Luckiest bastard KBer.

[White trash]

Right. We've had a thread (or two) about whos the fastest.

We've had 'em about whos the best looking (Thanks to all that voted me #1)

We know who does the best wheelies, had the biggest crashes, worst tickets.

What I wanna know is, who is the luckiest in their career. Not who enjoys their job the best but who gets the best benefits.

Yesterday, I got a phone call from a prick who I think, deserves the first nomination.

The phone call goes as follows.

"Hi it's James speaking, how may I help?"

"You'll never guess whos being flown to Australia to test the new Street Rod from Harley?" says an instantly recognisable Aussie accent.

"You BASTARD!" is my response.

That's right, I nominate Big Dave for the very first Kiwi Biker Lucky Bastard award.

Bless him.

[Maximus]

a decent thread has been started!! Now this should get interesting :eyepoke:

Go that Man :niceone:

[Blakamin]

i'm friggin miles away.... last maybe...

[Biff]

Several times in my last job I was flown to Paris or Milan for lunch. Tough days at the office.

I've spent a week in Las Vegas 'networking' - basically getting drunk and viewing 'exotic' shows and other kinds of exotic places all on the company Amex.

Had an armed gang chase me and a colleague around Basra in Iraq for over an hour - we managed to escape. A couple of lucky bstards. Alas only I am a KB'er so I guess we don't qualify.

I snogged Melinda Messenger - you probably don't know who she is, but fellow Brits here might.

I've had a bit part in a porn film. Yes, my bit did get filmed.

I'm just about to be sent on a three week tour of Asia and Europe. Once again networking. Woohooo.

And my family and I are in good health.

I'm probably not the luckiest KB'er here, but I'm darned lucky the way I look at things

[ktulu]

I seem to be fairly lucky with my career, whenever i have hit a cross roads in my career something great has come up to give me experience which gets me somewhere better and its really snowballed, I hope it continues.

I don;t think there are many other 19 year olds around with a salary over 50 000 a year, mind you I don't get to ride shit, so that guy is a lucky bastard.

[Sniper]

Several times in my last job I was flown to Paris or Milan for lunch. Tough days at the office.

I've spent a week in Las Vegas 'networking' - basically getting drunk and viewing 'exotic' shows and other kinds of exotic places all on the company Amex.

Had an armed gang chase me and a colleague around Basra in Iraq for over an hour - we managed to escape. A couple of lucky bstards. Alas only I am a KB'er so I guess we don't qualify.

I snogged Melinda Messenger - you probably don't know who she is, but fellow Brits here might.

I've had a bit part in a porn film. Yes, my bit did get filmed.

I'm just about to be sent on a three week tour of Asia and Europe. Once again networking. Woohooo.

And my family and I are in good health.

I'm probably not the luckiest KB'er here, but I'm darned lucky the way I look at things

You also are the best liar, and if I've told you once Ive told you a billion times- DONT Exaggerate!! LOL

Well done Biff, thats good of ya mate

[Riff Raff]

Before ambulance I worked for Dive New Zealand magazine - I worked bloody hard but had a few good perks like dive trip to Fiji and dive charters in New Zealand in exchange for writing articles.

And on that note - any scuba divers on here? I haven't dived since last year so I'm itching to get back in the water - even if it's just up to Goat Island. PM me if anyone is interested.

[**R1**]

Right. We've had a thread (or two) about whos the fastest.

We've had 'em about whos the best looking (Thanks to all that voted me #1)

We know who does the best wheelies, had the biggest crashes, worst tickets.

What I wanna know is, who is the luckiest in their career. Not who enjoys their job the best but who gets the best benefits.

Yesterday, I got a phone call from a prick who I think, deserves the first nomination.

The phone call goes as follows.

"Hi it's James speaking, how may I help?"

"You'll never guess whos being flown to Australia to test the new Street Rod from Harley?" says an instantly recognisable Aussie accent.

"You BASTARD!" is my response.

That's right, I nominate Big Dave for the very first Kiwi Biker Lucky Bastard award.

Bless him.

Riding a HD ROD is Lucky?????:spudwhat: poor dude:doctor:

I think im luck just to make it to work in one piece each day.

[Biff]

You also are the best liar, and if I've told you once Ive told you a billion times- DONT Exaggerate!! LOL

Well done Biff, thats good of ya mate

Not a single one of those is a lie actually. :shake:


Now, had I said I was extremally good looking, was very well endowed, or was married to J.Lo then that would be complete and utter BS.

[onearmedbandit]

Melinda Messenger - Oh yeah, had a excellent poster of her on my wall once. Biff, if all is true you are my hero.

[Sniper]

Not a single one of those is a lie actually. :shake:


Now, had I said I was extremally good looking, was very well endowed, or was married to J.Lo then that would be complete and utter BS.


