Re: Bad News and Good News

On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 20:53:27 -0400, "Evelyn Ruut"
<evelyn.ruut@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



"NoName" <noname@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Today I had both kind of news -- bad first and then good.

The bad news was that someone stole my adult trike which I
had forgotten to lock last night.

Well, that was a rude shock and I could not finish my breakfast
when I looked out and saw it gone.

First I calmed myself down, and then realized that I needed to
buy a new trike ASAP or I would be up a tree so far as getting
around the neighborhood and bringing home groceries etc.

So I phoned a nearby bike dealer and they had an adult trike
with gears in stock. I thought briefly of reporting the trike
stolen but realized quickly that would only be an exercise
in frustration.

Now the good news is that the new trike is a different brand with
an aluminum frame and much lighter and easier to ride than the
one that was stolen. An amazing difference. The old one was an
industrial adult trike that airport employees use traveling
about the runways.

Both bikes cost $500 -- I rode the old one for two years. That
comes to $250 a year for my transportation. A car would not only
be far, far more expensive but also would have added costs that
are substantial. I get a year's free service including a tune-up
and am pleased as I can be.

Oh yes, I will never fail to lock up this one with two locks.

So this cloud did indeed, in my mind, have a silver lining.


I'm so glad it worked out OK in the end.....but it is a shame that someone
would steal your trike that way.

Yeah, but not worth making myself miserable about it. I allowed
myself about 10 minutes, no more of panic and fussing, and then got
on the phone to the dealer and within a short time had a new bike.
Which I am looking forward to riding tomorrow as it takes oh so much
less effort than the old one which I see now was too heavy for me
and the use I put it to. I was new in the city when I bought the
first one -- at a small bike shop and they had to order one and then
assemble it. So I didn't get to ride it until after that.

Bikes simply MUST be locked in cities because opportunistic thieves
abound. I hopefully will be OK now with two different kinds of locks
both attached to a sturdy iron railing.

.

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