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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 04:15 PM
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Today in West Texas highs 78-79 degress winds 5-8 mph from SW.

Me and a bud took today off needed to charge my battery (scooter's good). We did 75 miles to the lake and bar for burger and beer. Ran another 45 miles to deer lease had a another beer and pee on a few fence post. Rode another 45 miles back to lake again skipped rocks on lake. Then a faster than normal 75 miles back home.

Later in the week a cold fronts comming in gonna get down in 50's and windy. Just thought you snowed in guys might need something to brighten your day
 
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 04:27 PM
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Lucky me lives in SoCal
 
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by wtxriders
Today in West Texas highs 78-79 degress winds 5-8 mph from SW.

Me and a bud took today off needed to charge my battery (scooter's good). We did 75 miles to the lake and bar for burger and beer. Ran another 45 miles to deer lease had a another beer and pee on a few fence post. Rode another 45 miles back to lake again skipped rocks on lake. Then a faster than normal 75 miles back home.

Later in the week a cold fronts comming in gonna get down in 50's and windy. Just thought you snowed in guys might need something to brighten your day
thats just flat out mean... LOL
 
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 04:45 PM
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It's 80 here today... be ridin' if I wasn't workin'...
 
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 05:00 PM
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Gonna be a LOOOOOONG winter for us up north.... Thanks to guys like you, it wont be longer..it will just seem like it!!!!
Thanks to guys like us...up north is were alot of the low milage bikes come from..LOL.................o~`o................
 
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 05:15 PM
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Man that so bad ....We got 5in. of snow and yesterdays high was 3 degress should get all the way to 9 today I was looking at the trailer yesterday thinking after xmas I'm loading up and heading south for a week....But thats OK just keep rubbing it inLOL
 
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 05:25 PM
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Dec 14th, 27 high temp, 14 degree wind chill .... WTF!
Damn it! This is central Virginia .... it's not supposed to be like this so early.
We actualy have snow on the ground .....
 

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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 06:19 PM
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Got in a little early today and took an hour and a half ride. Was 73 at 4:00 pm and 68 when I returned home. Dad moved us from Rochester, Indiana in '52. Always thought he was a smart man.
 
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