What up from the States

[breadlord]

OK, I've been here a month now and I'm frigging bored.


* Everyone rides Harleys. Everyone thinks they're great
* Everyone is retarded
* I tried to rent a bike. All they had were Harleys. I didn't bother.
* It's getting to the point where I might bother.
* I need a Michigan bike license to buy a bike
* To get a Michigan bike license I need a Michigan car license, since the bike is an entitlement on a car license
* Everyone is trying to sell me something
* Can't go to the pub, because there are no pubs
* Can't get bladdered because you need a car to get anywhere
* If you *do* go to a bar there's always a lad in there, so it costs a dollar to take a piss.


Miss Blighty, miss my bike, and I miss people with a properly developed sense of proportion.


What's been going on 'round here, then?

[JZS 600]

Jesus, sounds grim! 
 
What did you go there for anyway,,,,,,

[steeeve66]

which bit of the US are you in? I go a lot - usually to the East Coast where they're more 'european' and easier to get along with; plenty of bright people and beautiful country as well, for my 40th i rode a bike through the Blue Ridge Mountain and the Appalachian area and it was stunning.

even on a Harley (and they really are sh*te)

[breadlord]

What did you go there for anyway,,,,,,

I work for a consultancy. We're consulting for Mercedes. For the next three years... Hopefully I'll just be here for 18 months.

[JZS 600]

I see,,,,
 
Well, hopefully it'll be life enriching!

[Raymy]

* Can't get bladdered because you need a car to get anywhere

You'll need the car to get home if you DO get bladdered

[alan09]

which bit of the US are you in?

lol er michigan springs to mind

[steeeve66]

which bit of the US are you in?

lol er michigan springs to mind

I guess the key is the word 'Michigan' which was used several times in the original post...

I'll get me coat   

[rustyrider]

Might be worth getting a local licence (or license as they insist on calling them) anyway.  Guy I know bought a place in Florida to use as a holiday home and let out when he wasn't using it himself.  Also bought a car but found they wanted stupid money for insurance because he held a foreign licence.  He was told the easiest thing would be to get a local licence.  He found he could book his test the same day, and it consisted of driving out of a carpark, round the block (right turns only so no crossing the flow of the traffic) back into the carpark and reverse into a space.  That's it, nothing else and he got himself a Florida licence.

From the way most Yanks drive, I wouldn't think it'll be any harder to get a bike licence either.