So the Whelpling and I went out riding last night and I was on my trike for the first time.  It was registered, insured and all set.  Before we set out we changed the oil and the filter, gave it the once over and we idled slowly down to the church parking lot where we expected to spend an hour or so tooling around for me to get used to it.

Having not been on a bike for about 40 years it took all of about 10 minutes and I was used to it.  Not to say that I didn’t make stupid mistakes – at one point I left the key on and killed the battery while he and I talked and he had to push start me to get me going again, but afterward it kept a charge just fine.

Anyway, got on the road and rode for a couple of hours, got on a MINOR highway and got it up to 70 mph, got on some curvy roads, bumpy roads, really went all over and I feel very confident that I now am skilled enough to get myself killed if I don’t stay very sharp and pay attention at all times.

I bought a GOOD helmet with bluetooth that hooks up to my phone that I will not hook up until I am much more comfortable.  I’m trying to be good.

Now, I have like NO time this weekend.  I’m behind on my homework for class, on my emails, and most especially on Dragon Laffs.  Today is Saturday, I did not go out riding today like I wanted to.  I’m going to work on this for just a little while and then I have to go to bed because I have to get up extra early tomorrow, so let’s see how much we can get done in just a short time.

I came in the other evening and this is what I found.  That’s Izzy and Pepper and you can just barely see Willow’s ear sticking out of her cage right above Izzy’s head.  They were all sound asleep.  I just had to take a picture.

Oh, by the way, Izzy turns 23 in just a few days! 

Yup

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The Scottish horror story of Sawney Bean and the cannibal clan who dragged victims back to their cave to eat

Got a wonderful email from our dear friend in South Africa!

Good afternoon Impish

CONGRATULATIONS!! Only 32000 k’s – barely run in. Looks very good.

May you have many, many happy and safe hours on your bike.

Me and Antionette (The BOSS) on our V-MAX en route to the Paradise Rally in Graskop, Mapumalanga.

Groete

Wouter

Thank you my friend, what a great picture that is!  I just had to share it!  You guys look great!

9-11 is in just a few days.  I’m not going to make a big deal out of it because it just ticks me off.  They killed so many of our people and we have been pandering to them for the past several years.  They need to be wiped off the face of the earth.  All terrorists do.  You want to fight a war, okay, let’s fight a war, but killing innocents – women and children – you are a coward.  You do not serve God.  You are the scum at the bottom of the pan.  

See…

I’m getting angry.

God will deal vengeance.  

But we…WE…need to treat all terrorists as the dog vomit that they are.  You want to hide behind innocent women and children? Set up in hospitals and schools? Make your own brothers and sisters stay in place in the hopes that they won’t attack you there?  I’ll bet you feel so brave.  I’ll bet your god is so proud of you.

My God, the true God, will deal with you.

I’m done.

15 WEIRD HISTORICAL FACTS

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BY Mansib Ahmad

History is incredibly vast. It can be easy to miss or forget some events, dates and people. 

These facts are so weird, though, they might stick around your brain for a while.

1. During the 19th Century, a popular medicine for children known as ‘Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’, which promised to “allay all pains” was heavily laced with morphine. 

For the other 14 facts, click here…or the title.

Before Playboy, there was Flossie

Check out the article by clicking on the title.

I’m almost out of time for this one and I’m about half asleep, so no themes, no agenda, just pictures in a row, however they come up…

Last week my wife and I purchased a new computer. 

We ran into some difficulties while setting it up so we decided to call the customer support phone number we found in the manual. 

I picked up the phone and called the number. A man answered the phone and I explained the problem to him. 

He began rattling off computer jargon. This confused us even more.

“Sir,” I said politely, “Can you explain what I should do as if I were a small child?” 

“Okay,” the computer support guy said, “Son, could you please put your mommy on the phone?” 

Two builders (Chas and Dave) are seated either side of a table in a rough pub when a well-dressed man enters, orders a beer and sits on a stool at the bar.

The two builders start to speculate about the occupation of the suit.

Chas: -I reckon he’s an accountant.
Dave: -No way, he’s a stockbroker.
Chas: -He ain’t no stockbroker! A stockbroker wouldn’t come in here!

