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Hi there,

I haven't been around for a while, and just posted an update on my new bike purchase, I got some great responses, but am unable to thank them, or write back as I get this message;

The answer you entered for the CAPTCHA was not correct.

But here ISN'T a captcha anywhere to put in.

Please, ADMINS, you are making the site unusable.

I am on a mac, my life is on mac, and I cannot install Explorer as it doesn't exist on my platform.

What happened to last year when I posted from my iphone? This isn't possible anymore.

Come on, get your game on! I am about to cross the Andes and was thinking of throwing up pictures and video live.. but if I cannot connect through my iphone.. :(

I watched this movie last night on pay per view. I think it is good, but not great.

Ducati paid to have 3 of their bikes shown briefly- a Streetfighter on the street, and 2 of their sportbikes racing each other on narrow, curvy pavement with dry leaves in the fall, I think a 1098 and their most expensive sportbike.

I thought it was worth $4 to see it. The strangest product placement was a bag of Lays potato chips, right before a traumatic scene:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wall_street_money_never_sleeps

Yay we now for all the new users have a Google search box.......and it works!!!!
Thanks Ben!

I can post a new topic but can't post responses because the CAPTCA thing is missing.

The April 2011 Car and Driver magazine has an article about which cars are at least 75% from parts made in America. The list is a lot different than most would expect. The following cars are 75% or more American made, and all others are not. They have them listed by factory location, so it is not alphabetical:

Honda Accord
Honda Odyssey
Jeep Compass
Jeep Patriot
Ford Explorer
Mitsubishi Eclipse
Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder
Toyota Camry
Toyota Sequoia
Toyota Sienna
Chevrolet Malibu
Chevrolet Corvette
Toyota Avalon
Toyota Venza
2010 Mercury Mountaineer
Chevrolet Colorado
GMC Canyon
GMC Savana
Acura TL
Honda Accord
Dodge Nitro
Jeep Liberty
Jeep Wrangler
Toyota Tundra
Buick Lucerne
Cadillac DTS
Buick Enclave
Chevrolet Traverse
GMC Acadia
Buick Verano
Chrysler 200
Dodge Dakota
Ford Focus
Chevrolet Impala
Ford Crown Victoria
Mercury Grand Marquis
Lincoln Town Car
Chrysler Town & Country
Dodge Grand Caravan

Kulula is a low-cost South-African airline that doesn't take itself too seriously.

On a flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew, the pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitude and will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants."

On landing, the stewardess said, "Please be sure to take all of your belongings. If you're going to leave anything, please make sure it's something we'd like to have."

"Thank you for flying Kulula. We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride."

As the plane landed and was coming to a stop, a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. WHOA!"

No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,

WE ARE AWESOME !!!!
OUR LIFE IS A LIVING PROOF !!!!
To Those of Us Born during
1930 - 1979

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED

We were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered
with bright colored lead-base paints.

We had no child proof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes,
we had no caps or helmets on our heads. (sometimes no brakes either)

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and some times no brakes.

Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat. (Up the coolness with the tailgate down...or an El Camino with seats welded in the back)

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this.

Why Phil Collins is calling it quits
March 5, 2011

from a longer article by Erik Hedegaard
RollingStone.com

In a rehearsal hall somewhere in Switzerland, Phil Collins is belting out some tunes in front of an 18-piece band, getting ready to go on a small tour to support a new album. He's not playing the drums, and not a song of his own passes his lips. There's no "In the Air Tonight," no "Sussudio," no "One More Night," nothing from his Genesis days.

He's 60 and looks pretty much the way he's always looked: kind of small, kind of bald.
As a solo artist, he has sold 150 million records, which puts him right up there with the all-time greats. Medically, he's got a few serious and life-altering problems: The hearing in his left ear is shot, and a dislocated vertebra in his neck has rendered him unable to pound on the drums that first made him famous.

Ponderisms

1. Ever wonder about those people who spend $2.00 a piece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backwards: NAIVE

2. Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?

3. If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea does that mean that one enjoys it?

4. There are three religious truths:
a. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
b. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith.
c. Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store or Hooters.

5. If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

6. Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren't they just stale bread to begin with?

7 Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a race car is not called a racist?

Here are some funny names from around the U.S.-

Christ Christ (born in Bethlehem PA)
Robbin Droppings
Billy Klubb
Dan Druff
Kit Ann Kaboodle
Doris Closed
Cheri Pitts
Rhoda Bike
Pat Fanny
Penny Hooker
Isabelle Ringing
Skip Church
Warren Peace
Joe Dripps
Rusty Back
Woody Bottom
Pat Dick