Author Topic: Take the Guzzi to work day (Read 6405 times)

Guzzistajohn · « **on:** July 12, 2016, 06:53:55 PM »

I'm not a motorcycle commuter. I would rather ride in more pleasurable surroundings like in the boondocks. But the Tacoma is in the shop.

Ran through two showers in my 15 mile commute but got the old gal indoor parking. She's right at home in the elevator shop

Lannis · « **Reply #1 on:** July 12, 2016, 06:58:24 PM »

Quote from: Guzzistajohn on July 12, 2016, 06:53:55 PM

I'm not a motorcycle commuter. I would rather ride in more pleasurable surroundings like in the boondocks. But the Tacoma is in the shop.

Ran through two showers in my 15 mile commute but got the old gal indoor parking. She's right at home in the elevator shop

Work? Commute? What quaint concepts.

Wait, I sort of remember that, from some time back, but the memory is fading, fading .....

Tom · « **Reply #2 on:** July 12, 2016, 06:58:50 PM »

I ride the Strada to work everyday. Parking is 25yds. from my desk and is in plain view. Fortunately it's faster to work on the bike than driving a car. The clothes have to be different though.

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #3 on:** July 12, 2016, 07:03:01 PM »

Quote from: Lannis on July 12, 2016, 06:58:24 PM

Work? Commute? What quaint concepts.

Wait, I sort of remember that, from some time back, but the memory is fading, fading .....

There you go with those "raunchy" and un-justified attacks Lannis.

twowings · « **Reply #4 on:** July 12, 2016, 07:05:13 PM »

She looks happy to be there...you should ride more often...

Lannis · « **Reply #5 on:** July 12, 2016, 07:06:15 PM »

Quote from: Guzzistajohn on July 12, 2016, 07:03:01 PM

Ther you go with those "raunchy" and un-justified attacks Lannis.

You just keep on working hard, and commuting, and paying your 6.2% of your check into that big ol' pyramid scheme that I'm drawing from, and maybe I'll look at that raunchy and unjustified thang ... !

Lannis

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #6 on:** July 12, 2016, 07:07:51 PM »

Quote from: Lannis on July 12, 2016, 07:06:15 PM

You just keep on working hard, and commuting, and paying your 6.2% of your check into that big ol' pyramid scheme that I'm drawing from, and maybe I'll look at that raunchy and unjustified thang ... !

Lannis

Don't have a choice! I have schnauzers to feed!

Lannis · « **Reply #7 on:** July 12, 2016, 07:50:27 PM »

Quote from: Guzzistajohn on July 12, 2016, 07:07:51 PM

Don't have a choice! I have schnauzers to feed!

You try not only feeding them but putting gas in his car.

Jack the Border Collie OWNS the back seat of the Subaru. If you want to disappoint this poor dog, just you go and get in the car without the clear signs that he�s coming with you!

His job is to keep his Border Collie �Eye� on the oncoming traffic, and keep it on them until they are past us �.

But then he realized �WHAT? This was just a Photo Op? We�re not riding anywhere? Well, that�s not very nice. I think I�ll just lay here in case you change your mind �.�

Farmer Dan · « **Reply #8 on:** July 12, 2016, 07:56:05 PM »

I ride my Eldorado to work everyday I can. My only regret is I only have to drive 5.9 miles to work.

pete roper · « **Reply #9 on:** July 12, 2016, 08:03:42 PM »

Snow here this morning an an expected top of 6*C. Guzzi ain't going nowhere!

Pete

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #10 on:** July 12, 2016, 08:41:38 PM »

Quote from: pete roper on July 12, 2016, 08:03:42 PM

Snow here this morning an an expected top of 6*C. Guzzi ain't going nowhere!

Pete

Brrrrrr keep it down in the Southern Hemisphere where it belongs!

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #11 on:** July 12, 2016, 08:50:19 PM »

Quote from: Lannis on July 12, 2016, 07:50:27 PM

You try not only feeding them but putting gas in his car.

Jack the Border Collie OWNS the back seat of the Subaru. If you want to disappoint this poor dog, just you go and get in the car without the clear signs that he�s coming with you!

His job is to keep his Border Collie �Eye� on the oncoming traffic, and keep it on them until they are past us �.

Good lookin animal Lannis, I gotta watch the movie "babe" again

But then he realized �WHAT? This was just a Photo Op? We�re not riding anywhere? Well, that�s not very nice. I think I�ll just lay here in case you change your mind �.�

Clancy · « **Reply #12 on:** July 12, 2016, 10:02:16 PM »

Quote from: pete roper on July 12, 2016, 08:03:42 PM

Snow here this morning an an expected top of 6*C. Guzzi ain't going nowhere!
Pete

What he said!

