Misc data and adventures of a Tayopa treasure hunter

[Simon1]

12° here at the moment....and you're right, enough kerosene in our blood and we won't mind. But there's not enough shine in North Carolina to get me on the Dragon's Tail in the snow. White lightnin' and white knuckles do not go together well....but come spring, and after a cup of Don Jose's sock coffee, you're on.

What you don't know is how Don Jose's sock coffee starts out............. Plus, have you seen his toenails ?


Cheers Senor Don Jose mi amigo !

 

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[weekender]

12° here at the moment....and you're right, enough kerosene in our blood and we won't mind. But there's not enough shine in North Carolina to get me on the Dragon's Tail in the snow. White lightnin' and white knuckles do not go together well....but come spring, and after a cup of Don Jose's sock coffee, you're on.

Ditlihi,
Sounds like Arkansas weather! Throw in a little wind chill and
we have been -10 to -20 for the last week.
In the fridge a jar of clear, Apple pie, and a Blackberry shine.
Just in case I get showed in!
Clear for me, Apple Pie for the wife, BlackBerry for both
PS. The clear passed the spoon test.
Don't buy it until you light it.
-Weekender

 

[JohnWhite]

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I lived about twenty miles outside of the town I worked and one morning a fellow worker convinced me we should ride our bikes to work. It was about 15 degrees. I don't think I could have hugged my engine any harder in trying to capture all the heat I could get from it. Never did it again !

I remember when I was young and dumb and full of ya'll, know what...Anyhow...I owned me a 1983 Kawasaki GPZ 550...I believe that it was the prototype bike for the Kawasaki Ninja crotchrocket...Anyhow...I remember one time I got a ticket as a member of team W.F.O. A California Highway Patrolman got me doing approx 100 m.p.h. in a 55...IF anything would have happened I would have been a red stain on the highway...Believe it or not, the ticket was dismissed because I was in County jail for a d.u.i. and I had submitted a form and San Jose did not respond and the charges were dismissed...Oh the things one does when we are young and under the impression that we are invincible...

I doubt I'd want to own a motorcycle in my old age...I guess that I believe that I have pushed my luck enough in my youth...Yet I can relate to the times when I drove in the cold and rain...Heck...I was even stung in the face by a poor bee that was prolly just flying along minding its own business when I hit it while speeding along without a helmet...Those were the days...The stinger was visible in the mirror pumping away as I was using some rather colorful language as I came to a stop trying to figure out what had happened...LOL

 

[releventchair]

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I lived about twenty miles outside of the town I worked and one morning a fellow worker convinced me we should ride our bikes to work. It was about 15 degrees. I don't think I could have hugged my engine any harder in trying to capture all the heat I could get from it. Never did it again !

I had wondered why some old bikes had rubber pads on the inward curved styled sides of their tanks ,until feeling the cold from the gas robbing heat from me while trying to squeeze closer to the engines heat...

 

[releventchair]

I remember when I was young and dumb and full of ya'll, know what...Anyhow...I owned me a 1983 Kawasaki GPZ 550...I believe that it was the prototype bike for the Kawasaki Ninja crotchrocket...Anyhow...I remember one time I got a ticket as a member of team W.F.O. A California Highway Patrolman got me doing approx 100 m.p.h. in a 55...IF anything would have happened I would have been a red stain on the highway...Believe it or not, the ticket was dismissed because I was in County jail for a d.u.i. and I had submitted a form and San Jose did not respond and the charges were dismissed...Oh the things one does when we are young and under the impression that we are invincible...

I doubt I'd want to own a motorcycle in my old age...I guess that I believe that I have pushed my luck enough in my youth...Yet I can relate to the times when I drove in the cold and rain...Heck...I was even stung in the face by a poor bee that was prolly just flying along minding its own business when I hit it while speeding along without a helmet...Those were the days...The stinger was visible in the mirror pumping away as I was using some rather colorful language as I came to a stop trying to figure out what had happened...LOL

The Kaw 900 Ninja I borrowed was not comfortable ,but it sure romped and stomped.
Ya, bee's....

 

[Simon1]

I remember getting stung in the neck by a wasp while on my bike. The wife swore it was a hickey.
I use to race bikes in my youth, I still own a couple that haven't been riden for 20+ years. I miss the fun, but to get an injury or broken bone this late in life would be serious. But it sure was fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ditlihi]

Ditlihi,
Sounds like Arkansas weather! Throw in a little wind chill and
we have been -10 to -20 for the last week.
In the fridge a jar of clear, Apple pie, and a Blackberry shine.
Just in case I get showed in!
Clear for me, Apple Pie for the wife, BlackBerry for both
PS. The clear passed the spoon test.
Don't buy it until you light it.
-Weekender

Absolutely! Blue flame only.

Pssst....don't tell my neighbors, but there's some guys over in Kentucky that found out how much I love chocolate, so they brought me a nice jar of their specialty made with marshmallow root and cocoa beans thrown in.... it may be my new favorite....




