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Does anyone else think Indian Motorcycle is offensive?

2024.05.14 01:00 MotoDreams1103V4 Does anyone else think Indian Motorcycle is offensive?

Does anyone else think Indian Motorcycle is offensive?
The word Indian is so outdated. It’s more akin to the word Negro. Which is also an outdated word and if you said it today, it would be highly offensive. Someone would definitely correct you, “Hey man, we don’t use that word anymore.“ Many young Native people, like me, feel that the word Indian is just as offensive as the word Negro. And that it too should be retired.
Oh, by the way, the “it’s an honor to be a mascot“ argument has been officially rejected by the majority of indigenous peoples of the United States! It’s not an honor. It’s messed up. And y’all need to knock it off.
Also, what’s up with this company using us as a mascot? Why is the image of a Native American person on the side of their motorcycle tanks anyway,??? Why are Indian motorcycles called Scout and chief??? I mean WTF! Haha, it makes me laugh because I just cannot believe that a company named Indian motorcycle exists! Is it not the 21st-century?! I kind of feel like I’m living in the past or something, like in a twisted alternate reality, like in a twilight zone episode where everyone thinks that using a living people as their logo/mascot, and their culture as a marking tool to see a product! And on top of that, they are continuing to use the offensive term “Indian“ when so many of us feel that it is a highly offensive and outdated term. For some, like me, the word Indian is just flat out racist.
Btw, the “it’s an honor to be a mascot” argument has been retired as well It’s not an honor. It’s racist and offensive. Ha ha. You’ll never convince me that to feel honor in a word that was used as a slur and derogatory term… A term that meant “lesser than”, and a term that meant being something less than human and more similar to an animal in nature. You’ll never convince me that it is an honor to be reduced to a simple stereotype. It’s dehumanizing.
Nothing irks me more than seeing a white dude on motorcycle that he probably loves to call Chief! One time I walked up to a very proud white man at a coffee shop sitting next to his Indian motorcycle at a table outside, and I said is that your bike? He said yes and was beaming. He probably thought I was gonna say, “cool bike man, you’re so cool.” But instead, I said “did you know that term is highly offensive? I’m Native American and that image right there, that logo and that term is not something to be proud of, it makes me feel terrible actually. You should think about getting another bike.” And I walked away. He finished his coffee quickly, and a few silent, awkward moments later I heard him start his bike and drive off. Hah! Good! I hope he thinks about what I said and trades his offensive bike in for another rich man’s motorcycle like the BMW GS 1200! The one with those square aluminum paneers with stickers all over it! Ha ha!
I doubt Indian Motorcycle is going to change their name and logo anytime soon so…
Who wants to start a motorcycle company with me called Caucasian motorcycles? Will create a mascot that will resemble a Wall Street white man, like a Trump- Uncle Sam- Monopoly guy hybrid! Ha ha, can you imagine!? and we will make our white man mascot super stereotypical, too! We will play on the worst qualities of their race, but ones that we think are their best qualities! Because this is our Motorcycle company and we create the narrative! Our mascot will represent power and dominance, and a spirit that cannot be broken, but not because he is resilient or strong, but because this warrior doesn’t need strength or resiliency —because he rigged the game so that he never loses. Oh yes, our mascot is cunning! Ah hoooooo! Our mascot will have a big greedy grin, piercing blue eyes, the kind of eyes that make you uncomfortable because they’re usually too close to your face and they never look away! Just keep staring at you all awkward! the kind of eyes those artist can draw that seem to follow you around the room no matter where you standing! Ha ha. Yiiiii! All creepy!…making us brown folks feel all uncomfortable and out of place! Yeah, we will hire one of those artists to draw up our mascot. And! Our mascot will have no cheekbones! We will make them real sunken in actually. Yeah, his lack of cheekbones is how we will distinguish his race from others! So now, as Natives we will get to say, “I’m 3/4 native and 1/4 white, you can tell because my cheekbones are kinda of sunken in. Based on my depressed cheekbones, I think I might apply for an English passport!“ Ayyy! We will name our motorcycles “the colonizer“, “discoverer”, “hero explorer” and “savior“! Hehe so funny! what else could we name our motorcycles? Can somebody please draw this logo for me! Trump hair, monopoly, guy monocle, a big greedy toothy grin, and eyes that follow you around the room, no matter where you stand! 😂🤣
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2024.05.13 23:31 MotoDreams1103V4 where are the next generation of Indigenous motorcyclists speak their mind

Ah ho! Young warrior! It’s the 21st-century, don’t they know Indian is offensive word? That they can’t use us as mascots anymore? Ha! Share your insights, funny stories, and your controversial thoughts on all things motorcycles! Tell us what it’s like to ride on your rez? Whats your experience riding off rez?
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2024.05.13 21:51 Lopsided-Ad-7326 Finished up my Grom build 😍

Finished up my Grom build 😍
Complete Stage 1 from DH Motoring: MNNTHBX intake, new ECU and Yoshimura full exhaust. Kemimoto fender delete, kemimoto rear luggage rack, new side mirrors, windshield by T-Rex racing.
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2024.05.13 20:44 simononandon Vertical ebike storage options

Re: free standing vertical storage racks. There appear to be three "name" options & most other versions I've found are copies of these:
I ordered the Pro Bike Tool. It assembles easily & doesn't seem like much, but it held my 40lb Trek FX fairly well. I expected it to be less stable. The only issue is that it doesn't work with fenders and rack.
The fender issue is that the Trek uses full length mudguards that cover 1/2 the wheel circumference. What this means is that if your bike is rotated vertically to stand on the rear tire, when it reaches 90 degrees, the fendemudguard rests on the ground, not the tire. If the mudguard was a little shorter, you would be able to tilt it back a scooch further to rest like the bike should.
YMMV. I'm happy to remove my fenders. Though it also means finding an alternate way to run the wires to the integrated tail light (since they run under the fender) or losing it completely.
However, in addition to the fender, the rack that is included with the Trek FX prevents you from being able to rotate the bike on its rear wheel for storage becasue the arc the rack makes when you put it on the stand interferes with the vertical arm that holds the seat post. Although I'm willing to get rid of the fenders, I don't really want to lose my rack just to be able to store my bike.
I haven't tried the other two. The Sttoraboks one looks kinda flimsy & has mixed reviews. They put nice casteron the bottom to aid in moving it around ocne the biek is on it. But the feet don't really seem wide enoughto create a stable base.
I'll probably try the BikeNook with the rack attachement, but I don't have a lot of faith. Although the BikeNook is mostly well reviewed, the few reviews that mention the rack attachement say it's pretty useless & doesn't work that well.
Would love to hear if others have had any reviews. I am pretty sure the Pro Bike Tool one I have would work fine with my bike with no rack on it. I may consider a small front rack since I really only use luggage for errands & not touring. I don't want a removable rack because I know that just means I'll never use it.
If I get any of the other ones liste, I'll add to this since it's pretty difficult to find anything but "OMG THIS IS THE BEST PURCHASE EVAH!" BS type reviews of these things.
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2024.05.13 19:19 Looplooplooploo $600 NWT?

