Just this morning, I found a picture of my Lambretta, a 1965 TV 175, sandwiched between the pages of an old Scootering magazine from 1995. It was the first picture I took of my baby blue pride and joy. Facing away from me in some non-descript alley in Chicago, it looked like a child waiting for its parent to embrace them after being alone too long. Instantly, it brought me back to those early days of my scootering involvement, with memories cascading around me like so many pints of spilled Guinness.
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Category: Lifestyle
Death or Glory– A Fire Fan’s Guide of Renewed Passion
After a steady diet these past two weeks of Tylenol and drinking, I have come to one conclusion: Soccer, not dogs nor music nor drinking nor drugs, is man’s best friend.
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Fire Struggling to Keep Heads Up
Maybe there are some universal truths, even between soccer players and scooterists. After getting through another Niagara, which included rain, drinking, drunkenness, rain, the flipping over of my tent due to strong winds, a diet that could only be described as “minimally life-supporting,” and some more rain, I only needed one thingo sleep. Lots of it.
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Hey Crackhead
From (but not by) Christian: maybe the best Craiglist Rant of all time.
Mayor Abalos Scooter Cup
Going through some old emails, I realized I never posted this: Tom Shaddox sent a link to Scooter Road Racing in Mandaluyong, Philippines. Sweet! Check out some of those race bikes! I think I see Mykrrr in the background.
Myron’s Mopeds rock us
Bryan McConnaha of Myron’s Mopeds
in Fullerton, California has come up with the ultimate rally anthem. Thanks for the link, Big Rye.
Galewood has a new official drink
No more mojitos in 2004: Blacktable’s guide to making your own Pruno. Thanks again, Lu$! Prediction: Aprilia will release the 500cc ‘Pruno’ maxiscooter in 2006.
Fire Stadium is Go
The Chicago Fire has announced plans for a new $70 million (seven crore for our indian readers) soccer stadium in Bridgeview, IL. Good news for 2SB, that’s about as close to Galewood as we could have hoped for, and it’s near the VFW fish fry, the Krispy Kreme, and the Trader Joe’s that we frequent. The team hopes to play there starting in 2006. Westside!
Ryan Futogaki: We Hardly F**king Knew Thee
As the Fire prepares for the 2004 MLS SuperDraft on Friday, January 16th, it is doing of bit of house cleaning. Luckily for Fire fans, notorious goalkeeper Curtis Spiteri, Henry Ring’s replacement for the last few games of the season, was released. During his only minutes with the Fire, against the Columbus Crew in their last game of the regular season, he allowed six goals in just one half of play.
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Bocanegra signs with Fulham
2sb’s favorite MLS player, defender Carlos Bocanegra, is leaving the Chicago Fire for a three-year deal with Fulham FC in the English Premier League. He’ll be greatly missed by the Fire, but it’s an awesome opportunity and we know he’ll be the greatest Cottager since George Michael.
Baby update
I’m home to pick up the iPod speakers and some Jolly Ranchers… it was a rough night, Tracie’s on an epidural now and we’re expecting delivery this evening or early Wednesday. Everything’s going OK. I’ll try to make some more calls when I get back. Thanks for the support, it’s all pretty exciting.
INDUCTION
It’s go-time. Please don’t call us yet, it’ll still be a day or so. More info to come.
XYL Update
Casey of the Ten Year Lates (Cincinnati, OH) let us know their site has been updated and improved. It also now features the scoot.net rally calendar and our news feed, making it a one-stop daily read for Southwestern Ohioans. Feel free to add 2SB news to your site (with appropriate attribution) using this link.
Scoot! Quarterly changes hands
After a month or so of rumors of the demise of Scoot! Quarterly, Barry and Casey announced on the BBS that scooterists Josh Rogers, April Whitney and Mike Zorn will be taking over the magazine. Thanks, Barry and Casey for your hard work, and best of luck to the new crew!
Chicago Toys for Tots
Don’t forget that the Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade is Sunday, December 7th. Groups leave in waves from 83rd and Western starting at 9:30 am, and the ride ends at the Marine Center at Foster and Troy. Scooterists usually meet somewhere before riding to the start, we’ll post a meeting place soon.