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Nittanyxt
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 08:00 pm: | 
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5 minutes from Penn State and Mt. Nittany,ride an XT (among others) |
Fireboltwillie
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 08:01 pm: |
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<<<<<<<<<<<somewhat self explanatory. (although the bike fell victim to the recession) |
New12r
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 08:06 pm: |
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Lack of imagination |
Rotzaruck
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 08:52 pm: |
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Man! This sure has cleared up some quandaries!
And made some new ones.
Well, there was this speech impeded dog....
And, when somebody is recovering from something, or starting something, or dodging something or moaning about something, or almost any something, it's fun to say
Rotzaruck! |
Bsdfool
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 09:02 pm: |
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BSD (pronounced 'beastie') = Berkeley Software Distribution, an open source UNIX operating system. I'm a once upon a time computer geek - passionate until I started working with them for a living (and forced into using Microsoft products).
Fool is self explanatory. |
Tod662
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 09:22 pm: |
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Tee Oh Dee is my name (dad thought he'd make it as simple as possible cuz i had to still spell Pulvermacher) and 662 is for my 1966 SS L79 chevy II nova |
Ltbuell
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 09:42 pm: |
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Lt-Lake Tahoe,where i bought my '00 X-1 Lightning and favorite"shangri-la" and the rest.....well thats pretty obvious... |
Ltbuell
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 09:47 pm: |
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Hey Tod662,nice car..aways back i had 2 Novas:1-'63 and 1-'64SS..those were fun cars to romp around in..always liked Novas,have had several other Chevys in my times as well. |
Mr_grumpy
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 05:49 am: |
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When you've seen me in the morning before I've had coffee, you'll understand. |
Socoken
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 10:14 am: |
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I wanted a different handle than I use on Adult Friend Finder, so.....
So Co because I used to drink a lot of Southern Comfort, and Ken is my first name. |
Gentleman_jon
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 11:44 am: |
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Long ago and far away, my brothers, in the little town of Cambridge, Mass, there were not very many young gentleman who rode motorcycles.
In fact, there were practically none.
Men were men back in the day, and sporting motor bicycles tended to be English.
There was an eccentric old guy, (about 25), named TR Jackson, who had some garages known as the "pits", where he worked on sporting English iron of both the two wheel and four wheel variety.
It was his habit to give all of his friends and clients nicknames. He called me Gentleman Jon.
Looks like it stuck.
That was over fifty years ago.
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Geforce
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 06:36 pm: |
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Old 1SG and CO gave me this nick name in Afghanistan. It has a lot to do with getting missions done that no other NCO in the company would volunteer for and I pull it off. Kinda the "go to" force to be reckoned with.
(Message edited by Geforce on February 17, 2011) |
Tbolt_pilot
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 07:05 pm: |
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I'm now in my 19th year in the USAF. My first Buell was a '98 S3...or a 'Thunderbolt' as they are called. Since I am too blind to fly the other ones (A-10 or P-47), this was the only T-bolt I'd ever get to pilot. |
Crusty
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 08:03 pm: |
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Hey, Jon; you ever do any business with Mack's in Everett? |
Whatever
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 08:13 pm: |
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Um... I don't remember... Well.... Whatever... Nevermind... |
Nittanyxt
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 08:31 pm: |
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Crusty, PM sent |
Crusty
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 09:22 pm: |
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Nittanyxt; I meant that question for Gentleman Jon. Mack's Motorcycles in Everett, MA was an old time dealership that specialized in British bikes, and was pretty significant in my early riding days. There were quite a few memorable characters involved with motorcycles back then. "Lucky" Thiebeault (he had the Globe of Death), Sam "the Bandit" Avellino (at first, he sold Indians; later, Royal Enfields) and a host of others. |
Lemonchili_x1
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 10:47 pm: |
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Lemonchili... It's a short story involving a bar, some guy playing some songs on guitar and the Spice Girls...  |
Iman501
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 10:54 pm: |
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its what my crazy neighbor lady always called me when i was little (iman) because my names Ian and then the numbers are just part of an old adress |
Nittanyxt
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 10:57 pm: |
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oops! |
P47b
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 10:57 pm: |
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2535hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59W Double Wasp radial piston engine still stands the hair up on my arms. It had a lot of similarities and problems that matched..
