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For those of you have been following this bike rebuilding saga
Yesterday the BMW cavalry showed up.
It wasn't pretty but it had to be done. Could the scattered piles of BMW parts populating my garage ever be a bike again?
To answer that burning question required calling in...
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Ok , so I know I've been absent from my Bako Blog for like a week :/ Im sorry lol But I do have a good excuse !! Idk if anyone cares or w/e but I've been wanting to start a line of products w/ my name on it for some time now. What does that have to do w/ my excuse? well.. lol I pretty...
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The newly reformed, Bakersfield Chapter of FACTS (Families to Amend California's Three Strikes) would like to invite the community to a rally on Oct. 4, 2007 at 5:30 PM at the Liberty Bell (Chester & Truxtun). This rally will be held to raise awareness in our community about this...
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Who's your favorite football team(s)? Mine are:
1. CENTENNIAL GOLDEN HAWKS (HIGH SCHOOL)
2. BC Renegades (junior college)
3. Notre Dame (college)
4. USC/Southern California (college)
5. OAKLAND RAIDERS (NFL)
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Six years ago, on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, America was attacked by a bunch of senseless terrorists. It was on this day six years ago that we all watched in horror as the Twin Towers came down and the Pentagon was hit and when another hijacked plane went down in...
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Last year, Bakersfield city officials decided to create a new image for Bakersfield. An image of a better quality of life, a better place to live. And so they created a new motto that goes something like this: "Bakersfield: Life as it Should Be." Here's...
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Seven month old Prince Andy traveled to Diamond Lake, OR. this past weekend. He took part in the "Northwest Challenge" and came away with a 2nd place in his junior division before moving up to try on the senior division. In the senior division Andy finished 8th over all. He is being...
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Do you think cheerleading is a sport? I believe it is, even though I never did it myself. Here is my argument as to why. First, it is athletic and competitive. Second, cheerleaders perform many stunts and do lots of gymnastics and dancing. Third, there's a risk of...
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Thanks for your comments. Got word last night that Andy had one jump of 17'2" a new PR. Wow, what will next year bring? will write more when they return with details.
I think God gave us dogs so when the weight of the worls was upon him, man could have a friend when...
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The Auburn event on Sept 15 & 16 has been canceled. So, looks like Andy will go up to Squaw Valley, Ca. to jump in the Art Barkfest Fun Jump event. All proceeds go to the local ASPCA in Squaw Valley. Don't think I'll go this time, awful long drive for this old man ;) ...
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Why can I hear the tumblers on a lock being opened, or shoes walking on a floor, or a fly farting but I can not hear dialog on most movies unless I turn the volume up so loud my neighbors can hear the gunshots from my newest Netflix shoot'em up. I stopped going the "walk-ins" [my...
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Haven't been on here for a while. Spent last few days in Memorial Hospital. Had a little plumbing done. Went in for a Angio-plaste, Doc had to do an "Intervention" and inserted a "Stint" while in there, all is OK now. At home taking things easy for a few days. Gotta get...
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Well, most of my blogs have been on somewhat serious issues, so here's a fun one. What are your top 5 places to eat in Bakersfield? Here are mine, and you can see all of my favorites and reviews by looking at the section of my profile titled "Bryan's Reviews." New...
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On Sunday evening an adorable Schnauzer showed up at my house...I listed in the paper & craigslist...as well as notices on local community mailboxes. I have yet to hear from anyone. Why don't people try to locate their pets? I refuse to take any pet I find to the...
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Is anyone watching this ? how can you justify dipping a injured dog in water and electrocute him?, Reallly must we indure this because he is an over paid odveousily ignerant football player I say an eye for an eye, lets tie his testicals to the same electric cord and see how tuff he...
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As some of you may know already, The Californian recently made some changes to the newspaper. They removed the TV section, changed the weather section twice (the second one was actually a good one), and have once again failed to preview other high school sports except...
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The only time I listened to music was in the car. I was a hard working young mother. When I wasn't working I was taking children to and from games, practice, or grandmas house. Like so many young people, I lived my life in a never ending hurry. I didn't realize...
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Looking for a place to train Andy. Ot could be a swimming pool. It needs a ledge for him to see as he jumps, not a sloping bank. If you know of a place please let me know about it. Need a place to get him ready for the upcoming World Championships in AZ.
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The Super Retriever Series, Splash Dogs Super Fly, competition took place at the Sports Warehouse in Reno, NV. this past weekend. There were two divisions of competition, the Amateur division for dogs jumping 18 feet and under and the Professional division for dogs...
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If it flies, it’s going to be like the man, and the legend of the man, Johnny Cash—part fact and part fiction. Magic realism, introduced first in Germany via the visual arts, juxtaposes elements of both reality and magic, or fiction, if you will. And that’s the...
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Sen. Dean Florez has a new "blogspot," as he calls it, on West Nile virus at www.fightthebite.blogspot.com.
His older one, www.westnile.blogspot.com, hadn't been updated since 2005. (The Shafter Democrat likes to blog, if you didn't already know that. Read "Florez quite fond of...
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Granddaughter and her hubby took Andy to San Diego this weekend to teach him how to surf. Yep, thats right, ride the board, hang ten, all of it. They said he did good, even caught a couple waves by himself. Got a video of him surfing, what can't my "Grandson" do? Guess next they will...
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Two local brothers have created an exercise machine they claim can give you a full-body workout without the use of weights, instead using your own body as resistance. What do you think? Have you ever heard of an exercise machine without weights? If you don't believe them, check...
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Did you read today's Bakersfield Californian (7-28-07) ? They ran my story of Prince Andy the Flying Puppy along with pictures, slid show and video. Very nice job too.
