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"Leif" was a rough name to grow up with. This time of year was the worst. The first day of school, and the usual chorus: "Leaf? Like on a tree? Bwhahahaha!" "What is your brother named, Shrub?" On and on. Then Fall came around, and a fresh crop of leaf jokes.

I was named after a viking, which is pretty cool. Unfortunately "leif" translates into "beloved" in Norse. Figures...

 

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I wouldn't trade my name now. I have too much ridicule equity invested in it.

I would trade it for Spartacus, though. SPARTACUS! Table for six for SPARTACUS!

That would be wicked awesome.

 

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Oil???

The book is about learning to ride and skirts around religious topics like oil. There is some mention of basic maintenance, though.

I remember the first time I switched to synthetic. You always remember your first... I didn't think Amsoil was a very good name for an oil. It sounded dirty. Paying $9.00 a quart made me feel dirty, at least.

Lube For Newbs, unfortunately, wasn't a topic covered in this book.

 

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Avast! You warming up for September 19th?

September 19th is International Talk Like A Pirate Day.

Any tradition started by a trio named Cap'n Slappy, Pilferin' Pooter and Ol'Chumbucket can't be ALL bad.

I doubt Al Gore envisioned Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19 when he invented the internet.