Y'all stay warm, my friend!

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

It's 0 here at the moment. 20 won't be so bad....so why not? Just need a big enough helmet to get over the sock of grounds on my head.

I did learn in my former motor biking rare (after having to too much one year )winter rides to not sing ,or shout. Frosts up the face shield.
An acquaintance insisted that after 45 minutes the cold didn't matter anymore. (He was half right/ frozen/ less crazy by then anyway).
Also learned thinner oil is required for starting and shifting in the c,c,c,cold...

Did you mean, sidecar or side keg?

I saw the wooden one, earlier.

I’ve got a woody that is one of two ever made. It’s had three hard crashes, the third one took me twenty years to steady my nerves enough to try again.

The first crash was at a craft show, and captured the blue ribbon before it fell from the shelf.
The second one sold immediately to the guy that crashed the first one...

It resides in a Harley shop out west.

It’s all natural wood colors, exotic hard woods. ( other than The handle bars on mine are brass. They were a weak spot that wouldn’t rebuild...

Oddly enough, the rims and tires were the hardest part.




Worth more to me than my last Honda and my only attempt to keep my Harley suicide bike,( brake and gearshift on opposite sides...)
One year model only...

#/80{>~

 

[JohnWhite]

Absolutely! Blue flame only.

Pssst....don't tell my neighbors, but there's some guys over in Kentucky that found out how much I love chocolate, so they brought me a nice jar of their specialty made with marshmallow root and cocoa beans thrown in.... it may be my new favorite....

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Y'all stay warm, my friend!

What will they think of nextStar Trek MoonShinelol

 

[coazon de oro]

I never cared for motor bikes, but since I'd try anything once, my cousins convinced me to try one of their bikes. I don't know what nationality it was, but I did manage to take it around the block in one piece. Even at 63, I'd still rather ride a wild horse, than an iron one.

Homar

 

[JohnWhite]

For the record...I have never tried moonshine...Even though it runs in the veins...My uncles tell me of their trip to Arkansas to the old holler where the old still was still sitting out in the woods...Yeah...They are true McCoy descendants...Go figure...Anyhow...I have tried another alcohol that burned with a blue flame...It was called 190 proof Everclear I believe...One of my friends ended up with a severe burn when he flamed it up and spilled it on his arm as he went to drink it...Yes...This was one of the Marine Corps memories that I do remember...lol

And Ronrico 151 runs a close second...rofl

 

[Oroblanco]

I never cared for motor bikes, but since I'd try anything once, my cousins convinced me to try one of their bikes. I don't know what nationality it was, but I did manage to take it around the block in one piece. Even at 63, I'd still rather ride a wild horse, than an iron one.

Homar

Amen hermano - I will take the horse any day over the iron one.

Please do continue,

 

[Simon1]

I hear ya Homar, but you are closer to the ground with a bike.

 

[audigger53]

That's ok RC, I'll give you a lift home. You can ride in the sidecar.

Only thing is...I gotta warn ya there ain't no guardrails....


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On second thought...maybe we should wait till spring. Our high today was 20°, it might be a little breezy.


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Reminds me of the road up to Carr Peak southern Arizona. 3,000 feet up, one lane was using snow tires with chains to go up and back down. One bad hairpin curve on the way back down with a breath taking view of how far you would drop before hitting the first bounce. Even without snow and ice, was always a bit scary on the way back down.

 

[Ditlihi]

What will they think of nextStar Trek MoonShinelol

Here, let me light that for ya.

Don't forget where you parked when you find some.

 

[audigger53]

When on ship, we went to sick bay one night and drank Medical Grain cut 3 to 1 with water and put in Orange soda, later we were doing 2 to 1. 100%=200 proof. In the morning to go to quarters, we sucked pure O2 to sober up. No hangover. Couldn't drink it straight, Ever Clear had the same problem, dried out the back of your mouth. Ah the memories of being young and stupid. LOL

 

[Real of Tayopa]

Bunch = o = boozers. Remind me to tell of our efforts overseas during the war

 

[Ditlihi]

Bunch = o = boozers. Remind me to tell of our efforts overseas during the war

No time like the present, Jefe. Coffee poured.......my pot.

 

[audigger53]

I did time travel when on board ship. We crossed the International Date Line at Midnight on the way back from Japan. Had 2 New Years! Only problem was we ran out of our stores of booze. LOL If they had done a search or the lockers when we left Japan, there would have been less to drink. Glad we stopped at Guam and refilled with beer for the long trip back to San Fran.

 

[Real of Tayopa]

T hey recently foud a Dutch man=o=war just off of the coast of a major port on east coast, Dutch ships were certainly not welcome in spanish ports, dated to the 1700's. Do ya spose it had anything to do with the Jesuit s plot to take Norh America away from Spain in the 1700's,