Bus Stop Conversation - "Poor Mama"

[lovelylibrarian]

Pardes, you are such an amazing writer and that story had me laughing out loud! DH even asked me to read it aloud because I was laughing so hard.

Please keep posting your stories here

I totally agree. I'm so glad you joined the forum!

[pardes]

You guys are a hoot! Thanks for the comments. I'm downloading a photo from today's ride and will post it later tonight. I'm utterly flabbergasted by the effect my little red bike has on others and vice versa.

BTW, an update on upgrading/downgrading (depending on your point of view) of my bike from a double front gearing to triple. The parts should be in on Monday or Tuesday.

The manger of the LBS chatted with me about it today (I call every morning..."IS IT IN YET????? Huh, huh, huh?")

I swear he's having a bipolar episode. A few days ago it was goinjg to be an even trade with no cost to me. (Heck, I would have forked over the full price of the new parts to get lower granny gearing.)

Today however, there was a thundercloud over his head. He was obsessing that since I was commuting every day, the parts he would remove would no longer be "new."

I tried to explain MY form of commuting that can't even be called pedaling and should be called paddling for 3 miles a day back and forth to the bus with MAYBE another 3 miles a day of alternate universe paddling where my feet barely move but I am transported into transcendent rapture.....

I lost him at "rapture...."

"But all the grease..." he dithered.

"Grease?" I sighed. "You really don't understand my form of commuting. I only have 60 miles on the odometer. There is no grease invloved. Haven't you ever heard of Q-Tips? And. There is no perspiration now nor has there been or will there be until I have developed THUNDER THIGHS...."

I lost him again at "thunder thighs..." But I'm sure the image that stayed with him or woke him up at night was wondering what I did with the Q-tips.

[Becky]

"But all the grease..." he dithered.

Grease, meh. Any shop worth a darn has a parts washer in the back. Tell him that he needs to come up with a better line than that.

[KnottedYet]

Pardes, you made my day!!!