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Date: 12 Nov 2006 00:37:11
From: Mike Kruger
Subject: Funerals by motorcycle and sidecar
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http://www.assistnews.net/ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/s03010107.htm
Can a bicycle funeral be far behind? After all, those funeral processions
are pretty slow.
"Motorcycle-mad minister Paul Sinclair has built what he has hailed to be
the world's fully enclosed sidecar hearse....there is something a bit sad
about bikers being carried off in the back of an estate car."
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Mike Kruger
Blog: http://mikekr.blogspot.com/
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Date: 15 Nov 2006 20:40:11
From: Mike A Schwab
Subject: Re: Funerals by motorcycle and sidecar
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How about a truss frame trailer from http://www.bikesatwork.com with a
300 lbs capacity? Just have to have a tandem pulling and a lightweight
casket.
Mike Kruger wrote:
> http://www.assistnews.net/ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/s03010107.htm
> Can a bicycle funeral be far behind? After all, those funeral processions
> are pretty slow.
>
> "Motorcycle-mad minister Paul Sinclair has built what he has hailed to be
> the world's fully enclosed sidecar hearse....there is something a bit sad
> about bikers being carried off in the back of an estate car."
> --
> Mike Kruger
> Blog: http://mikekr.blogspot.com/
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Date: 15 Nov 2006 17:07:11
From: David L. Johnson
Subject: Re: Funerals by motorcycle and sidecar
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On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:16:20 -0800, Tom Keats wrote:
> If pall-bearers just carried the thing for the full distance, at least
> some folx would get some exercise. And the downlooking spirit of the
> deceased might get a kick outa watching their strains 'n struggles 'n
> buckling knees.
Wasn't there a Power-Bar ad about that a while back?
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David L. Johnson
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Date: 15 Nov 2006 01:10:46
From: Tom Keats
Subject: Re: Funerals by motorcycle and sidecar
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In article <96kll2lvj47pkdb7c1h6uphudde0f6lt7g@4ax.com >,
Zoot Katz <zootkatz@operamail.com > writes:
> The JFK funeral left an impression on me. The empty boots hanging
> inverted from the stirrups of an empty saddle is a lasting memory.
That was a military funeral, with all its conventions & protocols,
including the matching and configuration of the team that pulled
the caisson.
At the time of JFK's assassination, I had fallen off a log while
playing in the woods, and grasped the stem of a devil's club (not
knowing what was) to steady myself. My hand subsequently festered
and swelled-up to the size of a rugby ball. The ol' family sawbones
had to punch a hole in it and manually squish all the pus out, from
my elbow down to my hand itself. He said I almost died from blood
poisoning. That made a lasting memory (and an education.)
> I think that San Francisco tradition of throwing the deceased's bike
> into the bay is also a fittingly powerful gesture.
Before his death, Haida artist: Bill Reid stated that on his death
he'd like his body to be commended to the ocean. And then for
everbody to have a subsequent crab-feast in his honour.
Bikes do become personal, don't they? But after my demise, I think
I'd prefer my rig to live on under the auspices of another, than
to follow me into the abyss.
> (Juggling news servers again, grrrrr!)
aioe.org is working for me right now.
cheers,
Tom
--
-- Nothing is safe from me.
Above address is just a spam midden.
I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca
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Date: 15 Nov 2006 00:16:20
From: Tom Keats
Subject: Re: Funerals by motorcycle and sidecar
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In article <o2dll2h2fit1hr8h4qgrjdpk8u12tg0fbp@4ax.com >,
Dale <imnot@vcn.bc.ca > writes:
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:37:11 GMT, "Mike Kruger"
> <MikeKr@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>
>>http://www.assistnews.net/ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/s03010107.htm
>>Can a bicycle funeral be far behind? After all, those funeral processions
>>are pretty slow.
>
> There's a trailer around here that is a re-purposed mountain rescue
> stretcher with a roll cage structure. It couldn't carry a casket.
>
> A casket would only need detachable wheels and tongue. Something like
> a canoe trailer would do it.
If pall-bearers just carried the thing for the full distance, at least
some folx would get some exercise. And the downlooking spirit of the
deceased might get a kick outa watching their strains 'n struggles 'n
buckling knees.
cheers,
Tom
--
-- Nothing is safe from me.
Above address is just a spam midden.
I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca
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Date: 15 Nov 2006 00:39:02
From: Zoot Katz
Subject: Re: Funerals by motorcycle and sidecar
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On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:16:20 -0800, tkeats2005@hotmail.com (Tom
Keats) wrote:
>In article <o2dll2h2fit1hr8h4qgrjdpk8u12tg0fbp@4ax.com>,
> Dale <imnot@vcn.bc.ca> writes:
>> On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:37:11 GMT, "Mike Kruger"
>> <MikeKr@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.assistnews.net/ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/s03010107.htm
>>>Can a bicycle funeral be far behind? After all, those funeral processions
>>>are pretty slow.
>>
>> There's a trailer around here that is a re-purposed mountain rescue
>> stretcher with a roll cage structure. It couldn't carry a casket.
>>
>> A casket would only need detachable wheels and tongue. Something like
>> a canoe trailer would do it.
>
>If pall-bearers just carried the thing for the full distance, at least
>some folx would get some exercise. And the downlooking spirit of the
>deceased might get a kick outa watching their strains 'n struggles 'n
>buckling knees.
>
The JFK funeral left an impression on me. The empty boots hanging
inverted from the stirrups of an empty saddle is a lasting memory.
I think that San Francisco tradition of throwing the deceased's bike
into the bay is also a fittingly powerful gesture.
(Juggling news servers again, grrrrr!)
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Date: 14 Nov 2006 22:37:23
From: Dale
Subject: Re: Funerals by motorcycle and sidecar
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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:37:11 GMT, "Mike Kruger"
<MikeKr@mouse-potato.com > wrote:
>http://www.assistnews.net/ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/s03010107.htm
>Can a bicycle funeral be far behind? After all, those funeral processions
>are pretty slow.
There's a trailer around here that is a re-purposed mountain rescue
stretcher with a roll cage structure. It couldn't carry a casket.
A casket would only need detachable wheels and tongue. Something like
a canoe trailer would do it.
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Date: 16 Nov 2006 03:56:11
From: Mike Kruger
Subject: Re: Funerals by motorcycle and sidecar
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"Dale" <imnot@vcn.bc.ca > wrote in message
news:o2dll2h2fit1hr8h4qgrjdpk8u12tg0fbp@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:37:11 GMT, "Mike Kruger"
> <MikeKr@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>
>>http://www.assistnews.net/ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/s03010107.htm
>>Can a bicycle funeral be far behind? After all, those funeral processions
>>are pretty slow.
>
> There's a trailer around here that is a re-purposed mountain rescue
> stretcher with a roll cage structure. It couldn't carry a casket.
>
> A casket would only need detachable wheels and tongue. Something like
> a canoe trailer would do it.
Dang! I already have a canoe carrier for a bicycle. I can get one of those
ministerial qualifications from the Universal Life Church and start a nice
little side business for when I go into semi-retirement. Thanks!
Mike "Probably not going to try this" Kruger
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