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Old 11-14-2011, 06:46 PM   #19681
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Have you tried the Spishak Mach20?
Thanks! Are they being sold in Walmart's? Gotta be better than using a machete or a Cuisinart.

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That's how I felt as a young G.I on R&R in Sydney. We were forbidden to drive while there, and I quickly learned why. It's quite disconcerting to make a right-hand turn and see traffic heading your way in what you've become accustomed to thinking of as the wrong side of the street.
Now just imagine it without the protection of a car's steel body... It's Motorcycle Russian Roulette. Normally I just close my eyes and rely on 'Zen Riding Skills,' just like you do when it's raining really really hard and you can't see out of your face shield, going down the road at 90kph.


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Old 11-14-2011, 08:14 PM   #19682
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Cheep, cheep! Isn't that what chicken babies say? Cheep, cheep!
Nope, they say peep, peep. Cheep cheep is what Angela said to the the king of the werecats.
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Old 11-14-2011, 08:17 PM   #19683
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Cheep, cheep! Isn't that what chicken babies say? Cheep, cheep!
I once taught a parakeet to say one word: "Tweet." So while the birds outside would be chirping and tweeting, he'd be in the house saying, in perfect English, "Tweet. Tweet."
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Old 11-14-2011, 08:22 PM   #19684
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Thanks! Are they being sold in Walmart's? Gotta be better than using a machete or a Cuisinart.



Now just imagine it without the protection of a car's steel body... It's Motorcycle Russian Roulette. Normally I just close my eyes and rely on 'Zen Riding Skills,' just like you do when it's raining really really hard and you can't see out of your face shield, going down the road at 90kph.



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Oh, I know all about riding when your face shield's visibility is blocked by rain. Fog, too. I used to have a pair of safety glasses that worked fantastic in fog. I'd pop the lens out, put the frames on my face, and was never stopped once by a cop for not wearing glasses or a face shield. Of course, the trick is not to go too fast. Wind is killer on bare eyes.

But rain is the scariest. Not only can you not see well, but other drivers have no idea how limited your visibility is.
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Old 11-14-2011, 08:32 PM   #19685
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I once taught a parakeet to say one word: "Tweet." So while the birds outside would be chirping and tweeting, he'd be in the house saying, in perfect English, "Tweet. Tweet."
Back in the early 80's I had a parakeet that lived right next to my answering machine and telephone. One day I heard the phone ring twice, got up to answer but all I heard was a dial tone... Happened two or three times, right up to when I was talking with a friend on the phone and I heard it 'ring.' The damn bird mimicked the ringer sound!
After several months, he would also 'answer' the ring with 'Hello? Sorry but I can't come to the phone right now!"

I miss having a parakeet! My wife doesn't appreciate them... She says they are too messy. What does she know...


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Old 11-14-2011, 08:34 PM   #19686
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I'd pop the lens out, put the frames on my face, and was never stopped once by a cop for not wearing glasses or a face shield. Of course, the trick is not to go too fast. Wind is killer on bare eyes.
So are Kamikaze June Bugs!
I'm glad we don't have them here. They really hurt at highway speeds, to say nothing of coating half a face shield when you hit one!



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Old 11-14-2011, 08:40 PM   #19687
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We have kamikaze beetles here, but they come a xmas time. oi! and only my family calls them that! some times they are in pretty colours, but mostly brown.
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Old 11-14-2011, 08:57 PM   #19688
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Our June Bugs are a pretty shade of green. When we were kids, we called them Junior Bugs. We'd tie them on thread and fly them around the yard.
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Old 11-14-2011, 09:15 PM   #19689
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We have kamikaze beetles here, but they come a xmas time. oi! and only my family calls them that! some times they are in pretty colours, but mostly brown.
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. . . . . The damn bird mimicked the ringer sound!
After several months, he would also 'answer' the ring with 'Hello? Sorry but I can't come to the phone right now!" . . . . .

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We have lyre birds out the back and they do the same thing. Mimic the telephone ringing. We've stopped looking for crying babies out in the scrub too.
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Old 11-14-2011, 10:04 PM   #19690
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Nope, they say peep, peep. Cheep cheep is what Angela said to the the king of the werecats.
Lol... I wonder what he might be reading :P
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Old 11-15-2011, 12:25 PM   #19691
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Lol... I wonder what he might be reading :P
Just finished it last night, and once again I'm looking forward to a day of work with insufficient sleep!
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Old 11-15-2011, 12:59 PM   #19693
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...once again I'm looking forward to a day of work with insufficient sleep!
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Yeah... I hate it too...waking up every morning... slogging the way downtown to the office... dress codes... bummer, doode!




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Not only that but Obama's in town, causing huge traffic jams wherever he goes!
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