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No Bob, you were polishing the internals of your tail light. Don't be tellin' tales.

He's got the cleanest bulb filaments around!

lol, no, what I said was "I gutta go to the packey and get a rack of bee-ah" and just so the record is clear, In New Hampshire (Live Free or Die) OUR liquor stores are open SUNDAYS! No Puritan Blue Laws remain.. Until I began travelling in the South 30 years ago, I used to think "Liquor in the front and Poker in the rear" was just a silly joke... then i saw the signs... My work buddy lives in Calhoun, GA... claims the Miller truck regularly offloads a PALLET of brew at his home during summer months.. this CAN'T be right???

Well, I always say, "safety first!" Or was that "when in doubt, air it out!"? :bigt

I saw an old friend at the Laconia Rally, he showed me this






you'd think a 68YO riding a boxer would know better!

are they supposed to be vibrating around in the bottom of the globe like that?

Mine usually are but it is a Triumph after all

I dunno. You guys don't look like drinkers to me

Two of the best damn yankees I've had the pleasure of meeting. (I figure there's gota be southern blood in em some where down the line)

I gota good laugh at this photo.....one of those kinda laughs that makes you feel good knowing they're good folks out there....these two are some of the best.

Take care...your southern fried friend....Gordon


"When I shut my mouth and walk away...makes me wonder why three good men are gone and the assholes are still here"

Ata boy Floyd (aka Sonny), I'm glad to hear you're getting better...something like that couldn't keep you down. (is that a pun?)

YOU take care my friend....we need ya around and you've been missed.

Your friend in NC.....Gordon


"When I shut my mouth and walk away...makes me wonder why three good men are gone and the assholes are still here"

floyd, you get a confuser?

Never touched a drop in my life! Not too sure about the other guy tho

I think you both went to the likkah sto-ah, and polished off a case of bee-ah. Greg

Well we had no choice. We were hoping for a taste of some of that smooth Georgia shine but it was in short supply

I'm standing here at work looking out the window at all the road salt the state put out yesterday..... Very depressing. Looking at these shots again sure did pick me up though :bigt Gonna be a long winter but at least I hve good things to look forward to.

In one short post, you named 3 reasons why people from your part of the country have a reputation for excessive drinking!

Move south, young man .... you have the right mindset, we won't mind having you here. You'll just be a regular Yankee, not a Damn Yankee!

Lannis

Part of my Master Plan Lannis! Still working out the finer details though. In the mean time I'll just have another ale and dream. See ya in May.

Somehow I missed these stories before so thanks for moving em Gordon...like I missed being there last May. Buncha real characters. Need more normal people like me there.

ARE there any normal people like you ... ? Pictures at 11 ...

Lannis

I know a lot of people hope not...

Normal is in the eye of the beholder.

Good observation lad... practice on broken, 8" frost heaved, chunks missing, sand left over from winter LOUSY pavement and you can really whiz along when things get good! But, for now.. a little distraction..

Never have figured out how people stay warm enough to function on those sleds ... I mean, we motorcyclists struggle to find ways to keep warm when the temperature is in the teens or twenties, and there doesn't seem to be a good way.

What do you do when you're surrounded by snow and ice and the temperature is that or well below? Or below 0?

And why does that gear not work on a bike ... ?

Lannis

You layer up till you look like the Michelin Man, waddle out to the sled, plop on and there you are. Ok till you have to get off or answer natures call. This gear would work on a bike but it's kind of restrictive and I've never seen snowmobile clothing with any kind of armor, but it's been a long time since I've done any serious sledding. Back when I did ride a lot my sleds were air cooled, and you stayed pretty warm from the blast of air comming off the head. My last was liquid cooled and it was the coldest I've ever been on one.

you just plug your electric motorcycle gear in to the sled. simple.