$600 NWT?
I’m looking to get a NWT for overseas tours (1-2 weeks). Found this deal on an older NWT. I live in a super remote area that has a very limited bike market, but this owner could ship to me in a travel case (price would maybe be $900 then with shipping).
Worth it? I do wish I could be there in person to try it out, because I haven’t test ridden a NWT. Am I nuts to buy remotely from Craigslist? (Tips for how to do this?)
Also this looks like an an XSmall. I’m 5’6” so a 52cm Small might be a safer choice?
Thanks for your advice!
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2024.05.13 19:10 lamevision DIY Convert a dirtbike hitch carrier to a bike rack?

I've been using a cheap Swagman bike rack for the last few years, but it's not ideal and beginning to fall apart. After looking at Yakima, Kuat and Rocky Mount bike racks I was shocked at the price. I came across this dirt bike carrier at Harbor Frieght recently and was surprised to see it was about a 3rd of the price of a normal bike rack. Has anyone successfully converted something like this to a bike rack that could hold two gravel bikes? I've seen a few videos for ebikes, but none for regular bikes.
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2024.05.13 18:36 HoneydewFew6379 Titan 250 dlx duel sport frame style for drop cage and skid plate and luggage rack

Titan 250 dlx duel sport frame style for drop cage and skid plate and luggage rack
Does anyone know what frame style the titan is based on for aftermarket parts. A luggage rack skid plate and drop cages. It's a 2023 xpro titan 250 dlx 5 speed. (Not a templar)
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2024.05.13 18:32 HoneydewFew6379 Titan 250 dlx duel sport skid plates and luggage rack and drop cage?

Titan 250 dlx duel sport skid plates and luggage rack and drop cage?
Looking for a skid plate luggage rack and drop cage for my titan. Anyone know what frame it's based on and or what products will fit.
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2024.05.13 18:18 coonass_dago Upgrades

Upgrades
1 3/4 lift from Rocky Top, made to renegade specs, 2x2 on each light pillar and a baby light bar. Mostly for better country road visibility. No change on gas mileage with the lift. Yeah, I lost the front left panel, but I can feel the real bumper bar if I reach in, so I'm going to pop off the other and add tow hooks. Actually, in this picture, there's 30 folding chairs inside and 4 six foot tables strapped to the luggage rack bars.
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2024.05.13 17:56 Khanzi_veli Umrah Tips with Baby and a Toddler. Positive/Negative experiences

Salaam wa lakim.
My wife and I just completed our Umrah with our two children who are 4 and 1. I thought I’d share some tips and my experience to help those going to perform Umrah with children.
Flight - Flying from the U.S to Saudi is roughly 12-13 hrs. We decided to book a night flight which worked out great. The kids slept the entire way 2-3hours into the flight. Bring plenty of snacks, toys, sticker books, and coloring books.
Jedda to Mecca - We decided to Uber at the last minute because my contact for some reason wasn’t able to make it to Jeddah. It was roughly 200SAR
Umrah - We decided to do Umrah early in the morning due to the rush not being as extreme. The time difference worked out to our favor as we were able to do our Tawaf at 1am and it wasn’t crowded. Both of my children were able to touch the Kabba. Alhumdililallah.
I brought a wrist strap for my daughter, be careful to not have your child so far away because some people just don’t have common sense there and a guy and his wife tried to walk in between my wife and my daughter like they were somehow magically going to go through the strap. They kept going and pulled my wife and daughter forward until I yelled at the man to stop and physically had to hold him back so my wife and daughter can get next to each other. We decided at that point its best to keep the strap on but hold hands.
We did Sai on the scooters. Make sure beforehand you know how to get their. We wondered around and wasted about 45mins looking to get to the scooters with people telling us different things. We had no issues getting a scooter on our 1st Umrah. For our second Umrah the guy taking the payment said we couldn’t do Saion one scooter. What? We just did Sai on one scooter a few days ago. “Not today” he said. I continuously asked why until he finally said okay. There was really no reason for him to give us such a hard time, unfortunately you will encounter some people who randomly make up their own policies on the spot, but don’t let them bully you. Majority of the workers who clean at the Haram are extremely helpful (Pakistani, Bengali, Indian).
The policemen, Army men and Arabs working at the Haram, unfortunately not very help and sometimes rude. They look down on you if you are not Arab and their work ethic is pretty pathetic. If they see you waiting in line for their attention they will continue using their cellphones, texting, or talking to their colleagues like you’re not even there. You have to be aggressive, which is unfortunate because you are at such a peaceful place and trying to make it a spiritual experience. As an American I really didn’t care about their Arab privilege, it was actually funny to me at times and I could tell they weren’t used to that.
This isn’t just the people who work there, we encountered numerous Arabs who felt they have the right to cut in front of us or do something to jump ahead of us because they thought we didn’t speak Arabic or were not Arabic. My wife is Arab and my children are part, the tone and service completely changed when they would realized she’s also Arab. Which is terrible, treat all of us equally, especially us on this beautiful journey.
The guards working in Medina were all amazing
On the flip side the people performing Umrah were all majority amazing, my children got so many hugs, kisses, candy and pastries from total strangers it was beautiful to see. One thing to mention here, my wife and I are very private about our children on social media. You will have random people recording and taking pictures of your children. Its coming from a good place because they’re excited to see the future of the Ummah iA. I think it got a little excessive twice and I had to step in tell people to stop.
Haramain Train Mecca to Medina - I was really nervous taking the train because I read so many horror stories about how they will deny luggage. I ensured all of our luggage was up to their standards. Additionally, I left some suit cases are my hotel since I was coming back to Mecca cor a night. I even took a tape measure with me on the because I was so paranoid about them not letting us on the train. Alhumdililallah it was a smooth process and it was due to the trolley help we hired. They have guys standing outside to help you with your luggage, it only costs 25SAR and they will carry and load your bags on the train. Tip them well!
Harmain train Medina to Mecca - This leg of the trip started off bad prior to even boarding the train. When I originally booked this train I received a call from the Harmain train notifying me they changed my ticket because of spce issues but it was still at the same time. I told them thats fine and downloaded a new PDF vwesion of the ticket. For some reason they booked me a seat for a train with a double decker, but the train leaving the station was only a single. The manager on the platform was really helpful and upgraded to business class for the issue. Additionally the police guard at the station who was watching us scan Tickets stopped us and asked us for our Umrah permit through the Nusuk app. We already performed Umrah and were headed back to Mecca for the night to eventually fly from Jedda. They made me show them my flight tickets in order to board the train. He would have stopped me from getting on the train if I didn’t have a flight booked the next day and didn’t have my Umrah permit booked
Shopping - We did a lot of shopping in both Mecca and Medina. If you’re not getting the price that you want just walk away, they literally have the same things in every store in every mall
Rawda - Children are not allowed. They are really strict with the permits now, I went about two years ago and was able to get in without a permit, but not anymore. They will make you leave without a permit and they don’t care what type of sob story you have, you are not special,l no permit, no entry
Tips for kids - Hydrate Bring fans Cooling Towels Its okay to pray inside the hotel, you’re in the Haram area. We couldn’t make every single prayer inside the mosque. It was just too difficult with children. Umrah at night the best (after Midnight and before Fajr)
Zamzam You get 1 PER passport. I can’t recall the price but you can get them at the airport during departure.
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2024.05.13 16:37 Fluffy_Freedom_1391 Luggage Rack recommendations