Not much to write about today, going to try to give my older lab a hair cut today, that should be fun?
The USA...
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As Americans search for more healthy options and take less time for meals, fruit smoothie shops have gained in popularity both locally and nationwide.
Fruit smoothie sales in the United States have shot up more than 80 percent in the last five years, topping $2 billion last year, according to...
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The softball teams haven't let me know how they are soing, so nothing softball today.
I guess now that I have found a new sport I should change the photo on my profile? Problem is I can't find something that will cover both dog jumping and softball. Had a relaxing weekend, didn't...
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*You got any? Heh.
Okay, really though... Some thoughtful and concerned citizens of our beloved online community here have raised some questions about how and why users are "banned," to use their terminology.
Not to be nitpicky, but we don't use the term "ban." ...
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Encountering any bugs lately, or functions on the site not working the way they should? While many of you faithfully email us detailed descriptions of problems, complete with helpful screenshots (those are great, and get sent to the development team), this thread is another way for you to...
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A recent report from the American Bankers Association says that credit cards and debit cards are Americans' first choices when paying, while cash and checks combine for less than half of consumers' monthly payments.
Do you still use cash and checks? How often do you use credit cards and...
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In its coverage of the run-up to tonight's midnight release of the seventh "Harry Potter" novel, KERO's website, Turnto23.com, included an interesting article about a local band, made up of teenagers, who are performing a Potter-themed (well, Hermione-themed) original song at a Southern...
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Sigh... Back to work...
(from http://www.comics.com/comic...
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psychoSONGanalysis
Never mind that I earn my living getting into disturbed psyches, trying to untangle mangled relationships, and unscrambling messed up minds and emotions. It doesn't take a psychologist, or any mental health professional to figure out the message contained in this...
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Vallejo--The Sonoma County Fair Splash Dog Challenge was a success for local flying puppy "Prince Andy". On Friday Andy qualified for the "Open" Division by finishing 2nd in the Junior class with a jump of 14' 7". On Saturday, 6 month...
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Andy the Flying Puppy
By Joe Cox 565-1808
I have found a new sport to enjoy. It is called Dock Jumping and features ordinary dogs doing spectacular jumps into water. Thousands of dogs across the country participate in big-air dock jumping. The concept of dock jumping is...
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Back in May we were excited to discover that Bakosphere's resurgence coincided with that of blogger John Jones, a.k.a. Black Dog. This week, however, a customary visit to The Black Dog Experience yielded only a Blogger "Page Not Found" placeholder.
One of his earlier posts on...
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Suffering,
Bleeding inside,
Gut wrenching pain,
Won't go away.
Praying,
Hoping for something to take this away.
Crying,
Screaming,
Dying inside
My misery.
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First things first: the bug that's responsible for logging users off (especially when their Bakersfield.com browser windows have been sitting idle for a bit) and forcing them to log back on multiple times should be fixed early this week. We apologize for the inconvenience, and thank all of...
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The Rise and Fall of the BLS (Bakersfield Listing Service)
For a while we had 2 Multiple Listing Services in Bakersfield. The BLS, which was the new one, owned and operated by 5 Real Estate companies, has ceased operations. What happened?
The Pros and Cons of using a Real Estate Agent...
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wow! with just a few choice words our govenor may have signed his politicial death certificate but speaking the truth usually does piss off the people that are afrade of it. I mean what a concept, people coming to this country learning our language insted of us being forced to learn...
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SLO-based wedding photographer Cameron Ingalls blogged about a recent wedding he shot here in Bakersfield. (Which, as we all know, is just made for comfortable summer weddings. Heh.)
In a post called "I Heart Bakersfield!" Ingalls writes,
"Because [Doug and Megan]...
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This story was printed about 5 minutes ago - "Only 1.6 percent of commuters in the Bakersfield area used public transit to get to work in 2005, according to a survey."
When was the last time any of you took public transportation? I think my last time was about 12 years ago... it...
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How many of you get frustrated when you have to drive on Bakersfield's poorly planned streets and freeways? I know I sure do a lot. Bakersfield's planners have allowed massive potholes to develop and get worse, freeways to nowhere, heavy traffic not only on Rosedale Hwy but other...
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FYI, our development team is aware of a problem involving signing into and out of Bakersfield.com accounts and losing blogpost and comment text, and is working on the issue as we speak.
Thanks to those who contacted us directly about the problem, and we apologize for the inconvenience. ...
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I know a bunch of you frequent this part of the blogosphere late at night (I know because I have to read all your middle-of-the-night comments when I come in to work in the morning!), so this is for you:
We have an outage scheduled to start at about midnight PDT tonight, and hopefully it will...
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The union representing grocery store workers at Vons, Albertsons and Ralphs stores in Southern California have rejected the most recent contract proposal from the supermarkets and authorized a potential strike. Both sides have said they intend to return to the negotiating table. If that...
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Got Belly?
Workshop/ Bazaar/ Hafla
Who:
Bahiyya Almas Belly Dance Co.
What:
Free workshop @ 12 noon-2PM
Bazaar @ Studio 3PM-4PM
(if you have any items to sell please feel free to contact us for information on how to participate in the bazaar)
Hafla @ Studio 5PM-until you...
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Is anybody in Bakersfield rushing out to buy the new iphone? Where can we even pick one up?
The hype is over-the-top, but nobody has had the hands on experience to talk about it's cons. I love everything I've seen and heard about it, but am extremely reluctant until I've seen one...
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My husband, Brian, my son, J.D., & I are in the development and grant procurement stages of Kern River Premiere Equestrian Center here in beautiful Bakersfield. Our exclusive, member only, full security, gated facility will feature an indoor, lighted, air-conditioned riding arena which...
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