I think I need to have a come to Jesus meeting, with God. I've held up my end of the deal often going above and beyond what was necessary. Not just to be a good daughter, but a good person, and hopefully a good Christian. I know I'm an excellent worker, yet he struck me with one serious illness after another until I had to stop working. I don't want to be disabled; I damn sure don't want a handout. But if God isn't going to allow me to collect SSD, then he needs to step up to the plate and find me a decent job.
There has obviously been a mistake, God seems to think I am to be a modern day Job. Lest you think I exaggerate, in the last 3 years I have been stricken/blessed with: vulvar cancer, Meniere's disease, uterine fibroids the size of North Dakota, diverticulosis, psoriasis - not on my elbows like most people, but on my scalp, ears, and nose. FYI - When you get psoriasis on your scalp, it takes out your hair. You could say I'm irked, but that really doesn't do my current emotional state justice. Speaking of my emotional state, I seem to be fighting a never ending uphill battle against major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.
Did I mention that dad's Parkinson's has kicked into overdrive, seemingly overnight. Mom's doctor says she is in the early stages of dementia. Which means that I am now a caregiver to my adult parents. It SUCKS for all of us in different ways, at different times. For me it's like living with 80 year old toddlers. Willfull, spoiled, adult size toddlers. Occassionally I worry that I will get some great job in Atlanta and have to hire people to chauffer and care for my parents. However, with the economy in the crapper, and double digit unemployment rates, not just in Carroll County but in the entire state of Georgia, it seems I am putting the cart before the horse.
This is not how my life was supposed to be. I was supposed to be married with a few kids, a dog, and a house in the burbs by now.
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Utah Ride
- From: Trellis
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I got the itch and needed to clear my mind. Death Valley, Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks with Las Vegas and Hoover Dam thrown in and I was fixed. Fall is a great time for that loop, cool weather and no people.
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Daily Words 11-20-09
- From: calitobias
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Good morning.
An enthusiastic heart sees opportunity everywhere.
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IMS Show San Mateo, CA this we
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http://www.motorcycleshows.com/motorcycleshows/
I'll probably go Saturday morning
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Aust female rides on this site
- From: Aust03shadow
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Mmmmmmm........I'm thinking (yes that's the funny noise u can hear) that I may b the youngest female Australian rider on this site, where r all the Australian girls/women??? I've joined groups etc, but haven't been contacted by many females at all and certainly none from Australia as yet. U guys r great don't get me wrong, I really enjoy talking 2, just wondering where the female riders r :) Come out, come out where ever u r, I don't bite unless provoked :)
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Guess what bike it is
- From: uwe999
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One hint: the bike has Cobra Dragster pipes
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Poll: Have you been in a motor
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I just strolled through the warehouse and noticed that we are selling a ton of motorcycle parade flag poles. Makes me wonder how many members are participating in motorcycle parades:
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Green Pills is all I can say!!
- From: australian6
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Ahem, Hello, Hello Hello - anyone else notice an echo in here?? - Well here I stand in the BAD MEMBER corner "yet again!
Guess it was just one of those days of the month!!, PMS, shitty day at work. kids driving me nuts and to then to top it all off I took three of Dr.Phil's green ones and went loopy for 48 hours, I am back on the red ones and all is ok. Must have been a rush of blood to the head, trying to figure out which one though lol.
Damm Dr.Phil those "Green" ones sure turn ones world upside down, now wonder Clyde goes all weird!! {no offence Clyde, ok mate, just taking the piss}
To those very special people thanks {you all know who you are!}
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN SPONSORED BY Dr.PHIL'S "RED" PILLS.
THE ONLY ONES TO TAKE WHEN YOU TOO GO WEIRD!!
