[DML] Re: A hiatus

["Bobby D. Mims" <bmims@xxxx>]

Dick,
Wow ! How did you pull that off? If you get through Tyler, Texas give
me a call and I will by the beer!
Bobby Mims

----- Original Message -----
From: <raddad@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 11:47 AM
Subject: [DML] A hiatus


> This will be my last posting until sometime in January 2001. You see, I
am
> parting company with my 83 DeLorean and taking up with my bicycle for the
> next year. Starting January 1, 2000, I will join 245 other certifiable
> loonies who are, for one full year, riding their bicycles around the
world.
> Yes, this one-legged 66 year old guy is going to ride on 6 continents,
> through 45 countries and pedal 20,000 miles.
>
> I have already made contact, off the list, with some of the DeLorean
owners
> outside the USA and hope to be able to meet them in person during my
> travels. While there are no DMLers in many of the countries we will ride
> through, I would love to meet as many of you as possible given my tight
> schedule and preplanned route.
>
> Should any of you want to meet, quaff a pint and talk about DeLoreans,
> bicycles or things in general, send an email to <raddad@xxxx>. My
> wife will tell me of your posts and we'll see if we can meet.
>
> The DML is a wonderful resource. Use it well and often. Isn't it amazing
> how the internet has shrunk the world so that we think we know people
we've
> never met and who live thousands of miles away. I'm sure that in this
next
> year I'll come to realize that the world is a BIG place after all.
>
> Merry Christmas to you all. May the new millenium bring you health and
> happiness.
>
> Dick Ryan
> The Rad Dad
> VIN 16867
>
> Countries I'll ride through (and drink beers in): Mexico, Costa Rica,
> Panama, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Swaziland, Greece, Italy, Monaco,
> Andorra, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Canada, England, Wales, Scotland,
> Ireland, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia,
> Germany, Czeck Republic, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Switzerland,
> Lichtenstein, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, Viet
> Nam, China, Japan
>
>
>
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