Drifters Newsletter May 2019
FROM THE EDITOR………MAY 2019
I’m still not sure how my April Fool’s story about how I was giving up riding was received. A few Drifters either got it right away or said they did. I received only one phone call asking me if it was true and a couple Drifters asked me about it when I saw them at a function or a ride, but mostly……..no frantic appeals for me to reconsider my decision, no cards and letters, no emergency Drifter meeting called for the membership to figure out how to deal with the situation, no candlelight vigils. In the end I was forced to accept that either hardly anyone read the damn thing or horrors of all horrors, no one really gave a s_ _ _! It was also hard to accept that even those who fell for the ruse apparently didn’t think my riding gear was anything they wanted hanging in their closet since no one came clamoring to fight over what I might be planning to part with. The useful part of this for me was that the whole experience corrected my view of myself. As you know I’ve always felt I was the most wonderful gift God gave the world, loved by all except those who couldn’t control their envy. No ride or Drifter activity could possibly be considered a success without my participation. After this April Fool’s day gag I am now reduced to seeing how things really stand. I’m not really so much am I? I’m no better than anybody else! Damn, how could I have been so wrong! It must have been my mom’s fault. It certainly wasn’t my wife’s.
Now that I’ve come back to earth there will be no further need for Drifters to glad hand me or slap me on the back or tell me how terrific I am. Alas, I have been shown the truth and I accept it.
Please be my friend? I’ll wash your bike!
Editor Again……..Mike