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Post by kevinharrell on Oct 30, 2017 5:26:58 GMT -5
Who is more macho? Mr. Hyde  The Wolf Man  |
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Post by flyangler on Oct 30, 2017 7:40:28 GMT -5
The Wolfman, Mr. Hyde looks more goofy than menacing. Oh yeah, Michael Landon as the wolfman.  |
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 30, 2017 8:32:40 GMT -5
gotta go Wolfman. Best of both worlds, a man combined with a doggie.
Oh wait, he's not a doggie? Uh.....
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Post by spandi on Oct 30, 2017 9:34:33 GMT -5
I'll go along with it, as long as it's an AMERICAN WEREWOLF. (And rides a scooter during a full moon!)  |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Oct 30, 2017 18:48:13 GMT -5
Coincidently, the last live musical I attended was "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
I am still voting for the Wolfman.
Being good at organic chemistry no es macho.
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Post by kevinharrell on Oct 30, 2017 19:32:39 GMT -5
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 30, 2017 19:46:13 GMT -5
What is wrong with the Werewolves of London? l Not a thing! I used the intro and refrain for the start of my routine in the masquerade at WorldCon. And apparently came real close to winning a presentation award along with my craftsmanship award. |
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 30, 2017 19:51:06 GMT -5
How're these for a werewolf (well, actually a Pooch) in Kansas City?   After I strutted like a Big Bad Dog to Werewolves, the MC squeezed my squeaky-toy, the music switched to "Doggie in the Window" and I turned into happy stupid doggie wanting that squeaky! He "scratched" my ear so of course I shook my hind leg. Not very macho, but I did have fun! |
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Post by spandi on Oct 31, 2017 16:05:28 GMT -5
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Post by oldchopperguy on Oct 31, 2017 22:11:15 GMT -5
Kat,
Is that YOU inside that white pooch-suit? Very, VERY good costume! Have a bone!
I can just see you riding your scoot in that outfit... Believe it or not, one Easter back in 1971, I gave rides to kids on my old Harley dresser at a Fred Harvey restaurant grand opening, wearing a giant Easter Bunny costume! Riding in that thing was AWFUL, I could only see out one eye or the other in the rabbit-head and it played havoc with my sense of balance... No liability insurance back then either! Moms and dads happily put their little nippers on the back of my Hog with no thought of the consequences.
Fred Harvey was a client of my ad agency, and I often used my Hog for promotions... Non-biker folks loved to have a ride on a bike!
Ride safe, and watch out for fleas...
Leo
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 31, 2017 22:39:44 GMT -5
Yes, Leo, that's me inside Pooch.
And no, I canNOT see me riding my scoot in it. Although my vision is pretty good 'cause it's through the mouth. But so far not great 'cause it's also sans glasses (hence, illegal to drive in it) I've been tweaking the head while sitting here recovering. Hopefully I'll be able to wear glasses now without them fogging.
Btb, a few years ago I saw an Easter Bunny on a motorcycle waiting at a neighborhood's entrance for traffic to break. I wanted to U-turn for another look, but I was heading for work and didn't think that would be an acceptable excuse for tardiness. "Honest, boss, it was the Easter Bunny. On a motorcycle. Driving. Yes, actually moving. No, not just sitting there." "Sure, Kathy, sure. What did you have for breakfast?"
I wish you had a pic of your bunny-rides. I guess it wasn't on Old Blue?
Have a bone back for youthful craziness. And for having the best stories to tell us nowadays!
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Post by thxcuz on Nov 2, 2017 20:17:55 GMT -5
Paul! You is a wurr-wilf!
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Post by oldchopperguy on Nov 2, 2017 23:44:19 GMT -5
Kat,
SOMEWHERE I do have pix of me in the bunny suit and I've looked all over for them. If I EVER find them, I'll post them. And no, this was long after "Old Blue" went to chopper Heaven... I was riding my 1970 Electra-Glide. I did accidentally find those ancient 10/11 second time-slips from "Old Blue" in a forgotten toolbox, so maybe the bunny pix will turn up in some old files from my ad agency.
If I recall, it wasn't a full bunny costume like your pooch, but a HUGE rabbit head, and a clownish tuxedo. Too long ago for this old geezer to fully remember. I will go on a hunt for the publicity pix. I need to clean house anyway... Too much clutter and too few years left to clean it out.
I still remember that day... I had NO idea what it would be like to ride inside that rabbit head... ZERO visibility except straight ahead, and only through one eye of the stupid face... Depth perception and peripheral vision went out the window... The most I remember was thinking "I can't hurt one of these little nippers... Just CAN'T... Lord, KEEP ME UPRIGHT AND IN CONTROL..." Guess the Lord was listening... I did dozens of rides without mishap. Some rides with two little ones behind me, two more on the gas tank and one on the handlebars... I shudder to think what litigation attorneys would think about that kind of stuff today... Times were just much simpler, and carefree back then, and probably fewer injuries from stupidity then than now...
