MattPie

Cool! I'll see if I can find it. Thanks!

After seeing that commercial for "Stars Earn Stripes", they're using a *very* loose definition of "Stars".

Any chance we could narrow down the date? I'd be curious if the NHL archive would have it.

That's *so* not a word, lol.

You know, it's probably not *that* different than taking a hit in hockey or football. I give him complete credit though, I'd be rolling around for at least 10 minutes.

Woo! Friday complaint post! None of my bikes is completely functional. And I don't have enough time for the TLC to nurse them back to health. Even my mountain bike isn't shifting well.

Oooof:

It's not in bad shape. I did most of the maintenance stuff when I got it a few months ago. It was running then, but the front brake was all messed up, frozen pistons and whatnot. In the mean time, I tore one of the carburetors apart and then got busy with other things, so that's where it still sits. I was smart enough to not tear them both apart at once, at least. I have a book, so who knows. That was going to be my project for the weekend, but it looks like other things are taking over again.

Hang on until I make some popcorn, this is gonna be interesting. :)

And according to CNN, the No 1 Ranked Chinese player has thrown a hissy-fit and quit Badminton forevers.

Sorry to hear about the unplanned get-off. I've yet to manage tham myself, although I've had a few close ones. Love the old Goldwings though, I was keeping an eye out for one before buying my current project, an 82 Silverwing. Starting taking the master cylinder apart last night for my project to completely refurb the front brakes. Speaking of deer, the attached is reportedly from a rally in WV last weekend, ouch. At least it's one of the small southern deer, unlike the horses up in WNY.

The one intangible he doesn't have to be a 3rd line center is having ever played against the best players in the world. You're going to throw him out there with Crosby, Ovechkin, etc. and expect him to be fine? I'd be pretty surprised. (Also, there's another fairly established poster on here with Ennis the Menace in some form. It's going to get confusing. :))

Oh, it'll fill up. Unfortunately some other places will likely empty out in the process.

Oh, a R1200C bike. I kinda wanted one when I bought mine. I'm happy I didn't since it turns out I like the somewhat sporty side of things. I can't figure out what they did with that engine though. The R1150 engines from the same era have 85 HP and 70 ft-lbs of torque. All I can think is BMW wanted to match up with Harley, which at the time was the Twin Cam 88 which put out very similar +-58HP and +-70 ft lbs numbers. Maybe they figured the cuiser crowd would be afraid of anything that spun more than 6000 times a minute. :) :)

You could go with the star for a star, and go hit their scroing guys.

That is catchy. You wonder about the satire aspect, or are they copying what they see in American videos? Amusing nonetheless. Reminded me of this video, which is just *so* ridiculous you wonder if tongue is planted in cheek or not. (NSFW, language)

You know, at first I thought it was crazy, but I did walk across the Brooklyn bridge a couple weeks ago. If there was something interesting on either end...

I assume you mean the BMW LT, that one is a bit of the pig. :) I hear the new K1600GTL's are nice (1600cc inline 6), but I haven't ridden one. Too expensive! I'm with you on the sport bikes, as much as I'd like to have one, there's no way I'm riding 200-300 miles regularly which is my preferred way to ride. My Beemer is mildly sporty (R1150R) but comfy enough at the same time to do 600 mile days (so far). I'm working on a cafe project, I'll have to see how far I can ride that. :) We should probably resurrect the motorcycle thread for this though. :)

Come on, this isn't the first one? Besides being unique, it's a good fight too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofev3nwJjFs And a new one in honor of the most recent sign:

Nice! I've only ridden one big cruiser, a Rocket III, and a Suzuki 800 that I was ferrying home for a friend (he just bought it, he never rode on the street before that). Both were fun, but the floor boards found the ground way too easily on both. :)

Oooh, what did you get?

It's probably be easier to put in a new highway from Smith St (give or take) and connect down past Tift. Looking at the satellite map, there doesn't seem to be a ton of stuff in the way.

Fixed that for you. You lot were pretty mean bastards a couple 100 years ago. :)

LOL, nice. I'm seriously tempted to paint my 2nd bike blue with the stripe from the current dark jersey down the middle.

I can see Vanek+pick, Vanek+mid-level prospect, but that's just swapping players without really improving the Sabres. Bobby Ryan isn't *that* much better than Vanek. It'd be interested hearing someone outside's (non-Buffalo fan) take.