Author Topic: Happens to us all (Read 1968 times)

mick7504 · « **on:** March 22, 2010, 04:52:29 AM »

Today was the start of the BIG Five Four for me.
(And thanks for the candle and piece of cake that is displayed in my profile

)
A bit over a year ago I registered on this forum and just wanted to say thanks to you all for sharing your ideas and asking the questions that get the mind going as well as the opportunities that have arisen to make what we do bigger and better.
Anyway guys, keep up the good work.
Mick

GammaFlat · « **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2010, 07:02:36 AM »

Hey Mick,

Happy Birthday! I'm behind you but not too far. Thanks for being a part of the forum.

Regards,
John

BobbyR · « **Reply #2 on:** March 24, 2010, 07:55:15 PM »

I remember the 54, that was ahhhhhhhhhhhhh 5 years ago. Happy Birthday.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #3 on:** March 24, 2010, 08:17:39 PM »

Happy Birthday Mick.....i'll have a cold one for ya....

Mick

demon78 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 25, 2010, 04:38:57 AM »

Teenager.
Bill the demon.

mick7504 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 25, 2010, 05:34:03 AM »

Thanks for your kind wishes and thoughts guys.
They said that I wouldn't make it to 21 because of my antics as a young fella but 21 + 21 + 12 doesn't = 21.
At 54, the old head still sparks, the muscles tell a story after a big day but still feelin' dangerous

Mick

bill440cars · « **Reply #6 on:** March 25, 2010, 06:10:19 AM »

Quote from: BobbyR on March 24, 2010, 07:55:15 PM

I remember the 54, that was ahhhhhhhhhhhhh 5 years ago. Happy Birthday.

Yeah, me too Bobby, only it has been 9yrs ago for me.

Ah, but TIME just keeps right on going and going and going and.......

A BIG Happy Birthday to ya Mick, and many more

mick7504 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 25, 2010, 06:57:24 AM »

Quote from: bill440cars on March 25, 2010, 06:10:19 AM

Quote from: BobbyR on March 24, 2010, 07:55:15 PM
I remember the 54, that was ahhhhhhhhhhhhh 5 years ago. Happy Birthday.

Yeah, me too Bobby, only it has been 9yrs ago for me. Ah, but TIME just keeps right on going and going and going and.......

A BIG Happy Birthday to ya Mick, and many more

Thanks very much Bill.
You're a champion bloke and an inspiration to us all for the way your hanging in there with everything that's been going on.
We're bloody proud of ya.
Mick

demon78 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 25, 2010, 07:07:56 AM »

Mick don't worry about any one telling you won't make a certain age, in my sqdn there was a guy, a cockney, that said I wouldn't make 23 because of motorcycles, booze, etc. so every day on my birth day I yell God Bless you Jimmy Sykes no matter where you are and I if I win the lottery I'll post it on every news paper in the English speaking world. Happy Birth day.
Bill the demon.

mick7504 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 25, 2010, 07:29:10 AM »

Thanks for your kind wishes Bill.
As time goes by, there's nothing better than to sit down with the young fellas and tell 'em how good it was back in our time and watch the disbelief on their faces.
It's a good way to get 'em up and motivated to use their head and their hands and have a go at something.
I reckon that we were all tear arses when we were a lot younger and that's one of the reasons that we're still here.
If I had my time again, nothing would change and I'd do it all again for sure.
My poor old mum would have another fit.

Mick

demon78 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 25, 2010, 11:58:25 AM »

No Mick I was offered a partial sponsorship on a 350 Ducati at Willow Springs in Southern California and chance to work on p51 mustangs in South America and one night in a bar in California a gorgeous Blondie chatted me up ( I knew her, but didn't remember her ) and I chickened out figuring my body was going to be damaged some how, in all three cases, now going one for 71 my body probably wouldn't hurt any more than it does now if I'd jumped in, so I would change a few things, if I went back to those halcyon days of yesteryear.
Bill the demon.

tramp · « **Reply #11 on:** March 25, 2010, 03:27:14 PM »

problem is you'll survive this birthday and many more
get stock in candles

BobbyR · « **Reply #12 on:** March 25, 2010, 05:21:20 PM »

Quote from: demon70 on March 25, 2010, 11:58:25 AM

No Mick I was offered a partial sponsorship on a 350 Ducati at Willow Springs in Southern California and chance to work on p51 mustangs in South America and one night in a bar in California a gorgeous Blondie chatted me up ( I knew her, but didn't remember her ) and I chickened out figuring my body was going to be damaged some how, in all three cases, now going one for 71 my body probably wouldn't hurt any more than it does now if I'd jumped in, so I would change a few things, if I went back to those halcyon days of yesteryear.
Bill the demon.

