moto-rama
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I've had a favorite pair of gloves, (Held Steves) for 20 something years now. They are the ones that fit, and feel perfect. Of course in the 20 years I've had them, there have been a number of 2nd bests, like a couple of Helimots that were excellent, and a few others that were good, but definitely in 3rd or 4th place.
In that 3rd place group I count the Held Steves I bought last year that are totally not the same Steves they made for years. In fact, they are OK, but barely in a few ways. They are black and gray, and fit a bit too snug. You know, they are like cars from the 1970s as compared to cars from the 1950s. No comparison!
Anyway, sometimes, when I am completely bored, like in a Pandemic of epic proportions, I often have bouts of nostalgia, for girlfriends, fishing rods, riding boots, motorcycles...all the ones I loved.
In those moments of wistful reflection I often think, IF I could just find some gloves like those Steves that I have worn out to the point where I sometimes glue little flaps and pieces back on. Those wonderful, comfortable size 8.5 M that are no longer made by the elves who made those really great, black and tan ones I bought at Scuderia in 1998.
Ok, so in one of those moments last week, I opened my favorite search engines and put my best Boolean logic to work, and lo and behold, on the very first page of results, on Ebay, were a "Vintage" era pair of black and tan Held Steves, for sale, brand new, with the tags!
Needless to say, today, they are mine, all mine. And they feel just right!
I take back everything all the negative stuff I've been saying about stuff like this.
:laughing
In that 3rd place group I count the Held Steves I bought last year that are totally not the same Steves they made for years. In fact, they are OK, but barely in a few ways. They are black and gray, and fit a bit too snug. You know, they are like cars from the 1970s as compared to cars from the 1950s. No comparison!
Anyway, sometimes, when I am completely bored, like in a Pandemic of epic proportions, I often have bouts of nostalgia, for girlfriends, fishing rods, riding boots, motorcycles...all the ones I loved.
In those moments of wistful reflection I often think, IF I could just find some gloves like those Steves that I have worn out to the point where I sometimes glue little flaps and pieces back on. Those wonderful, comfortable size 8.5 M that are no longer made by the elves who made those really great, black and tan ones I bought at Scuderia in 1998.
Ok, so in one of those moments last week, I opened my favorite search engines and put my best Boolean logic to work, and lo and behold, on the very first page of results, on Ebay, were a "Vintage" era pair of black and tan Held Steves, for sale, brand new, with the tags!
Needless to say, today, they are mine, all mine. And they feel just right!
I take back everything all the negative stuff I've been saying about stuff like this.
:laughing
