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Motorcycle Shop Talk

8/31/2015

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This weekend Stormy got her chain cleaned and her oil changed.  I cleaned the chain myself, I like doing it.  Meditative.  I rode her to Battley Cycles in Gaithersburg for her oil change.  I had a great time catching up with Todd Dibell and Kyle McGill, meeting new people and trading stories.  I love this shop.  It has expanded in the last year and now has a huge BMW and Ducati sales floor in addition to it's original Harley - Davidson floor.  I love the diversity of riders it brings in.  Fun way to kill the hour it took to have my oil changed.  Met a retired Army lawyer who lived in Texas, he now lives in Bethesda and has decided it is time to get his bike registered in MD.  He was there for a safety inspection as well as an oil change.  If he had it to do over, he wishes he had become an Army helicopter pilot, more fun than being a lawyer.  He has a friend that went that route.  Problem is that as an officer, once you get to a certain rank, you no longer get to fly.  I don't know if that is true or not.  Met a retired motorcycle police woman who now works at Battley.  She has a bionic leg as a result of being hit by a car on her motorcycle.  Immediate connection and as we shared our stories, we both got chills.  Out of the blue, she asked if I would be interested in coming to her house in a month, she had a medium coming.  One that had taken a year to book.  Without missing a beat, yes! absolutely came out of my mouth. The hair on the back of my neck rose.  This was not a chance meeting.  We both had something to say that the other one needed to hear.  More and more, I find myself loving this universe.

So much fun riding the 45 mins. home and to top it off......... Stormy and I clicked over the 10,000 mile mark together.  

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9r
8/31/2015 01:44:48 pm

Sadly it's true, once you get to senior O5 & above...your leadership skills are not in the air! So are yu letting them restore Tommy's Duc?

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mmw
8/31/2015 02:30:42 pm

don't know yet. Looking at a couple of options. One very close by.

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Claire
9/18/2015 04:12:15 pm

Glad the two wheelers made it back safely! Oxxx

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mmw
9/19/2015 10:42:19 am

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mmw
9/19/2015 10:43:12 am

Me too. Thanks. 👍🏻❤️

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Claire
10/1/2015 07:14:58 pm

Hi sweetie pie! Just looked at your photos ... WOW. Nice job - as usual. Am still in awe at what you accomplished! Gotta see some of those amazing places that you photographed. Tick tock.... Miss you lots; Love you more. Oxxx

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mmw
10/2/2015 11:53:19 am

Thanks Clarabelle,

I am missing my travels and blogging every couple of days.
Still transitioning and processing.

Love you!

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