The Weather Man & The Motorcycle Rider

[Ronin35777]

Checked the weather the other morning, 30 per cent chance of rain
in the morning turning partly couldy and 56 in the afternoon. HA!
Rode to work cloudy but nice ride. 4:30pm left work, rainy and 43
temperature. Very unprepared, no rain suit, very cold and windy!

New rider of course. Don't have any idea why Im complaining, BUT
FEELS GOOD TO TRASH THE WEATHER MAN!

[GearJammer]

Right on! Even with all of their new-fandangled weather prediction gismos, they STILL can't get it right, LMAO!

[balisada]

Every morning I watch the weather man and listen to the weather report.

One morning several weeks ago, he said rain.

He did not say "rain at times", or "showers". He said "rain".

I was not in the mood to be damp and cold, so I drove.

Shortly after arriving at work, the clouds cleared.

The sun shone.

And I was motorcycle-less.

Balisada

[uneasyrider]

:roll: Thats why they call them weather man, cause they don't know weather it is or weather it ain't going to rain. :lol:

Howard

[Ronin35777]

I like that, it makes me feel better already! :D

:roll: Thats why they call them weather man, cause they don't know weather it is or weather it ain't going to rain. :lol:

Howard

[GearJammer]

"Thats why they call them weather man, cause they don't know weather it is or weather it ain't going to rain.".....ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!

[Excaliburs Missus]

Before I go out on my bike for a run, I usually check the weather forecast, and no matter what it says, I now always take my waterproofs with me. lol.

Me, my fella and a friend of ours went out on the bikes for a run and didnt bother with our waterproofs, as it had predicted 'light drizzle'.

We got caught in a torrential downpour ....... it even flooded in a few places, we pulled up at a petrol station and bought a load of bin liners ......... and we put those on over our already sodden clothes in an attempt to keep a bit of the wet out.

We arrived at our destination looking like homeless people (on bikes) .... our boots were squelching and we could barely move. lol.

We went to a cafe and had a hot steaming mug of tea and fish and chips, when we eventually got home (after even more rain) I had soaked up that much water in my clothes that I could not even lift my leg far enough to get off the bike .... my husband had to help me off.

So ........ no matter what the weather forecast is now, I make sure that we always take our waterproofs with us.

Better to be safe than sorry eh.

[b4v4]

Petrol...I love it! That's a definite English word. That's o.k., I work for B.P. here in the states, so I see it on company emails all the time! I happen to live in one of the wettest regions of the U.S., so I feel your pain. This past Summer,I rode my bike about 15 miles to some property of my dad's to help him with some work. On the way home, I hit a torrential downpour with nothing but my leather jacket over my street clothes. I managed to find a large willow tree overhanging the road that I could park under. After about 15 minutes, I just gave up and took off for home in it. I drowned.

[Excaliburs Missus]

It took over a week for my leathers and boots to dry out :D.

Yeah ..... petrol :rolleyes: I keep forgetting that we use different words for some things over here.

If anyone does not know what I am on about at any time, please feel free to ask, will be only too happy to try and translate :D:D

[rebofga06]

And folks think we talk funny in the South LOL

Jerry

[ago-o4]

Shortly after buying my bike I subscribed to a weather forecast on my
cellular phone. I feel it is well worth the $4 a month.

[Guba]

Early this summer I watched the early morning news to see what the weather was going to be for the day. The only thing the weatherman concentrated on was the severe thunderstorms 45 miles northeast of me. Now it was cloudy, but isn't that expected when thunderstorms are nearby? So I rode the bike in to work. Big mistake. I live in a shallow, wide, vally and on my trip to work started the climb out of it. What I saw to the south of me heading in my direction only 1/2 mile away was a sheet of water. Roll on a lot more throttle and hope I make it to work dry. Not the case at all! Of course I got poured on and the nearest cover I could duck under was a bank 1 mile away. I sat under the bank drive-thru for about 15 minutes, by then it wasn't raining so hard and I continued to work. When I got to work I was drenched!! I took off my work shoes(steel toe) and just poured water out of them as if I had just waded through the local stream. The weatherman ALWAYS shows the radar for my area and because of that I put my trust in him. He showed me that thunderstorms only count when they are near major cities, not areas out in the country:(.