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The following is borrowed from another track newsletter, and now is third or forth hand, with no one know which track originated from?...
When a new parent goes to the track, the first thing they notice is that all of the parents are a close-knit group; it is like one big happy family.
This is an elite bunch of people and it doesn't take long for a beginning parent to become accepted as a peer.Every BMX parent wants every other BMX parent to be in the same boat they are in.
You will know that you have truly become a dyed-in-the. Wool BMX parent when:
-Your ABA number is printed on your checks
-You own a clean copy of the movie RAD.
-You video you kids races including practice.
-You have a charge account at the track vendors.
-You have your BMX parent web page sent by the ABA to other track operators...
-When you stand for the national anthem and you place one hand over your heart and one had on your wallet
-You have an eraail reply from the President of the ABA framed and hanging on your wall
-You have the email from BMX Hall of fame autographed, appraised and hung on the wall
-You have a collection of race flyers from various tracks from the last 20 years and spend your spare time organizing them.
-Someone in your neighborhood asks you how old your kid is and you reply "13X"
-You automatically load up the bike and you're only going down to the corner store.
-You fall asleep at the wheel of your car and it takes you to the track instead of home.
-You are late for work but never late for sign-ups.
-Your kid’s bike is insured for more than your car. -You develop a craving for hot dogs.
-You pay a computer programmer a whole lot of money to write a points tracking program.
-You buy a real expensive laptop to record the points on.
-You throw out the spare tire in your car trunk to make room for bike parts.
-Your kid’s birthday cake has a miniature BMX track on it and all his gifts are BMX parts.
-You can't decide whether to go to your sister's wedding or to a double points race.
-A Sunday drive in the country means you're going to a race out of town.
-The first item on your monthly budget is entry fees and not the mortgage payment.
-The only clean clothes in the house are a pair of leathers and a jersey.
-The telephone bill has at least three calls a month to the ABA office.
-Your Internet home page is set to www.ababmx.com
-The stoplight at the corner turns green and you try for a whole shot.
-Someone mentions a tabletop and you look for a pile of dirt.
-You can't remember the birth dates of your family, but can remember the birth dates of every other kid in your kid’s class.
-You try to claim a bike shop on you income tax.
-You start a BMX business so can take a tax deduction.
-No one can understand what you are saying but another BMXer.
-You are flabbergasted by the price of hamburger at the supermarket but not by the price of a TI bottom bracket.
-Your kids bike is color coordinated and your living room is not.
-You think all of the above is gospel truth.
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