Personal entry

The horse startled and Mum was dazed on the ground. She would get on her horse and ride to the end of the road and when out of sight of her mother would get off the horse and walk the horse the rest of the way to school. It was the Great Depression and outside of Queanbeyan was a little mining town, Captains Flat. Mum was kicked by the horse, and many years later the consequences of this accident were realized. Mum loved horses and in particular trotting harness racing, she would not bet but find ...

“Hey soldier come over here and listen to this – the Japs have just bombed Pearl Harbour….”

My Dad was pulling guard duty in Riverside, California just outside Los Angeles when the taxi driver called him over. He joined the National Guard in Reno, Nevada in 1939 and by May 1942 he was camped with the first wave of US Army forces in parkland adjoining Melbourne Zoo. He recalls one of the first nights returning to camp from downtown Melbourne, it was dark as, but the sound of lions ...

The movie “As Good At It Gets” starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt centres on a guy with an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I have presented two clips here and depending on how you see a glass as either half full or half empty, each clip presents the lead character in various states


Self Centred:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32cil3p55z4


Recognising false logic, and moving on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5A6HIaqzxM

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This year’s Allied Group Conference was held in Rotorua again, so I took the opportunity to have a ride, albeit in crap weather.

During the week before the ride I kept a close eye on the weather forecast to help decide my route but it didn’t help much so come Wednesday morning I decided to hit the road and wing it. I filled with gas and checked the tyres on the way to work, then got away about 1100, heading straight up one fully kitted with wets. I didn’t need to be in Rotorua until ...

Hello this is BuckBuck#1 and for those of you that may be familiar with OCPD, I trust in the weeks and months ahead that you may find an interest and insight to my condition and my journey since I commenced riding in 2006. For those of you that may not be aware of OCPD, then perhaps in time you may want to either read on or click the mouse and move to another section in this Kiwibiker website.

For those of you that were around in 2006/8 some of you may remember the Newbie Training ...

jorge lorenzo 2009 motogp champ ?

(Lorenzo)(Rossi)

I thought it was time to introduce my great-nephew Jake to the Easter Mouse! You know, …….the one that follows the Easter Bunny everywhere and if you don’t woof your Easter Egg down quickly, the Easter Mouse will get at it.

In this instance a Triple egg was obtained for Eleni and an egg filled with pineapple lumps for Jake. A message was sent to their mum to ensure my efforts would not be in vain and collection was due this morning………UNFORTUNATELY…………I believe the Easter Mouse knew ...

I decided that now the feeling has returned to my ass that I would sit down and write about my journey to becoming a biker.

I borrowed a mountain bike from a friend, my thinking that was since I haven't been on two wheels for about 6 years it might be a good idea to reaquaint myself with a saddle. So anyway this morning I jumped on the bike and thankfully the sun was out and I have a quiet housing estate on my doorstep, thank goodness I did. Talk about shaky!! I honestly thought ...