Morning Reads: 31 October 2008

[mika]

Happy Birthday


US Forest Service: Fall color guide

urbanext.uiuc.edu: The Miracle of Fall ÔÇô About Fall Color

bbc.co.uk: Can Notron make its maque again?


dealernews.com: Yamaha revenue down 3.9% through September

dealernews.com: Honda cycle sales decline in NA


solomoto30.com: The F800R will be introduced in Milan according to SoloMoto


motopormoto.com: Ducati 750 flat-tracker


visordown.com: US drag racer cracks 250mph over quarter-mile


upublish.info.com: WorldÔÇÖs fastest motorcycle


honda.com: HondaÔÇÖs cumulative global motorcycle production reaches 200 million


motoblog.it: MG V7 Caf?® Classic


motorcyclenews.com: Keyring copies motorcycle knee-slider


5th Gear Off-raod Challenge
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autobloggreen.com: 2009 Zero X electric motorcycle


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Some updates for an old favorite
topspeed.com: 2009 Suzuki Bandit 1250S/ABS


rilysi.com: Adapting car safety features to motorcycles

The Stig is in the BBC news.

Comedian Griff Rhys Jones presented Top Gear's racing driver The Stig with the award for best factual programme at BritainÔÇÖs National TV Awards


spiegel.de: The World From Berlin | ÔÇÿHelping carmakers sets a dangerous precedentÔÇÖ


spiegel.de: Percussive Maintenance | ÔÇÿThe Steinway of Concert CarsÔÇÖ


autocar.com: McLaren F1 sells for 2.5m pounds.


autoweek.com: Porsche camp offers chance to lear from legends


leftlanenews.com: Bentley feeling economic crunch


wheels.ca: Canadian auto sales hold steady

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Stuff


wired.com: Military investigates amnesia beams


spiegel.de: An era ends with closing of Berlin Airport


yankodesign.com: Design for poverty contest winners


economist.com: Franklin Delano Roosevelt | The man who saved his country, and the world


howstuffworks.com: WhatÔÇÖs the technological singularity


globesports.com: Beckham deal is done


timesonline.co.uk: Timelord David Tennant quits the Tardis after five years


belfasttelegraph.co.uk: James Nesbitt tipped for Dr Who role


bbc.co.uk: Doctor Who ÔÇô The official site

bbc.co.uk: Doctor Who ÔÇô the classic site

wikipedia.org: Doctor Who

Packers Blog ÔÇô jsonline.com
Packers.com ÔÇô News from the football shrine
Green Bay Post Gazette: Packer News, Commentary


Offical site of the Premier League


GasBuddy.com has gas temperature maps intended to let you see what gas prices are around the US and Canada. Areas are color coded according to the reported local average price for regular unleaded gasoline.
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Canada



Icelanders are not terrorists

Gordon Brown unjustifiably used the anti-terrorism act against the people of Iceland, for his own short-term political gain. This has turned a grave situation into a national disaster, affecting families in both Iceland and the United Kingdom. Help us avert greater damage by signing this petition now.

Click on image to go to the website for more information.

In response to reporting in the Morning Reads 27 October 2008 -
VIDEO: Ural is gearing up as countries mobilize to deal with the Icelandic Rapid Deployment Terrorist Forces.


Wrong Way Round ÔÇô Episode 1
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xkcd.com: Secretary Part 4

2009 Dakar Rally


Bike Candy


Trendhunter Magazine: Hydrogen Supercars

THE END

 

[Holly]

Who?

So who will be Dr. Who next year and who will fight those awful terrorists?
And the Stig does look tall enough to be a certain MOA member from Texsux.

Holly

 

[Holly]

Freudian Slip

Porsche camp offers chance to lear from legends

Holly

 

[PAULBACH]

Which "R" bike do you like best? I think this will be the first R BMW without shaft drive - if it happens.

Great find Mika.

 

[108625]

Old memories...
I spent nearly six months in Berlin on a Temporary Duty Assignment back in 1988.
At that time, Templehoff was an air base in the American sector, and the only flying there was military. Civilian and commercial traffic flew through Tegel, in the British sector.
(This was towards the end of the cold war, when Berlin was an occupied city, surrounded by communist East Germany.)
We lived on the seventh floor in part of the building. It was a fascinating place to be, and an impressive sight from the air. Above all, I just enjoyed exploring West Berlin, and even going through checkpoint Charlie and visiting East Berlin.
(Holy cow, did a dollar buy a lot of east marks!)
While many will be sad to see Templehoff close as an airport, I think none will complain about the reason why; too much air traffic in and out of a reunified city, in a reunified and free country.
I am happy for them.

 

[hlothery]

Wish I could find a spare $10,000 to spend for that Porsche camp. I had it lying around, but I can't remember where it is..............that damned amnesia beam!

 

[mika]

IÔÇÖve got it!!!

We download the plans and build our own Tardis. Then we pop into the future and find out who is Dr Who and come back and place a bet with the bookie. Then pop off to collect our winnings.

With our winnings we can go to Porsche camp and then off to Templehoff after for another tour of the airport in its prime. In the evening we can sample the Restaurants and the next day take a BMW Berlin factory tour and take delivery of brand new R100RS or Ss and off to the Nurbergring to use the Porsche Camp skills on motorrads!

This being a Timelord has a real fun side to it.