Oh how I wish I could join in on this thread.............
Ted E. Baer Palo Alto, CA
Last night I had a nightmare that Michael Jackson was a Cub Scout Leader.
--- "kohl57@starpower.net" <kohl57@starpower.net>
wrote:
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> Original Message:
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> From: Larry Hakim larryhakim@hotmail.com
> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:14:57 -0500
> To: norris@norrislockley.wanadoo.co.uk,
> Classicrendezvous@bikelist.
> org
> Subject: RE: [CR]That classy Condor...now Gerald
> Ford
>
>
>
>
> "Though not a "pop-star", our former tumbling
> president, Gerald Ford owned
>
> custom-made Bob Jackson back in 70's if I recall
> correctly. Wonder if he
>
> ever took a spill or two on it??? ;-)"
>
> Hmmm, well since Jerry Ford is a not too distant
> relation, I'd gratified t
> o
> learn of this! Actually, having lived in Washington,
> DC for 46 years and
> been an active cyclist here for about 40, I must say
> I haven't seem lots o
> f
> famous or infamous folks on bikes of any sort. Sen.
> Kerry lives right
> down
> the road from me and I've never once seen him on his
> $9000 what's it. Th
> e
> closest to a famous person I've seen cycling
> frequently was Redskins coach
>
> George Gibbs on a well kept Schwinn Continental or
> something similar. He
>
> was a very good cyclist. And last year my 1948 RRA
> got an approving nod
>
> from Don Rumsfeld outside my apartment house. So
> that's the extent of my
>
> cycle celebrity encounters. Oh... I did almost clip
> Henry Kissinge
> r on my
> DL-1 when he was jaywalking.. does that count?
>
> An early celebrity lightweight rider and apparently
> a very keen cyclist wa
> s
> actor Jose Ferrer (Caine Mutiny, Lawrence of Arabia
> etc) who rode an
> Elswick-Hooper bought in LA in the mid 1950s.
>
> Peter Kohler
> Washington DC USA
>
>
>
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