Farewell, Old Friend.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran

I'm not clear on the fish and the family and the switch and the house and the whole bit.

Honestly, me neither. :??:
Unless maybe he is just dancing around the real reason........PW! :skull:
:biggrin:

[alanmcorcoran]

Perhaps you should transfer the "Lord" title to *Mrs.* IQ and Jonathan shall be known henceforth as "Lady of the Forum..."

..or maybe just "He That Doth Not Weareth Thee Breeches..."

[Moedad]

Originally Posted by jonathan180iq

they did away with the little triangle window that could blow wind right onto thr driver.

Wind wing, you whipper snapper.

[jonathan180iq]

I don't know how a fish got thrown into the story....

Wind wing. Alright.
I miss the wind wing. It's like the loss of the kick start on small displacement bikes...

Sad, sad day for humanity.

[Moedad]

Originally Posted by jonathan180iq

I don't know how a fish got thrown into the story...

You said you had bigger fish to fry.

I know. I know. I just have bigger fish to fry right now.

[jonathan180iq]

I can't continue to count on my wife to haul our son around on her own.
All of my liquid cash is going towards closing costs for our new place.
I need a car.
I sold the bike to get a car.
I found a cheap car so I can still have money for another bike.
I'm buying a scooter.
Having bigger fish to fry is a common idiom used in the English language.
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/i ... o+fry.html
Also, it's getting cold again.
Cold can be dealt with.
We and cold is not much fun.

[Moedad]

All those add up to good reasons to make the switch. You'll get no disagreements from me.

[alanmcorcoran]

Originally Posted by jonathan180iq

I can't continue to count on my wife to haul our son around on her own.
All of my liquid cash is going towards closing costs for our new place.
I need a car.
I sold the bike to get a car.
I found a cheap car so I can still have money for another bike.
I'm buying a scooter.
Having bigger fish to fry is a common idiom used in the English language.
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/i ... o+fry.html
Also, it's getting cold again.
Cold can be dealt with.
We and cold is not much fun.

I'm familiar with the idiom, it just wasn't clear to me what the bigger fish was. I hesitated to respond to this as my interest is minimal, but I guess because I don't want to appear to be more of an idiot than I already am...

1) If your wife is hauling your son around, it implies you already have a car. Why not just drive that one when you need to?
2) Previous posts indicated you could neither find a car nor a scooter that met your criteria, yet you had already sold the bike. That may have changed in the interim.
3) I forgot where you live, but I'm guessing if it gets cold there, it has done so before. No "fish" there.
4) Re #3 I assume that the temperature will be the same on a scooter or a GZ.

In any event, all of this makes perfect sense to you which is all that matters. Good luck with the house. If you wait a couple more years you'll probably be able to get it for another 20% off.

[Water Warrior 2]

Life happens. Sometimes it gets in the way of owning a bike, a boat, a cottage at the lake etc. You gotta do what you gotta do.

[alanmcorcoran]

True that. Never had a hankerin' for a boat, but I've started thinking about a "hideout." Being on a lake might be nice 'cause water is a plus, but it's got to have a clear view of the road, case them zombies get any ideas.

I have a feeling there's going be a whole lotta stuff getting in the way of things over the next couple of years.