Good Support!

I'm pleased with PHPwebhosting.com's tech support at the moment. Earlier, while trying to upload some new photos to my gallery, I received a new error--it said it couldn't create the thumbnail images, which meant the upload couldn't complete. After poking around Gallery's Docs and FAQs, I hypothesized that something had happened to ImageMagick, the software that handles image manipulation on the server end. At 8:48pm, I submitted a request; at 11:05pm I received my first reply, and by 12:19am, it was fixed!

At the moment, though, all I've uploaded is the new bike pics, so you can see a few more views of the bike and the pre-existing scratches here. :)

Photos up!

Radford

My aunt, uncle, cousins, and their pets

Their house, inside and out, which Harry built

Several of Harry's project cars--Pontiac Bonneville, VW Beetle, and a giant station wagon now sporting a small-block V8

My dad's 1951 Chevy Fleetline, before, during, and after the work we did on it--electrical, trim, paint, seating, engine--now a nice primer grey, with most of the trim hiding in the trunk until it gets professionally painted.

Questionable food products and improved weather!

Mmmm, thorax cake. (via weeping_angel)

Also, vice cream! (via gothiccripple)

The weather's gotten nice again! Huzzah! May it stay this way indefinitely, even though I know it won't.

Anti-bullying, bike learnin'

I will not stand for bullying

Everyone Feels This Pain
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At lunchtime today, I deemed the weather nice enough to ride, and left for work about 20 minutes early to take advantage of it--headed down Rte 1 a ways before heading back, arriving at work just on time. While showing off my bike to a couple other guys who wanted to see it--both of whom approved highly, and one of whom says I'm not allowed to start my bike next to his since mine sounds so much better--I learned two things:
1) The scratch on the mirror is only a little scratch, and mostly white paint rubbed off of another vehicle, most likely. I'll also likely be touching up the glaring white scratches with touch-up paint--possibly the appropriate color from Color-Rite--and either ignoring the side case scratches or dealing with them later.
2) Had I looked in the tool kit under the seat, I would've learned that the bike did indeed come with an owner's manual and Ducati Owner's Card booklet, along with a few other booklets (Ducati Dealer listings, an uncrating/prep booklet for the original dealer, and Shell advertising.)

Upon getting home, I additionally learned that:
3) My helmet does fit in the side case if it's facing backward, like the diagram indicates. Oops. :)