I've got a tracker email and a target delivery date of Friday. Maybe I can have it on for the weekend ride if it comes on time...

Dave

 

I got an email from Mike tonight. My "extended" version is to be delivered tomorrow!

 

My CRD doesn't whistle and I been up to 85MPH indicated. Looks like you guys got a real quality product, great to see a company giving such great service. [8D]

 

/me drums his fingers

 

Nice skid plate i might have to get the new one. looks pretty good.

 

And the rain stopped, the clouds parted, the sun shone down on a bright new world. In the distance, the sound of birds chirping created a melody ....

You know what, I think I am taking this way too seriously.

Anyway, it looks like my new plate is sitting at home. I leave work in 22 minutes, but who's counting?

Chris

 

At least one of us is still waiting! Perhaps we should all wait for them to be delivered until they are installed. This is a group effort, right?

 

OK this starts out on a little different subject, but it gets back to the skid plate I promise. Well I got my skid plate on Tuesday night, and then on Wednesday we lost power from one of the worst storms in 25 years. It went out on Wednesday morning at 10 am, and we just got the power back on at home on Thursday at 5:00. However the facility where I work (just 2 miles away) gets its power from south so when I called the PUD they said that it will be Friday afternoon before its back on there. That makes the longest power outage in 20 years in these parts. I was up most of the night running a generator to keep water out of the vault, and so it was sleep 2 hrs, and gas up the generator, and repeat over and over again. It looks like tonight is going to be a repeat of the same, I'm gonna have over 30 hrs overtime and I think I'll turn it in for money this time. So where does the skid plate come into play? Well after I took a break and came home for a few minutes just before dark last night I decided since I couldn't watch TV, or post on the forums, what else was there to do but install my new skid plate on the bike using a couple of flashlights. Yes that's right I was out in the garage with low light installing my new bling, and it turned out great. Well I have to head back to the generator and see how everything is doing, man this is worse than staying up all night, it took me 45 minutes last night to get back to sleep only to be woke up by some idiots car alarm going off for TWO HOURS!!!!!! I need coffee.......no wait I need sleep.......do they have time delayed coffee?

 

Marty's right ... I'm going to go take my plate off and try to find a box that it will fit in.

(This is going to be great - I get to re-live the excitement all over again!!!)

 

That's just like Seinfeld's routine about choosing between "fast acting" versus "long lasting" pain relievers. It boils down to answering the question "Do I want to feel better now or do I want to feel better later?"

Hey Deej, here's a checklist to help determine if you're addicted to coffee (but I think we already know the answer):

You grind your coffee beans in your mouth.

You sleep with your eyes open.

You have to watch videos in fast-forward.

The only time you're standing still is during an earthquake.

You can take a picture of yourself from ten feet away without using the timer.

You've worn out your third pair of tennis shoes this week.

Your eyes stay open when you sneeze.

You chew on other people's fingernails.

The nurse needs a scientific calculator to take your pulse.

You're so jittery that people use your hands to blend their margaritas.

You can type sixty words per minute with your feet.

You can jump-start your car without cables.

You don't sweat, you percolate.

You walk twenty miles on your treadmill before you realize it's not plugged in.

You forget to unwrap candy bars before eating them.

You've built a miniature city out of little plastic stirrers.

People get dizzy just watching you.

You channel surf faster without a remote.

You have a picture of your coffee mug on your coffee mug.

You can outlast the Energizer bunny.

You short out motion detectors.

You don't even wait for the water to boil anymore.

Your nervous twitch registers on the Richter scale.

You help your dog chase its tail.

You soak your dentures in coffee overnight.

Your first-aid kit contains two pints of coffee with an I.V. hookup.

You ski uphill.

You get a speeding ticket even when you're parked.

You answer the door before people knock.

Instant coffee takes too long.