Topic: what surprised you today...

[smokester]

I don't think I ever lasted more than 10 minutes at over 100 MPH on my Harley Sportster. Helmet tries to lift, bugs hurt, crosswinds make it hairy. Wouldn't want a crotch rocket.

A full face Arai would solve most of that.  "bikers' balls" you have to develop over time, and pushing it up to 130 should negate the crosswind.

[6pairsofshoes]

When chris called it a Hawg, I assumed it was a Harley, as that's what a hog is in the U.S.  There are even images on google that would lead to that confusion, although there are also Yamahas that fit the same description (Thunderace).

[brickbatz]

"bikers' balls" you have to develop over time

I hill climbed and raced motocross in American Motorcycle Association races. First time I was told to grow a pair.

[6pairsofshoes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdfMr-b2Vf0

[smokester]

How much my left hand surgery hurts compared to the right.  The surgeon did say the ligament was unusually thick and he had to cut quite deep to release the nerve.

It's still too sore to hold a beer bottle.

[smokester]

You can actually drink from a beer bottle without using your hands - hold it in your teeth. It takes a bit of practice, but you can get used to it.

This is not advisable with extensive bridgework.

You could always levitate it for me. While you're at it you could also make it everlasting.

[6pairsofshoes]

You could always drink it through a straw.

[smokester]

Where's the challenge in that?

Tch, your male and being asked to do 2 things at once.

[8ullfrog]

Was watching state of the union analysis on KPBS, and the anchr,http://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/jwoodruff/

Had the demonoid fora up on her laptop. I wish I had DVR on my cable box, but my provider wants an extra 10$ a month for a box with dvr.

I wonder what her username is?

[6pairsofshoes]

Surely, you jest.  Judy Woodruff is sort of an intellectual lightweight, hardly the stuff of demonoid fora.

[8ullfrog]

Might not have been her laptop, but I found it highly amusing.

[smokester]

I'll bet she was GreatWizard.

She doesn't look like she can play chess that well.

[smokester]

Got home ok around 5pm, but about an hour later someone stole my bike.

Not the best kind of surprises.

Another surprise and perhaps some good karma for my grand gesture with the flights, is that the police found my bike yesterday!!

It was about 300yds from where I live and hotwired.  The thing is that because of my surgery a month before, it had been sitting idle and the battery tends to run down due to it's digital clocks. My guess is it wouldn't fire up so they just abandoned where it stood.

It's still going to cost a few quid to redo the wiring, but getting it back has saved me at least £1200 in the long run.

[xtopave]

Another surprise and perhaps some good karma for my grand gesture with the flights, is that the police found my bike yesterday!!

WOW, I'm so glad they found your motorcycle!!
I thought motorcycle theft was exclusively an Argentinian phenomenon. 

[goldshirt*9]

well done the police