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After years of getting close, being too lazy to document, etc...Non stop rides from Silver Spring MD to home, always wanting to ride that extra 150 miles, well... Quote:
Dear James:
You are receiving this e-mail because of your application for a ride
certification. This note is to let you know that your ride has been
approved and although your ride documents may take a few more weeks to
arrive, your membership has also been approved and entered into the
Iron Butt Association's member database.
Welcome to the Iron Butt Association!
That said I have a tear in my eye. As I hated the reason for the opportunity: The 3 day ride to Helena MT for Friar's memorial.
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Cool Jim, you old hard azz  
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Way to go, Jim. 
"Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary" Author unknown
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At least you rode for a reason and not just bragging rights. All the same it's an accomplishment I won't ever see so congratulations to you.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Should be Riding
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 Glad I was there to see you finish 
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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A ride and a memorial befitting you and honoring John.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
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Congrats!!! I'm with Roadie...you did it with reason and not for the hellovit. I didn't know Dave saw you...when, where, and why didn't ya tell me, Dave!
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lol. We rode to the Triumph Cafe Wednesday June 29th where we had supper. We were given a personal tour of the museum and the dealership. Dave witnessed the saddlesore portion for me at that Quiktrip on Linderbergh, 10:47pm. The whole trip was a bipolar odessey.   ............
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Check Pants
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SOLD: 07 Black BA, 39mm FCRs, TPUSA stage 1 head, TPUSA 813 cams, TPUSA 10.8:1 pistons, TTP #3 igniter, Specialty Spares Long Cannons, Tsukayu Hard Bags. 82HP/55tq
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Good one Jim 
"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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I've seen miles and miles of Tex......oops Montana. Nice going Jim  The energizer bunny, keep on keeping on ba.com guy. Bipolar indeed.
"It's not what I say that's important, it's what you hear" Red Auerbach
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It's only hardware, but it's your hardware now. Nobody can take that away. You did the deed. Glad you saw the certification through!
Keith
Houston
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Keep on keeping on, Jim!!
Live to love, love to live.
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Jim,  on your milestone achievement! I am certain the Good Friar would approve of your accomplishment. Rumble on Bro'
Karl
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Awesome Achievement, Mr. Dressler (Respect intended). I have been thinking about starting a "Candy @ss Rider's Association" We can also ride a long way, but we take a LONG time and complain the whole ride.
Thom
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Congratulations! Don't know if I'll ever do that - but I can't imagine a more fitting reason to do it.
...you're gonna feel a little pressure....
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Gotta say Jim, knowin' how much saddle time ya have on your bikes, I'm a bit surprised it's been just recently that you've qualified as an official Iron Butt!  (...congrats...though I also understand your mixed emotions about this, of course)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Congrats Jim, it's something to be proud of despite the reason. Quote:
Awesome Achievement, Mr. Dressler (Respect intended). I have been thinking about starting a "Candy @ss Rider's Association" We can also ride a long way, but we take a LONG time and complain the whole ride.
Can I join? It sounds just right for me, especially the complaining
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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Welcome to the club Jim...it's about time you made it official
THE VOICE OF REASON
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Of all the people I know who could have earned an IBA, there is no one more deserving than you, Moe. Grats on finally getting that documentation together. Its been a long time coming! I can certainly understand the tear in you eye when you consider the circumstances of why you made the ride, but this time you rode for a reason. I would consider it an homage that you chose that ride as the one you turned in the documentation on.
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Your life is pretty much complete now. Let me know when I can ride down and claim some of your stuff, like grills, ovens, scoots, etc.
Thanks
In Between the Dark and the Light..
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Received the certificates today: Saddlesore 1000 and Bun Burner 1500.
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Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Hey Jim! With those certificates, that organization didn't happen to ALSO send ya a year's supply of THIS stuff TOO, did they?!  (...jus' askin')
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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