Wishing you all a happy and prosperous 2014.
Sadly, this will be our first New Years' Day in decades without an early day sidehack ride.
Lonnie & Judy Cook
Happy New Year. Here's to your New Years Day Ride - Next Year. In the meantime, have a great 2014!
gail
By my figuring, we have been in the new year for ten days now. Winter solstice was on Dec. 21st.
Why those in power in Rome didn't understand this is not known but it was probably political or religious reasons when they devised the modern calendar.
Religious, political, same thing, anyway they got it wrong and have perpetuated the mistake for well over a thousand years now.
The Druids had it right, as did the Aztecs, Mayans, and many others. The Mayans even had better mathematics than the Europeans, so they must have been correct.
No wonder the Romans couldn't get it right. Did you ever try to do long division using only Roman numerals? Square root? Pi?
And in New England,
Well it's finally the new year here in the last place in the USA that it happens and the cacophony of bangs is dieing down.
It seems odd, in most places they outlaw firecrackers first and let you have fire fountains, flares, rockets, and things that fly up and light up, pinwheels, and sparklers and such. And still year after year the fire department is overworked on New Years.
Hawaii seems to have thought it out a little better.
Here all those fire bombs are now illegal. The only thing allowed is firecrackers. one hundred dollars fine first offense up to five hundred for third offense and any after. With all the oriental expertise here they know that those fiery displays are what causes fires, not the crackers. Oh they outlawed the thundering canon crackers of yore but belts and belts of cracker are still machine-gunned off.
At any rate the battle is over and I can now go to sleep in the new year.
Phelonius - 12/31/2013 11:55 PM
Well it's finally the new year here in the last place in the USA that it happens ...
Ahem! 🙂 We're an hour west of you at GMT -11
Happy New Year!
michaelh - 1/1/2014 6:17 AM
Phelonius - 12/31/2013 11:55 PM
Well it's finally the new year here in the last place in the USA that it happens ...
Ahem! 🙂 We're an hour west of you at GMT -11
Happy New Year!
And guam is west of you but neither of you are states yet. You are protectoriates.
American citizens but not state hood.
I specifically said USA, that is the acronym for united states of America.
Oops, Guam had new years before us and you.
So when are you going to get statehood?
BTW I have only been to Samoa twice. Once to Western Samoa and the next year to American Samoa.
Do you have a sidecar rig on your island? I have found rigs to be the best form of island transportation.
The air conditioner always works, even in the rain.
New years ride out....1.1.2014
In fact it was just an excuse to pick up some tools for my son from the farm. I needed some fresh air after the Rose Parade and snoring the hole day.
I took an odd gravel road over the mountain to get to the farm with the solo-KLR.
2 slips outs on loose gravel, smeary fingers because of 2 times flipped off chain and a broken mirror later...I better get my rigs running.
Lesson of the day:
"Do not delay maintenance"
I had been too lazy for to change the chain-sprocket set when I got it delivered 1 or 2 month ago and wanted to wait for the next inspection.
I take it as a sign that it's time to get back on 3 wheels.
Everybody may you have a happy new year and enjoy many miles this upcoming year.
"It is not important how long you live, it is important how intensive you live."
Grandma Meta König born as Schülke far on the other side of the great pond in what was once Eastprussia.
Keep her advice in mind. 🙂
The past is gone and cannot be fixed.
The future isn't here yet.
So the only solution is to live this actual moment at its most.
Or in the words of a Viatnam vet I met 25 years ago.
"Remember you live NOW!"
Best wishes 😉
Sven
PS: By the way my mother in law has got out of the hospital on 30st. Its a good thing to see again her eyes that are now brilliant and spread optimism.
My aunt Hannelore's recipe worked well:
"I want to live! I want to live! I want to live!"
Say it to yourself every 15 minutes and hardships get reduced. 🙂 🙂 🙂
