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Re: Possible soulmate??
« Reply #25 on: April 25, 2017, 06:12:45 AM »
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« Reply #27 on: April 25, 2017, 10:14:49 AM »
After thinking about it a while I had a flashback.  The last time I saw my good friend Willie he said a friend we went to school with had gotten a sex change.  A GOOD one.  Willie said anyone who didnt already know him (now her) would never guess the truth.  I had better call Willie again. 
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« Reply #28 on: April 25, 2017, 10:55:53 AM »
How about just asking 'her' if she has a Willie and not be in doubt?
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« Reply #29 on: April 25, 2017, 12:36:40 PM »
And expect an honest answer? 
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« Reply #30 on: April 25, 2017, 01:55:03 PM »
  Here is a picture of a friend of mine since High School. Way back when, when we were younger, I used to take him pheasant and grouse hunting and helped him train his dog. Manly stuff. He also had a 1980's 650 Nighthawk that he would ride. Around 5 years ago,maybe a little more he started to 'change'.  He went from a Mark to an Abbie  ;)   Different strokes for different folks nowadays  :D

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Re: Possible soulmate??
« Reply #31 on: April 25, 2017, 09:09:09 PM »
I see you want a CBX...if you want to get that CBX one day you need to work towards that goal  and create a loose plan to get there...what needs to happen to get there?
If you have debt work to get rid of any debt by making sacrifices to live below your means and attack the smallest debt or highest interest rate to leverage the pay down. As you pay one off roll that previous payment onto the next one...over time this can get you out of debt quicker but, you work to get that way.
Being debt free will free you to go places and do things that are not possible when you have those obligations.
 Before you do that debt elimination you have to build a savings you can draw on if you lose a job or have unplanned expense.  Replentish that fund and don't raid it. Ideally you need to have the ability to weather a period of between jobs 2x what you hope for it to be.
Use cash and keep track by logging what you spend your money on. That is eyeopening when you review that...

CBXes are just going to go up in price, BUT the bike market is very soft and has been for several years now. That is, bike values have not grown like several other things, so prices have increased but they aren't an investment that is wise for many "collectibles".  If you are riding it a lot it isn't a collectible...so consider your goals.  Maybe you want a nice one but it doesn't have to be perfect.  That opens the door to more options and more flexibility.  Value is largely based on appearance, keep that in mind.

BUT, I think they need to be cared for and used, ride them don't hide them!

Buy the best example you can find; as rebuilding or restoring a rare bike like the CBX is very costly...that may mean you should save more. Then insure it for an appraised value and have it reappraised every 2-3 years and ensure you step up the coverage to cover a loss if wrecked or stolen.
Build a book on your work and expenses, it will help substantiate investment as well as help keep track of your expenses as well as assist a good appraiser that knows the bikes. You have to find someone who knows what they are doing in appraisals. Some insurance companies will pay stated value claims with no hiccups or hesistance, others are not so honorable.  So, research your MC insurance company.

You can date and live life but working all the time you are using your most valuable resource; so don't waste it.  If you need to get more training or experience to increase your ability to make more money look at the cost of not doing that or actually doing that...
Have a plan and goals it will help you in life, accept that plans change and Murphy strikes with regularity.  There is the old Yiddish proverb, "Man plans, God laughs"
Base your plan on reality and recognize life changes and plans change, what you think possible  or is realistic is tempered by reality.  It doesn't mean you don't plan, maybe with time you no longer have that goal.  Educate yourself on that goal and calculate the costs of ownership and acquisition on facts when possible.  Have you ever ridden a CBX?

So, all these ideas you have about what ifs with this girl are quite elaborate and you are wasting a lot of brain cells on these potential fantasies...you don't have a clue what she is like from one or two brief interactions.  You may find her intriguing from a distance, but reality may be very different, you are setting up some expectations for a relationship that hasn't happened, is this normal behavior for you? Consider my questions rhetorical and take my viewpoint with a grain of salt.












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Re: Possible soulmate??
« Reply #32 on: April 25, 2017, 09:15:35 PM »
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« Reply #33 on: April 25, 2017, 09:36:18 PM »
I am staying away from them. 650,s..
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Re: Possible soulmate??
« Reply #34 on: April 25, 2017, 10:56:58 PM »
  Here is a picture of a friend of mine since High School. Way back when, when we were younger, I used to take him pheasant and grouse hunting and helped him train his dog. Manly stuff. He also had a 1980's 650 Nighthawk that he would ride. Around 5 years ago,maybe a little more he started to 'change'.  He went from a Mark to an Abbie  ;)   Different strokes for different folks nowadays  :D

Soooooooooooo............ Eric............. Did you, you know, er, take Ma, er I mean Abbie, grouse shooting............ ? (not that there's anything wrong with that........... ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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Re: Possible soulmate??
« Reply #35 on: April 25, 2017, 11:30:56 PM »
Sheesh Rafi, can ya let a guy just have his fantasies? ;)

I want a benelli sei and a 5'7" 140# strawberry blonde gal with no kids and unwavering commitment to my dumb ass.  Is it too much?

