🤣🤣🤣 What kind of tomfoolery was this?!? The ‘70s must have really been something.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 22, 2020, at 2:51 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Tangential to my last story and not really a crash story but there is one at > the end, but mostly because I've never had a reason to tell this one before: > > One time as a kid in Long Beach, CA. I was out on my bike early evening. I > came up on this commotion in an alley way and - I could not believe my eyes - > there were 2 or 3 cars lined up side by side; a huge ramp on one ended, a > shorter one on the other. There were big spotlights strung up like this was > some kind of "event", but no TV cameras. Presently I discovered there was a > rider on some sort of BMX-looking bike with an HUGE front chainring. Ok, this > fool is going to jump these cars in this alley under these lights, and I just > happened to discover it. None of this makes sense! > > The next thing that didn't make sense is there was a big telephone pole set > on the edge of the alley, right down the way a few yards from the landing > ramp. No problem, I wouldn't even worry about it. > > Whelp, he got to cranking on those cranks and hit the big ramp with the > quickness..and dontcha know he completely overshot the other one, the bike > bounced a couple times and tossed him right into that pole! Broken arm, and > now I remember there was even an ambulance there for him to get into. With > his cute girlfriend attending, because this scene wouldn't be complete > without our hero having a worried cute girlfriend on the other side of this > ridiculous stunt. > > I swear all of this is true. The '70s were... different. > > Joe "I was there" Bernard > Marin County CA. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/BD1Gu46EX-o/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/52bed45b-7fc2-4a32-836f-9b9a29cdbd3e%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/A66F2B90-B8C9-43E9-A4A3-78C02E756283%40gmail.com.
