Every once in a while, I find myself watching “American Pickers”, and its actually got nothing to do with waiting for appearances by Dani. OK, that might have something to do with it, but that isn’t pertinent for this particular writing. There are just certain “picks” they go on that produce items that leave me amazed. Whether it is staged or not is inconsequential, it is the fact that the items exist at all. It seems that no matter what you may be into, or into collecting, they turn something up that will pique your interest (pun intended), and that you never knew existed.

One of my particular favorites involved the home of a factory sponsored rider of Indian motorcycles. While Harley Davidson has been the big name for as long as anyone can remember, it has always been Indian that has held my interest. Maybe it was the world speed records, maybe the fact that Indians were so open to modification, I really don’t know for sure. Indian disbanded and was out of the public eye for many years, though, making a comeback as a purely boutique piece in 1999. While AMD didn’t disband, they did fall behind nVidia in the performance race in recent years. However, the new R9 series is changing that and AMD is making a comeback in a big way.