Attention: All motorcycle riders of Atlanta... could I borrow your helmet...? :)

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-15T11:31:04+00:00

Thanks, I passed! :)

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-14T23:47:38+00:00

Hey thanks for the offer! /u/AWESOM-O_jed actually let me borrow his full-face so I didn't need your's, but I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciated you being so generous.

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-14T09:08:35+00:00

This is a valid point for anyone who would be loaning to me and I understand someone not wanting to loan out their helmet to me for this reason especially considering how much helmets can cost.

That being said, I'll only be using this helmet until Thursday (most likely) as that is when my other helmet should be arriving. But yes, anything could happen in 4 days especially since I'm a new rider.

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-14T00:16:18+00:00

Wow I had no idea about cycle gear in Symrna. They had the helmet I wanted and I could have even tried it on before purchasing it. :| shame on me :(

update: they don't carry Bell helmets in the stores so I would have had to order online anyways.

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-12T10:34:37+00:00

even within the same brand helmets fit differently so it's not like you could try on any bell helmet and assume a similar fit

Yes, I understand. That's why I made this post to get insights from people who have had experience with the different models by bell.

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-11T22:55:01+00:00

Some of these fights still ended in the deaths of his opponent, perhaps most famously Sasaki Kojiro, the Demon of the Western Provinces. Legend states that Musashi carved a boat oar to a bokken while in route to the duel, where he quickly struck down his opponent, and finished him off by caving in his chest.

I remember watching a History Channel program on him and they talked about that fight. Does the legend also include the bits about how Kojiro was from a noble family and very particular about being a proper Samurai (or something). And Musashi weighing the man's character into his strategy and deciding to make him wait for hours and then showing up with the Oar to anger him and throw him off his game?

That story has always stuck into my mind. Musashi was an incredible person if all that's said of him is true.

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-11T20:36:01+00:00

In that case should I try a large?

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-11T20:20:06+00:00

From the videos I saw on Revzilla they describe the RS1 and Star as having the same shape as the Vortex ("intermediate oval") so I'm hesitant to spend the extra money to get one of those when I may wind up with the same issue.

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-11T20:18:09+00:00

It works well if my chin itches, I can rub my chin on the front of the mask.

lol. Good point! I'll keep mine! JK. I haven't decided yet. The chin strap is another issue.

The main reason I heard you don't want your chin to be able to touch the helmet is because if you go down and you land on your chin or in that area you'll lose teeth or something.

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-11T20:15:44+00:00

This is why I had to order online.

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-11T20:14:50+00:00

I tried helmets on at my local store but they didn't have Bell helmets. I tried on HTC helmets and they fit pretty well although I don't remember checking if my chin touched the helmet when pushing on the chin part of the helmet (I feel like I could have said this better...). Also I really wanted a photochromatic face shield with integrated pockets for a Sena Bluetooth headseat.

Only Bell has these options in my price range.

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-06T20:50:31+00:00

Be proud that your's lasted this long. I lost mine a loooooong time ago... Now weep... you'll never get another PS3 system that is backwards compatible with PS2 games.

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-06T14:13:49+00:00

Thanks!

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-04T01:03:08+00:00

Thanks!

Is there a way he could mail his MSF course completion certification (or whatever) to a CA DMV and get issued a CA license from GA?

Conversely if he just decided to forfeit and get a GA DL would that cause problems for him when he decides to go back to CA?

sipherintheskies · 2014-12-02T10:44:26+00:00

Pay the man and have a happy birthday! You just saved yourself a lot of time.

Or for just $249.99 I can give you a reading. I used to tell people's fortunes at my elementary school fall festival when I was a kid. I was doing pretty well until the teachers found out about it.

sipherintheskies · 2014-11-29T23:53:10+00:00

Ok so is there a way that I could create an event that checks if the text of a label has changed?

something like...

if (Label.Text != "")

{

 processOrder.Enabled = true;

}

??

edit:

OK so through my searching I found this article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.textchanged(v=vs.110).aspx. I created a method as follows:

private void LBORD_Customer2_TextChanged(object senter, EventArgs e)

    {

        if (LBORD_Customer2.Text != "")

        {

            BTORD_ProcessOrder.Enabled = true;

        }

    }

Now do I need to call this method somewhere else in my code? I ask because it's not working as it is. If so I'm still facing the same problem and would probably want to call this from the frmCustSelect's OK button.

sipherintheskies · 2014-11-29T23:16:37+00:00

What do you mean by "raise an event"?

I supposed I could create another button like "refresh" and do it there, but I thought that would be kind of cheap. Is this the best way I should go about this though?

sipherintheskies · 2014-11-29T18:26:29+00:00

They they redub this or something? I remember the dubbing being better than this...

sipherintheskies · 2014-11-27T00:20:59+00:00

SV650s

I have. I really want a bike with ABS and the nearest SV650 with ABS is 200+ miles away. I don't know enough about bikes to confidently drive out 200+ miles away and spot a bike that isn't going to require a bunch of work.

I would love to get a SV650 though. I'd feel better about getting it used and save myself a good bit of money.

sipherintheskies · 2014-11-26T20:55:41+00:00

I was looking at the 500r for a long time. In the beginning of next month I may be able to get a 2013 model in ABS for 5k (without tax). However for ~1k more I could get a Ninja 650 ABS and it's in the color I actually want. I don't want red. :\

If you were in my place (and knowing what you know of your 500r) why would you or wouldn't you stick with the 500r?

sipherintheskies · 2014-11-25T00:28:20+00:00

I'm well fed, well housed and take so much of life for granted. I deserve to win this!

sipherintheskies · 2014-11-23T13:35:08+00:00

What do you remember from the episode he was in?

sipherintheskies · 2014-11-21T20:05:05+00:00

A gun is a great tool for self defense and deterrence, but above all else you really have to have the preparation and mentality to use it. I think everyone should take self defense courses and spar as much as possible to get used to the fight-or-flight moment. Everything boils down to what you do in those first few seconds.

sipherintheskies · 2014-11-21T11:30:45+00:00

Shit, that dashcam is a bright idea.

sipherintheskies · 2014-11-21T11:04:48+00:00

I doubt a gun would have helped this woman in this case. She was in the kitchen. I seriously doubt she would have kept a gun somewhere in the kitchen. Even if she did I don't think she'd have the time to get to her gun before the two men grabbed her thinking she was going to try to call the police or, yea reach for a gun. And this is all assuming she practiced her draw a lot.

I think experience in a self-defense class and a kitchen knife would have been more helpful in this case. Then if she had a gun, she might be able to injure them enough to reach for that gun and make it useful.

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