Storm Trooper

My journey to the dark side may now be complete. I ordered it Sunday morning through my phone to one of my favorite web sites dealing with motorcycle apparel and products. New Enough Ltd. http://www.newenough.com/ I have ordered other products from their site and like it because they give very detailed descriptions of the products they sell. It can be very helpful, especially with size issues that you can encounter with ordering products from the internet. They also seem to have some really good closeout deals at times and this purchase was one of those. Being an accountant, I am known for being cheap. I like a good deal and this appeared to be one. Monday morning I promptly received an email confirming the order and a notice that it had been shipped with an anticipated delivery on Wednesday. The email also gave me tracking info for the Fed Ex site so I could check on the progress. Not really necessary, but kind of fun. It was like Christmas in August. I was replacing my helmet that was slightly damaged in my recent accident. This helmet was not my first choice, but my first choice was over $300 and that wasn't in the current budget. I was able to get this one for about 1/3 the price. And it had pretty good reviews from another web site that Sharon of Sojourner's Moto Tales had turned me on to recently. She has a new Scorpion helmet as well. I was really excited about the purchase. I occasionally tracked the status of the shipment and all appeared to be in order for delivery on Wednesday.

But at 7:00 on Wednesday evening, it still had not shown up at the house.

I wondered If the Grinch had suddenly appeared out of nowhere to rob all the presents from that particular Fed Ex truck.

Then at about 8:00 the doorbell rang signifying that there was justice in the world, Christmas had been saved, and that my precious shipment had arrived.

It came in a plain brown box. The helmet box fit neatly inside. I had also ordered another lens and it was packed carefully in the box as well.

Now, with these closeout prices, sometimes you have to deal with size availability issues as well as styles and colors that might not be your first preference.

I was originally looking for just a plain silver or white helmet. I am really not into wild colors and patterns. But with the savings involved, I could put up with a little bit of obnoxiousness.

Plus I sure don't mind that this helmet is probably fairly visible to cage drivers, my new mortal enemy.

I was pleased that it seemed to fit very nicely the first time I tried it on.

So what do you think?

Will I look like a Storm Trooper?

Is Darth Vader really my father?

Am I too old to be a Storm Trooper?

Will the eternal balance in "The Force" be altered when I put the helmet on?

There are just so many questions!

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