I just got the OEM roof rack on my 2024 Mazda CX5 CE and I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive rack to put on it for a camping trip in a couple weeks. The concern I have is how wide the cross bars are, not sure if I'll have to buy a rack them figure out my own solution for ubolts. Harbor Freight has a rack for ~$80, I'd like to stay around $100 or less, so no Thules. If you have one that worked out of the box, please shoot me a link. Thanks in advance!
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2024.05.13 16:14 Leather_Focus_6535 The currently 124 offenders executed by the state of Oklahoma since the 1970s (warning, graphic content, please read at your own risk) [part 2, cases 63-124]

This is the second half of my list for Oklahoma's execution roster. As mentioned in the first part, I broke it in half to comply with reddit's character limitations. For the link to part 1, please click here.
The currently executed 124 offenders, cases 63-124:
63. Robert Knighton (~1960s-2003, lethal injection): In 1973, after being released from a 1968 armed robbery conviction, Knighton went on his first major crime spree. He stabbed and strangled several men and women during many robberies and home invasions. The only victim that was killed, 32 year old Coffier Day, was shot dead while Knighton was arguing with him in his home. Coffier's father, 53 year old Claude, was also injured in the shooting. Knighton's first crime spree ended when he kidnapped a married couple and their 6 year old daughter. They escaped when the wife and mother of the family attacked Knighton with a knife to protect her husband and daughter. The family then notified the police of their abduction. Knighton managed to secure a 30 year manslaughter conviction and a 10 year armed robbery conviction with a plea deal, and was released to a halfway house in 1989. There, he began dating a female addict and befriended a teenage boy. The trio embarked on a nationwide robbery spree together. In Missouri, they shot and killed 59 year old Frank Merrifield and his 40 year old stepson Roy Donahue while robbing their home, and stole guns and money from them. In Oklahoma, the trio fatally shot a couple, 64 year old Virginia and 62 year old Richard Denney, while carjacking them. Their rampage ended when a woman in Texas grow suspicious of them circling a neighborhood. Knighton had a long history of theft convictions dating back to his childhood, and joined the Aryan Brotherhood in prison. Behind bars, he frequently attacked black and Native American inmates out of racial hatred for them.
64. Kenneth Charm (1993-2003, lethal injection): Charm and his teenage cousin lured a family friend, 14 year old Brandy Hill, into their car. They raped Hill and tried strangling her with a towel. When that failed, the cousins bludgeoned her to death with a sledgehammer.
65. Lewis Gilbert II (1994-2003, lethal injection): Gilbert and his teenage accomplice committed at least 4 robbery murders in Missouri, Ohio, and Oklahoma, but he was executed for the killing of 37 year old Roxanne Ruddell. They ambushed and kidnapped Ruddell while she was fishing alone. She was robbed of $3 and her truck, tied to a tree, and shot to death. The pair also fatally shot Ruth Loader, a 79 year old Ohioan woman, while abducting her from her residence, and gunned down a Missouri couple, 86 year old William and 76 year old Flossie Brewer, in their home. Gilbert was also sentenced to death for the Brewer murders by the state of Missouri, but was incarcerated in Oklahoma State Penitentiary’s death row.
66. Robert Duckett (~1980s-2003, lethal injection): After breaking out of prison, Duckett was picked up hitchhiking by John Howard, a 53 year old store owner. Howard agreed to let Duckett stay with him until he could find a job. The pair soon had a failing out, and Duckett was evicted by his host. He retaliated by tying Howard up with wire and then beating him to death with a fireplace poker. Duckett made off with his car after he switched the license plates, and took several bank bags from his store. He had a long violent criminal history, which included several incidents of assault and robbery. One of the incidents involved the beating of an 83 year old man. Allegedly, Duckett was previously gang-raped by other inmates, and suffered from PTSD from the incident. His attorneys claimed that Howard’s sexual advances trigged those memories, and he was killed as a result of Duckett lashing out at them. However, the prosecution shot the argument down, citing that the murder happened after Duckett was evicted from the apartment.
67. Bryan Toles (1993-2003, lethal injection): Toles and his two accomplices forced themselves into the home of the Franceschi family, and shot and killed the family patriarch, 39 year old Juan, in a struggle. Juan's son, 15 year old Lonnie, was also murdered "execution style" out of fear that he could identify Toles and his accomplices. The only survivor of the attack was Norma, Juan's wife and Lonnie's mother, who escaped by hiding in her older daughter's bedroom.
68. Jackie Willingham (1994-2003, lethal injection): Willingham was a door to door salesman selling perfume in an office building. One women, 62 year old Jayne Van Wey, he tried to solicit rejected him despite his repeated offers. Angered by her "rude behavior", Willingham attacked Van Wey when they had a chance encounter near the building's restroom. He dragged Van Wey out of a stall after following her inside, slammed her head against the bathroom wall several times, and kicked her head. Reportedly, Van Wey choked to death on her own blood.
69. Harold McElmurry III (1999-2003, lethal injection): While under the influence of meth, McElmurry and his wife Vicki broke into a home that a WW2 veteran, 80 year old Robert Pendley, shared with his wife, 75 year old Rosa. Robert and Rosa were both quickly subdued and physically restrained by the couple. McElmurry clubbed Robert to death with a pipe in front of Rosa, who was forced to watch by Vicki. Vicki then held Rosa down as McElmurry stabbed her several times with scissors. After killing the Pendleys, the McElmurrys fled with $70 in cash, a pair of guns, and the victims' car. A few days after the murders, they were captured by border agents while trying to cross into Mexico.
70. Tyrone Darks (~1990s-2004, lethal injection): Darks rammed his ex wife, 26 year old Sherry Goodlow, off the road as she was driving with their 2 year old son. After Goodlow crashed, Darks pulled their son out of the wreckage, shot her to death, and then drove away with him. Just before she succumbed to her injuries, Goodlow managed to call and notify the police about her son’s abduction. The police confronted and arrested Darks at his home, and they found the boy unharmed in their search. Darks and Goodlow’s former marriage was marred with violence, and he was arrested on numerous occasions for assaulting her. On death row, Darks was involved in a scheme to defraud a foundation for 9/11 survivors.
71. Norman Cleary (~1980s-2004, lethal injection): While burglarizing an upper class home with an accomplice, Cleary shot and killed a housekeeper, 44 year old Wanda Neafus, and took her purse and a cane that her employers purchased from the Smithsonian Institution. Cleary had a long criminal history and was previously convicted of beating an 87 year old woman in her home.
72. David Brown (~1983-2004, lethal injection): For several years, Brown violently harassed his ex wife and her family. In one incident, Brown abducted his ex wife and 11 of her customers from a beauty saloon she owned, and held them hostage until he surrendered to police. He was able to leave custody on bond and went into hiding. A few years after the hostage crisis incident, Brown broke into his ex wife's family home and gunned down her father, 47 year old Eldon McGuire.
73. Hung Thanh Le (1992-2004, lethal injection): Le crept into the apartment of another Vietnamese refugee, 34 year old Hai Nguyen, and found him watching TV on the couch. He struck Nguyen from behind with a weightlifting bar, and continued stabbing him with a meat cleaver when he screamed his wife for help. Nguyen's wife phoned the police, and Le fled with the couple's safety deposit box that contained $36,000 and their wedding ring.
74. Robert Bryan (1993-2004, lethal injection): Bryan shot and killed his estranged aunt, 69 year old Mildred, dumped her body on his parents' property, and forged a $1,800 check to himself under her name.
75. Windel Workman (~1980s(?)-2004, lethal injection): Workman beat his girlfriend's daughter, 2 year old Amanda Holman, to death while babysitting her in their home. His ex wives reported that he had a history of child abuse and often violently spanked their children during their marriages.
76. Jimmie Slaughter (1991-2005, lethal injection): Fearing that she was going to tell his wife of their affair, Slaughter stabbed and shot his ex girlfriend, 29 year old Melody Wuertz, and their daughter, 1 year old Jessica. According to court documents, Slaughter mutilated both of their bodies, and he carved an "R" on Melody's stomach. He tried pinning the murders on a black man, but the investigators and the courts dismissed his allegations.
77. George Miller Jr. (1994-2005, lethal injection): During the robbery of a hotel, Miller attacked the auditor, 25 year old Kent Dodd, with a hedge shear and paint cans, and took $122 from the register. Dodd was severely beaten, had muriatic acid shoved down his throat, and was left to die. Just before he died of his injuries, Dodd gave a description of his attacker to the police that matched Miller. A massive amount of circumstantial evidence, such as wearing shoes that resembled the bloodstained footprints next to Dodd's body, a microscopic drop of blood found on his shoes that was tentatively linked to Dodd, his wife's testimony of his unaccounted absence from their home during the murder, and what appeared to be Dodd writing Miller's alias that he knew him by in his own blood, convicted him. Miller’s friends also reported that he was broke and begging them for money a day before the murder, and his wife mentioned him giving her the same amount of money that was stolen from the robbery a day after it happened.
78. Michael Pennington (1991-2005, lethal injection): Pennington shot and killed a clerk, 20 year old Bradley Grooms, while trying to rob a 7-eleven grocery store. He left empty handed when the register failed to open.
79. Kenneth Turrentine (1994-2005, lethal injection): Under the belief that they were stealing money from him for drugs, Turrentine shot and killed his sister, 48 year old Avon Stevenson, and his girlfriend, 39 year old Anita Richardson, during confrontations in their homes. He also gunned down Anita's two children, 22 year old Tina Pennington and 13 year old Martise.
80. Richard Thornburg Jr. (1996-2006, lethal injection): A month after he was shot by an unknown assailant, Thornburg and his accomplices sought revenge by abducting 5 men that he thought was responsible from a trailer. Three of the hostages, 51 year old James Poteet, 39 year old Tery Sheppard, and 24 year old Kieth Smith, were gunned down on the spot, and Thornberg forced the fourth to shoot the fifth with the threat of killing him if he didn’t comply. They then burned down the trailer with the wounded fifth victim still trapped inside, but he managed to escape with his life. Despite being forced to put all the blame on himself in exchange for being spared, the fourth hostage still went forward to the police.
81. John Boltz (1984-2006, lethal injection): To spite his estranged wife following an argument, Boltz attacked her son, 23 year old Doug Kirby, with a knife. Kirby was stabbed a total of 11 times, and he received several fatal wounds to his chest, stomach, and neck.
82. Eric Patton (1994-2006, lethal injection): Patton forced his way into the home of 56 year old Charlene Kauer after she refused his pleading for money. After dragging her around the house as he searched for valuables, Patton stabbed Kauer several times with many different blades objects at hand such as scissors, barbecue forks, and kitchen knifes. Although he confessed to the murder, Patton blamed it on alleged demonic possession and his cocaine addiction.
83. James Malicoat (1997-2006, lethal injection): Malicoat slammed Tessa Leadford, his 13 month old daughter, against a dresser. After she died from the beating, he tucked her into bed, and waited until his daughter's mother returned from work to take her to the hospital. The doctors found that Leadford had been dead for several hours at the time of her arrival, and discovered several injuries such as broken ribs, bite marks, abdominal bleeding, and facial bruising on her body. By his own account, he had abused Leadford on a daily basis. For her role in enabling her boyfriend's treatment of their daughter, Leadford's mother was convicted of first degree murder and given a life sentence.
84. Corey Hamilton (1992-2007, lethal injection): During the robbery of a restaurant, Hamilton shot and killed 4 employees, 26 year old Sandy Lara, 24 year old Stephen Williams, 19 year old Ted Kindley, and 17 year old Joseph Gooch, and made off with $2,000.
85. Jimmy Bland (~1975-2007, lethal injection): Bland shot his boss, 62 year old Doyle Rains, in the head over an argument regarding a borrowed car and dumped the body in a creek. He was previously convicted of killing a soldier, Raymond Prentice (age unknown), and abducting the man's wife and son at the age of 19. Bland served a 20 out of 60 year sentence, and murdered Rains a year after he was released.
86. Frank Welch (~1987-2008, lethal injection): In 1987, Welch attacked 28 year old Jo Cooper, who was 4 months pregnant with her second child, in her home. She was tied up with leather straps, raped and violated with plastic toys, and strangled to death. Cooper’s body was found laying near her infant son by her husband. Another woman, 32 year old Debra Stevens, was also bound, raped, and strangled to death in her home in a near identical fashion a few months later. Although both murders went unsolved for several years, Welch abducted and raped a woman in 1994, and he received a 45 year sentence for it. His DNA samples was collected and filed after his abduction conviction, and linked to both Cooper and Stevens’ murders in a 1997 test.
87. Terry Short (1995-2008, lethal injection): In an attempt to kill his ex girlfriend, Short blew up her apartment complex with a firebomb. She and her family managed to escape, but the blast killed Ken Yamamoto, a 22 year old Japanese exchange student. Yamamoto had no connections to the targeted ex girlfriend's family beyond him having the misfortune of residing in the same apartment.
88. Jessie Cummings Jr. (1991-2009, lethal injection): Cummings was a polygamist that had married and lived with two wives. Under his orders, Cummings’ wives shot and killed his estranged half sister, 46 year old Judy Mayo, and kidnapped her daughter, 11 year old Melissa. He bound his niece to his bed with handcuffs to be raped, and stabbed her to death.
89. Darwin Brown (1995-2009, lethal injection): While robbing a grocery store with three accomplices (including Billy Alverson and Michael Wilson), Brown tied up the clerk, 30 year old Richard Yost, with handcuffs, and then bludgeoned him death with a metal baseball bat. The killing was caught by security cameras, and the footage was used by the prosecution to secure the convictions of Brown and his accomplices.
