Modern Vespa

If you have to ask you can't afford it...

The trouble is I'm rolling in money right now and as I have a self imposed embargo on buying motorcycles I'd like to pay for at least one thing two wheel related.

Google is pissing me off today. A lot. More than usual.

Fucking shitheels.

"Do no evil". Was that ever true?

Maybe for like the first five minutes?

Was supposed to hit a big bardstown tasting (5 different major btown distilleries plus food from one of the best restaurants there) but thanks to some dickhead scrolling his tiktok feed at 80mph the entire highway was a parking lot so i missed it.

At least he'll never do it again. #silverlinings

Our email complaint rate went from 0.00% to 0.01%.

It doesn't sound like much, but that's a problem. All of the emails the server sends are transactional. We never, ever send spam. There is a clear "unsubscribe" link in the body of the email, and another one in the header that can be offered to the recipient by their email client.

And yet.

Give me a name I'll put 'em on the no-fly list.

Can you take me off the strip search list, it's getting very tiresome with the finger pointing. Thank you and how's the knee? Hope you'll be back to full party soon.

I've already dispatched the clowns to tickle them into submission.

absolutely not you're my biggest money-maker on onlyfa--i mean sure. yeah i'll call em next week.

it's up and down. some days better than others. i suspect my mood right now thanks to the dead guy is having an effect on it.

Soo, my mother had made friends in the last decade of her life...some shared interest brought them together. Younger than her, retired, supposedly had a big insurance settlement when he was hit by a car on his bicycle.

Kind of a weird guy....sensible part of the time, other part bullshitter-liked to tell tall tales and try to pull people in. She was super quiet. Regardless, mom liked them, and we put up with him for that reason. He was kind of hyper, and if she needed something done he got right on it. He particularly liked wood projects. So over the years he made things for her. She was always appreciative, because of his promptness, and generosity-he never charged her a cent. She was always saying that he had money he didn't know what to do with....

Well, she's been gone 5 months now, hadn't heard much from him, though he'd left a plane behind from last year that I wanted to return, and he was going to try to sell her antique bed for her, and hadn't had any luck. I decided to ask for it back and we'd add it to the upcoming estate sale. As I.m talking to him, he hands me a sheet listing all of the things he did for her over the years, and the estimated value. I can't recall ever being truly flabbergasted before. He went on to tell me that as my mom didn't have a lot of money (she was all right in my mind, and she was able to pay her bills readily), so he decided to essentially pretend there was no charge and that he'd collect from the estate. Now, I understand he did the work and all, but to not say a word until the present?? Not totally shocked, as he is capable of weird behavior, but still. Rest of the family is angry too.

Sis and I are thinking to just give him his money (around 4K) and walk away, but I agree it's probably excessively charitable. We just want him to go away and never be seen again at this point.

The kicker is that a few years back she needed a new mailbox. He built this monstrosity that looked like it would be better on the bow of a Viking ship, roofed monstrosity. Mom never liked it, but was of the "beggars can't be choosers" persuasion. My sister and I thought it was an eyesore. So, of course it's on the list for $375. He's NOT getting paid for that.

IANAL, but I doubt he has a legal leg to stand on.

And as IANAL, I urge you to consult an attorney.

Okay, so not clowns, exactly. This latest turn of events has reminded me that I need to close the loop on what happens when emails bounce or we get a complaint about messages sent to that email address.

The short answer: there are consequences. I'm not being punitive here, but once AWS has reported an email address to me as undeliverable (or a complaint has been made) that email is put on the global suppression list, and I cannot send further emails to it.

And that means that the only method of resetting the account associated with that address is gone.

Consequences.

On the To Do List tomorrow.

My 2c: That's all sounds perfectly reasonable.
Ps, make sure Mrs Fled is expecting a bill for the gang here at MV after your untimely demise. All those 2c add up you know.

Tell him in the absence of a written contract, he can take a hike.
Sorry you have to deal with a vulture, but that's exactly what he is.

