im 63 and worked my B..ll.cks off providing home food clothing schooling for family..suddenly started burying friends of my age.. realised it was literallynow or never... you're not put on this earth to be judged by what you leave in your will...

jeff watts

Gone wandering

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Jeff
Did you forget an 'e' in your URL?
Regards, Stephan

Hi there, I heard on the radio the other week that they did a study on people who like to travel and those who prefer to stay at home. What they discovered is those who travel have a slightly different molecule in their brains from the norm, K5 against K3 I think they said:confused1: , anyway it would appear if you got it you travel, if you aint you don't. I believe it's also genetic. I know people who have never left my county, or only rarely, and cannot see the fascination of far away places, they holiday on the coast within 50 miles from their home , that's about an hours ride away.

Me, I'm coming up 60, recently widowed and quit work (electronics management) this January to concentrate on my AWT (RWT in American English). I'm selling my home and think that 3 or 4 years on the road meeting ordinary people before I start riding a rocking chair is the way to go.

Read Ted Simons book, Jupiters Travels, for an in depth look at the thoughts fears and motivations experienced on a long m/c trip. A bit scary for a neophyte like me, but like I said it's more about the inside of my head than the outside world.

I'm also artistic by nature and the urge to 'do something' has prompted me in both this and other fields. (Including radical job changes)

My web page is in the process of being changed from art to motorcycles, I like painting fairies, a good excuse to include naked women,(at least that part of my brain appears to be ok) I think that the human form is the most difficult and rewarding subject to paint.

Good luck and maybe we'll meet on the road someday.

Motorcycle Trip Around the World -RWT-

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Stagbeetle

It is not the Journey nor yet the Destination, that is the Prize; it is the people you meet on the way.

Blog on http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/fairless/

Well, who'd have thought I'd be looking at pictures of Fairies this morning, thanks Stagbeetle, they're wonderful. Do you paint from memory (too much acid in the 60's) or life models (you lucky bugger) ? I'll look forward to reading about your travels.

Good luck.

Stephan
yes i did forget to put an e in!! silly old sod!!.either that or i have got some saharan sand in the keyboard..thanks

jeff

Gonewandering

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So many years since a young nubile wench stood still long enough for me to catch the details that memory is not enough

On the other hand, it's also 20 years since I sat in a life class. (As an artist, not a model)

So I use a montage of photos of arms, legs, torsos and heads, joining them together on the canvas, changing shadows, highlights and blending the whole lot with my knowledge of anatomy. (Needs updating though, any volenteers?)

I have never been much of a landscape painter, but on this trip will be taking a small watercolour pallet and sketch book to relax and record the landscapes I pass through.

Which prompts me to ask, any other overlanders out there painting their trip, if so tell us about it, you may have started something here Hanna, I hope so

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Stagbeetle

It is not the Journey nor yet the Destination, that is the Prize; it is the people you meet on the way.

Blog on http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/fairless/

My old brother in law used to draw comic books (Sandman, Batman) and he'd use porn mags for the models.

Take a couple mechanic classes and do your trip on a Goldie! If I had the money, I'd be doing my trip on a Vincent.

Let me know if you come through California. I'll buy you a !

--Dave

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I spent 7 years as an agricultural mechanic and previously did all my own repairs, so no worries there. However I would probably have chosen a Greaves perhaps, or better still how about a Heinkel bubble car. The Goldie never could keep oil inside the crankcase, I was always shouded in smoke every time I pulled up after doing a ton down the Western Avenue to the Ace Cafe, no as my own bearings get more worn out I need something a bit more reliable thanks.

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Stagbeetle

It is not the Journey nor yet the Destination, that is the Prize; it is the people you meet on the way.

Blog on http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/fairless/

Hey Stagbeetle, as an ex-ag mechanic, I think you're stuck with a Guzzi, BMW, or a Ural. Can you get any more agricultural than a Guzzi?

The Heinkel would be nice. I've got an NSU Sport Prinz that I'm going to have to sell to help finance Round 2 next year.

I should answer the original question for Guesswho. I'm 37. I spent a lot of years in IT doing nothing (a lot like the movie "Office Space" if you've seen it). I also play(ed) in punk rock bands for 15 years. I was walking home from a show and got mugged. 4 days in ICU (heavy duty health care) with 4 hematomas (3 minor, 1 major) that left me with epilepsy.

I always wanted to travel and realized that life is shorter than I thought (and I already knew it was going by fast). I worked at a monkey lab for a 18 months, along with being a programmer, paid off my student loans and saved up money.

Right now I'm running a movie theatre while saving up for Round 2. I don't want to work with computers ever again. If I could, I would've done this all at once.

The only change I would've made is, I would've bought a Vincent Comet instead of my Ducati single. I got ripped off a wee bit and spent almost as much on the Ducati as a Vincent would've cost.

If you're thinking of taking long rides, do it! It's a lot of fun and a learning experience.

--Dave

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Well said, Jeff.

Same for me - although not as ancient as Jeff - not getting any younger either. I've been on the road (in Ecuador at the moment) for just over a year now - another 4 years to go, mas o menus.

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Hi Ed,

I wondered why you are dissapearing next year, working for Sony, hhhhhmmm!!, you not been taking photo of a certain place in Manc have you, are you sure the church is not after you. Lol sorry bout that.

Roi. n Bron.

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Live life to the MAX!! "one knows that one can, if one wants too".

Funny you should say that. It part of my job to test things like that in the games and it was my department that gave it the ok LOL (not me personally).


The COE is all hot air anyway. We've broken no copyrights or laws using the building. Its a fictional building in a fictional game. Just because it happens to be set in Manchester, the COE thought they would try and get some easy cash out of Sony.

If you see a heavily laden XT600E being chased through South America by flock of Vicars, you know who it is

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Rode some bikes.
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Just pulling your leg Ed, you should know the banter between Mancs and Scousers, but i'll keep watching the news for you tho and then when i see you on t.v, i can say,

"I know that guy"

Roi. n Bron.

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Live life to the MAX!! "one knows that one can, if one wants too".

hahah yer !!

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Did some trips.
Rode some bikes.
Fix them for a living.
Can't say anymore.

hi everybody
I could seem silly, childish or even "an idiot on a hill" mentioning my thoughts about the who and why question , but when I·m riding my bike to far away destinys , I feel as if I·m living the theory stating: if You go quick enough (in a spaceship or whatever) time kinda goes backwards and hypothetically You don·t get older, actually the opposite! ( Perhaps an "escaping death" thingy)?

What a load of b.......it!?
Cheers .... Dan