I would have tapped the Blonde and taken my chances.

mick7504 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 26, 2010, 05:09:56 AM »

Quote from: BobbyR on March 25, 2010, 05:21:20 PM

Quote from: demon70 on March 25, 2010, 11:58:25 AM
No Mick I was offered a partial sponsorship on a 350 Ducati at Willow Springs in Southern California and chance to work on p51 mustangs in South America and one night in a bar in California a gorgeous Blondie chatted me up ( I knew her, but didn't remember her ) and I chickened out figuring my body was going to be damaged some how, in all three cases, now going one for 71 my body probably wouldn't hurt any more than it does now if I'd jumped in, so I would change a few things, if I went back to those halcyon days of yesteryear.
Bill the demon.
I would have tapped the Blonde and taken my chances.

There's nothing wrong with a bit of debauchery.

Keeps 'em on their toes.

demon78 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 26, 2010, 05:39:23 AM »

Ahhh, now, but then hindsight is hind sight.
Bill the demon.

dave500 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 27, 2010, 05:02:27 AM »

my muscles at this age are ok,,its my joints are wearing out and cant handle the pressure,too bad i cant get repro wear surfaces!!

mick7504 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 27, 2010, 05:14:10 AM »

Quote from: dave500 on March 27, 2010, 05:02:27 AM

my muscles at this age are ok,,its my joints are wearing out and cant handle the pressure,too bad i cant get repro wear surfaces!!

So long as ya still kickin' goals mate.
Never say never.
We're only half way there and they're gunna be bloody sick of us when we crack the TON.
Mick

petercb750 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 28, 2010, 02:58:46 PM »

Hey Mick - just saw this post so happy 54th. I'm one year ahead of you and it just keeps getting better IMO. Fast bikes, fast cars and, er, well........a not so fast woman, but all good fun.

Just love taking the old cb out - the smile per mile factor is unbeatable, and helps keep me young.

Where is you? I'm in SA.
Peter.

mick7504 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 28, 2010, 05:59:34 PM »

G'Day Peter,
Thanks for your birthday wishes mate.
I live in Darwin, about 25kms out in the rural area on 5 acres. (Howard Springs)
From Port Pirie originally and moved to Adelaide in 1973 and then up here to Darwin in 1981.
It's a good place here for the kids to grow up and they love to go out in the bush camping and fishing and mud crabbing.
It's the humidity here in the Wet Season that takes it's toll as time goes on but then the Dry Season makes up for it.
Mick.

kghost · « **Reply #19 on:** March 28, 2010, 06:18:59 PM »

Happy Birthday.

I never remember where you are in Oz...but I remember your silver tank.

mick7504 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 28, 2010, 07:11:45 PM »

Quote from: kghost on March 28, 2010, 06:18:59 PM

Happy Birthday.

I never remember where you are in Oz...but I remember your silver tank.

Thanks mate.
Darwin is right up North.
Mick

Spanner 1 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 28, 2010, 08:54:20 PM »

Happy Birthday, Mick.....from another 54'er ! My best friend all thru' school ( in Ireland ) ended-up in Alice in Law Practice and his (ex)wife was from Darwin... I think he said a 3 day non-stop drive from Alice, taking shifts and only stopping for gas.... you live in a vast country, mate!

seaweb11 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 28, 2010, 08:58:05 PM »

#$%* your old

Happy B day

kghost · « **Reply #23 on:** March 28, 2010, 09:30:29 PM »

Well...now I remember....BTW I do know where Darwin is mate.

Just always have more pressing matters in Brisbane.

Anyways...MANY MORE

mick7504 · « **Reply #24 on:** March 28, 2010, 09:48:34 PM »

Quote from: Spanner 1 on March 28, 2010, 08:54:20 PM

Happy Birthday, Mick.....from another 54'er ! My best friend all thru' school ( in Ireland ) ended-up in Alice in Law Practice and his (ex)wife was from Darwin... I think he said a 3 day non-stop drive from Alice, taking shifts and only stopping for gas.... you live in a vast country, mate!

Thanks Spanner.
It is a vast country but a small world in it's own way especially when people on the other side of the globe know someone who lived somewhere close by.
The Stuart Highway is sealed all of the way through now from North to South and back in the early '80's I did a couple of trips in my trusty old panel van on the dirt track.
The red dirt and dust just went through everything. It was like talcum powder.
We had duck tape around the door and window seals and that stuff got in through everywhere.
By the time we arrived at Port Augusta in the mid north of South Australia, our hair and skin was red.
I remember the old Pioneer tape player playing rock 'n roll music on No.10 most of the way so that we couldn't hear the corrugations shaking the van the bits.
Mick

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