| Author | Message | ||
     Peter |
Details for getting Rocket and girlfriend to Bonneville this year. PayPal address is; petermoltmann@hotmail.com If you don't use PayPal, then any donations can be sent to; Jim Bantz Team Elves - Rocket Fund 1701 South Jefferson Street Hartford City, IN 47348 and then Jim will Paypal them to me. Everything will be listed here. If you'd prefer it to be Anonymous, just let me know. The current list of donations has been moved to the next page. Any excess money will go to the Team Elves fund, and a t'shirt, with the names of the people who have donated on it, for Rocket to wear every day he's there! Thank you for making this happen for them. PPiA PS. PayPal address is; https://www.paypal.com | ||
| Anonymous |
any truth in the rumour that some English folks are kicking in the dosh just to get Rocket out of the country.  | ||
| Jocklandjohn |
Hey Anonymoose - which side of the pond do you think the idea came from in the first place......  | ||
| Henrik |
Could we make more than *one* T-shirt for Rocket to wear throughout the meet? Please?  Henrik | ||
| Court |
How about: | ||
| Ferris |
PPiA, please put me on the "Rocket Booster" list for $50. FB  | ||
| Jocklandjohn |
Naw naw naw Court - it needs to have on the front 'Rocket - ICBM - Inter Continental Buellistic Missile'. and on the back '...Other side towards enemy' That should keep the BMW and MotoGuzzi wallahs at arms length.......... | ||
| Jocklandjohn |
PS....my AmEx check for as much as I can afford just now is in the post to Jim Bantz...  | ||
| Firemanjim |
Just Paypal'ed my donation to Rocket Fund.P.S. Rocket we want some of those famous Rocket in America t-shirts.I know you can sell a ton of them.Name your price and I'll take a large. | ||
| Jb2 |
My PayPal transfer is done too. This is probably one of the neatest things that's happened since Aaron came up with the idea to go to Bonneville in the first place. Not that getting all those records wasn't cool but this is the sort of thing that makes doing all this worthwhile. COOL, Very COOL! JB2 | ||
| Court |
'Rocket - ICBM - Inter Continental Buellistic Missile'. and on the back '...Other side towards enemy' We like this VERY much........his shirt will be waiting for him along with his... I appoint Ferris Bueller to be the "Rocketdasher" and thereby responsible for outfitting Rocket DAILY during his trip to America. May I suggest an "I have no idea who the British guy is" shirt for his gal pal. Court | ||
| Blake |
Don't forget a skimpy halter top for his lady. Seriously, we need to make her feel welcomed. Should probably have a neato t-shirt for her as well eh? See how easily this goes and gets all complicated?  | ||
| Paulinoz |
Put me down for $100.00 will paypall it as soon as I work out what that takes. PaulinOz | ||
| Grizzlyb |
You guys and gals keep amazing me. Nowhere have I found anything even come close to this...friendship?...homogeneity?...family?..cant think of a word to cover this. When this is what its about to be an American. I wouldnt mind to be called one. You are the best. Grizzly's Adventure (temp. OBCO) | ||
| Jocklandjohn |
I say Grizzly old chap, some of us (indeed many of us) are not Americans....you might usefully rephrase that last message to read "When this is what its about to be a Bueller. I wouldnt mind to be called one." And of course - you are one! So - it should read "When this is what its about to be a Bueller. I am proud to be called one." Way to go! This "friendship?...homogeneity?...family" transcends notions of boundary and nationality. That is what is so cool about it......... | ||
| Rocketman |
Listen Guys Please....... This is all very touching, and I feel from where you're all coming from, but I have to tell you this isn't just about finance. What I need to do is not been drawn in by the Bonneville thing. This doesn't mean I won't be going but I probably won't, it means I have greater considerations to consider back home. I'm greatful, thankyou, but I really don't want to be influenced by your generosity. Bonneville isn't a priority for me, but this kinda makes it one. Please understand, it's hard to resist what you're doing, but I'm not able to commit myself to this Rocket | ||
| Court |
Rocket: Eat Me ! Court | ||
| Grizzlyb |
Jocklandjohn, I hear ya, And right you are mate, Grizz | ||
| Aaron |
Oh c'mon you fluffy skirt. Your friends want you here. Just do it, don't be a stick in the mud. What, are you afraid to go 150? It'll have a steering stabilizer. Rocket, you only go around once. We're all mortal. You gotta jump on chances like this. | ||
| Ferris |
Rocket, this thing is bigger than you. just say yes. (and besides, in case it's not plainly obvious, it's your lady friend we're -- especially Blake, it seems -- trying to get over here, not you!) proud to be an Ameri.........BUELLER! FB | ||
