it seems like yesterday that most people i knew were running bootleg copies of windows but now microsoft gives the operating system away. they ended the free windows 10 promotion but i think it's all a marketing gimmick. they signed up all the innovators and the free sign ups dwindled so they ended the promotion making people think they missed out on a good deal. i'm pretty sure microsoft will wait a few months and begin a new free promotion.
tomorrow i take the scooter in for the warranty service. about all they do is change the oil and then charge over a hundred bucks. i'm planning on taking a few big bikes for a test drive while i wait. i'll be taking a honda phantom/shadow out for spin and if the mood strikes i might take a crotch rocket out for a ride. the scooter is much more practical for zipping around the city but having all that power between your legs can be magical. maybe i'll find the fountain of youth.
They made a movie about motorbiking called 'Easy Rider', but I can't remember what the story was. I think they were trying to prove that speed was better than sex.
ReplyDeleteI can, having seen the movie ten times at least. That movie influenced my decision to leave the South because I saw my neighbors in it, that is the mentality of most of the people around me.
DeleteP.S. "I think they were trying to prove that speed was better than sex."
DeleteWell, uh, no. They instead imagined that the goal was to have a lot of money, no matter how that money was obtained because money would make you free. Once they got that money, they set out on a trip from LA to Florida, and the movie was about that trip.
peter fonda and dennis hopper were like gods to us hard partying and bike riding maniacs. those bikes look so awkward and inefficient now.
DeleteI’ve never had a motorcycle, although when I worked in funeral homes, I saw a lot of people who died on them, plus I hate Windows, so I have nothing useful to say.
ReplyDeletewithout a doubt there is an element of danger in motorcycles but the exhilaration from riding a bike is addictive. i went out and bought a motorcycle on my 16th birthday and couldn't believe how boring and awkward a car was when i finally bought one.
Deletethey didn't have any shadows to take for a ride but i hopped on a forza 300 scooter and really enjoyed it. the more i think about it, the more i want one.
ReplyDeletei also bought a trickle charger and ordered a new helmet.
If the fountain of youth exists - please tell me where to find it!
ReplyDeleteLet us know if you do indeed discover the fountain of youth. I could use a taste. Be careful with all that power between your legs ... it's gotta more than a few dudes in trouble. Take care Mr. Rosewater.
ReplyDeleteit'll only take one moment of weakness for me to pick up a faster ride. i'm not getting any younger so it's almost now or never.
ReplyDeleteI'm having sound issue on my lap top.
ReplyDeletemy kid always tells me to download drivers, whatever in the hell that means.
DeleteEver heard of this obscure genius one-time biker? (Sorry for not linking.)
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/Pj9KUqWOUdU
i can't recall hearing of him but there are lots of things i can't recall these days.
DeleteComputers are like cars to me in what you say. The "newness" ends far too quickly for the cost. I only bought one new car in my life and it convinced me to always buy used cars because the seem like new to me whether used or new for perhaps a month and then they seem just old hat from that point. Maybe you can buy a used bike of your dreams and that will be just as good?
ReplyDeletein a few months there should be some good deals when the winter rains kick in. i like buying used stuff but if i ever decide to get a different wife, i want a new one.
DeleteHope the scooter is purring like a kitten when she gets back from the shop!
ReplyDeleteI used to watch that biker movie when it would come on cable. I bet Charlie Sheen and Michael Madsen partied their asses off while they made that one.
the scooter is smooth as silk. lenny dykstra certainly enjoyed partying with charlie.
DeleteOh my God, Lenny Dykstra is out of his mind. Did you hear him on Howard Stern?
Deletedidn't hear lenny on howard but i just read that he's ready to fight mickey rourke. if mickey's holding a dog under his arm for the fight, my money's on lenny.
DeleteMickey actually knows how to box. Lenny will be in big trouble. Then again, Lenny has no teeth, so nothing to lose! He lost his teeth in prison somehow . . .
DeleteHappy Friday, Mr. Rosewater. Hope the week has treated you well.
ReplyDeleteonce in a while along the way, the week's been good to me.
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