motorcycle_toy_collection

[Luc Legrain]

I've got a few pictures posted on the "flickr klr650 group " there is a guy in there under "klrrider" with some cool lights mounted above the front turn signals.If you read this buddy,I'd like to know where you got the lights and how you hooked them up . thanks ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jim Douglas wrote:

> > redred321 wrote: > > > > This group seems to be varied and open to a variety of topics. The > > lead is motorcycles and the end is a comment on the weekend toy > > collection effort in the Dallas & Ft Worth Texas area. My friend > > does not ride motorcycle but I think it would be good therapy if

he

> > did. > > ++++++++ > > I have a college roommate I talk to every night (night shift from > > 6:00 PM to 2:30 AM). He is 65 and has turned out to be a scrooge. > > Partly due to wife, his family background, and much to working

alone

> > at night for 13 years. I have tried to help him out and suggested > > that he has not many more Christmases (due to death or loss of > > awareness) to share or experience. Below is part of a letter I

sent

> > him this week, trying to encourage him to exert himself > > ++++++= > > Doing some work on a letter to a friend this week, I came across > > this article on giving. It seem appropriate to pass it along after > > last Sunday there were approximately 60,000 to 65,000

motorcyclists

> > and an estimate of 90,000 people involved this year in collecting > > and giving present for Christmas. The paper said last year about > > 65,000 riders donated $1 in toys and $100,000 in cash. This year > > the paper estimated the toy value at $800,000 and the donation to

be

> > $90,000 > > +++++++++ > > Science Museum of Minnesota, By Thor on Dec. 14th, 2006 in > > Scientific Inquiry > > http://dev.smm org/buzz/ buzz_tags/ ebenezer_ scrooge > > http://dev.smm.org/buzz/buzz_tags/ebenezer_scrooge> > > Happy Scrooge: At the conclusion of "A Christmas Carol,"

Ebenezer

> > Scrooge is on a huge Helper's High, the feeling of euphoria that

can

> > come with doing good works and helping people. > > It took the visits of three ghosts to turn Ebenezer on to

wonders

> > of the Helper s High. But by the end of A Christmas

Carol, the

> > formerly uptight tight-wad was jumping, hugging and giving to > > everyone and anyone he met. Is this the far-fetched work of > > fiction? Not really. More and more scientific evidence is point to > > the real health and emotional benefits from giving of our time and > > money V also known as the Helper s High. > > John Hopkins Magazine recently detailed the works by Allan Luks,

who

> > has studied Helper s High for quite some time. He describes the > > effect as being similar to a runner s high after a workout.

There is

> > a release of endorphins in the giver s body the lead to a

feeling of

> > elation followed by a feeling of calm. And unlike exercise,

there s

> > evidence that the helper can actually get a small Helper s High

in

> > recalling helping or charitable acts long after they re finished. > > Luks research also shows that of the 95 percent of study > > participants who have felt a Helper s High, nine out of ten

graded

> > their health condition better than those who haven t experienced

a

> > Helper s High. That s led to Luks postulation that

volunteering or

> > giving helps ease stress in the body, which can then lead to these > > beneficial health factors: > > > > X In separate research, a 10-year study of the physical, health

and

> > social activities of 2,700 men in Tecumseh, Michigan, found that > > those who did regular volunteer work had death rates two and one- > > half times lower than those who didn't. > > X Another study done at Harvard looked at what researchers there > > dubbed the "Mother Theresa effect." Students watching videos of

the

> > late Mother Theresa helping the poor in Calcutta actually had

their

> > immune system response kick in.

LAST PARAGRAPH--worth noting.

> > X And recently on ABC News 20/20, the stories of Duke University > > Medical Center heart patients showed stunning effects of the > > Helper s High. Recovering patients were asked to visit current

heart

> > patients X no particular agenda, just to listen and lend

support. By

> > doing that, the volunteers had better health after their heart > > attacks. In fact, the helper s recovery rate was 60 percent

faster

> > than those who chose not to help other pa > > > > __._,_._ > Another study that was probably funded by various companies > that want you to BUY their stuff. This time of the year quite a few

retail

> places make more than 50% of their annual sales, holidays have

become

> nothing more than a time to spend $$$ on crap. I am also a scrooge! >

Hi Jim, Good to be suspicious and always careful with our stewardship. I always encourage it. Let's say, that all your response is a 100% correct conclusion after a rapid reading through the first 75% of the post. Your point has validity---down to the last paragraph. In view of your response, I wonder how much money it cost, and which company benefited the most having a recovering heart attack victim to listen to someone else who just lived through a near-death experience? revmaaatin.