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GLV55

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Big changes happening here...
« on: April 20, 2018, 04:09:00 PM »
Sorry I have been MIA lately. Over the past 2 years since retirement, my wife and I have seen a lot of changes to our lifestyle, such as dealing with both of our aging parents in many ways, and the recent death of my father, which means more changes.

We are also, because of the price of fuel, consolidating many of our trips to only once a week, which means we are carrying a lot of stuff with us (too much for the scooters) as we run errands, drop off stuff for the parents, take them to Dr appointments, and so forth . Also, my wife has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and is no longer able to take the pain associated with riding scooters (bumps, wrist, head, heat, cold, etc.) and I don't really want to spend my retirement riding alone without her. Riding together is how we started and it's just what we do, so riding really looses a lot of its meaning to me when riding alone.

So bottom line is that we made the very difficult and sad decision to sell our scooters. With all the lifestyle changes lately we just had to do it. I will still be here checking on all of your exploits, but for now I will have to ride vicariously through your scooter adventures. Keep those tires rolling for us!
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Re: Big changes happening here...
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2018, 04:52:50 PM »
Ah boy....sorry to hear this. But glad you have each other - life is better tackled as a little team.
Do keep us in your loop GLV, you'll be mightily missed, otherwise!

Best regards to you both.
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Re: Big changes happening here...
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2018, 09:00:14 PM »
Sorry to hear of having to stop riding. However, it sounds like you are laying up treasures in Heaven! Don't be a stranger!
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Re: Big changes happening here...
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2018, 09:21:13 PM »
OP, Sorry to hear about you life changes. You are a lucky man to have a wife that like riding with you. My wife isn't interested, but accepts my passion for two wheels. We have two kids, 12 and 14. I don't want to miss out on their lives so I ride mostly early mornings when they are asleep. They are late risers. Me I can get up before the sun to ride. After a few hours of riding I return home about the time they rise. Then it's all family time after that. May be you can do something similar to stay in the game. At any rate, please remain on the bb. I enjoy your posts.

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« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2018, 02:40:09 AM »
Thanks so much for the warm words, Stig, Cross, and Trout. I will be in touch and checking in here because this was the first place that welcomed me to the scooter world and provided so many tons of useful information and entertainment. You all on this forum are like a second family to me.

As for the early morning riding, I really admire those of you who do this, but by the time I get 4 dogs fed, two baby goats bottle-fed, and the chickens turned out and fed, it's time for my lovely wife to arise. I love being able to finally get to share breakfast with her after all those years. Also, I've never really been a morning person except out of necessity for the job. Now, I like waking up with the sun up, bright and shining - wasn't a big fan of going to school and coming home in the dark for most of the school year.
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Re: Big changes happening here...
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2018, 06:14:09 AM »
Hope all goes well in the future for you and glad you are sticking with the forum.

Take care, Paul

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Re: Big changes happening here...
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2018, 01:47:06 PM »
Thanks, Paul!
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