update from here
Posted on | July 4, 2007 | 2 Comments
i made headway with various insurance people yesterday….managed to track down the third party insurers and get a claim form rolling.
it looks like the labour i employ, to cover maurice’s absence from the soap barn, will be reimbursed….which is a very good thing.
mr maurice’s parents drove all the way up from town to visit us yesterday and see with their own worried eyes how he was doing.
we had a lovely time with cake and tea; and a tour of maurice’s wrecked gear and every scratch on the black motorcycle.
he was very happy to see them and had a new audience with whom to regale the gory details of the accident.
i hitched a ride back to town with them….because my NEW motorcycle had arrived from brisbane.
it was delivered to a big motorcycle dealer in town and i had about five admiring motorcycle salesmen and mechanics to see me off.
the bike i bought, sight unseen, off the internet, is an absolute BEAUTY!!
the seller had firstly looked after it obsessively for a year and ridden it very gently….then he detailed every inch of that bike and put her on the truck to me.
i’ve never seen such a beautifully-presented second-hand motorcycle in my life….i am talking immaculate.
i phoned the owner and thanked him for that this morning.
i will admit to having had some of the joy of motorcycling crushed out of me when maurice came home broken…..it was a little close, if you know what i mean…..but one second on that gleaming new machine with it’s responsive throttle and i was right back there having too much fun.
i thoroughly enjoyed my ride home and when i turned into our place, maurice was outside with the cats and his jaw dropped open.
i had timed my arrival nicely, with the setting sun just bouncing off the paintwork and chrome to best effect. yes, a total poser!
we both admired the bike for a while, then he insisted i ride over to my parent’s place because they were waiting to see the machine.
they were impressed too and oohed and aahed over it’s audacious beauty.
well, it will be a while before we go riding together, but i see no reason to waste this continuing glorious weather moping around the house as long as i have two working collarbones!
photos later.
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July 4th, 2007 @ 4:52 PM
You KNOW Maurice will want to ride your motorcycle when he is healed.
Are you going to be ready for that?
I have no talent when it comes to friving one of those things.
I would always lean in too far and it would tump over on me.
Gave up long time ago. LOL
But, they do look like so much fun.
I thought of you today as I looked down at the salmon fillet on my plate.
I SWEAR it was in the shape of Australia!
And…it was delicious!
I am easily amused.
Sounds as if you had a very pleasant time with your in-laws.
Surely they are relieved since they have seen him in person.
In some ways we are always looking at our kids as children no matter how old they get.
We worry until we can see them with our own eyes.
Sometimes it’s hard to believe that they have the ordasity to manage on their own quite nicely without us.
It’s an ego buster, but you have to realize you have done your job and smile about that.
Why is it that men love telling about their “battle wounds”?
I swear it is like a coveted medal to them.
Brisbane? I have a friend that lives there on Queen Street.
She is enjoying their time there and it is such a different lifestyle for them, than what they were living back in Tx.
They were both originally from New Zealand, so the US was a huge change to them as well.
Her husband is an engineer with Bechtel and she is a teacher.
The areas you both live in sound beautiful, and the pics I have seen back that up.
Have a great day you two!
July 4th, 2007 @ 4:53 PM
BTW Post pics of this beauty!