Australian6
Take care one and all, Ride safe and stay safe
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group buy
- From: cruizon
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look as we all no to get decent gear for our cruisers out here in oz we have to buy it in from the states, my wife is into jewellary design and gets a lot of stuff from all over the place, well she does this group buy thing where orders are taken and then a bulk order is made which may be expensive but would ultimatly reduce postage which can be rediculous. just wanted to put it out there an see what others in oz thought...len
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Rescue Mission
- From: kwaka1500
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DAY 5 : TIME TO START THE EXHAUST. TREAT WITH RUST CONVERTER EVEN MORESO, THESE ARE REALLY BAD. IT TAKES ME JUST ABOUT 4 HOURS TO GET THEM TO A GOOD CONDITION FOR POLISHING. WHILE POLISHING BY HAND, I SPIT ON THEM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HELPS, BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF POLISHES, THEY'RE LOOKING OK. MUST BE THE BOURBON. OK, NOW THE SWING ARM. THE CONDITION IS NOT TO BAD, ONLY SLIGHT TREATMENT REQUIRED TO BRING IT UP. LIGHT SAND, RECOAT GLOSS BLACK, I CHEAT A LITTLE, AND APPLY CHROME TAPE AT VERY SLIGHTLY TACKY, BE CAREFUL IF YOU TRY THIS, IF YOU LAY THE TAPE ONLY MARGINALLY OFF LINE, AND TRY TO LIFT AND RE STICK, YOU MAY LIFT THE PAINT OFF AS WELL. BUT WHEW, IT WORKS FOR ME. LAY CLEAR LAQUER OVER. REPAT FOR DRIVE SHAFT SIDE. THATS ANOTHER 3 HOURS. SIDE COVERS NEXT. LIGHTLY SAND, THIN COAT SILVER, ALLOW TO DRY (BOTH). FINISH POLISHING AIR CLEANER COVERS WHILE WAITING. MIX SOME YELLOW TO MATCH THE TANK, MASK SIDE COVERS AND PAINT. THIS IS ALL QUICK DRY, SO ONLY 2 HOURS TO WAIT. SAME FOR MAROON (BURGUNDY IN AMERICA). HIGHLIGHT WITH CHROME TAPE & CLEAR COAT OVER. LAST 2 HOURS FOR POLISHING FINAL DRIVE CASE.
DAY 6 : COAT SPRINGS, TAIL LIGHT AND INDICATOR MOUNT WITH TREATMENT NOT TO BAD ALL OF THIS, EASY POLISH, OK. MEASURE AND CUT DAMAGED EXHAUST, TOP ONE BENT AND DENTED AT THE TAPER. CUT 45 DEGREES AT EQUAL LENGTHS. REWELD TOP INNER BAFFLE. CLEAN AND PAINT RADIATOR AND RADIATOR GAURD (MESH). START PARTS REPLACEMENT ON BIKE.
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Still hot!
- From: Aust03shadow
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45 degrees 2day! Can anyone top that?
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- 1 day ago
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Happiness is over
- From: tapo
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Happiness is over, cant ride my bike anymore. Passing summer was super and 10.000 miles on gauge, its more than i never have rided during the past summers. Now i have time to customize my new VN2000 with some lovely chrome parts from CC, there`s few orders in and the first delivery came here today.
I cant stand this darkness during this time of the year, its so cold and when leaving the work its dark and coming to work its dark again. We had snow allready few inches, but it all melted after two weeks showers.
Something must be done and fortunately i have bowling, which is my number one hobby on winter time. I started that hobby the same time than my riding in 2004. My scoring averige is 192 and have told to everyone when reaching M-level (highest ranking) i stop the whole thing. My age maybe is obstacle to that dream, but people must have dreams to gain success, no matter what it is.
I will introduce my bike to you after attaching the new parts on it.
All the best to all of you and safe rides
-Olli-
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- 1 day ago
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VStar 1100 Oil Filter Relocati
- From: Wolfye
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For those of you who are interested in the final result of the oil filter relocation kit install, here's some pictures of my bike with it installed.
You can see the chrome filter cover just peeping over the exhaust pipe there. I was a bit worried that all that chrome might look out of place on my black bike, but I think it looks really nice down there.
