Sumbitch! It worked! Pressed the "Done" button, which, of course, is not really a button, but a faux button, but it didn't fool me! and then another, secret, button popped up. It said "Publish." At first, and at second, for that matter, I was stymied. "What's this second button that-isn't-really-a-button crap? Some sadist is doing this just to frusticate me." Then, using native cunning, I decided that a blog is to publish, so "Publish" is probably a good thing to press. So I did, and it worked, and I am so proud.
Pat objected to the first blog, insisting that she has never used the "You'll-have-fun-while-I'm-working guilt thing." She says, quite rightly, that she is very encouraging and urges me to do fun things in my retirement. She did, however, use a variation of the above when convincing me to blog. It was more "I-want-to-have-fun-while-I'm-working-too-even-if-it's-vicariously. Blog, damnit." I merely translated.
Now, there is a risk here. Pat really wants me to have fun, but if I sound as though I'm having too much fun . . . well. So I expect periodically to post things like, "Bitter cold today. Didn't think it could get worse but then the driving rains came just ahead of the tornado. Hypothermia. Must ... find ... shelter." If you read something like this, it will be a lie, unless it is my final post, in which case it was likely true. Anyway, I just don't want anyone getting jealous.
One more thing. The background picture on this blog is me on my second motorcycle, a 750 cc BMW. I was in my late twenties, early thirties. I am unchanged, but the bike is not. I now ride a 2010 BMW 1200 GS Adventure. You should google that.
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