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32 nNovember 2016n www.thunderpress.net THUNDER PRESS video displaying footage from the GoPro mounted on his helmet. The 4 ½-minute clip starts with a young man chatting with his mom in a park- ing lot. They bid each other farewell, she gets in her car and he starts up his nice, shiny black Sportster and rolls out of the lot and onto the street. He reaches an intersection with a yield sign, slows down to check for traffi c, turns around to look in back of him and whomp! Down goes the bike. He's been rear-ended by his mother. Stunned and shaken, he takes a minute to stand up, while Mom exclaims, "I'm so sorry! Oh, my God, Jacob. F%#& me!" Jake responds with a string expletives and Mom blurts out, "Goddamn, I didn't even see you!" The video clip ended at that point, and fortunately, it didn't look like Jake was injured in the accident, although we don't know how much damage the Sportster incurred. Within a week, the video titled, "My own mom rear ended me on my Harley!" was deleted, most likely after Jake cooled down a bit, or maybe to prevent his mom from being issued a distracted or reckless driving ticket. The irony of it all? Mom's last words to Jake before they left the park- ing lot: "Love ya! Drive safe! Watch out for idiots!" Have diner, will travel Those of you who live or have traveled through the Pocono Mountains region of northeast Pennsylvania may be familiar with, or even visited, the Diner at Tannersville. It's a typical chrome-fronted mid-20th century diner, the kind at which we motorcyclists stop for the fortifying "meat and three" to fuel us for the miles ahead. Sadly, the once-popular diner closed last year, and Jim and Linda Schlier, the owners of the land upon which it sits, need to clear the property to make room for the new Pocono Mountain Harley-Davidson dealer- ship they are building in the spring of 2017. Their current dealership eight miles south in Stroudsburg has been thriving and now plans are in place to move and expand it to the Tannersville property. Jim bought the property back in the 1970s for his towing business, and some years later, leased part of the Mommy dearest We all know the dangers of dis- tracted drivers, but how often do the dire consequences involve two mem- bers of the same family? Recently, a motorcyclist calling himself HD Jake posted a YouTube Once lost now found Once again, the Sturgis Buffalo Chip has published a list of things left behind by campers during the 2016 rally. Most of these were com- mon items such as keys, eyeglasses, camping gear, leftover food (a half- eaten sausage and an unopened jar of pickles?), hats and helmets, and the like. There were some items, like a small powerboat, that seemed awfully large to lose—especially since it was abandoned on dry land—while others, like the lost cell phones and credit cards, are probably still causing their owners some grief. There were also some question- able, as in "what were they think- ing?" items, such as the Chip-coined "plumber's kit" which consisted of a toilet plunger and a roll of toilet paper, and the device that looked like an animal trap, labeled "slut box." Wait— we're pretty sure we knew what they were thinking on that one. The con- traption was still set when the Chip crew found it. What a surprise. Although a phone number was included in case you want to claim any of these items as yours (or if you lost any and would like to add them to the "lost and found" log), we suspect the folks at the Chip compiled the list for entertainment value as well. Really, who's gonna call and claim that pair of soiled boxer shorts or the giant infl atable phallus? land to the owners of the diner. The diner, manufactured in the 60's, was originally located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, until the owners moved it to Tannersville in the 80's on the land leased from the Schliers. The diner was recently listed for $30,000, but there were no takers. Now, the Schliers are willing to give it away to anyone who can tow it, and everything inside, off the property. The diner had been moved a piece at a time to its present location by the previous owners, so it stands to reason that this feat could be repeated. If no one removes the diner from the property, it may have to be demol- ished to make way for the new deal- ership. Jim laments, "It's a piece of history. And we're hoping that we can all go to have lunch somewhere, some- day. Same building, different location." So you old-time diner lovers out there, let's not let one more piece of Roadside Americana disappear. Wherever it shows up again, we'll stop by for lunch. We promise.