I would believe you :yes:

[Lou Girardin]

Right. We've had a thread (or two) about whos the fastest.

We've had 'em about whos the best looking (Thanks to all that voted me #1)

We know who does the best wheelies, had the biggest crashes, worst tickets.

What I wanna know is, who is the luckiest in their career. Not who enjoys their job the best but who gets the best benefits.

Yesterday, I got a phone call from a prick who I think, deserves the first nomination.

The phone call goes as follows.

"Hi it's James speaking, how may I help?"

"You'll never guess whos being flown to Australia to test the new Street Rod from Harley?" says an instantly recognisable Aussie accent.

"You BASTARD!" is my response.

That's right, I nominate Big Dave for the very first Kiwi Biker Lucky Bastard award.

Bless him.

I'll second that. Lucky, lucky bastard.

[Lou Girardin]

Several times in my last job I was flown to Paris or Milan for lunch. Tough days at the office.

I've spent a week in Las Vegas 'networking' - basically getting drunk and viewing 'exotic' shows and other kinds of exotic places all on the company Amex.

Had an armed gang chase me and a colleague around Basra in Iraq for over an hour - we managed to escape. A couple of lucky bstards. Alas only I am a KB'er so I guess we don't qualify.

I snogged Melinda Messenger - you probably don't know who she is, but fellow Brits here might.

I've had a bit part in a porn film. Yes, my bit did get filmed.

I'm just about to be sent on a three week tour of Asia and Europe. Once again networking. Woohooo.

And my family and I are in good health.

I'm probably not the luckiest KB'er here, but I'm darned lucky the way I look at things

How did you get close enough to Melinda to touch lips?

[TonyB]

Several times in my last job I was flown to Paris or Milan for lunch. Tough days at the office.

I'm probably not the luckiest KB'er here, but I'm darned lucky the way I look at things
And by the number of times you post, you must actually get paid for being on KB! :shake:
I vote for Bif Baff

[Biff]

Melinda Messenger - Oh yeah, had a excellent poster of her on my wall once. Biff, if all is true you are my hero.


All true I promise. I knew Melinda and her brother before her boob job. She ended up marrying my mate Wayne. Now there is one lucky bastard!!

[White trash]

I know a guy who rooted Alanis Morisette.

No shit, I know him.

And it wasn't me.





And I know she aint THAT hot but it's still Alanis Morisette.

[StoneChucker]

I've got one hand in YOUR pocket.... :wari: hehe

This thread has been some of the best reading I've done on KB! I have nothing to add as lucky goes however.

Hey, I might be famous (infamous) oneday, get in quick ladies :niceone:

[jrandom]

I know a guy who rooted Alanis Morisette.

What'd he have to say about it?

Was it, like, different? From the usual? Special, in any way?

Do women acquire mystic erotic powers of, you know, mysticness and stuff, when they become rich and famous, or are they still Just Another Chick (tm)?

[**R1**]

my mate touched Wavely from shortland streets tity, then got told to fuck off by her boyfriend(Rangi) from Shortland street.....good story when he tells it.

[Paul in NZ]

I married the girl I fell in love with - Thats was lucky we found each other...

I'm still in love with her, but thats more good management that luck perhaps?

All my kids have managed to grow up - Thats lucky

I have everything I need (very lucky)

I don't have everything I want (also lucky - keeps you motivated)

No one tried to kill me today and I think Vicki is cooking something nice for dinner - Lucky lucky...

I turned on the tap this morning and clean water came out, I could tell because of the light that flowed from the lamp in my kitchen illuminated by reliable electricity. No smog shortened my life and my boss is reasonable. There is a better than even chance the Police will come if I'm in trouble and the Fire Brigade will come if I need them. My wife has had several operations and I have a chronic medical condition yet I'm still alive and easily can get the medication I need...

I live in NZ

Bloody LUCKY.....

Paul N

[Sensei]

my mate touched Wavely from shortland streets tity, then got told to fuck off by her boyfriend(Rangi) from Shortland street.....good story when he tells it.

Nice Titys to . Like the dumb thing she has going to .
SENSEI

[White trash]

Nice Titys to . Like the dumb thing she has going to .
SENSEI

It's not a bad look is it? More women should go for that style.

[phantom]

I live with a gorgeous lady whose idea it was that I get back into biking again even though she hates the infernal things - probably more luck than I deserve :2thumbsup

[Big Dave]

What'd he have to say about it?

Was it, like, different? From the usual? Special, in any way?

Do women acquire mystic erotic powers of, you know, mysticness and stuff, when they become rich and famous, or are they still Just Another Chick (tm)?

quite ironic really.
bd

[White trash]

quite ironic really.
bd

I'm still not talking to you. Piss off.

