One rider’s sporadic thoughts on motorcycling and whatever else life throws at him.
Last night we saw some slushy stuff coming down and this morning it has turned to rain. Along with the 30 something temps it makes for a miserable day for New Years Eve 2009.
Yesterday I received an email saying that Don Weber had finished with my seat and was sending it via UPS. The tracking [...]
I got that telephone call from Don Weber today and he said he had the seat on his workbench ready to go. We talked a while about specific desires and needs in the new seat and he said he would put me together a few routes to travel for when I go out that way in [...]
I just got back home yesterday afternoon. I spent the whole week down in Atmore Alabama, hanging out with my 85 year old Dad and three of my brothers who all live down in that area. My Dad tends to tell the same jokes and stories over and over and I heard the routine ones [...]
Today is the last day of school for this semester and everybody is excited! The kids are excited about Santa coming and the teachers are excited about having 2 weeks off for the holiday!
We have the Christmas chorus performance this morning and then the classes will have their parties during the day. Its a happy [...]
I’ve been tossing it back and forth for some time…even before I got this new bike. Getting a custom seat built, that is. Back when I had the little F650GS Thumper I wanted to get one but just had a feeling I wouldn’t be keeping the bike so I opted to get a local upholsterer [...]
The BMW Motorcycle Owners of Georgia had its annual December meeting at Ryan’s feed trough in Dawsonville on Saturday. The morning began with light rain and some icey stuff coming down with threats of snow flurries. I called the time number and it was 36 degrees, so I decided to wimp out and drive my [...]
Before I began my latest career, teaching, in 1999, I had worked in the picture framing business for 15 years. I learned it from scratch working with a company called Frameland, which was a multi storefront operation back in the 80’s. I started there in 1984. There may still be some “Frameland”s around Atlanta. I haven’t checked in [...]
Today marks the day that Sparky, aka JennyBaby, aka Jen, aka Granny, aka Jenny, left for the tropical climes of beautiful Hawaii. Actually she’s going to Dallas, TX for a few days then on to Hawaii on the 5th.
I spoke with her briefly last evening after I had my teeth cleaned and was on my [...]
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