I CAN RIDE A MOTORCYCLE!!!!!
What else can I say?
posted by Ms Parker at
10:49 PM
But do not hurry the voyage at all. It is better to let it last for many years; and to anchor at the island when you are old, rich with all you have gained on the way, (Constantine Cavafy, 1863-1933)
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5 Comments:
Manual or Automatic...in other words, are you actually riding it, or just steering?
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Anonymous, at 12:58 AM
Hi Its MOM When, where, how and WHY, WHY, WHY !!! YOI Love Mom
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Anonymous, at 6:38 AM
Manual - shifting gears and all that.
When: Thursday night
Where: Random parking lot
How: Thanks to Christa, whose bike I am buying.
Why: Why not???
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Ms Parker, at 7:20 AM
Why not?: Because you don't have a Driver's License...which my sister-in-law told me is required by Korean law. I'm also told that you don't want to mess with the Korean legal system. Whaddya say now smart guy? (congrats on being able to fart and chew gum at the same time to drive a manual shift. I'm proud of you!)
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Anonymous, at 8:47 PM
Dear Smart Guy (aka Meron),
How dare you assume that I, little Ms Research Fact-Checker, did not do my homework.
I don't need a license for a vehicle under 150cc. The bike can even be insured and registered without one. I know this because I a) have friends who are currently driving insured, registered motorbikes under 150 cc without licenses and b) one of my Korean co-workers told me so. I am restricted, as with the scooter, to riding on certain roads (example: no national highways, not that this law stops the average ajumma with a wheelbarrow full of onions from wandering along on the shoulder).
And as for your hollow threat re:The Korean legal system.... I have heard a million stories of foreigners being pulled over by the police, only to be nodded and smiled at as soon as the helmet comes off.
Today, as I was riding past the police station, I passed an old man in a suit on a black bicycle going the wrong way, three taxis that jumped the green, 2 people riding scooters without helmets, loaded down with various buckets and bags and a pick-up that simply ignored all the traffic signals and put-putted its way through the intersection. None of these people were pulled over, ticketed or otherwise warned. Given the way that people drive here, I was actually quite surprised to learn that *anybody* here had their driver's license - still some of the most amazing drivers I've ever seen ("skillful" is how my friend Brent described them).
So there.
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Ms Parker, at 9:51 PM
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