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Re: End of the road
« Reply #660 on: June 20, 2015, 04:13:36 pm »
All star and Another raise.
Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
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Re: End of the road
« Reply #661 on: June 21, 2015, 08:57:03 pm »
Congrats to Fiona again!

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Re: End of the road
« Reply #662 on: June 23, 2015, 06:20:23 pm »
Yes great news. Sorry that her store is a little to far away for me to do some shopping there, but great to see her making progress.
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Re: End of the road
« Reply #663 on: June 26, 2015, 06:50:43 pm »
She still needs to work on her reading and writing comprehension and also she needs  a lot of work on her pronunciation.  But she is always so cheerful and funny everyone likes her.

Chinese cant say  river without slurring it into liver.

I finally taught her to say peanuts.  ( break it into two words . pea-nuts) not peanus.

Are you free tomorrow?  will get you a puzzled look.
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Re: End of the road
« Reply #664 on: June 28, 2015, 11:51:15 am »
Day trip to the mountains. Great day doing nothing in the mountains. got a little lunch, pretended to pan for gold and dug up some rocks in the river for polishing. Beautiful weather and beautiful drive.
The mountains are her favorite place to go. I think she woudl choose it over shopping.  haha

This looks best in full screen.

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Re: End of the road
« Reply #665 on: June 28, 2015, 10:45:22 pm »
Very nice!

I would damn sure take it over shopping.

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Re: End of the road
« Reply #666 on: July 04, 2015, 02:54:03 pm »
Sooo
ME:- You should go get some of the potatoes from the garden.
HER: There aren't any.!
ME: There should be,,,did you look?
HER: Yes the trees are almost dead.
ME: Sigh......They are under the potato plants. You need to dig them up.!
Apparently she was thinking potatoes grow on the plants similar to my tomatoes. So we went and " picked" some potatoes.. Life is so much fun living with someone as crazy as you are.
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Re: End of the road
« Reply #667 on: July 04, 2015, 03:02:15 pm »
I just had an idea.  Fiona is ALWAYS full of questions. som are serious and others are plain stupid. But Sometime I get angry at her for asking the same thing a hundredth time.  This device will answer most anything and apparently can understand foreign accents and I hope broken English.

So i have been looking at the Amazon Echo. I think I have an excuse now for buying one.  I will just sit it in some central location and see if its patience is better than mine. 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X4WHP5E/ref=cs_va_lb_0?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-hero-kindle-A&pf_rd_r=0P0HS7Y8VTCDBTEH0P5D&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2118626502&pf_rd_i=desktop
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Re: End of the road
« Reply #668 on: August 28, 2015, 10:04:58 am »
I got me a couple of new toys to keep me occupied while the ladies are at work/school. 

MY TOYS HAVE BEEN COMMANDEERED !!!
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Re: End of the road
« Reply #669 on: August 28, 2015, 08:30:06 pm »
Those are nice! I bought myself one of those toys back in April.



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Re: End of the road
« Reply #670 on: August 29, 2015, 05:06:00 am »
very nice.....i noticed the log chain around the rear tire.  Paranoid?

I have not ridden since I was a teen and at my age I cant do some of the things that were easy back then. The bike that Fiona is on is way too tall for me. And friken heavy. If it leans over more than 30 degrees...its going over. I am going to sell it and get a Smaller one.
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Re: End of the road
« Reply #671 on: August 29, 2015, 09:00:58 am »
I wouldn't say paranoid, I prefer to call it anti-criminal enabling behavior. My wife works full-time, I work practically all the time, and my teenage children are in school all day so a little added security never hurts. Most criminals are scared to death of an honest days work so I want to make it as hard as possible for them in their chosen career path. If my Rottweiler-Siberian Husky mix was still alive I wouldn't even bother locking the gate, but that is another story.

 Concerning your situation about your bike's height, have you ever sat on a cruiser? Most cruisers have a very low center of gravity and are very comfortable on long rides also. I believe my bike's seat sits at 25" which makes it very easy too handle even at low speeds. You go to the Yamaha shop and checkout the V-Stars,they are very dependable bikes and are affordable unlike some of the Harley's can be! My last bike was a Harley Davidson 1200 Sportster which I had sold about 23 years ago. I purchased this one after checking prices on bikes and decided this one was more bang for the buck. This bike is a Yamaha 1600 " Silverado " Roadstar. It is completely stock except for the stereo I installed and the exhaust system.


