Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[lilabner]

our gulf of mexico is technically not an ocean. it is a sea. the atlantic side IS an ocean.

And when you are in the Keys, with nothing to do, you can walk from the Atlantic to the Gulf. And stop at a few bars along the way.

[GENE LANHAM]

AND IN BEAVER CREEK IT CAN SNOW (and does) ANY DAY OF THE YEAR---

[jackiewilson]

our gulf of mexico is technically not an ocean. it is a sea. the atlantic side IS an ocean.

C’mon Fuji—- stop being so bloody nit picking pedantic !,!
i challenge you to go twenty miles offshore florida —— without instrumentation—— and tell me which side you’re on!!!!

[jackiewilson]

AND IN BEAVER CREEK IT CAN SNOW (and does) ANY DAY OF THE YEAR---

You know what——- I have a shop full of stuff just like that——- oh, that looks nice——- do I need it —— no. Do I want it ??? Might come in useful one day! Maybe give it to a friend for Christmas! Only to get it back again ten years later. It’s gone the full cycle—— except for the last stop.
THE CHARITY SHOP​—— then it’s life cycle starts all over again!

[jackiewilson]

I sold the SCHULTZE tunnel to guy named MIKE ROSE—— he named it HOT ON —— class he raced in was ON of course !
Being of sound mind, with a modicum of wit and hilarity, thought I might call the little 16’ Schultze
“ HARD ON”. —— Cyril Benstead was commandatore of the !
LMBRC at the time and flat told me “ THERES NO WAY YOU CAN RACE A BOAT WITH A NAME LIKE THAT,!!


Was many years later I saw the justification for Cyril’s concern !
Can just imagine our Scottish commentator Jimmy Baird
Here comes JACKIE WILSON with WEE HARD ON,
Implications were endless——- ?

[jackiewilson]

Whilst we do have a couple of hundred tulips of different colour dotted around the garden——— we don’t have anything like this.
First glance I thought it was a DUTCH tulip farm—— but it’s actually in England.
I get surprised by something every day!

[FUJIMO]

[FUJIMO]

[jackiewilson]

Now I’m guessing that Karin has something to do with “Her Indoors” at Gene’s Place?

[jackiewilson]

Washing machine of “Her Indoors” died of natural causes aged just two years——- resuscitations would have cost around £200——brand fire new device was priced at £265 ( half price due to Coronavirus ) It was No Contest! ——— she decided on DNR .
Simple job of fitting replacement, turned into a two day nightmare.
Damn thing gets delivered tomorrow——— guess who gets to fit it ? ( Due to Coronavirus of course).

[2us70]

I guess we all have had lives since we gave up boat racing. Besides work I took up snow skiing and tried a couple of other motor sports. I found that I couldn't financially support running go karts competitively due to the cost of tires. One weekend of racing could burn through 3 sets. Tried motocross but found that it was a sport for guys younger than my then 33 years. Eventually by way of training for ski seasons I just kind of fell into bicycle racing. I wound up racing bicycles for about 13 seasons. Cost a lot less than motor sports but took a lot more time. Takes a lot of miles and a lot of hours to get the ability just to hang on in the peloton. Funny thing was I got hurt a lot worse bicycle racing than I ever did boat racing.

[FUJIMO]

I guess we all have had lives since we gave up boat racing. Besides work I took up snow skiing and tried a couple of other motor sports. I found that I couldn't financially support running go karts competitively due to the cost of tires. One weekend of racing could burn through 3 sets. Tried motocross but found that it was a sport for guys younger than my then 33 years. Eventually by way of training for ski seasons I just kind of fell into bicycle racing. I wound up racing bicycles for about 13 seasons. Cost a lot less than motor sports but took a lot more time. Takes a lot of miles and a lot of hours to get the ability just to hang on in the peloton. Funny thing was I got hurt a lot worse bicycle racing than I ever did boat racing.

...man o' man...13 seasons!...so is it true that it makes you sterile?

[AZMIDLYF]

It's definitely not kind to certain areas. Great form of exercise but does eat up a lot of time.

[jackiewilson]

My Sainted Mother always maintained that a bicycle was powered by “Britches arse steam”—— as a youth, I once cycled up to the Lake District for a long Easter weekend——— It rained from the Friday we set out — until the Monday when we started back for home.
We camped by a stream, just north of Kendal—— remarked on the quality of the �� water—- on the Monday we walked further upstream ——- found a dead sheep floating and bloated—— last time I ever went camping——- halfway home - my mother came looking for the four of us, put the bikes in the back of the van !
Ignominious way to end a holiday——- two months later I purchased my first motor bike—— never had aching leg muscles again—— or saddle rash!!!!

[2us70]

Apparently not. I fathered my daughter during my bicycle racing years 12 years after my FIRST vasectomy.

...man o' man...13 seasons!...so is it true that it makes you sterile?