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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 08:54 AM
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there is a songwriter/singer born in tupelo mississippi by the name of paul thorn. before doing the music thing he was a boxer and in 1987 fought roberto duran. he lost. later he wrote a song about this and titled it "I'd rather be a hammer than a nail".

so over the 3 day weekend i replaced my garage door opener. had the HD over in the left side of the 2 car garage.

last thing was to staple the wires to the beams overhead which i did with ladder and hammer.

everything done and time to clean up and put away.

so i foldered up the ladder and was leaning it down when the hammer which was left on the top slide off and made a b-line for the front fender of the ultra.

i now have a very clean shiney 2007 black cherry ultra with a big ole dent in the front fender.

"i'd rather be a hammer than a harley" came to mind

i am thinking that maybe i can say it was a big ole bug that i hit on the way riding back from sturgis. what do you think?

at least i can't see it when i am riding.
 
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 09:01 AM
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[:@] Ouch!!! Days like that just make me want to hit myself with a hammer!
 
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 09:45 AM
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Dude, that bites. I bet it was in slow motion.........NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAM.
 
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 12:17 PM
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I just saw Paul Thorn in concert in Charlotte, NC a few weeks ago and he is incredible!! He performed Hammer and another great song of his-Mission Temple Fireworks Stand! I highly recommend his music!
 
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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ORIGINAL: DYNAMITE 1

Dude, that bites. I bet it was in slow motion.........NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAM.
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I'm sure next time the bike will exit the garage?
 
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 02:45 PM
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that hurts to even think about it.
 
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