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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:00 pm
Post subject: Saved from a ride to LA!
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Okay, I wasn't "saved." It was a friend's 60th birthday party in
Burbank, at which I undoubtedly would've eaten and drunk too much, and
spent the night on the couch rather than drive home at 0:dark30.
Friday, a friend came by to drop off a better computer than this one. In
his enthusiasm, he backed his car into my front tire, knocking the bike
over. No harm, it seemed.
So, yesterday, I'm all packed for the weekend and ready to go. You know,
leather pants, jacket, MP3 headphones in my helmet, heading to gas up.
Oh, hey, my foot is wet halfway down the block! It's gas. I stop, get
off, to see a cute little fountain of fuel spooting out of the gas line
that goes through the engine case to the right carb. Turn the petcock
off, fountain goes away. The line split right at the case, apparently
when the bike fell over. So, I rolled back down the hill to my driveway.
It's hot. Too hot to work on a bike in the afternoon sun beating down on
my driveway. Today, same thing. I dug through my motorcycle stuff in the
closet and found a nice piece of fuel line long enough to reach. But
it's still hot, and I'm a weenie. Eh, I'll do it. Manana. Or when I
desperately need to go somewhere. I'm out of coffee. I desperately need
to go to the grocery store so guess I'd better get crackin. Thing is,
I'm running out of coat hangers, and the best way to feed the new line
through the case is by running it over a coat hanger wire.
Oh well. Glad I didn't notice this half-way up to Los Angeles. Tch, the
life of a motorcycle rider...
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Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC
"Comparing Scientology to a motorcycle gang is a gross, unpardonable
insult to bikers everywhere. Even at our worst, we are never as bad as
Scientology."
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:18 am
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reminds me of a few years ago, when my 750 just quit running around
Squaw Rock on US 101 north of Cloverdale on the way to Eureka.
I never did get to my destination & wound up trucking the bike back to
SF. Problem???
OUT OF GAS!! (d'oh!!)
My conclusion was that sometimes, I just weren't supposed to take that
ride right then. That's my belief; yours may differ .
So, for whatever reason/higher authority/simple-twist-of-fate/etc.you
choose,...that's the end result.
If it had turned out really bad, there's no chance to second-guess, no
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:51 am
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wrote:
> reminds me of a few years ago, when my 750 just quit running around
> Squaw Rock on US 101 north of Cloverdale on the way to Eureka.
>
> I never did get to my destination & wound up trucking the bike back to
> SF. Problem???
>
> OUT OF GAS!! (d'oh!!)
>
> My conclusion was that sometimes, I just weren't supposed to take that
> ride right then. That's my belief; yours may differ .
>
> So, for whatever reason/higher authority/simple-twist-of-fate/etc.you
> choose,...that's the end result.
>
> If it had turned out really bad, there's no chance to second-guess, no
> "next time".
>
I agree with you. It wasn't meant to be. Who knows, I coulda got hit by
a moose on the freeway or worse, Paris Hilton! I just go with the flow.
There's no point in wasting effort railing against the Powers That Be. 
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Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC
http://members.cox.net/bwarr1/index.htm
"Comparing Scientology to a motorcycle gang is a gross, unpardonable
insult to bikers everywhere. Even at our worst, we are never as bad as
Scientology."
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:10 am
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In article ,
barb wrote:
> wrote:
> > reminds me of a few years ago, when my 750 just quit running around
> > Squaw Rock on US 101 north of Cloverdale on the way to Eureka.
> >
> > I never did get to my destination & wound up trucking the bike back to
> > SF. Problem???
> >
> > OUT OF GAS!! (d'oh!!)
> >
> > My conclusion was that sometimes, I just weren't supposed to take that
> > ride right then. That's my belief; yours may differ .
> >
> > So, for whatever reason/higher authority/simple-twist-of-fate/etc.you
> > choose,...that's the end result.
> >
> > If it had turned out really bad, there's no chance to second-guess, no
> > "next time".
> >
>
> I agree with you. It wasn't meant to be. Who knows, I coulda got hit by
> a moose on the freeway or worse, Paris Hilton! I just go with the flow.
> There's no point in wasting effort railing against the Powers That Be.
If you get hit by a moose on the freeway between SF and LA, then you
know that the Powers That Be meant that it was Not Meant To Be. ... and
you'd probably get the RCMP after you.
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Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com>
faq: http://www.timberwoof.com/motorcycle/faq.shtml
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:19 pm
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On Jul 5, 10:51?am, barb wrote:
> There's no point in wasting effort railing against the Powers That Be.
The human mind anthropomorphizes a supreme being because it cannot
accept a nature which is anything but human. The mind has to find
logical reasons for whatever happens.
