What did you do today?

Started by DRKWNG, May 08, 2008, 07:40:07 AM

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MadDuck

My condolences to Brian. Funerals are always tough and having to give a eulogy is even harder. I hope he'll always have the good memories.
No modification goes unpunished. Memento mori.  Good people drink good beer.  Things happen pretty fast at high speeds.

It's all up to your will level, your thrill level and your skill level.  Everything else is just fluff.

MadDuck

At 5:30 am this morning I was throwing rocks the size of grapefruits off of the Norfolk road.  :o Three days of rain have softened up the hill and the Cruickshank corner was a mess of leaves & branches. (Cruickshank is the corner above the house with the US flag that sits down in the hollow on the left after you drop down the entrance from the Kailua side).
No modification goes unpunished. Memento mori.  Good people drink good beer.  Things happen pretty fast at high speeds.

It's all up to your will level, your thrill level and your skill level.  Everything else is just fluff.

Speed 3 Pilot

Clutch has been screeching lately upon starts on inclines from a dead stop, so I removed the clutch cover and cleaned out as much dust as I could with my air compressor...on retrospect, I think I should have removed the pressure plate also....next time...

I also de-blinged the bike a bit and shed a few grams of weight by removing the rim tape from the wheels...the tape was starting to peel off and the application was amatuerish anyway, thanks SSD...
Life is tough, it's tougher if you're stupid...

Gettin' old ain't for wimps...

You only live once and I feel like I'm running out of time...

whackie

Quote from: Gene V on September 30, 2010, 09:45:04 PM
Sorry to hear about his loss...just make sure he knows you support hm and are there for him and he will be okay...but you know that...

I have a question along the lines of this. it didn't really dawn on me until today. should i have gone w/ him? i've never had a spouse who lost someone, so i don't really know what to do or how to handle it. at time he was making arrangements and packing, it wasn't a question. just for future reference.

Speed 3 Pilot

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Quote from: whackie on October 01, 2010, 05:50:01 PM
I have a question along the lines of this. it didn't really dawn on me until today. should i have gone w/ him? i've never had a spouse who lost someone, so i don't really know what to do or how to handle it. at time he was making arrangements and packing, it wasn't a question. just for future reference.

I guess it would depend on how close your SO is to the deceased...I didn't go to my wife's father's funeral on Okinawa 10 or so years ago, but I'll definitely go to her mother's, if I don't predecease her (she just turned 97)...
Life is tough, it's tougher if you're stupid...

Gettin' old ain't for wimps...

You only live once and I feel like I'm running out of time...

Speed 3 Pilot

Quote from: Gene V on October 01, 2010, 06:18:31 PM
I guess it would depend on how close your SO is to the deceased...I didn't go to my wife's father's funeral on Okinawa 10 or so years ago, but I'll definitely go to her mother's, if I don't predecease her (she just turned 97)...

Obviously cost/distance is going come into play...I would have attended my wife's father's funeral if we didn't live so far away...
Life is tough, it's tougher if you're stupid...

Gettin' old ain't for wimps...

You only live once and I feel like I'm running out of time...

hadesducati848

Quote from: whackie on October 01, 2010, 05:50:01 PM
I have a question along the lines of this. it didn't really dawn on me until today. should i have gone w/ him? i've never had a spouse who lost someone, so i don't really know what to do or how to handle it. at time he was making arrangements and packing, it wasn't a question. just for future reference.

if cost is no object id say it depends on how close your other half is to the deceased. if my wife was just going cause she kinda was expected too and it was someone she hardly new that just passed, then no i wouldnt go. now if it was some one she was really close too like a parent or sibling then i would be there just for support, maybe drive, carry a tissue, that kind of thing.
it is so much easier to get forgiveness then it will ever be to get permission.

whackie

Quote from: Gene V on October 01, 2010, 06:18:31 PM
I guess it would depend on how close your SO is to the deceased...I didn't go to my wife's father's funeral on Okinawa 10 or so years ago, but I'll definitely go to her mother's, if I don't predecease her (she just turned 97)...

that makes a lot sense, my coworkers said almost the same thing but not in those words. thanks, always easier to learn from others than making boo-boos.

Quote from: Gene V on October 01, 2010, 06:28:07 PM
Obviously cost/distance is going come into play...I would have attended my wife's father's funeral if we didn't live so far away...

i wonder if the SO can get bereavement fares as well?  he got 1k off the cost of the flight going that route, still 800 but that's a big diff.

got to visit w/ my parents tonight. saw my dad down 3 muffins, but i swear he's diabetic. my mom didn't say a word, so i dare not. found out that bf asked my parents about marrying me last week. and i think bf bought a kimber 1911, [drool], but i'm not sure yet. we'll see when he comes home tomorrow!!!

MadDuck

Quote from: whackie on October 02, 2010, 05:10:43 AMfound out that bf asked my parents about marrying me last week. and i think bf bought a kimber 1911, [drool], but i'm not sure yet. we'll see when he comes home tomorrow!!!

The guy knows how to turn a girls head.   [laugh]
No modification goes unpunished. Memento mori.  Good people drink good beer.  Things happen pretty fast at high speeds.

It's all up to your will level, your thrill level and your skill level.  Everything else is just fluff.

Speed 3 Pilot

#3039
that's unique, a pistol instead of an engagement ring... ;D
Life is tough, it's tougher if you're stupid...

Gettin' old ain't for wimps...

You only live once and I feel like I'm running out of time...

Speed 3 Pilot

Went down to the shop where me and Brandon watched Rick and his friend Walter work on Walter's M900...
Life is tough, it's tougher if you're stupid...

Gettin' old ain't for wimps...

You only live once and I feel like I'm running out of time...

DarkMonster620

Went to pick up my pc's video card and install it ... pages load a bit faster ... still need to replace crt monitor with lcd one ... step by step ... couldn't install parts on bike ... shop was real full and I had to help with the load ...
Carlos
I said I was smart, never that I had my shit together
Quote from: ducatiz on March 27, 2014, 08:34:34 AMDucati is the pretty girl that can't walk in heels without stumbling. I still love her.
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

DRKWNG

Test rode a '10 F4 and one of the new Multinoodles.  MTS was a whole lot of meh.  F4 almost made me need a new pair of britches.   :o [thumbsup] [bow_down] [drool]

hadesducati848

Quote from: Gene V on October 02, 2010, 01:04:35 PM
that's unique, a pistol instead of an engaement ring... ;D

thats smart some assholes will still hit up on a girl thats wearing a wedding ring, but a girl with a gun on her finger just screams "dont make the beast with two backs wit me"  ;D
it is so much easier to get forgiveness then it will ever be to get permission.

whackie

Quote from: mac900 on October 02, 2010, 12:41:18 PM
The guy knows how to turn a girls head.   [laugh]
lol, well at least this girl. but i'm weird n i was pretty gitty when i saw it.

Quote from: Gene V on October 02, 2010, 01:04:35 PM
that's unique, a pistol instead of an engagement ring... ;D
it started as a joke from ducati spot, but it seems like it might be reality.

thanks to ben for letting us shoot his. his was the high end model, but of course this still rocks. now i just have to learn to shoot it well!!