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Author Topic: Ducati in History - An elderly woman remembers her teenage years  (Read 1316 times)
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« on: January 13, 2012, 04:39:25 AM »
I went in to the local snack bar today for lunch. There's an elderly woman in there that maybe passes the time by working there. She could be in her late sixties, but had a rough life to some extent. Little lady, not too many teeth left, but sweet lady.

Anyway, I'm wearing the Ducati team jacket and walk up to give her my order. Before I even finish my first word, she interupts," I'm sorry, Du cah ti, is that the motorcycles?" I say yes, it is. She says "I've haven't seen one of those in years. I didn't know they make them still." I explain that there's one outside my office during the summer, an area she used to work at. But a modern Ducati Monster doesn't exactly look like an older bike.

I ask her how does she know about them, she answers, "When I was in my late teens I was mildly interested in motorcycles and a few of the people I knew had them. They looked pretty fast. This was in New Orleans."

Being in her late 60's puts her in NOLA in the early 60's. Maybe she could have seen new Elites, maybe even a Mach 1...

The point is, as I was explaining to a friend who didn't see it, Ducati had an impact on this woman. An impact that maybe 50 years later she can't help but stop and share.
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« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2012, 06:19:30 AM »
That is cool.  Seriously cool...  Thx for sharing!
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« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2012, 03:39:43 PM »
Hopefully not a harbinger of the future for Ducati lovers....
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2012, 03:58:15 PM »
I picture myself in a nursing home pissing on the floor and saying how it reminds me of my '94 Monster leaking oil all over my shop when the oil line ruptured.
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« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2012, 08:41:48 PM »
We will all be saying at some point in our life when we are in the nursing home "pissing in the floor" and telling any young buck that  is rider "Hey I used to ride a cool ducati monster back in the day and hit the twisty."  Ofcourse the young buck would be "ehhhh, another rider pretender" or laugh at us.

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« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2012, 09:52:33 PM »
It happens a lot faster than one ever expects it to.....

(I still have all my teeth, btw)
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« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2012, 06:52:42 AM »
Screw talking about bikes....I plan on shoplifting when I reach the age of Nate.




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« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2012, 07:42:48 AM »
Quote from: bobspapa on January 14, 2012, 06:52:42 AM
Screw talking about bikes....I plan on shoplifting when I reach the age of Nate.




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