American Chopper last night
Tourer
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Lower Hood Canal, WA
senior in recovery - hmmmmmmmmm
I don't know how many more of you are recovering folks, but I'm here to to tell you the *******/dysfunctional behavior that senior seems to be plagued with, is un-fu*king-believable. Not very consistent with a person who pounds their chest boasting about 25 years clean. I recall senior mentioning he went to meetings for the first 9 years. Maybe that explains it. If he hasn't been to a meeting in 16 years it would be hard to stay connected to and demonstrate the fundamental principals of recovery. Senior might want to return to the concept contained in the 1st Step and determine what it is he's trying to control. Likley something he has no control of (powerless). Then he may begin to see how out of control his life is. (unmanageable) A buddy of mine that I go to meetings with would sum it up this way, "God bless him, at least he's not drinking and doing drugs" . I suppose I would agree to a certain extent, but I didn't get sober to be that miserable.
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Road Master
Joined: May 2009
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From: Jacksonville, FL
That would be funny as heck.
It is truely a sad story. As a person who works for his father, and always has, it can be rough at times. Most people do not understand. I think they let the success go to their heads. Both Sr and Jr need a serious beating to straighten their butts out.
I was curious when Sr said they had a independant appraisor come in and they valued the company at zero???? The real money stuff Jr must not have any ownership in, like the retail shop. Cant help it, but I still keep it on the DVR and catch up when I am bored.
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Midway, UT.
This thread is a testimony to the show, love it or hate it, I hate it, people are talking about it, this thread is, what, one day old, and 7 pages!!!!
And here I am talking about it too, but I don't watch it, didn't even know they had an episode comming on.
The show NEVER was about the bikes, I watched a show on Discovery some time back, they where talking about some of their shows, they had a bike builder all picked out, they one of the producers found the tuttles, called the project head up and told him he found the builders, he had seen how disfunctional they where and how they fought and that is why they have the show.
Some one mentioned that they had copies of their bikes scattered around their showroom, those are not copies, they are the real deal, when they had "Actuions" for the bikes Sr. always bought the bikes, personily I think that was staged too, if you watched the early shows you could see that slowly Discovery put their people in as "employies" to keep an eye on what was going on and to make sure the fighting kept comming for the viewers, it was/is the show that made them rich, not the bikes!
Some one mentioned that they had met some real bike builders and how aprochable they where/are, but Jr had body guards around him, that is the reason you don't see real bike builders on those shows, because they are down to earth, mostly nice guys, who wants to watch that, sorry but that doesn't build mansions for the producers, and the investors of the programs, every "reality" program on discovery and TLC are about some disfunctional person/family/group, and sadly we like to watch it!
Terry
And here I am talking about it too, but I don't watch it, didn't even know they had an episode comming on.
The show NEVER was about the bikes, I watched a show on Discovery some time back, they where talking about some of their shows, they had a bike builder all picked out, they one of the producers found the tuttles, called the project head up and told him he found the builders, he had seen how disfunctional they where and how they fought and that is why they have the show.
Some one mentioned that they had copies of their bikes scattered around their showroom, those are not copies, they are the real deal, when they had "Actuions" for the bikes Sr. always bought the bikes, personily I think that was staged too, if you watched the early shows you could see that slowly Discovery put their people in as "employies" to keep an eye on what was going on and to make sure the fighting kept comming for the viewers, it was/is the show that made them rich, not the bikes!
Some one mentioned that they had met some real bike builders and how aprochable they where/are, but Jr had body guards around him, that is the reason you don't see real bike builders on those shows, because they are down to earth, mostly nice guys, who wants to watch that, sorry but that doesn't build mansions for the producers, and the investors of the programs, every "reality" program on discovery and TLC are about some disfunctional person/family/group, and sadly we like to watch it!
Terry
Last edited by TMair; Aug 14, 2010 at 06:15 PM.
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Actually, I watch the show if there's absolutely nothing to do (and can't ride)since I love V twins, and what the heck, it is occasionally interesting.
But are we supposed to take the show even somewhat realistically? I thought it was like watching Ozzie (with no Harriet!) with slightly different characters.
More often than not, the designs are variations of a hackneyed theme. More importantly, as has already been suggested, these things are over the top show bikes that tax the characters' abilities to ride them in a straight line at 40 miles per hour. My back hurts just watching them ride. Thank God for my stock Fatboy frame geometry. You'd need a police escort to actually turn them around. I'd love to see one of them go through a toll booth! the front wheel would trigger the "dead beat alarm" while the rider was at the booth door paying the toll!
But are we supposed to take the show even somewhat realistically? I thought it was like watching Ozzie (with no Harriet!) with slightly different characters.
More often than not, the designs are variations of a hackneyed theme. More importantly, as has already been suggested, these things are over the top show bikes that tax the characters' abilities to ride them in a straight line at 40 miles per hour. My back hurts just watching them ride. Thank God for my stock Fatboy frame geometry. You'd need a police escort to actually turn them around. I'd love to see one of them go through a toll booth! the front wheel would trigger the "dead beat alarm" while the rider was at the booth door paying the toll!
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