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If he was smart, it is now fish habitat.

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Well, it looks like they probably caught the guy. No wrecks; no one killed. Just good old fashioned police work.

http://www.adn.com/front/story/880456.html

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/ap_alaska/story/880509.html

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Ah, eternal! I had pretty much decided that you were having fun procrastinating on procrastinating. So instead, I got crap from my sweetheart for being a complete nerd and putting together my own spreadsheet. Why it came to him as a surprise that I am a complete nerd, I don’t understand. Maybe he was just marveling about it all over again…

I have to say that you have gotten alot further, with alot more information that I have. I didn’t think to keep track of transmission or fuel economy.

Lookin’ good. I’ll just swipe what you have and see what I can find for the Hondas of the world…

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You don’t think it would give your mustang seat a run for the money? Ah, well, some people have no taste…

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Just be careful when drawing it so you don’t steer yourself into the pavement. Also, be aware of the difficulties that target fixation will present…

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Wow. That is an awesome set-up for your bike.

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Sometimes it is hard to not join the crowd, even when you know better. I’m glad that you were able to make the right decision for yourself.

In the end, that is all that counts.

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What I found particularly delicious is that they put out a press release on Saturday that mentions the 2010 Blast as part of their line-up. Looks like their marketing people weren’t even in the loop.

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Ah, well… Every family’s dynamics are different.

YMMV

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I hadn’t even thought to look there! Thanks!

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Too sad. I had kind of been looking at getting one. I liked the waspy looking body style with the upright seating position.

However, I will say that both from everything that I have seen online and from my discussions with the salesperson at the dealership, they were perceived as being a “girl’s bike”. This isn’t bad when trying to get women into the sport, but that attitude shows through when trying to convince men to get in the sport. Mechanical issues aside, it alienates roughly half your target audience…

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Luddites are anti-technology. My comment wasn’t a lament on not having any of the “essentials” in life. It was more a facetious comment on the fact that I don’t have any of it and (other than occasionally thinking that more bandwidth would be nice) I don’t particularly want any of that stuff.

Sorry, humor doesn’t always come across well in this format.

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Trying to catch up to Elwood, eh? You still have 1100 or so points to go.

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I read a suggestion to mark out your route on a map, zip it in a ziploc (with route showing) and tape it to the fuel tank. Easy to quickly glance at it, and no high-tech gadgets to fiddle with.

(oh, no, I’m not turning into a luddite am I? no cable modem, no Ipod, no Blackberry, and now advocating use of paper maps! AAHHHH!!!)

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