Older Beemers have their share of problems. But the two biggest problems you will have is finding parts and finding someone to work on one. If you can do your own wrenching, life will be easier, but there are many special tools required for things like clutch work, pushrod tube seals and like that. Frequently, you can find recommdations for functional alternative from the BMW boards on the internet. Also there are a couple of sources for vintage parts -- both salvage and NOS. Bob's BMW is the most well-known. The bike in the ad looks like an interesting machine. I have an R75/7 that is set up similarly... Lufmeister fairing and aux tanks, Meyer Day-Long saddle, Krauser bags, Reynolds rack and ride-off stand... These bikes will go forever if you take care of them. My first BMW -- a 1972 R60 had 165,000 miles when I sold it and it was still going strong. Also the price he's asking is stellar, or it least it would be for that bike in this part of the country. BMWs have a lot of character, handle great -- even the old ones, and if you take care of a bike like this one, it will hold its value... maybe even go up. Yeah... definitely "hey, cool!"

I read all the sugar cookie recipes for one with stiffly beaten egg whites. I will see if I missed one maybe in the drop cookies. OK, I found ONE drop cookie recipe with beaten egg whites. Hope this is it. WILLIAMSBURG COOKIES (a chewy cookie) contributed by Mollie Keller Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers I egg white 1 c dark brown sugar 1/8 tsp salt 1 Tablespoon flour 1 c chopped walnuts or pecans Beat egg white stiff. Gradually add brown sugar and salt. Dust nuts with flour and stir into egg and sugar mixture. Drop on greased cookie sheets by spoonfuls far apart. Bake at 275 degrees about 15 minutes. Remove from sheet when partially cooked. If cookies stick, return to oven for a moment then remove. Makes 2 dozen. Is this is???? This post was edited by sheilajoyce on Tue, Mar 11, 14 at 11:57

Now that you mention it, I guess we bought this house for the dogs. We were house hunting and hoped to see four houses that day. Our agent had not succeeded in contacting the listing agent for this house, so had not made an appointment. It was on our way to the third house on our list, so I mapped it out that we would "sneak" up to the house on the side street and check out the backyard (corner house) and not appear to be casing the joint! DH and I saw the hedge and got excited. We got out of the car and verified that there was a chain-link fence along the sidewalk with the hedge inside. Our problem was solved! The city will not let you put up a privacy fence along the side street side of your yard anymore and we had decided against a house already because we could envision our dogs jumping at people passing by, jumping as they barked. Add a teen to tease the dogs and you have a dangerous situation. The hedge would keep the dogs away from the fence and make it a safe yard for them! Then our agent knocked on the door and asked if we could view the house later. It turned out that the other agent was out of town and had not answered the messages out lady left. We went inside and saw the rest of the house. It suited us, too, so we bought it. The corner lot gives the dogs an additional 30'x50' play area beside the house. It broke my heart when we missed out on the place with the 300 ft deep yard for the dogs. In retrospect, we would have had possum and other critters crawling up from the drainage ditch behind the house, so it would not have been a peaceful existence. The eight lane road a few hundred yards away was a nuisance and a hazard, too.

Ick, a snake is a snake! I can't even go into the reptile area in a zoo - it creeps me out too much!