There is a cause (reason or logic) for everything that happens in the
universe, sometimes it's a natural cause (reason or logic) that seems
so completely random that whatever happens originates in Chaos.
In this case, *you* were the proximate cause (reason or logic) of your
own problem. You didn't do a good enough job of inspecting the damage
caused by your motorbike being knocked over, so now you want to blame
Fate, Predestination, Kismet, or the Geico Brownies.
And, maybe you think that by not going to Los Angeles, you may have
missed some unpleasant experience that the mysterious and inscrutable
Force has planned for you.
If you're going to think that way, why not mourn the Wells Fargo bag
with a million $$$ in it that you didn't find because you didn't go?
Remember what the swami said: "Cause is effect unrevealed, effect is
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:58 pm
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Timberwoof wrote:
> In article ,
> barb wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>> reminds me of a few years ago, when my 750 just quit running around
>>> Squaw Rock on US 101 north of Cloverdale on the way to Eureka.
>>>
>>> I never did get to my destination & wound up trucking the bike back to
>>> SF. Problem???
>>>
>>> OUT OF GAS!! (d'oh!!)
>>>
>>> My conclusion was that sometimes, I just weren't supposed to take that
>>> ride right then. That's my belief; yours may differ .
>>>
>>> So, for whatever reason/higher authority/simple-twist-of-fate/etc.you
>>> choose,...that's the end result.
>>>
>>> If it had turned out really bad, there's no chance to second-guess, no
>>> "next time".
>>>
>> I agree with you. It wasn't meant to be. Who knows, I coulda got hit by
>> a moose on the freeway or worse, Paris Hilton! I just go with the flow.
>> There's no point in wasting effort railing against the Powers That Be.
>
> If you get hit by a moose on the freeway between SF and LA, then you
> know that the Powers That Be meant that it was Not Meant To Be. ... and
> you'd probably get the RCMP after you.
>
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:58 pm
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In article ,
Rich wrote:
> Timberwoof wrote:
> > In article ,
> > barb wrote:
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>> reminds me of a few years ago, when my 750 just quit running around
> >>> Squaw Rock on US 101 north of Cloverdale on the way to Eureka.
> >>>
> >>> I never did get to my destination & wound up trucking the bike back to
> >>> SF. Problem???
> >>>
> >>> OUT OF GAS!! (d'oh!!)
> >>>
> >>> My conclusion was that sometimes, I just weren't supposed to take that
> >>> ride right then. That's my belief; yours may differ .
> >>>
> >>> So, for whatever reason/higher authority/simple-twist-of-fate/etc.you
> >>> choose,...that's the end result.
> >>>
> >>> If it had turned out really bad, there's no chance to second-guess, no
> >>> "next time".
> >>>
> >> I agree with you. It wasn't meant to be. Who knows, I coulda got hit by
> >> a moose on the freeway or worse, Paris Hilton! I just go with the flow.
> >> There's no point in wasting effort railing against the Powers That Be.
> >
> > If you get hit by a moose on the freeway between SF and LA, then you
> > know that the Powers That Be meant that it was Not Meant To Be. ... and
> > you'd probably get the RCMP after you.
> >
> Radical Champions of Moose Protection?
Royal Canadian Moose Protectors
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:02 pm
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Timberwoof wrote:
> In article ,
> Rich wrote:
>
>>>>>
>>>> I agree with you. It wasn't meant to be. Who knows, I coulda got hit by
>>>> a moose on the freeway or worse, Paris Hilton! I just go with the flow.
>>>> There's no point in wasting effort railing against the Powers That Be.
>>> If you get hit by a moose on the freeway between SF and LA, then you
>>> know that the Powers That Be meant that it was Not Meant To Be. ... and
>>> you'd probably get the RCMP after you.
>>>
>> Radical Champions of Moose Protection?
>
> Royal Canadian Moose Protectors
>
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:02 pm
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On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:02:29 GMT, Rich
wrote:
>Timberwoof wrote:
>> In article ,
>> Rich wrote:
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with you. It wasn't meant to be. Who knows, I coulda got hit by
>>>>> a moose on the freeway or worse, Paris Hilton! I just go with the flow.
>>>>> There's no point in wasting effort railing against the Powers That Be.
>>>> If you get hit by a moose on the freeway between SF and LA, then you
>>>> know that the Powers That Be meant that it was Not Meant To Be. ... and
>>>> you'd probably get the RCMP after you.
>>>>
>>> Radical Champions of Moose Protection?
>>
>> Royal Canadian Moose Protectors
>>
>Who looks after Squirrel?
Road Kill Jerky, Inc. You know them: "Your treadmark is our
trademark."
