HOLY CRAP 2!

HELLO TO ALL,

     GOD DAMN IS IT HOT! I FEEL LIKE THE WICKED WITCH (I'M MELTING). WELL THE CLASS REUNION IS ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY AND I'M READY TO GO.  IT SHOULD REALLLY BE FUN. SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE I HAVEN'T SEEN IN FORTY YEARS.

     I GOT MOM ALL MOVED INTO THE NEW HOUSE OVER THE WEEKEND, STILL HAVE THINGS TO DO, BUT SHE REALLY LIKES IT SO, THAT IS A PLUS. STILL HAVE TO FINISH THE FRONT PORCH(TOO DAMN HOT), PUT UP SOME SHELVES, HANG UP SOME PICTURES, ETC., BUT OVERALL IT'S ABOUT DONE.

     WELL, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE EXCEPT I'M GOING TO POST A FEW MORE PICTURES FROM THE AMCA MEET, JUST BECAUSE I CAN! LOL

                                                   TALK TO YOU SOON,

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AMCA MEET IN WAUSEON

HELLO TO ALL,

     THE AMCA MEET IN WAUSEON WAS ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS I'VE BEEN TO IN A LONG TIME. THERE WAS EVERY KIND OF BIKE IMAGINABLE THERE. FROM BULTACOS TO ZUNDAPPS, PLUS A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF, INCLUDING A 1947 CHAINSAW WITH A 62" BAR!

     THE ONE GUY I WANTED TO MEET WASN'T THERE ON FRIDAY BUT I DID MEET HIS DAD, WHICH WAS PRETTY COOL. HE WASN'T COMING IN TILL LATE FRIDAY AND I LEFT ABOUT 4:OO SO I COULD PICK UP MY YOUNGEST SON AT BOY SCOUT CAMP.

     UNFORTUNATELY THE ONE VENDOR I WANTED TO TALK TO HAD TRUCK TROUBLE AND THEY WEREN'T THERE BEFORE I LEFT EITHER. OH WELL, THAT'S PART OF LIFE TOO.

     HENDERSON AND EXCELSIOR MOTORCYCLES WERE THE FEATURED BIKES THIS YEAR AND THERE WERE SOME STUNNING EXAMPLES, INCLUDING A SIX CYLINDER VERSION OF A HENDERSON, THAT THE GUY ACTUALLY DROVE AROUND THE FAIRGROUNDS. ON THE WAY THERE FRIDAY MORNING FOUR OR FIVE GUYS PASSED ME UP ON THE TOLL ROAD DRIVING OLD "KNUCKLE HEAD" HARLEYS.  THESE BIKES ARE FROM THE MID THIRTIES TO THE LATE FORTIES, AND THESE GUYS HAD THEM PACKED FOR CAMPING AND ALL HAD OKLAHOMA PLATES. THESE BIKES ARE SEVENTY TO EIGHTY YEARS OLD AND THEY PASSED ME LIKE I WAS STANDING STILL.

     ALMOST EVERY BIKE ON DISPLAY OR BROUGHT IN FOR JUDGING WAS DRIVEN AROUND THE FAIRGROUNDS AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER. SOME OF THEM WERE RESTORED, BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL ORIGINAL PAINT BIKES THERE TOO.

     MAN, I WAS IN HEAVEN! I'D REALLY LIKE TO GO BACK NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE BIKES ARE OLD RACING BIKES AND THEY ACTUALLY STILL RACE THEM ON A FLAT TRACK RIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THAT WOULD BE PRETTY COOL TO SEE.

     OH WELL, I GUESS THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.

                                                                     TALK TO YOU SOON,

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P.S. MY FORTIETH CLASS REUNION IS ON SATURDAY, AND THAT'S SOUNDS LIKE FUN. OTHER THAN HAVING TO MOVE MY MOM, IT'S BEEN A REALLY FUN SUMMER SO FAR.(IF ONLY WORK WASN'T GETTING IN THE WAY!) LOL

HOLY CRAP!

HELLO TO ALL,

     WELL, I'VE BEEN BACK FROM THE BIG ADVENTURE FOR ABOUT ALMOST A MONTH, AND THINGS ARE JUST AS CRAZY AS EVER.

     I'VE WORKED ONLY ONE 8 HOUR DAY AT WORK SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK, ALL THE REST HAVE BEEN AT LEAST TEN(BUT NO WEEKENDS). THOSE ARE RESERVED FOR ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE THAT DON'T GET DONE MONDAY- FRIDAY, AND THAT LIST SEEMS ENDLESS. PLUS MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A HOUSE FOR MY MOM TO MOVE INTO, AND OF COURSE IT NEEDS WORK. PLUS PACKING AND MOVING HER, ETC., ETC., ETC.. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON SATURDAY, THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE HELP LINED UP. HOPEFULLY IT GOES SMOOTHLY.

     I DID HAVE ONE EVENING OFF AND I WENT TO THE ANNUAL CRUISE NIGHT IN RENSSELAER. I LOVE THAT EVENT. THERE ARE SOME REALLY COOL CARS, BIKES, AND EVEN AN OLD SEMI OR TWO. MY FAVORITE SEMI, AND IT SHOWS UP EVERY YEAR, IS A MACK B61 THERMODYNE. IT JUST REMINDS ME OF MY DAD.

     WELL, I DECIDED TO TAKE FRIDAY OFF AND GO TO WAUSEON, OHIO. THE ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLE CLUB OF AMERICA HAS A NATIONAL MEET THERE THIS WEEKEND AND I'M GOING TO GO TONIGHT, SPEND THE NIGHT AND COME HOME TOMORROW EVENING. I HAVE TO PICK UP MY YOUNGEST SON AT BOY SCOUT CAMP IN FORT WAYNE ON THE WAY HOME TOMORROW. HE HAS A 4H TRACTOR DRIVING CONTEST ON SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN HE'S HELPING MOVE MOM AFTER THAT.

     I'LL POST SOME PICTURES FROM WAUSEON WHEN I GET A MOMENT BETWEEN WORK AND HOME, AND OH YEAH THE FAIR STARTS THIS WEEK TOO!

     HOPEFULLY WHEN MOM GETS MOVED THINGS WILL LIGHTEN UP A LITTLE, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T, HOLY CRAP!

      WELL I GUESS THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.

                                                TALK TO YOU SOON,



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