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90k6259
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Post Number: 53
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Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 11:13 pm:   Edit Post

Hey John
My brother in dark Beer and Alembic basses.
Should you ever be passing through northern Az, drop me a line and maybe we can sound off at local jam, and have a beer or two. the darks here are generally becks in 24oz er"s or Oakcreek brewery they make an awsome stout.
90k6259
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 12:50 am:   Edit Post

Dave
I will keep this short and to the point.
From what I have read, you seem to be a nice person and if I were to meet you I probably would like you enough. However as a moderator of this forum I see no difference in you than a politician.
In my humble opion, I feel you need to be lest biased, and stop running with the click,and I dont meen the track.
How's that for balls. I am sorry it had to come to this. sometimes you just got to say what you got to say.
90k6259
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 12:56 am:   Edit Post

Dave
I will keep this short and to the point.
From what I have read, you seem to be a nice person and if I were to meet you I probably would like you enough. However as a moderator of this forum I see no difference in you than a politician.
In my humble opinion, I feel you need to be less biased, and stop running with the click,and I dont meen the track.
How's that for balls. I am sorry it had to come to this. sometimes you just got to say what you got to say.
I double post to correct a type O sorry
90k6259
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 1:06 am:   Edit Post

Dave
Now I got myself feeling bad. So in your defense I have to say that I can only imagine the job you have placed on yourself as a forum moderator and I have nothing but respect for your undertaking. I just hope I didn't upset you in my opnion. I feel you really are a good soul!
90k6259
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 1:18 am:   Edit Post

Can you be Politically Incorrect on an internet forum? just perhaps I should of checked before opening my big mouth.
fc_spoiler
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 1:24 am:   Edit Post

I think pizza's without cheese are political correct, Dave Houck for President!
90k6259
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 1:40 am:   Edit Post

There are alot of pillars that are proving to not be good for Humanity. I think politics may well be one of them.
90k6259
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 1:49 am:   Edit Post

Oh God I've used the P word to many times. Now I've started on the G.
I'm out of here before I get tar'd and feathered.
jacko
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 2:01 am:   Edit Post

I've seen 'Vegan cheese' in the shops over here. Probably tastes like cr*p but at least your pizza will look like ours.

Graeme
adriaan
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 2:04 am:   Edit Post

90k6259 - just 60 posts under your belt and you have me COMPLETELY obfuscated.
811952
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 5:21 am:   Edit Post

Roy - I'll take you up on that if I'm in the area!

Adriaan - I LOVE the word Obfuscate!

Dave - Your's is a thankless job in most respects, but I think you do an awesome job keeping us civil!

John!

!!
adriaan
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 5:32 am:   Edit Post

John - it's even better as an adjective: obfuscatory.
olieoliver
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 6:07 am:   Edit Post

FC, "pizza's without cheese....politcal correct", I believe there are a few dairy farmers out there that may disagree with you.:-)
Oh well either wya you slice it up someones not going to like it! LOL
And Dave, I think you are doing a superb job!
lbpesq
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 7:44 am:   Edit Post

In Pennsylvania they have what Dave might consider the anti-pizza. It's called "white pizza" and has no sauce! Just lots of mozzerella, lots of fresh chopped garlic, and some chopped broccoli. I thought it was weird the first time I encountered it, but it actually tastes quite good! Me, I NEVER like to hijack a thread (hehehe, and, to be PC, herherher).

Modder Dave, Roy completely lost me. Are you a politician? Do you have a Karl Rove lurking behind one of your Alembics?

And, since you mention it, I don't like the new FTC format. Unnecessarily complicated IMHO. Might this create a whole new categorie of instruments? "Yea, I own a pre-FTC Series 1!" "Your lucky, dude, mine wasn't built until after the FTC changeover".

Pizza for thought?

Bill, tgo
811952
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 8:07 am:   Edit Post

Bill,
I don't care for the new FTC format either, but, unlike you, I don't have the cahonas to say so. Especially here for the world to see.
John
lbpesq
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 8:12 am:   Edit Post

You mean other people read this stuff???!!!!


