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F_skinner
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 08:23 am: | 
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Nice Brankin.... When is the party??? |
Prior
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 10:41 am: |
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Brankin,
Sweet place! Looks like we've got to have a driveway making party!
That place is a gearhead/engineer's dream! |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 01:05 pm: |
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Very cool Brankin! |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 02:49 pm: |
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You have to love a single guy who needs a 4 car garage! That's awesome Brankin. |
F_skinner
| | Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 11:32 am: |
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Surfs Up... Stay safe and dry everyone..
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama Wednesday declared an emergency exists in North Carolina because of the approach of Hurricane Earl, the White House said.
The president ordered federal aid to supplement state and local responses to the coming storm.
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said late Wednesday Earl was a large and dangerous storm that threatened the U.S. Mid-Atlantic, with watches and warnings extended northward. At 11 p.m. EDT, forecasters said Earl was "a little stronger," with top sustained winds of 140 mph and much higher gusts.
The Category 4 storm was about 520 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., and was moving toward the north-northwest at 18 mph.
Earl was expected to turn toward the north Thursday and the storm was expected to approach the North Carolina coast by late Thursday and travel to the outer banks of North Carolina Thursday night.
The emergency declaration authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate all disaster relief efforts intended to alleviate "the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties." |
Dfishman
| | Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 11:41 am: |
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Yep....I just got done getting ready.Bikes are in the mountains,boat tied up,windows boarded up,got beer,and our vehicles are on high ground.Wish us luck.I think our weather will peak about 2am. |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 12:37 pm: |
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Hang tight Dfishman! Post up when you can. |
Court
| | Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 04:28 pm: |
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I'm headed from NYC to Kansas and the highways are full of linemen and crews heading East
Keep your head down! |
Dfishman
| | Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 05:07 pm: |
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Court,
I have done this drill plenty of times in the last 27 years here,and you never know how much or how little the damage will be.Hoping for the best.I left my Uly
& supermoto up in the mountains of VA.Hoping for an easy clean up & I can get back to the twisties! |
Court
| | Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 06:00 pm: |
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I used to go through it periodically with my folks' house in Texas. They had pre- made window covers and, I'm sure like you, had the drill down pat.
I....as a Lineman.... Am having great memories of overtime checks format he past as we watch these hundreds of bucket trucks and digger derricks heading East.
My wife asked "what will they do when they get there?". I gave her the honest answer "sit and wait".
I remember driving 30 hours (prior to current ICC and CDL regs) only to sit and wait 2 days to be dispatched. But .... Sitting and waiting on double-time never much bothered me in my 20's..
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F_skinner
| | Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 06:30 pm: |
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I have been trying all day to get on the deployment team but no such luck. I thought knowing the area I would not have a problem but our funds are almost gone so a non essential person like me can provide nothing and will most likely get in the way. I know FEMA is ready and they have learned a lot since Katrina and we are spun up to support them if required. It is going to be a long weekend for us.
Stay safe and dry.... |
Dfishman
| | Posted on Friday, September 03, 2010 - 07:18 am: |
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Surrounded by water.Soundside flooding is caused by the NW wind as the system moves by.It was 2" deep in my ground level shop & as deep as a foot in my yard.It has gone down a little.Should not have any get in the house.Now I'll be stuck here till it goes down a bunch more.I'm sure it is 2' deep at the end of the road. |
Prior
| | Posted on Friday, September 03, 2010 - 08:31 am: |
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Donnie,
Glad to hear you're doing ok. At least you stocked up on beer and the bikes are in a safe place! |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Friday, September 03, 2010 - 02:32 pm: |
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DF - Hopefully that won't be too long. |
Dfishman
| | Posted on Friday, September 03, 2010 - 04:01 pm: |
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Got things back together around the house.Now I go to the boat & undo the great spider web!I couldn't put any more lines on it...........'cause I didn't have anymore! |
U4euh
| | Posted on Monday, September 06, 2010 - 08:27 am: |
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How did everyone fair down at the coast? Carlos, Kristi, Brankin, Jim (x2)? |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Monday, September 06, 2010 - 02:06 pm: |
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All was well here. We just had some rain, nothing to speak of really. |
1313
| | Posted on Monday, September 06, 2010 - 07:30 pm: |
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All was well here. We just had some rain, nothing to speak of really.
