From one irresponsible dad with special needs kid(s) to another: Keep doing what you're doing.

Thanks Grandpaul, as you probably know, most people run away from it...like the parents! So, my hat's off to you, my friend.

Mike

Though I will never claim to be the best dad in the world, one thing I do know is the most responsible thing we can do for our kids is to love them unconditionally. You Sir, are obviously quite good at it. My hat is off to you.

Cheers,

Don

Mike, what is wrong with your Norton?
Graeme

GRM 450 wrote:Mike, what is wrong with your Norton?
Graeme

I parked it shortly after Jason was born, its been sitting since 1987. In the states, medical insurers have monetary limits, most are $1million dollars. We busted that nut by 9 months of age. I had to quit playing and go to work! But I''d literally been all over the US on that bike and I couldn't part with it. So it sat and is still sitting patiently.

It's needs a good frame up. Since its last complete disassemble, its has 28K hard, overloaded (see avatar), traveling miles, including lots of desert and mountains. I didn't do just weekends, I did months.


Thanks for the kind words from everyone. As Openroad can testify, Jason and keeping him healthy has been my total focus since he was born. He and I have spent years worth of time in the hospital together, sometimes months at a time. (His Mother and I split up when he was nine and I've had full custody since then.) I don't think I'm even close to winning a best Dad contest but I don't think there's anybody closer to their son than I. I do love him dearly.

Mike

Mike

It never fails to make us see how very small our problems actually are when we hear stories like these, and this coming from somebody who has lost it all and had to start from the bottom of the barrel. I'm not going to try to compare my love for my kids with anyone else's, but I'll proudly say I'm in damn good company.

Hey GrandPaul, I've been "thinking" about you said and...

I'm not going to try to compare my love for my kids with anyone else's, but I'll proudly say I'm in damn good company.

GrandPaul

I didn't mean to be comparing either, hope you didn't take it that way!

I think you are so right when you say this is a great crowd. Anyone with a lower knowledge level here is treated with respect and immediately made to feel welcome. When you consider the diversity of cultures represented, the slang translations, the time lags, etc. it is clearly more than amazing the hostilities stay at a minimum...My hat's off to you guys that put in the time to make this work and seek correct information and/or solution(s). It's a very valuable resource and more that just another Old Bike Forum. It's an Old Bike Forum with a hobot.

Mike

No, didn't mean to insinuate that you were comparing!

Where did you find that picture of hobot when he was a kid?

hee hee

"Great forum" is putting it mildly.

sorry bit off topic but i was lucky enough to get quite drunk with Townes Van Zant many moons ago !!!

blaisestation wrote:sorry bit off topic but i was lucky enough to get quite drunk with Townes Van Zant many moons ago !!!

It's sad that he is now better known than he was when he was alive. He was one of the best songwriters there has ever been. His was a storied life. RIP Townes. A few years ago I think I saw a documentary about his life that I only caught the last part of and I've never seen it again. Was there one or am I making this up??!!?

Funny story about music and my son. He and I were flying on a plane and he had John Prine playing on his CD player with headphones (about 10 yrs old). All of a sudden he starts singing out loud "There's a hole in Daddy's arm where all the money goes". He just liked the song, he had no idea what he was saying! I was embarassed to say the least!

Mike

Absolutely the best kid in the World, and damn good help, too!

Hey Chub,

I think Jason was still in High School in that pic. Do you remember when it was taken?

Those two dogs in the front look a little rough, especially the one with the gray fur!

Jason has a lot of love and respect for you, dude... Never did understand that...although he has said that you paid well.

How ya coming with the project?

Mike

How anyone could look at the smile on you boy's face having so much fun ridding that little motorcycle and think that's wrong I will never know. You are giving you son joy & it seems to me that has got to be the most responsible thing you could do!

gtsun wrote:How anyone could look at the smile on you boy's face having so much fun ridding that little motorcycle and think that's wrong I will never know. You are giving you son joy & it seems to me that has got to be the most responsible thing you could do!

Oh, it all changed when he could speak for himself.

Olephart wrote:Hey Chub,

I think Jason was still in High School in that pic. Do you remember when it was taken?

Those two dogs in the front look a little rough, especially the one with the gray fur!

Jason has a lot of love and respect for you, dude... Never did understand that...although he has said that you paid well.

How ya coming with the project?

Mike

Had to be five years ago at least, that's Lucy, not Ruby. Before I had to get a Real job. Wheat harvest going full bore right now, no time to fiddle with the scoot.

MIKE