tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post1041958795455124255..comments2023-12-11T03:32:58.722-05:00Comments on Twisted Roads By Jack Riepe: A Bike Called HepatitisJack Riepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-13571239823926150832008-11-10T16:46:00.000-05:002008-11-10T16:46:00.000-05:00You write very well.You write very well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-56096693678339768052008-09-27T05:04:00.000-04:002008-09-27T05:04:00.000-04:00Dear Jack:As always I enjoyed your story. Looking ...Dear Jack:<BR/>As always I enjoyed your story. Looking forward to more of the same.<BR/><BR/>Have a marvelous day,<BR/>Wayne WAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-55115796547899972712008-09-15T13:56:00.000-04:002008-09-15T13:56:00.000-04:00Dear Earl Thomas,Nothing is more beautiful than th...Dear Earl Thomas,<BR/><BR/>Nothing is more beautiful than the Adirondacks in the fall. Unfortunately, the tree changes colors and reach peak in about 8 days -- and then it snows.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for dropping by:<BR/><BR/>Your name has been added to the contest.<BR/><BR/>Fondest regards,<BR/>JackJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-3936211015746409262008-09-15T13:53:00.000-04:002008-09-15T13:53:00.000-04:00Dear FrankJV:I remember you! It has been a long ti...Dear FrankJV:<BR/><BR/>I remember you! It has been a long time since that BuRP Rally! And that was one of the best rides in my life. Thank you for leaving a comment. You should drop by more often. I'll leave a light in the window for you.<BR/><BR/>Besides, you might win a free dinner! Your name is now mentioned in the contest.<BR/><BR/>Fondest regards,<BR/>JackJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-38983448410241468222008-09-14T19:15:00.000-04:002008-09-14T19:15:00.000-04:00I lived and rode in the Saratoga area almost twent...I lived and rode in the Saratoga area almost twenty years ago. I miss it at times, especially this time of the year, don't miss N.Y.C. though.<BR/><BR/>E.T.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07081927514870722367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-9953653423284075632008-09-14T02:13:00.000-04:002008-09-14T02:13:00.000-04:00Jack,I don't get over here often, but always enjoy...Jack,<BR/>I don't get over here often, but always enjoy it when I do.<BR/><BR/>A great story teller!<BR/><BR/>Frank <BR/>We met at BuRP<BR/>FrankjvAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996664305497628797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-10593545861455347852008-09-13T18:27:00.000-04:002008-09-13T18:27:00.000-04:00Dear Chris:I love you like a brother. Actuallty, I...Dear Chris:<BR/><BR/>I love you like a brother. Actuallty, I love you more than that. I love you like Dick Bregstein. I doubt that any of my loyal readers or Mac-Pac brothers will take you up on this groundless offer.<BR/><BR/>Fondest regards,<BR/>Jack<BR/><BR/>PS -- You should have ridden down here today. The weather was great and I was only a partial cripple.Jack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-14736624189103089652008-09-13T11:57:00.000-04:002008-09-13T11:57:00.000-04:00Jack Riepe said... Dear Chris:I can't believe you ...Jack Riepe said... <BR/>Dear Chris:<BR/><BR/>I can't believe you had the gumption to return to the scene of the crime.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Riepe, you have no shame. I leave it to the audience to draw the appropriate conclusion from the following exchange. If any of you would like more details, just ask.<BR/> <BR/><BR/>Oscar Wilde complimented James Whistler on a quip with the words, 'I wish I'd said that.'<BR/><BR/>Whistler devastatingly replied, 'You will, Oscar, you will.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-62700724653427882742008-09-13T10:59:00.000-04:002008-09-13T10:59:00.000-04:00Dear Chris:I can't believe you had the gumption to...Dear Chris:<BR/><BR/>I can't believe you had the gumption to return to the scene of the crime. <BR/><BR/>Fondest regards,<BR/>JackoJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-61708370962755286922008-09-13T10:58:00.000-04:002008-09-13T10:58:00.000-04:00Dear Dick:I swear I don't have that thing.JackDear Dick:<BR/><BR/>I swear I don't have that thing.<BR/><BR/>JackJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-18603950811526177382008-09-13T10:57:00.000-04:002008-09-13T10:57:00.000-04:00Dear Sharon:Tenacity is Chris's middle name. His o...Dear Sharon:<BR/><BR/>Tenacity is Chris's middle name. His other two names are "Rectal Itch." I think it wiould be great if we could all ride together in the Adirondacks sometime.