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Sweltering Summer |
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Noggin News |
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Sickles & Such |
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The Beer Essentials |
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Bald Worthy |
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Sweltering Summer=
Wow it’s been a hot one even for those naysayers of no global
warming or climate change. It broke all high temps and humidity for July, here in my home state =
and
just about everywhere else, since records have been kept.
Luckily we still get rain so it’s humid too no drought.
How hot is it? (you’ll wish you
didn’t ask):
It was so hot è I had mildew in my nether regions è lobsters and clams steamed in the air the minute they were hauled fr=
om
the ocean è the local swimming hole was a huge fish and turtle soup
I have to walk everywhere because when I get on my bike or in my car I
slide off or out the other side è Indigenous South American Rain Forest =
Tribes
are living behind my house
I get my movie popcorn from the cornstalks in my garden è squirrels are putting Gatorade on their nuts è Dick Cheney is water boarding himself è my chickens are laying fried eggs è two hydrants were fighting over a dog<= o:p>
I want to take off my skin and sit in my bones è the robins are using pot holders to get wormsè my cow is giving evaporated milk è
Hotter then two mice screwing in a wool so=
ck è a hooker on dollar night è my brain doing the newsletter
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Annual founding fathers pig roast was another resounding success not =
only
did we eat an entire 165 pound pig but we polished off a couple bushels of
baked beans and two kegs of beer
and still didn’t explode or create any obnoxious gas clouds. By the
wee hours of the early morning we even solved the entire planets problems. I
think we decided we needed to go to another
planet and start over, leaving anyone that wasn’t a Baldie here of
course. Executive Chef LB outdid himself again with help from
It seems your Prez, yep that’s me, began the week in the rain as
usual but I got a bit over excited by the sunshine when I hit the Kanc in N=
ew
Hampster. I didn’t see the statie until I was
coming around the corner. Then I couldn’t miss him as all
6’5” of him jumped into the road and flagged me over. I pulled =
a u-turn
and came up behind the two cop cars and the officers and
the group of Harleys they had already pulled over. The second cop was
running radar and just screaming out speeds 63-78- 52 and it was a 40mph zo=
ne.
The pillar of Hercules cop was eyeballing my
200MPH club sticker on my Busa windscre=
en and
asking me if I knew how fast I was going. I said I didn’t know but I’m sure he would tell me. Then=
I
pulled off my full-face tinted visor helmet.
I thought the cop was going to faint. He obviously didn’t expect
some fat old bald guy to be under the helmet. He took my info and proceeded=
to
his car. Luckily I have a clean driving record.
last infraction was 38 years ago so he let me off with a stern if any=
of
my fellow officers or myself catch you again this week you’ll get a
ticket; and by the way you were doing 68 in a 40.
Needless to say that put a damper on my speed and I had the slowest r=
ide
ever on the rest of the Kanc. Luckily by the end of the week and to
riding habits returned. We contemplated the meaning of life, the de-evoluti=
on
of man and the finer points of the female anatomy of which at our age we
can’t recall the reason why they are the finer points
or even why we should be discussing them. We then realized it was time =
to
go to bed as the sun was coming up over the mountain. We road later that day
and
Many curvy roads were partaken of along with delightful foods and bev=
erages
and a host of hilarious comedic adventures after our day’s rides. We =
look
forward to these whimsical adventures;
okay crazy assed trips, after the long winters and wet springs.
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News from =
other
Baldies:
Rick says hello from =
He had great time on =
his tour
and excursions on his own.
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From Anh
Lie
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A hearty head slap fr=
om Eric
at his favorite pub in
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Sickles and Such:
The
It includes e=
nergy to
build it, keep it repaired and fueled and amount of materials that can reus=
ed
after it’s gone to the graveyard.
Turns out if =
you
figure all that in the average motorcycle consumes about the same amount of
energy as a Hummer (the kind you drive).
The higher
performance and techno advanced the bike is the worse it is. So those who s=
ay
they got a motorcycle for less pollution argument ain’t foolin anyone=
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Total motorcycle sal=
es for
Q1 were up 6851 at 102,547. Seems scooters (are they really motorcycles?) w=
ere
the most buoyant market segment by percentage increase.
Scooter sales rose 49.6% or 2000 units, compared with 2010 Q1 data.
Scooter sales are traditionally bolstered by a rise in gas prices, which ha=
ve
once again topped $4/gallon throughout much of the
Another highlight
Off road market drop=
ped
5.5% and ATV sales were down 16% but then again ATV’s are not
motorcycles.
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Change |
%Change |
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DUAL |
6697 |
5386 |
1311 |
24.3% |
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OFF-HWY |
18,725 |
19,812 |
-1087 |
-5.5% |
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ON-HWY |
70,879 |
66,322 |
4557 |
6.9% |
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SCOOTER |
6246 |
4176 |
2070 |
49.6% |
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TOTAL |
102,547 |
95,696 |
6851 |
7.2% |
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ATV |
47,702 |
56,875 |
-9173 |
-16.1% |
Hat’s o=
ff and
shiny bald noggin to John McGuinness who wins s=
enior
TT and superbike TT at this years Isle of Man races.
Someday I mig=
ht
actually make to a race over there.
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The Prez goes
Café Racer
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The Beer Essentials:
Baldie
“Dave” says join him and the bald troll for some fun and brews =
è http://www.trollw=
ay.com/productlist.asp?cat=3D85
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Saved the day?
Police have identified a Williston man who stole a beer truck and crash=
ed
it in the Wal-Mart parking lot on Sunday.
Steven Ison, 29, was arrested on charges of theft of property, a Class B
felony.
On Sunday Ison stole a Coors beer truck owned by Danny Nehring while it was
parked on the 300-block of
It was later found crashed in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Police did not =
say
if any beer was stolen. Ison is currently being held at the
Police officials explained that the theft of property was a Class B felony
since the value of the item taken was more than $10,000.
The truck was previously owned by Morelli's Distributing, and was sold abou=
t a
month ago, the assistant manager of the company said.
A Class B felony has a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment, $10,0=
00
in fines, or both.
It’s believed Williston stole the truck to keep it’s
contents from spoiling any real beer in the vicinity.
Hoist one of the=
ses?
I like beer, really like beer but I’m not sure about these. Would=
you
try one?
Moose Drool Brown Ale – Bandersnatch Milk Stout – Kiltlifter
– Old Jock – Salopian Entire Butt – Druid Fluid –
Dogfish Head Golden Shower
Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakf=
ast
Pooh Coffee – Porkslap - Old Engine Oil (actually had some and it’s grea=
t)
Don’t forget these great beers
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Bald Worth=
y
Don
Younger beer guru 1941 – 2011 =
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Gary
Nixon motorcycle racer
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