We needed tough lessons as children. An occasional playground fight was expected as the norm, and if we complained to our mother that we were being teased, we were treated to this glorious aphorism: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” My mom used to say that all the time, one of the seemingly endless adages she had at her disposal to deal with any of life’s problems. To this day I think long and hard about the practical application that dogma had on my life.
The idea that you could actually choose whether or not to be hurt by words: that was huge for me. Even though it has been repeated ad nauseam for generations, “sticks and stones” really is a powerful bit of philosophy to a kid. That’s one of the great things about being a parent: you can spout nothing but clichés, and yet, to your child, you come off as one of the great thinkers in Western culture.
–from MEAN DADS FOR A BETTER AMERICA, by Tom Shillue
(OK the last post seemed like it had no sound.) Here's the headline video- as I said it's just me thinking aloud about what would make me want to click on a headline when I'm scrolling...
I thought I might beat Michael to this post. Look at this video how often do you do this? I recorded all our entrances including Greg and then I went around the panel to show all the people who are on tonight- then I pressed the button to stop but I wasn’t taping (i do this a lot)
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
On my phone as i scrolled back. Not too long ago- Nov of 2024. Im outside on Fox Square. You can see Pete behind me. Now sec of War. Will Cain is there- he hadn’t gotten his own show yet. Rachel is still at FF but her husband is sec of transportation. Things change quickly!
Day 11
Of the 2026 Cavalcade
1770 miles
We stayed Tuesday night in Bodega bay. I spoke with the lady operating the motel, we’d either have to extend our stay, or leave our little trailer there until we can get the Scoot back. They didn’t have any rooms, except for Wednesday night.
That wouldn’t work, so she said she’d call the owner about the trailer. I told her we’d pay to store it if necessary.
About 20 minutes later a Hispanic man knocked on our door, and said he was there to help me move the trailer. We pulled it down the street and around the corner to his driveway, where it is now.
We then drove directly to the Harley Shop in Pacheco.
I went over the clutch and throttle issues with the service manager.
He gave me a ‘worst case’ estimate , because many of the checks and adjustments they would make would be included in a 60k service I was also getting.
Like I said ‘Hundreds of Dollars’ to say the least.
While there I picked up a ‘Dealer Patch’ for my chaps. Every dealer patch...
