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Blake
| | Posted on Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 10:35 pm: | 
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The first time I saw a photo of Bomber here on BadWeB, I thought to myself, "golly, that looks like Peter Egan's artsy photo-sketch in his "Leanings" column in Cycle World. And Bomber is a thoughtful well-read interesting kinda guy... yeah, it could be ole Peter is skulking incognito on a Buell board. He lives in Wisconsin. Stranger things have happened.
As I've been fortunate to come to know Bomber better, cajoling him into helping maintain the board, discussing politics, the war, religious stuff, oh and even motorcycles, I never let go of that suspicion. Even after meeting him briefly in person at Ukes a few years back wasn't enough to put to bed my stubborn suspicion that he was really Peter Egan, or that Peter Egan was really John Rosberg.
Still not sure I'm convinced one way or the other, but he did a pretty good job of throwing up a smoke screen in the December Cycle World where he actually writes a letter to himself and gets it published!
It will give you a chuckle and make you smile. Great stuff John/Peter/Bomber/whoeveryouare!
Who ever you are, we are all better for you being here and if Peter really is another human not you, then he's lucky to have a double with as much class as you.
Way to go amigo! 
Blake |
Dana P.
| | Posted on Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 10:48 pm: |
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Ummm Blake Peter lives in Wisconsin. John lives in Illinois. Besides if John was Peter he would of done some type of write up about The BadWeb in Cycle World..... Hey whats up with that Peeeet...I mean John. |
Blake
| | Posted on Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 10:52 pm: |
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Stop trying to cover for him. I'm on to the whole charade. It won't do any good. |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 11:00 pm: |
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Illinois, Wisconsin..from down here in Texas, it all looks the same!
It's a shameless grab for money, fame, groupies...
Damn, I wish I looked like some famous big-time magazine columnist.
Right on, Bomber John!
rt |
Loki
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 12:39 am: |
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RT,
Quit poking the badgers with a spoon!
Leave it to the ground squirrels on the other side of the river. Wether its the Miss or the Croix.
the prior statement brought to you by a cheese lovin', puddle jumpin' mud duck now residing in piggyville} |
Bomber
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 08:59 am: |
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smile -- well, there's only two folks that have ever seen me and Mr Egan togegther at the same place and the same time -- so long as they don't say nuthin . . . . . .
the entire groupie thing ain't working out at all for -- while my lovely daughter has voluinteered to be my umbrella girl at a track day, it just ain't quite the same, ya know?
Loki -- come on home, now, y'hear? |
Blake
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 09:21 am: |
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Bomberegan,
Through my recent bragging to you about the wonderful southern climate, I've apparently cursed everyone down here. The thermometer showed 31oF this moring and the forecast is for a low of 25oF tonight. I partially blame you... and Egan. 
Mind if I post your letter and its response here? |
Bomber
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 09:26 am: |
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Blake -- well, that ought to teach you to watch what you say -- though I'd be THRILLED to see 31oF!! fee;l free to place all the responsibility on my shojulders, sir -- there's on;ly a couple of Texans that know where I live, and it's too cold for em to come up here and box my ears ;-}
not at all, minding that is -- nothin to be learned about the human condition, there in, but Mr Egans reply IS amusing (Thang will unnerstand immediate-like) |
CJXB
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 09:30 am: |
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I for one would like to see a copy of the letter and response, I don't have a copy of Cycle World !??
GO BOMBER !!
CJ  |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 11:33 am: |
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Bomber, if you want to take Mr. Egan's advice, I have an old Triumph you can use. While I can't guarantee anything, I feel fairly safe in saying that there's an excellent probability that you would have the opportunity to practice "field-expedient repairs" if you rode it very far...
rt |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 11:39 am: |
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Quit poking the badgers with a spoon!
Badgers?
We ain't got no badgers.
We don't need no badgers.
I don't have to show you any stinking badgers!
rt
(Message edited by road_thing on December 05, 2005) |
Court
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 12:50 pm: |
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Hail Bomber . . . All Hail Bomber.
Just as you think this guy is silently slipping into his golden years and off to see the sunset on an M-2, poof....up 'n become famous he does.
Hail Bomber....All Hail Bomber.
....off to list my "Bomber-graphed" can of refried beans on e-Bay. . . I knew if I held, I'd have "investment grade" beans!
Hail Bomber. . . All Hail Bomber.
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Firemanjim
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 01:09 pm: |
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Court,call me RE t-shirts. |
Bomber
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 02:03 pm: |
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Brer Court -- we need to getcha out a lil more often, but thanks ;-} |
Blake
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 02:06 pm: |
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Okay then! For those unfortunate souls with no immediate access to the January Cycle World, the following is from the "HOTSHOTS" letters section on page 22:
quote: Pete and Re-Pete
I'm a gent (benefit of the doubt, please) of a "certain age" and share a fair amount of the adventures that Peter Egan has written about over the years. We both did our post-grad work in Southeast Asia, for instance, and I share with Peter a lack of coloration in my hair and beard.
So what, you ask? Good question.
Please ask Mr. Egan if I can charge for autographs when folks request them. Last weekend, at the Slimey Crud Run outside Madison, Wisconsin, a number of folks approached me, confessed to admiring my work, and requested autographs.
Being a quick study, by the third such request, I realized these poor souls thought that I was Egan. I am not, although I've got nothing against someone being Peter Egan. It just ain't me!
There's gotta be a way I can turn this strange coincidence into a revenue stream, no matter how trifling. At the same time, I have no desire to cause Peter any difficulties down the road.
Looking forward to your wise and gracious council.
John Rosberg
Middle-Aged, Gray-Haired Guy.
Peter says, "The best way to handle this situation is to avoid it entirely by riding your newly acquired 1969 Triumph to the Crud Run. The bike will stop running as you coast into the outskirts of Pine Bluff, our traditional gathering point, and you'll get to spend the entire morning by the roadside trying to find out what's wrong, thereby missing out on all contact with Cycle World readers, your riding buddies, old friends, etc. It's a strategy that never fails.
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Rex
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 03:29 pm: |
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Love his book....he needs to publish 3 more just like them, and attend one of our buell homecomings...REX |
Bomber
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 03:38 pm: |
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he's got another one just out, btw, Rex -- |
Blake
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 05:46 pm: |
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Friggin' self-promoter. 
The BRAG chalet shared their entry with the Cycle World chalet at Laguna Seca this Summer. I made a quick forray into their area looking to meet Kevin Cameron; he was out an about at the time. Didn't think to look for Mr. Egan. Darnit! |
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Peter Egan Incognito (Bomber in Cycle World)