While I’ve long fancied myself as a master of home repair, the older I get the more I discover that I’m really not so smart as I thought. Take home electrics. A recent trip to Harbor Freight yielded a $3.50 circuit tester, which, when deployed in the outlets around the house, caused me some realContinue reading “Shocking”
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AirHawk Product Review
Published in Keystone Motorcycle Press, November 2021 Tush, Rear End. Derrière. Bottom. Behind. Arse. Jacksy. Backside. Butt. Like the Eskimos’ extensive list of words for what we simply call snow, motorcyclists probably have dozens of words for that part of their anatomy which makes the most contact with their machines. And well they should, asContinue reading “AirHawk Product Review”
The Riders
by Henry von Wartenberg, review by Dave Bucher, published September 2021 in Keystone Motorcycle Press. When I first received this book, I opened it and went through it page-by-page, ignoring both the introduction and the five short accompanying essays – even the few included photo captions. It’s essentially a coffee table, moto-photo book and myContinue reading “The Riders”
Afraid?
Published in Lititz Record-Express, 9/23/21 A short time ago somebody wrote to this paper concerning my column on Vaccine Passports. He accused me of constantly “fear mongering” in this space. Instead of immediately rejecting that notion, I did what everyone with strong opinions should do when those opinions are criticized. I considered the possibility thatContinue reading “Afraid?”
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Published in Suburban Life Magazine (Philadelphia), January 2020
Ma & Pa – Pt 3
Sorry, Jim
Published in the Lititz Record, October 2016 Given that the election season, this two-year election marathon, is almost at an end, here’s a tale that may lighten your depression. But, while amusing, I may be telling it at my own expense. In 1995, when county treasurer Paul Thibault was running to replace Jim Huber asContinue reading “Sorry, Jim”
Ma & Pa – Pt 2
Two Holes and a Tube
Published January 2015. From a two-year series of monthly short features titled “Remembrances” in Keystone Motorcycle Press. A rented Honda Shadow. November 1996 tour around Florida. I’m cruising the Tamiami Trail, east to west. Left the Northeast cold behind and I am really enjoying the balmy ‘70s. Not much traffic this weekday, and with openContinue reading “Two Holes and a Tube”
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