Winter's mod.....less list :(
I Had my winter's mod list all figured out. I knew what I wanted and in what order I wanted it done in. I then found out here about 8 weeks ago I am finally going to be a Grandpa. Well, yesterday my Son and his G/F went to the Doctor and were told there is some kind of problem, I can't remember the big name for it but they both only make about 8 or 10 bucks an hour and there is no insurance. I have to forgo all of the mods I wanted done this winter so that I am in a better position to help them out, financially and of course it is my Grand baby. I am not the kind of person who could do all that to my bike and then watch them struggle and sink under the weight of all the costs that are already piling up. I am even moving them back into the house so they can stay here and it's that much less, financially that they have to worry about, ridding them of the rent and utility bill's. They are both good hard working kids and if they were not trying to do this right and on their own I would not help them out but they are trying. I have already been told that "I wouldn't be doing that for them", that it's my time in life to be having some fun, by 1 person. I could not be having fun with anything if I sat back and watched them sink. The kid's Mother passed away last year so I am all they have left. So, my bike might be rolling out of the garage next spring the same way it rolled in. I am a little bummed about that but it is what it is and He is my Son, I love her like she was my own and it is my 1st Grand baby so I do not do any of what I am about to do with a heavy heart. PRIORITIES !!!! I know this has little or nothing to do with bikes, I guess I am just venting and getting it out of my system. I guess I might get a few little odds and end's done here and there but I think all my major project's are off of the table.
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Hey Bone Doc, no worries at all. I can assure you of this, if he was a lazy bum laying around help from me would be the last thing these 2 get from me. My son works out where I work. The only difference is I work for the company and make 37.00 an hour and he works for a contractor for 12 an hour. I get 5 or 600 hours of overtime a year he gets none. Funny you mention pizza's because before he got this job that was what he did for a living. He contacted his old boss last week to see if he can deliever pizza's again on his off day's. She buses tables 7 days a week. My daughter, who has nothing to do with this has 3 job's. She runs an office by day and tends bar and cleans businesses here in town at night. My kiids through me seen there is only one way to get what you want and to stay ahead of the game and that is by working. I have seen kids who have not had to go through 1/10 of what my kids have had to go through and not make it out the other end alive, clean and or sober. I only help them because they are trying so hard to help themselves. All of us with kids have so much to be thankful for even though at times it is so very hard and trying. Bone Doc, you have said nothing wrong nor have you pissed me off. I believe in everything you have said and I agree with it as well. I help my kids because they try so very hard to help themselves and because I an fortunate enough to make the kind of money I make and to be able to help them. My kids got NOTHING handed to them and they never will. Thanks for all the kind words and support and yea, I think I have a fairly nice bike the way it is. I just like to tinker and to create art and I just use my bike as canvass.
Your kids don't just have a great father, tbonetony06 has some great kids. It sounds like you have taught and taken care of your kids like you do that sled of yours. TLC! They have hit a slight bump in the road but they will prevail.
Yo, what's this about a "fairly nice bike." A little modest are we? I'm as anxious as you are to see those planned mods on it. In due time, for now. Be safe. Ride safe. Congratulations to your son and his girlfriend. Oh, and to you too gramps!
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Tony prayers go out to you all. Hope it all works out. Funny how life reminds us what is truly important. You are doing the right thing. I am a firm believer of taking the positive out of any situation. I learned that from my pop who passed away a year ago. I would trade everything for just another day with him. Now you get to spend more time with your boy and get to spoil that baby that much quicker. Best of luck. Positive thoughts your way.
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Thanks Forge and yea, life has a way of reminding us of what is really important in life. I love my bike, I really do. I think it keeps me sane but it don't hold a candle when it comes to the kids or the bike. I get bored easily but I will get around to my mods some day. Yea Bone Doc, I think my bike is ok how it sits now. I am also not sure that I can't still get her done when my tax return and my bonus comes, that happens usually sometimes in the middle of March. The Grand Baby is due In July so maybe I will have a feel for things by then and can still pull a few mods out of the hat and get them done. If not, I ride it like it is and then I will just have a bigger mod list to get done next winter!! I'm OK with everything. As long as the baby is ok, nothing else really matters.
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