Rob Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken manswigging his drink as he sat alone at a nearby table. I asked her, "Do you know him?""Yes", she sighed, "He's my old boyfriend.I understand he took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since." "My God!" I said, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?"And then the fight started...Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 i bet it did and i bet i know who the winner is Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Told the g/f that I'd buy her a ring........but I found a Harley instead........and that is when the fight started. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Told the g/f that I'd buy her a ring........but I found a Harley instead........and that is when the fight started.With a bulletproof truck like a Mack you elevated the standards. Purchase a Harley and she'd never see you as it would always need work.Can't says I blame her.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 LOL!!! Sad part is I am looking tomorrow!! (the ring thing has come/gone and she doesn't care anyway). Got the Shadow put back together(finally) and I want something that has some good ol American "thump" to it. That foreign "hum" just doesn't cut it.Some how, in the next month or so I'll have a Softail Custom.(anyone interested in a very nice 2000 1100 Shadow Sprirt?) Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 LOL!!! Sad part is I am looking tomorrow!! (the ring thing has come/gone and she doesn't care anyway). Got the Shadow put back together(finally) and I want something that has some good ol American "thump" to it. That foreign "hum" just doesn't cut it.Some how, in the next month or so I'll have a Softail Custom.(anyone interested in a very nice 2000 1100 Shadow Sprirt?)I gotta start to riding mine too. Haven't put a thousand miles on it since loading at your place!Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I've rode the wheels off the Honda in the last couple years. It puked oil out the rear rocker cover and has been in pieces since August!! Silly cone only, no gaskets. It's together, cleaned up and ready to roll. Got introduced to owner of local bike place(that I frequently window shop at) and they have some Customs coming this week and he's cutting me some good money off retail so it's worth it. Priced better then few on Craigslist. We'll see tomorrow. If not, very soon.That's the problem, those big "highway bagger" type bikes are too much to run around town on(in my opinion). I'm not ready for that and my back doesn't like riding that long anyway. Honda just doesn't make anything that has any sound to it. I'm a hot rodder, I want a bike that sounds like something. Some people don't understand it.....and likely never will. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 I've rode the wheels off the Honda in the last couple years. It puked oil out the rear rocker cover and has been in pieces since August!! Silly cone only, no gaskets. It's together, cleaned up and ready to roll. Got introduced to owner of local bike place(that I frequently window shop at) and they have some Customs coming this week and he's cutting me some good money off retail so it's worth it. Priced better then few on Craigslist. We'll see tomorrow. If not, very soon.That's the problem, those big "highway bagger" type bikes are too much to run around town on(in my opinion). I'm not ready for that and my back doesn't like riding that long anyway. Honda just doesn't make anything that has any sound to it. I'm a hot rodder, I want a bike that sounds like something. Some people don't understand it.....and likely never will.My lack of riding is more of a time managment thing. Maintaining equipment that is in excess of 60 years old is becoming more of a chore each year. This set is scheduled for replacement/upgrade in May of 2013 if I can only hold out that long. We are to the point where field spares are just plain worn out and unable to hold tolerance any longer. It is to the point I like to see parts arrive that have been sitting on a shelf for 20 plus years as opposed to it's modern day replacement/equivilent..........One of the radars has been out of service for over nine weeks; DEAD, I'm talking. I finally returned it about an hour ago. There are just not many parts available any longer.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I just went thru my 97 Yamaha Vstar 650 "custom" this fall.. New paint, rubber, lowered the rear with a Indy car front spring, cut 1/2" out of the fork springs to lower the front. Added some new chrome,put the yamaha "classic" fenders on, removed the passenger seat... 58 degrees today. should have been on it!here are the before and after shotsBeforeAfter Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 There's this story circulating around... Where a man and his wife are lying in bed, and the wife says: "We didn't have sex for so long..." and the man says "Maybe you!" And then the fight started... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
topo Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I heard years ago that your dog will always love you more then your wife .This is tested by locking them both in the trunk of a car and letting them out 24 later and just see who is happy to see you . and then the fight started . Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Does my butt look big in these pants?Why are you blaming the pants? Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I'm a hot rodder, I want a bike that sounds like something. Some people don't understand it.....and likely never will.I'd rather have a quiet bike with some real git-up-n-go and handles well as opposed to a bike that sounds bad-ass but is all bark & no bite. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Rover Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 My wife asked if I knew where the broom was. I said " why, are you going for a ride?"....and then the fight started. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtywhiteboy Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 all that work to make a yamaha look like a fat boy,..an it still ant no harley... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I like this one- I asked my wife, "Where do you want to go for our anniversary?"It warmed my heart to see her face melt in sweet appreciation."Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said.So I suggested, "How about the kitchen?"And that's when the fight started....Here's some bikes I used to have- the red one is a 750 Kawasaki, about '78 I think. Black one is an '80 or '81 1000 Kawasaki. I had a couple of Hondas before these, a 360 and a 500, but I have no pictures of either.And of course the bottom one is the one I have now. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I'd rather have a quiet bike with some real git-up-n-go and handles well as opposed to a bike that sounds bad-ass but is all bark & no bite.I'm not into speed on two wheels, got my other hot rods for that stuff. I can't stand "quiet" anything. Maybe in 20 yrs, but not now.my Hondagoes fast and makes noise: on the street or track 2 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I'm not into speed on two wheels, got my other hot rods for that stuff. I can't stand "quiet" anything. Maybe in 20 yrs, but not now.my Hondagoes fast and makes noise: on the street or trackgood googly-moogly! Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Tom...........I left this one out. My first hot rod..........and still going strong 1 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Is that a back seat driver in there, or an optical illusion?..oh boy! Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortstack Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I agree with you Larry on the noise thing, and nice rides! Good to see something besides a Camaro.Trey Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 ...and then the fight started.note: since I don't know about the sense of humor of some individuals, any resemblance to any real people or any previously posted pictures is entirely coincidentaland done purely by accident. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Told the Mrs. i wanted to hire a live-in housekeeper to help her with the day to day chores as i'm on the road all week,and she works primarily at night. I interviewed many prospects,with great experience,good references,their own supplies etc.for $100.00 per week (picture one) but settled for a 22 year old foreign exchange student with no work experience,does not speak english,clean what? does not like children etc. for $1000.00 a week! (i chose number two).........................And then the fight started!.............Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-96986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Mark always has nice pictures to post! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-97019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbe Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 one of the "mack pack" members told me that when looking to buy a old truck it is better to buy frist and then ask for forgivness then to ask permission i am glad that works for him but that is when the fight starts for me [ thanks jimmy ] Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22514-and-then-the-fight-started/#findComment-97020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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