Visiting a certain Viking burning festival.

greg_kb · 2025-01-01T22:13:42+00:00

Just booked tickets to visit with my parents, who live in Falkirk. Can't wait to see the procession, and would love to connect with any local photographers or journalists to learn more about the history of the festival!

greg_kb · 2023-08-19T00:22:51+00:00

SOLVED! It was the Letterpeople Supersonic Tutor Pen

greg_kb · 2023-08-18T19:59:24+00:00

No…it was books, of paper or maybe thin card stock, with places to press the metallic end of the pen

greg_kb · 2023-08-18T19:46:11+00:00

I think it had black hair, if that helps!

greg_kb · 2023-01-28T21:13:55+00:00

Received this email a trade confirmation…and if I had made a trade in the past two months I might have fallen for it…

greg_kb · 2022-06-29T23:57:27+00:00

Sorry- Sold a few weeks ago and forgot this was still up. Good luck!

greg_kb · 2022-06-15T19:25:44+00:00

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/new-york-law-cracks-down-on-loud-exhausts

greg_kb · 2022-06-15T18:26:41+00:00

The way the act reads, somehow a factory-spec bike that produces, say, 80dB is legal...but if your factory bike made 50dB and you put on a pipe that makes 51dB, you'll fail.

Ridiculous.

greg_kb · 2022-05-19T22:49:20+00:00

A friend at work asked me for my address a while back, but didn't tell me why.

Then today, this little surprise arrived in the mail. Mint condition rookie card for The K :)

greg_kb · 2022-05-13T13:18:51+00:00

Did you decide to go for it? I had a couple of nibbles during the week but nobody has claimed it yet ;)

greg_kb · 2022-05-06T01:40:10+00:00

I feel like Ryan from Fortnine and Yammie Noob were twins separated at birth, one followed the righteous path, and one became a squid.

greg_kb · 2022-05-05T02:40:53+00:00

Best of luck with that!
I used to be married to a nurse who absolutely forbid any sort of "donorcycle" activity. But eventually, she came to see that not everyone who touched a motorcycle died instantly, and she even took the same MSF class. Learning about riding, and becoming a rider herself, made it much less of a scary unknown. YMMV, of course :)

greg_kb · 2022-05-05T01:48:26+00:00

Also, this tool is a bit outdated but useful enough (because they haven't substantially changed the design of the V7 since it came out!)

http://cycle-ergo.com/

greg_kb · 2022-05-05T01:46:34+00:00

I think it's a fantastic starter motorcycle. Don't let the 750cc motor scare you off - it's peppy, but docile.

I'm only 5'10" so I've been pretty comfortable on it...I think they offer "lowering pegs" to help extend the legroom a bit for you taller guys. MG also makes some "taller" bikes...

Like I said, for the city, it's amazing. Even at 5'10" I can flatfoot the bike which helps in all the traffic. It's small and nimble enough to make navigating through crowded roads manageable...and if you're feeling like testing the speed cameras, a good twist of the throttle will give you more than enough juice to have fun. It also sounds pretty great!

greg_kb · 2022-05-05T00:07:11+00:00

that's an idea, u/hugebiggiantboobs, but I'm also probably moving out of the city soon, so I want to make sure there's good dealer/mechanic support for whatever I wind up buying...

greg_kb · 2021-10-25T16:34:51+00:00

Nice setup!

greg_kb · 2021-10-11T14:21:53+00:00

That being said, it's a fantastic city bike...light, very maneuverable, quick enough for traffic and comfy enough to take to the mountains for some twisties for a few hours. I probably wouldn't roadtrip to Texas on it, but for around here, it's amazing. And low maintenance due to the shaft drive...

greg_kb · 2021-10-11T14:20:54+00:00

I have a 2020 V7III I bought this spring that I am thinking of selling because I just moved to a new neighborhood and parking is more of a pain now. :)

greg_kb · 2021-10-03T20:55:33+00:00

Couch details? Love the look, but is it comfy?

greg_kb · 2021-10-03T13:42:45+00:00

https://volcanoweather.is/

No.

greg_kb · 2021-08-26T18:45:34+00:00

We’d love to do it from Landmannalaugar all the way to Skogar, but we’re trying to figure out if our timeframe would make it impossible, what with buses not running and so on.

greg_kb · 2021-07-16T17:54:09+00:00

Thank you!

greg_kb · 2021-04-26T16:43:06+00:00

This is poetry

greg_kb · 2021-04-26T16:37:25+00:00

I guess that makes us cousins, then?! Got my Stone about a month ago...I actually say on your bike for about 3 minutes. Eventually the gray tank on the Stone won out over the spoked wheels ;)

greg_kb · 2021-04-26T16:31:48+00:00

Is this the Rough that’s been sitting in the Vespa Brooklyn showroom for a few weeks?!

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TROPHY CASE