| Jb2 |
The guy cuts off his lovely locks of hair, started losing weight, got 'imself a girl and is now trying to deny us the chance to see this for ourselves. I'd bet that extra dollar Blake threw in would just about gaurantee an old fashioned Texas ass-whoopin' if Mr Pepper didn't show. He'd probably fly to Hull and deliver it personally. Life is short. Family, friends and adventures make it sweet. Drink it up! Oh yeah... what Court said too! JB2 | ||
| Peter |
Rocket, Someone better go over, because I've transferred the money to my account, and these guys are gunna get really pissed if I use it as a deposit on a 6 speed..... PPiA | ||
| Court |
Rocket.....Look mate....first of all you are ROCKET, I am the TEAM MANAGER. You do what I say, got it? There are many of us here than can buy any motorcycle we want. Be it 200hp, the fastest 0-60, or the sleekest MV Agusta or Hailwood. Some of us have, er "over indulged" at times. Motorcycles, you see, have so little to do with it. When I first flew to Wisconsin to meet Erik Buell 15 years ago, I never saw the motorcycles he was making. It was the DREAM and THE PEOPLE that captured my soul. There, laboring for about what migrant California farm workers make, were Kimmy, Tom, Dave Gess and Henry Duga. These folks weren't passsionate about riding. Tom and Dave ride well, Tommy's more into dirt, Dave into the IOM and Kim and Henry's world revolves about Karts (NOTE: never call them "go-karts" lest you want to see a very quiet guy go violent} Fact is, as Erik and I sat there in the diner with his two babysittees, it's about PEOPLE. I was irrevocably caught in the dream, the motorcycles were secondary. To this day, and I'd submit that I in my travels, have met about an many Buellers as anyone walking the earth, I continue to be amazed with the PEOPLE and THE DREAM. Twists and turns along the way, most of them unexpected, only heighten my amazement. During my Buell years, I have been WAY UP and WAY DOWN. Interesting is that when the ol 7 figure net worth was washed away there went many of the business associates, but guess who stayed when times go tough? The Buell friends. Woz may have saved my life and sanity in these times one night as I walked off the stage with Bill Gates at the Cow Palace. I'm sitting the Buell Basement, as I type, looking at 4 bikes on lifts, only one of them is a Buell. But, the walls are covered with Buell memories of people, places and times. Fact is, Bonneville, and TEAM ELVES, is an excuse for a bunch of like minded passionate folks who have learned that life is more than next weeks pay check and that the difference between existing and LIVING comes from being passionate. I've long said that I care alot less about what a person is passionate about than I do that they ARE passionate. Yes, Rocket, you and your lady friend will be coming to Bonneville for several reasons. 1) Your friends WANT you there. 2) You are PART of OUR TEAM. 3) It will be a chance for folks from 5 counties to see something THAT UGLY go 150MPH. Eat me, Court | ||
| Henrik |
My PayPal donation will be off as soon as the $$ transfer goes through. No pressure though, Rocket Henrik | ||
| Jvv |
what Court said.......  | ||
| Pammy |
Rocket...do you really want to piss ME off? Well you probably do, but Bonne' is a couple of months away. So' you should have plenty of time to take care of business at home and get yer Limey ass on a plane. Now we have all gotten excited over this thing and are doing our best to make it happen....So you can just hunker down, get your personal shite together, and get over here! Do your part man! Pammy...sending $$ so you better be a comin' | ||
| Court |
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| Grizzlyb |
Rocket, Remember the happy days?  Live them again mate, If Court has to come and get ya, I'll have to hop over to that Isle of yours and kick ya in the right direction.  and my aiming isnt that good lately..(Bundaburg) Grizzly "may the Buell be with you" | ||
| Captpete |
Well, Sprocket, you've stirred up quite the little bee's nest. I like it. Allow me, from an older man's perspective, to offer you a little advice: Life is nothing more than a collection of memories. Better get 'em while you can. Capt. Pete And, by the way, I'm looking at over 5k miles of driving to Bonneville & back. There have to be a lot of good reasons to do something like that, and you're threatening to take one of those away from me. You willing to live with that guilt? | ||
| Blake |
Rocket, Please come to Bonneville. Maybe take an extra couple of days and see Grand Teton or Yellowstone. You won't regret it. Please. Blake |
