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The latest research thinks the gut biome may be the trigger for ALS.

re: Motorcycle recovery thread

Posted by eitek1 on 8/11/26 at 4:26 pm to
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Maybe you can pick up a side gig? ?


Actually, I have an HOA that are about to become my new hobby.


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Were Terry and Karen ever charged with anything?

I'm assuming eitek1 and brucejender never paid the shop bills?


Considering Terry was the one who originally stole the motorcycle, no one paid his "bills". He was done with the bike and was screwing Karen. They were both screwing everyone else so I hope it hurt.

Shockingly, they were never charged, despite it being a slam dunk.

re: Motorcycle recovery thread

Posted by eitek1 on 8/11/26 at 2:16 pm to
What’s the details, maybe I can give them some pointers.

re: Motorcycle recovery thread

Posted by eitek1 on 8/11/26 at 1:12 pm to
It was a fun one for sure...
If this guy would have just acted with integrity he would have made absolutely tons of money.

Nope, gotta be a jackass and try to swindle someone. Some folks just can’t act right.
I drive a scion Xb and I think it’s the most practical vehicle ever made. I’m on my second one after someone totaled my first one.

Huge amounts of room inside, gets 30 mpg average, handles really well and is dependable as gravity.

I’ve put a total of 400k between the two I’ve had and I’ve only had to change the brakes. They are insanely reliable.

re: Second Careers

Posted by eitek1 on 8/3/26 at 3:16 pm to
I may do some consulting or something but being required to show up somewhere AFTER I retire?

Not on your life. Why retire?
Why on earth is the charge a percentage of the total bill and not a flat processing charge?
Same here... I've had a Hotmail address and have been using it since 1997 I think.

Still works fine.
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The HOA situation sounds like it is probably a nightmare. Sorry.


Those folks through their inaction decided to make themselves my "hobby". I'm their new nightmare. They just don't quite understand that yet though.

They really don't want to be my new hobby...

Motorcycle thread

I'd love to love a peaceful life, i really would.

That's apparently not my lot in life. People/situations etc. Seem to seek me out. There is always some struggle I'm in the middle of. I'm becoming exceedingly good at coming out on top.

Latest example, I own a piece of property in a place with an HOA. The mismanagement of the HOA has made my property unsellable. Now I have to unravel that.
I met my wife when I was 20 and married her 10 months later.

I found a woman that was incredibly beautiful, way better looking than me, has an amazing personality, can cook like you can’t imagine and thought I was the greatest thing in the world.

We’ve been married for 33 years and I can remember the last time we had a cross word. She is a joy to be around all these years later.

Yes, I actually wanted to get married and I’d do it all over again.
If I have any free time, I'm going to fill it with something. I'm going to build something or restore something or invent something, etc.

Your actual hobby is filling your spare time with something constructive.

re: Adding teen to car insurance

Posted by eitek1 on 7/18/26 at 3:19 pm to
I have USAA and I bought a used car and just wanted liability and they wanted to charge ME an extra 200 a month. I swapped that car and my 16 year old to geico and only paid 200 for both cars and a 16 year old driver
The media said "nothing to see here, if you'd watch the full video you'd see".

I watched the full video. All of it it was something like 13 hours. Those were hidden under that table and as soon as everyone was gone, they pulled those cases out and started running those ballots as if on cue.

How do you explain the mad rush to get to those cases as soon as everyone was gone?
88M Airborne
89-92 Desert Storm

Airborne All The Way!
I stayed in touch with my squad from when I was in the army. I'm 54 years old and a Desert Shield/Storm vet.

Out of the 10 or so of us, 2 are dead, 5 are pretty jacked up physically and 3 of us are in normal/good health.

Just a random airborne squad in a transportation company.

The cost of military service can be quite high.

re: ME will bypass the Strait

Posted by eitek1 on 7/13/26 at 10:59 am to
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That said, building a 500 mile pipeline, while seems like a good plan for backups and such, is a hell of a lengthy undertaking from when you can start trenching, to stringing pipe, to commissioning. That's not going to resolve the current issues any time soon.


In WW2, the US built a 24" pipeline that spanned 1254 miles in just under a year.

It's still in use.

Building one 1/3 that length shouldn't that as long I'd think.
The oil is fine. Just check to see if the oil level is OK. Change the tires, put some gas treatment in and go. She’ll be fine.

I have a car from 2010 and it’s a garage queen. I didn’t drive it for 4 years. I swapped the tires, checked everything and put 5k miles on it with no issues.

You’ll be fine.
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Graham died suddenly last night of a heart attack.


I thought you were kidding. Holy Smoke… he’s really dead.