Pickle’s Perspective

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Every now and again, the driving habits of others absolutely drives me nuts!  I’m not a road rager, and I can count on my hand how often I’ve flipped the bird at another driver, in my entire life.  That said some drivers are so completely clueless that I just want to get out of my car, tap their window and teach them the right way to do things.  More often than not, drivers pull moronic moves in the parking lot. (continue reading…)

Some props still need to get brought in tomorrow.  Here’s a sneak peak.  Go to the show this weekend at the Winnipeg Convention Centre to See this awesome display!

Hard economic times?  Cars are lined up to the street at a Winnipeg Tim Horton’s drive thru…  I brew my own coffee, but I guess this is evidence that either times aren’t as tough as the media portrays, or people are just plain unwilling to sacrifice the most simple convenience.

The Sun has just set in Manitoba

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DSLR Tips: photography tutorials, video workshops, lens and accessory reviews.

Stumbled on this website, and I thought I’d share it with you.  This site has tutorials and tips on how to take better shots with your dSLR.

-Pickle.

These photos were taken while at the “Grey Nun’s house”, now known as Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum.  It’s said to be haunted.  These photos were among a few that had round anomalies in them.  Orbs or Dust suspended in the air?  You decide.

July 2008, the Porsche Club of America meets at the Mint before driving to A&W for Cruisin’ the Dub.

I was looking through old photos while preparing the last post on Dirt bikes and kids.  I found this old photo Circa 1994 of a youthful GermanPickle deadlifting a dirtbike.

This bonehead move was inspired by Scott Summers, an enduro racer in the early 1990’s.  He appeared in a 1994 issue of Dirt Bike magazine holding up his Honda XR650R in the same fashion that I’m holding this bike.  The Honda XR650R is a much heavier beast than this bike.

Once I found out I could lift bikes in this fashion, I lifted a few other bikes, including Kim Houde’s YZ250 and the CR500, the CR500’s owners name escapes me at this point.

One the weekend a friend of mine sent me a facebook link about a new law in the USA that has now effectively made dirtbikes illegal for children in the USA.

The deal is,  in the metal industry, steel alloys can contain lead.  The addition of lead to steel allows for easier machining as it reduces friction on the cutting surface and improves chip breaking during the cutting.    Once mixed, the steel and lead frame of a motorcycle would essentially need to be eaten to be of any harm to a person.   However, the lead content in this steel does exceed 600 ppm.  The law in question is the  Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.

I think back at my childhood and, my dirt bike probably had a more profound impact on my youth, morals, and state of mind than you would think.  Yes, an inanimate object has shaped my life.  Does that make me pathetic? (continue reading…)