She: "And how much did this one cost?" And you told her....?
-----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Angus Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:03 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: FS: Rivendell Bleriot and Quickbeam My Rambouillet was a "sneak in" purchase...so was the Atlantis come to think of it... I spent a couple of years working full time and going to business school (dang near killed me but that's a different story). After months of lusting over an orange Rambouillet I decided to purchase a 64cm frame. My wife, smart, observant woman that she is, tends to notice things, so I thought I should mention the purchase before the large box arrived on our doorstep. Me: "Honey...err...I bought myself a gradution present." Wife: "What did you get?" Me: "Guess!" Wife: "OH GOD...Not another bike!" True story :-) Angus On Jan 9, 4:24 pm, <stanwas...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > You're not going to sneak an orange QB into your stable and pretend > that it's an old bike that's always been there. It sticks out like a > sore thumb. Trust me, I just tried it and got caught. > > On Jan 9, 11:24 am, "David Estes" <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > See, you made the first mistake of "mentioning" it... > > Speaking of sneaking in a few bikes... > > A number of years ago several of us were admiring a now deceased friends > amazing collection of vintage motorcycles, and in particular his latest > aquisition at the time, an Ariel Square Four. Mind you, this was not just a > handful of old Triumphs, Beezers and Nortons, but included a Matchless, a > Norton Manx with a documented racing history and now the Ariel, which cost > around twenty five large. Obviously Ed was a man of some means, but you'd > never know it until he opened his garage door. > > At one point The Wise One, (that's a long story), asked Ed how his wife felt > about having roughly a quarter of a million dollars worth of scooters in her > garage. Poor Ed near got whiplish looking around to ensure that Margie did > not hear that question while admonishing TWO to pipe down. As he told it, > to her knowledge the most he ever paid for one of those old derelict bikes > was twenty five hundred bucks! > > Stan > Columbia, SC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
