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pelted (MD) Started a new thread Rick Hemme

1/27/2012 11:54am
Going through some old stuff today preparing to move. Came across this 8/12/82 newspaper clipping that brought the news of my friend Ricky's death. The feeling from that day still lingers like a sucker punch. I remember riding out to Hemme's track a couple days later, partly expecting Ricky to show up eager and excited to pound out laps, go...
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pelted (MD) Added a reply to A question or two regarding colleges.

3/14/2008 7:12pm
For universities with engineering or science colleges, ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) provides accreditation. According to their website: [i:1kn9a8za]In the United States, accreditation is a non-governmental, peer-review process that assures the quality of the postsecondary education students receive. Educational institutions or programs volunteer to undergo this review periodically to determine if certain criteria are being met.[/i:1kn9a8za] Without ABET...

pelted (MD) Added a reply to laptops on a budget..........

3/9/2008 1:11pm
I second the Dell suggestion. I've bought 4 Dell laptops and a Lenovo the last several years. Overall the Dells were a better buy, especially the refurbs. Regarding anti-virus solutions - the free software will provide some level of protection but all the ones I've used are inferior to the paid-for applications. So it just depends on how exposed to...

pelted (MD) Added a reply to Riders you wanted to ride like

3/15/2006 8:26pm
Hannah. He lived down the street from me when I was a kid and was really the first guy I ever saw that could ride fast. I never studied his style till later but did watch him ride kick-ass high speed wheelies down the street and studied fresh berms he built without the aid of a shovel.

pelted (MD) Added a reply to oldschool scans

4/16/2016 5:58pm
[quote="FreshTopEnd":7b5e2] Was that the year there were gale-force winds? The only race I got my wife to. The conditions sucked; it was terrible. The wind was so strong it was picing gravel up from the parking lot and it stung like bb's. The dust was horrible if you were downwind. Then RJ won by like an hour, and the 125...

pelted (MD) Added a reply to Rick Hemme

4/16/2016 5:58pm
[quote="project racer":70b95]Was'nt there another Hemme in the pee-wee ranks back in 95-96? Ricky Hemme?[/quote:70b95] That Ricky is John Hemme's son. I suppose he named him in memory of his brother.