On the bright side, I've never seen kids so happy! EXCEPT for one time when we let a pack of local "tweenies" on bicycles ride with us on our choppers... Boy was THAT a slow ride (about fried "Old Blue" in the heat) but I'm sure those kids ALL became bikers a few years later!
Ride safe, and do NOT ride wearing ANYTHING you can't see out of... LOL!
Leo
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Post by SylvreKat on Nov 3, 2017 20:24:50 GMT -5
Say Leo, just how young were you then? I was figuring stupid-young 20s, but now that's not sounding old enough.
I do agree that times were simpler and more carefree back then. I told a friend about the old DQ Mom'n'I always ate at. You just ignored the 6-leggers sharing your table. Best burgers, juicy with really good flavor. Ice cream treats weren't bad either. We never thought overhard about the bugs 'cause it was in a seedier part of town with an abandoned lot next to it. And nobody ever got sick that anyone heard of. Of course now one cucharacha means shut down the place. Plus probably tons of lawsuits from anyone who's ever eaten in the place in the last 200 years. Sigh.
>'Kat, absolutely wanting to see those pix once you find them!!
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Post by oldchopperguy on Nov 4, 2017 21:12:53 GMT -5
Say Leo, just how young were you then? I was figuring stupid-young 20s, but now that's not sounding old enough. I do agree that times were simpler and more carefree back then. I told a friend about the old DQ Mom'n'I always ate at. You just ignored the 6-leggers sharing your table. Best burgers, juicy with really good flavor. Ice cream treats weren't bad either. We never thought overhard about the bugs 'cause it was in a seedier part of town with an abandoned lot next to it. And nobody ever got sick that anyone heard of. Of course now one cucharacha means shut down the place. Plus probably tons of lawsuits from anyone who's ever eaten in the place in the last 200 years. Sigh. >'Kat, absolutely wanting to see those pix once you find them!!
Let's see... That was around 1974, I was born in 1946, so that made me around 28... I was creative director and senior partner in the Midwest's fastest growing ad agency... I was as successful then as I am broke today... LOL!
OOH... Dairy Queen! A Texas treat! We had 'em in Chicago, but they're doggoned-near sacred in Texas. GREAT burgers, and THE best ice cream (I think it's actually frozen custard) on the planet. Hey gal, gimmie one a them chocolate-dipped cones quick!I guess a Harley bagger was the only "appropriate" bike for an executive in a Brooks Bros. suit back then. Couldn't have that bobbed chopper-fender telltale stripe of oil and schmootz up the back of the old wool pinstripes...That bagger, while beautiful, however was pretty disappointing to me. Slow, wouldn't top ninety except downhill... Nothing left for passing after 75... Wobbly, dismal brakes... (Good headlight though). All the shortcomings that soon propelled Honda to the top in sales... In contrast, "Old Blue" with 250+ hp and sub-400 pound weight, with rock-solid hard-tail frame was like riding a cuttin' hoss... I was one with the bike... I could slam her over 'till the bars nearly scraped pavement and break the back wheel loose with either throttle OR brake and remain in full control at any speed... The pitiful mechanical brakes were just fine at her svelte weight... And in frisky traffic, she'd easily do 0-60 in just over 3 seconds. More than enough giddyup to tick off the muscle-car boys...
At highway speeds a quick twist of her right ear would smoke the rear meat, and satisfyingly slam me into the rear fender, dang-near yanking the ape-hangars out of my then "Popeye" mitts. As I write this, I can STILL feel that brutal thumper motor torqueing the frame nearly to breaking, and see in her mirrors, the cloud of burning rubber, black exhaust-smoke and rolling balls of orange fire spitting from her wide-open shotgun pipes. Please, no nasty comments on "she was jetted too rich"... She was PERFECT, and after a few seconds, the black smoke and fire was gone, and so was she!That Electra-Glide was pretty mundane... Riding Old Blue was definitely THE most fun you could have with your clothes on...  Sure was great to be young... All memories long gone but not forgotten. Today I'm at the point where arthritis makes it tough climbing on anything but a step-through scoot... Eyes are going, depth-perception is shaky, reactions slow... But riding "Minnie Mouse" is probably STILL a lot more fun than an old geezer oughta have... LOL! She's a mighty fine ride for the bucks...
I'm cleaning out much of the old trailer so I may come across those bunny pix... If so, I'll surely post them. Who knows, somewhere in the dark recesses of the place I might even find a better pic of Old Blue... Somewhere there are some slides of her and my BSA Hornet. Memories are great, and pix to reminisce make them even better!Ride safe!Leo |
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