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SteelBytes wrote:
Yeah but could just be the cats pics (she's quite a cat lover)
They should be beating your door down then!
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It's a Trogan Horse.

Her relationship has just failed and it's a bluff to get back with you.

See it before.
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Bill Dog wrote:
It's a Trogan Horse.

Her relationship has just failed and it's a bluff to get back with you.

See it before.
I suspect it's actually because there's a mutual friend's 50th in a few weeks, we're all closely aged and have known each other for 30 years.

PS I'm having dinner with another ex tomorrow night lol
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Aren't ex girlfriends brilliant.

Two, possibly three of my closest friends are Ex's.

God bless failed relationships.
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SteelBytes wrote:
I suspect it's actually because there's a mutual friend's 50th in a few weeks, we're all closely aged and have known each other for 30 years.

PS I'm having dinner with another ex tomorrow night lol
Negative bro, they all have a feel for the Steel! Granted the tiger is a really cool cat though!
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Anyone for eyeballs?
Oh, sure....it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.
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I took this photo about a week ago in Capitan, New Mexico should probably be in 'The Stupid Shit I Saw Today' forum, but seems there isn't one (yet!), I'll just have to park it here for now...
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JBacklund wrote:
I took this photo about a week ago in Capitan, New Mexico should probably be in 'The Stupid Shit I Saw Today' forum, but seems there isn't one (yet!), I'll just have to park it here for now...
Judglin by the adjacent No Trespassing sign they're a bit selective anyway.....
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I bought this at Home Goods over the weekend. I just know there HAS to be something terribly politically incorrect about it, but it's mine now, and I will enjoy Nelson Mandela's smiling face on my desk. In perpetuity.

EDIT : Just looked it up. Nothing but great reviews. I am in the clear.
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Driving home yesterday saw an oncoming Harley, looked like a trike until it passed. Not a trike but a Harley with TRAINING WHEELS!

OFG
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There are a couple of videos on Instagram of a Goldwing and a K1600 with retractable training wheels.

It's beyond hilarious.
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Driving home yesterday saw an oncoming Harley, looked like a trike until it passed. Not a trike but a Harley with TRAINING WHEELS!

OFG
The first time I saw those 'outrigger support wheels' on a bike was on an early 650 Burgman.

Technically, they turn the machine into a rather sad four-wheeler, though I suppose installing them would allow people with physical limitations to keep on riding for a few more seasons without having to cough up mega-thousands for a dedicated three-wheeler or trike conversion.
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Oldfatguy wrote:
Driving home yesterday saw an oncoming Harley, looked like a trike until it passed. Not a trike but a Harley with TRAINING WHEELS!

OFG
Cornering must be a b*tch!
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Or just buy a motorcycle that you can actually ride.

Maybe something smaller per chance ?
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Not everyone has perfect balance, vertigo or blood pressure problems, hypothyroid issues, who is to say that somebody "oughta?"

Not my thing and not many people's thing either or there would be a lot more equipped that way. At least if you had a set you wouldn't need a side stand!

My next scooter might be a 4-wheeler, battery powered with a flag up the back. That way you can park it inside the pub.
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If the bike was smaller and lighter you wouldn't need the wheels would you ?
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If the bike was smaller and lighter you wouldn't need the wheels would you ?
There are generally three different issues people are dealing with -- Height, weight, and balance. A smaller bike generally fixes the first two, but not the third. And height is sometimes trickier than people think it is, leading to an unexpected mismatch. And that, in turn, tends to make the weight problem all the worse.

TL;DR: It's complicated.
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I totally agree but all I see is training wheels on really big tourers.

If you have balance issues surely you'd reduce the effect with something that carries less weight as it's easier to control.

I was also generalising.
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Bill Dog wrote:
I totally agree but all I see is training wheels on really big tourers.

If you have balance issues surely you'd reduce the effect with something that carries less weight as it's easier to control.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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No context
didn't spot it when I saw it on instagram, maybe the slightly wide crop on MV vs squarer on insta drew my eyes
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There's an even less subtle version available.
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Bill Dog wrote:
There's an even less subtle version available.
Save it for your Only Fans. 😏
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It's only $18.99 a month..... but you knew that.
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It's only $18.99 a month..... but you knew that.
Worth every penny!
If it keeps you from posting here
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I've got a discount code for this month only.

Just sayin.
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Not so much weird but brilliant!
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Guy walking his 2 dogs riding a ruckus on the sidewalk [/img]
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Some weird shit I found on Mother's Day at the Wall Drug Store, Wall, South Dakota.
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JBacklund wrote:
Some weird shit I found on Mother's Day at the Wall Drug Store, Wall, South Dakota.
Love those jars of Whoop Ass! A store like that probably wouldn't go here in staid New England, though Crying or Very sad emoticon
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6zH-H6M0pB/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Now THAT must be a sweeeeet handling rig.
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That front tire looks like it should be on a truck! Probably handles like one, too.
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Well......
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Well......
I wonder when she's due?
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In Japan that's pretty normal.

Over here I'm not so sure.
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Grab your cable-knit sweater and brew up your favorite pumpkin spice beverage. According to Hobby Lobby, autumn is upon us.
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Maybe not weird. Maybe necessary.

I did not take this photo, but saw the truck on my way home from coffee this morning.

You can tell I did not take the photo because in the photo the SUN is out, and here in Southern California, that shit doesn't happen anymore.
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His superpower? He will verbally emasculate you and you will have no idea what he's talking about.
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