Something is bad wrong............

I don't know what may have been in the Tallahassee Democrat today. I know what wasn't in there yesterday. Approx. 400 +/- motorcycles from all over the state converging on the capital to advocate for there rights and freedoms in ABATES Annual Freedom Run Monday morning. Now although I don't necessarily support the state MRO's president. I still have to ask myself, why? Press was there, where was the paper? For more of my wondering why and the dangers this question has for the rights freedom issue read my post HERE and then Ride Free.

Response to comment

It's not often that I respond to comments. In fact I haven't. Comments are what people think and I don't need to be commenting on comments. However, (thats kind of like saying "but", But I been told there ain't no "buts", so we say "however"). But Girl Geek commented on the post below and for the honor of Florida motorcyclists I felt I had no choice but to respond. Then I thought, well hell, I'll make it a post. Therefor does it qualify as a response?

Now GG as to how chilly is chilly? I reckon it's relative. If water ain't bathtub temp. I don't go in. But it was 42 when I left in the early morn for Monticello and prob 70 by the time the run was over. Now since I ride year round I do experience colder. However not anticipating this late April chill I have packed my Walmart Bunny Suit away.

Now since I got a brace on me one leg I couldn't wear my chaps which ain't no big deal cause they don't cover everything that should be covered and my one attempt at trying to remedy that situation by shoving a hand warmer down my drawers resulted in severe "Driver distraction". In fact I was inattentionally blinded at 70 mph by an immediate cognitive recognition that I had done screwed up. But needless to say I don't do cold well and have no clue why anyone would live where white stuff falls out of the sky. The metal in my other leg screams for WD-40 at the thought of it.

In N. Florida It's like what ever you start off wearing in the am you will take off by 10 or 11 and put back on after dark. I carry my leather jacket year round. Not cause I'm worried about cold in July but as rain gear. I have yet to find a rain suit that I can get into faster than it takes to get wet (not mention my already the innumerable fashion fuax paws, frog togs don't have paws do they?). I did have a rain suit once that a bro (and I use that word lightly considering the experience) promised me was top of the line so I traded him out of it for a tatt.

Ya know, them things can leak in places that just make ya wish you was wet all over. And then when ya take em off someone, somewhere (it never fails) is gonna holler, "hey dude, did ya piss your jeans" (not that the thought didn't occur to me cause hey what the hell I was already wet and a little temporary warmth never hurt anyone) and then of course your gonna end up in a fight cause of course the natural response has got to be, "Dude, why are you looking at my crotch"? Sooooooo, I just figure getting wet is the best bet.

There was a time however not to long ago when a number of us were riding back from Panama City severely under dressed having foolishly believed the weather channel, when one of the bros rode up next to me hollerin that I pull over. Where he politely informed me my ol lady was fallin off the bike. Seems her ass had froze and she had one cheek on the seat and the other on the saddlebag (which explains A. why I am grateful for hard bags, and B. left turns were easier than right turns).

I would move to Mexico where I got new teeth (ya ever get teeth done when you don't speak Spanish and the lady dentist don't speak English?), taco's, beer and a tour of some of the lesser known (and understandably so) fun spots of Tijuana (while I'm tryin to figure why some neighborhoods are named "Del Sol", Dos x's" or "Corona"), except we still ain't sure if anyone ever found out about my lady trying to flush bullets down the toilet of a Tijuana McDonalds and as we all know it's frowned upon to take ammo across the border (don't even ask me about La Paz).

Now I understand that revealing such vulnerabilities may cause some to label me a "woose", wimp (I can already cop to gimp) or worse. But it should at least explain why politically I am in no hurry to stop "Global Warming".

Of course I could break down and buy one of them suits you plug into your motorcycle battery. But how "woosy" is that? Besides, considering my proclivity to stick nine volt batteries to my tongue while watching the weather channel I'm not to sure I want to plug myself into anything electric.