Wow...thanks guys! I am late to my own birthday party.
Things have been very hectic here lately with winter looming and work trying to kill me with stress. Why just yesterday, I had to deal with a day long crisis where my truck was "taken out of service" by the Ohio Motor Carrier Enforcement guys due to lack of interest or priority by management. (Translation: The "big people" in the office hadn't scheduled my truck for maintenance despite several reminders from me- it has needed brake work for weeks...) Those of you who know me from this site know how I am about maintenance, apparently the higher ups didn't take me seriously, now among other things they have a 1000 dollar towing bill.
Anyhow, I had a
great birthday once I got home from work (had to work through both breaks, lunch, AND 45 minutes of overtime, *another case of management by crisis*). I turned 49 at 5:10am on Nov. 16 for those keeping track. I got a new digital camera from Mrs. Joe (my old Nikon was almost 10 years old and has over 3000 shutter activations on it, and she said she noticed I "had trouble seeing the small LCD screen") a blanket from one of my four daughters (yes, you appreciate things like a nice blanket when you get "old") and a new small spray gun from another of my daughters. (she thought it was a hand held abrasive blaster I had mentioned, but I didn't tell her otherwise) so overall home
WAY outweighed work for the day, as usual.
I know I haven't been around here much lately, but I am still active in motorized bikes, mostly by keeping a couple of them going for a couple of old guys

, one being my dad, another is a guy who stopped him on the road to find out "what in the **** he was riding". So now he has a riding buddy, I guess these things are more contagious than swine flu.
Thanks again for all the birthday wishes...you guys are the GREATEST MOTORIZED BIKE WEBSITE IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!!!