Zerker

Alas it's time to move house again.
I've lived in far too many houses in Hamilton and this latest one is by far the coldest wettest and most expensive.
running the dehumidifier in an attempt to ease the suffering of my asthmatic wife resulted in a doubled power bill

the new house is the same amount in rent, closer to the in laws (eep) and has a fireplace and a DVS system.
also the neighborhood isn't a gang one, now that's a plus :P

oh did ...

I was reading the thread on "how did you get your First Bike?"

I started writing a reply, but it got long so I'm blogging it instead :P

haven't got a "Bike" yet, but got a plan in action.

I bought a brand new scooter on finance as it was all the wife would let me get.
after having her on the back of the scooter as a pillion and teaching her how to ride it she is slowly coming to her senses and seeing that I'm a responsible rider ...

I booked my scooter in for its first service (500km's) and on the way to take it in realised I hadn't done the planned trip to Cambridge and the odo was 23k's short of the mark.

so I headed out towards the University thought I'd do a few laps of the car park and practice slow speed skills.

All the roads were pretty dead and I didn't feel like going slow so when I hit the intersection of knighton road and ruakura road I thought what the hell lets see how far Ruakura ...