One thing I was worried about was people said that the area which was covered by the vanity plate with the YAMAHA logo would look bad because it was under the plate. A little bit of Mr Sheen (Aussie furniture polish) and it came up like there was never anything there
You can see the hoses in the picture (right). I was initially worried that they would not fit because when I held it against the bike I could not see how they would. I bought the normal length hoses that came with the kit, but they fit perfectly as you can see.
The oil filter itself is tucked up under the front. I'll have to see how it goes with crap flicking up from the road onto the chrome I guess.All in all, I'm very happy with the results. Now I have to wait to put another 5,000 kms on her so I can do the next oil change myself!
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- 1 day ago
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Rough Day
- From: jakejessica
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Had a pretty rough day..... a great friend of mine that i went to church with and always had a happy face was Killed on his 6 Month old Royal Star yesterday. He was recently back into the two wheel scene and was loving, he road everyday. A person ran a red light and he never saw it coming. I am not going to get down completely because i know he is with Jesus tonight and i will take a ride for him tomorrow..... Lot of Love for him and his family...... Just thank God everyday for the joys we have here on earth and the freedoms we have and feel when we are on two wheels.
Jake
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- 2 days ago
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Daily Words 11-18-09
- From: calitobias
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Good morning.
The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe,
but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.
God is Love - Blog post
- 2 days ago
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Extra pics Day 5 and 6 road tr
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EasyOff
- From: CHAFFFLARE
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No its not my clothes! although I don't really care...Anyway I road through some pastic garbage bags blowing around the road and they melted to everthing. I mean EVERTHING,, total nightmare. I tried everthing to get it off and nothing worked without scracthing the shit out of the bike. Don't waste your singles at the bike shop (give 'em to me at the club!) nothing they sell will cut thru this hardened goo. Just go to any supermarket and grab EasyOff oven cleaner its unstoppable. Period. I posted this abot 5 months ago and they deleted it-so hope you guys get it.
Bye
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- 2 days ago
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Day 5 & 6: Road Trip - Canberr
- From: Dimitra
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Day 5: Road Trip - Canberra to Janolan Caves
Woke up on our last morning in Canberra and rode down to the Canberra Motorcycle Centre in Mitchell. The regulator hadn't arrived yet and we were a bit nervous, but they assured us it should arrive this morning. We left the bikes there and went next door for a coffee (good coffee joint if you're a coffee junkie like me). Dim decided since we were waiting around to get a haircut. Finished the haircut and got the call that the bike was ready at the
same time (see it was meant to be!). The guys were brilliant, replaced the part under parts warranty from Yamaha and didn't even charge us for labour. Late morning we headed out of Canberra on the Federal Highway and cruised. Thoroughly enjoying just being out riding again and on the adventure. Pulled in to a rest stop along the
highway, and had views of a wind farm in the distance... see Adam shows us how it's done:Then we cruised on till we got to the Big Merino in Goulburn. Fuelled up the bikes and ourselves before heading on. The freeways had numbed our brains so much that Adam said "The twisty long straights" were his favourite roads (?!?!)
We rode on to Taralga where the roads were very rough. Nice and windy but very rough. Once we got past Taralga the roads got really good. We pulled in for a photo op:Adam had a wee on the fence (he said it wasn't electric, but I dunno, he's been acting strange ever since!)
From this point the roads became awesome. Beyond awesome actually!! (Dim's favourite road here). Big sweeping curves and bends and up and down hills with great views. One very very steep twisty decline, followed by a very steep and twisty incline, then the road stretched out nice and windy again until Black Springs. Wanted to go back and re-do the Taralga to Black Springs road over & over. Do it if you get the chance.
Next stop was Oberon for fuel, then we headed down to the Janolan Caves. Noticed a few signs as we got closer to the caves, which said that Trucks and Caravans were not allowed to go down that road. I knew something good was coming up... Dim's literal diary entry after doing the ride down to the Janolan Caves goes like this: "OMG crap that was a scary ride. Down down down the very steep mountain side with all those 15km p/hr bends and all that camber on the road! Barely one lane wide with vans and 4wd's refusing to move over to the edge while they were heading up the mountain and we were coming down."
