A JoBethian moment...

BJ · Post by BJ » Tue Jul 11, 2000 2:48 am

Okay, here we go, follow the bouncing blonde...I've got a Yamaha Maxim that I buzz around on. Lately, it's developed some trouble, as I've put about 6000 miles on it since I last changed the spark plugs. Also, the seals have disappeared from a few fittings, so it's leaking oil along the right side of the engine. I bought some oil & gaskets and put them in a saddlebag.But Joey and I had a 500 mile run coming up the following day.With no time to fix my bike, I swapped it out with one of my Dad's (he's got 6), since he was out of town. I left my Maxim at his house and took his Kawasaki Spectre home.Half way into the 45 minute ride home, the oil light on the Spectre came on. I pulled over, looked at the oil level, and found it was almost nil. Not good. So I figured, hey, I just bought a quart of oil; I'd use that once the bike cooled.I went through both saddlebags before I realised the oil was, of course, in the saddlebags on the Maxim, which was at my Dad's house. Duh!!I kept riding home, watching the oil light flicker, telling myself I'd get the oil out of my saddlebag when I got to my place.About five miles from home, I realised that wouldn't work either, since the Maxim would STILL be at my Dad's.AAAGH!!Oh, and the 500 mile run? It hailed. We never went.--BJ------------------
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Jackiesfridge · Post by **Jackiesfridge** » Tue Jul 11, 2000 9:43 am

Well, folks, I was hanging out with my wife, BJ, and our friend Becky this weekend, when I told a brief story that BJ told me I had to post here...My wife and I were out running errands. Usually we take her car - she's got a nice '94 Saturn SL-1, while I have a slowly-dying '91 Toyota Corolla. For some reason (probably because it was finally clean), we took my car, and, as usual, I drove.We ran several errands without incident. Then, on the way home, I suddenly slipped into JoBeth mode. I was flipping through the preprogrammed stations on the radio when I came across a station I knew she hated. So I looked at her and said, "Hon, why have YOU got 93.5 programmed into your radio?"She looked at me for a moment, confused, and then pointed out, "Um...dear? This is your car."Um. Oh yeah.Anyway, that was my JoBeth moment for last week. Anyone else got any fun ones?-Shannon Traska
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