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		<title>Playing in the Sand</title>
		<link>http://www.forths.com/blog/index.php/2012/05/12/playing-in-the-sand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 22:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, I loved to play in the sand.  The sand was soothing and compliant, almost therapeutic.  After a day of sand blasting motorcycle parts, I&#8217;m starting to reconsider my feelings for sand.  Unless you like the taste of industrial silica sand and the droning of an air compressor, sand blasting is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back in the Saddle</title>
		<link>http://www.forths.com/blog/index.php/2012/05/05/back-in-the-saddle-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 12:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Up North]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since acquiring the vintage Honda saddlebags a few months ago, I&#8217;ve been wanting to get them cleaned and treated.  Several people suggested that I take them to a tack shop, but my work schedule has effectively prevented that.  Doing some on-line research, I learned that what I needed to do was to lightly clean the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blessing of the Bikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week ago, after learning that I&#8217;d be down-state this weekend, Al suggested that we take our bikes to the Gibraltar Trade Center for the &#8220;Blessing of the Bikes&#8221; event.  I&#8217;d never heard of this before, but in a nutshell, bikers gather, eat hot dogs, and a priest blesses the bikes, people look at all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 80th to Aunt Marianne</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family and Friends]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon we celebrated Aunt Marianne&#8217;s 80th birthday at Joe and Becky&#8217;s place.  All four of her sons were there along with the rest of us. As always, the food and atmosphere was wonderful.  We split time between the Tigers&#8217; game and Becky&#8217;s old photo albums. Happy 80th, Aunt Marianne.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Easter</title>
		<link>http://www.forths.com/blog/index.php/2012/04/09/happy-easter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I&#8217;d share a nice Easter photo of Daryl &#38; Jacqi&#8217;s family.  Thanks for the picture, Jacqi.  The girls are getting so big, and look how tall Emily is now.  Somebody needs to tickle Daryl, though, to make him smile.  Click the picture below for a larger version.]]></description>
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		<title>Engine is Ready</title>
		<link>http://www.forths.com/blog/index.php/2012/04/07/engine-is-ready/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On this sunny day before Easter, I finished the 1965 Honda engine.  It took me longer than I had expected, but the engine is now ready to be installed in the frame.  Since I&#8217;ve not yet started the body work, it&#8217;ll be a month or two before the engine is mounted.  I also received word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reassembling the Engine</title>
		<link>http://www.forths.com/blog/index.php/2012/03/31/reassembling-the-engine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the &#8217;65 Honda restoration project advanced a little bit as I started to reassemble the engine.  To account for the previous wear, over-sized pistons were purchased and the cylinders were bored to match at a machine shop. Following the service manual procedures, the transmission shift drum was the first part to go in, along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 17 &#8211; My Earliest Swim Yet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Up North]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With Alden hitting an insane 81 degrees, I saw an opportunity to set a new personal record.  My previous earliest date for a swim was April 17, but with this St Patrick&#8217;s Day arriving in the midst of unseasonably warm weather, I saw my chance to move my personal &#8220;earliest swim&#8221; record one month ahead. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shocking Development</title>
		<link>http://www.forths.com/blog/index.php/2012/03/11/shocking-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Up North]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ca95]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With electric service restored in Alden, I&#8217;ve jumped back into the motorcycle restoration project.  I&#8217;ve set a goal to have the engine put back together before the end of March, assuming that the machine shop doesn&#8217;t take too long to bore and hone the cylinders.  Meanwhile, I decided to tackle the job of rebuilding the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blizzard in Alden</title>
		<link>http://www.forths.com/blog/index.php/2012/03/03/blizzard-in-alden/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forths.com/blog/index.php/2012/03/03/blizzard-in-alden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Up North]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the power out for roughly 8 hours now and the fireplace maintaining a cozy 70 degrees, I thought I would post an update from my cell phone. A heavy wet snow has covered the area.  I hear Traverse City reported 14 inches, but I have 8 to 12 here.  Enzo can&#8217;t walk in it, [...]]]></description>
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