People do the strangest things when others pass away and I gave up trying to understand it even when it was my sister being a dick.

If you feel that you are losing your charitable status I'd imply that pretty much all of the Estate has been absorbed by the Lawyers fees and outstanding debts.

Opportunistic Leaches.

I have a new white 3/4 open-face helmet in XXL that I love. However the clear bubble shield from the same company is obviously engineered for somewhat smaller helmets, and the middle snap keeps popping open in the middle of rides. Last night going 55mph it popped open and the wind caused the whole shield to pivot down and come off almost causing a wreck! Aaaaack!

Is it a Bell Custom ?

Torc

Bin that and get a Bell Custom 500.

I use a bubble visor on it in the Spring and Summer and it's never become detached.

fledermaus

I can't help thinking this sounds like something that happens to Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm.. (you're Larry btw.. but not in a bad way )

and whenever it does, I think surely to goodness nobody could be such a toerag as that!

now there's living proof that there is!

Fledermaus,

That situation with the "helpful neighbor" kind of takes the shine off country folks take care of each other. He obviously wants to keep the bed. Personal opinion, I would in no way pay him anything. I would, in so many words, tell him to take his bill and shove it up his behind. He has no sustainable cause of action to recover work done over the years without a contract.

Sorry for you having to deal with this guy - a perfect relection of his personal character.

In contrast, I was way out in the country at Fleet Farm purchasing 100 pound sacks of Black Sunflower Seeds, Corn, and Peanuts to feed the squirrels in the forest behind my house. A younger country gentleman, parked next to me, stopped before going into the store with his wife and loaded the heavy sacks for me into my vehicle. I did not ask for help he just stepped up and did it.These folks are still the best of Americans.

Bob Copeland
"He's Gone Country, look at his boots, he's gone country, back to his roots".

"Character" is being rather kind. Seems like everyone who's met him and hears the story responds "I never did like him." Definitely odd duck. Sometimes comes off somewhat polished and intelligent, next time he shows up with a human tooth necklace and talking crap. That's Minnesota Nice for you!

More and more these days I kind of wonder how pathetic I look to 20 y.o.s holding doors etc. for me.

I Hope You All Feel Terrible Now

"Everyone hates the tabloid papers, until they become them."

Stephen Colbert has been contacted.

https://nypost.com/2024/03/22/entertainment/rose-hanbury-sends-legal-notice-to-stephen-colbert-over-prince-william-affair-joke-report/

In other news the RT blows its third fork seal.

It's the gift that keeps on giving

...for discussing allegations made in the British tabloids.

I really hope we get to hear Colbert's lawyer's response.

I have a Torc helmet that I like quite well, but I haven't used a face shield with it, always goggles and a face mask or a neck gaitor.

I also have a Bell 500 that I did have a classic chrome bubble shield on for a while, but for some reason, it fit loosely on the helmet and the snaps rattled a lot. It's not the fault of the helmet though, more of a cheap shield.

Hopefully similar to the reply given to the plaintiff in Arkell vs Pressdram.

My thoughts exactly.

Fixed

[NSR] What's cheering you up today? II (Post 2672597)

I simply have too much pointless 'stuff' cluttering up my life, and the temptation to have what amounts to a fire sale and dump a lot of it is pretty strong right now.

It's not like I have a bunch of spare boats or airplanes laying around, just a lot of relatively small things, but the accumulative effect (nice one!) of all if it is wearing on me.

I, being an ill-educated and poorly read American, had to look up Arkell v Pressdram. Brevity at its best.

You weren't the only one! It's probably a weekly occurrence on this site for me.

A rider killed at the local track open day on the weekend. That's 4 in 20 years which seems like a lot. Some pretty scary memories from the few I attended.

NOT ABOUT THIS FORUM:

People who post without reading first 🤬

(Instagram)

There's things to read?

No, just attention seeking women.