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Post by oldchopperguy on May 12, 2014 1:11:44 GMT -5
Yup... And, John Wayne DID have a cat. Can't remember his name. In True Grit, it was a tabby, named "General Sterling Price" and that may have been the real pet and name... Many years ago I saw an interview with John Wayne, and the interviewer said, somewhat sarcastically: "I understand YOU have a CAT..." To which the Duke replied: "Yeah, I have a CAT. You got a problem with THAT, pilgrim?"You gotta love the Duke!  Leo (keepin' my teeth) in Texas
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Post by rockynv on May 12, 2014 12:10:50 GMT -5
Jerry, did the driver at least stop? Leo, here in JoCo I'm more likely to get sued than shot. But it'll be easy enough to prove how close the car was by the level of scratches, and prove he was way too close to me for my safety and that I legitimately worried about getting hurt. "bicycle helmets are worthless" and yet our most exciting-to-watch meteorologist would tell us to go grab our kids' bike helmets and put them on whenever we had a tornado warning. >'Kat Back in The Day when Will Shatner hosted Rescue 911 he did an episode about a kid that was complaining that his Grandpa made him wear a bicycle helmet to go trail riding on one of Gramps horses. The horse stumbled when the ground gave way and ended up rolling over the kids head. The kid was knocked out but since Gramps had sinched up the bike helmet nice and tight it stayed on and although the helmet was a total loss the Grandson survived with only some minor scrapes. The ER and Paramedics both agreed that had the kid not been wearing that silly bike helmet he would have had a serious head trauma that most likely would have killed him. They may not seem like much however they can mean the difference between life and death. |
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Post by urbanmadness on May 14, 2014 12:19:47 GMT -5
As always, your Leo, your post is a masterpiece....  I have been pretty lucky with sccoots and being seen, but I admit, I felt more invisable on the 150 then I do on my 500 but it's also a different kind of riding. I ride on the freeway with the 500 and the 150 was on the surface streets. Same with the 250, surface streets. |
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Post by oldchopperguy on May 16, 2014 12:47:11 GMT -5
As always, your Leo, your post is a masterpiece.... I have been pretty lucky with sccoots and being seen, but I admit, I felt more invisable on the 150 then I do on my 500 but it's also a different kind of riding. I ride on the freeway with the 500 and the 150 was on the surface streets. Same with the 250, surface streets. Enjoy it a BUNCH! Leo |
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Post by urbanmadness on May 16, 2014 16:22:14 GMT -5
yeah, espicially becuase it's got more lights then a simi at a truckstop! LOL
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Post by Jarlaxle on May 18, 2014 6:17:35 GMT -5
...and people STILL won't see it!  |
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Post by freespirit on Nov 6, 2015 15:08:10 GMT -5
The carbon fiber armor on my 2XL sized gloves may have made a similar minor blemish on his fender when the tire hit my foot. Drivers like that make me wish sometimes that I had the gloves with the stainless steel armored bits instead. Had a guy in a Isuzu Rodeo give me some adventure yesterday evening as he pulled from a parking lot right out into the middle lane in front of me doing about 30 mph below the flow of traffic. Had a Yellow Cab to my right, a Sprinter Van to the left and a Dualy Pickup behind me. Glad the Aprilia has twin front discs. Didn't think the truck behind me was going to be able to stop in time but he did. Guy then realized he really wanted to be in the right lane and cut off the Yellow Cab to get back there. Gives me a drity look after he pulled a stunt like that and makes a comment about bikers thinking they own the road. Maybe I should have layed on the horn and swerved around splitting the lane and leaving a bar end weight track in his paint instead of doing an edge of adheasion panic stop and taking my chances with the Dualy. hehe.. one of the first lessons i got in riding was watch out for the other guy. i worked at a bbq joint and one of the guys had a fast crotch rocket he loved .. and loved to share stories.. he started getting tired of people running him off the road.. so he got into the practice of kicking the bejesus out of a car when it started coming over... never had to do that.. but i have been tempted once.. glad your foot wasn't worse leo! and that poor grand daughter! |
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Post by rockynv on Nov 7, 2015 0:14:00 GMT -5
It took a while to recall the incident from this 1 1/2 year old Zombie Thread.
People off their meds or taking too many meds are a real issue on the roads here in Tampa Bay. When they are texting too or otherwise distracted you never can tell what they are going to do even when you are practicing the MSF look-aheads. Always be aware of the possible escape routes when riding. When that joker pulled his particular stunt things closed up very quickly and it was amazing that the cab did not t-bone him. I was glad that the cabbie was aware of my presence and did not swerve into my lane.
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Post by bandito2 on Nov 8, 2015 13:12:12 GMT -5
NOBODY is going to miss you on that new Goldwing!!!Enjoy it a BUNCH! Leo I'm all too happy for cagers to miss me... by several car lengths in fact. Just kidding. (well, no. Really I'm glad that they miss me) But I know what you mean. Talking about missing reminds me of a funny limerick I wrote long time ago and posted on a limerick & haiku forum. It was inspired by a video game that had silly headstones in a grave yard. Here lies our poor Elliot D. Spoad His fate: Like the proverbial toad By the funeral guest list you could tell that he was missed But not like that last time in the road Glad to be here... yet still be missed.  DOH! I see I already posted a slight variation on that limerick somewhere here already. Oh well, its still funny. |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Nov 9, 2015 21:25:27 GMT -5
Bandito2,
Love that limerick!
I've written a few myself, but none are "appropriate" on a family-friendly forum... LOL! It does remind me of an actual "sign" I saw in Dallas years ago though. It was hand-painted on a building wall, at a loading dock. It read"
DONTE PARK HEAR OR YER CAR WILL BE TOAD.
You just gotta love a Texan with a degree in English... HeHeHe...
Leo
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Post by Jarlaxle on Nov 10, 2015 17:10:28 GMT -5
There once was a man from the sticks
Who liked to compose limericks
But failed at the sport
For he wrote them too short
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Post by scooter on Nov 11, 2015 11:54:12 GMT -5
There once was a man from the sticks Who liked to compose limericks But failed at the sport For he wrote them too short Now ain't ain't that a kick in the knicks?  |
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