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Tom_Kathy_retired, says he hit rock bottom for subjects today..............  Heck I've been on rock bottom for subjects all month....

Its been hot here!!  To hot to enjoy the motorcycle rides...  But I went anyway...   But last week it rained and rained...  We passed on the rides when we were having those good old Kansas green sky storms....  We rode on Tuesday this week and it rained before we could get home...  But it was still 97..  The rain just cooled us off for a few minutes..

Then on Wednesday, it was Green Sky day right off the bat first thing in the morning...  We took the Jeep, and my friend Al didn't even want to ride in the car....  Yup, that's Kansas...  Then once we got out to the restaurant in Eudora, Kansas over by Lawrence where KU is located, it was bright sunshine and folks that came from the other direction wondered what was wrong with us...

We did ride the bikes over to the Goldwing Road Riders monthly meeting at a restaurant in Desoto, KS on Thursday evening.   That is mostly couples, and has a large number of Trikes....  But the club director rides a two wheel Honda Valkyrie bike and had to report that he ran into a dog on the interstate at 65 mph..

It killed the dog and totaled his bike, but it was 15 years old so it didn't take too much money to be a total...   He preaches All the Safety Equipment All the Time, and he had helmet and riding jacket with the pads and back brace and heavy leather pants on..    He was bruised and had a cut on his knee, but overall he came out fairly well.   I was sitting there thinking that the move to the trike was a good thing for me....   Your still out in the open, but it just has to be better....

Oh, and this dog fiasco happened at midnight, as he was coming home from work at one of the local casinos...  They presented him with a skid lid helmet with a large rawhide dog chew bone mounted on top......   He was good natured about it....

On Thursday afternoon, I went to one of the KU Med surgeons, to see about fixing my hiatal hernia at the top of my stomach..  The guy said I can do you!   That was after he poked and prodded around on my abdomen....   I just knew this guy could cut me in half in a heartbeat....  But he was jovial about it......  I have to go thru a bunch of tests first to see if the surgery will do me any good...  And the tests don't sound like much fun..........  Think colonoscopy, only from the top...

Well anyway, that's what is happening around here.....  Oh, and Biscuit had her daddy giving her a buzz cut with the electric shears this week...  Just put the #2 guard on the trimmer and mow her off...  I didn't do the face or tail, but her body is much cooler now...  She looks all weird but I will get her a real cut in another month or so....  She seems happy about loosing the fur as she couldn't hardly go out to do her potty runs with the heat....  Thank goodness for the AC...

Retired Rod