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Best wishes Jackie
Thank you Fuji——- excellent job——- but I expected no less from you on this My 86th Birthday.
Well I got there Gene, I’m now officially as old as you are !
Yesterday Jilly took me over to Sevenoaks in Kent and bought me my second birthday present. ( BRAMLEY Apple tree was the first, but we all know who that one was for ?)
Will tell you all at close of play today what she decided on, but you can all have some fun guessing.
Today is the day we have little Lizzie——- so the three of us are going to the Italian in Arundel for lunch.
Im going to make a superhuman effort to spend a little time in the shop today, there’s several jobs I need to finish. Then I have to chase up a concept I send to my old friend and adversary Rotory John nearly a month ago on a super fast postal service “Post 2 Go”——- maybe they forgot to fire up the motor.
With a bit of luck I’ll get back to you later in the day——— meanwhile, have a crack at guessing what I got for my birthday from the Boss Lady.
Fried garlic mushrooms on toast for breakfast——- and five pills, as you do when you get to this age!
Opened a rake of birthday cards, still surprises me that anybody should bother to remember when I’ve had so many————- got a “WILD CHILD” pin on badge from some wag !
Another was a card with a pair of size 12 boots and the caption.” Dad, no one can fill yours!”
Have no idea why that brought a bit of moistness to the peepers.
Another of my kids———- ””legend since birth.
No prizes for guessing who sent the Gorrilla with “You’re HOW FECKIN OLD”
Got a feeling it’s going to be a good day——- you are all welcome to share it with me, I’ll keep you informed of how the day progresses.
Happy Birthday Jackie from all your fans in England .........
Guess that’s all three of you then, Thanks.Quote:
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Thats is my first birthday present——— A BRAMLEY Cooking Apple tree——— planted already, another 8months and I should be making my first apple pies (the ones that mother used to TRY to make )
Nobody even came close to guessing my birthday present——- not even Fuji.
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This is Liz, she’s Three next month, and, she’s taking me out for an Italian today, and, she’s sitting in my chair.
Happy Birthday Jackie!!
You don't know me from Adam, but I wanted to say thanks for sharing yourself with all of us. I dd all of my racing on dry land but (not-so) secretly wanted to be out there on the water like you guys. You guys were all heroes to me, but anyone who showed up with a Cosworth powered tunnel... Well, he went to the top of the list. :thumbsup:
So thanks for being here, thanks for this thread and i hope you have (have had) a glorious birthday. (Properly capped with a dram of the good stuff, of course!)
Cheers!
Mike
Mike, I’m friends with everybody and happy to be so, thanks for the birthday wishes——— much appreciated, and yes I shall be having a little snifter later in the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mugs914
Thanks Jim, didn’t we have a great trip———- nearly fifty years on and we still talk about it !Quote:
Originally Posted by OLEGATOR
Happy Birthday you old reprobate.
Happy Birthday Mr Wilson! There are a ton of us who may not comment much, but we always look forward to your posts. Thank you so much.
Say again??Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
86 ain't so bad
Happy Birthday Jackie!!
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Once again I could not remember how to post photo. So I will just say -----
HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU OLD FART :D
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We had the trusty Lexus for seven years———- in fact, I thought it would last us forever.
But——— the time has come the walrus said——-
This will definitely be the very last car we ever own——— should last until i’m over the ton, ——- after that, frankly my dear I don’t give a flying fart.
Nice present, but white ? Means I have to keep it clean on a monthly basis as opposed to the twice a year Rumanian £5 a pop Tesco car park clean the old girl used to get.
I did wonder what the hell you were going to post Bob———- you did good——- thank you !Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob V
Hey ya ol' Curmudgeon, just wanted to wish you a quick Happy #86!! :cheers:
It's been a lot of fun discussing and debating what really happened 'back in the day' with you over the years. Never has anyone ever made me look so smart! :D
Keep the golf clubs in the bag and your finger on the keypad, I look forward to helping with your history lessons as we blaze into the future.
Hang this on a wall, guaranteed to pick you up when you're down ..... Happy Birthday!
