To: wist@magpie.com
Subject: weird conversation...
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 02:12:19 -0500
From: gayathri <gayathri>


I was getting into one of the secured buildings on lab today, when I
noticed a guard had this red bag that said Ducati on
it... conversationally, I ask, "hey, you go to the long beach bike
show?" and he says, "yea... " looks at me closely and says, "HEY!
you're the woman on the big gold triumph, right?" and sticks out his
hand.

whoa. Never had THAT reaction before. "yea, my name is Gayathri... you
are?" 

	"mart, wow. Great to finally meet you... a lot of the the
guards are weirded out by the fact that a woman rides that bike, but I
think its great. You really know how to ride, dont you? I've seen the
tyres..."

at this point I'm holding myself up against the wall, weakly protesting
as my little ego swells with pride. I feel it filling the small
hallway... we talk some more about motorcycles, he gives me his number
and says he wants to get together with other bikers at JPL who know
how to ride, not the guys who just kinda kick tyres at the rock
store...

I float away to my meeting....

Gayathri
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gayathri@world.std.com          Calamari Club #002, WSMC #701
 '88 FZR400 ('gurlzbike')        '98 T595 Daytona, "huckleberry"

	"There is nothing so rare as an act of your own."
			- Henry Thoreau