Recent content by xrljoel

I'm FINALLY building an insulated, enclosed room in the pole barn close to the house. For a long time I was satisfied with just working in the uninsulated shop over the warmer months but now I want to do stuff over the winter as well, since I decided to embrace retirement. Before the freeze up...

I always keep critical equipment inside. It was my fathers idea and I think a good one. I've been able to sell old equipment for surprisingly decent money because it was kept inside and was relatively rust free and in good shape. No point in having an empty pole barn with equipment rotting away...

The snow yesterday was wet and heavy. I didn't bother mounting the blower to the tractor because, from experience, I knew I didn't have enough shear bolts anyway, so I just used the front end loader to push & pile. With the tractor mounted blower, the issue is it won't/can't move the snow up...

I block everything, so my phone seems to default to "suspected spam". Now I'm getting texts such as, "Do you want a job?". Fortunately, no I don't. There's some pretty desperate ones such as, "Can we talk?", "I need to speak with you.", "Can we touch base?", "Let's chat!" Again, no. My circle...

I had my BMW K100RS for 18 years. Sold it when I saw the 2005 Triumph Speed Triple. I was a bit bored of it at the time and though I wish I had kept it, I hate having things that I don't use. I kept the Triumph for a 3 or 4 years then bought a 2006 KTM 950 Adventure which I owned for 5 years (I...

It's a Wonderful Life, Alistar Sim's A Christmas Carrol, and (my favorite) A Christmas Story and more recently Elf. My wife loves Elf as we watched it with her father during his last Christmas. I fondly remember all the old Rankin & Bass shows, Rudolf, Santa Claus is comin' to Town and (less...

Last winter I found a Peregrine Falcon hanging around the house. He squawked at me and the dog in the dark, startling both of us. Since he was still there the next morning, I assumed he was injured and started searching for a rescue. There's (more than) a couple in the province, but Sandy Pines...

...in a dangerous time.

I used the plugfones on Evo's recommendation, and they do work well. For me, most ear plugs eventually become uncomfortable and I need to take them out. With the paktalk I can wear Alpine earplugs which have a small passage for air to flow which makes them comfy for very long periods of time.

I tried a bunch of different thing, but broke down and bought a cardo paktalk 2 years ago. Perfect. I ride alone and listen to music and pod casts but occasionally my wife calls and she says it sounds good, and she can't tell I'm on the bike. I also have a Shoei RF1400 and the installation was...

And then when you extend that idea to include Europe, and the variety of manufacturers and models they get we in North America look less like a prestige market and more like an afterthought.

"You meet the nicest people on a Honda." :D Like you I have a million of them. The attached picture is of my then girlfriend now wife of 30 years riding home from PEI when I first met her parents. They offered to pay her airfare back to Toronto every day she was there, but she held out. She...

Well said, and so VERY true. As TK4 and Gaoler note, the path to enjoyment or fulfillment with any hobby is NOT charted through the door of a dealership or store. It's entirely possible to enjoy potentially expensive pastimes "on the cheap", or somewhere on the scale that works for you.

While I've no intention to leave the sport activity ;), articles like the following cause me some reflection on any recent close(ish) calls. https://www.advrider.com/thankful-in-tough-times/

I think it's more pick 2 of 3. One just isn't enough.