Flurry-ious!

What a weekend!  Reminds me of the heady days of Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin!
I didn't update as we were VERY busy Saturday being taught a lesson we should have learned by now!  "build it...and they will come!" 
For the last week or so we have been "resting on our laurels" as it would seem.  Whether it be do to recovery time or shear laziness hadn't been putting out our normal bevy of daily stock and became complacent.  As luck would have it (see previous blog entry) we purchased several rides on Friday, and worked feverishly to get the majority out for consumption on Saturday.  And it was a FEEDING FRENZY!
Sold the Specialized Crossroads to a lovely pair of ladies whom can now ride in comfort together (as we are repairing their other bike as we speak).  We wish you many miles of pleasure!  The 26" men's dual shock MTB went to a very astute young gentleman with A LOT of well thought out questions and inquiries!  And funny/sad thing was as he was test riding it and tweaking two more folks came in wanting to grab the very same bike!  He was the lucky winner!  I am very happy that the Workman folding bike went to a very lovely young bike groupie and her beau who knew just how cool the find was!  Thank you for the fine compliments and I'm glad you added it to your collection!  Mongoose-mania struck a young man as he was in looking for a banger to keep at grandma's, and even though it was a little more  then the $30.00 she wanted to spend, CLEARLY he wanted nothing else!  Have fun young sir, and remember to appreciate her for spoiling you!  One of our regulars came in with her kids and picked out two new bangers to get the groceries home quicker!  Love seeing you again! The Raleigh c40 lasted a little longer then I thought, although MANY folks drooled over it all with the famous last words "we'll come back and pick it up later"  WHOOPS!  Well as with so many things around here, you snooze you loose.  A soft spoken, polite, enthusiastic and VERY intelligent young man from Saint Pete, whilst reading our blog happened upon it's picture and came up to see it and others.  Upon doing so he realized it was EVERYTHING he wanted in a bike, and snatched it up, post haste!  And a double thanks to Joe, who upon leaving noticed our Wolverine poster and reminded me of the fact that "X-Men, The First Class" had premiered that Friday!  WHOA!  How'd I forgotten about that?!  Well Angie and I remedied that last night, and hit the 10 O'clock showing.
Which brings me to my sporadic....Tum DUm DA!
MOVIE REVIEW!!!
First, atmosphere review!
As a parent I am well aware that kids will be kids.  And when they are babies and toddlers they are...unpredictable.  With that in mind, the 10 o'clock show at your local movie theatre is NO place for them to be!  Hence why they have matinees!  Thankfully, the remainder of the viewing audience was just as mortified when the child began to fuss and cry and the management had them ejected.  Look, I know I may sound like an old codger, and I feel (slightly) bad that they lost their admission fee, but they should have known better.
OK, on to the Movie!
(NOTE:  the following contains MANY SPOILER ALERTS)
Good cast, well acted, funny obviously awesome eye candy. Much more of an engaging film then Wolverine. (speaking of which, HILARIOUS cameo by Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.  He gets to drop the "F" bomb)
HOWEVER: 
minor complaints  NO Stan Lee cameo?!  According to Stan Lee, they never called him in for the job, no other reason.  DUMB!  Fans look for that and it's a let down.
ALSO!  Any true fan of the Marvel franchise know to wait around at the end of the credits for the inevitable snippet at the end...NO SNIPPET!  We all know there will be more of the X-men films, so why no snippet?
Minor complaints, I know
Now for the major one! 
The antagonist in the story, Sebastian Shaw (played by Kevin Bacon) is intent on starting World War 3 (think "Bay of Pigs") convinced that the Humans will die and the Mutants will survive and after inheriting the Earth will worship him as their leader.  This assumption is based on the theory that the "nuclear age" was responsible for the creation of mutants. Therefore Mutants are immune to the onslaught of a nuclear explosion.
?????
whoa.
First.  ANY creature standing in the path of a nuclear firestorm will be incinerated.
period.
Second.  Professor X, a SPECIALIST on human mutation doesn't even question this idiotic assumption.
Third.  History lesson here.  The FIRST nuclear test was conducted on July 16, 1945.  CLEARLY in the chronology of the movie (and remember mutants are BORN with the "X-gene") Professor X (who in the movie CLEARLY demonstrates his ability in 1944) , and Magneto are born roughly in the 30's, Wolverine was born in the late 1800's (and presumably his father carried the gene) Sebastian Shaw himself (who absorbs energy and therefore his cell structure is constantly regenerating itself) could have conceivably been around ALOT longer then the lot of them.  Mystique (who also ages MUCH slower) was a child in the 40's.  I could go on with other examples, but you get my point.  They were ALL born PRIOR to ANY nuclear testing!  So how come these Brainiacs are under the assumption that this hair brain scheme will pay off?  Perhaps if they had made some inclination to the idea that Shaw had been communicating with, and gathering up Mutants in a shelter or "Genosha" or something in preparation for his dastardly plan, it would have washed.  But the whole core of the story was without merit.
And much to her credit, my lovely wife's assertion that Shaw was a "mad scientist" just doesn't hold water (sorry, honey.  I know you HATE it when I analyze movies)  But I am  firm believer in the fact that you must respect the laws of nature before you can bend them...or break them.  And common sense goes along way too.
BUT, all in all just seeing the genre still being taken seriously and producng a faithful characture treatment  I'd give it a go!
Well, with that I feel compelled to give some bikes a faithful treatment.
TTFN!