also had a much different climate when the dinosaurs were around compared to now; it was hotter. Like, palm trees in Wyoming hot. EDIT: Deleted VMware troubleshooting link. I think that was Off-topic. :)

I'm guessing a Cereal shoot looks something like pi2000's avatar.

My Nexus 6 did something like that but with some Google App. Eventually it got turned off as I wasn't being active enough. Also, I sometimes don't carry my phone with me when I doing stuff in the yard; it made me mad that it was missing what physical activity I do. On a related note, work sent me a fancy-pants pedometer (syncs over BT, eInk display, etc.). For whatever reason, it's working. I'll go out for a walk at night if I haven't gotten to 7000 steps that day so I can see the little congratulation notice. I crave validation. I'm not sure if we're talking about the same thing, but a friend of mine had a retractable lock he used for snowboards. Long story short, we found out a Leatherman was sufficient to cut the cable with no fuss. It'll stop someone from randomly taking your bike, but won't pose an obstacle to someone who wants to steal a bike.

The Bills playoff win drought can drink.

Fort Knox: I like it, clever. The Bank: I like it too, until Fertility Associates of WNY buys the naming rights; it'll still be accurate at least.

Dude, sake is awesome once you get used to it. I will admit it's a bit funky the first time around.

A/C. Take away Air Conditioning, and everywhere south of Virginia becomes far less desirable for a lot of people.