Chance Encounters

Ask a biker

0 Comments | Concord Monitor, Jun 18, 2010 | by Madeline Buckley

With Bike Week in full swing, we decided once again to put our toughest questions to folks who aren’t afraid to wear their opinions on their biceps and don’t let anybody push them around. What these bikers had to say about real-life parenting, fashion, etiquette and relationship dilemmas might surprise you.

The Bikers

The Rev. Michael Landry

Scarborough, Maine

Michael travels with a pack of “motorcyclists for Jesus.”

Pete Pitman

Loudon

Rita and John Kennedy

Madison, Wis.

Rita and John are a leather-clad married couple. Here’s a fun fact they like to tell: John’s middle initial is “F,” making him the real John F. Kennedy.

Chuck

Moultonboro

As a local, Chuck, who is “just Chuck,” is a habitual Bike Week participant.

Cliff Randolph

Evensborough, Pa.

A tall man in a jean jacket, Cliff has children and a constantly tardy wife, making him an expert in family matters.

Drew Smith

Evensborough, Pa.

Jeff Bradish

Whiting, Vt.

The Questions

My husband is an avid hunter and recently had one of the bucks he killed mounted. I thought we had agreed to keep such trophies in his home office, but I came home one night to find him grinning sheepishly just before I spotted the huge antlered head hanging over our living room sofa. My husband has put an enormous amount of work into our home and deserves to have some say in the decor, but I’m really not crazy about the new addition. Should I learn to live with it or insist he find it a new habitat?

Rita Kennedy: You have to live with it in the living room. He’s proud of this head. Ours is in our computer room.

Pete Pitman: My wife would kill me if I did that. I wouldn’t dare. He has to find a new place to put it.

Chuck: She should learn to with that deer, or he should find a new wife.

I have two daughters who are close in age. Whenever one of them has a friend over, the other one ends up either being a huge pest or moping around feeling left out. Since scheduling play dates for both of them at the same time isn’t always possible or practical, I find myself constantly dealing with the “third wheel” syndrome. Any suggestions?

The Rev. Michael Landry: I’ve been there, done that and you’ve just got to deal with it
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