Here is a great article on Ducati's first Superbike the 851 and how it came to be. Great pictures too.  Lovr yhose Luchinelli leathers.  Great article from Australian Motorcycle News,  I would love to hear what ths bike sounds like at full chat!

https://amcn.com.au/editorial/retrospective-ducatis-first-superbike/

The pope was very ill, and nobody could cure him. The cardinals called in an old physician recommended to them. After an hour long examination, he comes up with a solution.
"I've got some good news and some bad news. The bad news: The pope has
a rare testicular disorder. The good news: He can be cured.....with sex."
The cardinals, not happy with the cure, explain the situation to the pope.
"I'll agree to it," says the pope." But under four conditions."
The cardinals were shocked." What are the four conditions?" asks one.
"First, the girl must be blind, so she cannot see with whom she is having sex.
Second, she must be deaf, so she cannot hear with whom she is having sex.
And third, she must be dumb, so if she somehow figures out with whom
she is having sex, she can tell no one."
After a long pause, a cardinal asks, "And the fourth condition:"
"Big tits"

First-year students at the Purdue Vet School were attending their first
anatomy class with a real dead cow. They all gathered around the surgery
table with the body covered with a white sheet.
The professor started the class by telling them, "In Veterinary medicine
it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor.
The first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving the
animal's body." For an example, the professor pulled back the sheet,
stuck his finger in the butt of the cow, withdrew it, and stuck his
finger in his mouth. "Go ahead and do the same thing," he told his
students. The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes, but
eventually took turns sticking a finger in the butt of the dead cow and
sucking on it.
When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said,
"The second most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle
finger and sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention. Life's
tough but it's even tougher if you're stupid."

  

morning

Martini time

Quote from: Howie on Yesterday at 10:42:53 AMGood afternoon, busy locating Lotus stuff.

Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious 

I now mostly write procedures and design tooling to test things with. No more running a production floor and unmake the beast with two backsing everything the shitty engineers didn't think of. They liked to send me things that can't be placed where they want, or really heavy objects with no lifting points. Nutters.

Good afternoon, busy locating Lotus stuff.

We have the deepest snow pack in years here in central NH. It's well over 2 feet, and we've been losing it with the warmer weather of the past couple of days. We did get a couple of inches last night, but with temps in the mid 40's overthe weekend, and upper 50's next week we'll likely lose much of it.

That said, March is famous for warm weather storms here, often after the ground starts thawing making it difficult to move..