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« Reply #36 on: April 25, 2017, 11:34:31 PM »
Sheesh Rafi, can ya let a guy just have his fantasies? ;)

I want a benelli sei and a 5'7" 140# strawberry blonde gal with no kids and unwavering commitment to my dumb ass.  Is it too much?

Yep. ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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Re: Possible soulmate??
« Reply #37 on: April 25, 2017, 11:45:00 PM »
Thanks Terry

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« Reply #38 on: April 25, 2017, 11:49:29 PM »
You sure it was a 650, we have life tough enough as it is. Now we are the red headed step child with a new clothing experience. What colour shoes ?
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Re: Possible soulmate??
« Reply #39 on: April 25, 2017, 11:59:41 PM »
Thanks Terry

Hi Cowman, I can be strawberry blonde, if you want me to.......... Abbie.

I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: Possible soulmate??
« Reply #40 on: April 26, 2017, 12:27:49 AM »
I didn't know you were so flexible Terr...I mean Abbie!

I am a sucker for girls who ride triumphs  ;D
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« Reply #41 on: April 26, 2017, 12:52:36 AM »
BomberMann, well, you marry the right girl and if you are lucky your daughter could be 5'7" 140 # strawberry blond.

Save your pennies, nickles, dimes, and quarters as well as those greenbacks and maybe you can one day have the amount of money for what one costs today...
BTW, raising daughters is very expensive...cheaper to buy them a ladder to alope by climbing out the window and down the ladder than to her having a wedding.
You could buy him lots of tools and a ladder in order for him to convince her to alope with him...
It would be cheaper than a wedding.
Probably could buy her a nice cb550 or cb750 for less than a wedding.

Did I mention girls are expensive, not only the one you date or marry but also the ones you help bring into this world with the miracle of birth.
They will be devoted to you or is it the other way around when they have you wrapped around their finger?  As many little girls or not so little girls tend to do with their daddy....

Sure stoke the embers of your dream/fantasy, don't blow too hard or you might blow out those embers...
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« Reply #42 on: April 26, 2017, 03:02:34 AM »
Thanks Terry

Hi Cowman, I can be strawberry blonde, if you want me to.......... Abbie.


....and she probably has that Aussie accent. Boom goes the dynamite. I'm done here. Lol


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« Reply #43 on: April 26, 2017, 03:05:49 AM »
You can't be as charismatic as the Wilde one.  Maybe you should ride the attractions at Wally World. 



Then again, she might be a man.  You have now entered the Danger Zone.


Idk where you found that video... but it is amazing.


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« Reply #44 on: April 26, 2017, 10:43:08 AM »
Yeah, if I actually did meet a cool chick and settle down, have kids, basically a CBX would be out of the question.  Getting a nice one with low miles may be cheaper than rebuilding the engine alone, and I would still run it through the paces every other weekend.....  Anybody else see that one with like 3,000 miles on ebay?  I bet she sells for close to $20,000.

I have thought a bit more about the dude/chick friend from school.  I wanna say Willie said he was a hermaphrodite, and just chose the female parts over the male.  I dunno, still trying to find Willie's number.  So, honestly, I don't date, don't man-whore, no hookers, nothing.  So I don't know.  Tell me, why is it that someone being employed by Walmart a negative? 
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« Reply #45 on: April 26, 2017, 11:08:38 AM »
Walmart might be a decent gig there in E Texas.  I dont know.  Never been there.  :P
Anyone working at Walmart around here is typically pretty high on the 'crazy' part of the spectrum  ;D

IIWM, 25 years ago, I would have already asked her out.  Just sayin'  ::)
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« Reply #46 on: April 26, 2017, 11:17:15 AM »
Tell me, why is it that someone being employed by Walmart a negative?

Oh boy, how many stigma's have ya heard already?
Unfortunately, it's not the employee, it's the company.
Wal*Mart in my area has a reputation for;

Treating their staff like school kids.  Unfortuately, the staff enables such behavior because;
Getting paid part time poverty wages by abusive management is better than standing up for yourself and leaving a bullsh!t job.
Did I mention poverty wages?  Get paid on the 5th, food stamps come on the 7th!
Inconsistent and unpredictable schedule.  They treat and pay people like #$%*, and still expect the staff to be ready 24/7.
Management will instantly and maliciously terminate an employee over gossip/rumors, or hysterical customer nonsense shouting and screaming and pointing at poor unsuspecting staff. (True story)

I sincerely hope that the state of corporate management style has or will make a radical change and enter some era of enlightenment.

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« Reply #47 on: April 26, 2017, 12:16:24 PM »
I wonder if some if not most transgenders do it just to play with themselves.  If at the end of my life a higher power gives me the option to go back but as a woman I'd do it.  Hell yeah, I'd do it and just be the biggest lesbian.
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« Reply #48 on: April 26, 2017, 03:28:56 PM »

IIWM, 25 years ago, I would have already asked her out.  Just sayin'  ::)

IIWM, 15 years ago, I would have already banged her!
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« Reply #49 on: April 26, 2017, 05:05:52 PM »
Hey Larry (Momo here) works at Walmart, and he's not crazy! (I think........... ) ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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