90. Donald Gilson (1995-2009, lethal injection): Gilson routinely physically abused his live in girlfriend's 5 children (who were all between the ages of 8 and 12 years old). The youngest, 8 year old Shane Coffman, was beaten to death with a board for defecating on the living room carpet. He and his girlfriend then hid the body by stuffing it in a freezer. The body was kept inside it for 6 months until it was discovered by a sheriff's deputy investigating the family's abuse allegations. Gilson's girlfriend was spared the death penalty with a plea deal, and given a life sentence without the possibility of parole for her part in her son's abuse and murder.
91. Michael DeLozier (1995-2009, lethal injection): While camping with his friends, DeLozier ambushed another pair of campers, 60 year old Orville Bullard and 54 year old Paul Morgan, and shot them to death. They stole Morgan and Bullard's generator, pick up truck, and other camping gear. To cover up their tracks, DeLozier and his friends set their victims' campsite on fire, and severely burned the bodies.
92. Julius Young (1993-2010, lethal injection): For breaking off their relationship, Young beat his ex girlfriend, 20 year old Joyland Morgan and her 6 year old son Kewan, to death with a baseball bat in their apartment.
93. Donald Wackerly II (1996-2010, lethal injection): Wackerly and his wife ambushed and gunned down Pan Sayakhoummane, a 51 year old Laotian immigrant, while he was fishing in the Arkansas River. After he placed Sayakhoummane's body in the man’s own truck, he pushed into a river, and stole his fishing gear. A few months after the murder, Wackerly’s wife turned him in to the police.
94. John Duty (~1970s-2010, lethal injection): Duty was given a life sentence for abducting, raping, and non fatally shooting a female store clerk during a robbery. While incarcerated, he tricked a fellow inmate, 22 year old Curtis Wise Jr. into allowing himself to be tied up as a part of a hostage ruse, and then strangled him to death with shoelaces. At the time of his murder, Wise was serving a conviction for burglary and contributing to the delinquency of minors. Duty's execution caused some controversy for the use of pentobarbital, a drug more commonly utilized by veterinarians to euthanize pets.
95. Billy Alverson (1995-2011, lethal injection): Alverson assisted the above mentioned Darwin Brown and Micheal Wilson in the beating death of Richard Yost while robbing a convenience store.
96. Jeffrey Matthews (1994-2011, lethal injection): Matthews and his accomplice shot and killed his great uncle, 77 year old Otis Short, while robbing the man's home. In the robbery, they stole Short's truck, his .32 calibre pistol, and $500. The pair also slit the throat of Short's wife, but she survived her injuries.
97. Gary Welch (~1993-2011, lethal injection): During a fight over a drug shipment, Welch and his partner stabbed another dealer, 32 year old Robert Hardcastle, to death with broken glass bottles. He was previously convicted of battery with a deadly weapon, and was off on probation at the time of Hardcastle's murder.
98. Timothy Stemple (1996-2012, lethal injection): Stemple conspired with his girlfriend to murder his wife, 30 year old Trisha, for her life insurance policy. With the help of his girlfriend's 16 year old nephew or cousin [sources vary], Stemple beat Trisha with a baseball bat, and rammed her to death with his truck.
99. Michael Selsor (~1975-2012, lethal injection): Selsor and his accomplice went on a crime spree and robbed several convenience stores. During their robberies, the pair shot and killed two clerks, 55 year old Clayton Chandler and 20 year old Ina Morris, and injured two others in shooting and stabbing attacks.
100. Michael Hooper (~1992-2012, lethal injection): Hooper kidnapped his ex girlfriend, 23 year old Cynthia Jarman, and her children, 5 year old Timothy and 3 year old Tonya, from her boyfriend's residence. He shot all three of them dead, and buried the bodies in a rancher's field. According to court documents, Hooper was hyper-violent towards Cynthia in their year long relationship.
101. Garry Allen (1986-2012, lethal injection): Allen shot and killed his fiancee, 24 year old Lawanna Titsworth, during an argument at a day care she worked at. He fought with the responding officers trying to arrest him in an attempt to provoke a "suicide by cop" outcome. Despite the officers' best efforts to avoid harming him, Allen lost his eye from an accidental discharge. Due to claims of him having schizophrenia, Allen's execution was a source of controversy.
102. George Ochoa (~1993-2012, lethal injection): A Southside Locos gang member, Ochoa and another hoodlum shot and killed a couple, 38 year old Francisco Morales and 35 year old Maria Yanez, while burglarizing their home. The murders were witnessed by the couple's 14 year old and 10 year old children and stepchildren, who then phoned the police after the shooters' departure.
103. Steven Thacker (~1980s-2012, lethal injection): Thacker kidnapped 25 year old Laci Hill during a botched robbery of her home, and took her to a remote cabin to be raped. She was then strangled and stabbed to death. He fled to Missouri, fatally stabbed 24 year old Forrest Boyd while carjacking him, and used his car to hide out in Tennessee. After the stolen car broke down, Thacker called a tow truck to pick him up. When the driver, 52 year old Ray Patterson, found that he was using a stolen credit card, Thacker stabbed him to death as well. As a teenager, Thacker committed several acts of auto thefts and burglaries. He also engaged in inappropriate relationships with underaged girls, and was released from a Florida prison after serving time for a bad check conviction months before his murders.
104. James DeRosa (2000-2013, lethal injection): DeRosa and his accomplice tricked a couple, 73 year old Curtis and 70 year old Gloria Plummer, that he worked for on their ranch, into letting them inside their house. After they stabbed the Plummers and slit their throats, DeRosa and his accomplice stole $73 and drove away with their truck.
105. Brian Davis (2001-2013, lethal injection): Davis went searching for his girlfriend and their daughter when he found them missing from their home, and called his girlfriend's mother, 56 year old Josephine Sanford, about their whereabouts. Sanford dropped by the couple's residence after failing to find her daughter and granddaughter. At her arrival, she was raped, beaten, and stabbed to death by Davis. He then left the body in the house, drove off with Sanford’s van, and injured himself in a car accident. As Davis was high while driving, he was arrested for being under the influence. The detaining officers weren’t aware of the murder until Davis’ girlfriend returned to the home later that night, and called 911 after finding her mother’s corpse.
106. Anthony Banks (~1978-2013, lethal injection): In 1978, while robbing a grocery store, Banks shot and killed a clerk, 22 year old David Fremin. A year later, he abducted Sun Travis, a 24 year old South Korean immigrant, from a parking lot. He then sexually assaulted Travis in his car and shot her in the head. Although he was captured and convicted for Fremin's murder, Travis' killing went unsolved until a 1997 DNA test. Banks was originally sentenced to death for Fremin's murder, but it was lifted in favor of a life sentence. He was condemned for a second time after his conviction for Travis murder.
107. Ronald Lott (~1980s-2013, lethal injection): A sexual predator of elderly women, Lott broke into the homes of 93 year old Zelma Cutler and 83 year old Anna Fowler after cutting off their power. They were tied up with cloth, anally penetrated, beaten, and suffocated to death with pillowcases. The case attracted controversy when another man was erroneously condemned for the murders, and he spent 11 years on death row until a 1997 DNA test linked the murders to Lott. At the time of the discovery, Lott was serving time for two rape convictions.
108. Johnny Black (~1984-2013, lethal injection): Black, two of his brothers, and two other men went looking for a man they feuded with for a fight. While they were crusing on the road, the group encountered a rancher, 54 year old Bill Pogue, and mistook him for their target due to them driving similar vehicles. They forced Poque off the road, pulled him out of his car, and stabbed him a total of 10 times. Pogue's son in law was also dragged out and attacked, but he managed to escape with his life. Black was previously convicted of manslaughter for shooting 49 year old Cecil Martin dead in an argument.
109. Michael Wilson (1995-2014, lethal injection): Wilson was the third participant in the above mentioned beating death of Richard Yost to be executed.
110. Kenneth Hogan (1988-2014, lethal injection): Hogan stabbed 21 year old Lisa Stanley to death while she was babysitting his children. According to autopsy reports, she was stabbed at least 25 times. Stanley had previously accused him of sexual misconduct, and prosecutors believed that she was killed during an argument over the allegations.
111. Clayton Lockett (~1992-2014, lethal injection): Lockett, his cousin, and another accomplice kidnapped 23 year old Bobby Bornt, 18 year old Summer Hair, and Bornt's 9 month son after burglarizing a home. After tying them up with duct tape, they forced their captives to lure a friend, 19 year old Stephanie Neiman, with a phone call. Neiman was also bound and initially survived getting shot multiple times. Out of frustration, Lockett buried her alive, and she succumbed to a combination of suffocation and her injuries. Lockett and his accomplices also gang-raped Hair and beat Bornt, but spared them on the forced condition of their silence. His execution was controversial, as Lockett convulsed for 45 minutes after being injected, and then died from a heart attack. He also had a long criminal history, and was first arrested for burglary as a teenager.
112. Charles Warner (1997-2015, lethal injection): Warner raped his girlfriend's daughter, 11 month old Adriana Waller, and shook her to death. His execution sparked outcry, as the wrong fatal drug was administered by mistake, and Warner complained of "burning pain" as he was being injected. With the botched executions of Lockett and Warner back to back, the state of Oklahoma delayed further executions until 2021.
113. John Grant (~1970s-2021, lethal injection): While serving a 130 year sentence for armed robbery, Grant stabbed a prison cafeteria worker, 58 year old Gay Carter, to death. He had a long criminal history dating back to the ag e of 11, had several previous convictions of theft and armed robbery, and frequently fought with and assaulted other inmates behind bars. Due to reports of "adverse reactions" to the lethal drugs, Grant's execution was scrutinized by a number of national media outlets.
114. Bigler Stouffer II (1985-2021, lethal injection): Stouffer shot and killed his ex girlfriend, 35 year old Linda Reaves, in her boyfriend's home for breaking up with him. Reaves' boyfriend was also seriously injured in the shooting.
115. Donald Grant (2001-2022, lethal injection): During a robbery of a hotel, Grant fatally shot, stabbed, and bludgeoned two employees, 43 year old Felicia Smith and 29 year old Brenda McElyea, and ran off with $1,500. He spent $200 of the stolen on paying for his girlfriend's bail.
116. Gilbert Postelle (~1998-2022, lethal injection): Postelle’s father was badly injured in a motorcycle accident, and they suspected that 57 year old James Anderson, 56 year old Terry Smith, 49 year old Donnie Swindler, and 26 year old Amy Wright were deliberately involved. Out a desire for vengeance, he recruited Postelle, his other son, and another man to kill them. All four victims were fatally gunned down in what was described as a “blitz attack” on their trailer. He was an addict and had several arrests for drug possession and manufacturing dating back to the age of 12.
117. James Coddington (1997-2022, lethal injection): After robbing a grocery store, Coddington went to the home of a friend and co worker, 73 year old Albert Hale, to ask for money. When Hale turned him down, Coddington retaliated by beating him with a claw hammer. Coddington stole $525 and went on to rob 5 more grocery stores. Hale was left alone with his injures for nearly an entire day until he was discovered by his son, and died in the hospital a day later.
118. Benjamin Cole Sr. (2002-2022, lethal injection): Out of anger that her crying interrupted his Nintendo game, Cole beat his daughter from his second wife, 9 month old Brianna, to death. He was previously convicted of abusing his son from a different marriage in California.
119. Richard Fairchild (1996-2023, lethal injection): Fairchild got into a fight with his girlfriend’s 17 year old daughter after making drunken sexual passes at her, and was enraged that she left with a cab driver. He took his anger out on the girl’s younger brother, 3 year old Adam Broomhall, and scalded him with a wall heater. He then repeatedly hit the boy, threw him against a table, and fatally hemorrhaged his head. Bromhall received over 26 blows during the beating.
120. Scott Eizember (2003-2023, lethal injection): Eizember snuck into his ex girlfriend's house to lie in wait for her. However, her roommates, 76 year old A.J. Cantrell and his 70 year old wife Patsy, arrived home earlier then she did. He shot and beat them both to death and then fled the scene.
121. Jemaine Cannon (1995-2023, lethal injection): Cannon was put in prison for assaulting an unidentified woman. He managed to escape and stabbed his girlfriend, 20 year old Sharonda Clark, to death in her apartment.
122. Anthony Sanchez (1996-2023, lethal injection): Sanchez kidnapped 21 year old Jewell Busken from her apartment complex, and then raped and shot her to death. He amassed a following from the anti death penalty movement for claiming that his father was responsible, but such notions were debunked following a 2023 DNA test that concluded Sanchez’s guilt.
123. Phillip Hancock (~1982-2023, lethal injection): In 1982, Hancock shot a drug dealer, 27 year old Charles Warren, dead in a dispute over stolen jewelry and was given a manslaughter conviction for it. He was released after serving a 2 year term. About 17 years later, he shot and killed 58 year old James Lynch III and 37 year old Robert Jett Jr. in a drug house. Despite an eyewitness account describing Lynch and Jett begging for their lives, the case attracted scrutiny when Hancock's attorneys claimed that the shootings were done in self defense.
124. Michael Smith (~2002-2024, lethal injection): A member of the Oak Grove Posse gang, Smith was responsible for two separate fatal shootings on the same day. In one of his murders, he killed Sharath Pulluru, a 24 year old Indian immigrant that worked as a clerk, while robbing a gas station. The other murder occurred when he tried to confront a gang member that he thought was a police informant in his apartment, and gunned down the target’s mother, 40 year old Janet Miller-Moore, when she refused to give away her son’s location. Smith was also given a life sentence for delivering a gun to a shooter that carried out another gang killing.
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2024.05.13 13:32 Harshm_27 IndiGo Ground Staff is Always Rude to Young Fliers