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I never had to use my younger brothers picture——- that’s playing really sneaky William——- you were more Don Ameche———- doubtful and dubious.Quote:
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Been round the block a bit—— more used and abused——- thrashed and bashed—— taken to the park and accidentally left there overnight when you were five.
To use Ricks picture was below the belt——— get on the naughty step for the next forty years you ‘orrible Oshberg Old operator!
We must have been Friends once Bill or you never would have stuck those BLOODY HOORAY stickers on the boat nearly fifty years ago!
X2....Happy B-Day Jackie and may you have many more!Quote:
Originally Posted by 1BadAction
Gary
happy birthday from Canada- wishing you all the best in 2018
Happy birthday Jackie and congrats on your continuing successes ! I hope I can be as active a few years down the road.
Now that was quite a day—— phone never stopped ringing. First was from Australia——- Last was from the USA, then there was all ports in between.
Its great to have so many friends——- I’m really surprised as I have a motormouth and a lot of attitude and have always managed to fall out with most of my friends at one time or another, although if your my friend—ITS FOR LIFE—
I know there will be lots of you out there who have wished me well that I won’t get around to thanking, not for any reason, it Just happens.
There are one or two special people who supported me when I first tried to do concepts, even though they were crap, Rich Luhrs, Roger Hinsdale, John Schubert, who is excellent at detailing, a couple of Canadians who you all know——- sincerely, thank you.
Thank you Bob V for kicking the whole thing off.
I got a whole rake of concepts to move——— how does two hundred bucks a pop sound? If you don’t like it, make me a silly offer.
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Small selection of some of the stuff I have to shift—— make me an offer, the glass under the Gieco boats is half inch laminated.
Posrage to the USA is f
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Would appear that going advanced buggered up the piccies——— here’s a few to be going on with. I will get the Canon out and pretend I know what I’m doing.
Right then—— birthdays been and gone ‘till next year, time to get back to boats and engines. You’re all welcome to join the argument/discussion, it may get a tad heated at times, but craperootle—— Thats life, so live with it.
All old racers loved the sport, but when we retired, very few of us, even the ones with huge amounts of experience, ever put anything back into the sport.
Major exception to this is Timmy Seebold——- when he hung up his helmet, he sunk a chunk of his own money into creating a worthwhile powerboat series. Arranged the venues, arranged the TV coverage.
Big problem with the Champ boat series is the fact that most of the boats are 20 years old and in some cases even older —- but —— god bless America they are still running.
I thinkTerry Rinker still makes the odd new boat or two, but I don’t know of any others.
So When Timmy decided to get Mark to build him a couple of new Seebold composite Champ boats, it came out of his own pocket again. Now that’s dedication.
Again there’s the thorny problem of safety cells——-as you will have read in this column a couple of weeks back everybody and his old granny seems to know what is and what is not allowed in today’s racing world.
Mark, Timmy and the APBA and UIM are trying to get a cell constructed to a standard that’s acceptable to all.
They seem to have fulfilled all the requirements for the Champ boat series in the USA.
Now that doesn’t mean it’s worth a hill o beans in Europe, but it’s a start.
What I can tell you is the new Seebold cell is far stronger in every respect than anything that has been built before———- in fact, there is no need for crash boxes with this one————- now the sh-ts going to hit the fan.
Mr Ambassador is bound to throw his dollies long distances.
Lets just sit back, watch, wait and listen!
did you know that a brand new composite rigged tunnel hull from Italy come out at $100,000 ?
Thats a shot of my younger brother “NIPPER”—— we were members of the LMBRC early 60/s. He died of cancer just a month after my eldest daughter 25 years ago!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob V
Jackie - Nipper's picture disappeared so I am posting it again..Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
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Picture courtesy of Steven Knowles
Always will be :cheers: ..... I remember the stickers well. After spending a few weeks in Europe listening to your tall tales, your "Bloody Hooray" had found it's way into my vocabulary. I laughed every time I caught myself using that expression. Nothing said 'Jackie Wilson' more than 'Bloody Hooray' and I decided to have them made for your Havasu boat ..... they looked great :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
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