Pat Riot

Dave, call your county Code Enforcement or Tax Assessor. They can tell what you can and can’t do as well as what is a taxable structure va what is not. @Jim Brown is on to something there. In Oregon and California building a shed with a concrete pad would raise property taxes and would need Code inspections. Setting a shipping container on a bed of gravel did not. One could buy a small single use (went across the ocean once) shipping container in excellent condition for under $2000. Of course this depends on your location. EDIT: that $2000 price was a 2018 price.

@Alpo, @Creeker, SASS #43022 is correct that motorcycle controls were all standardized. I it was a little earlier than ‘75 per DDG AI. Timeline of Standardization Year Regulation/Change 1972 Initial federal regulations on control placement began. 1974 Further refinements and definitions were established. I recall some folks that rode Harley Davidsons being ticked off about it because the changes were “Un-American”, but I am pretty sure HD had adopted those changes well before the law went into affect. If I am wrong about this it won’t hurt my feelings if I am corrected. On another note I discovered that Yamaha only had 6 key variations for all of their motorcycles. I had an ‘83 Yamaha Seca 550. A guy I was talking with told me about this and he and I conducted an experiment at The Rock Store near Malibu, CA. We asked people if we could try out keys in their Yamaha ignitions. My key worked in 3 other bikes. His worked in 4. Apparently we weren’t the only ones that knew this and Yamaha had to make changes from then on, but I don’t know if the govt made them fix that or they did it on their own.

I recall a friend of mine having an early 60’s HD Sportster that had a timing advance and I think the foot shifter was on the right and the rear brake was on the left.

My right foot still hurts when I think about a kick back I got from my friend’s Harley and I was wearing sneakers. Man, that hurt like hell.

If my WiFi is slow I cannot access and search eBay. Is your connection slow? This shouldn’t be a problem as we just got a new WiFi service.

Did you know people from Mexico who eat spicy foods do not get ulcers? It’s true…but, they do get stomach cancer. At least that is what I read in the 1980’s. Enjoy

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“A pretty face don’t make no pretty heart.” - Robert Palmer, ‘Bad Case of Loving You’ lyrics

Forty, Did you check eBay? Do a search for “Acrylic display case”. You may find what you need there.

I knew a few SEALs in the Navy and a few afterwards. I am pretty sure that I never heard any nicknames other than common nicknames like Bob, Mike or Tom. If I remember correctly their nicknames are also or can be their call sign. Call signs are not public knowledge for security and safety reasons. If I am wrong please let me know.

If it’s any consolation, I have had many breakfasts in Texas when traveling and for work and I can tell you that grits are a part of any decent restaurant breakfast there. Also, grits are served and available here in West Virginia and in SW Pennsylvania.

Hopefully some of it’s seeds could be carried off by a swallow…

Oh wait. is it time for the semi-annual grits discussion already? I gotta find my grits recipe book so I can be educated on the subject before I return…

any Texans here? Awe…don’t get ‘em started. You know how they get when prompted. They’re worse than New Yorkers once ya get ‘em goin’ and it’ll be “Texas this, and Texas that, and how things are so much bigger and better in Texas” and on and on and on… Just funnin’ our Texas pards… …and bustin’ Alpo’s chops.