Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I am officially engaged in the asparagus patch. Realized how badly it has been managed and am excited for the results.

Careful not to let them get away from you ...... or you'll need a chain saw to cut them -

[Kiske]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

My brother had the Yamaha version, the WR250X, and it was awesome. Extremely fun to ride.

Back when it was easy(and possible) to convert dirt bikes into dual sports here, we had a customer buy a KTM 450SM. We dual sported it, tossed the 4 speed setup and converted it to 6 speed with an EXE-W transmission set. That thing was a weapon on the backroads.

That is the reason my MSF Course instructor recommended the KTM Adventurer for city driving. "You aim for the backroad potholes on that bike."


I was set to try out a a MT-07 this afternoon but... Bike felt great however someone put a hold on it. So I just got to sit, look and make vroom vroom noises.. I like the higher clip ons than the sportbikes I've tried too.



The dealer there told me he would have a new '22 R7 next week. Said it was based off the MT-07 with a better suspension and dressed in an R flairings. After watching a few video last night I will definitely take a look even if it is way more bike than I can manage.

I was kinda surprised to see that it is actually slotted below the outgoing R6 despite the name sounding like a step up. Might be an (expensive) option. 72hp seems a bit nicer than the R3's 42 and might hold onto it longer too, should I go that route.

Originally Posted by humfrz

Careful not to let them get away from you ...... or you'll need a chain saw to cut them -

That is an agave plant, no?

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Careful not to let them get away from you ...... or you'll need a chain saw to cut them -

If you have a good sized bed, you have to pick everyday.

Speaking of asparagus, there was a farm in the Oregon border that gave away 32 acres of asparagus. No one to pick it, so gave it away. That happened to potatoes, onion, and dairy farmers this last covid year. Sad.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Kiske

That is an agave plant, no?

Yep, you nailed it -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

If you have a good sized bed, you have to pick everyday.

Speaking of asparagus, there was a farm in the Oregon border that gave away 32 acres of asparagus. No one to pick it, so gave it away. That happened to potatoes, onion, and dairy farmers this last covid year. Sad.

Yep, I remember one year back in the day, that the apricots were rotting and falling off the trees because it costs more to pick them than they could sell them for. I never ate soo much apricot cobbler in my life!

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Yep, I remember one year back in the day, that the apricots were rotting and falling off the trees because it costs more to pick them than they could sell them for. I never ate soo much apricot cobbler in my life!

Apricots, yuck.

In the case of the potato, onion, and dairy, there just wasn't a market last year. Half their crops/milk usually goes to restaurants, caterers, banquet halls, etc., and we all know they were shut down. They gave away all they could, and the rest got plowed under or poured down the drain.

The asparagus farmer said on the news that their problem this spring was labor. No one wanted to pick for $18/hour. Easier to sit at home and cash unemployment checks with the extra $400/week covid bonus I guess. Business lost an $850,000 crop.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

The asparagus farmer said on the news that their problem this spring was labor. No one wanted to pick for $18/hour.

One of my customers said if they fog a mirror when they stand in front of it, they are hired

The sales rep for a company that does rotational molding for us was here, he said their whole crew that run the machines pretty much walked out during the heat wave.

[spike021]

Just got the news that my last remaining grandparent, my grandfather, passed away this evening. I think around 97 or 98 years old.

Sounds like they tried to make him as comfortable as possible, since it seemed like he was in his last few days this week.

I've mentioned him here before for a topic or two but the guy was my hero.

He and his family were in Germany during the Holocaust. He lost relatives to the Nazis. On Kristellnacht family bakery was broken into/burnt down along with his synagogue where he was bar mitzvah'd.

They came here through NY. At 16 he was drafted and landed on D-Day with the Big Red One in Normandy (one of the beaches, can't recall the exact one). He didn't know how to swim and his lander started unloading where it was still too deep, so he almost drowned.

Later, he and members of his unit were captured by the Nazis. Since he could speak German, he could understand them deciding what to do with the Americans.

Fortunately he survived.

Fortunately that was only the first and last war he ever participated in. He probably never should have. I can't even imagine that kind of life in my first 16 years.

He lived a good life after that but you could tell sometimes it still ate at him, and he had dementia the last decade or so.

Anyway, didn't mean for this to become a eulogy or something. But yeah, it's a difficult evening.

FWIW, his story was actually recorded as part of the record by the USC Shoah Foundation. If anyone's curious to watch it, I can try to find it and send a link.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by spike021

Just got the news that my last remaining grandparent, my grandfather, passed away this evening. I think around 97 or 98 years old.

If anyone's curious to watch it, I can try to find it and send a link.

Sorry for your loss.

May he Rest In Peace.

Yes, I would be interested in his story.

[Feezz]

For me,


Look with Weird eyes

[bcj]

Motorbikes, bicycles and camping gear have hit premium prices in the last year.
You won't be doing your wallet any favors buying right now. The feelz though.

SV650 is a solid bike. Not a speed monster by any reckoning. It'll tractor on through anything.
I've had mine for 12 years and not planning to swap it out.
A friend got an MT-07 last year and likes it a lot, but he's been riding Harleys for 50 years beforehand and teaches navy squids how to ride and get their base pass.

I need a new computer. The HDMI plug quit working.
My tablet is so old there aren't any apps that support it anymore.
Doesn't look like I'll be getting these changed out anytime this year though.

[p1l0t]

Damn even the HDMI are quitting now. We need to stop this stimulus payments.

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[Capt Spaulding]

Originally Posted by bcj

Motorbikes, bicycles and camping gear have hit premium prices in the last year.
You won't be doing your wallet any favors buying right now. The feelz though.

SV650 is a solid bike. Not a speed monster by any reckoning. It'll tractor on through anything.
I've had mine for 12 years and not planning to swap it out.
A friend got an MT-07 last year and likes it a lot, but he's been riding Harleys for 50 years beforehand and teaches navy squids how to ride and get their base pass.

I need a new computer. The HDMI plug quit working.
My tablet is so old there aren't any apps that support it anymore.
Doesn't look like I'll be getting these changed out anytime this year though.

I didn't even think about the SV650. That's a great place to start, and a great place to stay, motorcycling. I've been out of that loop since 2014, but the SV, the MT-07, and Tenere 700 all look very cool. I'm almost certainly not getting back on, but any of those could do most anything you'd want.

[Kiske]

Originally Posted by bcj

Motorbikes, bicycles and camping gear have hit premium prices in the last year.
You won't be doing your wallet any favors buying right now. The feelz though.

Shoot, the wallet hasn't even had a chance. 80% of what I've seen has been sold and the dealer just didn't update their listings.