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Post by oldchopperguy on Aug 28, 2018 10:28:52 GMT -5
Through the magic of a flashlight, Kleenex, and my $2 eBay digital camera, I was able to figure out a way to convert slides to digital pix. Woo-HOO! Old-school necessity meets new-school technology!
Among the old pix I discovered while searching for the infamous Easter Bunny shots, I found this slide taken during a smoke-break while filming a TV commercial in 1973... The lovely seat-cover on my old Hog was my media buyer. She was also our "resident bikini model"... The pic is fairly high-res, so if you want to save it, click on it to open in Postimage, full-size. Today, if she's blessed to still be with us, she's around 80. Wonder if she still has that bikini? Wonder if she still WEARS it?  The reason for the attire was the commercial... for "Better Vision". They were a great client, one of the very earliest low-cost RX glasses providers. Their slogan was: "Better Vision: MAKE A 'SPECTACLE' OF YOURSELF!' "...Our commercials featured folks doing everyday activities in insanely weird ways, "making spectacles" of themselves. This ad featured our lovely bikini-clad lass on my shoulders, carrying a bag of groceries in each arm as I rode by the camera... Cheesh! She was GAME!
Enjoy! But remember, she's 80 now! 
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Post by pistonguy on Aug 28, 2018 19:47:06 GMT -5
Ahhhh, much better  |
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Post by SylvreKat on Aug 28, 2018 23:02:18 GMT -5
Wait a minute--so she was sitting on your shoulders as you actually drove your cycle? As in your were in motion? As in, which of you was crazier? Ye Gods! >'Kat, DEFINITELY not up to Unca Leo's riding skills!! |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Aug 28, 2018 23:56:06 GMT -5
Wait a minute--so she was sitting on your shoulders as you actually drove your cycle? As in your were in motion? As in, which of you was crazier? Ye Gods! >'Kat, DEFINITELY not up to Unca Leo's riding skills!! And my riding skills THEN, were from a different planet than my riding skills TODAY... Yeah, old age "is what it is"...
Yeah, she climbed up on my shoulders with two bags of groceries and perched there while we rode past the cameras at 40-mph! I had my hands full RIDING, even though she weighed a scant 110 pounds, but she MUST have had a harder time STAYING PUT... Her head must have been over 10 feet off the ground! And she couldn't even "spread her wings" for balance! And if I recall, I wore a helmet as/per Illinois law, but she had only the bikini... (And all viewers' gawking admiration...) Passengers didn't need helmets and who's to say WHERE they rode? Like I sad, SHE was GAME! She rode a Royal Enfield 750 bobber she built herself. Royal Enfields 750's were pretty rare, but GREAT Brit bikes!
I won't even say "ride safe" on this post... LOLOL!    Leo PS: I hope I may find out takes of the ride! Somebody was taking PR stills and I hope I have one of the action... Priceless! Especially in today's over-protective world. |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Aug 29, 2018 8:19:08 GMT -5
Wish my company had a "resident bikini model".
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Post by SylvreKat on Aug 29, 2018 21:33:56 GMT -5
... Yeah, she climbed up on my shoulders with two bags of groceries and perched there while we rode past the cameras at 40-mph!... And if I recall, I wore a helmet as/per Illinois law, but she had only the bikini... (And all viewers' gawking admiration...)...
Leo
I know who you didn't know yet back then. 'Cause I betcha she'd be the only bikini-gal allowed to ride on your shoulders. And from how you talk about her, I betcha she became the only one you wanted riding on your shoulders! So was Betty a wild child too? >'Kat |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Aug 30, 2018 0:12:57 GMT -5
Wish my company had a "resident bikini model". We were an ad agency which did a lot of print and TV campaigns requiring great-looking ladies. Fortunately, we had four 20-something employees who were born to wear mini-skirts, "Daisy Dukes" and string Bikinis... They had fun, and we saved a lot of hassle tracking down models... 
We always made sure they got a good bonus in their next paycheck! |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Aug 30, 2018 0:30:58 GMT -5
... Yeah, she climbed up on my shoulders with two bags of groceries and perched there while we rode past the cameras at 40-mph!... And if I recall, I wore a helmet as/per Illinois law, but she had only the bikini... (And all viewers' gawking admiration...)...
Leo
I know who you didn't know yet back then. 'Cause I betcha she'd be the only bikini-gal allowed to ride on your shoulders. And from how you talk about her, I betcha she became the only one you wanted riding on your shoulders! So was Betty a wild child too? >'Kat Hate to disappoint, but... She was MARRIED to one of our clients!She got the job as "Grocery-Getter-Girl" mostly because she wanted to do it, AND nobody else wanted to... Duh...  She was such a good sport. Got a real charge out of seeing her "nearly nekkid self" on TV, and figured it was just a fun part of her job... We execs all decided she deserved a big perk and took a grand out of our collective paychecks and put it in her next paycheck. Nothing says "I care" quite like dead Benjamins!Holy mackerel! I just realized THAT was around TEN GRAND in today's bux!!! I didn't have any lady in my life back then... no time. Just my old cat and 16-hour work days... That sweet old cat made it to twenty-one! I still miss him.No, Betty wasn't such a wild child. We just "fell in love at first sight" and spent the next 36 years in love. Never one argument, even through REALLY hard times. She never got the bike bug. Since she's married to me, that PROVES it's NOT contagious... LOL!Sorry it wasn't a more romantic adventure, but... "it is what it is"... Yup! Fun memories though!  Ride safe!Leo |
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Post by SylvreKat on Aug 30, 2018 10:00:11 GMT -5
You misunderstood my hinting. I meant that obviously you hadn't met your sweet wife yet, because otherwise (based on my Harley-friend's comments from his own wife), Betty would've been the only bikini-gal sitting on your shoulders. And also based on the obvious love you two share that just exudes whenever you mention her.
>'Kat
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Post by oldchopperguy on Aug 30, 2018 11:54:03 GMT -5
You misunderstood my hinting. I meant that obviously you hadn't met your sweet wife yet, because otherwise (based on my Harley-friend's comments from his own wife), Betty would've been the only bikini-gal sitting on your shoulders. And also based on the obvious love you two share that just exudes whenever you mention her. >'Kat
OK, I got it... Duh... Getting old... SO many years between "Grocery-Getter-Girl", the old Harley and meeting Betty it's like an entire lifetime... And then, 35 MORE years added to that! Sometimes I have a hard time getting my head around what all took place between the seventies and today... Life seems short until one considers what monumental changes take place in just 50 years... Looking at the pix I discovered, they seem like just a few years ago. However... It's been a L-O-N-G time! I'm feeling almost "semi-human" today and need to get a bunch of meds for the missus... I may just break out old "Minnie Mouse" from under her filthy tarps, toss my feral-cat buddies living under them a can of Friskies and brave the 100 degree sunshine... Woo-HOO!
Ride safe, and shy away from wearing those Wally-World animal heads...Leo |
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