It's a great story Chuck. How great it must feel to be shed of all that weight.
Like a new lease on life. Enjoy your Harley. To bad you are not on the left
coast, we could go on a run together. After all is said and done, your health
is
all you really have. Glad to hear of your success and your upcoming Harley
ride.
Mike
Charles Christ wrote:
> well mine just sat for 10 years waiting for me to get around to it. i'm
> finally getting dug out of over 10 years of backlog of personal stuff. now
> someaya might be wondering "how'd he do that"? i'll tell ya! my morbid
> obesity brought on adult type 2 diabetis. the obesity and diabetis combined
> were overwhelming me physically. if my blood sugar was messed up (wich it
> was all too frequently) i had moments of feeling great! i'd start something
> and about 2-3 hours(if i lasted that long!) i'd be exhausted as if i had
> worked a 10-12 hour day. actually sit down and pass out for hours. you
> have no idea how many things you can start and realise you have not the time
> or physical ambition to finish! now coming to present day, after my gastric
> bypass surgery , i'm feeling far better than i ever remember feeling! i
> have energy. i'm no super man but i'm far more productive than i ever was!
> so i'm trying to dispose of bits and pieces of projects wich wrere in my
> way. harley parts, the healey hard top pieces strewn about(and in my
> closet!) so now, i'm gonna ride my harley again! and as soon as it has a
> plate i'll inspect it and be on the road again! :) sold my 1936 knuckle
> head in a fit of weakness butthe custom sportster is staying! and as of
> yesterday i hit 245lbs! that's now down 208lbs! i'm almost half my former
> self!
>
> chuck. 1'59 LBC
> 1 '70 harley sportster
> 1 '70 harley "rapido"
> and other things of varied interest (YA!)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike MacLean <macleans@earthlink.net>
> To: John.Deikis@med.va.gov <John.Deikis@med.va.gov>
> Cc: cfchrist@earthlink.net <cfchrist@earthlink.net>;
> spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Monday, June 02, 2003 1:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Classic Motorsport
>
> >Sorry to hear you are selling your Harley. You will miss it. Riding my
> Harley
> >is very much akin to driving my Bugeye. Very similar sounds and feelings.
> They
> >are both something out of time, yet timeless. I drive both of them because
> they
> >are different and special. The motorcycle is the closest thing to flying
> >(another love of mine) on the ground. The Bugeye just simply makes me
> happy and
> >I would still drive it even if it did not generate such a stir from people.
> Just
> >the fact that when I first started driving Bugeyes in 1971, you were looked
> at as
> >not being able to afford a "real" car. I never got a date to ride it it
> back
> >then, but now young girls squeal with delight at the sight of it. Granted,
> I
> >never had a Bugeye that looks as good as the one I own today. The Harley
> affords
> >me the option of being the bad boy for the weekend. Here in California I
> am
> >convinced that the general populace likes bikers and accepts them as part
> of the
> >California culture. I have had little old ladies wave at me from the back
> seat
> >of cars at stop lights. I have a beard and slightly long hair and probably
> don't
> >look like the guy you want your daughter to bring home. (too old for that
> >anyway) I love my Harley and I love my Bugeye. There will never be a "For
> Sale"
> >sign on either unless I was buying another one to replace it. I recently
> bought
> >a BN2 that is a hair away from justification to have it crushed, but I will
> do a
> >total restoration and I will not sell that one either. Funny, the older I
> get
> >the older I like my cars.
> >Mike MacLean
> >60 Sprite
> >2002 Heritage Springer
> >1956 BN2
> >
> >John.Deikis@med.va.gov wrote:
> >
> >> There is a 2000 Harley Springer Softail with 8k miles and a for sale sign
> on
> >> it sitting in my front yard. My '71 BMW 750/5 Toaster didn't like it, so
> >> it's got to go. It does noit leak oil. It always starts. It has
> saddlebags
> >> big enough to hold a year worth of temprary tatoos and fake ponytails.
> >>
> >> Se ya at VIR!
> >>
> >> --JohnD
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Charles Christ [mailto:cfchrist@earthlink.net]
> >> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:44 AM
> >> To: Deikis, John; spridgets@autox.team.net
> >> Subject: Re: Classic Motorsport
> >>
> >> swedish car YA? saab goes ring-a-ding-ding-ding!!!! YA?(the other
> foregin
> >> car here!)
> >> LOL! my problem is the harley and healey share a garage! talk about
> >> revolutionary war all over again! or it it just a leak-a-thon?
> ROFLMAO!!!
> >> can not fight the temptation to go racing.....the voices in my
> head.....er
> >> umm helmet....go racing young man...go racing young man! LOL! i
> understand
> >> the temptations that nice articles and well done pictures can present!
> it
> >> is fun and it is exhilerating. and...dangerous too. the dangers are
> not
> >> always well portrayed or explained yet very real!
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