Well it came close to sounding like one. The frame matched the profile of a Jug. So voila!!!!
When I registered it some one else had already done P-47 so I put the B designation on the end for xB.
I still want to dump the person off here and take over P-47....... |
Whisperstealth
| | Posted on Friday, February 18, 2011 - 03:48 am: |
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First used it as my user account on the family computer. Then as my email addy, and now on all forums I join.
I like the idea of stealth. Of being quiet, and coming out of no where. I like the idea of having power available to you, but not showing it until necessary. I like the phrase: speak softly, and carry a big stick.
Buells are a good example of that. Not real loud, but powerful. |
Gentleman_jon
| | Posted on Friday, February 18, 2011 - 05:52 am: |
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Crusty,
Thanks for bringing back those memories. Motorcycle shops were far and few between back in the day, and one certainly did not meet the nicest people riding a Honda.
I remember Mack very well. He was pretty well on in years when in knew him in the late fifties, he claimed that he had worked on the construction of the Panama Canal, and had a photo on the wall to prove it.
He didn't suffer fools gladly, but he had a sense of humor under a gruff exterior. I will never forget a joke he told when I turned up there with an English Lady. He could turn on the charm too.
Another old timer that I remember was Pete Andrews. Motorcycles in those days needed a lot of work all the time, but if you wanted Pete to do a valve job, he expected you to just bring in the head.
Didn't have room in his little wood-floored shop for the whole damn machine, he would say.
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Lastcyclone
| | Posted on Friday, February 18, 2011 - 06:18 am: |
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I was able to secure one of the final production M2 models to come off the line, before the change to the XB design. Had wanted one for many years. Still miss that bike. Really wish I could have kept it.
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99savage
| | Posted on Friday, February 18, 2011 - 09:40 am: |
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Since elementary school wanted a Savage Model 99. - Made me think of rich, old guys, sitting around their Adirondack deer camp drinking good rye.
For 40th anniversary wife got me a fine 99, in 300 Savage & I got the Ulysses
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Hhg
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 12:12 am: |
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Hhg, hungryhuntergirl.. We have strict rules on bucks we can shoot and I let some legal ones walk that I could have shot but wasn't sure if they were legal and I was told I was gonna be hungry if I didn't kill something and it just stuck. |
Skinstains
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 02:18 am: |
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Mine is a nickname dating back to my childhood. My rotten drunken lush of a mother, (who never seemed to care much for me) is the one who started calling me "Skinstains". I suffer from a skin disease (Hemangiectatic Algoneurodystrophy Syndrome)that covers most of my body with scaley flakey redish/purpleish/greenblueish patches. She thought it was funny I suppose. Well it stuck and was an inescapable reminder of my condition (and of my horrible mother). Well that miserable slob has been dead for many years now(ha ha, I hope you're in Hell)and I figured that to wear the monicker she gave me "proudly" instead of ashamedly (as I had most of my life) would be the proverbial spit-in-the-face that c*nt deserved !
Or...because I have a couple of tattoo's...
(Message edited by skinstains on February 20, 2011) |
Blk_uly
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 06:15 am: |
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Yeah, Id'e go with the tattoo story if it was me. Just saying. |
Luftkoph
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 08:42 am: |
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Skinstains
That almost sounds like a boy named Sue |
Bienhoabob
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 09:00 am: |
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Bien Hoa RVN USAF
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=bien+hoa&FORM= IGRE4
Without the models,
Bob
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46champ
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 12:02 pm: |
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Because I own and fly a 1946 Aeronca 7AC Champ. I also give tail wheel instruction in it. |
Leftcoastal
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 12:39 pm: |
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One of my best friends from upstate NY used to call me up, after I'd moved to So Cal, and ask "how's things on the left coast, Al?" |
Badlionsfan
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 12:43 pm: |
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46champ, I always thought your name was derived from rossi's #, 46. |
46champ
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 02:01 pm: |
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Badlionsfan I don't think your the only one. |
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