X 2...
But my new garage currently looks like a hurricane hit the inside of it. Preparing it for paint by dismantling the built in shelving, which will be put back up after painting of the walls and ceiling and coating of the floor.
FREE DUST!!! Take all you want!!!
1313 |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Monday, September 06, 2010 - 09:47 pm: |
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I rode the Uly again after being on the Vstrom exclusively for two weeks.
I love that bike. |
U4euh
| | Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 02:04 pm: |
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what a beautiful morning! Took off and rode the bike to dialysis. Left 3 hours early, planned on a bite to eat. Well i made the first curve and just decided to slow down, way down. I never seen above 35mph from that point on and decided to take the really long route there. I ended up pulling in the parking lot at 1145! Man it was just beautiful this morning out in the woods! |
Bishopjb1124
| | Posted on Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 08:08 pm: |
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Nice day for a ride, me and Becky took off and went to Washington. Had some BBQ at Boss Hogs and it was delicious. Not bad prices either. Had her ride the ULY back and the GPS started taking us around in circles but it put it us on some pretty good roads. Overall a good day.
Jimmy |
Oldog
| | Posted on Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 10:51 pm: |
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nada here in LA no rain even.
Brankin Nice digs,
we did similar found a desirable garage with an attached house, yours is up mine is beside..
Kristi / Carlos, I sent some trinkits by Webie not much I hope that you liked em.
while I'm on avoid OMHR, I got ticketed "in excess of speed limit" well the money spent on my recent indescrection, may have been tossed out the window,
the concequences may be very serious..
sad part was I was working on riding a ~65 mph pace. no mad dashes just smooth and steady, and was makiing my "exit pass"
I asked (pleaded) for a pass explaining how grave this could be, for me, ARSE stuck me any way, "we are trying to stop this speeding" peopel are getting killed and I hate to have to call next of kin, blah blah blah,
"I will cut you a break and write you for
in excess of 55 mph"
what was odd, was while lecturing me a second buell came around the bend he stepped out and flagged him to stop.
the second stop made was "irregular" I was standing infront of the radar as the other bueller came around the corner, and I am pretty sure that he got a ticket too. I wonder how the radar saw him with me in the way.
baah....
the 1125r's new name is TICKET...
any way I have decided that OMHR is off limits for me indefinately...
(Message edited by oldog on September 12, 2010) |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Monday, September 13, 2010 - 08:49 am: |
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Mark came over this weekend and brought over the HC goodies. Thank you so much! When are you heading out of state for work? |
Oldog
| | Posted on Monday, September 13, 2010 - 11:55 pm: |
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not sure prolly, mid to late october
depending site progress |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 07:18 am: |
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Been kind of quiet here lately.
I'm headed up to an ADV rally in Vermont with Mike & Co later this week. Should be fun. I haven't slept in a tent since the Daytona trip in 2006. |
Bishopjb1124
| | Posted on Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 09:38 pm: |
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When is everyone heading to BUELLTOBERFEST? Not real sure if we are gonna make it but we are trying to plan it in. I will be on pre-deployment leave hopefully during that time and can make a trip down.
Jimmy |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Monday, September 20, 2010 - 09:59 am: |
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Hey Jimmy! Webe, M2nc and I will be heading out early Thursday morning. We'll probably take the route through SC again this year. Let us know what your plans are. |
S1wmike
| | Posted on Monday, September 20, 2010 - 10:22 am: |
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Jimmy
Eric has decided to make it this year. So I'll be picking him from Bill's burg early Thursday morning and heading down |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Sunday, September 26, 2010 - 04:53 pm: |
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Great Weekend. |
Shadyplace20
| | Posted on Sunday, September 26, 2010 - 11:51 pm: |
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Hi all. Don't you love it when that cage driver says "I didn't see him."? It's always fun when they cut you off and you have to dump the bike in the middle of the road. Luckily it was low speed and only minor damage (dislocated toe, broken peg & shift lever. Road rash on bar end, slider, clutch lever and puck). I'll heal and the bike will be repaired. Just annoying. |
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