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Harald wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:10 am

fontanaman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:40 pm I road it over 300 miles today. I sure is great to be retired.

I think we need a "hate" button along with the "love" button.
Okay, maybe a "jealous" button would be more appropriate for all those retired folks rubbing it in to us working stiffs or perhaps all those southern riders antagonizing the poor suckers in the frozen north that can't ride half the year.

I don't think it's "rubbing it in" when we refrain 9 times out of 10 for posting some rides that we take. That distaste and nauseating feeling you feel is a natural outgrowth of the contrast between the perceived happiness of others and your present circumstances.

Will it help you to know that we derive no satisfaction from these rides and that they become "oh, so, so..." after awhile, and that the repetition of the roads, though incredibly twisty, is just another exercise in "meh"?

Just so everyone is aware. Every time my wife puts away the winter clothes, another freak cold front blows through. She put them away again last night, so I'm sorry for whatever follows.

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:16 am

Harald wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:10 am

fontanaman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:40 pm I road it over 300 miles today. I sure is great to be retired.

I think we need a "hate" button along with the "love" button.
Okay, maybe a "jealous" button would be more appropriate for all those retired folks rubbing it in to us working stiffs or perhaps all those southern riders antagonizing the poor suckers in the frozen north that can't ride half the year.

I don't think it's "rubbing it in" when we refrain 9 times out of 10 for posting some rides that we take. That distaste and nauseating feeling you feel is a natural outgrowth of the contrast between the perceived happiness of others and your present circumstances.

Will it help you to know that we derive no satisfaction from these rides and that they become "oh, so, so..." after awhile, and that the repetition of the roads, though incredibly twisty, is just another exercise in "meh"?

I'm sure glad I wore my high top rubber boots today.

Harald wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:10 am

fontanaman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:40 pm I road it over 300 miles today. I sure is great to be retired.

I think we need a "hate" button along with the "love" button.
Okay, maybe a "jealous" button would be more appropriate for all those retired folks rubbing it in to us working stiffs or perhaps all those southern riders antagonizing the poor suckers in the frozen north that can't ride half the year.

Harolds remarks is even more appropriate when you understand it rained very hard in the Pacific Northwet on Saturday and Sunday. Monday was glorious with dry roads even on the mountain passes.

My FJR at Rocky Reach Dam just north of Wenatchee.



This reminds me the Garmin audible direction butchered the town named Okanogon. Around here we pronounce it O can nog an. She said Ock co no gan. I damn near didn't know where to go!

Mountains outside of Leaveworth Washington. You won't see snow in those foothills much longer this year.

Man, now THAT is rubbing it in.

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:00 pm Man, now THAT is rubbing it in.

Yea, the season of the southerners rubbing it in is ending and the season of the northerners rubbing it in begins.

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:00 pm Man, now THAT is rubbing it in.

38 years of un-interupted service as a non-managerial white collar worker (aka a grunt) at Boeing. I earned my retirement just as those who are still working are earning theirs.

You can tell it is raining again today and will rain the rest of the week. Glad to be heading to Spokane soon for a dryer climate.

gixxerjasen wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:06 pm

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:00 pm Man, now THAT is rubbing it in.

Yea, the season of the Texans rubbing it in is ending and the season of the northerners rubbing it in begins.

I live 20mins from the base of mountains...the top of which are 20 degrees cooler than the flatlands. I can ride ALL summer long in comfort...I don't care if you call that rubbing it in or not.

fontanaman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:11 pm
38 years of un-interupted service as a non-managerial white collar worker (aka a grunt) at Boeing. I earned my retirement just as those who are still working are earning theirs.

That's my wife's Boeing story exactly and she just retired last year (and gets to rub it in daily as I head off to work).

Our 24 year old son just started his career at the Lazy B last month. With my retirement coming up quickly (Feb next year) I cringe at the thought of being in his shoes and looking at 30 plus years of work ahead before retirement. Of course, when I started my career at another large airplane related company 30 years ago, I was excited about working there and retirement wasn't even a thought in my mind.

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:14 pm

gixxerjasen wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:06 pm

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:00 pm Man, now THAT is rubbing it in.

Yea, the season of the Texans rubbing it in is ending and the season of the northerners rubbing it in begins.

I live 20mins from the base of mountains...the top of which are 20 degrees cooler than the flatlands. I can ride ALL summer long in comfort...I don't care if you call that rubbing it in or not.

THERE is the need for the hate button.

Sigh, in my industry thinking about 30 years at the same company is a pipe dream.

I bumped into the FJR last night as I was tinkering with the KLR. I too, have another 30 plus years before retirement...

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I'll be working right through lunch on the day I die.

gixxerjasen wrote:I'll be working right through lunch on the day I die.

"Bye bye miss American pie...the good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing this will be the day..."

That some just came to my mind for some reason when reading that comment.

Don't eat pie that day, but if you do make it worth.

gixxerjasen wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 2:34 pm

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:14 pm

gixxerjasen wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:06 pm
Yea, the season of the Texans rubbing it in is ending and the season of the northerners rubbing it in begins.

I live 20mins from the base of mountains...the top of which are 20 degrees cooler than the flatlands. I can ride ALL summer long in comfort...I don't care if you call that rubbing it in or not.

THERE is the need for the hate button.

Sigh, in my industry thinking about 30 years at the same company is a pipe dream.

Yeah the unwritten social contract of every American working at the same company ala IBM or Boeing for their entire lives evaporated in the late 70's or early 80's. I am among the last of those who reaped the benefit.

baowow wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:04 pm Don't eat pie that day, but if you do make it worth.

Um, pie is always worth it.

fontanaman wrote:

gixxerjasen wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 2:34 pm

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:14 pm I live 20mins from the base of mountains...the top of which are 20 degrees cooler than the flatlands. I can ride ALL summer long in comfort...I don't care if you call that rubbing it in or not.

THERE is the need for the hate button.

Sigh, in my industry thinking about 30 years at the same company is a pipe dream.

Yeah the unwritten social contract of every American working at the same company ala IBM or Boeing for their entire lives evaporated in the late 70's or early 80's. I am among the last of those who reaped the benefit.

Uhhh...

What's a pension?

Spirit will give you about 75% of what insurance will cost to bridge to medicaid if you take early retirement from there. That's about as good a deal as you'll get at the former Boeing plant. I think the Boeing deal is a little better, but you have to live in the Northwest to get that, and who would want to live there when you could live this close to nothing out here in the Midwest?

I will wait until 70 to retire and hope that Spirit doesn't make any worse choices with the 401k broker. At this point, I should be comfortable in retirement, but won't be touring Europe on an FJR.

Hudson wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:31 am I washed my 08. It’s shiny now. If you look real close, however, bug residue is barely visible.

But I don’t give any more f#@ks.

Someone put out a BOLO for Hudson, he's been kidnapped and his account hijacked...no way this is true!

--G

Harald wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:10 am

fontanaman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:40 pm I road it over 300 miles today. I sure is great to be retired.

I think we need a "hate" button along with the "love" button.
Okay, maybe a "jealous" button would be more appropriate for all those retired folks rubbing it in to us working stiffs or perhaps all those southern riders antagonizing the poor suckers in the frozen north that can't ride half the year.

Living in the South isn't all peaches and cream you know. This morning's ride home was a perfect example. After working all night I had to endure a bitter 48 degrees. I had to zip the vents in my Tourmaster, put on my midweight gloves and turn the grip heaters to medium. I even had to raise the windshield a couple inches!

I sure hope it warms up enough to wash it today.

Rode it to work again...

Me, too. Chilly, though.