Sorry about your friend, Jim.

Sorry Jim, losing friends sucks.

Doctors are bound by oath and law to do everything they can to keep you alive, until somebody tells them to stop. Unless you spell it out clearly ahead of time it's left to spouse/kids who say, For Mom/Dad, of course, do everything possible. They don't want to think about how much suffering Mom/Pop are experiencing by dragging it out. They don't want to be the one to say pull the plug. So Mom/Pop lives a few more months or a year in a miserable state.

Obamacare had a provision to pay doctors to sit down with patients and explain their end of life options and how to guarantee it would happen the way they want. The disloyal opposition screamed, "Death Panels".

I think I posted a chart on what doctors chose for themselves. It was very heavy on pain relief, and very light on extraordinary measures.

Yes, I remember such a news item. Presumably, these are people who love life as much as I do, who dislike pain as much as I do, and yet choose dramatically different end of life plans than I would. Presumably, the only difference is that they're better informed about the process. Something to be learned there.

Sorry Jim. Getting older sux. We know and know of more people dying.

Damn, Jim, that's so sad.

So sorry for your loss Jim.

Sorry Jim, sounds like a rough way to go.



Beats the alternative?

So sorry, Jim.

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My condolences, Jim.

Sorry to hear of this.

First it was mostly people I knew as friends of my folks, then Vietnam took people I knew, and sometimes older people I worked with kicked off, but not many personal friends. About twenty years ago suddenly friends started dropping in their late 40s and 50s, and as classicman said, that sux.

A friend recently joined facebook to try and connect with some of the many musicians he'd played with over the years. What he found was he was wasting his time, because most of them were dead.

Griff askedGood question, is it better to miss than be missed?

It's shocking when they are your age. Fortunately there haven't been too many of those yet for me.

I'm sorry jim. I've lost some good friends in the last few years, and I agree with the sentiments expressed by other dwellars.

The fact that you were moved enough to write about him, well, he sounds like a neat guy, and interesting guy, and that's a pretty cool way to have lived.

thanks shaw ( and all y'all )

It's a bummer, but it was inevitable, and I saw it coming a long way off, so I'm not really all that upset about it. That's kind of why I put it in this thread. I'm more relieved that he's at rest. We had some fun times.

it's better to miss.

there's plenty of time to be missed later, and others can do it for you. I'll miss as long as I can. it hurts, true. still. I want to live.

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My new seat came yesterday. Corbin makes them custom. you get to select the color of the seat, the sides, the piping, the studs: none, chrome or black, and they build it and ship it in about 30 days. The things I've read say it extends the time you can ride before your ass hurts from 1 hour to 3 or 4. I'd be ecstatic with 2. Took a short ride last night, but it was cold out... I love the look though... Was not SURE the red piping would look right, and that the color would match.... (I changed from bright red to oxblood at the last minute) But, it seems to match pretty well. I am pleased.

Looks great sir

The red matches fine because one is high gloss and the other matte. You made the right choice, it looks great. :thumb2:

Now I have to do something about those saddlebags.

Looks good.

One word:

Semi rigid liner

Gives 'em a little form.

oh, not the shape I have coolers that fit right in there if I want em squared out.... It's the color. They are kind of green grey black.... now the seat is so pretty, the bags look like hell. I will have to see about getting some new black bags with the red piping or some other accent ....so it looks like it matches.

Meanwhile, black boot polish, and LOTS of elbow grease will make a big difference!


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hmmmm..... I may just try that.... I have some somewhere.....

Also leather dye, not just polish. Dye changes the color much more.

Looks bitchin. Use common sense on the polish/dye. Test the color. V should be the man on methods...

I hear exercising can help with that.

Wrong thread?

There's thread drift, and then there's thread alien abduction...

No, what I wanted to tell you is H.L. Mencken was in favor of capital punishment.

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Amanda had her first ride on the new seat today. Big hit. We took a nice ride this morning. Better over bumps, no numb ass. And she can see better too. Win.

That's wonderful, now she won't have to get butt implants.

So, I got that letter from the social security administration that tells you how much to expect when you retire.

That letter also tells you how much you've ever earned and reported.

