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Im not paying to see Wildthings nipples... been there, done that!

Aging will show you with crystal clarity what's important in life, and what doesn't matter. Guess that goes with mortality. When you're a kid, you believe in invincibility. The more you encounter death, the more you appreciate the time you have, and how valuable it is.

Age is great until it becomes 'old'

Yea, I've had 28,516 days and am looking for more to come. Funny thing is that I find that I see myself as 12,775 trapped in that 28,516 day body !!!

My grandson when he was 4 told me I was old, old and his father was just old! lol

We just had an A-Mazing XI Fest 2022, and we cannot wait until the next one! Here's a suggestion on how to be sure you can attend ? Open a savings account at a bank you don't have any other accounts with. Do not get a debit card for this account. This will prevent you from being able to transfer money to other accounts or to easily withdraw money. There are approximately 46 weeks until the next XI Fest. Think of all the things you spend $ on, on a weekly basis like Starbucks, pizza, drive-thru's, etc. and add that all up. If you choose instead to put some or all of that money into that savings account I mentioned, then by Fest time next year you should have quite a chunk of change set aside for this event. If you put $25/week in, you'll have about $1,150; $20/week - $920, and even $10/week will give you $460 toward your trip. Most of us can't come up with all of the money at once, but by saving these smaller amounts regularly, you'll just forego those incidental purchases throughout the year and can look forward to an amazing time no matter where the next XI Fest is held. Now I know this will not work out for every person, but it's just one option of handling the finances for planning a trip with a bunch of idiots ? Location should become less of an issue if you've prepared yourself to have enough funds to get to wherever the next one is held. Heck, we came from Minnesota, Kentucky, Kansas, Maryland, Tennessee, Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, South Carolina, and even the UK to be at this one, so don't let that stop you from showing up next year ? Let's make 2023's Fest the most attended of all time!

I know some of the ladies and maybe guys would pay $100 a month to look at Wildthing all day and night

They are nature's pipe cleaners.

Did you know Brussels Sprouts are good for aging?

Afternoon beer always makes me sleepy. Would much rather a night time Scotch!

Welcome to the Clan Star!

Welcome, Star !

Canada? Canada?? Canada??? I'm still trying to find Ohio!!!

Thank you everyone for your welcoming.

Did you know that Brussels sprouts look like little cabbage heads? Cool story bro.

Tkank You Skuz! ?

just had to change my coil packs on my walk behind took about a hour 36.00 a piece i use 1 of my business cards .to set the timing works great . after 11 years it was time for new coils . but runs great .after 40 + years of working on this kind of stuff i won't pay some one 125.00 a hour to do what i can .in half the time

Yea and it ain't facebook or tik tok

Not good for me if i drink beer = eating potato chips...

Damn accountants! They have an answer for everything! ?

Out mowing a few weeks ago & my Kohler K341 powered Walker just died. Cleaned the carburetor, took apart the fuel pump, cleaned out the fuel tank.....not a fuel issue. Bright blue spark, but it would fire & run until it got a little warm, then fail. Bought a new (NOS) ignition module from an old Kohler dealer locally. Ahh, this'll be a breeze. Sure, just like every mechanical task. Would have been easier just to pull the motor in the first place, but I tried to get the flywheel shroud off in frame, and it wasn't going to happen. Pulled the motor, folded a dollar bill for a shim, and got back in business in time to buzz through about an acre of grass. So much for a leisurely Saturday. ?

I like my age. Always have, always will (that’s the plan anyways) Hope you enjoy getting older and wiser (?) as much as I have. Be good to yourself….

A prank? Well crap I had just taken some nudes. I'm in need of some money for XI fest

Oh Wardogs likes them? I hate them now.

