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Ghost is back..
Posted By Jeff on October 7th, 2007
First of all, Ghost is back.
Two weeks ago, I discovered an unfortunate result of being a two-wheeled traveller… a flat tire is total stoppage.
There is no spare on a moped.
I was at a meeting at Sam and Adelyn’s school, and when I strolled out into the parking lot after school, donned my Village People Moto Helmet and prepared to disembark, I felt an unsettling wobble in my rear end – the moped’s that is.
I dismounted and stared at the tire, totally confused as to what to do. Ah! Cell phone. Wife. Bicycle pump. Yep.
Carolyn arrived in her Sequoia with a rather snide grin on her face. At least she’d brought the pump.
I aired it up and zipped back into town. I made it to the square before I felt the back tire begin to give. I pulled over, with Carolyn pulling into the parking space in front of Discount Merchandise and went to pumping again.
I made it home on the second air-up.
The next day we took the moped to Exxon. They couldn’t get the tire off to change it. It seems it’s not as easy to change a moped tire as one would think. On to Monticello’s Outdoor Store, which sells motorcycles and four-wheelers.
Poor Ghost sat there for two weeks, waiting patiently for a new tube while uglier and less-loved vehicles were repaired in front of it. Darn hunting season!
Finally, we were notified on Saturday that Ghost was ready to ride.
So, beware Monticello… Ghost is back!
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October 7th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
in honor of the ghost being back on the streets, HREF=”http://www.secretspain.org/Outlaws%20-%20Ghost%20Riders%20In%20The%20Sky.mp3″>click here listen and be inspired…
October 7th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
hmmm… something went way wrong with THAT link…. just go here…
http://www.secretspain.org/Outlaws%20-%20Ghost%20Riders%20In%20The%20Sky.mp3
October 8th, 2007 at 6:45 am
Glad that Ghost is back.
October 8th, 2007 at 7:01 am
Carolyn had a brief period that no one shunned her over her mode of transportation at least, haha!
October 8th, 2007 at 8:32 am
So glad Ghost is up and running again! I don’t know if you’d be “Jeff” without Ghost…
October 8th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
I’m so glad that you got your transportation back. I’m not surprised the tire was such a pain to get in though. You don’t see as many of those around as you use to.
October 8th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
I miss my moped!
Mine was seafoam green-the ugliest thing you had ever seen but I loved it.
October 8th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
One of my friends is a moped driving musician. You should listen to his song “Dooley” off his Myspace page. I would be singing the chorus to myself every time I was on a scooter while we lived in Croatia.
http://www.myspace.com/heypenny
And then click on the song “Dooley”
October 8th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Thanks everyone for your kind comments and well-wishing for me and Ghost! If any of you want to buy me a month’s worth of gas as a treat.. it’s about $2.85 – less than a cup of nice coffee! ;)
October 10th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
$2.85 for a month! I need to get a moped!