First of all, I completely understand the major role IndiGo has played in the Indian aviation industry, and it is one of the main reasons why flying has become affordable even for the middle-class population of our country. I am one of them. However, they also need to understand that making flying affordable does not give their staff the right to misbehave with passengers.
I travel regularly for work and leisure, and I have always felt that the ground staff of IndiGo at Chennai airport have been rude and unhelpful. Perhaps it's due to the fact that they know there is a lack of options and they have a monopoly on most of the routes they fly. I have often had to travel on routes such as Chennai to Indore, Bhubaneswar, and Lucknow. Almost 70 percent of the time, the staff has been extremely rude.
One or two instances that I would like to highlight are: once, when I asked the check-in staff to mark my bag as fragile, I was not aware that IndiGo does not handle fragile items anymore. In response, I was rudely asked whether it was my first time flying. Another instance was when I was almost scolded by the check-in staff for having 46.5 kgs instead of 45 kgs among three passengers. I offered to adjust the extra 2 kgs from my suitcase and put them into my hand luggage, but again, the staff member was rude. I am a young traveler (22M), and I am almost never greeted. There has never been a time when I have been provided service with a smile. On the contrary, the in-flight crew has always been great. I think it is high time they improved on this. Have any of you had similar experiences with this airline?
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2024.05.13 13:29 Harshm_27 Indigo Staff at Chennai Airport is Always Rude

