No, we’re not expecting or requesting any sympathy from our fellow Triumph owners in the Northern Tier states (including the editor’s former stomping grounds of North Dakota) BUT, doggone, 5 degrees this morning.  Winter has finally arrived in greater St Louis/Metro East. On the plus side, we went into Saturday with forecasts for steady rain…

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Good thing I brought a pair of gloves…the HSD’s heater works quite well, thank you, but after about 30 minutes of my 50 minute patrol of the local area, my hands were starting to suffer sooo…. Still, rather incredible when you think about it: day after New Years, rorting around a midwestern city with the…

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Photos: St Louis Post-Dispatch For those outside the local area who periodically check this blog, here’s a couple of shots of the recent St Louis/Metro East flooding. The photo on the left shows I-44 westbound at Valley Park near MO Hwy 141, while the Spitfire photo may have been taken in Eureka or Pacific; those…

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Hopefully all who read this are getting through the multi-day non-stop round of rain and thunderstorms without any major issues (we’re not, at our home, but so far we’ve managed to keep the basement from completely flooding, primarily through monitoring and mopping every 30 minutes, plus two-hour shifts overnight). If you’ve read the news, Yurp’s…

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As mentioned previously (I think), yr fthfl ed wasn’t able to attend the Christmas party this year – held at the Missouri Athletic Club-West, Friday 4 December – due to my Air Force TDY. From all reports, it was a great gathering with good turnout, a lot of fun and a lot of good food.…

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System was down for a few days, hence no posts over the past two weeks. Fortunately, our ace webmaster was able to debug the system and this blog is back up and running, Expect a couple of posts over the next two days.

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Finished up at Maxwell AFB (Montgomery) earlier today, in the AM I’ll take the cross-country Triumph/LBC search on the road and head in the general direction of Warner Robins, GA (I know, I know, if I hit a large body of water – at least one bigger than the Chattahoochee – I’ve gone too far). …

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Spoke too soon: late-model, crash bumper MGB for sale in Sylacauga, AL, on AL Highway 21.   Didn’t stop to get the details but I wouldn’t be surprised if the car’s on Craigslist.

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