Ricky Smith's Comments

Hi Ricky, sorry for the late response, havent been on here in  a while

Watcha dude ! Alls good here thanks , hope its the same for you . Sorry i took time to reply only i've not been online for a short time .

Not much been going on over this side personally apart from my shrinking bank balance . :-(  Got into town though to a Mousetrap all nighter which is always top of my list . Had a great time with a new pal i've met through going there (Scottish Robbie who lives in north London) . Man his clothes are so sharp ! He's good company , almost the same age as myself and a really funny guy , he should have been a comedian . I've been trying to get him fixed up with  girl or two but he's such a fussy dude .

We're going to the Crossfire all nighter on April 5th , another top night in a huge venue . Got my pal from work coming with us too as he wants a bit of female company also . It looks like i've got my work cut out for the night trying to fix them both up eh . Theres going to be four of us as my pal Tony who is new to the seen is joining us too . I'ts going to be funny this week as Tony is coming over to my pad for some dance lessons . He's been to some club nights with me before and has got hooked on it but gets frustrated standing around getting drunk while i slip my feet around the floor . Honestly , i dont understand him sometimes .   :-D   Really looking forward to it .

On another note , yeh man , the trip on my scooter was something else and in a way doing it solo made it more of a mission and something to be proud of . Because when i look back now it still gives me a buzz knowing the risks that i took going it alone and i didn't even have a cell phone at the time so if i had got attacked or my scoot broke down i'de have been in big trouble a long long way from home . I guess the risk was part of the buzz . I would only recomend it to somebody who's mad though , says a lot for me eh .  :-D  Or is that just plain old stupid ? Fun though and i done a diary every day with my speed , distance and the days events in it so as i can go back to it from time to time and reminisce . When i do i sit and daydream with endless top memories so it can only have done my life some good eh .

I've also got a 1970 V.W.Camper van (another peice of history) and me and my girl are planning to repeat the trip in it together for my 50th (i'm 48 now) . I've got some work to do on it to get it up to the job firstly though . You got to have dreams to acheive in your life eh , it keeps you pushing on through . 

Wow , The Who eh ! You lucky man ! Where are you going for it and how much was your ticket ? They done the Quadrophinia tour over here but i couldn't afford to do it . That's going to be awsome stuff man .

Hi Ricky !

Yeh man , the youth don't look up to their elders eh . Hang on a minute , just what you are trying to say here ? Im an old fart over the hill ?  : D  You may be right , but theres life in the old dog yet .  : D  Nah , there good lads and behave themselves when I tell them to .  : ) 

A Vespa man indeed , I love a Lammy but got myself a PXE 200 brand new in 1996 for reliability to do some traveling on and go to work and back . Ive looked after it ever since and done a solo tour of France , Switzerland , and down to Southern Italy on it . What a buzz that was ! Blazing hot sunshine and open roads for almost dead on 3,000 miles . Rode up Mount Vesuvius and Pompei , through Rome and through St Peters Square (the popes back garden) , Pisa too . Something I will never forget I tell yah . What an experience !

My girlfriend loves going on the back too but ive stored it away for about 4 years and spent my time and money on a 1970 VW camper . Im in the process of dusting off the cob webs at the moment though as ive missed it for too long .  Its still got some Italian dust on it , how authentic is that eh .  : )  Cant wait for the spring as the weathers pretty crap here at the mo .

I live a short distance from east London so going into London for The Mousetrap R & B all nighter this coming Saturday night . Cant wait for that , i'll burn some leather for you dude .   ; )

I can relate exactly to what youre saying dude ! Its such a buzz to know others look at you with respect and admiration .

I go to watch our local football team (Grays Athletic F.C.)with some guys that ive met at the games and have become quite close pals with some of them . As the majority of them are younger and don't know about Mod i baffle them quite a bit . Piece by piece though im educating them and they like my clothes . Each game they wait to see what im waring for the day . They like it and ive been dubbed "Grays Athletics best dressed supporter" .  : D  I get comments a lot and they take the piss a bit but they think its cool . If only i could convert them all . Theyre too busy being Norman Nobody though except for Tony , hes one who is beginning to see the light and has began to come clubbing with me and buying the clothes (under my supervision of course) : D  I feel so elite when out on my scooter too (full mod chromed up Vespa), people just stop and stare with a smile and a look on their face as if to say "fuck me that looks cool" . Well , that's up to them to get their shit together eh .

Like yourself ive been known to bust a few moves on the dancefloor too and have got my own style of dancing that has won me a few compliments . So i guess i must be doing something right , well i hope so anyway .  : D  I haven't seen anybody sniggering at me yet or do they do it on the sly ?  : D  So if you get yourself over here some time perhaps we can burn some leather together ? That would be fun dude !

Watcha dude !   : )  Hope this finds you and your tribe in good health ?  Just checked out your profile , im not all that clued up on computers and don't know how to put some pics on here . Ive gotta get off my arse and sort it really , been a bit lazy like that .

Theres a space waiting for you on every dance floor over here and it would be great if you made it over the pond some time as you say . 

Being the only Mod in town is a gift to be treasured , that's what makes you a Mod isn't it ? Standing out from the crowd , being different from Joe public , dressing sharper and being cooler than them ? I know the feeling well , my pals just take what the high street or shopping mall gives them as a choice of clothes and suck on it . Their music taste is what ever the TV and radio throws at them and that's about their depth really .

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