step up and help, please

Posted on February 28, 2007

               

I was contacted by the McKinney Firefighters Association last week to help them with a charity ride for fallen Firefighter Phillip Townsend, a Dension Texas firefighter. Phillip gave his life in the line of duty on December 30th 2006. I am providing 200 tshirts for the event and told the McKinney organization that I would raise the funds to do the shirts with no expense from them.

We did this with another charity event last year and had great success. My heart goes out to men and women who risk their lives for us. Phillip leaves behind 3 children, a grieving family and a host of friends.

The ride is on March 25 starting at Hanks in McKinney. Of course if you are in the area … please do come out and ride. But … the need today is funds for this event. If you can help in any way financially it would be appreciated. We are doing a sponsor back … so if you want to promote your business or other cause … we will print that info on the back of the shirt for a donation.

Please contact me if you are interested in helping with the ride shirt.

HG –





sick? … open a window

Posted on February 27, 2007

Experts now tell us that simply opening a window is better for you in a hospital than all the new techno gadgets to exchange the air in a room. Lori and I were talking about this just the other day. For economic reasons we didn’t run our heat for much of the winter … opting for little electric heaters near the TV and just a feather comforter at night. We have had very little upper respiratory  problems all winter.  I remember when  … growing up my grandmother would open a window when I was sick … looks like it "did" work.

HG –



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time change biggie

Posted on February 26, 2007

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Did you know? Congress, back in 2005, passed an edict that "Daylight Savings Time" would begin 4 weeks earlier in 2007. So on March 11 we will spring forward one hour in the US (except for AZ). Experts tell us … we really aren’t ready for the change.

For 20 years DST has been on the first Sunday of April and the last Sunday of October. … but times they are a changing.

Your computer may not know that DST begins on March 11 … better check out your OS’s site to see if there is a patch … or just change it yourself. Airline and bank IT folks are freaking out about the deal hoping that everything will make the jump without a glitch. This new change in DST has been kind of stealth like … in fact I didn’t know anything about it until last week.

Hope you are ready for some extra hours of riding in the daylight!!

HG –



we’re all rich

Posted on February 25, 2007

Here’s a fun site. It calculates how much your domain name is worth. It’s a new site … it’s getting spread around … it’s a viral thing. It might be down from time to time from slow servers, etc. Here’s the link.

HG –

shiftless harley

Posted on February 23, 2007


I just caught this news release this morning about a company that has designed an automatic transmission for Harley’s. A very cool concept for those that are "shift challenged".

This new development offers several key advantages:

Simplified operation for disabled riders; Increased confidence for novice or smaller stature riders; Improved safety with less attention required; Added convenience in congested or stop-and-go traffic; Easier to learn and transition from an automobile.

Maybe the folks from Walters would ship me a auto-Harley and I could write a review for it! It could happen!

Check it out for yourself. Here.

HG –




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