First of all, I completely understand the major role IndiGo has played in the Indian aviation industry, and it is one of the main reasons why flying has become affordable even for the middle-class population of our country. I am one of them. However, they also need to understand that making flying affordable does not give their staff the right to misbehave with passengers.
I travel regularly for work and leisure, and I have always felt that the ground staff of IndiGo at Chennai airport have been rude and unhelpful. Perhaps it's due to the fact that they know there is a lack of options and they have a monopoly on most of the routes they fly. I have often had to travel on routes such as Chennai to Indore, Bhubaneswar, and Lucknow. Almost 70 percent of the time, the staff has been extremely rude.
One or two instances that I would like to highlight are: once, when I asked the check-in staff to mark my bag as fragile, I was not aware that IndiGo does not handle fragile items anymore. In response, I was rudely asked whether it was my first time flying. Another instance was when I was almost scolded by the check-in staff for having 46.5 kgs instead of 45 kgs among three passengers. I offered to adjust the extra 2 kgs from my suitcase and put them into my hand luggage, but again, the staff member was rude. I am a young traveler (22M), and I am almost never greeted. There has never been a time when I have been provided service with a smile. On the contrary, the in-flight crew has always been great. I think it is high time they improved on this. Have any of you had similar experiences with this airline?
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2024.05.13 07:26 Plus-Hat1385 APR is wild

