And today, this happened. The LS2 Thunder FF805 I bought had a manufacturing defect, which I discovered and informed Partha about. Videos and messages were exchanged, and it was decided I needed to bring it in to be sent back to the company. Since it had never seen the outside of my house, it was otherwise in pristine (literally brand new) condition, and hence, I carried it in the original bag and box back to the store. It may take a week, maybe more, to be replaced. But I needed a new helmet NOW. What about that? Partha pointed to the LS2 Scope FF902 that I had initially liked and said perhaps I could reconsider using it until the fresh piece arrives.
And that is how, ladies and gentlemen, I find myself a brand new owner of my 3rd helmet, with the fourth (the original LS2 Thunder) on its way.
Once again, I have been humbled. When I used to hear veteran bikers speak of having half a dozen helmets, I’d mock them silently, wondering to myself, ‘How many helmets does one need?’ Well, who’s laughing now? Not me, for sure. I’m too busy buying helmet racks from Amazon.
Oh, and did I mention that I also picked up an 8-litre Viaterra Dry Bag to stash my rain gear? I reckon that if I add up everything non-motorcycle I have bought since I took home my BattleCat from the showroom on 25 April 2022, it’ll be a sum close to the price I paid for the bike. And I won’t even be surprised.
Sigh! To think that when I switched from golf to motorcycling as a passion, I thought I’d traded in a more expensive sport for a far more economical one. Ha!
P.S.: Yes, that was me laughing at the end. But it was ironic. So, it doesn’t count.
![Mr Baba: 'Would you like to take off the backpack now that you've been downstairs for like 30 minutes?'
Ms Kym-Kym: 'I like it like this. You should try it. It's very comfortable.'
Mr Baba: [Pulling on his backpack] 'Hmmm, you're right. That's rather snug.'
Ms Kym-Kym: 'Twinning! Yay!'
#LuckiestManAlive #BearFamily](https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/416920031_3373151642830342_6696851954454537274_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=ZMLmjPdSAEUAX8nnJex&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfB0olvUVmnenPKd2wCllMDehg5gzDgAbc4BDsGLqIm6pA&oe=65BA4561)
![Kym: 'Mr Baba, can I tell you something wierd? You can actually get tired from doing nothing!!'
Me: 'It is called boredom.'
Kym: 'Noooo. I mean, like physically tired.'
Me: 'One can get tired and sleepy due to boredom. I remember reading about it somewhere. Let's find out.'
[Some Googling later]
Me: 'It says here that "A new paper published in the journal Nature Communications finds that a part of the brain that is associated with motivation and pleasure - the nucleus accumbens - also can produce sleep. The new findings may explain why we have the tendency to fall asleep in the absence of motivating stimuli, i.e., when bored." Isnt it interesting?'
Kym: 'I already knew that. Why do you need to research things we already know?'
Me: [Finding a subject worth talking about now]: ' Ah well, that's what we'll talk of tomorrow on your morning run. It's very interesting the way science is done and our understanding of the universe is expanded.'
Kym: 'Can we talk of unicorns instead?'
Me: 'Sure. How do you know they exist? That's an interesting question too that you can use the scientific method to answer.'
Kym: 'Do they have to exist for us to talk about them? We can just pretend they do for an hour and have fun.'
Me: [Laughing] 'Yes, sure. We can do that too.'
#BabaBabyConversations #BearFamily #KymAndI](https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/416410840_383105434396466_2267910263456009774_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=LIozs445JFcAX_48wGC&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfDQ2qbb0yO_wUmLj_L0ZxF61eDdwlIN-vyrd8GZe_pBMQ&oe=65BAFA57)
