Hey Tom ,
Perfect !!
A few years ago , I had the opportunity to spend a couple of very brief days , driving a rented car around on the southern tip of Ireland .
One of the afternoons was spent driving around and around , on the smallest of back roads , searching for Tintern Abbey ( we did eventually find it by the way , the Irish one , not the Welsh one ) .
Perhaps the scene I remember best :
We'd passed a wee tiny church , where a wedding or perhaps a christening was being held . I noticed a vintage , Raleigh DL-1 "Tourist" , with 28-inch tyres , and full-coverage chain-case , in its original old black paint , outside , leaning against the white-washed wall of the tiny old church .
Then , not too much later , in crisscrossing the area , we saw a fairly elderly gentleman , who was dressed in his very best clothes and riding that very same bicycle . His suit was in fine shape , but somehow I knew it had been with him for many years . His suit , and his shoes , were properly and decently black , of course . He looked the very picture of dignity , gently and comfortably riding his black roadster .
Finally , as we combed the countryside in our search for the old abbey , we passed the gentleman again , where he had stopped , after leaving all of the others behind at the church .
His wonderful and tall old black bicycle was leaning against the gate-post of a small cemetery . He'd stepped inside the cemetery to pay his respects at the grave of a loved one . I imagined him telling his dear wife about who it might have been at the wedding , or the christening .
And for a moment , I thought I might be inside a Patterson print . . .
Ahhhhh well , now where did I lay my bent-double GBD , and the pouch of burley light ?
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas
>
> Hmm, period correct clothing. I'll shine up the '49 Ephgrave, dig out the
tweed plus 4's, the black coat and the cloth cap, and where did I put the
Dunhill bulldog and those argyle socks---. Then all I need is a stone
fence to sit on next to a quaint pub, and voila! a Patterson print---.
>
> Tom (trust me, you don't want to see me in a Speedo) Adams, Shrewsbury NJ
>
>
>
> >From: "Raoul Delmare"
>
>
> >To:
> ,"Bruce C."
>
>
> >Subject: Re: Suggestion for Dale Re: [CR]Velo Pics
>
> >Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 12:46:57 -0500
>
> >
>
> >I REALLY like the idea of a calendar !!
>
> >
>
> >Don't so much like the idea of a spoof .
>
> >
>
> >Things which seem funny at the time , may not be so funny when you stare
at
>
> >them for a whole month , starting a year and a half from now .
>
> >
>
> >But , I'd buy a bunch of calendars and give them away as presents !
>
> >
>
> >I'd be good for maybe a dozen my own self .
>
> >
>
> >I WISH somebody would put together a calendar !!
>
> >
>
> >And we might want to go with nostalgia , rather than with young models in
>
> >skimpy swimsuits .
>
> >
>
> >Nostalgic clothing , settings , posters in the background , etc. , with
>
> >fine & beautiful vintage cycles in the foreground , would sell to a much
>
> >larger general audience .
>
> >
>
> >But , on the other hand , ya never know .
>
> >
>
> > HEY JAN !!!!
>
> >
>
> > :^)
>
> > Raoul Delmare
>
> > Marysville Kansas
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >----- Original Message -----
>
> >From:
>
>
> >To:
> ;
>
>
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:07 AM
>
> >Subject: Suggestion for Dale Re: [CR]Velo Pics
>
> >
>
> >Dale and all
>
> >
>
> >After checking out the photos from the show, I was struck with an idea. I
>
> >have a suggestion...a sick suggestion but a good one nonetheless...Do you
>
> >remember the GT/Dyno Swimsuit calendar of a few years ago?? They featured
>
> >the muscle bikes and hot rod bikes...you remember that one
everyone...admit
>
> >it now, it was the one with the swimsuit models and hot rod cars!! I
>
> >suggest we put together a CR calendar for the future. Classic bikes in
>
> >classic bike settings...CR members bikes...classic rendezvous swimsuit
>
> >calendar. I will let the swimsuit section up for grabs...real swimsuit
>
> >females or podium girls OR...spoof on the swimsuit calendar with the
likes
>
> >of Brian Baylis or some other CR characters in
speedos...whoa...goosebumps
>
> >and chills on that thought!
>
> >
>
> >Walt "obviously not too busy today" Skrzypek
>
> >Falls Creek, pa