<BR/><BR/>Your name has been entered in the contest too!<BR/><BR/>Fondest Regards,<BR/>JackJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-81127082206763523552008-09-13T10:54:00.000-04:002008-09-13T10:54:00.000-04:00Dear Andrea:I'm delighted you liked the story an e...Dear Andrea:<BR/><BR/>I'm delighted you liked the story an entered this month's contest. I am trying to post two stories a week, but as you can see, I am scraping the bottom of the barrel by going to my friends and running their traffic jam stories.<BR/><BR/>Fondest regards,<BR/>jackJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-8027331741581808402008-09-13T09:00:00.000-04:002008-09-13T09:00:00.000-04:00It's heartwarming and gratifying to hear all your ...It's heartwarming and gratifying to hear all your words of support after my bike buying adventure. The Yellow Peril is making itself quite at home on the North Country back-roads, perfectly suited to the round about way of travel up here. Although no pegs down as yet the chicken strips are getting thinner. Perhaps if any of you make it to the Adirondacks we could burn up a country lane or two.<BR/><BR/>Jack,<BR/> Leslie called me the other day to congratulate and commiserate but was surprised to hear of your trip to Sloatsburgh. You see, at the very minute I was relaying my apologies for being late to meet you at the rest area, Leslie is adamant that you were, in fact, getting a pedicure and hair rinse from one of your bike washing floozies. The Legend Lives On.<BR/><BR/>Dick,<BR/> The battery has been in trickle charger heaven since it arrived. I saw an add for a 'trickle charger' on the Comedy Channel that guarantees that if the purchaser attaches themselves to the terminals for only four hours a day, they will be charged with an endless supply of gay wit and repartee. I think Jack's birthday is coming up.<BR/><BR/>Anyone tha saw Riepe in a climbing harness would be impressed. I know that I was, in a queasy "I don't think I can live through this" sort of way. <BR/><BR/>The blonde was an EMT who understood that her rig had been called to a natural disaster. The decision to evacuate only Riepe, instead of the other gathered partygoers, was mine alone. After all, he was dressed for it.<BR/><BR/><BR/>ADKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-60782188528520242812008-09-13T08:32:00.000-04:002008-09-13T08:32:00.000-04:00Dear Jack:This story goes to prove that even with ...Dear Jack:<BR/>This story goes to prove that even with a faltering mind a talented writer can do good work. It's often said that the first thing to go is the mind. Don't tell what's next! In reference to the LED battery "thingy." I no longer have it, because I gave it to you. Look in your pockets.BMW-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17923099195434220681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-52702811731372308772008-09-12T21:37:00.000-04:002008-09-12T21:37:00.000-04:00Excellent story! I loved it. I can't believe that ...Excellent story! I loved it. I can't believe that you guys knew each other that long and didn't discover your mutual interest in 'cycles...I find that so interesting! I love Chris' tenacity!!Sojourner's Moto Taleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02235661849993752840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-35169768992236122292008-09-12T18:10:00.000-04:002008-09-12T18:10:00.000-04:00Hilarious, as usual!! Please enter me into the co...Hilarious, as usual!! Please enter me into the contest.<BR/><BR/>I too, felt there might be a tragic accident at the end of the story...<BR/><BR/>Does your friend Chris still like his VFR? I actually love the yellow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-45787021982793301432008-09-12T14:18:00.000-04:002008-09-12T14:18:00.000-04:00Dear Iana3:You guessed right. If you read the note...Dear Iana3:<BR/><BR/>You guessed right. If you read the note I wrote to dEilenberger you see a classic example of at least one stupid thing I've done.<BR/><BR/>Have you joined Perdition's Socks? There is an opening. Contact me on my personal e-mail found on my blog.