i am tofu, ex-courier. i quit my job yesterday and i don't plan on returning. i think i've been a courier for six years. or six winters, anyway. during that time, i've broken three ribs, two fingers, a collar bone and a toe. not to mention all the blood i've lost or the times i've smashed my head off the ground. i've met, worked with, and raced with the best people in the world. i'm certain i've done enough Kms to have circumnavigated the earth at least twice.
i, like most couriers (i think), have thought of quiting for a long time now. it was yesterday, sitting in jet fuel for an hour or two, that i made the choice to quit. i don't regret becoming a courier, but it would be nice if i could go back to 21 again.
in lieu of road work, i will be in the shop full-time; machining, fabricating, chopping, cutting, welding, cranking, wrenching, fixing, etc.
right now, i am equal parts happy, nervous, poor, and optimistic.
interesting times.
and i still can't be beaten.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
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hihi------------don´t knoe you personal, but like your blog- ish you all the best, starting......whatever..
The shockwave this news sent around the world knocked my bottle of Buckfast over.
it's ok.
'bout time. nothing left to prove anymore. get on with it laddie...
he makes a good bike.
hope it goes well for you 6 winters is a long cold time.respect!! its a hard job to leave, get out before you get slow. it'll be a new experiance not feeling knackerd and in pain all the time but im sure its one thats worth it.
Love ya, man. It was an honour to dispatch to you, and I mean it.
Good luck, chap.
Wish you all the best. I made that decision 8 months ago after 5 winters. So far so good...
You'll not regret it man, a new career beckons. All the best and good luck in the machine shop. No doubt you'll be the best in there too.
Love.
Seb.
Let me throw in my good wishes too. I'm about ready to hang up the cleats myself, I keep saying that but it's kind of like quiting crack. Anyway good luck with the frame building thing perhaps someday we can build the ultimate Anchorage bike.
Kirk R. Dungan
To shocked to drink my cider! All my love bro. take care of yourself and hope things work out for you.
thems fightin words, kick it, kick it hard. do as thou will, crank'n wrench'n cutting and grinding.... sound's manly. you'll never be a nancy boy again!
SAD DAY! good luck man! The.Pike
Hey are you making frames now? fancy making me and Mrs Gertie a tandem?
Hey, times change...
...get ready to get fat!
I´ve seen quitters and retirees. Be prepared to humiliated when you´re older..
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