After our twins were born, my wife would stand in the doorway, one in each arm, and say nice things like, "Say goodbye to your daddy girls, he would rather go die on his motorcycle than stay home with you..." when ever I would take my BMW R100 out for a ride. The bike was gone a few months after the twins arrived. The boat (J-24) had already been sold for a house down payment, the appartment we were in didn't allow kids.

My sympathetic squadron mates had a "Name the Babbies" contest, the easy winners, "No Boat, No Bike". It was 6 long, dry years before I got another boat, and I still don't have a replacement motorcycle.


Blade F16
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