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Re: End of the road
« Reply #672 on: August 29, 2015, 02:49:13 pm »
Any used bike you purchase in Colorado you will have to spend another $450 to have the carbs rebuilt. They are not jetted correctly for this altitude and the 10% ethanol they put in the gasoline will plug them up in a week of sitting idle. I start mine every day and am starting to use aviation 97 octane gas in them.

I was looking for a Honda Magna 1100cc Because the seat sits @ 25.5 inches. That is very comfortable for me and the center of gravity is down low. But I could not find a reasonable deal on one. So I got the Sabre instead. I have regretted it. The seat is 31.5 inches .I am standing on my tiptoes...Just sitting and rocking side to side is enough to cause me to strain to keep it from going over. And when it goes over it is 5 minutes to get it upright again. Clearly it is designed for a tall man.

So my next choice was the Honda Shadow. The seat is @ 29 inches and I can manhandle it into standing up straight and flatfoot at a stoplight. I should have taken all my crazy money and purchased a good cruiser and be done with it. But I was thinking of cutting some corners so I could end up wit two bikes. One for the road and one for in town. Well I will get more than my money back on the Sabre and then go shopping again.
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Re: End of the road
« Reply #673 on: December 11, 2015, 01:18:32 am »
Been wheeling and dealing on bikes all summer and fall.  So I ended up with a Honda 750 Shadow for cruising (love it). and a Honda CM400 fast light weight bike for running around town.  And a yamaha Majesty 400 for the wife.  I have been rebuilding and tuning carbs till I am blue in the face. But Finally everything is running great.  I got some time to ride them just before the cold weather hit.  Now they are all parked in the garage until next spring. 

Now for a personal update. During most of those 5 years I have been in very poor health. I was hospitalized 3 times in Guangzhou due to bursting blood vessels in my stomach. I never mentioned before now that I have been in end stage liver failure for a long  time but I have only known about it for about 4 years. Since returning  to America I have had to have many chemo treatments to try to keep cancer from taking over what was left of my liver.

On November 10 I received a call from Porter Adventist hospital. They said that they had accepted a donated liver on my behalf. What a shock, surprise and ominous call to answer. I called my wife and told her to come home immediately we rushed to the hospital and I nervously waited for the surgeon to declare that the liver was a good match for me.  As they rolled me to the operating room I looked at the doctor and said I place my trust in you. Please make a thorough check and make sure that I live long enough to repay my wife for all she has done for me.
The next 2 weeks were horrible. Paranoia, hallucinations, and severe pain , mostly due to the medications they were giving me. I have lost 30 pounds and I think I look like a ghost. But most everyone else says I look good.  I am feeling weak, short of breath and faint but the Doctors say it is normal and that I am doing great. It will be 6 months before I feel "good" again.

Today is my five year marriage anniversary. Yep, December 10 2010 we went to the marriage bureau in Guangzhou and tied the knot. Through all these ordeals Fiona has been at my bedside the whole time. always there, to lift me, turn me over, hold my urine bottle, clean my mess, hand feed me and change my clothes. I could see in her face how exhausted she was, how utterly overwhelmed she was. But she never faltered. Take me to the toilet, put me in the shower walk me to the car and take me to the Dr appointments.   She deserves a very good vacation. 

Wife, lover, friend, confidant and nurse, I could search for a hundred years and not find a woman that compares to my wife. I mean that with all my heart.
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Re: End of the road
« Reply #674 on: December 11, 2015, 07:38:36 am »
Well Happy Anniversary to you and Fiona and sorry to read about your health problems but sound like you are on the road to recovery. Maybe you will feel well enough to ride your bikes come spring.

It sounds like your wife is a great help and that is because she loves you as well. She sounds allot like Linda, my dad has some health issues and she is always taking them food and helping in any way she can. Good women are hard to find as you know, we are lucky to have them and shows it was worth the risk and effort we put into these relationships so far away.

Keep us upated on your progress and take that wife on the vacation of her dreams. Good Luck to you both.

Kenny