Two Important Things Today

[Phil Tarman]

I always ask for a discount. The AARP discount, the AMA discount, and others are all about the same. I take whichever one they give.

 

[DirtFlier]

I only look for discounts when checking into a hotel but mostly online and not in person. And it seems many or all of the hotel discounts have disappeared plus my staying at them has been drastically reduced this past year.

I only stayed in a hotel 3 times since January 2021 where in previous, non-Covid years it was closer to 8-9 times, all on motorcycle trips. Let's hope 2022 is better.

 

[TonyKZ1]

Yeah, I keep forgetting to ask for the AMA discounts.

 

[Brillot2000]

Today I concluded my 49th trip around the sun. Also, DIVA celebrates her 5th anniversary with me today as well.

 

[ST1100Y]

BeST Wishes then...

 

[mikesim]

Congrats on both occasions!

Mike

 

[junglejim]

Happy birthday Bruce.
I had my NT for 5 years (2011-2016). I sold it to a guy on the ST forum who wanted something lighter than his ST1300. It had 55,000++ happy miles on it. I wanted a lighter bike with a little more power, one more gear, heated grips, and cruise control.

 

[Brillot2000]

Thank you all for the birthday wishes.

It was not all joyful for me yesterday. My eldest son living on his own has in the ER early that morning. He overdosed on insulin while drinking with his friends. He passed out and hit his head hard enough to get a concussion requires several stitches for cuts. Possibly that he possibly he fractured his nose. Luckily, he was with friends. If the circumstances were different, we could have lost him.

His mother and I scolded him regarding the situation that lead to him ending up in the ER. He told me that he learned his lesson and will “NEVER” do that again.

 

[junglejim]

What a scare. Glad things turned relatively OK.

Our kids always seem to present us with things amazing and things pretty disappointing.

 

[Brillot2000]

What a scare. Glad things turned relatively OK.

Our kids always seem to present us with things amazing and things pretty disappointing.

Funny that you mention disappointment.

It was also how I found out he went out and got a tattoo. He sent a picture of him when was in the ER getting treated. I saw something peculiar in the image on his chest. My wife also saw it. I presented question if he had a tattoo. He then admitted that he did. I conveyed my disappointment in him. And asked him to promise me that he would not get any more. He promised he would not and he would never do drinking and insulin again.

 

[mikesim]

Drinking and insulin? Never heard of that one.

Mike

 

[Brillot2000]

Drinking and insulin? Never heard of that one.

Mike

My eldest son has been a Type 1 Diabetic since he was 12 years old. He was required taken daily insulin injections since. He’s 24 now. Half his life he has been taking insulin.

He started drinking alcohol in his Sophomore year in college. So, insulin and alcohol is not unheard of in this situation. I told my son that it was a recipe for disaster. Seems that day had come. The outcome could have been deadly if he was out in public with people unfamiliar with him. My wife and me count our blessings.

 

[mikesim]

OK, that clarifies it. I thought it was a new thing that young people tested their immortality with. Glad he's OK and I hope he has learned his lesson. My youngest was a slow learner.

Mike

 

[Coyote Chris]

That starts here in the USA after you turn 60 years old. The biggest one is the Neptune Society Cremation Services. They are quite aggressive with their mailings once my wife turned 60.

I can now be composted in the state of wa

 

[Coyote Chris]

Today November 4th, 2021 marks two important things for me.

1. Today I have completed my 48th Anniversary around the sun. I have earned my "Old Guy" Merit Badge sometime ago when I received my first Senior Discount on a meal 8 years ago without asking for one.
2. Today also marks the 4th Anniversary of purchasing and picking up my NT from Crestline, CA.

I dont remember 48....that was a quarter of a century ago.....

 

[Chucksklrst]

Ah to be 48 again. When was that? Happy Birthday. O by the way there was / is nothing wrong with having an ST1300 and a NT700 (ST700) at the same time.

 

[mikesim]

I dont remember 48....that was a quarter of a century ago.....

Hell! Yer lucky you remember yesterday!

Mike

 

[ST1100Y]

Ah to be 48 again. When was that? Happy Birthday. O by the way there was / is nothing wrong with having an ST1300 and a NT700 (ST700) at the same time.

Indeed...

Besides the NT700VA I'd gotten my GF, a friend got one aside his ST1300A...