All posts for the month November, 2025

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back…but we get there.

It does seem like Mr. Mike and I have going round in circles backwards. This photo was taken after the positive pole on my battery disintegrated while on the Mobile Bay bridge on I-10 last July. I did manage to coax my bike to a truck route exit ramp. Got it fixed with the gracious help of a fellow biker. More recent challenges have occurred but we have scrounged our way out of them. Once in a while the universe offers a welcome fix to nagging problems. Here is one:

It all started with a trip to Family Dollar. I purchased a black plastic placemat for $1.25 (nothing is $1.00 in there, despite the name) as a scrounge fix for Mr. Mike’s BMW f650cs. His left side cover blew off from the plastic Tupperware body panels somewhere near the Gulf of Mexico (NOT America) coast. Cut to fit the hole and fastened with cable ties, looked tacky but it worked. It cost $150 + shipping to order a new one from BMW. A better solution came from Rob Sant on the BMWf650cs owners group on Facebook. Mr. Rob makes replacement covers using a 3D printer. About 10 days later I received a package from the UK.

Somewhere…

The Scroungelady’s $1.25 fix plus a decal from eBay in Mr. Mike’s Man Cave.

A little sanding plus paint and a decal should get it looking decent again. I will show the finished cover in a future scrounge post. Thanks, Rob! For more information on the Scarver covers, message Rob on Facebook.

Time for a PBR while we watch the Egg Bowl. Go State!

New place, same old stuff

Has it been that long? I don’t know where the time has gone. Guess that is what happens after you reach certain milestones. For one, I didn’t retire, I quit. Still working but doing my own thing. I’ll keep sharing my food scrounges, plus my two wheel adventures. And the scrounge cats of course. Two cats are no longer with us, but two have adopted us for a total of 4 scroungy whiny whiskered furballs. We moved from the creek in 2019 to a place about 2 miles from the old home. No more floods and three flights of stairs to climb. Mr. Mike now has a garage to call his man cave, though I use it too.

Still on a low budget. I shop the warehouse markets and the bargain baskets in the overpriced grocery stores. Here is a scroungy version of poutine. I’m riding to Ontario this July so this is a practice run on a popular Canadian dish. Made from roasted brussels sprouts, diced ham, pan gravy, mashed potatoes (yes fries or hash browns would be excellent but I was tired) and cheese.