Monday, September 13, 2010

A brief tally

Tom asked me to write on here, so even though I quit in July I'll make a few legacy posts.

A brief tally.

30 months

10 bikes

4000+ packages

6 doors

15 accidents

0 reported to the cops

$0 compensation f

$500+ in repairs necessary

50+ flats

3 people trying to hit me on purpose

0 people who succeeded

6 busted chains

1 guy that doored me then tried to fight me

1 guy punched

2 u locked cars

4 pairs of dickies

300 super sandwiches

4 pairs of shoe covers

1 brooks saddle

5 pair of bike shorts

3 busted radios

2 bags

4 pumps

5 clueless female pedestrians hit

1 I stuck around for

2 ice storms

hundreds of inches of snow

5 times puked during work

6 red light tickets

1 bike cops outrun

80 number of university credits I earned while messing

1 Loumar Courrier patch

1 time I carried a quarter million in diamonds

I used to carry human stool samples over a mountain



I can't even count all the close calls, people in my face, frozen cigarettes, or long days. But I'll also never forget what it feels like to rip up traffic with my friends and get a tidy paycheck in the process.