MAINE: my final frontier. These are the voyages of the Scooter Vespa 250 i.e. Super. Its continuing mission - to explore America's most heavily forested state - to roam the vast coastline, numberless lakes, and mighty mountains. To boldly go where no scooter has gone before!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

The Monster of Winter Present

One week ago, I was riding in 80 degrees; I took the winter lining out of my Joe Rocket jacket and packed away my winter gloves.

Just a few minutes ago, I snapped this picture of my wife's car. Oh ha-ha-ha. Pessimists are saying, "I told you so." Optimists are saying, "I quit!"



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  1. UnknownMarch 28, 2012 at 6:14 PM

    Thomas:

    Last week we were very, very, very, very envious of your good fortune, but today . . . not so much. Perhaps you should unpack your winter gear and gloves

    bob
    Riding the Wet Coast

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  2. Thomas KeeneMarch 28, 2012 at 6:41 PM

    Bob,

    My winter gear is back from its winter storage in the basement. BUT - I hope to leave it in its box until next fall. Part of being a Mainer is a heavy reluctance to admit to being wrong.

    For example, a true Mainer who took the snow tires off his truck too early would almost rather skid off the road in a late spring ice storm than agree with his neighbor that, "You shoulda left 'em on 'til May, Henry."

    "No suh, Ben - I got a hell-of-a deal on new summers, had to do it by last Saturday for the discount."

    Check Henry's tires - same old rubber from last year, but no admission of being wrong.

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  3. Keith - Circle BlueMarch 28, 2012 at 10:20 PM

    A year ago it was 29F for the ride to work and we still had a snow to come. Today it was 68F for the ride to work and 81F for the ride home. That said, I ain't washing the ACF-50 off of the Symba until at least tax day. I guess I'm one of those pessimists.

    This, too, will pass.
    ~Keith
    Circle Blue

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  4. Martha March 29, 2012 at 4:01 PM

    Wisconsin is going to see a white landscape tomorrow. Northerners understand. We may not like it, but we understand our weather. Enjoy a nice bowl of vegetable soup!

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  5. Thomas KeeneMarch 30, 2012 at 12:57 PM

    Martha,

    Actually, I did precisely that - I made a vat of corn chowder. (As a 20-year veteran of restaurant and hotel kitchens, I seem to be unable to cook for just the two of us! Kathy will have chowder in her lunch box for days to come.)

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