the story is moving along and so far for the better seemingly.
hidalgo stopped by yesterday with a,,, traction boot,,, maybe its called.. and took the half cast off my foot. this thing is a lot more comfortable and does a far better job holding my foot still.
then, just like the video says, he went to rio bravo armed with my dl and a (copy) of the title to my scooter.
at the transit police impound lot they of course wanted the original title and there was a matter of a 2000 peso fine against my scooter..
you may can tell by listening to hidalgo talk in the video, he didnt step into mexico blind, in search of a stuffed frog and hand puppet.
"i was sent to pick up the scooter and this is what he gave me" not an actual quote, i wasnt there, but that would be close. "and my understanding is the fine was dismissed.."
he was persistant, and finally they just said,, take it.
i didnt get him in the video, but hidalgo and cindy had another gringo biker with them. which is a good thing, because he got no help loading the scooter into the ambulance from the transit police.
the fine,,, i dunno what the fine would have been for... littering maybe.
the scooter ran fine, one tail light missing,, just the lens and bulb. and the foot peg my foot was resting on was of course broke off.
i got to thinking, how lucky misfortune could be. friday before the trip, i didnt want to wear those boots.. i tore my house apart looking for a comfortable pair of sandles to wear.. fortunately,, i didnt find them and had to wear the boots.
a little bad news,,, hahahahaha,, the transit police took advantage of the situation of having my scooter and ,,, well,, somebody,,, my saddlebags were missing (ive always considered them unnecessary decoration anyway) the mirror on the left side was gone,,, which could have been broken, except it appears the left mirror was now on the right side,, so i guess somebody needed a mirror.. both helmets, my vest and colors,, what clothes we had, and the better part of a carton of smokes,,, and a broken camera... all gone. the helmets being the most expensive missing pieces... i was happy,, and my scooter was now safe in my garage.
in the meantime,,, chuy esquerda,,, another mañoso sought out,, and found,, the pins necessary to fix my foot... a dr at the general hospital has them now and im supposed to go in today to let him examine my foot and set it up for an operation tomorrow... ill be glad when thats over with... the dr in question is supposed to be a bone specialist.
had quite a few visitors yesterday,, my computer man of course being one,,, with his wife and daughter. my computer man rarely has anything good to say about anybody,,, and insisted the reason all the drs and hospitals were being so co operative was to avoid an international incident...
hahahaha,,, who among you can imagine mejicojohn creating an international incident???
oh, no,, drat it,, i didnt get video of my scooters arrival. it was dark out when he returned and i had just made my way to my bed for the night,,, not like i could just jump up and run out with my camera... it did return via ambulance tho,,, poor scooter...
and if its not quite later,, but you have a camera attached to your belt,,, me anyway,,, see no reason not to start the festivities early,,, and missed video is missed video..
my camera has a weird little memory card and i have no extra,, so i had to shoot this around what i already had and try not to have to erase anything...
the story:
cruising down the highway i saw a fellow mañosos bike on the opposite side of the road.. couldnt get to him,,,, you dont mess with over 2000 bikes... i pulled over on the left side of the road and got off my bike and watched to see if he needed any help,,, the other bikes and cars to follow had to slow down sometime...
come to find out,, he had lost his glasses... i dont know if he found them,, he did take a bit of the first of this video for me..
anyway,, he got back on the road and i got back on the road.. but the scooters had all passed and i was in a pile of cars... i didnt want to ride with no stinking cars...
i made my way across the highway,,, at highway speed of course,,, to the shoulder,,, there was a nice big shoulder on the right side of the road... and began passing the cars to catch the bikes..
a transit cop bike shot out from between the cars and hit my left foot dead on... i guess,,, didnt feal it,,, but it was pretty obvious ,,, the weight of the bike + the traction from the tire pretty much ripped the boot off my foot,,, mangled my boot,,, and ,,, yea,, did a number on my foot...
my passenger,, a niece,,, lilly,, bounced off into the ditch and came up with various scrapes.
the transit cop,, being a transit cop,, (i guess he was ok) went down to where my niece was and told her if she woud give him money,,,, he wouldnt say anything,,,,,
hahahahahaha,,, wall to wall scooters and cars for miles and he would assume he had to tell someone about a crash??
she told me a little of her conversation with him,, but i dont use language like that,, so you will have to use your imagination,,,
no,, he didnt get any money,, and as far as i know,, i never saw him, so he must have decided to just give that a rest..
an ambulalnce gathered us up and took us to isste,,, a hospital,, in rio bravo.. they didnt know what to do with me as isste is a state run hospital,, and they see no one without the proper credentials...
they scratched their heads and put us on another ambulance and transported us to reynosa,, to another isste hospital,,, more head scratching,,, at some point someone did take xrays..
the dr who was seeing me said he would find out what to do with me as quick as possible..
a bit later he came back he said he talked to the governor of tamaulipas... he asked the governor what he was supposed to do with me,,,
the governor said,,, i want john in the best hospital in tamaulipas,,,,
the dr said,, that would be here,, be we cant treat him.
the governor said,, if your the best,, you fix him,,, no questions,,,
hahahahaha,,, well,, im still not fixed,,, awaiting parts,,, but i guess the state picked up the bill,, so far ive paid for nothing...
this is getting too long,,,, the video...
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could be considered kinda graphic video,,,, its not too bad tho...
jack of all trades, and master of all as well, virtual encyclopedia of all things known and unknown. and why does my nuevo laredo metro keep dissappearing? oh well, ive been to aguascalientes. . . and now im not even in mexico, , , im in san antonio tx, , , so i can get to mexico in a hurry
ok,, thats old news,, was in sa for a couple of months,,, back in mexico where i oughta be,,,,
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