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08:51 PM - 06/06/2005

The topic: Two less morons in the gene pool..

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And when I see them, I curse them and hope they don’t take anyone with them when they die.  I hope when they bite the big one, they don’t do it with any other vehicle in sight.  They used to scare me. Now, they just piss me off.

Who am I talking about? 

 

 


 



Motorcycle morons.  I took this series of pictures on our July 5th trip around the county.  These bikers are by no means a rare sight around San Diego County. Just about any back road will find it’s share of these idiots.  Brian said on his way home from the property yesterday,  a group passed him (they were going the other way) and he said without a doubt, they were going at least a hundred miles an hour.  These roads aren’t big roads, they’re two lane roads. Curvy with double yellow lines.  The lines that indicate “no passing”. I don’t care when they die.  Because that’s obviously what they’re trying to do. Life on the edge. Well, when you take unnecessary chances.

The sad part is when they don’t die alone. By this I mean, that they run into another car.  The occupants of that car will hopefully survive, but they’ll live with this the rest of their lives.  Or the people that see it happen. Those are the people who have my condolences.

In the pictures above, the little car pulled over to the side of the road as soon as they had the chance. I’m sure they were pretty shook up.  If you look at the full sized image of picture #3, you’ll see a car coming in the other lane.  I know I’d be shook up.

I hate these bikers for what they do to the people around them. They might think it’s funny, but I don’t.

 

 

 

 

 

Name of motorcyclist killed in crash released
6:57 a.m. June 6, 2005

RAMONA ? Authorities have released the name of the motorcyclist who died on Highway 78 Sunday near Ramona after he crashed head-on into a car, officials said.

San Diego police said David Dwayne Fulford, 36, of San Diego was speeding east at 5:30 p.m. when his motorcycle crossed the center line, clipped a sport utility vehicle, sideswiped another car and then smashed into a BMW.

Fulford was thrown from his bike and died on the road, police said. The driver and passengers in the BMW were hospitalized with minor injuries.

Authorities closed the highway between Bandy Canyon Road and Haverford Road for more than two hours after the crash.

 



At least, this one went alone:
 

 

Body of serviceman found with crashed motorcycle:

SANTEE ? The body of a 23-year-old serviceman was found Monday morning with his crashed motorcycle in a gully between the eastbound and westbound lanes of state Route 52 west of Mission Gorge Road, authorities said.

A westbound motorist caught a glimpse of the red-and-black motorcycle about 10:40 a.m., returned to the spot and found the crashed bike, said California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings.

Pennings said a CHP officer walked down into the gully, about 30 feet below the level of the freeway, and discovered the motorcycle and the body.

Investigators believe the motorcycle was being driven at a high speed when it veered across the lanes of the divided freeway from right to left, flying several hundred feet through the air before landing in the gully, authorities said.

“The tachometer (on the motorcycle) was stopped at over 10,000 rpm,” Pennings said, which indicated the bike’s throttle was open.

The rider was wearing protective gear, including a full-face helmet, the officer said.

On Sunday, La Mesa police said they were looking for a missing 23-year-old sailor who was last seen Thursday leaving a friend’s house in La Mesa on his motorcycle to return to his home in Clairemont.

The identity of the body found alongside the freeway was not immediately released.
 



I wish law enforcement could do more about these guys. But there are hundreds and hundreds of miles of roads and there are just way too many of these cyclists on the road. 

This is one group, these men on their fancy colored racing bikes, and matching outfits, that I have no problem painting with a wide brush.  I wish they’d all get a clue before they screwed up some innocent bystander’s life.

Oh, and if there is any San Diego law enforcement reading this? In my original pictures, one of the license plates is clear as day. I’d be more than happy to send the images to you.


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11:15 AM - 06/06/2005

The topic: Productive weekend

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We had breakfast at Izzy’s on Saturday morning, came home, I changed into some work clothes (sweatpants, old teeshirt) and we got to work pulling and digging out grassy weeds around the pool. 

Brian got all of the weeds gone from around the cathouse under the lime tree and I got quite a bit more pulled from the area by the pool, under the palm trees. Then I started to work in the place where Brian had transplanted a palm tree from out front.  When we were done, there were only three big areas that needed to be done, other areas just needed a little cleanup. 

Then we went shopping.  The Felidae bucket was empty, and Brian wanted steaks for dinner.  I wanted to see if CostCo had any shoes.  They didn’t, only had men’s sandals.  Brian got steaks, I got some old lady underwear that come up around my waist (these bikini briefs aren’t really comfortable when I’m working and sweating).  We didn’t get a cart, Brian said we’re not buying anymore than we can carry.  It worked.

We came home and Brian mowed the lawn. I did some laundry and that was about it.

Yesterday, Brian left early for the property and I pulled more of the grass by the pool.  I spent a couple of hours down there and then I did laundry and the litterboxes.

Brian got home fairly early (he broke one of the hoses for his tractor) and he worked on the generator (the one that was in the back of the Ranger when the shell got ruined by those creeps).  At one point I went out to see how it was going and he pointed out the problem he was having, gas was going to the carburetor, but not getting up to the float.  He showed me the tube where the gas is supposed to go up and he said there must be something stuck in there.  I asked if there was any reason he couldn’t blow it out with his compressor (I know nothing about mechanical things, even less about motors and engines).  He didn’t see what it would hurt and he tried it a couple of times.  Then I got a paperclip and he put it through the hole and there was nothing in it.  The problem was fixed.  He was surprised when he first started working on it to find there was water in the gas. And there was rust in the lines. He has no idea where the water came from, but it was most likely the rust that was blocking the flow of gas. 

Anyway, it took less than ten minutes to fix.  It had been in the back of the Ranger for two months, where we lost our camper shell because of it, it’s been in the shop for weeks and it took only ten minutes to fix.  tearhair

I got the cats in early last night, had a couple of drinks, we had salad and steak and that was pretty much it.

After our walk this morning, I had breakfast, then went outside and started pulling more weeks.  I got the area along the fence finished and I’m really glad that we’re almost done down there.  There are still some places that there’s grass, but Brian is going to use Roundup on those.  Places that I can’t dig or the rocks are under rocks. 

Good weekend.  Really good weekend.


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10:36 AM - 06/06/2005

The topic: Monica

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Monica is doing much, much better this morning. When I did my every morning check of the cats this morning, she was out and about, running, jumping, chasing the other kittens and even running up into the plum tree.

Whew…..


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