When I look back at my early posts I was clearly in the “went here, did that” mode. It took awhile before I felt comfortable, or even considered, writing about what was going on in my head. The real trick though was practicing writing. After 1500 posts I’ve become a lot better at it!

I absolutely agree with you regarding music and cell phone use inside the helmet while riding. Seems to indicate to me a boredom or rejection of the best part of the ride. Of course we’re all different. What works for one may be a disaster for another.

Each morning I rise I have hope that Kim’s situation will improve. It’s so slow though. She’s a trooper in sticking with it.

I try and keep the grousing to a low roar here. Even though I’ve been visiting the Modern Vespa forum since it began back in 2005, I still feel like an outsider there. Most likely because I usually only post when I have a question and don’t participate much in the non-technical conversations.

Still having trouble with motivation to post. Was considering a piece this evening with images I made during a ride in early May but I waited too long. Now all I can think about is sleep.

Walking has been fun. Five days in a row now with over 15K steps. Good exercise I think and the dogs appreciate it too. And so far, no ticks!

Let me know if you get the double emails straightened out.

The Modern Vespa forum definitely is a great source of information. Not always easy to find it via a search but if you post a question it’s usually answered in short order. I’ve gotten people on the phone for direct guidance!

Fingers crossed that things do improve. The challenge now is patience…

Thank you very much for your reply. I might resubscribe if it happens again. As much as i truly enjoy getting notifications about your posts, I’m am anal enough to hate them repeated 😉 also thank you about the info on your Vespa, i often wondered when they started with FI, but find modernvespa.com too chock-full of information. Thanks again, i hope you have a nice weekend and Kim feels better. Cheers!

Hello Josef.

Regarding the double emails. I checked the list in MailChimp to make sure you were not subscribed twice. You weren’t. A little research in the MailChimp support section indicates three reasons why you are getting double emails. I’ve dismissed the first — you have one subscription. The second is I sent two emails. Negative on that. I only scheduled one.

The last is a hiccup in your mailserver. A little research indicated that it is possible for GMAIL, Yahoo, and other email providers to generate duplicate emails.

If it is not happening all the time then it’s likely the email server on your end. If it is happening all the time the only solution I can think of is to unsubscribe and then subscribe again. Hopefully that won’t be necessary.

Regarding my Vespa… I have a 2006 Vespa GTS 250ie. That’s the first year they offered a fuel injected Vespa. I have a bit over 40K miles on it and it’s still running strong. The only mechanical failures I’ve had was a fuel pump, spark plug wire, and a melt through on a wiring harness link. All were reasonably simple fixes. Everything else was normal wear and tear items — tires, oil, filters, exhaust gaskets. It’s been a reliable machine. And fun to ride!

Thanks David. She keeps plugging away!