Al Moore
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:00 pm
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Rich wrote:
> Timberwoof wrote:
>> In article ,
>> Rich wrote:
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with you. It wasn't meant to be. Who knows, I coulda got
>>>>> hit by a moose on the freeway or worse, Paris Hilton! I just go
>>>>> with the flow. There's no point in wasting effort railing against
>>>>> the Powers That Be.
>>>> If you get hit by a moose on the freeway between SF and LA, then you
>>>> know that the Powers That Be meant that it was Not Meant To Be. ...
>>>> and you'd probably get the RCMP after you.
>>>>
>>> Radical Champions of Moose Protection?
>>
>> Royal Canadian Moose Protectors
>>
> Who looks after Squirrel?
Boris and Natasha, of course.
--
Heaven is where the police are British, the chefs Italian, the mechanics
German, the lovers French and it is all organized by the Swiss.
Hell is where the police are German, the chefs British, the mechanics
French, the lovers Swiss and it is all organized by Italians.
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:30 pm
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Two Wheels Good, Four Wheels Bad wrote:
> On Jul 5, 10:51?am, barb wrote:
>
>> There's no point in wasting effort railing against the Powers That Be.
>
> The human mind anthropomorphizes a supreme being because it cannot
> accept a nature which is anything but human. The mind has to find
> logical reasons for whatever happens.
>
> There is a cause (reason or logic) for everything that happens in the
> universe, sometimes it's a natural cause (reason or logic) that seems
> so completely random that whatever happens originates in Chaos.
>
> In this case, *you* were the proximate cause (reason or logic) of your
> own problem. You didn't do a good enough job of inspecting the damage
> caused by your motorbike being knocked over, so now you want to blame
> Fate, Predestination, Kismet, or the Geico Brownies.
>
> And, maybe you think that by not going to Los Angeles, you may have
> missed some unpleasant experience that the mysterious and inscrutable
> Force has planned for you.
>
> If you're going to think that way, why not mourn the Wells Fargo bag
> with a million $$$ in it that you didn't find because you didn't go?
>
> Remember what the swami said: "Cause is effect unrevealed, effect is
> cause revealed."
>
>
You coulda saved yourself the lecture. Guess you can't tell when I'm
kidding.
Oh, and the Wells Fargo bag? It fell off an armored truck in front of a
friend of mine. The bag burst and money flew everywhere. This was in SF
around 1990-91. You can look it up!
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Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC
http://members.cox.net/bwarr1/index.htm
"Comparing Scientology to a motorcycle gang is a gross, unpardonable
insult to bikers everywhere. Even at our worst, we are never as bad as
Scientology."
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:31 pm
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Rich wrote:
> Timberwoof wrote:
>> In article ,
>> Rich wrote:
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with you. It wasn't meant to be. Who knows, I coulda got
>>>>> hit by a moose on the freeway or worse, Paris Hilton! I just go
>>>>> with the flow. There's no point in wasting effort railing against
>>>>> the Powers That Be.
>>>> If you get hit by a moose on the freeway between SF and LA, then you
>>>> know that the Powers That Be meant that it was Not Meant To Be. ...
>>>> and you'd probably get the RCMP after you.
>>>>
>>> Radical Champions of Moose Protection?
>>
>> Royal Canadian Moose Protectors
>>
> Who looks after Squirrel?
Boris and Natasha?
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Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC
http://members.cox.net/bwarr1/index.htm
"Comparing Scientology to a motorcycle gang is a gross, unpardonable
insult to bikers everywhere. Even at our worst, we are never as bad as
Scientology."
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:31 pm
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Paul Elliot wrote:
> Rich wrote:
>> Timberwoof wrote:
>>> In article ,
>>> Rich wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I agree with you. It wasn't meant to be. Who knows, I coulda got
>>>>>> hit by a moose on the freeway or worse, Paris Hilton! I just go
>>>>>> with the flow. There's no point in wasting effort railing against
>>>>>> the Powers That Be.
>>>>> If you get hit by a moose on the freeway between SF and LA, then
>>>>> you know that the Powers That Be meant that it was Not Meant To Be.
>>>>> ... and you'd probably get the RCMP after you.
>>>>>
>>>> Radical Champions of Moose Protection?
>>>
>>> Royal Canadian Moose Protectors
>>>
>> Who looks after Squirrel?
>
> Boris and Natasha, of course.
>
Heh. GMTA...
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Chaplain, ARSCC
http://members.cox.net/bwarr1/index.htm
"Comparing Scientology to a motorcycle gang is a gross, unpardonable
insult to bikers everywhere. Even at our worst, we are never as bad as
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