No pictures but then not much for the riding season except for bad weather, a really horrible vacation experience- thanks expedia for those cancelled flights! I wound up swapping the engine out on my Streetfighter and I picked up a 2016 Monster 821. This year should be better so I'll be working on a way to post pictures from some of my rides.

Good afternoon.

Annual HOA meeting today.  Still a shitshow.  Apparently we had a couple water intrusion events, both due to the recent cold, one of which is related to the ongoing building defect issues.  Otherwise, a useless meeting, as usual.

I'm going to head out to see what kind of protests are happening today.

Little Johnny wanted $100 for a new bike and prayed for two weeks, but nothing happened.

Then he decided to write God a letter asking for the money. When the local postmaster saw the letter addressed to "God, USA," he decided to send it to the President of the United States.

The President was so impressed, touched, and amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $5 bill.

Little Johnny was delighted with the $5 and wrote a thank-you note to God. It read: "Dear God, thank you for sending the money. However, I noticed that for some reason you had to send it through Washington, D.C. As usual, those crooks deducted $95."

I'm pretty pleased. The alternative woulda sucked 

Quote from: ducpainter on January 30, 2026, 11:57:01 AMAfternoon.

Made it.

Well that is excellent news 

Coz who the make the beast with two backs else could restart the server every day?

Afternoon.

Made it.

Quote from: LMT on January 29, 2026, 05:13:16 PMI have a good friend that is traveling there for 28 days by himself. If anything comes up, I would love to be able to find him some local help.

It's New Zealand, nothing ever "comes up" there.  Only dangers are bungy jumping and being trampled to death by sheep.  But, I do have a mate in Papamoa who I could maybe press into being reliable, if the sheep get too vicious. 

A good cold morning to you all    

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