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Noo front shoo

February 2, 2012
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GTS front tire

Orin O'Neill photo

The sun is out. The sun will be out through the weekend. If we make it through the third weekend of February without a snow event, there won’t be another one. If you live somewhere to the east of Western Washington, my sympathies.

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Gettin’ around betta’

January 31, 2012
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I recently ran across this video, which a YouTube comment indicates is for a dealer in San Diego, circa 1969. What’s significant about it?

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Blue vs. Grey

January 28, 2012
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Blue vs. Grey Rally

The South has been on my mind lately. Just read The Help and To Kill a Mockingbird, and I’m trying to decide whether to tackle Gone With the Wind. Oh, and there’s a scooter rally coming up in Nashville, Tenn.

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I hope we’re done with winter

January 27, 2012
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Traffic

Traffic? In Bellingham? Really? (Orin O'Neill photos)

The last of the piles of plowed snow have melted, and while another snow event in the Western Washington lowlands might be possible, it would need to happen soon.

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Still one of us

January 23, 2012
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In case you haven’t already heard, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) announced in the video above that she will resign her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives sometime this week. You’ll recall a little over a year ago, she was the victim of an assassination attempt that resulted in the death or injury of 19 other people.

Her recovery has been nothing short of miraculous, as you’ll see in the video (she was shot in the head at more or less point-blank range). She is resigning to devote her full attention to continuing her recovery.

Ms. Giffords is a fellow scooterist, and was a member of the Congressional Motorcycle Caucus. She hasn’t said whether she plans to resume her political career. Or riding. Favicon

We’re actually having winter

January 19, 2012
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Snow on the GTS

The Fourth Estate was my primary means of transport this week (Orin O'Neill photo)

“A winter wonderland,” said NPR. The Weather Channel sent Jim Cantore to Seattle (“It’s never a good thing when they send people to your town,” observed one wag) to stand out in the record snowfall, which ended up falling between Olympia and Portland. We’re famous; Bellingham was colder than Anchorage, for a short while.

By the weekend, normal Western Washington weather—45°F and rain—is supposed to return. Good.

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Theft most foul

January 15, 2012
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The stolen scooters

Nice, eh? Some thief certainly thought so. (Scootering Magazine)

I’ll bet you’re thinking, that’s a sweet group of scooters. Well, every single one of them was STOLEN.

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Making it legal

January 13, 2012
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Washingon State Capitol, Olympia

The Washington State Capitol in Olympia (Brianhe, via Wikimedia Commons)

The legislature’s in session in the State of Washington, and among many (many) other things, a bill is in the hopper that would be of particular interest to anyone who rides a scooter or motorcycle.

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