Boy, I don't know what it is about growing old that sucks, but getting cold natured has to be one of them...
Three years ago, you would have found me playing ball outside with the family in January during 32 degree weather in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt, feeling perfectly comfortable.
This year though, it's 45 degrees outside and I find myself in a jacket, sweater and thermals. Seems no matter how high the thermostat is set, I'm always cold in the house, and it sucks.
Last year when I got my wing, I rode a documentable 300 days of the year (1/10/08 to 1/10/09), stopping only for driving rain and below freezing temps -- for fear of black ice.
This year in the first two and a half months, I've been able to pull the bike out of the garage about 6 times and get to where I want to go comfortably albeit my hands were frozen by the time I got there.
I know. I know. Just "bundle up" or "just go spend $2000 on electric clothes" or "man up" or whatever, but it's not that simple. Spending great deals of money right now so that I can ride isn't quite as easy in this economy as it was. Well, yeah, I guess I could just put it all on a credit card and be miserable, but isn't that what got us here in the first place?
This is where age meets PMS. I'm there.
Wayne
Three years ago, you would have found me playing ball outside with the family in January during 32 degree weather in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt, feeling perfectly comfortable.
This year though, it's 45 degrees outside and I find myself in a jacket, sweater and thermals. Seems no matter how high the thermostat is set, I'm always cold in the house, and it sucks.
Last year when I got my wing, I rode a documentable 300 days of the year (1/10/08 to 1/10/09), stopping only for driving rain and below freezing temps -- for fear of black ice.
This year in the first two and a half months, I've been able to pull the bike out of the garage about 6 times and get to where I want to go comfortably albeit my hands were frozen by the time I got there.
I know. I know. Just "bundle up" or "just go spend $2000 on electric clothes" or "man up" or whatever, but it's not that simple. Spending great deals of money right now so that I can ride isn't quite as easy in this economy as it was. Well, yeah, I guess I could just put it all on a credit card and be miserable, but isn't that what got us here in the first place?
This is where age meets PMS. I'm there.
Wayne