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  • speedzter
    speedzter
    1 month
    OK, so, just about to crack 60 .
    Barely able to type and just made it home after surprise 60th and a bottle of rum,  but thought I'd just say hello to 
    the HD forum family 😊🫚😉l
  • beaglebasher
    beaglebasher
    1 month
    I  an relate to that. 
    CHEERS
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    1 month
    Happy birthday cobber 😁🍻
  • Soapbox2627
    Soapbox2627
    1 month
    Happy birthday

    I am 60 in January.
  • Stuart
    Stuart
    1 month
    Welcome to the Over 60 Club :-)

    I'm well out of practice - a bottle of rum would put me out of action for days - well done :-)
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 month
    Bloody youngsters.
    But happy birthday anyway.
  • brucefxdl
    brucefxdl
    1 month
    Quoting Stuart on 20 Dec 2025 09:32 PM

    Welcome to the Over 60 Club :-)

    I'm well out of practice - a bottle of rum would put me out of action for days - well done :-)

    same here Stuart.... 69 in 2 weeks,a six pack slows me for a few days now,a bottle of bourbon/rum would halt forward movement for a month or 2... i know i'm getting soft but dont care anymore.
  • speedzter
    speedzter
    1 month
    Haha, I knew exactly what would happen after the first sip of rum .
    I don't drink that much these days either. 
    But I thought screw it, I'll enjoy the day, and pay for it later .
    I didn't eat or drink until 3pm the next day, and barely moved 🤢🤢
    Only threw up a few times in the morning 🤮😶.

    I'll struggle to touch grog for a while now 👍


  • Humbug
    Humbug
    1 month
    Getting old is a privilege denide to many.
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    1 month
    I'm having a fuckin great day today speedzter, I to will pay tomorrow, but fuck it 👍
  • speedzter
    speedzter
    1 month
    Nice one Hilly,
    These days you have to take hold of the good days whenever you can 👍
  • Adam76
    Adam76
    1 month
    Happy Christmas guys...

    I'm 50 next year so I guess I'm the spring chicken Hahaha 😆 
  • T4
    T4
    29 days ago
    70 next month :(
  • speedzter
    speedzter
    28 days ago
     T4 , 70 is sneaking up there 👍

    I managed to do an oil change this afternoon with no pain killers !! ( and the bike on the ground on the sidestand ! )
    So all done, new Penrite full Syn, also dumped out the "winter" fuel that was unused for a few months for fresh 95 octane.

    I've worked up a thirst - just happens to be a few bottles of Rum staring at me, I was going to wait, but.......
    I'm happy the bike is running nicely, so why not !  🍺🍺
  • T4
    T4
    28 days ago
    Ya, feeling the age effects. Am currently rebuilding a Sportster, an F100 and a fucked old house I bought, and on the waiting list is another F100, a '46 flathead V8 Ford (and the Triumph that refuses to respond to treatment). I am sadly lacking in riding time . . . 
    Will
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    28 days ago
    You have a busy schedule there Will, my car day's are done, bikes and old house here, though I'm trying to palm the house off to local builders because it's too much for me, bloody hard to pin down they are.
  • T4
    T4
    27 days ago
    Having bought the house for cash with the stupid prices nowadays the kitty is practically empty so I have to do the work myself   :(

  • Uncle Ho
    Uncle Ho
    26 days ago
    I have a 7 in my age, but I'm a waze off having two 7's

    Rum 🤢 I have not touched that since the mid 80's when I had half a bottle at the Bundaberg Aero Club and then drove back to my hotel. Southern Comfort 🤢🤢🤢 I cannot even stand the smell after well over a bottle for my 20th (two young ladies gave me a bottle each for my birthday) 

    Travelling the world on business saw me drink way way too much, but hey it was good for sales. Saw some incredible places amd made the best friends. 

    Don't drink much in Oz now as it's too easy to loose a licence. My last big one was a 'management meeting' when three people polished off more than one and half bottles without any food.

    My limit is now around 6-8 double shot whiskies and a walk back to my hotel (with or without someone from the bar 😉)

    After two marriages I don't own my own home, own a car and bike and some bloody awesome memories. I'm happy, generally healthy and fit and head over to stay with a mate in Laos two or three times a year (I used to live there for a few years). Still working and having fun..... 

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    Infamous 'management meeting'
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    Very precious bottle of water after a few days of only vodka. By the way that carcass is one of the animals that carries the bubonic plague
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    Great freinds in Mongolia that I still keep in contact with
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    25 days ago
    Nice mate, you don't look that taken with the giant rat 😂
  • Humbug
    Humbug
    25 days ago
    Quoting Hilly on 29 Dec 2025 06:49 PM

    Nice mate, you don't look that taken with the giant rat 😂

    Two marriges no house, own my own bike, car and great memories. Sound like me! I am so happy I am not alone.
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