<BR/><BR/>Fondest regards,<BR/>Jack RiepeJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-19765722513761841242008-09-12T14:13:00.000-04:002008-09-12T14:13:00.000-04:00Dear Dick;Soon you will have a nice shiny new bike...Dear Dick;<BR/><BR/>Soon you will have a nice shiny new bike, and our riding adventures will start again. You too will have epic things happen to you in my blog. <BR/><BR/>Hey do you still have that glowing LED device that monitors battery status? <BR/><BR/>Fondest regards,<BR/>JackJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-58559753829991298522008-09-12T13:44:00.000-04:002008-09-12T13:44:00.000-04:00This was one of dumbest things I have ever done,I ...<I>This was one of dumbest things I have ever done,</I><BR/><BR/>I don't know why, but somehow I'm left thinking that you've done much dumber things...in fact, you may have written about a few of them.<BR/><BR/>Still, it's always a pleasure to peruse the ramblings of the evil genius behind Perdition's Socks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-38867424468421141072008-09-12T13:24:00.000-04:002008-09-12T13:24:00.000-04:00"The lad had probably never heard a British accent..."The lad had probably never heard a British accent before and undoubtedly thought he was about to be asked to participate in an unnatural act." Now that might have been true if he had heard a Joisy City accent.<BR/><BR/>Fun story, Jack. Especially since it happened to someone other than me.<BR/><BR/>Chris:<BR/>Pretty bike. Keep it on a trickle charger. I think "Yellow Peril" is an appropriate name for it.BMW-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17923099195434220681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-83503686715837566572008-09-12T12:08:00.000-04:002008-09-12T12:08:00.000-04:00Dear Tom:You wrote, "Riepe, You're fulla shit."You...Dear Tom:<BR/><BR/>You wrote, "Riepe, You're fulla shit."<BR/><BR/>You have reached a conclusion shared by two former wives and their mothers. <BR/><BR/>Your free dinner is right here. Come and get it.<BR/><BR/>There is nothing I could ever do to impress Chris. Actually, he dared me to put on a climbing harness, go to a party in the Adirondacks, and talk a blond into leaving with me. <BR/><BR/>He was impressed.<BR/><BR/>Fondest regards,<BR/>JackJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-82957507231608467452008-09-12T12:03:00.000-04:002008-09-12T12:03:00.000-04:00Dear John:I posted a note explaining the War of th...Dear John:<BR/><BR/>I posted a note explaining the War of the Worlds-type blog teaser this morning, apologizing for any misunderstanding I may have caused.<BR/><BR/>I deeply getting you all worked up.<BR/><BR/>Fondest regards,<BR/>The Lindbergh Baby<BR/>West Chester, PaJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-69611669976934220512008-09-12T11:54:00.000-04:002008-09-12T11:54:00.000-04:00Riepe-You're fulla shit. Chris- Nice bike. Riepe- ...Riepe-<BR/><BR/>You're fulla shit. <BR/><BR/>Chris- Nice bike. <BR/><BR/>Riepe- Where's my free dinner? You said you'd buy me dinner if I pretended to be your friend to impress Chris, right?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12062599128231133821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-12370926240139282212008-09-12T11:48:00.000-04:002008-09-12T11:48:00.000-04:00Jack I was thinking your friend had gone splat and...Jack I was thinking your friend had gone splat and suffered brain damage. Instead I read that he bought a Beautiful bike with a semi-dead battery. I guess the foreshadowing threw me off. Nice story. Good luck with the bike Chris!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10464143046998262941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-77097995550465238932008-09-12T11:43:00.000-04:002008-09-12T11:43:00.000-04:00Dear Mr. Eilenberger:The truth of the matter is th...Dear Mr. Eilenberger:<BR/><BR/>The truth of the matter is that Chris Wolfe is the salt of the earth. I left thinking, "He might not even stop here."<BR/><BR/>I should have known better, waited, and given him an incentive to wait out the night and ride home early the next day. It would have been fun. We could have looked the bike over. And it might have been safer. <BR/><BR/>In the long run, who cares about traffic? Would I miss another day of writing limited interest stuff? <BR/>Now if you want t hear about some really stupid decisions I made, I'll tell you about the time I went to visit my first mother-in-law, without gassing up the flamethrower.<BR/><BR/>You know what it's like pulling a flamethrower on a Kamodo dragon, and having it go "Phhhhhhht?"<BR/><BR/>Your name has been entered into the contest.<BR/><BR/>Fondest regards,<BR/>JackJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.com