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Today was one of those friggin days! You know, when everything feels WRONG! Woke up this morning in a bitching killer mood. Stayed with me even after 2 cups of coffee. Took my time, finally, we decided to go for a motorbike ride. Halfway thru, just as we get into the mountain twisties, there was one of those flatbed truck that carries the beer or rice wine that dropped hundreds of those plastic boxes with booze in it. There was glass everywhere, the police and cleaning squad was there, and so was the smell! Started feeling mellow just from the fumes! 20 min later, mafia boy in his sport car decided to play with us and "faked" hitting me for well over 1 km... I was at the threshold of losing it completely... but I know what it means here, mess up one mafia boy and then you have 25 waiting for you the next day. Finally, he got bored and sped away... Another 20 min later, this 18-wheeler decided it was plow time and almost squashed us like a cockroach on the road. We were at a red light, and this guy was coming from behind and had no intention of stopping at the red light. i had to take off way before it turned green otherwise, we would have been roadkill. Racing 18-wheeler against a motionless Triumph motorbike, the odds are not in my favor. But, acceleration wise, I smoked him, flipped the major finger and never looked back! On our way back, we passed this car that started smoking on the road... and caught fire! Good thing they were meters away from a fire station! They rushed out of the car and the situation was quickly under control... but that was it for me. I left the main road, crawled back home, parked the bike and opened a nice cold beer on my new wooden deck and decided not to move from there until tomorrow It's just one of those days.... 
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Wow... now there's a day with more than it's share of intensity! But you know, ya got back home safely... that's the important thing. Hangin' on the deck with some cold ones is about the wisest thing you could do after all that. Again, just glad you are safe. He11 of a story though!! 
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Wow, I haven't that bad of a day in a long time! Glad you made it back safe and sound and I bet that beer tasted even better than normal!!! Hope Monday is better 
Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. - Charles Dickens
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Uh huh...uh huh...uh huh...uh huh! So Jeff...what brand of beer was it??? WHAT?! You thought you were gonna get any sympathy for ME here???!!! HEY, think of all those poor folks out there who ain't got no beer in THEIR refrigerator, dude!!! Okay, okay...glad to hear you made it through that "obstacle course" of a ride yesterday and back home in one piece! (...where that beer was waitin' for ya!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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All that trouble just to get a beer?  Reminds me of the old Milk Tray adverts  PS. Glad you survived 
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Uh huh...uh huh...uh huh...uh huh!
So Jeff...what brand of beer was it???
Interestingly, it was a Budweiser! or should I say a few of them! My local supermarket started to have them in cans lately. Which is a nice change because the choices were limited to Taiwan beer (which tastes like formaldehyde) or their "Gold Label" version, which gives me muscle sores the next day! We've also had Heinekens but I am a bit fed up drinking that. No microbreweries around here!
I might do this mod to my bike, it would keep those retarded drivers at bay...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UNr1XClnec&feature=player_embedded
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Jeff, Can you legally home-brew beer in Taiwan? The average 72 degree temps put you in position to brew ales...give it some thought! Cheers! 
John
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I'm totally on board. How do I get a flamethrower hooked up to my bike? ~Brent
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Flame throwers are for girly scooters.  What suits our bikes is some sort of electro-magnetic pulse which will frazzle every electronic component for say 300 yards Now all I've got to do is invent one, and figure out a way to protect the electronics on my bike 
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Can you legally home-brew beer in Taiwan? The average 72 degree temps put you in position to brew ales...give it some thought! Cheers!
I think a friend tried a couple of years ago. The result was far from stellar. The problem lies with the availability of choice ingredients... or the lack of. Cereals are not on the menu here! Rice beer anyone?
But you've given me something to think about... I will look into it. Thanks!
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I'm totally on board. How do I get a flamethrower hooked up to my bike?
And ya know, when I lived in Zimbabwe... well, we were just there adjacent to South Africa. I heard of cars in Johannesburg having flame throwers in their running boards. Oh yeah, when them would-be thieves swarmed a car at a stop light, the driver could hit a switch and well... toast the buggers. Jo-burg is a pretty scary place.
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Could have been worse mate - You might not have had any beer
When you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs your the one with the big Axe!
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This aughta do the job....  Yes, it's real. After WWII, during the recovery, the French combined war surplus 75MM recoiless rifle with $500 Vespa scooters as low cost tanks.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Yep, that would do it too... but I need something for the dweebs behind me too... maybe an oil pump "a la James Bond" ? Quote:
This aughta do the job....
Yes, it's real. After WWII, during the recovery, the French combined war surplus 75MM recoiless rifle with $500 Vespa scooters as low cost tanks.
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If they were going to fire on the enemy wouldn't it be pointing behind them 
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Thats why they used an Italian mode of transport
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