Pic'of the Day.

jeez what was I thinking with that hat!

and what the heck was that beautiful lady doin' with me?!

taken on beautiful Sandusky Bay....



john

LOL on the hat...yeah we were both fried. Believe it was the first weekend we ever spent at Cyrstal Caves KOA. Boy lotsa stories there.

Learned to step-off this weekend but did not get a minute till July of 1979 (!) behind Dennis Shelk's orange Martinique (SP?) one evening after all day rain and blender testing. With Patti in the boat. Talk about a slow learner. Just went and checked my Barefooter plaque on the wall to be sure of the year.



john

do they call it" sandusky" bay because of the way the waves lap the boys?

Peter, no finer joy than a young boy, lol
Sandusky is located right out John's back door

75 Tique wrote: jbear wrote: Learned to step-off this weekend but did not get a minute till July of 1979 (!) behind Dennis Shelk's orange Martinique (SP?) one evening after all day rain and blender testing. With Patti in the boat. Talk about a slow learner. Just went and checked my Barefooter plaque on the wall to be sure of the year. john Plaque!!!???? I didn't get a plaque. But I did send in my "offically certified" declaration of a minute barefoot run, I believe into AWSA and got a swell little blue and yellow triangle patch with some big yellow feet on it and a little button with a "1" on it. Did you guys do that too? I sent off for mine in 72.

   Plaques came from the club and were very nice....matter of fact mine, son's, and daughter,s are all mounted on the wall down in the Tennessee house. AWSA patches were sewn on the club jacket.

eric lavine wrote: Sandusky is located right out John's back door

lol

jbear wrote: LOL on the hat...yeah we were both fried. Believe it was the first weekend we ever spent at Cyrstal Caves KOA. Boy lotsa stories there. Learned to step-off this weekend but did not get a minute till July of 1979 (!) behind Dennis Shelk's orange Martinique (SP?) one evening after all day rain and blender testing. With Patti in the boat. Talk about a slow learner. Just went and checked my Barefooter plaque on the wall to be sure of the year. john

John: Here is a pic' of the boat to which you refer along with a pic' of Denny and I taking a run together back in '75.

"The Lurker" has quickly become one of my favorite posters.

I'm just shocked that someone with the last name "Berry" actually is able to scan old pictures into his computer. There's a bet I would have lost...

Hollywood wrote: "The Lurker" has quickly become one of my favorite posters.

     My wife still says I should have made that my screen name!

The pic above of Bill and Denny reminded me of this one of me and my buddy TJ from 1972.

TJ and I were both competitive swimmers, it's how we met, so Speedos were all we knew. The no-vest thing wasn't an effort to be manly, we didnt have one any more. We learned wearing one of those yellow vinyl ones like you've got on, but after 47 billion face plants, it was pretty much destroyed. We kept it alive with about 20 rolls of duct tape for as long as we could but it eventually died. Funny thing about your story about the observer. TJ and I had one also, his name was Rog: stacked up life vest, ball for a head and a baseball cap. We managed to convince the 102 year old sheriff on our lake that Rog was real for a couple of summers.

I like your re-qualifying idea. Might have to subject myself to that.


I have this song on my ipod. Whenever it comes up, I think of John (and now you) Not many lyrics, but at about 1:10 you will hear why (well, that and the title)

AirTique98 wrote:      OK... the pic' of the day today is for all those who thought the annual dance picture of me and the 'bro indicated that these dances were pretty stupid. The guys...yes, the girls....not so much!! Future wife is in the center.....fiance at this point. [1976]

Nice! any pics of the bunny,s tail.

Larry; here is the plaque we would be awarded when we did our first 'minute' run.....believe me you earned it. All depended on who was watching the watch. Always seemed to be an awful lot of '58' second runs before the guys would call it a minute.



now some of you sharper guys might recognize the finger holding this plaque. Said finger has held a few oil filters in the same manner. Kinda hard to get your grip just right late in the evening after a few Captains.



john

I like the way this thread is heading. Much prefer the girls in the playboy bunny outfits than you blokes in your "budgie smugglers".