Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Thoughts on bikers, of all things

When we had our deli in Ormond Beach Florida in the late 1980's, bikers were scary looking but oddly enough pleasant and polite as our customers, no issues ever occurred.
You see, at that time before there was only one Bike Week in March just before Spring Breakers would all converge on Daytona Beach, our next door neighbor. 
Since then I do believe there are two with the other one being in October, calling it cleverly Biketober?
Any-who, in those days Harley Davidson motorcycles were too expensive for the common man or woman to have added into their vehicle garages, so we were told. If making an honest wage you would have to be a professional otherwise involved in crime!
And many of the people who did visit for this event were not ornery or of the criminal types, some were even doctors or lawyers by profession and were considered weekend warriors.
But again not in a violent way, just in the concept of the roadways, warriors of the roadways, ya know?

We were not naive at all I think, of course there were many bad evil gangs/types existing then too, Outlaws, Hell's Angel's and the like, oh sure for decades prior and since.
But the ones we met in our little restaurant and me individually working later on in promotion and in that capacity I dealt directly with the people during the Bike Week event all types. Why skinny me was even decked out in a leather outfit promoting some commercial handouts that I was given to do as a spokes model; funny I cannot remember for whom the product being promoting was, but I also was as well for my job as entertainment manager was booking old rock bands for the clubs/bars they were going to then.Bikers liked old rock and roll, while then college kids were into Reggae, and NASCAR were country lovers etc.

Most bikers had incredible ink artwork bestowed upon their persons, tats, or tattoos if you prefer, ankles, arms, necks some even on their faces,backs and chests could be seen since the weather was usually warm enough for their exposure too, fascinating actually, never my style though.
Never felt the need or desire, ya know?
And thankfully our sons did not either. 

  What brought this rehashing thinking of bikers, since our own Number One Son had a Harley and another bike, motorcycle, as an adult as well as one as a teen, until recently, and Hubby had one when we dated well over forty years ago and we did have a lot of fun. But he and I agreed to get rid of it when we married and had our first child since his neighbor's son died due to him foolishly placing the child on the gas tank and driving the child slowly around the neighborhood where the toddler fell off, horrific!

Any-who, there are bikers and then they are BIKERS' Gangs and what happened in Texas is appalling and without explanation that is no rhyme or reason and makes what happened makes me sick.

Its reminiscent of all types of people though being thrown into the same classification, not all in a group are the same that is all I think I am trying to say, good and bad people exist in all types of interests.

Many bikers help with non-profits like Toys for Tots and Multiple sclerosis. I cannot understand why so many could act like wild animals...sorry! Although, that is a insult to many animals who would never do what those BIKER GANGS people did, no excuses for that.

On those disconnected thoughts and memories of mine  if they mean anything to you or me, truly, allow me now to be the very first to wish you all a very happy good night and ask you all to kindly count all your blessings and share all your overages with you know whom and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!

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