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General Category => General Talk => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: Snake Eyes on May 05, 2014, 11:34:50 AM
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Welcome aboard the latest sign on: herohog
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Welcome to the party, herohog and thanks for the tip on replacement sights in the KelTec P11 thread (http://gunlink.info/forums/index.php?topic=1278.0). The GL project gun is in the shop right now though :(
Thanks to the Snake Eyes welcome wagon too ;D
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Thanks!
A little about me...
I am a 57 year old disabled vet with severe joint and back issues. Been on the Internet since it was ARPANET. I have raced motorcycles since I was 9, raced stock cars since 15, SCCA since my 20s, a certified Master Mechanic, been a 50kw FM Classic Rock DJ, played drums in Funk/Blues Classic Rock bands all across Louisiana, Arkansas and VA, been a computer geek since the IBM PC hit the streets and retired as a Sr. Programmer/Analyst specialized in integrating business databases with the Internet and and I have been a gun owner/shooter since I was in single digits.
These days I live in a recliner on the Internet or out in my wheelchair listening to bands or shooting when I can. I am very active in the support of the Constitution and particularly the Second Amendment.
During all that I had a side job as a DJ at LA105 out of Monroe LA as "Dr Speed" on the air 7 days a week doing the late night/early AM shows during the week and doing a live request show weekends along with running the special canned weekend shows.
When not doing that, I was a Blues/Funk/Classic Rock drummer with several bands here in Louisiana, then in North-West Arkansas and finally in the Charlottesville, VA areas before my body took that from me as well. I was the house drummer for several Blues Jams in addition to being a gigging drummer. I actually turned down multiple chances to tour with several known musicians because I couldn't leave my day job and the security it brought which was a very hard, but right, decision.
Here are a few images to give ya a taste of my past:
(http://herohog.com/images/family/My1stLeave.jpg)
My 1st leave in the Navy
(http://herohog.com/images/bikes/zuke.jpg)
My old Suzuki GS850G
(http://herohog.com/images/bikes/garage.gif)
I was kinda into bikes...
(http://herohog.com/images/cars/57.jpg)
My 1st time driving Dirt Modifides at 15 years of age.
(http://herohog.com/images/cars/mustang.gif)
My SCCA Solo II Mustang II Cobra Turbo
(http://herohog.com/images/music/bootsie/bootsiedanielsband02.jpg)
Drumming for the Bootsey Daniels Band in VA
(http://herohog.com/images/music/herohog.jpg)
In my DJ days
(http://herohog.com/images/icons/speedyswheels.jpg)
Current picture
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Looks like you're into some cool stuff, HH. What kind of bike is the one you're standing next to? Looks like the liter suzuki my dad had when I was little. I've had a couple Jap 2 and 4cyl bikes myself, but never any suzukis.
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It was a GS850G. Great bike! I was into their three cylinder 2-strokes for years. Had 3 GT380's (2 were parts bikes)
(http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/GT/GT380/1975_GT380M_red_CAN_500.jpg)
and a GT750J "Water Buffalo".
(http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/suzuki/1270493.jpg)
(stock images, not my actual bikes although they were exactly like the ones shown above)