Karma Bank Withdraw this AM

[Jabba]

It was a nice morning today.  already 42F with an expected high of 66F later this afternoon.  I am gonna ride!

I was suiting up in the garage when the wife came out, kissed me goodbye, and got in her suburban.  She pulled out, and I set my wallet on the IS side bag to hurry to get out of the garage so she could close the garage door with her opener for me, which she ever so graciously did, without prompting.

I finished suiting up with my camo insulated overpants, hoodie, and hard leather jacket.

As I was riding I realized I left my wallet on the side bag of the bike when I rushed to get it out of the garage!   I knew for certain that it would not have even made it out of the driveway.

I was planning on calling my brother, who was home doing early morning child care of my 3 year old, getting him ready for school when I got to the office to have him go out in the driveway and grab it up.  (Wondering how the HELL I lost an hour since it said it was 7:30 on the bike clock)

10 miles from home... I was stopped at Hanna Ave, and US 31 and started looking for it.  Lo and behold!  It was riding on the passenger seat.  HOLY CRAP!! 

Karma Bank withdraw!!

Now, some of you will say that is a sign from God.  Others will say mere luck.  Others will agree with me that it was a withdraw from my Karma bank.

Any way you look at it... I am a lucky SOB!!
 

Jabba

[bogator]

 Jabba , you know that the Valk is so smooooooth that it just stayed there for the ride.

[alph]

it's not karma, it's called good engineering.  the bike was made to ride smooth!!

[Jabba]

You willing to put your wallet there on purpose for 10 miles at a time?

I figured I'd have accelerated it off the seat at SOME point.  The Valk is not only smooth, but she'll pull some G's at launch too.

Jabba

[9Ball]

just an inflated version of the "nickel trick"....everything is getting much more expensive these days...

[Jess from VA]

Hey, I once found a single (the only) car key in the cuff of my pants, which had been there for hours as I looked for the stupid key.    

Karma.

My karma ran over my dogma. 

[Willow]

I'm glad for you, John, but I'm worried about that wallet that crawled from the side bag to the passenger seat.  Don't let that thing anywhere near your throat!

It is refreshingly invigorating when something good happens so unexpectedly.    

[Jabba]

Well, Willow.  As an aftertought, and in retrospect...  I remember moving it.  That's WHY I checked the passenger seat.  I was thinking that I may have moved it whilst I was donning the overpants and leather jacket.  I had... and it stayed.

Somedays, I'll take ANY good thing that comes a long.

Now, I remembered I have an Eye Doctor Appointment this afternoon, and will be riding home post eye dilation.

THAT I am not looking forward to.
 

Jabba
 

[Jack]

A few yrs ago, my wife was riding with me and carrying her purse over her shoulder.  She poked me and said it had fallen off somewhere in the last twenty miles so we did a u-turn and drove the previous twenty looking for it.  I pulled over and we dismounted to discuss the situation and, lo and behold, it was hanging on the rear turn signal.  One lucky day. 

[hubcapsc]

Well, Willow.  As an aftertought, and in retrospect...  I remember moving it.  That's WHY I checked the passenger seat.  I was thinking that I may have moved it whilst I was donning the overpants and leather jacket.  I had... and it stayed.

Somedays, I'll take ANY good thing that comes a long.

Now, I remembered I have an Eye Doctor Appointment this afternoon, and will be riding home post eye dilation.

THAT I am not looking forward to.
 

Jabba
 

Holy Cow!  I'm blind after they dilate me... I'd never try that.

-Mike "and I'm not going to try it Wednesday, when I go to the eye-doctor..."

[Black Dog]

Years ago, when my oldest boy was about 12 or 13, I came home from my usual Saturday hardware store run...  He comes flying out of the house, with a freaked out look on his face, and runs to the back of my Suburban...  A look of relief washed over his face as he picked up his retainer (part of his braces) off of the rear bumper of the truck (he had set it there earlier while playing basketball in the drive).

I had gone maybe 20 miles round trip, and that little plastic and wire thing was still where he set it...

Black Dog

[big turkey]

Rather be Lucky as Good any day.

Good Story. 

Happy Ending.

AL

[Dave Weaver]

Jabba, Quickly run down to the corner market and buy a lottery ticket.  I'll pay ya back when we cash it in.

[Jabba]

Too late for that now Dave.  I done went and spent my good luck.

I got home OK from the eye doctor too.  Although I'll say I was less than feeling great about it all.

The dr. gave me shades to put on over my glasses that helped a lot.

Jabba

[tybme]

2 related stories:

1st
Years back (before check cards) we were moving to Texas and the night before we leave a step to the basement gave out. So I rush off to a chain hardware store that is still open to buy the parts necessary to fix the step. I make my purchase, load the truck, and drive home. Once I'm home unloading I look down and here is my check book laying on the rear bumper. All the extra checks had been packed and moved out with the moving company the day before. If I had lost that check book I would have been in real deep doodoo.

2nd
I was riding out about 3 hours on a hot day to meet some friends for lunch. I have yet to mount a cup holder on my I/S so I laid my water bottle on the back seat hoping it would just sit there (I use to do this all the time on my Goldwing) well sometime later I reach back for my water bottle and dang it - it's gone. I don't think much more of it until I am parking the bike at lunch and one of my buds walks up, looks down at the bike and says - "you can set your water bottle there and it will stay put on your rides?" I look down and here is the water bottle siting on top of the side bag rails. It rode that way for 50+ miles. I have since started just laying my water bottle on top of those rails and it just sits there - haven't lost one yet. 

[czuch]

I have dogs so the chicken/pig bones go into a bag and get disposed of the next day.
I set em on the saddle bag and rode off, fat, dumb and happy. 28 miles later I pull into work and theyre still there. I caught alot of ribbing (!) over that.

[elraque]

Hey, I once found a single (the only) car key in the cuff of my pants, which had been there for hours as I looked for the stupid key.    

Karma.

My karma ran over my dogma. 

You should teach your dogma not to chase your karma!