I was a lot younger (and stupider) back then, and in much better shape. This was on a 12 speed aluminum frame Kabuki, pedaling like a madman, on a very long (about 4 miles) grade that I think was about 12%. I remember there was a Mexican restaurant at the bottom, with a sand and gravel parking...
The operative phrase up there was "used to have". I lost everything I owned in a fire March 21st 1999. Everything but the clothes on my back and two photo albums that somehow ended up in the cast iron kitchen sink under a pile of broken dishes from the cabinet above it.
The ticket was in...
Fastest on 2 wheels was 72 mph, and I used to have the framed ticket to prove it. Framed because it was on a bicycle. (Looong steep fwonking hill on a 12 speed racing bike, with a State Trooper behind me. He pulled me over at the bottom and I begged him to write the ticket.)
It wasn't unexpected. He became gravely ill back in March and we used all available funds and leave/vacation time to get her out there for a few weeks with him. She just got back about two weeks ago, and he was being transferred to a nursing home. We were notified two days ago that his...
Yep, that it is. A friend I have on another truck forum is also from up that way. He's the plant manager for Buck.
In any case, all vacation plans are canceled. My wife's father passed away yesterday in Lewiston and we had to scramble to borrow money to get her home for the funeral. Paying...