The Gathering 2019

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bikeone

bikeone

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SKOGDOG said:
Just made room reservations for Blacktopper and myself. We’re in!!
Looking forward to seeing everyone and it will be great to see Hans again, and I guess coming from Bavaria he’ll get a prize for longest distance traveled to attend. Roger and I have to ride at least 75 miles to get there, so I suppose we are out of the running for that. Haha
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A cold beer together would be the best prize......:cheers::cheers::cheers:
 
bikeone

bikeone

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Clean mind with bike ridin will work.
A unplannned Journey will do it too....
If u can get those things combined - it will be perfect.
Clean mind and recharged battery would be a big help for take those lots of work in attac.
U know in the moment u will do it - make it right.
half jobs are never good.......
 
TapioK

TapioK

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Gathering is spreading we had a mini-gathering in München, me and Hans (bikeone). It was kind of rushed meeting so we used car and an airplane .
I sure will miss meeting you guys this year...
 
Bullett

Bullett

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Mr. Wright said:
Resort is booked. June 20th to the 23rd.
Going to need a lot of input this year, on what you want to do and where you want to ride.
I haven't talked to Matt yet, but I'm going to assume going to the factory won't be an option. If that changes I'll let you know.

Booking info.
The number for reservations is 620-658-4401, or on line at reservations@flintoak.com
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Courtesy to all in regards to RSVP etc, is there an ending date to RSVP by to you for head count? All appreciated!
 
roadie1389

roadie1389

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Bullett said:
Courtesy to all in regards to RSVP etc, is there an ending date to RSVP by to you for head count? All appreciated!
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Last yr one of the guys i was with last min got a room when we showed up. Just get there before we close. Btw. The rsvp is just so the resort can plan. You dont give cc until you get there.

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HMAN

HMAN

I just like my Freedom
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Nukeranger said:
Thanks for the offer. Believe it or not, I woke up early today thinking I needed to get away.

Too much stuff to do around the house which I create for myself such and replacing flooring and redoing bedrooms for some odd reason. You might feel this way too. I hate how flooring squeaks upstairs and the carpets have to go after 30 plus years. Or maybe it’s that weeping 15 year old water heater that needs to be replaced. So I’m sitting here drinking coffee and thinking of the trips planned this year. The gathering is too close to my trip to California. So, I screwed that up. Plus, with Arlen Ness passing away, I don’t feel like borrowing a chopper from his place just to ride around Northern California. But, I do plan on going camping with my brother for the first time.

Then I thought about going to Arkansas to meet up and eat crawfish. Plus, I still owe Shannon a bunch of used old pegs of the Ridgeback since being replaced with new chrome ones with fresh rubber. But, I now realize Jazz Fest falls on the weekend of this trip. There’s always something going on down here to celebrate something. I believe we will makeup some sort of festival just to have one every weekend of the year. So, I can’t complain. Jazz Fest has had it’s setbacks with The Rolling Stones cancelling. Then, their replacement Fleetwood Mac cancelled because Stevie Nicks has a flu or something. But there is so much music to be enjoyed, it’s crazy.

So, I am considering attending both events but don’t know yet which way the wind is blowing. I’m usually not like this so this is a change for me.

PS. I have two water heaters and I’ll never forget the weeping water heater in the laundry room event. I bought a new gas water heater to replace it and it was staged in the garage for a Sunday Morning job. But, I woke up late to the sound of spraying water which I heard in the Master Bedroom. What could that possibly be? Well, before I could turn the water supply off, there was water going out the front bedroom, hallway to the bedroom closets, and water going into the living room and out the front door and back porch. So, the living room carpet had to be replaced in addition to the natural gas water heater. Yesterday, I replaced the shed Electric Water Heater which I found weeping. It had been replaced previously when leaking out the shed and onto the back porch. So, I hate the people who design the water heaters. I looked at the install date of the Laundry Room Natural Gas water heater and it was 2004 so it’s going to be the next job to come up.

You ex-navy guys can appreciate the redundant Natural and Electric Water heaters so I never go without hot water during natural disasters. I think I went overboard though with 5 toilets. But, who knows.....it’s important to take a dump and with company, it’s even more important to have a place to relieve oneself.
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Huw, make the switch to a tankless waterheater. Swapped my old 40 gal out for one and love it!
 
Nukeranger

Nukeranger

Nukeranger
HMAN said:
Huw, make the switch to a tankless waterheater. Swapped my old 40 gal out for one and love it!
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Too late, already replaced with 40 gallon (upgrade from 30 gallon). Looking at the tankless though, it looks like you may be limited by the circuit breaker. For a single double pole 60 amp breaker Home Depot has a 2.25 gpm electric tankless 13 KW heater. If you want a larger capacity tankless heater, then more than one double pole breaker would be required and not many existing houses have this.

I don't see any problem with replacing a water heater every 15 to 20 years and I don't see how a tankless water heater replacement frequency would be any different.
 
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Ernie12

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Nukeranger said:
Too late, already replaced with 40 gallon (upgrade from 30 gallon). Looking at the tankless though, it looks like you may be limited by the circuit breaker. For a single double pole 60 amp breaker Home Depot has a 2.25 gpm electric tankless 13 KW heater. If you want a larger capacity tankless heater, then more than one double pole breaker would be required and not many existing houses have this.

I don't see any problem with replacing a water heater every 15 to 20 years and I don't see how a tankless water heater replacement frequency would be any different.
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I was going to go tankless until my plummer told me you have to flush and clean them every year. No thank you.
 
Minuteman

Minuteman

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Ernie12 said:
I was going to go tankless until my plummer told me you have to flush and clean them every year. No thank you.
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I would have to disagree with your plumber in regards to a tank-less hot water heater as to the maintenance (I think your plumber did not want to do all the extra work for a good install) unless your water is real bad. But if you have an electric hot water tank, the tank should be flushed each year to keep the lower element from have sentiment from building up and every couple of years the Anode rods should be inspected and most likely replaced which will ensure the water heater last a long time. Gas tank-less water heater rarely break down, as I have customers that I installed them and some are 15-20 years old are still going today. As for electric tank-less heaters elements do have a tendency of failing, therefore I am not a big fan of them. Gas tank-less water heaters do save energy and you do not have any stand by hot water in a tank chewing up energy and tanks could leak if not properly maintained. As I mentioned the hardness of water has a lot to do with any hot water appliance. Just my 2-cents, maybe 1 cent.
 
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