I know this has nothing to do with Indian itself, but the federal reserve and current economical climate is ridiculous. I wanted to buy a 24 Indian Chief Dark Horse yesterday, got pre-approved through my bank with a 6.9% APR (which is still ridiculously high) and drove the two hours to get there. Little did I know that my bank has a whole different approval system for motorcycles and jumped it up to 9% and Indians best offer was 7.5%. I can make the payments but it’s the principle of it all that made me walk. I have excellent credit, I could pay the bike off immediately (I don’t want to drain my savings), and I busted my ass for years to be able to afford this bike. Just sucks because that two hour ride back I was just disappointed I didn’t get the bike I’ve dreamt of for years. Nothin against Indian, I still love the bike, but damn.
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2024.05.13 06:34 LucyAriaRose AITA for wearing white to a wedding?

I am NOT the Original Poster. That is u/Competitive_Cat_4999. She posted in AmItheAsshole.

Do NOT comment on Original Posts. See rule 7.

Mood Spoiler: Happy ending
Original Post: May 3, 2024
I (27F) have a friend (25F) that just got married last Saturday. My friend is South Asian (not Indian) and she decided to wear a red traditional dress for her wedding. I asked what the dress code were, and she said that she genuinely just wanted her guests to look at their best. She also said that there isn’t a forbidden/frowned upon colour to wear as in Christian wedding in Europe. So I decided to go with a white cream dress (see in the link).
Anyways, I went to her wedding and had a good time. My friend said she really liked my dress. But while I was there, her other friends that are not south Asian, i.e. they are white, black and Hispanic and all Christian. They went up to me and started with small talk and one of the girls spilled pop all over me. I asked her what she just did and she said that I shouldn’t have come to a wedding with a white dress. AITA?
My dress (similar)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/db/15/7e/db157e4c605b2baf3912dbe4632caa89.jpg
Relevant Comments:
Commenter: The diagonal slash across the chest is a fashion staple. It's why saris will always be in style. But agreed the dress is lovely. Easy to dress up or down too.
OOP: That was actually the look I was going for. I have worn the dress before to my friend’s sister’s baby shower (and they asked for formal dresses) and my friend said that it reminded her of a saari. So I thought that I should wear it to her wedding as it’s a mix of south Asian and western but still within my comfort zone.
Commenter: NTA because you had checked with the bride, but it’s still a poor choice for a wedding where a lot of the guests are used to “no white” being a hard rule. It’s going to cause a stir, get you judged and risk exactly the kind of drama you got. The friends are definitely a-holes because they didn’t check with the bride if she was upset and went vigilante instead, but you still made an unwise dress choice. You’re not at fault in any way though, they are the ones who started drama and ruined your dress
OOP: I wanted to point out that the only non south Asians were me, the ones that spilled the drink on me and the grooms friends. We were a total of 10 non-south Asians and the total number of guests were 270.
OOP answers some clarifying questions:
Information needed
Where was the wedding?
- The wedding was held in Newark, NJ
Was anyone else wearing white? Did anyone else get stuff on them?
- No white western dresses, but people wore white south Asian dresses like lehengas, saaris etc. They didn’t get anything spilled on.
When you talked to the bride was anyone else present?? And did the bride clarify colors to anyone else or just you?
- The bride and I are from Norway and her husband is from the US (he's south asian too). While she and I were getting ready for the wedding and the plane ride, I asked her those questions, and she answered them. It was just me and her plus her sister. She didn’t clarify the colours to anyone else because everyone else is south Asian and according to her sister at the time, you didn’t need clarification for the colour as nobody cares for the colour you wear in South asian weddings.
Did you let those ladies know that you did talk to the bride?? And ask for them to pay for getting it cleaned
- The girls didn’t know, however they are pretty aware that me and the bride are extremely close.
OOP is voted NTA
Update Post: May 6, 2024 (3 days later)
Hi everyone!
So, time for an update. I told my friend about the situation after I posted because I didn’t want her to be angry right afteduring her special day. But first let me explain what happened after she spilled soda on my dress. I went to the bride’s sister and explained everything and told her not to tell the bride. The sister and I went to the home of the bride and groom (she has the bride’s key and they live near the reception building) because my luggage was there and I changed. Luckly I had a dress, unfortunately it wasn’t a long gown but a short knee length dress. The bride noticed when I went back, and I lied and told her that the other dress wasn’t comfortable, and we went on with the party.
Then I sat down with the bride. I told her and she became so pissed and told me she never wanted to see those people again. We messaged the girl and the bride told her to pay up for the cleaning and the girl surprisingly paid the full amount. She had thought the bride wanted to stay friends but after she sent the money to the bride via venmo my friend blocked her and the others. She apologized and I told her it wasn’t her fault. I’m staying another week here and it feels a lot better with having told her everything. Thank you all for the replies on my other story.
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2024.05.13 04:03 yahutee I spent 10 days in Nicaragua as a solo female traveler and I wanted to share my experiences [May ‘24]

