Youve seen me, ugly, never got that girl, or thousands of others
I have only turned one head, promptly married
her, and left the reception for a perfect honeymoon,
KOA Wendover 91', been back (Bonn)each year since,
and Judie too, great way to always remember the
anniversary
Keith Turk wrote:
> Joe I am Dying here.... Did you get the GIRL or NOT? Come on Tell
> all......Ya can't leave us hanging like this.... it's just not fair.... K
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
> To: "Glenn Neimeyer" <gneimeyer@apex2000.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 11:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Funny Stories
>
> > One thing I am sure of though, was that it was a World record, for that
> course,
> > but had it been a 2 stroke, or had I the foresight
> > to mow lawns for another 180 months
> > to get the "really needed" slide throttle and titanium
> > rod that some guy named Dave Dahlgren was tauting
> > maybe I wouldnt have had to use TWO hands
> >
> > ah to hell with it, was the best I could do with
> > what I had
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> > Joe Amo wrote:
> >
> > > Ok here you go Keith, a true story that makes ME look stupid: Short
> version, cuz
> > > thats what I am good at (right?)
> > >
> > > neighbor had a Tecumsueh (wrong spelling) powered mini-bike... I was
> about 10 yrs
> > > old...mowed his lawn for
> > > 2 months...recieved one each 3.5 hp mini-bike...only one in our housing
> area
> > > (Nike missle site nearby)
> > > out in the plains of SD...so we made a course through the field behind
> the
> > > house...couldnt race head to
> > > head at the same time, so we took turns doing a time trial of sorts, we
> > > accurately timed each other
> > > for the one lap record, with everyone in the neighborhood waiting at the
> finish
> > > line on the pavement end
> > > of the course, one of the crowd was the girl I had the hots for, so
> coming around
> > > the bend, onto the
> > > straightaway, I pinned the throttle, it wasnt good enough apparently, so
> I
> > > reached over with my left
> > > hand, to REALLY help twist it WFO, and quickly went into a 9 mph speed
> wobble
> > > from hell
> > > that left me over the bars, sliding on the pavement up to the curb right
> at the
> > > foot of the girl,
> > > sad part is I dont remember what my time was
> > >
> > > Joe
> > >
> > > Glenn Neimeyer wrote:
> > >
> > > > Tom, list,
> > > > Nothing much to it really - a couple of teenage brothers couldn't
> get the
> > > > bike kick-started 'cause the plug was oil fouled ( probably more oil
> in the
> > > > cyl
> > > > than the crankcase ), so we got a rope, short rope as I recall, tied
> it to
> > > > the car, MY car, and because we didn't want to be yanked off the bike
> and
> > > > dragged down the gravel road, tied the other end to the handelbars of
> said
> > > > motorcycle. At this point my memory starts to fade as to which
> brother was
> > > > in the car or on the bike. I do remember that after taking off there
> was a
> > > > lot of screaming about slowing down from the guy on the bike before he
> got
> > > > that rope untied. Don't think we ever got the bike started but by then
> it
> > > > didn't matter. OBTW- as far as telling my side of the story goes -
> first
> > > > liar never has a chance!
> > > > Glenn in West Texas
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Tom Neimeyer" <3cbxs@ev1.net>
> > > > To: "Glenn R Neimeyer" <gneimeyer@apex2000.net>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 7:29 AM
> > > > Subject: Funny Stories
> > > >
> > > > > Glenn,
> > > > > With all the guys fessing up about funny things that happened to
> > > > > them.....now might be a good time to relate the story of pulling a
> Honda
> > > > 50
> > > > > behind a '67 Chevrolet Impala.
> > > > >
> > > > > What'cha think???????
> > > > >
> > > > > Just remember there are two sides of every story and if you don't
> tell
> > > > mine
> > > > > I might have to.....
> >
> > ///
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