Here’s my latest in a long line of silly questions,
To my Boss, “Can I get a trip to New York on the week of the 16th November & have a week off once I’m tipped?” Well if you don’t ask you don’t get, so question asked & answered, so I’ll be having me a week in NYC with the missus, starting tomorrow
It goes to show the difference in attitudes over here, we go to NYC regurlarly & have a regular reload too, they’re going to send somebody up from North Carolina to cover it this week just to accomodate me, in fact they’ve planned my last 2 weeks work around this trip & have made sure I’ve gotten my miles in to ensure my pay packet stays the same at the end of the month, oh & they got me a chrome & wooden steering wheel because I mentioned that I wanted one, the best thing of all though is that there’s no catch, they are just very nice people to work for. I’m going to wait for winter to set in & have a week in Miami next I think
You ought to hear him. All he could do was moan that he has to spend a whole week in NYC with his lady!!! Not sure which bit troubled him worse though…
That’s right Steve, they have a bunch of new ones just in.
We’re replacing the wheels that have been neglected, the ones that have been used by drivers who wear gloves when shunting around or don’t wear gloves, the fitters said that they can have the wheels of the blokes that look after their motors & the dirty lot can have our old wheels Very sensible.
I did have my eye on one that was like the 1600E Cortina wheel, 3 spokes with the holes drilled in & had the ok to go & get one, they only had one for a Freightliner though so I never got it, I really wanted one of them but as the bossman knew I wanted one I was the 1st to get the shiny one so can’t complain.
Necomerman,hope you can get down to Miami,i used to live in Copper City,Broward county,suberb of Davie and Fort Lauderdale,worked for National Nurseries ltd,big trees and palms being trucked all over US/Can.Free bungalow,worked with the Haitians and Puerto Ricans.Then did a stint in the marina,working on yachts for some Greek brothers and then a steel fixer on sky scraper construction.
Weekends was $99 mini-cruises to the Bahamas,from Port Everglades.Big shopping malls,and JAPS,as they were described as Jewish American Princesses,spoilt brats living of Ma&Pa`s money.
Before FLA,i did a year on a large dairy farm in Laingsburg,MI.It was bankrupt before i got there,one of the owners would lock himself in the farm house cellar,and drink expensive wine,while i lived on maccaroni cheese and raw cows milk,while working 17 hour shifts,3 times a day milking the cows.
The bank owned me,and on leaving recorded my working hours,and presented with a large check,of which i zig-zaged accross the USA for 3 weeks on an Amtrak train.
Bought a Kenny Roberst Yamaha YZ 350 power valve 2 stroker,yellow/black decals,shipped it from FLA to Erith docks,UK,got ripped off by the shippers who filled the crate with other stuff,even though i only paid for a bike crate,when i saw it in the UK,you could have fitted a car in the bike crate.
Was riding in the UK,when a female drunk driver hit me off,off work for 3 years with brain damage.
Thanks for that Millwall.It didnt put me off too much,sold the YZ,part ex for a CBR 1000,it didnt half shift,was like a Ferrari between the legs,it hated going slow,and smiled at me going over the red band in torque.
The lady who had been drinking,turned in front of me on the old A46 north of Bath,new bypass now,four blokes in the car said they wanted to do a runner,but to her merit,she insisted on staying with me.Got done in court.Then my lawyer sued for damages,her defence said i was hard to see,it was night,and i wore a high viz jacket,and said i look well,before the court date,like with a sun tan,but that was the liver which made me appear yellow.
They say jump back on the horse after a fall,otherwise you never will ride again.
toby1234abc:
Thanks for that Millwall.It didnt put me off too much,sold the YZ,part ex for a CBR 1000,it didnt half shift,was like a Ferrari between the legs,it hated going slow,and smiled at me going over the red band in torque.
The lady who had been drinking,turned in front of me on the old A46 north of Bath,new bypass now,four blokes in the car said they wanted to do a runner,but to her merit,she insisted on staying with me.Got done in court.Then my lawyer sued for damages,her defence said i was hard to see,it was night,and i wore a high viz jacket,and said i look well,before the court date,like with a sun tan,but that was the liver which made me appear yellow.
They say jump back on the horse after a fall,otherwise you never will ride again.
I’m on the purple & yellow Suzuki. Got my arm around the blond!!! Speed Triple is my road bike. Also on the black/silver Blade at Brands. Note changes in helmet due to the odd excursion…!!!
■■■■■■■■ 2 trucks. 4 wheels move the body, 2 wheels move the soul…
Tragic accidents happen, but people who don’t ride bikes, don’t understand. Maybe this will help.
Risk
To laugh is to risk looking a fool
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out for another is to risk involvement
To show feelings is to risk revealing your true self
To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk rejection
To live is to risk dying
To hope is to risk despair
To try is to risk failure
But risks must be taken
Because one of the greatest dangers in life
Is to risk doing nothing
Those who risk nothing
Do nothing, achieve nothing, become nothing
They may avoid suffering and sorrow
But they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love or live
Chained by their uncertainties, they are slaves
They have forfeited their freedom
Only a person who risks all that he cannot keep
To gain that which he can never lose -
Is truly free!’
here is your P45