Getting to Know Matti

[MattiThundrrr]

Meet me down at the parking lot
Before the blacktop gets too hot
I'll wait but I can't wait all day
Rotten egg
Rotten egg
Rotten egg
Rotten egg

Bike is running like a greyhound champ
Evel Knievel sitting on the ramp
Whole worlds just laid out on a tray
Rotten egg
Rotten egg
Rotten egg
Rotten egg

I got a bike that you can borrow
You know school starts tomorrow
No time for tears or sorrow
Don't waste this one last chance to play
Hey ya ya ya

Meet me down by swimming hole
Before the water gets too damn cold
Can't sit here till I'm old and gray
Rotten egg
Rotten egg
Rotten egg
Rotten egg

I got a bike that you can borrow
You know school starts tomorrow
No time for tears or sorrow
Don't waste this one last chance to play
Hey ya ya ya

Meet me deep in the woods tonight
Don't forget to bring your best flashlight
I'll wait but then I'll have to say
Rotten egg
Rotten egg
Rotten egg
Rotten egg

Rotten Egg, by Gas Huffer.
Listen to Gas Huffer

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Oh mercy me, there is still beauty in the world. The technique on display here is amazing, the results sublime.

https://theradavist.com/2021/09/jet-fuel-kosuke-masudas-custom-aethos/
@OddJob this might give you some Rat-isfaction

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Something weird is afoot down at the college...

Those are Saturn rims on that Toyota!

 

[ParkRNDL]

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Those are Saturn rims on that Toyota!

there's an episode of CHiPs that has a late '70s Cougar done up with two front ends like that

 

[MattiThundrrr]

This brings me joy

 

[hamqqea]

Congrats!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I really feel like I've accomplished something here.

 

[hamqqea]

I really feel like I've accomplished something here.

you have, you make me happy

 

[MattiThundrrr]

 

[Gravelgrinder59]

Thanks for all comments last few days, your comment about “ getting tired of hitting all the like buttons” cracked me up and nice compliment. I was stressing myself out not knowing what I’m doing posting all of it., thought this was supposed to be fun!

 

[Gravelgrinder59]

Thanks for all comments last few days, your comment about “ getting tired of hitting all the like buttons” cracked me up and nice compliment. I was stressing myself out not knowing what I’m doing posting all of it., thought this was supposed to be fun!

Just realized I never said “congratulations”, congrats and keep up you insight,encouragement humor and bantering ( I need it, I tend to be too serious).

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Ain't it just like dyin'
Except you can still feel the same
All hands on deck, now
The sea is getting rough again

You see me out your window
Even when you close the blinds
And all you ever wanted,
Was someone to treat you nice and kind

Take a step before running
Take a breath now before you die
When you work the streets, darlin'
Make sure your sneaker laces they get tied

I'll be your black bird darlin'
Hanging on your telephone wire
Flap my wings, oh yeah
And set your heart afire

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I am not biking hard enough. They HARD in NZ!
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/28/asia/new-zealand-politician-labor-cycle-intl-hnk/index.html

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Follow up: it wasn't her first rodeo!

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3abbdb/new-zealand-politician-rides-bike-hospital-birth
The SECOND TIME she's cycled to the hospital while in labor. Amazing. She's the Green Party spokesperson for transportation. A politician who walks the walk. Or in this case, bikes.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I don't mind stealing bread
From the mouth of decadence
But I can't feed on the powerless
When my cup's already overfilled

 

[Verrt]

I don't mind stealing bread
From the mouth of decadence
But I can't feed on the powerless
When my cup's already overfilled

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Tomorrow

 

[MattiThundrrr]

This guy was most excellent. Worth reading his obit:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/robert-bicycle-bob-silverman-cyclist-obit-1.6359503

 

[MattiThundrrr]

There's no simple explanation
For anything important any of us do
And yeah, the human tragedy
Consists in the necessity
Of living with the consequences
Under pressure, under pressure
Courage, it couldn't come at a worse time

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Picked clean the forest-found Schwinn carcass this afternoon. I don't think this one will get scrapped. I kinda like it

It has some cute details

Trail Glide fork might find a temporary home on RockRat, along with the stem. Gotta get that one rolling

I should probably check and see if that rear end is straight, hard to tell with the funky "Epicenter seatstays"