| Author | Message | ||
     M2statz |
OK everybody has a claim to fame and I don't mean the sexual exploits of Spidey and the pink panties either. What did you do to get your spotlight? Me=>In a previous life a long time ago I was nationally ranked in the top 5 in the GS and Super G on snowboards. Thanks for sharing... | ||
| Etennuly |
Back in my day.....I ran up front a lot and won several races on the dirt tracks, cars that is. I even had fans and signed autographs for a few years. Burt Reynolds days, where showing off for the crowds meant as much as winning. I had a couple of motto's; Looking for smooth, and; if you are not gonna win.....look good doing it!  More recently I got to be and extra in a few movies of a series, where I showed up on the big screens nation wide for a short run. Not enough for movie credits, but it counts for the grandkids! Having been there for the pink thong episode in Spidey's life ranks up there too!  (Message edited by etennuly on November 19, 2009) | ||
| Cityxslicker |
Apparently I get to be related to Steve Martin He did sign my Best Fishes Album. "I really Hate Brian McKenzie" good times. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
USMC Vet, Kinda hard for me to top that. Those 6 years changed me for life. Raced my XB12R and won a race in the rain. The WV Buell Rally Most recently, putting food on the table  | ||
| Tpoppa |
Also a USMC Vet...good stuff! I was a competitive pool player during my college years. I never really cared to hustle people for $$, but I don't think I paid for a single beer during those days, and that in itself was a coup. (Message edited by tpoppa on November 19, 2009) | ||
| Xl1200r |
I won a national silver medal from NASA in High School for designing a mission to Mars and made the front page of the local paper, big picture and everything. Also did a dirst track race - Enduro - think dirt circle track mixed with demolition derby. When a car crashed and quit, they just left it on the track as an obstacle. 55 cars started, I was 52nd in line. I finished 6th out of 7 cars that made it through all 50 laps. I was on top of the world. And last but not least, as a pretty lousy student in high school, I was rather proud of myself for graduating from RPI - possibly the most respected school in our area (and have several), and with good marks, no less. I should be starting my masters there shortly as well. | ||
| Dbird29 |
Claim to Fame: BadWeb member! | ||
| S1wmike |
Being durable. Those who know me know why. | ||
| Whatever |
Won State Championship in swimming, broke 2:00 in 200 YD Freestyle, went to Nationals in California when 16... Graduated from Duke University also... Had secret love child with Spidey (do not tell his wife)...  | ||
| Ulywife |
No claim to fame, but I'm very proud of what Buelltoberfest has turned into. It started with a conversation between Glitch and myself about a ride in October where the 3%er's and C3 could get together and ride. It became much more the first year and has grown each year since then. Who knew it would turn into what it has become. Long live Buelltoberfest! | ||
| Doughnut |
My claim to fame? Don't know if I have one yet, just living my life the best I can, trying to make others' lives better. | ||
| Strokizator |
I've managed to fly under the radar most of my life. I do have a pretty good reputation within my trade but other than that, my claim to fame is that I can take a hit. I been in some gnarly wrecks, broken a dozen bones and in most cases have been back to work on Monday (I usually wreck on the weekends). I've even showed up for work in a wheelchair with an IV hanging out of my arm. It's had a surprising effect on lowering the number of days lost by other employees complaining of hangnails and sore pinkies. After the last incident, there was a bet going around that the boss would never ride again. 6 weeks to the day, I rode a bike into work. Having no skills but being able to take a punch without complaint is not really something I'm proud of. | ||
| Mnrider |
I won snowmobile speed runs in southern MN and ran the S.MN drag race series for three years. Beating the funded factory teams on a very low budget was very fun. Third place in a cross country race was also a highlight for me. | ||
| Hughlysses |
I started a webpage a few years back about one of my interests, steam locomotives. I was especially interested in efforts to build new coal-fired steam locomotives back in the 1980's during the "oil crisis". The page has grown and grown since I started it. My site has been quoted in at least a couple of books and one engineering study, and I got to "meet" some really interesting people through my website, including Ing. L. D. Porta of Argentina, who was one of the last living proponents for modern steam locomotives. Yea, my kids say I'm a total nurd but they also say that the fact that I ride a Buell more than makes up for it.  | ||
| Swordsman |
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... I used to be the guy in school everyone turned to for artwork...? I suddenly feel like a huge underachiever. ~SM | ||
| Xodot |
I ran our detachment's traffic enforcement team and media relations which pulled in a lot of local corporate support AND I liaised with community health and safety groups to put on a huge traffic safety promotion during a Provincial competition to see which community could have the safest roads in Ontario for a month. We won. I still fell pretty good about that. | ||
| No_rice |
well, im me.... duh! | ||
| Swampy |
My very sexy girlfriend Being happy | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
I rode one of Craig Jones' XB9 stunt bikes for him. Remind me to tell you the story sometime. Oh & I saved the world a couple of times but I don't like to brag about it. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
I maintain avionics systems on the E-6B Mercury. A part of the United States' "Nuclear Triad". The Mercury is an EMP-hardened asset with the capability of getting launch signals to nuclear ballistic missile submarines, missile silos, or nuclear stealth bombers, even in a post-nuclear detonation environment. The optimistic phrase describing the Nuclear Triad's mission is "Strategic Nuclear Deterrence" - meaning they don't shoot first because they know that we can and will shoot back. In reality, the TACAMO community's squadrons have (luckily) only flown training missions for the past 46 years because if we do the real thing, WW-III has started. If we have a bad day, you won't see tomorrow.  | ||
| Americanmadexb |
Mmmmm, i was on Indianapolis news in 92' playing Ivan Stewerts Off Road Racing with Slash from Guns N Roses back stage!!  | ||
| Strato9r |
My old band, Fat Freddie's Cat, kicked Nickleback's ass and handed it back to them in a paper cup in a "Battle of the Bands" a few years back. But, all of us had day jobs and family commitments to attend to; things could have turned out a lot different. My kids grew up having their dad around though, they turned out great, (daughter Alex now in University after working in the machine shop with me for two years, son Erik in the Red Seal Chef program). That's the important thing, and I wouldn't change any of it! | ||
| Andymnelson |
I invented the hammerfore. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
the hammerfore.... your dickydo | ||
| Andymnelson |
You're just jealous because i thought of it before you. | ||
| Fast1075 |
I have lived and loved, laughed and cried, won some and lost some. Been sick and well..young, now old...been there done that...the older I get the better I was... Honestly I don't know what my greatest achievement was so far...maybe the dragbike national class record I set in 1975...or the ONE motocross race I won in 1973...or cutting THREE .500 lights in a single dragrace event for a class win. Or all the stuff I have designed and fabricated...or maybe the year I was angler of the year in two local bass fishing clubs....or fishing in 4 BASS regional events in the early 90's...or getting to know a lot of the greats in motorcycle dragracing...I dunno...now I feel like a blowhard. | ||
| Mnrider |
This is a great question,I like hearing about successes instead of how tough life can be. | ||
| Vampress |
+1 to that Mnrider. I guess my greatest achievement thus far is finding Lemonchili. I was on a definite downhill roll before he came along. Since then we have raised a second furry child, saved, spent, married,laughed (a lot!), worried and loved. I have got myself together, gone through another level of college, and am finally working at what I want to do (an achievement in itself). I am in the midst of trying to get my own business up and running...and life is good. Without my best friend beside me none of this would have been possible. I know it. I find strength in myself through him. | ||
| M2statz |
+Vampress!!! |