(Edit: formatting)I’m an American female in my 30’s - I solo travel every year and just spent 10 days in Nicaragua. I wanted to share my experiences because TL;DR - I had a wonderful time and think it’s a beautiful country.
I was picked up at the airport in Managua by a driver I’d met via my air bnb host, and had been talking to on What’s App. The airport experience was smooth - my bag had gotten flagged in the US for having too many liquids so when it got flagged in Managua I assumed it was the same but they thought I had a drone. It costs $10 to enter (you will need cash at customs). It was easy to avoid the taxi drivers waiting outside (not super pushy) and I felt safe waiting alone with my bags. The house I rented was very rural - in Pochomil Viejo - so the driver first stopped at El Colonial supermarket in Managua so I could get food to cook for the week. The store was very nice, like walking into a store in the US.
One thing I encountered, which I had read before in this thread but forgot about, is that dollars are worthless if they have ANY marks or tears. Luckily I had brought enough cash and cordobas to make do but almost 1/3 of my US bills (that I got at the bank) were useless there. I walked alone on the beach and in town during the day and felt safe. The house I was renting had a family living in the back to act as caretakers and it did make me feel safe to have locals around especially in an open beachfront property. There were wild horses running on the beach like something out of a fairytale.
I later drove down to San Jorge to take the ferry to Ometepe. The process was very easy - I had a rolly bag and a backpack and didn’t struggle. I was able to sit with my luggage on the boat. It’s 50c a ride (plus tourists need to pay for a 2nd tourism ticket, once). I had read recommendations to eat at El Navegante which is right next to the ferry building becauze they have excellent Italian food and a Milanese owner - I can confirm the food is great. It’s super easy to find transportation on both sides of the boat trip.
On ometepe I stayed in Moyogalpa at Hospedaje Soma. The place has great food ! I paid for an upgrade to have air conditioning which turned out to be useless as the power went out all three nights I was there, up to 5 hours a night. I talked with others who mentioned this was Island-wide but maybe some other hotels had better generators. (The power also went out for one night in my hotel in Granada so I don’t think it was exclusive to Ometepe. While in Ometepe there were signs everywhere to conserve water and the water did also shut off - hotel wide - for an entire night. I’m not sure if that’s common or was unique to my stay. I rented an ATV to tour the island (I decided the highway in Central America was not an appropriate time for me to learn how to ride a motorcycle, lol) and this was my favorite experience. There are so many little fun spots around the island. I decided against climbing Concepcion (actually cancelled my reservation to climb) as it was ungodly hot while I was there and I had underestimated how strenuous and lengthy it was. Paying with card at most hotels was no problem but there was always a 4% or similar fee added on. I didn’t find it hard to use or locate ATMs. Smaller places obviously don’t take card.
After a few nights in Ometepe I traveled to Granada using Gekko Trails shuttle. The service was cheap and reliable - it was a 12 passenger van with a local family taking the total to 14 people. They dropped me off directly at the hotel, I’d use them again. Granada was underwhelming, although I’ll admit I didn’t go far or do much there. It was where I felt the most on edge being alone although nothing blatantly unsafe happened to me, and I was walking to/from dinner at night. I was disappointed the cathedral was closed. The town almost seemed like a very old movie set. I did grow to love the Spanish architecture of lush, shady inner courtyards after stepping in off the hot outer street. I stayed at El Plaza Colon Hotel which was beautiful I’d definitely stay there again.
I’d recommend using In-Drive for rides in Managua and other big cities (similar to Uber). Note you’ll pay in Cordobas not via card. I also always use Pedidos Ya to order food (similar to DoorDash). I do speak Spanish but sound very white/formal and everyone I met was so nice to let me practice in jumbled Spanglish.
The people were nothing but amazing, welcoming, and friendly. I felt like they were genuinely nice people and not just being friendly to earn a buck, which I’ve felt in other places. I’m so glad I was able to experience it myself and make my own impressions and I’d love to visit again!
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2024.05.12 22:42 TryDrugs Got a Honda Honda TRX 250EX in a trade, can/should I try to add a little 'utility' to it before I trade it for something else?

Like the title says, got one in a trade and its fast, but I would prefer utility to speed. Before I go and try to trade it for another ATV, what can I do to add some utility to it? I'd love to be able to strap a cooler, small toolbox or whatever else onto this thing. I see you can get cargo racks but they appear to be for the 4x4 version?
I did find these? https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/quad-boss-sport-atv-rear-rack-mount-kit-honda-sportrax-2006-2012?sku_id=10085937
Or I can custom fabricate something, I can weld and all that. But, is it a good idea or should I just throw in the towel?
And before you ask, I'd rather not trade it because I already know it works flawlessly and another one could have problems.
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2024.05.12 16:52 Llamadan Perun Moto Top Luggage Rack Weight Limit Question

Has anyone used this rack with a Givi top case loaded with more than 5kg? The manufacturer website mentions that the weight limit with a Givi top case is 5kg.
I want to get the Givi Dolomiti 46L for commuting in the city so I can chuck my lock, chain, and bike cover in it during my ride and stow away my helmet while parked. The chain I use weighs 6.6kg and some of the roads in my city are quite bumpy and poorly maintained. I've already had two incidents where I lost luggage on major highways due to hitting bumps - once with an integrated hard case on an old BMW, and once with a soft bag breaking loose after the rok straps lashing it down exploded. I'd rather not go through the heartbreak and stress of it all again.
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2024.05.12 16:15 K-o-R People filling the standing luggage racks with small bags and cases instead of using the overhead racks, resulting in all the big cases being stuck in the aisle

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2024.05.12 11:40 djordastic Bike for Ciclovia Alpe Adria

Hello, I'm planning to do my first bike tour this summer and I need a touring bike, but I don't know what to choose. I was looking at Riverside 520, but I read on this sub that it's not good for climbing, so I'm not sure. I also read here about Fuji, but I see that they don't sell bikes in my country. So, what recommendations do you have for under 1000 euros?
Are Canyon Pathlites good for this? Do they support a lot of weight for me (at 100 kg) and luggage?
Would be better to go for another type of bike and just add a rack for luggage on it?
Also, any other advice for my first tour is welcome :)
Thanks!
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