Bill, tgo
90k6259
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 9:10 am:   Edit Post

I'm guilty of participating in the very situation I originally was trying to rectify.
The topic was "Alembic basses and guitars",under the heading of "Alembic product" The tread title was "bike week".
It wasn't "bike week" under the topic "miscellaneous" or some other topic we have found a need to created.
Perhaps we should add a new topic titled "off topic" were we can jump to with our hijackings. Wouldn't want to miss out on all the fun these highjackings provide.
Dave
I have a sugestion.What would you think of having another username for yourself? One you would use when you want to join in on a discussion, and save your moderator title for when you need to use it.
That way you can participate in all the highjacking fun without upseting those of us, whom on occasion find conflict in a posting.
The reason we have a format is so we can participate in this sea of knowledge in a more direct and timely fashion.
I'm done... I'll get off my soapbox now
Thank you all for your patience and tolerance.
90k6259
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 9:17 am:   Edit Post

adriaan-967 post. why are you still confused?
adriaan
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 9:26 am:   Edit Post

90k6259 - not confused, obfuscated! But let's not turn this into a post counting match ...
90k6259
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 9:33 am:   Edit Post

you say obfuscated and I say confused. Same difference. Hey I have the right to rebutal...
90k6259
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 9:36 am:   Edit Post

As some may agree. I've spent way to much time in this tread... So well see you all later.
90k6259
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 10:35 am:   Edit Post

Those who might care to continue the discussion of post placement and the cosequent highjacking behavior, please join me in the miscellaneous section under OFF Post.I should of done this many post ago. Sorry
Roy
davehouck
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Post Number: 4064
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 3:36 pm:   Edit Post

Roy wrote: as a moderator of this forum I see no difference in you than a politician. In my humble opinion, I feel you need to be less biased, and stop running with the click,and I dont meen the track. How's that for balls. I am sorry it had to come to this. sometimes you just got to say what you got to say.

Roy, no problem. I find your comments valuable and I appreciate your sharing them with me.
davehouck
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 3:47 pm:   Edit Post

I think that my comments about hijacked threads were perhaps poorly worded and apparently ill-placed.
fc_spoiler
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 5:01 pm:   Edit Post

I skipped the Pizza today... I feel kinda bad, Please check the showcase spoiler section for more info (Hijack, Gna,Gna,Gna)
Also sorry to the Farmers
Cheers...
F.C.
bracheen
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 5:05 pm:   Edit Post

Dang.
Dave, I haven't witnessed you poorly wording or ill-placing anything since I've been here. Quite the opposite you've too often been the still, quiet voice reeling in some of our more rambunctious moments with that reason thing you do so well. I don't know if you asked for or were approached with the opportunity to become Moder Dave but you did step up and do it well always with respect and gentleness.
Oh, I'm sorry, am I getting off the subject? I just thought as long as the wet blanket has been thrown I may as well pop in.
alemberic
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 9:02 pm:   Edit Post

Dave--I know I'm very new around here, but I would like to second bracheen's comment: "I haven't witnessed you poorly wording or ill-placing anything since I've been here...I don't know if you asked for or were approached with the opportunity to become Moder Dave but you did step up and do it well always with respect and gentleness..."

Please keep doing what you're doing, exactly the way you've been doing it!!

Eric

(Message edited by alemberic on July 12, 2006)
90k6259
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Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 11:59 pm:   Edit Post

oh oh oh Poor Dave, looks how well he's taking it. Come on Kiddies lets all go to his rescue. What a pathetic level this tread has fallen to.
Hey Dave have you had drills on how to handle descent?
(That is really not where I wanted to take this)
However since you insist! If it quakes like a duck! H'mm. I know that I said I was out of here. However I couldn't resist this one.
WOW a real live G-man I'm impressed. Welcome Eric! Let me know if I should be shaking in my boots right about now HUH.
Quick Scotty beem me up before they find the feathers.
90k6259
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 12:18 am:   Edit Post

Dave our moderator wrote: Well, in the history of our little forum here, I don't think I've chimed in on a motorcycle thread before; but I thought perhaps I might post in response to a couple comments above.

Dave it wasn't a motorcycle tread it was a tread about a bass player and his Alembic at a motorcycle ralley. As moderator it should of been second nature for you to see that the treat had been highjacked.
please don't you and your buddy's turn this on me to.
90k6259
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 12:21 am:   Edit Post

See See I can play the oh poor me card to.
OH oh hear come the feathers. Quick Scotty
90k6259
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 12:37 am:   Edit Post

Well Dave must be a Day person ??? OR deep in his bunker planning covert operations.
90k6259
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 12:40 am:   Edit Post

Well do you think dave is a day person? Or!! Is he deep in his bunker planning covert operations?
90k6259
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 12:58 am:   Edit Post

Dave wrote:
I was just making some suggestions. Since the subject of hijacking had been brought up, I thought I would share some things I had been thinking of for a while. Hijacking isn't necessarily a bad thing, and it often can turn out to be a good thing, taking a discussion to a subject that can be helpful to members. For instance, a thread on a particular speaker cab might morph into a discussion on ohms and how that relates to matching power amps and speaker cabs generally. So I don't think I meant to lay down any hard and fast rules or to suggest that any posts made in the past were particularly wrong.

