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I used to be a regular on here, about a million years ago. Life got in the way I guess... personal issues to deal with, family medical issues (wife with a brain tumor), oh also retiring from the Army and starting a new career in the middle of all that.
Finally getting to actually live life instead of just trying to keep my head about water in the middle of a storm. Missed all the fun and frivolity around here.
And I'm finally again having some time and inclination to tinker on the bike again (going to put new pics up in the members rides area), and this is the best place for inspiration and information...so here I am again.
Oh yes, the name change...somewhere in those intervening years, I got the promotion I didn't think I was going to get. I was considering going all the way to 30 after that, but realized one day my heart wasn't in it anymore; wife supported my decision and I pulled the plug and retired with 23 years. Got very lucky and went to work immediately with United Airlines working on ground support equipment. Since then, I have gotten zero 3am phone calls to go pick up a private from the military police station, and when I travel for training I get to stay in a hotel instead of a tent!
After a brain surgery, a lot of medication trials, and a study at Cedar Sinai, my wife has settled into her new normal of daily/monthly shots and a steroid routine that makes her mostly okay. Without getting too much into it, she has what's classified as a Very Rare Disease. So she really is one in a million (okay 1 in 100,000).
So... Hello again, everyone!
SFC, US Army (Ret)
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Welcome back Eric. Glad things are going well for you and your family. Hope you get some riding time in.  And thanks for your dedicated service. 
"Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary" Author unknown
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Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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New Tires
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Welcome back. Your wife will be in my prayers.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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Welcome back. And I well know the struggles of caring for a sick wife. I did that for 5 years. But I loved her through all of it and feel blessed to be given the opportunity to care for the love of my life. Glad to hear you will be getting some "me" time now. I'm at that place now myself. A lot of changes have come my way in the last couple of months for me and I know better than most how good it feels to come over the hill and see good things on the other side. Enjoy yourself!
Fidelis et Fortis
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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Blowing gravel off rural roads
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Loquacious
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G'day 
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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Hi from over the pond...and welcome home.
I took the Road Less Travelled.
Now where the ****** am I?
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Welcome back - glad to see things are relatively OK with your wife, and that you are getting to enjoy working on your bike!
2013 Speedmaster Matte Black
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Welcome back to the fold Eric.
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3/4 Throttle
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Welcome back and God bless you and your wife.
Road Rash Heals. Freckles Grow Back. Ride
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Thank you, everyone! It's nice to feel welcomed.
SFC, US Army (Ret)
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