That would have been a de-possession.

This is the problem with self-segregation. As each side surrounds itself with like-minded individuals, they aren’t exposed to other points of view. So, AP’s assertion that “someone who is in close community with you, voted for Trump” is absolutely incorrect.

My father-in-law was thinking about getting one, so I took him down to the Polaris dealer for a test drive. Turns out, you are required to have a motorcycle license to drive one. He doesn’t, but I do, so I took both him and my son for a spin.

I read about them back when they were first introduced, but I didn’t dig into the technical details. My first thought when I saw the crank was it being a variation of that engine. Such naivete.

After reading the other well considered and informative responses, all you’ve got is “nope”? Or is it the case that you felt the uncontrollable urge to put in your two cents, so you did the best you could? Perhaps it is the case that you didn’t bother to read any of the other responses?

Smarter every day.

Well, dang. It didn’t occur to me that the two pistons traveling together would be firing on opposite strokes. I got all excited about the different power delivery if they were firing together.

That crank means it’s a four cylinder, but runs like a two cylinder. In other words, it fires the cylinders in pairs, the middle two, then the outside two.

A telephone? That’s fantastic! I have fiddled around with tongue movements to create an alternating sound that jumps octaves. My kids call it the UFO. I like emulating the beep the cashier’s scanner makes. One time I nearly got a loaf of free bread when the scanner didn’t read the barcode, but the cashier mistook my…

I think you are more likely to find an acorn cap if you are lost in the woods. These make a very effective (and EXTREMELY LOUD) whistle if you know how.

What’s really fun is the different ways people can whistle. I have a pretty good pucker whistle which works both exhaling and inhaling. The pucker generates a tone like a woodwind. I can whistle between my top and bottom teeth, but the range and tonal quality is different. The range is higher and it sounds more like a…

It is. Both of my kids could whistle until they got braces. Teeth straightened, braces came off, the whistle came back, but it wasn’t the same.

Beat me to it! This is exactly what I thought of when I saw the original post.

I’m pretty sure he means this:

Worst flight? Easy. Air Paul.

A friend of mine got married and his new wife moved into his home. She proceeded to put away all their wedding gifts, including the new small appliances which she placed in the storage drawer under the oven. What she didn’t realize was that the oven in her new home was gas, not electric.

Hah! My mom likes to tell the story about the time the hospital staff called child protective services. I can’t remember if it was for the stitches on my right eye after the bike crash or the stitches on my left eye from the guitar to the face. I was only 6 or 7, so it’s hard to keep them straight.

Yeah. We knew the real meaning of “shake it off.”

Punching isn’t the only way to get torn up. I have knee and ankle problems, partly from running, partly from training injuries. I thought I would pick it up Jiujitsu with my son since it would be lower impact. My first session ended with my training partner compressing me into the floor and re-breaking two ribs I had…

Exactly. Neither my Sifu nor my tai kwon do instructor would allow any of the young students do knuckle push-ups or break boards until they were old enough. They were too concerned about kids damaging their hands.