Squidley
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See what you did now Charlie....got them into a feeding frenzy
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Thanks Gene! I also want to let you folks know that Gene's son is a tattoo artist, and will be doing the inking on us for free. He is volunteering his time and efforts for this cause and I can't thank him enough for doing it.
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Hey All, Well....here we go, my somewhat smartalec idea of getting Sledgehammer to get a tat has taken a turn, a good turn. Many of you know from the thread that Sleeperhawks Mechanic posted a few weeks ago about Tim's new dew rag http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=26022 kinda morfed into something for St. Judes childrens hospital, well here is the skinny. Bobbie (mechanic) has agreed to get a tattoo with me to try and raise money for St. Judes Hospital. Many of you know that here at VR.org St. Judes holds a very dear place in our hearts. Lewis Cramer (Dragonrider) has been doing the 50/50 raffle at Vogel for 3 years and donates half of the raffle funds to St. Judes. Year before last, he and about 10 other Venturerider members personally went to St. Judes and gave them the donation. Many of you also know that this was the last ride that Mark Stills (Meandog) ever took. We lost mark early this year to his battle with cancer, but he was hellbent on going and helping to deliver that money. He was amazed at the courage that the little ones had as they were and are battling this epidemic called Cancer. The donation will be presented in the memory of Mark Stills (Meandog) http://stj.convio.net/site/TR/Events/Tribute?px=1618382&pg=fund&fr_id=1341 Well it's time, time for us to help the little ones again. Many of us here pride ourselves at helping others. Whether it be wrencing on a bike, or offering an ear and encouragement for those going through difficulties in life. Bobbie has agreed to get a tattoo, not that she really wants to, but instead to sacrifise for a cause that is worthy...like St. Judes. She and I have talked and here is the plan. Our goal is to raise $3000 by October 1st, this is the price that Bobbie feels her going through all this is worth. Now there is a disclaimer here, you are not going to know what our Tattoo's are going to be or where they will go on our persons until we meet that $3K goal. Is it a lot of money....Yes and No. $3K will buy a lot of items, but it's a drop in the bucket considering what the little ones go through. So I challenge all of our over 5000 members to hopefully find it in your hearts to donate what you can and help us meet this goal. I want to say something here in all seriousness, this is strictly voluntary, if you are tight on cash then DONT donate. We have all been there and I'm definitely not asking you folks to give if money is tight. But if you have a spare few buck, perhaps putting off buying that 1 chrome piece for the bike for a few weeks or whatever. I ask that you please help us to meet our goal and make things happen. I will take the lead and will send $100 to Don through paypal as a gesture of my seriousness. I wont burden him with taking the donations, I will handle that as it was my mouth that got this ball rolling. My paypal addy is weldman333@yahoo.com or you can email or PM me for my home addy if you want to send it through the mail. It's a lofty goal, but one that I believe is easily attainable, please help us in helping others that are in way more need. If there are any questions or concerns feel free to contact me either in this thread or by PM/email. Thank you all for listening and I look forward to being able to help us help children that need it St Judes website http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f2bfab46cb118010VgnVCM1000000e2015acRCRD
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Still Lazy Bum
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Your definitely not making any friends with me Only good point is I told my mother who just turned 60 to take it at 62. I might as well see someone in my family get something for my efforts
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Not me....I'll just look at you guys ones....Tom you sure look different without glasses
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Might want to PM Brad T, he's there in Kitchener We'll get hook up with you soon.
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Steve....I hope it turns out for you
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Very trick idea, I too will be waiting to see how this unfolds
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Here's the direct link http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38.l1313%26_nkw%3D170252993777%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&item=170252993777
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Get the Clearview, it's a great product and if you have never put in a vent, trust me it isn't fun. The curvature of the G2 windshield will make it very hard to fit right. They are a preferred vendor to us and have donated to many of our projects. http://www.clearviewshields.com/
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I notice your in Waterloo, i know there are some members in the Kitchener area that have a carbtune. Or you can come over to Michigan on Saturday for the Michigan maintenance day and we'll do it there. You could also come to my house as I live across from Sombra.
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Thank god for that second...good to still have you with us
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Finally an official Bad Biker Dude!
Squidley replied to Sleeperhawks Mechanic's topic in Watering Hole
OK folks here's the deal.... Bobbie has agreed to share the burden with me on the tattoo idea, but there is a catch. We are not going to tell you what kind of tattoo we are getting (they are both different) or where it will be placed. We have decided to set a lofty goal and raise $3000 for St. Judes that will be donated in Meandogs name. When we reach that goal, we then will tell you what tattoo's we will be getting, and possibly where they will be on our anatomy. Is it a lot of money Yes and No, but this is for St. Judes Childrens Hospital...and they are worth it. So give what you can and we'll get inked, I'll be starting another post with all the gory details here today a bit later. I want to say 1 thing, this is Venturerider.org, there isn't anything that we cant do once we put our mind to it -
Yep!....and the Michelin Commander a close second
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Thanks for the post Lewis, I just re-read the responces and it still brings tears to my eyes....I sure do miss him.
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You folks that are closer to retirement have a better outlook for you than I do. I do have a 401 and there is still 15 years or so to put into it. But all the money that I will have put into Social Security for the 40 + yearsI will wont be there when I'm trying to retire. The 50 somethings might be able to pull some out of it, but I wont have squat....so I will be working uintil I die, and there's nothing I can do about it short of winning the mega millions
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Finally an official Bad Biker Dude!
Squidley replied to Sleeperhawks Mechanic's topic in Watering Hole
Bobbie and I are talking, but we probably wont be getting the same tattoo We'll keep you in suspense for a bit longer, nothing like a good secret to get the blood pumping -
Looking good there George, I see lots of goodies on her
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Lazy Bum!!! http://www.venturerider.org/classifieds/showproduct.php/product/1385
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Your still here...no hoax!!
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Either GW, they will both work well, just how they are hooked up. I have the 1st ones on my bike, they work great and I am not sorry that I bought them
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You are gonna get beat when she reads that my friend!!!!
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Finally an official Bad Biker Dude!
Squidley replied to Sleeperhawks Mechanic's topic in Watering Hole
Well why dont you whisper in my ear what your design is so I can think about if were going to get the same one. I also have an idea as I wanted one for a while now....regardless it's for a great cause and I'm in 100% -
I honestly wouldn't waste my time, a day off from work will cost you how much? + the $160 if you loose. Chalk it up to experience and move on, the system is slated against you with a speeding ticket