the I'll show you OFF TOPIC bike thread

[Ulu]

I don’t remember Mr. Canoehead, but it probably came after the time I left the borderlands.

Do any of you remember a guy named Stompin’ Tom Connors? Canadian CW singer. I thought he had a terrific act.

Red Green I never knew about until YouTube came about. I have probably seen a few of his short bits on TV over the years but I never got to watch the whole season of his Silliness.

But there’s gotta be a whole universe of local Canadian mythology that I am not privy to.

 

[Ulu]

I can see future bicycle projects brewing in my daughters garage.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Do any of you remember a guy named Stompin’ Tom Connors? Canadian CW singer

He was a true Canadian folk legend. I watched him stomp once. Also say in his driveway eating a bean burrito while looking at his mailbox

 

[Kevin B]

I don’t remember Mr. Canoehead, but it probably came after the time I left the borderlands.

Do any of you remember a guy named Stompin’ Tom Connors? Canadian CW singer. I thought he had a terrific act.

Red Green I never knew about until YouTube came about. I have probably seen a few of his short bits on TV over the years but I never got to watch the whole season of his Silliness.

But there’s gotta be a whole universe of local Canadian mythology that I am not privy to.

We had Red Green on PBS here. I loved that show.

 

[Ulu]

It was 50+ years ago, but I remember seeing Bobby Hull play on Hockey Night in Canada.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

"Someone roars, 'Bobby scores!'
And it's the good ol' Hockey game"

The Hockey Song
Stompin Tom Connors

 

[Kevin B]

As a kid in the south in the sixties this was my first exposure to hockey . . .

I think sometimes the name of a player (Bobby Orr) was on the box end flap.

 

[Ulu]

You can break your teeth on a frozen milk dud. If they’re fresh and warm they’re pretty good.

If I try to eat that stuff nowadays, my gallbladder will not like me.

 

[ingola]

Red Green is Mr canoehead!!!! It was from another classic Canadian skit comedy show 4 on the floor. 1986 (We love our skid comedy)
Stompin tom Canadian icon I did sound for him once and for @MattiThundrrr he has a Cornwall connection his drummer is from our town and he once spent the night in our haunted jail.
I came across a guy who recorded his original masters before Tom became famous he still had these but was in a bitter fued with Stompin Tom
And would not return them they were recorded in the 60 and I heard them in 2000. A group of punk rockers raised enough money to get them and return them to his family.I also worked for a short bit at the horseshoe tavern where he got his start. They still have some of his early plywood with a great big hole in it

 

[Ulu]

. . . Stompin tom Canadian icon. . . . They still have some of his early plywood with a great big hole in it

This had me rolling with laughter. I was trying to imagine people collecting his little squares of plywood.

 

[ingola]

This had me rolling with laughter. I was trying to imagine people collecting his little squares of plywood.

They sell for a pretty penny in all seriousness the man was very fascinating, his book before the fame is awesome. He was a real Canadian hobo most his life.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

This had me rolling with laughter. I was trying to imagine people collecting his little squares of plywood.

He put them down to protect the stages because he stomped the rhythm.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-stompin-tom-centre-donations-1.4990989

https://collections.nmc.ca/objects/319/stompin-tom-connors-stompin-board

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

so hungry.

 

[Ulu]

He put them down to protect the stages because he stomped the rhythm. . . .

Oh Yes, I saw him perform on TV several times. In 1971-72.

It just never occurred to me that he would wear thru the plywood squares then sell them as souvenirs.

 

[user 35233]

Tired of making decisions for yourself? Magic eight ball dried up? For only $6.99 you never have to think again!

And if you want to clean smarter we got that too. Who needs braynz.
(Found while out researching LED mechanisms for a future build)

 

[ingola]

Tired of making decisions for yourself? Magic eight ball dried up? For only $6.99 you never have to think again!View attachment 228643
And if you want to clean smarter we got that too. Who needs braynz.
(Found while out researching LED mechanisms for a future build)

And to think I've been doing it the hardway

 

[GeePig]

<speak>Always choose the easy way, I say!</speak>

 

[MattiThundrrr]

And to think I've been doing it the hardway

I just let the bike decide

 

[Ulu]

It decided to hit a tree!
I knew it was twisted,
but now it’s bent!

I’ve been trying to convince myself that I am not too conservative to ride this thing around in public, but the truth is that I am.

 

[user 35233]

As a kid in the south in the sixties this was my first exposure to hockey . . .
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I think sometimes the name of a player (Bobby Orr) was on the box end flap.

I think these were marketed around hockey because they made you look like you had a player's grill.