Late nighters---unite!!!

[consitter]

She doesn't like the gifts I would buy in bulk and hand out and they are probably the best gift. They are used for protection. :laugh:

I was picturing something else for the women right at first. :blush:

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Hey, I'm just popping in for a minute, too. It's been a rough few days.
We went to a bluegrass event last weekend. On the way home Sunday, I blew both passenger side dual tires on my motorhome on Interstate 81. After finally getting the (1) spare on, I limped to a friend's house at the next exit. On Monday, he took me to get a new tire and helped me put it on in his yard. Back on the road Monday at 3:30, then about 80 miles down the road, the (old) original spare blew out on Interstate 64. A local man told me of a repair shop about 5 miles away. They were of course closed at 7:30 at night. We camped in their parking lot until 7 Tuesday morning when he opened. He ordered a tire and got me going again just before lunch. We got home around 3:30 Tuesday afternoon.

That makes 56 hours to go 200 miles, average speed just over 3.6 MPH. :gah:

Pardon the ramble, but I am still getting over this. BTW, I have 5 more tires ordered with an appointment next Monday to have them installed. Just paid off the credit card, too.

Wow, what an adventure. One of these days you'll look back on all this and...nah you won't laugh, you'll still hate it. Just glad you're back in the land of the living. And hey, 3.6 mph is still faster than walking speed...by a little.

 

[Catfish]

I was picturing something else for the women right at first. :blush:

, gotta dash on that one Scott. Rack time.

 

[consitter]

, gotta dash on that one Scott. Rack time.

Good night Terry.

In other news, I FINALLY got my oversize broken anti-sway hitch off by fedex today. The guy sent me boxes with preformed foam castings inside. It was fine for the smaller part, but not the main hitch head. It is cocked to one side (you'd have to see it to know what I'm talking about) so it wouldn't fit the mold. It by itself weighs a little over 85 lbs so it could be packed in just a box. What I did to make everything fit and not jostle around was take the foam and cut it into a bunch of smaller pieces that fit around the hitch head. Then I took about half a roll of strapping tape and went around the box in all directions.

Two weeks ago the lady at the shop quoted me a price of $200 to send it back. Since the guy sent me labels and boxes, the only thing I was out was $5.50 for the roll of strapping tape.

I sure do hope it gets fixed fast and sent back to me.

 

[BillR]

BillR, wow, you've had a long and trying 56 hours. Glad the blowouts didn't create a worse situation than you faced.

Believe me, I'm extremely grateful that the only thing I lost was time. The wife and I are looking at it as an adventure (in hindsight). The friend we stayed with is also a musician and had a gig at a pizza place Sunday evening. He asked me to come with him and sit in on bass. We got free meals, free beer and when they closed, they gave us the unsold by-the-slice pizza to take home. On top of that, I got $25 in tips. That was a good ending to a not so good day.

 

[consitter]

Believe me, I'm extremely grateful that the only thing I lost was time. The wife and I are looking at it as an adventure (in hindsight). The friend we stayed with is also a musician and had a gig at a pizza place Sunday evening. He asked me to come with him and sit in on bass. We got free meals, free beer and when they closed, they gave us the unsold by-the-slice pizza to take home. On top of that, I got $25 in tips. That was a good ending to a not so good day.

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If you'd stuck around a few more days, you coulda paid for your tires.

I also notice you're playing your u-bass. What did those guys think of it?

 

[consitter]

If nothing else, I now know Bill hasn't just been avoiding the thread.

Glad to know that although he and his wife had an ordeal, they came out mostly unscathed (except their credit card). And the time away wasn't a total loss, as he made $25.ThumbUp If his wife knows this, she's libel to send him downtown with his uke to do some busking to pay for the tire set for the RV. That's what I'd have to do. Except I'd have to learn to play first. And then hope the cops wouldn't write me up for disturbing the peace.:qpnmt:

 

[1dn5up]

Camping in the rain sucks. Just as bad as using the phone as a message machine.
Bill's experience happened to me some MH years ago. Tires look good but rot on the inside. And they dont just go flat they literly explode. Only thing to do is bite the bullet and replace all.

 

[BillR]

bill's experience happened to me some mh years ago. Tires look good but rot on the inside. And they dont just go flat they literly explode.

yep!

 

[BillR]

If you'd stuck around a few more days, you coulda paid for your tires.

At $30 per day cat care, I'd have gone in the hole. :AGGHH:

also notice you're playing your u-bass. What did those guys think of it?

The fiddler is my friend. I've played it with him for years. Just met the guitar player that evening, he loved it. I had my upright bass with me, but couldn't have used it in that window space. They had to remove half a booth to fit me in there with them.

 

[Catfish]

All is well that ends well and another blessing served in the midst of difficulty is a very good experience. I keep telling myself not to be tire paranoid. :AGGHH:

 

[consitter]

Well yeah....I'm at work. :Shrug:

 

[consitter]

To tell you guys how much of a stand-up guy Jason Ward (Ward's Parts Werks) is, for the second time he has sent me something free of charge just because I asked him. First was a snap switch, and recently the spacers and longer bolts for my horn housing. Not that the parts were expensive or anything...he sent them priority mail and it cost him $6.47 each time!!