Now tell me honestly! Is this not the style of a politician ?
adriaan
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 1:18 am:   Edit Post

Roy,

This is the style of a careful moderator. Some of us here appear to have tempers, and it is very wise of Dave to tread carefully.

Mind you, he usually doesn't think twice before adding his .02 to the jolly nonsense.
90k6259
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 2:01 am:   Edit Post

Adriaan,
This has indeed gotten out of hand. So I am going to try and reduce this situation to its lowest denominator.
Fact1: It is very easy to get all slap stick all over a post. Makes for a great defense.
or as some would say, turn things into a more lighthearted mood.
Fact2: We have guidlines to fall back on to keep things civil. They are our constitution. They should not be toyed with or manipulated. Not even from our moderator.
Fact3: Dave has taken on a tough job, if he choses to do it in the best interest of all its members.
Fact4:Dave jumped right in and acted like he was just another member having a good time.
Well posting as moderator does not allow you that privilege.
It would be wiser of Dave to lay down the constitution of this forum. Not play politics
P.S. Dave this is the last time I address you in the third person. I am a fellow club member and demand to be treated as such.
Roy
fc_spoiler
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 3:30 am:   Edit Post

I might be able to eat pizza again (without Cheese)
Cheers!
F.C.
jacko
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 5:32 am:   Edit Post

Roy said
'Fact4:Dave jumped right in and acted like he was just another member having a good time.
Well posting as moderator does not allow you that privilege.'

I really can't agree with this statement at any level. dave has been a member of this club alot longer than most of us here and has as much right as the newest member to post on any subject he has an opinion about. Luckily for Dave, we tend to be a pretty self-moderating bunch and I doubt if I'd need the fingers on one hand to count the number of times anyone has gotten so out of hand he's had to 'pull rank'. I've read this thread a number of times and really am struggling to see why Roy is getting so uptight - he hasn't been 'moderated' anywhere that I can see. perhaps he just doesn't like Beer, bikes and Pizza.
As for Bike week, for us non motorised cyclists, its Bike threeweeks just now as Europes finest sporting spectacle, the tour de france , enters the mountains.

Graeme
fc_spoiler
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 6:51 am:   Edit Post

I'm not gonna spend much words on this. I've seen some posts by mr. Houck. My conclusion:
Dave rules!As moderator and as a member!
lbpesq
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 6:53 am:   Edit Post

Go Dave go! No problems detected from out here on the left coast... at least for a few more hours ... catching a plane today for NYC ... my 11 year old and I are doing the baseball thing ....Yankee Stadium, Camden Yards, Shea Stadium & Hall of Fame ... all that and a trip to Flaxland too! ... and not even one planned motorcycle ride! When we get to Cooperstown, however, we will be searching for birch beer (I went to the HoF when I was about 11 and I remember getting birch beer in town). So Dave, don't let the upstarts get you down ... keep on doin' what you're doin'. My theory is that if no one hired you and no one pays you, that if the job is done gratis, then do it any which way you want. Up for re-election? You get my vote (Since I own 3 Alembics, do I get 3 votes? If it works like that you better get Rami on your side!!!!) LOL So long as no one hijacks the thread to Cuba, I ain't got no problems.

Bill, tgo
811952
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 7:08 am:   Edit Post

Birch beer! Wonderful stuff, Bill. I hope you find much of it and enjoy it in good health with your son!

John
fc_spoiler
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 7:47 am:   Edit Post

Bill have fun!
This will be a great experience for yer "11 year old" (Son or Daughter?)
I upgraded myself to two votes today (actualy last night and I will try to get more votes soon!)
btw: tip from Flip, keep your son away From JD! -LOL- (I presume Son since yer going to do the bassball thing)

(Message edited by fc_spoiler on July 13, 2006)
olieoliver
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 7:52 am:   Edit Post

You have my vote(s)too Dave! (X4?)
You know what last night the wife and I were laying out by the pool and this bee kept buzzing aroung my wife. She kept swatting at it and swatting at it but the bee kept comeing back. I told her just ignore it and it will go away. So she tried my suggestion, (first time for everything)and guees what? The bee went on its merry way my wife fell asleep in the hammock and I went up strairs and played my newest Alembic.
Moral of the story, if your Honey will leave the honey maker alone, you get to spend time with your other honey, Or life's too short to worry about the buzz!
byoung
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 4:55 pm:   Edit Post

Roy,

Here's my take: you need to mellow out.
bigredbass
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 5:31 pm:   Edit Post

So . . . how was Laconia? See any cool bikes?