I had the bright idea to tally it all up and see how much I've made in my life to date.

You know how I know I'm an asshole?

I've made over 2.2 million dollars in my lifetime so far, and I have 2600 in my checking account today. Grasshopper. Not an ant.

And all you have to show for it is two awesome kids

Are they doing that again? I thought they stopped sending those as cost cutting measures.

it HAS been a while since I've received one. Are they just doing them less frequently maybe? Did you not get one this year?

I haven't gotten one for a long time, now.

I guess they just send them out to the pretty people, huh?

you can register online and keep up to date on them.

"register online" ...

Yes register online, you know, the NSA mater file. ;)

Just got mine today ...
Annual Reminder to Review Your Social Security Statement
Dear Classic:

We’d like to remind you to review your Social Security Statement online.
The Statement has important Social Security information and, if applicable,
estimates of your future benefits.

If you are working, we encourage you to check your Statement yearly to
make sure your earnings record is correct. The Statement also will help in
planning your financial future.

To view your most recent Statement, please visit
//website address// and sign into your account.

Please do not reply to this E-mail, as we are unable to respond to messages
sent to this address.

mine was a letter in the mail. On the back, is the history of my annual reported income since 1984 or something....

Mine used to be as well. Now I get these annual emails.

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So I did

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Painted the piping to match the seat. Don't know if it will last, but that's ok too.

Noice.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

The bigger bags are hella convenient. Just having the lids that close under their own weight, instead of having to buckle 2 buckles.... And I can fit four 12 packs of beverages in them.

The real reason I did them, though, was because Amanda and I are going to do a week long vacation/ride down the Blue Ridge Parkway and back. I also got this big ass luggage rack pack:
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I can't frigging wait. We've been taking longer rides to condition our butts.... And to break in that seat....

I got new tires, new brakes, an oil change and passed PA inspection today. Amanda is a planner, so she has been researching the route and attractions along the way.... Leaving on a Saturday, We are hoping to make it to my dad's house in Charlotte on Tuesday so we can attend his weekly bluegrass jam, then turn around and head back so I can be at work the following Saturday morning.

Pshaw, you just got that big pack to push her tits into your back. :p:

Dear Jim,

Three words concerning your BRP trip:

Anti-Monkeybutt Powder.

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Seriously.

Yours truly,

Gravdigr

Also:

If you can find it online Motorcyclist Magazine editor Marc Cook just made most of this very same ride. No real revelations, but, I thought you might want to check it out. Oct/2015 "Wandering / The Road As Therapy" p.50.

ETA: Just tried to find it...You might have better luck at a newsstand.

Thanks....

Monkey butt powder though? Ya think? I thought that stuff was for chafing... like when you get sweaty, and are walking around, and then the sweat dries, and then you get sweaty again, and you get all puffy and your ass cheeks start to hurt like the devil...

I'll just be sitting on my arse for a couple hours at a time with 1/2-1 hour intermissions between... I have compression shorts that I can wear that usually keep that chafing under control if I'm going to be walking in the heat....

so, here's a couple clips of that ride:

It's a lovely road year round.
Ah, sex on the hood of a black Thunderbird, in an unlit pulloff at night, with traffic going by, wondering if the next car will swing in. Good Times, good times. :blush:

Yeah, but don't you just wish there had been someone there with you to share it?

No, just wish it was someone different. :haha:

;)

That will be fun! I saw a black bear the last time I was on that road.

Are you hauling camping gear, or staying in hotels?

Man, a few hours on a bike in the heat can do terrible things to one's ass crack. Trust me. When things go all swampy down there, it'll feel like a baboon's blue ass looks. "Gaulded" will not do the situation justice.

Hope you avoid it. Both of you. I really hope you two have a safe trip, and enjoy it. And try not grit your teeth too hard over that 45 mph speed limit, all the way through the park. I also hope the rangers aren't as strict about that speed limit as they used to be.:thepain2:

And the traffic isn't so heavy the speed limit is moot.
Replace the office chair with a motorcycle seat, for training.

is this the source of your current signature?

if not why not? the great Nick Lowe in 1978.