Soooooo, the wife is on the back of the BA this afternoon as we're headin' out of Cottonwood Arizona and on towards one of the the most beautiful spots in all of America...Sedona.
I pull up behind this scruffy-lookin' dude drivin' this equally scruffy-lookin' old Datsun pickup in the right lane at the second to the last stoplight before you leave Cottonwood along scenic route AZ Hwy-89A. Said scruffy-lookin' dude is jawin' up at the guy sittin' shotgun in this big ol' dump truck that's sittin' in the left lane at this intersection.
The light changed to green about 30 seconds later, and we all took off. The dump truck being a dump truck is of course slower to get up to speed(which I had of course planned on, and thus the reason I pulled behind the scruffy old Datsun and not the dump truck at this red light.
As soon as there was an opening enough to safely change lanes into the left lane, I put on my left blinker and pulled in front of said dump truck, and then I pulled past said scruffy-lookin' dude drivin' his scruffy-lookin' old Datsun pickup in the right lane.
Okay, are you folks still with me here? Okay then, I'll continue.
Now, when I pulled up to the next and last lighted intersection out of Cottonwood, and yep, it was red goin' our way, this scruffy-lookin' dude in that scruffy-lookin' old Datsun pulled up next to me in the right lane and started jawin' with me! And here's how THAT conversation went...
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Scruffy Dude: "Hey! You know when you're goin' to change lanes or make a turn, your girl there is supposed to signal with her hands like this!"(he proceeded to lift his arms and then make motions to the left and the right with 'em)
Dwight Argo: "Well, THAT'S certainly interesting! I've never heard THAT before! Thanks for the suggestion."
Scruffy Dude: "Yeah, well, I've been ridin' Harleys for years, and I know these things! And BTW, I had a few Trumpets back in the day. I like the old ones, but I don't like the new ones!"
Dwight Argo: Yeah, well, I have both an older Triumph and this newer one, and I like 'em both. And, I like 'em because all Triumphs have always handled better than any Harley!"
Scruffy Dude: "Well, that's not tru....."
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The light changed, and I hit the throttle just as Scruffy Dude tried to get the word "true" out of his mouth.
Ya see, I've learned after 58 years on this planet that occasionally there are just some people who believe what they believe, and no amount of debate is ever going to alter their "beliefs".
(oh and BTW...unfortunately I thought of THIS latter...what I should have maybe said was..."Yeah, well, even though I look a h*ll of a lot younger than you do, I'm actually 58 years old and probably older than you are, AND I've been ridin' motorcycles for 43 years, and I'll bet that's longer than you've been ridin' 'em. And dude, I've NEVER heard that thing about "the girl" signaling for me, especially when these here things have TURN SIGNALS! But, thanks for your opinion!")
