Shadow again.......

After looking back on the problem with the motorcycle I decided to at least get a gas tank for the bike. I found a new gas tank on ebay it was "New Old Stock" it never was on a bike or had any gas in it. I figure to at least get the thing running and get it state inspected. I think I can get more money for a running bike than a bike for parts. But this means more work on it. It going to be a real Rube Goldberg undertaking.

Engineer boots

I bought a pair of engineer boots from a boot company on the internet. The boots have a real retro look. But they did not fit. I could not get my big feet into them. So they are going to take a trip back to where they came from. Shoe shopping on the net is a real slow experience. In the store I always have to try on a few pairs of shoes before I buy one. On the net it's the same only a lot of shipping is involved instead of going to the back room.

Ok it's GRAVY!

All my life red tomato sauce was referred to as "gravy". I guess because some meat was slow cooked in the sauce gravy. And so we'll make a correction on this blog. Now and forever call South Philly red, gravy. Sorry to upset the Goombas!

Pasta planning

Next weekend we are set to have a pasta dinner party. Homemade linguini and meatballs in a red sauce are on the menu. We have to crank up the pasta machine to meet the demand!

Dumping the Shadow

Got the seat back from the upholsterers. I taking the new shocks off the cycle. So here is what the plan is.

1. Send back the seat cover and the front suspension parts and get a refund.
2. Sell the new rear shocks on ebay. We put them on so we can't return them.
3. Sell the smaller parts new air filter, new mirrors on ebay.
4. Sell the bike as "whole for parts" at auction on ebay mention the fuel tank holes. Start it at $1 and have no reserve that should get it sold quickly.

I really just want to get this nightmare out of my garage. We'll work on getting an other motorcylcle later. It'll either be a late model or a new one. No more ebay fixeruppers!

Contacts

Got new contacts last week and the right eye is dialed in pretty good The left eye is still a little blurry I think one more appointment will get it all fixed up.

Project Shadow's Dark side.

Yesterday, I put on the shocks to lower the motorcycle and got all the lights working properly and all was together except for the seat which was at the upholstery shop. Today I was showing Marilyn the progress when we open the garage the fuel for the bike was on the storage room floor! It seems like the tank had some rust holes in it and the patched it up with epoxy. The 10% ethanol in the tank ate away at the patch. It really seems like this bike has just been left outside for a long time and was patched up to look like it wasn't.

I really do not trust this bike at all now and we are just going to sell it for parts.

Better luck next time.

The Illusionist

On Saturday night Marilyn and I went to the Ambler Theater, ( We still have free tickets from our membership ), and saw "The Illusionist". It is a very good period piece. It takes place at the turn of the century, and is a movie about love, magic and mystery. I really can say any more about this as I think it is a good movie and you should see it for yourself!

Rain

Well rain again this morning. Small craft advisory till Monday evening. It's Fall Fest down at Rock Hall. It's going to be a wash out or really damp.

New rigging

The new rigging is done! The rigging that was done is the red and white lines that go up the mast in the left of the picture and back to the cockpit. Now we do not have to leave the cockpit to raise the sails.

Pink Martini

Last night we went to the Keswick to see Pink Martini. It has a big band sound and they play a variety of music from film noir to French to Cuban to Brazilian. It is a sound that is diverse and eccleetic and hard to find a comfortable category for. Here is the Amazon link. It was a great concert although some of the principle players were not feeling well and they did not do a oncore.

I Got A Rash

Well more accurately my car was rashed. I was going to take mom to the eye doctor for a post op exam. Stopped at a Starbucks for a Venti eye opener. Then there was the question everyone really hates. "Hey who owns the Acura in the parking lot?" Oh @#$%!!!!! Someone rashed the car pulling out. The damage is on the passenger side going from the front passenger door to the back fender. I got a claim number already. I'm going to the dealer for a estimate. It's frustrating as it's just another thing to deal with.

Cataract

I took Mom to Will's Eye Hospital this morning for cataract surgery. The prep was what took the longest,about 45 minutes. The surgery took about 15 or 20 mins and she was out of there. There was no stitches in her eye and all she has to do was wear a dark protective goggles outside and a clear one at night. Her vision is clearing up as the eye is less and less dialated. I have to take her to get it checked out by her eye doctor tomorrow morning.

Touring the Poconos

Marilyn and I took out my motorcycle and road to a place in the Poconos that seems to have everything. It has everything you need hotels, restaurants, athlete's, athletics, hills, rivers, old trains, coal barons, train barons, an opera house, a jail and the Molly Maguires. It is the town formally known as Mauch Chunk. Today's Jim Thorpe. Named after the 1953 Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe. We found a nice back road there. It's usually a highway drive but we found route 248 thru Bath and Nazareth. There were a lot of motorcycle on the road there. We stopped at the Hotel Switzerland for lunch. In a local bicycle shop and the woman at the register was extolling the bike trails. She also mentioned that the trails had black bears, rattlesnakes, copperheads and coyotes. Hmmm, that sounded more exciting then we were bargaining for! Then we walked the town which is really a nice tourist town which brings you back to the turn of the century. We were saying that we could tell the locals from the touists by their choice in footwear. Motorcyclists had boots, tourists had boat shoes and sandals, and the locals had work shoes.

Still drizzling

It's drizzling again at 6am this morning and forecast is for chance of rain today till 3pm. We are not going down to the boat. We'll stay home and work on things around here.

Motorcycle permit

Marilyn has passed her written test!!

Three cheers!

Motorcycle test

Marilyn taking test right now!!

Weather Hold

The rain is coming dow pretty good this morning. Vacation is in a weather hold. We'll go the the DMV and to my Mom's this morning and see what the weather hold this afternoon. Rain is likely all day so we may start off tomorrow. We may cut the trip down to just going to the Magothy River or just a nice little day sail on Saturday.

Friday night

Went to get Marilyn's motorcycle learners permit. Have to come back tomorrow as they only give during the day. Weather for the weekend is looking more like showers. Have to scale back plans for boat trip. Going to get a late start tomorrow with trip to DMV and a trip to my mom's so I can adjust her medicine for the catarat surgey next week.

Three Day Weekend

Well for us anyway. We are going to try to go to the Magothy River on Friday and then to Prirates Cove on the West River on Saturday then home to Rock Hall on Sunday. Looks like the weather is cooperating with us. A eye on the weather is still a good idea.



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