Thursday... Oct 29th '26...

[ST1100Y]

... perhaps the worst day of the week.
it just reminds you that the week has been going on too long...

Everybody ready for your performance enhancing drug??



G'Day...

8°/12°C @ soggy 85% RH today, gray, overcast ghastly...

unruly night, half past six and on my 2nd cup already...

aaaaand... ze GF's NT700VA is in the shipyard again...
last night, while filtering by a stationary queue sitting at a red light, she got doored by a rear seat passenger...
at not even an arm's length no chance for any reaction... just WHAM!...
the swing of the car's door plus the forward momentum then forced the NT violently to the right and threw it into a parked car,
which too suffered some significant damage...
After exchanging contact and insurance data she walked to the nearest police station to properly report the damage
to the parked car (owner not present), so there is no "hit and run" case, from where she then called...

Aside a sore thumb and a bruised right hip she's fine, but pissed and, typical, kinda blaming herself... coulda woulda shouda...
I told her to skip that, she simply got doored by that imbecile (who admitted to not paying any attention), end of statement...

The NT suffered a shattered headlight (slamming into that door), and while impacting the parked car the more severe damages like
warped/twisted cowl stay, shattered right upper fairing, instrument visor, etc...

But she bravely enough insisted to ride it to the shed across town herself... me tailing in her Skoda...

And to make my day even better, I started the data & account transfer to my new phone...
started the process at about 0530hrs... anger and frustration are gonna pre-programmed... literally...

Life never gets boring over here...

However, tomorrow is Friday!

 

[Larry Fine]

And only 33 weeks until OH-STOC!

 

[STooRay]

Thx Martin!
Djeeez, poor GF! She’s some kind of survivor though, mine would have died instantly.
Hope it all sorts out.

12˚c/54f, sunny, 15mph breeze from southwest.

Some gardenfixing things.
The day is wide open.

Have a safe day!
Stu

From yesterday at Stong, sunset at 16:55….

 

[Sadlsor]

Really sorry to hear about zeGF and the bike. Here in the US, it would be just as likely the passenger opened the door intentionally.
Coming backbone from Kalifornia on the GSA a couple years back I truly enjoyed legally splitting lanes on the crowded freeways, and many folks actually maneuvers over to help me through the tight stuff.
I would be on pins and needles IF they ever legalized lane splitting in Alabama, as I imagine it would take YEARS for these dimwitted cagers to get the message.
Coffee's on over here, too.
2 days and 2 wakeups till my coaching class, and I need a break.
Badly.
Don't recall my last "vacation", it may well have been that 2 (or 3?!) years ago this time of year when I flew out to RawHyde for training and to pick up the bike.
I think everyone should get two weeks of vacation, at least twice a month.
Especially at my age.
And I see I have used the words "year" and "years", to excess in this post.
Maybe that's what time does to me.
But for now, I'm focusing on the next two weekENDS and the days in between.
Fun times, at last...

 

[ibike2havefun]

Good morning everyone

Thanks for the coffee Martin, and sorry to hear about ze GF's latest misadventure.

It's 52°F and reportedly mostly cloudy in Rockville; I'll confirm that report when I wheel the bins to the curb in a bit. Mostly sunny with a high around 73 is the call for later on.

Yesterday's one-on-one uke meetup went well, and the half round of goof was fun despite mediocre play on my part. Thursday = uke day for me. Before that, I'll pedal my way up to the place where our big multi-club uke jam is set to happen in a couple weeks, to lay out the rental fee and security deposit.

I need to get cracking on other preparations, like choosing the order of events, making some signs, lining up volunteers, and so forth.

Stay safe and well everyone and tell your dear ones you love them. Do it today, NOW, for tomorrow may be too late.