{"id":778,"date":"2010-04-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=778"},"modified":"2010-04-19T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T08:00:00","slug":"weekends-are-too-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=778","title":{"rendered":"Weekends are Too Short"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">Whoever arranged things so you have only two days off on a weekend didn&#8217;t get it right.  Don&#8217;t we all feel that we need or at least want to have twice the time?  Too bad we all can&#8217;t convince our employers to reverse things, and give us five-day weekends and only have to work two days each week with no reduction in pay.  (giggle.)<\/p>\n<p>Yes, my doctor cleared me to ride my Harley when I saw him on Friday.  The joy, though, is bittersweet.  I do not have much time to take a &#8220;journey ride&#8221; on it.  Sure, I got out for an hour on Saturday, but that was all that I could manage to squeeze in.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/S8tXEPhROII\/AAAAAAAACOI\/EH7T1fyuRxQ\/s1600\/Trolley04.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 247px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/S8tXEPhROII\/AAAAAAAACOI\/EH7T1fyuRxQ\/s320\/Trolley04.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461554703514024066\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>My partner wanted to go to a newly re-opened nearby trolley museum yesterday.  While I would rather be out riding, and I would love to have him with me as my passenger, he is physically unable to join me as a passenger any more, so our joint activities no longer involve the bike.<\/p>\n<p>The museum visit was lame, I have to admit.  Not much to see.  My partner was disappointed.  We have ridden the trams in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Toronto, Vienna, Munich, Frankfort, and the world&#8217;s largest system in Melbourne (Australia), among other places.  What we saw at this local museum was negligible in comparison with real, active trolley\/tram systems elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>But it was what he wanted to do, and considering that he gave up his life to take care of me while I was recovering from my broken leg, doing something he wanted to do was the least I could do for him.  I went along and we made the best of it.    He loves trolleys, and they are the feature of this museum, but there wasn&#8217;t much to see.  The &#8220;free ride&#8221; went around a little loop and was all of two minutes.  It was kinda cheesy.  But&#8230; there we were.<\/p>\n<p>By the time we got home, I got busy editing a video for another political candidate I am supporting.  Then it was time for bed.  Where does time fly?  Well, obviously, not from the seat of my Harley (LOL!)<\/p>\n<p>As I started this post, I&#8217;ll say again, weekends are too short.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  starts on a weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/S8tXQW0T2MI\/AAAAAAAACOQ\/TS_GmsB9qWE\/s1600\/Trolley05.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 378px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/S8tXQW0T2MI\/AAAAAAAACOQ\/TS_GmsB9qWE\/s400\/Trolley05.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461554911631366338\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whoever arranged things so you have only two days off on a weekend didn&#8217;t get it right. Don&#8217;t we all feel that we need or at least want to have twice the time? 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