Tomorrow will be a sad day my friends......

There has been a great disturbance in The Force.......

This is a story about a man, a garage and a refrigerator. Some may know the whole story, others may know only bits of the history, some may have been contributors and some may have even scoffed. But in the end, to this manchild it means a lot.


The journey began in 2009 when my wife and I moved into my current residence owned by the dastardly SlumLord Jeff, aka Father-In-Law. This house, nay home, is the first in my adult history that came attached to a garage I could call my very own, therefore my excitement was unbearable. Since I hate the tawdry terminology of man-cave, I deamed my personal Valhalla would be aptly referred to as The Fortress of Solitude even though I am far from being Superman, plus I ain't gonna wear tights bro. But it is my home away from home within my home, my 'me' time for my absorption with my bikes. Due to my love for stickers I was stoked like a newborn crackhead when I knew I would finally be blessed to use the most prolific canvass imaginable for the presentation of these fine vinyl accessories. So you bet your butt that one of the first things I did was move in the ever important garage fridge and commence to stickerfying that lil bastard up. After almost 4 years, many emails to bike companies, gifts from friends and too many SASE’s to count…….the Fridge was looking pretty stylish I must say and I was nearing to the end of available real estate for any more stickerification.


Then tragedy struck, The Fridge was diagnosed with an inoperable terminal illness which only left me one choice, sad but true. A sad day for sure it was when I accepted the fact that my FOS roomy, comrade and confidant was soon to become a permanent fixture in the great heavenly icebox in the sky. Oh the laughs we have shared over a cold one that I could only thank the Fridge for. The tears that we have shed together, trying to find that one tool that “I just had in my hand!!!” But those times are going to come to an end tomorrow when the kitchen upgrade fridge arrives and the current kitchen cold-heart makes the short trip to it’s new surroundings in the desirably lonesome garage shop I call FOS. The world famous Fridge will be hauled away to become a distant memory and to add insult to injury, the newly purchased fridge cost enough to pretty much buy any bike frame of my wanting, I am a monster if not a criminal I swear. Our journey together has been a good one and the story will be told for years to come, that I am sure of. I wish you nothing but riches my friend and hope beyond admiration that you get to be resurrected as a pivotal component for any of the fine Italian sports cars made. Godspeed my dear friend, godspeed……


However, as they say……when one fridge door closes, another one opens. So as a the blank canvass of the Fridge II settles into it’s new home I am now taken aback at how unprepared I am for it’s arrival. Fridge II is larger, don’t dare call it portly, in size so that means more square footage in need of the vinyl love. I have to start all over and taking inventory of the stickers I have I clearly do not have the amount or variety needed to show my admiration that this new addition deserves. I will start the process once again, the emails have already started and my customary Polish racing flag center-piece sticker is on it’s way. Also, for this go-around I figured I would not only create this blog as a deserved send-off to The Fridge with all of it’s sage advice, but also as a call out to anyone with maybe that collection of stickers with no means to proudly display them in all of their glory. So for my friends here that want to be a piece of history on the level of rebuilding Atlantis, I figure that having something from a bike riding compadre is far more meaningful than the faceless requests to the bike companies. Let me know if there is anything that you as the fellow vinyl soldier may want to represent on the new representation of infinite feats, Fridge II, by donating to Flip's StickerLess Fridge Foundation.

Thank you for taking the time to pay you respects to the world renowned, the frost fighting king of freon, holder of 2 Guiness records and just in general, a cool cat…….The Fridge I.

P.S. Still a better love story than Twilight……..