What makes him so much a stand up guy? I bought the fans second hand, and I told him that, and he sent them free of charge anyway, even after I offered to buy the stuff off of him.

 

[consitter]

At $30 per day cat care, I'd have gone in the hole. :AGGHH:

Geez...no friendly neighbors or relatives that live close that could drop by and feed the feline? I'd shoot my cat before I paid 30 bucks a day.

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yep!
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Man, you're lucky it didn't wreck you. Somebody was watching over you that day.

 

[consitter]

It's been a slow, slow night here on the forum. Is Bill off to another picking show, I wonder?

Of course maybe he's just sleeping normal hours....:vxtyaq:

 

[consitter]

Looks like coming back to work I'm the first post since my last post almost 20 hours ago. The old thread, she be slowing down lately.

 

[Catfish]

I'm normally in bed by 1200 am. I require at least 6 hours of sleep and the wife is up like clockwork, not quietly either. Of course she thinks everyone should be in bed by 10 unless she wants to be up and firing on all cylinders.

She will be arriving home tomorrow.

 

[consitter]

I'm normally in bed by 1200 am. I require at least 6 hours of sleep and the wife is up like clockwork, not quietly either. Of course she thinks everyone should be in bed by 10 unless she wants to be up and firing on all cylinders.

She will be arriving home tomorrow.

Yeah, well I'm of course up all night when I work, and if I sleep until 2pm after I get home, the wife says "You've been in bed ALL DAY!" Technically she's right, but I still don't get 8 hours of sleep in a row no matter what I do, except on my days off. Then I switch around to nighttime sleeping. That CAN'T be good for me. Sometimes I think it makes me a little crazy.

 

[Catfish]

We aren't nocturnal animals so it can't be the healthiest of things we can do for ourselves, but thankfully adaptability is a gift that we'd be in trouble without.

The day has caught up with me. :vxtyaq:

 

[hogcowboy]

I loved second shift but third shift nearly killed me. I just could not sleep during the day. Even after putting foil over the windows to make it absolutely dark. That internal clock would never change. I went from 250 pounds to 135 before taking a job on first shift.


EDIT: And that job required cut in pay and retraining to become a draftsman. It payed out like I thought and I retired from that company after 30 years.

 

[consitter]

I loved second shift but third shift nearly killed me. I just could not sleep during the day. Even after putting foil over the windows to make it absolutely dark. That internal clock would never change. I went from 250 pounds to 135 before taking a job on first shift.


EDIT: And that job required cut in pay and retraining to become a draftsman. It payed out like I thought and I retired from that company after 30 years.

I wish I had the weight loss problem...I've gained 30 pounds over the 8 years I've been on midnights. I eat at all the wrong times, and will go to bed right after eating. That ain't good.

I have no end in sight either. Due to lack of childcare, I have to work this shift. I may as well quit bitching and get accustomed to it.

 

[1dn5up]

I wish I had the weight loss problem...I've gained 30 pounds over the 8 years I've been on midnights. I eat at all the wrong times, and will go to bed right after eating. That ain't good.

I have no end in sight either. Due to lack of childcare, I have to work this shift. I may as well quit bitching and get accustomed to it.

Famiy comes first, got do what ya gota do. If it works, don't fix it.

 

[consitter]

Cold this am. Only 37* out there. Supposed to get up to 65 today with no rain for once. Going back down in the 30s again tonight. Not gonna ride in that cold.

 

[clint44]

It's been in the mid-60's here,pretty mild for May in Texas. I mowed the yard yesterday and the cool weather was really nice.

 

[hogcowboy]

Yeah, I mowed yesterday too hoping we might get some rain. Never happened. We never get enough rain here.

 

[Catfish]

I should have mowed yesterday, but didn't and probably going to regret since it is raining today. :gah:

 

[Sully]

I couldn't cut the grass I was too busy riding the Trike to lunch and back.
152 miles epper:

 

[Catfish]

I couldn't cut the grass I was too busy riding the Trike to lunch and back.
152 miles epper:

Yeah, I had the same problem, kind of anyway. The not so good thing was that I could have done both and lunch didn't take very long. With the wife being in Texas it was a perfect opportunity to jump on the Heritage for some two wheel enjoyment.

 

[consitter]

Aaaannddd...I'm at werk. :Shrug:

 

[consitter]

Another slow night on the thread....

Got the longer screws and spacers for my horn so it can be separated from the Ward's Fans I have. Sadly, it made no difference. I contacted Jason to see if he might have any idea what could cause a horn to sound like a wounded duck. He suggested I trace the horn's wiring harness. Above my pay grade, and the dealership is, of course, blaming the fans. I tried it without the fans on the bike and it still sounds sick.

 

[consitter]

A long, long time ago, in a forum far, far away, a guy named Bill used to wake up and pee about this time.

Not so much anymore. Either he's taking drugs to control his bladder, or he's just not checking his internet device when he does wake up. I'm betting on the latter.