[zeRax]

very nice paul n :o
taking nothing for granted is a good trait to have

[Coyote]

I'm not good lookin, I have a job thats more like slave labour, depressed most of the time, unfit, normally quite dazed and don't notice my surroundings, haven't got good hearing, the chicks ignore me, etc etc.

Otherwise, I'm 15 and own a bike

Thats lucky enough for me :2thumbsup

[Big Dave]

I married the girl I fell in love with -

I live in NZ

Bloody LUCKY.....

Paul N

hey I'm with you paul. all the way down to the chronic pain bit. i don't carry that burden.

I still love my native land. Enough to adopt the local custom of tattoos with heritage significance and have the 5 stars on one shoulder and the eureka flag on the other. but i'm in no hurry to return. done nothin' but land on my feet from virtually the time i arrived on these shores.

if you are prepared to work and put in and be reliable, you can kick big goals here.

I posted this elsewhere

snip--------->

This time next week - I'll KNOW.

I'll know if Harley have a motorcycle that truly handles.

I've always had a pretty high opinion of the way a FXDX Dyna tips
in, lovely motorcycle, but 'Canyon Carver' at 50 horsepower? It
really isn't.

You ever see that episode of Seinfeld where he always 'breaks
even'?
I tell ya' - that's been happening to me soooo much lately.

I'm (figuratively) waving many of my mates goodbye tomorrow as they set off for the South Island's first ever Triumph RAT raid and subsequent week/s lap of the Island. You know, like, one the best tours you can do on a motorcycle - ever!

But work on the magazine, the co-pilot's job and
current visit to the new grandkid in Tassie, plus a 'cashflow'
shortfall the other side of a $3.5k Trophy gearbox blow up -
means we ain't going. Want to - but....well....you get that. If I'm
going to ride to Wellywood then bugger around with the ferry etc -
I want to go for a week or more, so we resolve to do it later in the
year or whenever we can.

Pretty much over it and Vege - 'esteemed publisher' rings.

Seems my Kiwi Rider Magazine cap and I are going to be guests
of The Motor Company (well, their PR firm) in my native land.

I don't believe my luck, honest. I pick up the new 'Street Rod' in
Albury on the New South Wales / Victorian border next
Wednesday and have it for 2 days 'testing' through the Australian
Alps, Snowy Mountains and across the Great Divide. Spectacular
country.

I've had a few good runs on the V-rod and always thought if they
did this to it -
http://www.harley-davidson.com/en/home.asp?bmLocale=en_AU
(click on street rod.)
it would make for a fine motorcycle. I think it will do the business.

Now I know for a fact that the 'Alps' on the 'West island' are poor
cousins to that on NZ's South, soon to be carved up by my
buddies, but what a 'career' opportunity.

You guys will be the second to know.


----------> snip

So I was going to make an acceptance speech - but would probably get nominated for 'ego' in the flame warriors voting so i say nada but thank you NZ.

bd

[bungbung]

I know a guy who rooted Alanis Morisette.

No shit, I know him.

And it wasn't me.





And I know she aint THAT hot but it's still Alanis Morisette.

Welli's pretty small. My old flatmate went to school with that guy. Wasn't he a canuck exchange student or something?

[Sniper]

I married the girl I fell in love with - Thats was lucky we found each other...

I'm still in love with her, but thats more good management that luck perhaps?

All my kids have managed to grow up - Thats lucky

I have everything I need (very lucky)

I don't have everything I want (also lucky - keeps you motivated)

No one tried to kill me today and I think Vicki is cooking something nice for dinner - Lucky lucky...

I turned on the tap this morning and clean water came out, I could tell because of the light that flowed from the lamp in my kitchen illuminated by reliable electricity. No smog shortened my life and my boss is reasonable. There is a better than even chance the Police will come if I'm in trouble and the Fire Brigade will come if I need them. My wife has had several operations and I have a chronic medical condition yet I'm still alive and easily can get the medication I need...

I live in NZ

Bloody LUCKY.....

Paul N

Thats really cool Paul. I like that

Sniper :spudwave:

[White trash]

quite ironic really.
bd

And another thing, shouldn't you be on the way to the Rat raid?

I hear someone's already had an off, hope they're OK.

[Big Dave]

And another thing, shouldn't you be on the way to the Rat raid?

I hear someone's already had an off, hope they're OK.

See post 28.

I wonder whom? i know nuffink
bd

[soundbeltfarm]

Several times in my last job I was flown to Paris or Milan for lunch. Tough days at the office.

I've spent a week in Las Vegas 'networking' - basically getting drunk and viewing 'exotic' shows and other kinds of exotic places all on the company Amex.

