Modern Vespa

Starting the thread early today in case I have a heart attack shoveling snow. 10-15 inches maybe. Work texted me to show up an hour late but today is a short day for me anyway. After a few texts It's officially a snow day for me. Now what did I do with my Crayons?

105 degrees today. That's now about 8 days in a row over 90. Still another week of it to come apparently.

To make matters worse I'm off to a wedding tomorrow and I have to wear a suit and bloody tie. Ahhhhhh

You'll look pretty snazzy pulling up on your Vespa in a suit and tie.

It's been a long week and I am glad that weekend is here.

I didn't wear a suit and tie for my own wedding but I did turn up on my scooter.

After getting all kinds of shit for pretending to Join Ashley Madison Dating I have found a new dating site worth checking out.

http://fereshteh.net/student/cHarmony/personals/index.htm

"Soft Move" into temporary quarters this week. Then the pets on Tuesday and w start staying over and the the final move for the remainder of the week.

We'll be there for 6 - 8 weeks and back home after renovation is complete and then the move back.

It's just like camping!

Wife and I discussed coordinating a Garage Sale with a few other folks...found out that there's a lot of stuff we don't need...and should be a good..."Spring Cleaning! - Garage Sale" event.

Take Care and Ride Safe!

Just finished baton and handcuff training over the last 2 days along with a touch of open hand techniques and lots of rolling around on the floor (behave, bitsa, behave. You think too loudly
I'm getting too old for it
And it's really geared up for the uniformed guys and gals, not us 'suits'
I hurt all over
The ride home was hideous. Wet, crazy busy traffic
Home now, thank Goodness.
Straight into a bath as hot as I could stand, two nurofen and a massive mug of tea (1 sugar)
Shoving a chicken in the oven for tea, and I think a very early night is in order.
I'm proper shattered
I will put fresh bedding on
(Btw what is it about fresh bedding which makes you feel good all over? Almost as good as a long summertime Vespa ride?)
Have a great weekend lovelinesses Kitty
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My prayers have been answered, we now have a real butcher out here who is selling grass fed beef from Molokai. Going grab some real hamburger meat and have a go on the grill. I hope he does well. Prices are good to. Doing a bike ride on Sunday with a few of the vespa guys/gals. It's put on by a club that has all types of 2 wheel riders. So we'll be riding with Harley's sport bikes etc. Sounds like fun. I love our aloha spirit over here.

It sounds beautiful where you are Judy
Lucky thing!

I would have interested in attending a proper baton training session along with the open hand technique. I have an ASP baton unfortunately we don't have anything locally available for certified ASP baton training ... sad.

As for the bedding...it's something to do with creating a comforting enviroment for your senses...it does work!

Have a safe weekend and hope you don't have to use what you recently trained on.

Was just thinking you're one of the few people on here who don't have to worry about having your meat DNA tested

Enjoy your ride, and think of us who are still staring at snowbanks

Expecting 7 - 14 inches of snow Saturday. So basically working, shoveling and hopefully sledding.

Friday night: we are setting things on fire. The xmas trees are nice and crispy right about now. They catch fast and burn big.
So that will be fun.

Geez Kittysaz until you mentioned "the ride home was hideous" I was wondering if you even had the right forum

Just finished shoveling out and made this meme.

Helping out the 80 something in laws prep a rental house that has been occupied for 10 years. Lots of scrubbing, painting, plastering and general yard work. We're going back home tonight, I'm riding tomorrow no matter what!

Weekend sunshine plus 8)

Ummm...Boulty. With as much respect as I can muster. Fuck you.

Fuck you very much, I'll be here all weekend 8)
I'm just going for a dip in the pool...sooooo hot

C'mon, have a little compassion. It's been a long cold winter on top of the globe here.

Quick screenshot off the laptop 2 mins ago just for you

So, it's just water. Maybe has spiders in it




Okay, okay, nice photo.
Santiago and I will be there ASAP

So its Saturday here down under and my wife has been having stronger and stronger contractions all night and into the day. Its now 13:41 pm and no let up yet. When precisely bub no 3 will come is anyone's guess. So I just jumped on the scooter and popped down the shops quickly to pick up some last minute groceries. Haven't been on Percy for over a week because of the rain all week. God it felt good and so destressing-well back to the birth...

A bit of drama there....hope it goes well and you all can get some rest after.

I see what you were up to, getting one last scoot in

1+ to help out!

Baby boy born 17:58, both mum and baby well, home in 4 hours fingers crossed. PERFECT!

Awesome! Hope you all get settled in quickly.

Think you'll need to add a sidecar if you haven't yet

FATBOY congrats. What's his name? KITTY i'm here on Oahu. Supposed to rain tomorrow on our ride. The beef was amazing and my pasta tastes excellent. Threw in some mushrooms from the other side of the island.

We burned things last night. Helpfully the boys pulled most of the dry dead stuff out of my garden. It was a dirty fire, but I have far less garden clean up to do now.

Its snowing now- very heavy and wet. But the stones around the fire pit are still clear. It was a hot fire.

Watching the snow melt, it was supposed to be rain and then clear next week. I already had the scooter out in my dreams.

We were blessed with warmth and sun today 8) It's going to rain again tomorrow so I really should be washing the scooter but that shower will do wonders for these aches and pains so screw it

Three days ago we had several inches of snow fall.

Temps expected to be in the low 60s tomorrow. A ride is on the schedule.
Spring is almost here.

All of a sudden it feels like spring in the mountains, although we know there will be another snow or two before winter is done. I would have loved to ride today, but it is a busy Lent and we had rehearsal this am. Check out our group at www.pastyme.org Tonight I fired up the charcoal and we grilled vegetables and salmon......drinks on the deck and music from the outdoor speakers. La dolce vita -----hope all is well with all of you!

Great pics, Mocker! We had perfect weather today, a little preview of Spring. As I stated earlier, I went for a ride today. I went to check out the bridge construction at Madison IN. They're replacing the super structure of a bridge that has been in place since 1929. They beefed up the pilings, built a new super structure, and will slide it in place sometime this Spring. It's one of only two bridges across the Ohio River between Cincinnati and Louisville, so the commute while the bridge is closed will be a pain. I'm retired, so time means nothing to me.

Nothing extremely exciting planned this week. We might do a little bit of scooter tinkering tomorrow, and I'll swap out the horn cover bulb to an LED. That'll make all but the signals and headlight LEDs now. I'm hoping the rain expected in the next few days will melt most of the ice on the apartment drive and I can actually ride to work a couple times. I've got a minor surgery coming up next week, so some preliminary testing will eat up most of my Friday.

I wish we could push the house-buying process faster (have to wait for certain deadlines, unfortunately). I just want to pack and move and be in our new house already. It's got a huge driveway with a little extra bit at the back of it that even Dan commented would be a great place to line up several scooters. Seriously, you could fit probably 6 to 9 scoots across the back, at 2 rows deep without even blocking the garage.

So yeah... scooter party at our place later this summer!

Caribbean Stew

Dinner run with Vespa peeps

It poured down rain all day today, but the Hawaii Moto Ryder got together for lunch and a ride anyway. Four modern Vespas, a couple Triumphs, Hondas, Yamahas and a few other bikes. Mods and rockers can get along!

So very envious of your huge land, long driveways ....

I was a fun ride and i think i'm still wet. Poor Zap got hosed by an asshole going full speed thru standing water and a lot of standing water. Were a hardy group tho.