Modern Vespa

Vital signs. At least my own.

My new t-shirt...

My friends. 8) BRAU nice shirt.

having loads of scary tests at the hospital and being sent home with the news that I'm fine

Rick that is a fantastic t-shirt

Great news, Genie.

YEAH! It feels like the load lightened by tons. Good on you!

Curried chicken for dinner.

Simple things. My family. My friends. The cool side of my pillow. Good fucking conversation. MUSIC.

Renting luxury private Villas in tropical locations with my family. Must come complete with a full time driver, chef & maid. Oh and WiFi, I'm a geek.

For longer than 5 years a section of road home (3/4 mile) has been a disaster. It looks like a Nato bombing range. Last week the town repaved it and it is smooth as glass and has a couple nice twisties in it. Too bad they waited until after I spent hundreds fixing my suspension first.

i love my wife
i love my sons
i love my mother-in-law
i love my family
i love my friends
i love Texas
i love my doggies (2 doxies and 2 beagles)
i love my Fuoco
i love the Dallas Cowboys
i love my cherokee
i love 80's music
i love Duran Duran / Depeche Mode / Tears for Fears / Thompson Twins - in that order
i love fried spam and fried eggs with garlic fried rice

i like redheads
i like bigbutts and I cannot lie
i like Game of Thrones

I love all the different aromas/odors/smells I get while riding -- good and bad. It's amazing compared to the very little smells one gets from riding in a cage!

Butterflied chicken on the grill.

... except for three-day-old roadkill in the summer heat. I just can't handle that. If I see a dead critter on the road ahead, I reflexively hold my breath until I'm at least a couple hundred yards past it.

Medium boiled egg
Kitties!
Grown up kitties!
Puppies!
Grown up puppies

I love it when the local scooter shop (Blue Smoke Garage) works an hour to fix something Stupid that I did and says, "oh ten dollars" I did give them twenty... R

the guy that opened ths shop n rebooted the till so i could buy a connector plate for me toilet ....... told him he was a star n he said he just take the brownie points

would have been without water till tomorrow n no shower cos theres no way i coiuld have capped off the toilet ......
.. how we take stuff for granted like a flushing bog havnt had one for a week

http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12204/7957452/SLE-makes-Bulls-offer

I'm changing my attitude.
Bunnies and kittens.

I had a woman in her late 50s pull out on me the other day. She saw me and stopped in the middle of the lane so I slowed right down and gave her my best attempt at a "you stupid cow" stare.
Hilariously this prim and proper looking lady gave me the fingers. Priceless.

The beautiful waitress at Wild Bill's restaurant today. It was almost a shame she had such beautiful body because it distracted you from her gorgeous face. A pretty girl can make your day; even if she's 30 years younger than you and you have no intent of even flirting with her. It's like admiring a beautiful stream wandering through the woods. It's just peaceful.


oh, and my third glass of wine...

Note to self must visit Wild Bills restaurant!

I love passing the surprise emergency braking test.

I also love the fact that it has convinced me running lights come out of the bottomless safety fund rather than the empty bling fund.

2 4 Gb sticks of RAM added by my local shop. Diagnosis of problem, Ram and installed cost $53.
Happy computer.

I love:

a brilliant cartoon,

the sound of my son's laughter,

my wife's smile,

the ride,

the sun on face,

dry roads,

the purr of my scoot....

Chili dogs.

Kettle Brand Krinkle Cut sea salt potato chips. Costco sells them in 2-lb. bags. They're thick, crunchy, salty and greasy, the quintessential diet buster!

75ºF in January. After 8º just a few days ago this was a welcome change. I went for a short but gorgeous ride. I actually had to open a couple of the vents on my jacket because I was overheating. Sweet.

Waking up.
Obviously family.
Laughing.
Wine.
Food.
More food.
Scoot.
More wine.
Music.
Sun. (Rare for me I'm Welsh)
The sound of aircraft tyres touching down (eeeeeep!!!!)
The first smell of cut grass in spring.
Nearly everything else.

Life.

The very fact that we even exist in this universe. That we are even "we" (consciousness). That we are privileged to have even this little time to appreciate it all.

Amazing.

(not looking to start a conversation on theology or even the anthropic principle)

+1

'pretty whack when you think about it, isn't it.

What are the chances? The way this whole thing works is amazing!

Proton gradient. The 'laws' of physics dictate that life will exist - it can't escape that fate.

And I rather like that.

Just watching my wife about the house doing her normal things, Her beauty leaves me with a sense of awe and wonderment. She's 65 going on 20 in my eyes. along with a whole lot of other things. Kids ect.

I just became a grandpa for the second time. I love my daughter and my family. That's all.

The 40th annual Annie Awards are tonight! And they're streaming live!

Crunchy snow

Congratulations Ric- Wonderful News.

I love...

My beautiful wife Kari, who has put up with my antics (scooters, chainmail, several relocations for work) for our 22 years of marriage.

Our rescue Golden Retriever Seeger who is always happy to see me when I get home from work.

Spending time puttering around on my scooters.

I just got an email from a seller one Ebay telling me that she was refunding $12 on the shipping of my item because she managed to get a better rate than she originally estimated.

Floored.

BTW, every time I go through this thread I promise myself that I have to buy one of those 'Dork' scooter shirts that Rick is modeling above. Anyone know where I can find one?