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Dear all, if you would kindly offer up a prayer or two for my wife's cousin and his son, who were seriously injured in a motorcycle accident this past Saturday, we would be eternally grateful...

Thankfully, they are not in grave danger, but the young boy (11 years old...) has a lot of road rash, very bad damage to his left foot, much tissue loss, and multiple fractures to his ankle, as he somehow managed to get his foot wedged, or more accurately, wrapped around the driveshaft and…

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There seems much to be said about motorcycling and the freedom it allows an individual. There is nothing in the world, and I think we all can agree, that cruising the open road on a nice day, in the wind, there's no better place in the universe, other than Heaven. Probably as close as we can get without breaking the law in some way.

With that, I was wondering if we could talk helmets. This is completely an open topic, all…

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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Patchogue, NY--Ignition Nation Member George Davis, was driving his pickup truck on Buckley Road in Patchogue this early Sunday morning. Waiting at the traffic light on Waverly Avenue, he observed a rider on a large sport bike turn the corner at speed. When he heard the bike engine rev higher than it should, he glanced in the rear view mirror, and noticed the rider fail to negotiate the rest of the turn and lose control in a patch of…

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A few days ago, I posted a blog entry about my less than favorable experience in the small town of Springfield, VT. I am done crying about that, and will move on, but I had another revelation while I was on that trip, on the sleigh ride on Taylor Farm, that I mentioned in that post. It's about horsepower and it's early origins.



You know, we all have our own thoughts on horsepower, and one thing is certain, the more you have, the better off you are. Lotsa ponies make you go fast.… Continue

Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?



This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal.



8th Grade Final Exam: Salina , KS - 1895



Grammar (Time, one… Continue