Booked into the hotel and were given a free upgrade due to a school coming in and taking the motel rooms. So we got a beautiful "Traditional Stay" room with antiques and fantastic mountain views (but no TV). Checked in and explored the grounds for the evening.
Day 6: Road Trip - Janolan Caves to Sydney
It was hard to fall asleep last night with thoughts of having to go back up that mountain and dreams of "The Shining", which Adam had told me about because the traditional hotel had reminded him of the hallways in the movie. After breakfast we headed down to pick one of the cave tours. We picked the Orient Cave tour which was great. Lots and lots of stairs and tight passages but well worth doing. Spectacular views of the cave
with stalactites, stalagmites, and other rock formations. Nature is incredible, makes you wonder what else of such beauty lies in dark caves undiscovered!
We decided not to take the mountain road up and out, and instead to take the only other way out of Janolan Caves, which is a less steep but longer windy ride out of the mountains. This road happens to be closed between 11.45am and 1.15pm daily, as it's one lane only for part of the road, so they close it to allow only bus tours to come in. So after the cave tour we had a bite to eat while we waited for the road to open.
Light misty drizzle and fog started as we headed out of the mountains. Much nicer roads, still twisty but nowhere near as steep. Just before Lithgow, pulled off the road to check the maps, and an older local guy pulled up in a ute to see if we needed help.
Headed into Lithgow looking for the Bells Line of Road. Great start to it with a cop car having pulled someone over to the side of the road right before the beginning of Bells Line. Mostly 60 - 80km/hr speed limits and we have to say, a very disappointing road. Sorry to all you Sydney folk who think it's brilliant. A small section in the middle at 100km/hr was okay. Maybe it had been over-hyped because we've heard about this road so much, or maybe because we'd just come off such great riding the day before (e.g. Taralga to Black Springs), but it's not a road we'd recommend to people or that we'd make an effort to do again.
Came in to Sydney and for the first time ever had to pull over to a pay toll booth on the bikes (I'm sure that novelty will wear off quickly). Went through a few other electronic tolls as we got closer (must remember to set up a toll account) and we rode in over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Unfortunately there was a lot of traffic so we had to keep eyes on the road for braking traffic, so didn't get much chance to enjoy the experience or check out the scenery. Once we were in the city we started looking for the street our hotel was on. When we finally got to it we were in the right lane but the hotel was a left hand turn. So we had to keep going and I thought we could just go round the block... but this is Sydney hey? So noooooo... once we turned right, we found we couldn't do another right at the next block, and so we were on a wild goose chase to get back to Point A. Finally got there & checked into our hotel. Set up the toll account & time to unwind. We got a call from this strange bloke, they call him Al... made plans to meet Al & his wife Coz the next day.
Stay tuned for the next episode... Will Als try and push Dim & Adam off The Gap? hmmmmmmmm LOL
Dim & Adam
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Bike Riders Make Better Driver
- From: Wild_Hogs
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I feel that riding a bike has improved my driving. In my opinion, bike riders, for the most part, make better drivers because of their increased attention to traffic patterns, what I call "idiot anticipation" and concentration on the road and surrounding elements. I WOULD say that no cell phone use while riding a bike is another safety advantage...until recently. A bulletbike rider was texting while cruising at about 45 mph!! My first reaction was "He knows better than that...I couldn't believe it!" I have had more near-miss situations with drivers on cell phones than anything else. This blows my better driver theory out the window. Just an anomoly? I've seen texting or message checking by bikers at intersections but never on the run. I would love to see a cell phone ban while operating motor vehicles but more especially after what I've been through while on my bikes. I was curious about what you have experienced in your different areas? I am in Texas!
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- 2 days ago
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It has been fun...............
- From: australian6
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Seems I have pissed off a few people of late with my Blogs and some comments! So as I really do not need or want either the agro or the BS in my life I am outta here!!!!!!!!!!1
Thanks for being the greatest bunch I have ever had the pleasure of getting to know;
Take care, Stay Safe and Stay Upright
Australian6
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- 2 days ago
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A Come to Jesus Meeting
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