The argument repeats itself for some time until the volume of beer gets the better of Chas and he makes for the toilet. On entering the toilet he sees that the suit is standing at a urinal. Curiosity and the several beers get the better of the builder…

Chas: -Scuse me…. no offence meant, but me and me mate were wondering what you do for a living?
Suit: -No offence taken! I’m a Logical Scientist by profession!

Chas: -Oh! What’s that then?
Suit: -I’ll try to explain by example…Do you have a goldfish at home?

Chas: -Er…mmm… well yeah, I do as it happens!
Suit: -Well, it’s logical to follow that you keep it in a bowl or in a pond. Which is it?

Chas: -It’s in a pond!
Suit: -Well then it’s reasonable to suppose that you have a large garden then?
Chas: -As it happens, yes I have got a big garden!

Suit: -Well then it’s logical to assume that in this town that if you have a large garden that you have a large house?
Chas: -As it happens I’ve got a five bedroom house… built it myself!

Suit: -Well given that you’ve built a five bedroom house it is logical to assume that you haven’t built it just for yourself and you are quite probably married?
Chas: -Yes I am married, I live with my wife and three children!

Suit: -Well then it is logical to assume that you are sexually active with your wife on a regular basis?
Chas: -Yep! Four nights a week!

Suit: -Well then it is logical to suggest that you do not masturbate very often?
Chas: -Me? Never

Suit: -Well there you are! That’s logical science at work!
Chas: -How’s that then?

Suit: -Well from finding out that you had a goldfish, I’ve told you about the size of garden you have, the size of house, your family and your sex life!
Chas: -I see! That’s pretty impressive… thanks mate!

Both leave the toilet and Chas returns to his mate.

Dave: -I see the suit was in there. Did you ask him what he does?
Chas: -Yep ! He’s a logical scientist!

Dave: -What’s that then?
Chas: -I’ll try and explain. Do you have a goldfish?

Dave: -Nope
Chas: -Well then, you’re a wanker

Mississippi Laws

Adultery or Fornication (living together while not married or having sex with someone that is not your spouse) results in a fine of $500 and/or 6 months in prison.

Slips of the Lips:

Pat Glenn – Weightlifting Commentator: “This is Gregori Ava from Bulgaria…. I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing.”

Ted Walsh – Horse Racing Commentator: “This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.”

Murray Walker: “The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.”

Greg Norman: “I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.”

Alan Minter: “Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing but none of them serious.”

Terry Venables: “If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again”

Ron Atkinson: “He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn’t like it – you can see it all over their faces.”

Harry Carpenter – BBC TV Boat Race 1977: “Ah, isn’t that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew.

Metro Radio: “Julian Dicks is everywhere. It’s like they’ve got eleven Dicks on the field.”

David Coleman at the Montreal Olympics: “There goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class.”

US TV Commentator: “One of the reasons Arnie [Arnold Palmer] is playing so well is that, before each tee-shot, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them… Oh my God, what have I just said?”

Two guys were hiking in the mountains when they came across  an old mine shaft going straight down into the ground.

“Wow,” said the first guy. “I wonder how deep it is?”

“I dunno,” said the second. “Let’s find out.” With that, he  dropped a rock down the hole. They waited and waited, but  didn’t hear it hit bottom.

“Hmm. Let’s try a bigger rock,” said the first guy, and  tossed a watermelon-sized stone down the hole.

They waited  a couple of minutes, but didn’t hear it hit either. So,  they looked around for something bigger to throw down and  came across an old railroad tie, which they lifted together  and dumped down the hole. Then suddenly, as they waited to  hear it hit, a goat streaked between the two of them and  jumped straight down the mineshaft.

While they stood there scratching their heads in amazement,  a third guy came up the path and asked them if they’d seen  a goat.

“Yeah, just now,” said one of the first two guys. “It just  ran up and jumped down this hole.”

“Oh, well then it couldn’t have been my goat,” said the  third guy. “My goat was tied to an old railroad tie.”

That’s it my friends.  Out of steam, out of time, ready for bed.  Love to you all.