an answer to anonymous email

I got this email this morning from somebody, probably from here, who
seems to be annoyed that I claim to have all this riding experience yet
I am online today and not out riding!

The fact is, last week, my R65 copped a 'tude and the front caliper put
a deadlock on the disc brake. I noticed the front brake felt "funny"
when I rode over to my folx' house. The caliper sort of did a
stranglehold on the disc. I parked out front of their house and poked it
with a stick, and decided to put it in their garage so I could work on
it. Pushing a bike with the front brake locked might be okay for you
youngsters. I managed to shove it into the garage from the street. The
first step is opening that nipple to drain the brake fluid. It was so
locked down, the nut was beginning to round off without loosening. I
confess, I haven't done the maintenance on my bike that I should, and
wound up paying to have it towed to the shop, where they fixed it for a
considerable sum. At the time, I didn't feel anything in my back, but by
that evening, it was like a giant fire ant had sunk its pinchers into
the region just above where your spine goes into your hips.

Crikey! I hadda bum some pain pills off my mom, old people get the best
drugs! The last time I experienced this kind of pain, I'd picked up a
bucket of rocks wrong and felt something go "twoing!" in my back. I
didn't feel anything like that while pushing my bike, but it sure wasn't
subtle that night. Agony! No joke, it was/is horrendous.

So you guy who wrote me, I want to make this public. If you're going to
try to humiliate me, do it here, don't friggin email me under a cute
nickname. I'll probably have to take it easy for a week or so until this
pinched disc in my back gets unpinched. But I only have a motorcycle
license, it's my only vehicle. Your email sort of pissed me off, because
I only ride a bike, and right now, I can't. It was so lame of you to
call me a poser because I'm not out riding today. My computer chair is
pretty comfortable, my BMW is not.

I just want to say that you don't know me or my history with
motorcycles, so just get back in your air-conditioned Honda Civic and
shut the hell up, okay? I'll be riding bikes long after you've had your
first scare and given it up. That is all.
--
barb
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You should've posted the original email! Let's see if we can figure
out who the numbskull is!

ba.mc hasn't been this much fun in a long time.

 

Alas, I deleted it in a fit of fury. I shoulda kept it, but it just
seemed cheesily provocative and I don't want to give him/her the publicity.

--
barb
Chaplain, ARSCCwdne

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See if it is still is on your ISP.

 

It wasn't me, 'cause I drove the cage today too!

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An alternate plan might have been to remove the caliper
from the bike, schlep just the caliper and master cylinder
in to the shop, then when they came back repaired, refill
the system and bleed it yourself.

I'd guess that loosening the line would have relieved the
pressure and saved your back. I think I would have tried
that anyway.

Hope it wasn't too painful an experience.

 

Oh, geez, it still is. My mom gave me somthing called 'Trameton' or some
diddly, it's a lightweight opiate. Dad asked me today if my back was
better. How can I say? I downed the last pill this afternoon. I reckon
by tommorow, I'll be able to tell him if I'm better or not. Once the
drug wears off...

--
barb
Chaplain, ARSCCwdne

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I dunno. I don't always trust chiropracters to do the right treatment
but in this case, I'd probably go see one to see if he could
help put my back right. If he couldn't, I'd consider some imaging
to make sure I hadn't done damage. A lot of times too, I can get
stuff back in place by pulling on something like the top of a door
as if I were starting a chinup.

Maybe Doc Wong ? (ducking and running).

Hope you're feeling better soon.

 

Maybe Scientology has taken it hostage.

 

Sigh, I know. *Someone* (and I'm not pointing fingers here) reported it
as a spam blog and it got taken down. There were no links or anything,
it was just a retelling of a story I heard that I thought was amusing.

Try this link if you really want to read it:
http://bonusnachobarb.blogspot.com/

Thanks!



--
barb
Chaplain, ARSCCwdne

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One wonders why anyone would report it as a spam blog.
http://bonusnachobarb.blogspot.com/

That read like spam to you? Blogger notices said it would be "reviewed."
Doesn't seem to be happening.

--
barb
Chaplain, ARSCCwdne

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