Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[jackiewilson]

I have no idea how the last post got so screwed up. Figure it out amongs yourselves.

[GENE LANHAM]

Kelly Johnson and probably Elon Musk too, are driven leaders of innovation, and surely
like Mr. K can be labeled Iron Fist too. The employees suffer the association but society
reaps the achievements.

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[jackiewilson]

Caddimacdee was the inspiration behind this one.

[FUJIMO]

[Lake X Kid]

[Lake X Kid]

Jackie's response:
ROY, there has always been this great divide between our two nations on motors. Now the COLONIALS always believed that muscle was the only way to travel . Preferably with a very agricultural V8 configeration in a big badly handling but comfortable vehicle . Even tractors and Peterbilts were happy with this set up.
Europeans includeding a MGB fastback hardtop in the photo.

Roy's post:
In the 1970s my cousin Tom had one then. Tom is 6'3" and he, and I would get in the little guy and go tooling around town. It was a fun ride.
He would tow his 12 foot runabout to the bay. And we would go skiing after work and/or on weekends.
It took all of that Johnson 35 (if it really had 35 horses at the prop shaft) to pull me out of the water on a salomon ski. Most of the time, I would just get up on two skies, and then drop one of the water-skies. Easier on the motor.

Jackie's response:
Well, gasoline was 10 Cents a gallon, so that never came into the equation.
Europeans on the other hand went for smaller cars, smaller and more economical engines , gasoline was always about five times more expensive this side of the pond, so prudence was necessary.
What Americans think is the minimum requirement for hauling a boat is far removed from its Europe counterpart .
Now here is something for you to chew on.
My very first boat was a 12’ Broom Sabre wooden runabout, with an 18hp Evinrude. My father weighed in at around 110 lbs, he would drive the boat, My young brother Nipper would do a wet start on a pairs of CYPRESS GARDENS skis. was a struggle i admit, but dad would lean forward and nipper and me would swing out sideways and eventually get up there. This was late fifties, early sixties.

ROY, there has always been this great divide between our two nations on motors. Now the COLONIALS always believed that muscle was the only way to travel . Preferably with a very agricultural V8 configuration in a big badly handling but comfortable vehicle . Even tractors and Peterbilts were happy with this set up.
Europeans included a MGB fastback hardtop in the photo.
In the 1970s my cousin Tom had one then. Tom is 6'3" and he, and I would get in the little guy and go tooling around town. It was a fun ride.
He would tow his 12 foot runabout to the bay. And we would go skiing after work and/or on weekends.
It took all of that Johnson 35 (if it really had 35 horses at the prop shaft) to pull me out of the water on a salomon ski. Most of the time, I would just get up on two skies, and then drop one of the water-skies. Easier on the mot. Well, gasoline was 10 Cents a gallon, so that never came into the equation.
Europeans on the other hand went for smaller cars, smaller and more economical engines , gasoline was always about five times more expensive this side of the pond, so prudence was necessary.
What Americans think is the minimum requirement for hauling a boat is far removed from its Europe counterpart .
Now here is something for you to chew on.
My very first boat was a 12’ Broom Sabre wooden runabout, with an 18hp Evinrude. My father weighed in at around 110 lbs, he would drive the boat, My young brother Nipper would do a wet start on a pairs of CYPRESS GARDENS skis. was a struggle i admit, but dad would lean forward and nipper and me would swing out sideways and eventually get up there. This was late fifties, early sixties.

[jackiewilson]

Now you cleared that up beautifully ROY.
There are still people in this world with a modicum of common sense and understanding! Thank you.

[jackiewilson]

I read with sadness today that the contents of the EVINRUDE facility in Stuart Florida Was going under the hammer on the 21st November .
Ironic that my son, three of my grandchildren , three of my great grandchildren actually live and work in Stuart.
My eldest grand daughter Louise and her husband Gary ( RATBAG) STRAY live in Stuart also, They are moving the GIECO operation up from Jupiter to new premises also in Stuart.
How times have changed. From being part of the mighty OMC organisation, to total obscurity in just a few decades .
I take no joy in the fact that Evinrude has descended into obscurity and into the annals of American history.
I hope someone puts a monument up somewhere to commemorate the fact that Ole Evinrude was here!

[GrewuponLakeX]

Jackie: Thought of you when I saw this.

My urologist’s office called the other day and explained that my scheduled appointment would now be done over the phone due to the Coronavirus. One hour before the scheduled teleconference, I was instructed (via email) to administer my own urine test.



Directions :



Simply go outside and pee on the front lawn.



If ants gather: DIABETES.

If you pee on your feet: PROSTATE.

If it smells like a barbecue: CHOLESTEROL.

If you don’t enjoy holding your penis in your hand: LOW TESTOSTERONE.

If your wrist hurts when you shake it: OSTEOARTHRITIS.

If you return to your house without zipping your fly: ALZHEIMER.

Sorry to have to ask there RJ but what was the doctor's prognosis? Seeing I got an appointment coming up in the near future............

[Rotary John]

Sorry to have to ask there RJ but what was the doctor's prognosis? Seeing I got an appointment coming up in the near future............

All of the above.

[jackiewilson]

Stopped going to the doctors since the pandemic outbreak. (Damned surgeries are mostly closed anyway). They only do what the bloody politicians tell em to do. Seems like theyre all on a fully paid holiday at home . Most of em are now Horticultural Specialists.

I do dribble more than i used to.
Get up twice a night to piss.
Stand in the middle of the shop wondering what the hell i was doing a moment ago.
Get cramps in the middle of the night for no reason .
Definitely more skid marks my side of the bed these days.
Appetite is not the same as it was last year . (Except Mexican) .
Last week i decided im not running any more. its quicker to walk. then i dont have to stop and rest..
More folk piss me right off than before.
Apart from that , not much has changed , im good to go . But not with the dickhead with the hoodie and scythe .

[FUJIMO]

...wife had leg cramps at night sleeping. takes 500 mg. of magnesium with water just before going to bed every nite. pain comepletely gone after a few days, forever.

[jackiewilson]

...wife had leg cramps at night sleeping. takes 500 mg. of magnesium with water just before going to bed every nite. pain comepletely gone after a few days, forever.

Will check to see if magnesium is compatible with my medication Fuji. I take ten pills a day and rattle when i walk !

[jackiewilson]

how about giving this to the old firm of hering/ molinari ? Just asking,

[FUJIMO]

...Unique piece there Jack......