The Official "Say Anything" Thread

[The Bacon Junkie]

MoreNing!!

Guess what??

It is 2011!!     

and I heard, some lucky DMFer got a 999.

Awesome...   

[ducpainter]

how was the flight?

[LMT]

I guess we ninged in the new year safely!

Going to have black eyed peas and ham hock later for good luck.

[fastwin]

Cooking my annual two big pots of BEPs right now. Every year for 25+ years my insurance agent/friend has sent me a huge 2lb slab of smoked Canadian bacon from New Braunfels Smokehouse (from you guessed it... New Braunfels, TX!!). And every year, for over a quarter of a century, it gets diced up into my BEPs!! The only decent food I cook all year long. That and the jalapeno cornbread and ice cold Shiner Bohemian Black Lager beer!! Hot damn I LOVE new years day!!!    

[The Bacon Junkie]

how was the flight?

Flight was good, except for the dumbass with the dog in my row...    But, I'll get to that in a bit...

So, it's just about time to board and this man (who had been up to the counter several times before) starts talking very loudly at the gate attendant.  From what I, and half the waiting area, heard, he was flying standby and couldn't comprehend why he and his friends couldn't sit together.

YOU'RE FLYING STANDBY ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, GENIUS!!!    So after explaining this to him for the fourth time, the gate attendant politely told him that there were other passengers waiting to fly standby that would be willing to take his seat, if he didn't want it. 

So we finally get to board, I make it to my window seat, and here sits down this lady in the aisle seat. With her poor excuse for a dog. More like a furry football, but whatever.

She has the carrier sideways so it won't slide all the way under the seat.  Flight Attendant comes by once to ask her to stow the bag all the way under the seat because it's hanging out into the aisle a bit. Twice. Third time, the Flight Attendant stands and waits for the woman to actually do it.  I politely suggest that if she turns the bag lengthwise, it will fit.  She starts going on about how her little Muffy won't be able to see if she turns it, blah blah blah... 

SHE'S IN A FRIGGIN' BAG ON THE FRIGGIN' FLOOR!!! THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE!!! 

Finally she gets situated and we get to push back from the gate.  The Captain makes his usual announcements, including the one about how pets in carriers need to remain there at all times and safely under the seat in front of you.   

So what does this dumbass do as soon as the seatbelt light is turned off?  She takes the dog out and holds it on her lap. [facepalm]  She's on the radar now, so within seconds there's a Flight Attendant there to correct the situation.  She starts complaining loudly that other airlines have let her do it before and she's never going to fly JetBlue again.. on and on and on..

She finally stuffs the little floor mop back into it's bag and as soon as the Flight Attendant leaves, turns to me and the girl next to me and starts defending her case to us. 'Cuz, you know, we actually feel bad for her... yeah, not so much.

So I turn to her, look her dead in the eye, and put my BigEar motorcycle earplugs in my ears!

The Asian girl next to me pretended not to speak English! 

Fast forward to LAX...  As we pull up to the gate, the Captain asks us to remain seated, because a security team needs to do a sweep before we can deplane.    WTF??!!

So a security guy comes onboard and tells us it's okay to deplane, they will conduct their sweep on the ramp.

So everyone gets up, Dog Lady is being pushy.  I, as usual, just wait until about everybody is out of the way before I get my stuff and go.

As I walk out into the gate area, guess who I see flanked by two large security guys?  Dog Lady!     She had taken her dog out and was trying to walk it on a leash through the terminal!  I just smiled and kept on walking. 

I had quite the interesting shuttle ride and drive home too, but that's another story...   

Happy New Year Everyone!   [moto]

[The Bacon Junkie]

Wow.. sorry for the book.   

I guess I shoulda read it before posting.. 

[the_Journeyman]

Don't worry, it was good and surprisingly quick read  

I'm bottling mead today.  I'll post pics later ~

JM

[fastwin]

Good story. I love dogs and I love my dog but some people are just make the beast with two backsing pet stupid! How the hell did she get Muffy on the plane as a carry on to begin with? I thought critters got stowed in the critter safe storage area.

Hope they strip searched her and the dog! JetBlue doesn't need her damn money.

OK, back to my bubbling black eye peas and my cold Shiner beer. Thanks for the good story break!

[the_Journeyman]

OFW - what kind of Shiner?  Their holiday release was great, so was their summer release ~

JM

[ducpainter]

evening

[the_Journeyman]

'Ning!

Swapping controls from old to new bars can be a PITA.  I may have to find longer throttle cables and brake/clutch lines.

I'm also trying to figure out what kind of Honda a local is letting just sit and rot. 

JM

[lethe]

evening
Got tomorrow's family visit out of the way on the way home from a different family visit today.
Get to maybe do something around here tomorrow, yay this means the holidays are officially over!

[ducpainter]

'Ning!

Swapping controls from old to new bars can be a PITA.  I may have to find longer throttle cables and brake/clutch lines.

I'm also trying to figure out what kind of Honda a local is letting just sit and rot. 

JM

If you need longer throttle cables you'll have to make them/have them custom made.

Probably the same with the hydraulics, although that would be far easier to find a supplier or components.

How high/wide are the bars you bought? Did you shorten things for the clip-ons that were installed prior?

evening
Got tomorrow's family visit out of the way on the way home from a different family visit today.
Get to maybe do something around here tomorrow, yay this means the holidays are officially over!

Or...

since you're a card carrying AARP member...

you could just retire and putter around the house all day.

[lethe]

Or...

since you're a card carrying AARP member...

you could just retire and putter around the house all day.

that's counterproductive to getting stuff done


and also basically what I did yesterday

[the_Journeyman]

If you need longer throttle cables you'll have to make them/have them custom made.

Probably the same with the hydraulics, although that would be far easier to find a supplier or components.

We've got a couple shops in town that do the custom hydraulic stuff since we've got plenty of tractors around.  One of those shops may be able to create something

How high/wide are the bars you bought?

Slightly wider than OEM, they're a basic low rise ATV bar that's really similar in overall shape to M1000 bars.

Did you shorten things for the clip-ons that were installed prior?

I don't know if things were shortened or not, the previous owner did the clip on conversion.  Throttle cables *look* OEM, so does brake line.  Clutch is braided & clear sheathed stainless, so I'm thinking it was added.

Once I have the tank off for needle jet replacement, I'll see if I can get better routing to for an extra couple inches ~

JM