The 'brussels sprouts' gene: TAS2R38 As the annual sprout-eating ritual approaches, Anna Perman explains why you either love them or hate them Loathing brussels sprouts may be genetic. Photograph: Sarah Lee/Guardian Name: TAS2R38 Location: Chromosome 7 Length: 1,143 bases Role: Codes for PTC taste receptor Site of action: The tongue It is often said that there is no accounting for taste. Well actually there is. Taste is one of the few subjective experiences for which there is a relatively neat genetic explanation. Some molecules in food have shapes that lock into proteins on the surface of your tongue. That interlocking tells a nerve to fire, sending a signal to your brain that you have tasted sugar, salt, bitter, sour or umami. But if you don't have the gene variant that codes for the functioning taste receptor, you can eat as much as you like of the molecule it has evolved to interlock with and you won't know a thing about it. There is one gene controlling taste sensitivity that scientists have characterised in a lot of detail – the catchily named TAS2R38 gene. This gene makes a protein that interlocks with a chemical called PTC (phenylthiocarbamide) and gives the taste sensation of bitterness. PTC isn't usually found in the human diet, but it is very similar to chemicals found in brassicas such as brussels sprouts and cabbages. Because of this, scientists have suggested that the ability to taste or not taste PTC might explain why some people hate sprouts, and some people love them. Ironically, the man who discovered this property of the chemical didn't have a working copy of the TAS2R38 gene. In 1931, Arthur Fox was in his laboratory pouring powdered PTC into a bottle, creating a cloud of the stuff. He was oblivious to the horrible odour, but the chemist on the next bench started complaining. Intrigued, Fox decided to investigate why some people can taste PTC and others can't. He got his friends and family to try a little bit of it and tell him what they tasted. What he found was intriguing: he could predict very accurately whether a person would or wouldn't be able to sense PTC by looking at how their family had reacted to it. So this ability was very tightly linked to people's genetics. This was back in the 1930s and 40s, well before genetic fingerprinting would become possible, and so for many years PTC was used for paternity testing. They assumed that if your father can taste PTC very strongly, and you can't taste it at all, chances are he isn't your father. Of course it's not completely reliable. Taste is subjective and can be weakened by other things such as smoking, age and what you habitually eat and drink. It wasn't until 2003 that scientists managed to locate the exact gene responsible, giving those of us who hate brussels sprouts a neat, genetic explanation for why we should never have to eat them ever again.

You must be an >IDIOT<!!!

You think we're >IDIOTS< ??

Just a prank for the people who wanted one made.

This is hilarious ????

? but i love brussel sprouts..

ow no he actually did it. Well people said they'd pay 25$ for not seeing me naked

OK Icey - what's with the Brussels sprouts???

Bought an old Johnson 9.5hp outboard. Cleaned & gapped both set of points, but could only get one plug to spark. After numerous tries, it dawned on me the points fired the plug opposite the way they were mounted, & I was shining the set that worked...d'oh!

Thanks Merlin .....

No? enlighten us oh smelly one. ?

Good job. Your Kohler loves you too.

Good for ya'all! I bet it was even more fun than the pics. Good job keeping your clan fun! BTW, you guys prolly would have had an easier time with the pistols if you'd been hopping. ?

Canadian folks, I'm sure we'll get back to Canada at some point, but you can always organize an XI Canada Fest ???

Happy Birthday! ?

Welcome to XI Star! ?

Admit it, you enjoyed it? good job, strangely enough the one advance (ha ha) I love over the years is ignition, set and forget. Bet a few remember like me magneto's and distributors with points and condenser issues, electronic ignition is a no brainer. My tridents had 3 sets of points to set, they were a nightmare, but the strangest timing was on a G80 Matchless I rebuilt (no manuals for it). You found top dead centre, then the correct degrees btdc on a timing disc, you then needed to turn the engine 180 degrees to set the magneto, never understood it, but it worked.

Ahh the old ten minute job...Cheating works plenty but one can never count on it Lord knows I have had plenty five minute jobs turn into four hours and a new tool being invented in the process lol...That machine just wanted you to touch her all over ?

Happy Birthday! ?

So Sorry Mule

So sorry for the loss. (((hugs)))

Prayers for and the family

my every day driver is a 94 impala ss and my harley is a 05 i keep yhe old stuff running

Next year if you show up, you get admin rights for 1 day, ban anyone you want for 24 hours.

It would kill you ?