Re: Where are the SuSE 9.2 Professional CD ISOs?

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:54:55 GMT
imotgm <imotgm_REM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<snip *another* great story!>

> I know, in my heart, she'll always remember me... the dumbest
> damn-fool Polack that ever straddled saddle. That's just not right;
> it's just NOT the way I planned it.

That brought tears to my eyes I was laughing so hard! Excellent
writing, vivid descriptions . . .

Ok, got a short one for ya; another 'first startup in spring'. The last
year I owned the bike (73? 74?) I had the bike in the garage, on it's
center stand (I *learned* that lesson!) and knew it would take a few
kicks to get it started.

The compression ratio on this bike was something near 12 to 1, so you
didn't so much 'kick' start it -- it was more like you stood up on the
kick start and dropped with all your weight. By the third time, I was
starting to get irritated, it usually only took one or two, and I could
just see myself slipping off the kick start and landing on the jewels!

So, I took one last try. One hand on the handlebars, the other out to
the side to help in my 'descent'. Big breath. Great anticipation. An
'all-my-weight' plunge to the bottom of the kick start arc. Didn't
quite make it. I think the bike was getting tired of this, too, and
decided to 'kick back'. I'm so *very* glad I kept the garage doors open
because I became a Flying Walenda at that point -- with no net, just a
whole lot of concrete driveway.

That was the most damage I did to my body with the bike. No broken
bones but a whole lot of broken, bleeding skin. Lucky I didn't get
'concrete poisoning'! The next day, the bike started with the first
kick. ;-)


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