From: XP2729@LSUVM.BITNET (Terry Baldridge)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Dis and Dat
Date: 4 Sep 92 14:13:32 GMT

I have a few rambling things to say, so I guess I will say them all
at once.

First:  Arnie, got the buckle.  Looks great.  And I love the brand
mailer you used.  If it wouldn't be so much like a rule, I propose
that they become the offical paper products company of the DoD.

Second:  It is funny how a hurricane can screw up your week.  Well,
two bikes on sidestands, right side into the wind, sans covers, can
sustain a force two hurricane without falling.  I guess it helps
that I have a six foot high wooden fence in my back yard blocking the
wind.  For those unfortunant ones that haven't been around hurricanes
they strip all the folliage from trees and deposit it in blind corners
for you to try to kill yourself on.  Guess I better go on to another
subject before Ed Green says "Why are we discussing this here unless
it was a HONDA Hurricane!!!!!" :}

Third:  How do those of you out there with leather jackets keep the
lining clean?  After a summer of LA heat and humidity, the lining
of my CoolTech no longer smells as fresh as it once did.  It is not
removable.

Fourth:  My wife has fallen in love with my brother-in-laws GS1100.
She kept muttering something about doing wheelies :}.  Maybe it was
about trying to not do wheelies.  She was kind of incoherent about it.

And the key thing:  I have a key ring with all my keys on it.  I keep it
in my pocket or a fairing pocket.  And then I have a nonstratching key
fob with only a bike key on it.  If I lose the bike key I still have
an extra on the main ring.  Arnie how about a DoD key fob now?  It would
nice to have one like BMW MOA key fobs.

ObSpagthrope:  I guess by now you know that last remaining Spagthrope
Catahula Cur Dog (or Cajun Special as it was known locally) was involved
in the hurricane.  Just in case this didn't make national press I will
post what few details I know.

Lord J and the boys decided to make a few (and with these guys, few
is few) dual purpose mounts for their Cajun buddies to use to round
cows up with.  It was going to replace the horse for this purpose.
Now knowing his Cajun friends like he did, he knew it would have
to be very simplistic.  I believe the frame was the same as the
bloodhound's, but that is about the only thing they had in common.
The cur's transmission (actually just an in-and-out box) was simply
marked "Geaux" and "No-Geaux",  so the locals could understand it.
It had large high floation tires on it.  These tires and the fact
that Lord J sent them to his Cajun buddies in the swamps that fished
for a living, instead of his buddies in the prairie that raised cattle
seemed to be the down fall.  Upon receiving the Curs, they thought that
the bikes were supposed to be pirogue replacements.  So the first night
after doing what Cajuns do best (I will only say that Cajuns enjoy their
drink even more than Denisons) all the Curs meet a muddy wet fate save
one.  This ones owner was out on a shrimp boat at the time.  So,
when he returned he knew better than to try to tread water with the
Cur.  He used this one on land, or what ever they have down around Cutoff.
It was pressed into action for most of its remaining life as a Crawfish
Combine.  It large racks (for hauling hay to the fields with) used
for dumping the cages into.  It served this purpose well and was
loving named "Phydeaux" by its owner.  But anyway this machine did
not fair as well as my two steeds during the recent hurricane.  It is not
known what really happened to the Cur in its final moments, but it
is known that it's large jug is now being used as a gumbo pot.
Ironically enough, the tires, which because of their size, caused the
death of most of the curs, floated out to sea to never be seen again.
The frame was twisted beyound recoginition.  But to this day, no one
has seen hide nor codpiece of the fuel cell.

terry
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