J o e y
lbpesq
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 9:49 pm:   Edit Post

Boy.

fc: "JD"?

Bill, tgo
joram
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 11:18 pm:   Edit Post

I think FC refers to this.

Joram
bob
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Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 11:56 pm:   Edit Post

I thought he meant Jack Daniels.
fc_spoiler
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Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 12:53 am:   Edit Post

And the prize goes to........ Bob!
You can collect the prize (a bottle of Jack Daniels) at my home
joram
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Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 2:34 am:   Edit Post

That's what I meant to say! "I started with JD and still love it, but I must say I don't drink a lot these days..." What do I win? :-D
fc_spoiler
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Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 3:14 am:   Edit Post

Ah a JD lover uut Grun!
Well you can get a glazz of JD at my home since the grand prize is not available anymore...
fc_spoiler
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Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 5:32 am:   Edit Post

Sorry joram, i misread yer message, I'll see if i can convince the jury to get another bottle....
lbpesq
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Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 6:09 am:   Edit Post

Nope, no JD for the kid. Heck, we're just beginning to let him experiment with Pepsi! Besides, he's already addicted to the X-box he got for getting good grades in school. One addiction is enough. Besides, I'm more of a single malt scotch or Bombay Saffire guy. (Like I might have 1 drink a month). I believe in healthier ways of altering consciousness (surprise, surprise ... LOL).

Bill, tgo
fc_spoiler
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Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 6:54 am:   Edit Post

My favorite pub drink is.... (I'm not sure if I should mention it, gotta think 'bout me reputation)... Tea! and cola... Well I'm from Holland, so I think my choice of altering my consciousness should be obvious...
I have to appologize to some Dutch club members, not everyone here likes it as much as me... so to all you non Hollanders please do not be prejudiced against the Dutch!
Cheers!
F.C.
joram
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Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 7:03 am:   Edit Post

To be quite honest, I'd prefer a glass of Laphroaig over a bottle of JD. And going to Beetsterzwaag would take me just an hour by bus, so...
fc_spoiler
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Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 7:15 am:   Edit Post

...I'll have to get a new bottle, my dad's to blame for that!
I have some glenmorangie (port wood finish and the regular 10 years old) or we could drink up to 2 glasses of Bowmore(cask strenght), I have some dimple left and a glass or two Glenrothes. As I said in the other thread (of post), all my money is infested in Alembic...
rockbassist
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Posted on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 7:25 pm:   Edit Post

It's funny how threads turn to topics other than what they were originally intended. I made a post about my experiences during bike week in Laconia, NH and then responded to a question about the venue. All of a sudden this becomes a biker thread. Personally, I love it. I have not owned a bike for years although I do plan to buy one next summer. Last night I watched a program about the history of the Hell's Angels. I have played at many motorcycle related events and have always been treated with the utmost respect regardless of whether Hell's Angels members were involved or not. There is a reason why the greatest bands of all time play motorcycle related rallies such as Laconia, Myrtle Baech, Daytona and Sturgis. In general, bikers are cool people who just want to have a good time. I have been fortunate enough to play them all. Here's to great music, great bikes and great people.
811952
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Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 5:32 am:   Edit Post

Sooo... Are you playing Sturgis?

John
george_wright
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Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 6:51 am:   Edit Post

I remember an evening news micro-interview of Billy Gibbons, when ZZ Top was playing at a biker affair. The bubble-headed bleached blonde (to use Don Henley's phrase) asked Billy, "Why are you so fascinated with these Harleys?" Billy said, "They're big; they're fast; they're loud---I rest my case."
bracheen
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Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 9:24 am:   Edit Post

I live about 80 miles from Daytona and only made it to Bike Week once. And that was accidently. I just happened to be driving through. I've known a lot of people either attending or playing these events and they all have a great time. There's another in Leesburg Florida that I've heard is a good rally. Senior management so far hasn't squawked much about GAS but isn't budging on the motorcycle issue.

George, Billy left out one adjective ... ridiculously expensive. (ducking now from the Harley guys)

Sam

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