I think my first bike was November 65
My first NEW bike was February 73 and it snowed the day I went to pick it up
I had to ride it through Sheffield at rush hour and take it home to Barnsley
I've ridden all year round since I first started, no choice, no car
Simples
I haven't really had a bike I regret owning.
The nearest to that would be my XV250S. Nothing wrong with it and has been a reliable run around for town use. But I am not really into cruisers of any sort, due to the seating and leg positioning.
If you could start your working life again, what job would you like to do?
0h thats easy
I'd be a lawyer
I'd take on 2 or 3 high profile cases a year at ridiculous fees
Then do all my other cases Pro Bono
Just to p**s the others off
NO !!!
MOST people have their price but there are still some individuals who retain a modicum of dignity and hold on to their integrity and refuse to succumb to the "money fest"
We usually sleep easier in our beds
What's YOUR price ?
Yes unfortunately by my 1st wife, she was also my 1st love
It took a long time to get over that and I am not sure if I have even now after 28 years.
If you have been cheated on, do you still completely trust a member of the opposite sex?
Ultimately I have to
Because without trust there can BE no relationship
Both sexes are equally capable of infidelity
It's part of the "human" condition
It's not about gender it's about susceptability
Both men and women are "sufferers" from this condition
It has a lot to do with selfishness and gratification (IMO)
Have never found it affected me in other relationships, as I just convinced myself that why should I treat other women differently just because I found one bad apple?
Do you think you were cheated on because you failed or they were just a cheater?
I agree totally MM
Why visit the sins of a previous partner on the current one
I didn't fail
I was a fool and "trusted" the wrong woman
I should have known better
She was a flirt and married when I met her
So her behaviour was transparent even then
I suppose I thought she might change
I thought she loved me as much as I loved her
I thought we had a mutual respect and trust
But her "instincts" got the better of her eventually and I was too trusting
But ultimately I feel vindicated and strengthened by the experience
Have you learned any "valuable lessons" from previous relationships?
(Thinking aloud .. Do we ever learn when it comes to relationships)..
There's a colourful array of deep rooted lessons acquired along life's merry way.. The most important for me personally is to be myself.. not to lose my identity and be re-moulded into what someone else wants me to be.. Good, bad or indifferent.. accept me for who I am, or not at all..
I've learnt to try and not let my heart rule my head and not to accept or persevere with half hearted attempts .. to be with someone, not put up with .. we know the answers to our sometimes unsettling questions.. we just don't always like what we hear.. Listen to your heart .. and take heed of what it tells you.. and not to be afraid of the outcome .. favourable or otherwise..
What is important to you in your life right now?
Ah Penny, sometimes your pearls of wisdom belie your tender years
What a sage and mature attitude you have acquired
Indeed one MUST learn to love oneself before one can ever hope that someone else will love one
I've probably plagiarized and paraphrased a well known author
But I seem to have had that as a core philosophy for the greater part of my adult life
Yes BEING is important
You must first learn to BE
A capacity to be content and at peace whilst totally alone
Is essential to a balanced human being
Constantly craving the presence and reassurance of "another" or "other" person
Can only lead to insecurity in the long term
Too many relationships fail before they have begun
Because one partner wants the other to be someone they are not
Ultimately, when they have reached what they perceived to be their goal
They are no longer attracted to what they have created
But have managed to erase the character which was once there
Which WAS they very thing which provided the attraction in the first place
Change and chaos are regular bedfellows with human relationships
For relationships, of the whole gamut of human inclination
Are the most complex and nuanced of any behavior among ALL species
So is it any wonder we often get it wrong
But hey ho onward and upward, it's all a learning experience
What's important to me right now dear girl is :
Waking each day and still having all my faculties and a bike to deploy them on
Question :
Why, when they are on a beach,
After having already been in the sea
Do people run for cover if it starts raining ??
There are many words of wisdom written here. Most of which I can relate to.
emzed, I have to agree it is important to spend time alone in order to find out who we are. The usual problem is that some people can't seem to spend very long on their own. A few weeks or months in my mind is not enough to tell you much at all about your self. It needs to be much much longer. I can do long and am well practiced at it. Knowing who I am now does not necessarily suite what a potential partner is looking for. Therefore I do not seek a partner, as I am content with life as it is. However we can never say never, as life sometimes presents us with the least expected things.
Your question:-
Why do people run for cover if it starts raining?
It does seem a little daft after being in the sea or swimming pool. Maybe it is our inbuilt natural reaction to take cover from the elements.
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