Is High End Audio catchin' up with you all?

@ghdprentice , As our discs desiccate and we loose height we all get pot bellies. Keep up the riding, best aerobic sport for us old guys. I'm up in New England. My wife and I got Tacx Neo Smart 2 trainers and we ride all over the world from our exercise room. We do it for real in the Summer. Winter is for skiing. All my cycling friends are into two things, audio and cars (or motorcycles). I may look like the guy on the right but my Ducati makes me feel like the guy on the left.  Funny that it is still about the sound. A Ducati L twin is the best sounding motorcycle by far.

@audioquest4life , It depends on what type of bike you put on the Tacx. If you want to be more upright put a mountain bike on it.

@jerryg123 , Nope. I am inseam challenged. The Multistrada is too tall. Besides, they are ugly. I have a Supersport 950S but, I am thinking about a Diavel S. My Panigale days are over. 

@asvjerry , you must have had a mess in there for them to use a metal valve. Most now use a flexible ring that folds up and we deploy them by catheter, no cracked chest.. Has your defibrillator gone off yet? Lots of fun. People do not realize what that is like when it fires. It can be entertaining until the docs get the sensitivity adjustment right. I really wanted a either a Volvo 1800 or 911 when I was a kid. Had to settle for the 911.

@tomic601 , you better watch out! I'm one of those short people. My favorite Randy Newman line is, " God can make you tumble. God can make you turn. God can make you overflow. But, God can't make you burn." He was referencing the Cuyahoga river fire. My favorite RN song is, You Can Take Your Hat Off. 

@barbaramoriggan , Yes, absolutely. Your back is under very little stress on a bike because your arms are supporting it. The Neo 2 is a real hoot.

@jerryg123 , The air cooled motors have a raspiness  missing in the watercooled units. You can still get one in the Scrambler models, 1100 cc! The Italians have a passion for motors everyone else can't seem to match. Somehow they always manage to make them sound right. Listen to a Fiat 500 Abarth. Little sucker sounds like it would tear your throat out. Just listen to a Duc at idle. Only the Italians can concoct a symphony like that. (desmodromic valve train)

@asvjerry , I think we can avoid testing that. Good that you got the TAVR. I avoid using medical terms when talking to lay people. I think most still get the "donkey kick version" but, I am just a family doc so what do I know. I do not have any of the soft kick versions in my practice. I do have three Bicuspids in the practice that I am watching. They will probably need valves eventually. It is a very common congenital defect like cleft lips. Waking up with an endotracheal tube still in place is considered bad form. Must have been a nurse or a resident running the case. The anesthesiologist bounces back and forth between several rooms making sure things are running well. It is less expensive than running an anesthesiologist in all the rooms. I have been replaced by nurse practitioners. They expect me to be a supervisor, not what I went to medical school for. Anyway, when I had my wrist fused I got screwed at both ends. My throat was sore and raspy for a week and I peed razor blades for three days, residents at both ends. The lesson here is avoid teaching hospitals whenever you can. Unless you have a really uncommon problem stick with community hospitals. 

@asvjerry , it sounds like you beat the odds. You can try recreational drugs now.

@wspohn , What is that? Not a Ferrari or a Lambo. 6 cylinder? That's rare. I thought only the Dino did that. I agree, 12 cylinders make the best sound for an automobile but IMHO the best internal combustion noise comes from an L twin Ducati. The worst comes from my snow blower which I shall know intimately in about 24 hours. 

For any New Englanders out there, good luck tomorrow. Warm up your generators!