home state's senator is quoting B.F.

I love that my home state's senator is quoting B.F. and it is being put in every paper. Not to mention I parked is car once when he was the gov and skiing at Cannon Mt NH.

"We need to be more vigilant," agreed Sen. John Sununu, a Republican from New Hampshire, where the state motto is "Live Free or Die." He quoted Benjamin Franklin: "Those that would give up essential liberty in pursuit of a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor security."

My last 4 or 5 books have surrounded the American Revolution. Men like Ben are not just old timers with their faces on bills, these guys really put out for the people. After reading a lot about it I am amazed that they pulled it off. If they were around today or when the Patriot act was voted in they would have been having a Boston Tea Party ala 2000s, not sure what that would have looked like but they as a group were very creative.

just a thought

Being an open person makes one obvious. Does being a closed person make one oblivious or invisible? Just wondering because I think that I forget how obvious I am to everyone when I am trying to be invisible.

777 rides again

777 rides again
Originally uploaded by spappyjones.

The roadcraft is back from the shop with all rebuilt rear brakes including drums, shoes and such. It ran sub-6 bills. In the future I may bite have to start breaking my knuckles on brake jobs and possibly the exhaust - the next worse system to work on any vehicle.
What I have been doing with the 777 is driving it 3 to 5 miles to the express bus stop and taking Sound Tranist the rest of the way to Redmond. There may be no need of a second car as long as machine keeps flying.
One thing I did find out by taking it to a professional is that the dual Weber carbs are full size rather than minis. Meaning they are performance stock and a matched pair, meaning they are worth 1500 bucks. But to cash in I need to either get some minis or switch it back to a single carb. Thus less horsepower but better fuel economy and much easier to tune and sync.