Had an armed gang chase me and a colleague around Basra in Iraq for over an hour - we managed to escape. A couple of lucky bstards. Alas only I am a KB'er so I guess we don't qualify.

I snogged Melinda Messenger - you probably don't know who she is, but fellow Brits here might.

I've had a bit part in a porn film. Yes, my bit did get filmed.

I'm just about to be sent on a three week tour of Asia and Europe. Once again networking. Woohooo.

And my family and I are in good health.

I'm probably not the luckiest KB'er here, but I'm darned lucky the way I look at things


you gen about ms Messenger or all shit?
if true you are one lucky mutha man.

ups to you i say

[Biff]

you gen about ms Messenger or all shit?
if true you are one lucky mutha man.

ups to you i say

On my kids lives. But it was before she was famous, so I don't know if it rates as highly as if I snogged her post op'.

To the guys out there that know my good self and Ms Biff, next time you meet us ask her. Melinda and her bro' used to hang out with us all in the same club. And before you ask, no, Ms Biff and I were not an item at the time!

[soundbeltfarm]

On my kids lives. But it was before she was famous, so I don't know if it rates as highly as if I snogged her post op'.

To the guys out there that know my good self and Ms Biff, next time you meet us ask her. Melinda and her bro' used to hang out with us all in the same club. And before you ask, no, Ms Biff and I were not an item at the time!


i worship you man.
i still have wet dreams about her.hahaha
you are the luckiest KBer here never mind all the other shit you've done..

[Skyryder]

If you get a free ride on any bike and get paid for it you got my vote. Hell a Harley's got two wheels has it not??

Skyyrder

[riffer]

Wow. What a great thread. Thanks for a good read guys.

BD - enjoy the ride. I can't wait to hear about the new Harley.

Jimmy - get your shit together and get into motorcycle journalism NOW. You know you've got the talent for it.

And Paul - nice post. Which reminds me. We haven't had a good story in ages. Must be time for another anecdote...

[madboy]

Co-incidentally I was thinking about this yesterday - I work in Disability Claims within an insurance company, so I get to deal with people who have issues. And as far as I can tell, the sicker the people generally are, the nicer people they are - cos they don't care about the small stuff, they're alive, that's all they f***** care about.

And so while reflecting on my own situation in life, I figured there were only two things in life I was unhappy about - my job and the fact that I haven't yet bought an R1. I have a beautiful partner, fantastic daughter, our own house and more than enough money to get by.

My job - well, it's the small things like incompetent management, below average remuneration (for what I do) and the frustration of the precious people I have to deal with - hardly things that I need to lose sleep over.

So when you're left with only those two things to be unhappy about - I think it's fair to say that I've got a pretty damn good life!!

[Storm]

I recently got trade qualified, I have a bike, my family and a fiancee who loves me.
No complaints here

[inlinefour]

Riding a HD ROD is Lucky?????:spudwhat: poor dude:doctor:

I think im luck just to make it to work in one piece each day.

On the 7th day God created the Harley and on the 8th He traded it for something lighter and faster. :niceone:

[Big Dog]

My company sent me on full pay to seaworld, dream world, and a host of other places i would otherwise have never been. (annual conference) Not bad for someone who started with no marketable skills except an ht lic. and no qualifications. On the other hand I resigned today.
Outgrown the role.
Time to move on.
Joining the masses of IT geeks.

[Combattant de Rue]

After reading all thses posts, im kinda feeling unlucky......
But that is all going to change after I bet everything at the casino this weekend :cool:

[Big Dog]

After reading all thses posts, im kinda feeling unlucky......
But that is all going to change after I bet everything at the casino this weekend :cool:
Be warned. On the weekend I took my lask $40 to the casino on a whim (never been before and had an hour to kill) turned it into $1000 :wari: over two hours (yup missed my meet time for a freind to buy me some drinks). Got too cocky about my black jack system and lost $700 in twenty mins :brick: before deciding $300 was enough to leave with. (came home drunk on power)
Took the miss back following night because she had never been and she wanted me to win enough for her to get a dog, after spending the rest of the money on pc games for me and shoes for her. lost the thity dollar stake in 45 mins.

When your on a role excellent but you need to know when to cash out and never take money you can't afford to lose.

[Combattant de Rue]

That makes me want to go to the casino even more. Cheap drinks too :apint:

[Big Dog]

That makes me want to go to the casino even more. Cheap drinks too :apint:
The only thing cheap in a casino is the parking!
$8 for a jim black $6 everywhere else!
If You Must Go. Statisticly Black jack is the only game where the players skill has an effect on the odds. Practice before you go and remember you only have to beat the dealer not the table. An asian guy sitting beside me pissed away $3k drawing when he already had 16 or higher. Shit he even drew on 19 and twenty!