Mooney78865 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 12, 2016, 10:09:39 PM »

I ride a couple days a week to work. Monday is car day and I bring in the suits, Friday is car day and I take 'em home. I usually cage it one other day depending on the weather. This week's forecast is 69F for the low and 105 as the high and 0% chance of rain. 44 miles each way, afternoon's can be a bit brutal. The last 4 miles or so are through town and it can get a bit warm sitting at your third stop light!

tris · « **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2016, 06:07:45 AM »

Tomorrow will be "Take the Guzzi to work day" and he will be chained to the anti ram-raid barriers as he will be out of sight from my office

Tom · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2016, 01:55:31 PM »

Quote from: Lannis on July 12, 2016, 07:50:27 PM

You try not only feeding them but putting gas in his car.

Jack the Border Collie OWNS the back seat of the Subaru. If you want to disappoint this poor dog, just you go and get in the car without the clear signs that he�s coming with you!

His job is to keep his Border Collie �Eye� on the oncoming traffic, and keep it on them until they are past us �.

But then he realized �WHAT? This was just a Photo Op? We�re not riding anywhere? Well, that�s not very nice. I think I�ll just lay here in case you change your mind �.�

You're torturing the dog! No wind in the face.

Toecutter · « **Reply #16 on:** July 13, 2016, 02:08:29 PM »

That's everyday.

It starts in spring, as soon as the roads are ice-free... temps around -10.

It ends in fall, when the ice sticks... temps around -10.

About 20 miles each way.

Lannis · « **Reply #17 on:** July 13, 2016, 02:25:42 PM »

Quote from: Tom on July 13, 2016, 01:55:31 PM

You're torturing the dog! No wind in the face.

We often go down the road with the windows open and Jack in the back.

Unless we come to a stop, he has NO interest in putting his head out the window. Jack is a Border Collie, not a dog. There's a difference!

Once we start moving, he snaps into position in the middle of the seat (as in the first pic), and stares intently out the windshield, without moving.

When he sees a car coming in the opposite direction, he lowers his head an inch or two and follows the car with his eyes. As it passes us, his head goes around to follow it, then pops back into "guard" position waiting for the next car. He will do this as long as we are on a two-lane road, no matter how many cars there are. That's his job, to keep an eye on the other cars. Every Border Collie has to have a job, or they get neurotic and invent one that you won't like.

When we get onto a four-lane road, he lays down and goes to sleep until he senses we're back on a two-lane road, then it's back up with the intent stare.

He traveled with Fay from Virginia out to Denver and back to see me a couple years ago; he's a great rider and companion.

Lannis

Tom · « **Reply #18 on:** July 13, 2016, 02:31:48 PM »

He's checking out his herd.

Lannis · « **Reply #19 on:** July 13, 2016, 02:38:36 PM »

Quote from: Tom on July 13, 2016, 02:31:48 PM

He's checking out his herd.

Yup. If you're a bloodhound, everything's a trail. If you're a Jack Russell, everything's a dangerous critter in a burrow. If you're a Labrador, everything's a duck. And if you're a Border Collie, everything's a herd!

Lannis

Tom · « **Reply #20 on:** July 13, 2016, 03:34:05 PM »

Movement and things that look the same.

Good looking dawg.

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #21 on:** July 13, 2016, 05:58:33 PM »

Glad to see my Guzzi content thread morphed into a dog thread

If you are a varmint in a standard schnauzers domain, you're life is about to become pure hell!

My dogs have treed three groundhogs, killed others, caught squirrels to the point where they won't even come near, caught rabbits possums, and one skunk. I found out the hard way what takes skunk smell out of a dogs coat. If it's sprayed in June, it's July, August and September

Tom · « **Reply #22 on:** July 13, 2016, 06:01:42 PM »

Most of the roadkill I saw/smelled on the way to John Day was 6 skunks. Phew! 1 raccoon, 1 deer and some assorted small grease spots that I couldn't figure out.

Lannis · « **Reply #23 on:** July 13, 2016, 07:56:25 PM »

Quote from: Guzzistajohn on July 13, 2016, 05:58:33 PM

Glad to see my Guzzi content thread morphed into a dog thread

I'm glad you're glad. Can you imagine the consequences for someone complaining about Puppy Pictures in a WG thread? That'd be immoral .....

Lannis

Tom · « **Reply #24 on:** July 13, 2016, 08:29:07 PM »

Then it would be a WTF??? moment.

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #25 on:** July 13, 2016, 08:34:48 PM »

The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.

Mark Twain

Zazu · « **Reply #26 on:** July 13, 2016, 08:36:22 PM »

Everybody loves puppies ...

Tom · « **Reply #27 on:** July 13, 2016, 08:47:00 PM »

They love them at the market in Yulin, China but not for the same reasons.

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #28 on:** July 13, 2016, 08:49:15 PM »

I wish the Chinese would eat cats instead! Snarfing up on a dog just ain't right!

Tom · « **Reply #29 on:** July 13, 2016, 08:52:49 PM »

They do. Taste like chicken.......shred ded meat is shredded meat. Doesn't make a difference where the protein is sourced. The dogs are raised as livestock not pets. Other cultures do the same. Hawaiians brought dogs over to be raised with pigs to be livestock. The evolved to have no bark and were vegetarians.

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Author Topic: Take the Guzzi to work day (Read 6405 times)

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