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[calvin669]

Hey asshat, don't you have a wedding to stand up in today  ???   GET OVER MY HOUSE so we can go already, and quit playing on the internet... >:(


Your DEAD by the way.  That marker don't come off  >:( >:( >:( >:(




 ;D :-*

YOu should be telling yourself the same thing..

[Old808]

New no, used I know where one is.  2001, 380 original miles.  I belive he wants $9,500, and it is 100 % stock in mint condition.  The price is also negotiable.  Bike is located in New Hampshire.  Original owner, bike never titled.  MSO still open.  All service done according to the ad I am looking at. According to him, it has never been dropped, and only street ridden by him.  He is a private collector.  Has tons of bikes.  Bike is red, of course.   Let me know and I'll check into it more, and get you all the contact information on it.  

*Note, I subscribe to a monthly private selling place, where you have to pay a subscription to see these ads, so you won't find it.  This is where I get used bikes from.  Private broker network  ;D

Street miles on a "RS"?  This is strange.

[cornercamping]

YOu should be telling yourself the same thing..

Check your voicemail.  Get over here, I'm waiting on you.  >:(

[cornercamping]

Street miles on a "RS"? ÊThis is strange.

Why's that  ???  I know a guy that has a factory Ducati B bike that he rides on the street, although it's not exactly a legal bike, but hey, when you know people, you can pretty much get away with anything.....

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

     Well since were way off topic already I'll add my 2 cents.

"Nope, I'm not married... and probably never will be.

     That's probably going to be me, I pretty much have lost faith in marriages after seeing how disposable they have become. I hear the arguement that people know this couple or that couple that have been together for xx amount of years, but those are marriages from previous generations of marriages, not the current one. Statistically the absolute majority of all current day marriages fail, with sections of this country approaching a 75% failure rate! If you had a statistical 75% failure rate on an investment which would result in not only the loss of your investment but also 1/2 of everything you have worked your entire life for, would you still do it?

     I believe at this point the only way I personally would get married is with a pre-neptual agreement attached. I find it strange that people find these offensive when all it does is protects both individuals in the event of a divorce so as to allow each of them to return to a financial state similar to that as before entering the marriage. Unless someone was looking to profit off of the other persons personal situation I can't see why anyone would be offended by a pre-nep? (after all, isn't marriage about 2 people being in love with each other, and not about the money?) :-/

[cornercamping]

Ê Ê If you had a statistical 75% failure rate on an investment which would result in not only the loss of your investment but also 1/2 of everything you have worked your entire life for, would you still do it?

Of course. That's what motorcycle racing is all about too, but everyone keeps doing it  ;D :P

[Dawn]

     I hear the arguement that people know this couple or that couple that have been together for xx amount of years, but those are marriages from previous generations of marriages, not the current one.

     I believe at this point the only way I personally would get married is with a pre-neptual agreement attached. I find it strange that people find these offensive when all it does is protects both individuals in the event of a divorce so as to allow each of them to return to a financial state similar to that as before entering the marriage. Unless someone was looking to profit off of the other persons personal situation I can't see why anyone would be offended by a pre-nep? (after all, isn't marriage about 2 people being in love with each other, and not about the money?) :-/

Mike:

I need help understanding your point.

that couple that have been together for xx amount of years, but those are marriages from previous generations of marriages, not the current one.

What qualifies as a previous generation marriage?

Statistically the absolute majority of all current day marriages fail, with sections of this country approaching a 75% failure rate! If you had a statistical 75% failure rate on an investment which would result in not only the loss of your investment but also 1/2 of everything you have worked your entire life for, would you still do it?

One thing that I think that is missing here is that a marriage is an investment in each other.  It cannot be one sided.  Plus, with both the husband and wife working nowdays, both lose when a divorce happens.  Sometimes that is point is lost when talking with one of the 'injured' parties.

pre-neptual agreement

I have no problem with those and actually have actually encouraged a friend of ours to get one if he considered marriage.  Do Paul and I have one?  Nope, when your young and start out with nothing, there is nothing to divide.

Dawn   :)

[cornercamping]

I look at it this way.  We live one day at a time, regardless if we want to or not.  We live to make mistakes, and learn from them.  If you spend all day worrying about what happened yesterday, or what's going to happen tomorrow, you are just wasting time.  Do what you can, to make your life enjoyable and meaningful for yourself and your loved ones.  Screw everyone else. Your life is exactly what you make it.  There are people that live to live, and there are people that live simply to die.  Do whatever makes you happy, and don't worry about the rest.  The future has already been written, and plays out based on which doors you decide to open. Marriage is a wonderful thing, if you find someone to share your life with, and loves you as much as you love them.  As a 94 year old man told me in Las Vegas....

