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Fwd: On schedules
I must say how much I admire Dave's ability to offer to accept full
responsibility and then lay the blame off on me. Especially after he was
willing to accept a ride in my car to breakfast (wherever that might be).
So, I made the call . . . Flames. Remember that old rhyme: When it rains in
Burlingame, we mainly go to Flames . . . or something like that. Anyway,
when Jerry Granger showed up in his Lexus, and we had the opportunity to ride
in a really good car, the deal was set. By the way, Jerry was showing off
his premium sound system by featuring a low pass of a P-38 at full volume.
It had the people coming out of the donut shop ducking for cover to avoid the
wake turbulence. Who says maturity comes with old age??
We found Jerry Grey waiting for us in his car at Woodside Road. Dave figured
he had a better deal is Jerry's Bimmer, and road the rest of the way down
with Mr. Grey. I'm sure he missed the sound of the fly-bys, though.
Once at Flames, we met Warren Birmingham . . . arriving via Lincoln. Again
we had to demo the P-38 sound effects. This time it scattered a bunch of
birds. All the cops that hang out there thought it was pretty funny too.
Warren had an interesting tale to tell. Seems he got this new Goldwing and
went over to the Harley shop in San Jose to rub their noses in some of the
latest technology from Japan. Feeling pretty good about his new ride, Warren
did his own low pass through the dealership parking lot and then wheeled back
onto city streets. Well, you know how the color red tends to excite bulls.
So there sits Warren at the light on his new GL with 250 miles showing on the
odometer, when up from behind comes this Taurus (as in BULL). POW . . . now
Warren is not only the first kid on his block to have a new Goldwing, he's
also the first to have crashed one. Seems the 80-year old guy in the Taurus
is a Harley rider who doesn't appreciate anything on two wheels without
pushrods. Too bad Warren, looking forward to seeing the new bike when it's
as good as new again.
Mark, glad to hear your ride went well. Dave says you're edicted (whatever
that means). I just think you're willing to ride through a driving rain for
a free meal. Too bad we missed connections today. I suppose we should
update our motto: When you dine with us, you dine alone.
Carl
You are right Marco,
I will take full responsibility for allowing Carl to change the destination
without giving you proper notice and for not having a justifiable excuse.
Next time he changes the schedule I will insist that he burn down the
restaurant before he makes the change. There are times like this that
edicated riders like you must remind the rest of the membership what we
are about, who we are, what great traditions we represent as a group of
individuals riding alone as a group.
Today was a perfect example of how well we are organized. We had 6 starting
points and 2 destinations. We all left at different times and we got to
where we wanted to be and we talked to or about everyone that went out
to breakfast.
Thanks for the note, see you on our next ride, MAYBE!!!!!
Dave