"Why tip toe thru life to arrive safely at the gates of death?"

This was while he was playing $30K hands of black jack.  :o  I thought he was crazy, but was he?



I'm off to get married.  I'll talk to you guys in a couple of weeks.  Be safe out there, and I'll see some of you at Grattan.

[Old808]

Why's that  ???  I know a guy that has a factory Ducati B bike that he rides on the street, although it's not exactly a legal bike, but hey, when you know people, you can pretty much get away with anything.....

I don't know.  It's all very tempting but someone sent me this link and I am thinking maybe I'll pass.

http://forums.13x.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34452&perpage=30&highlight=my%20bike&pagenumber=1

I will definitely keep you in mind though, if someone else here get a bike from you and reports good feedback.  Thanks anyway.  Enjoy the wedding.

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

I look at it this way.  We live one day at a time, regardless if we want to or not.  We live to make mistakes, and learn from them. If you spend all day worrying about what happened yesterday, or what's going to happen tomorrow, you are just wasting time.  Do what you can, to make your life enjoyable and meaningful for yourself and your loved ones.  Screw everyone else. Your life is exactly what you make it.  There are people that live to live, and there are people that live simply to die.  Do whatever makes you happy, and don't worry about the rest.  The future has already been written, and plays out based on which doors you decide to open.

     There was a time in my life that I use to think somewhat like that, but then I saw a multitude of very different sides of things that changed my attitude over time. Though the following is taking my example to an extreme I believe it gets the point across. Based on what you just said the 9/11 tragedy was unavoidable and we couldn't have stopped it because "the future has already been written", yet we had intelligence (that wasn't acted upon) during Clintons era that an attack on the WTC would happen again and who would do it (if the 1st bombing of the WTC in the early 90's wasn't warning enough, I don't know what was?). Prior to 9/11 there was a government official from California that was spear-heading a push for the abolishment of the CIA stating that we no longer lived in an era which required that agency. I look at 'thinking ahead toward future possibilities' kind of like the role the CIA is supposed to have in protecting our best interests thru aquiring valuable information which ultimately could dramatically effect our lives. Divorce (along with it's often times dramatic effects on children, relatives and freinds) is used so often now days that it's sadly just considered commonplace when it could have possible been avoided all together had those involved not been 'living just for the moment' but instead looking ahead toward the future.

     I personally know the effects that divorce has on a family, having gone thru it when I was in 1st grade as my parents divorced. That happened at a very influential time in my life, as does with many other kids, and gave me a real distrust in commitment of any kind. This was further amplified when I began working full time and found out the hard way that almost everyone was doing as cornercamping said and was trying to "screw everyone else" which very effectivly makes my life as difficult as possible. This is where I disagree with the statement "The future has already been written, and plays out based on which doors you decide to open". No matter how hard I have applied myself at work there has always been someone there to take me down who was in a position of power to do so such as management afraid of me advancing or a wanna-be a** kisser.

     Do I believe that marriage statistics will improve? No, I don't, because people have become very much of the mindset of "screw everyone else" and they don't really care what effects there personal decisions have on others, kind of like smoking in a restaurant or driving drunk. I hate to sound like a pessimist here but when I look at the 'big picture' of many peoples marriages I all too often see 2 smaller pictures instead. 'Marriages of convenience' are very popular nowdays as a way to achieve this status or that status, like living in this neighborhood in this house and driving this vehicle with these kids that attend this school and do these things. But as is statistically proven that most often fails and leaves those involved in a mess. :-/

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

Mike:

I need help understanding your point.

What qualifies as a previous generation marriage?

     By how long you said you have been married that puts you being married in the late 80's when the divorce rate was in the 20% range with spotted highs near about 1/3. Since that time the divorce rate has apx. tripled in numerous areas of the country. I hate to bring religion into this, but ultimately marriage is a religious union and true religious faith currently appears to be at a real low. Without religion in a religious union I would expect a very high falure rate. I don't want to put you on the spot here Dawn but if I remember correctly you have expressed religious belief here on this site in the past (which I commend you on) which as I just stated  would improve your chances of a successful marriage based on the values taught by most religions (if followed). :)

[Sunny]

Dan, with all these time to play on internet, you still failed to reply to my email nor call me about the bikes after 2 days..........  Am I or anyone else supposed to believe you are not xx ...........   ::)  I won't try to put a word there yet..........   ;D  I'll let you decide what should go there................   ::)  I was giving you the benefit of the doubt because you are busy getting married, but you definitely had plenty of time to spare............   ;D