Fifty Plus (50+) - Another recent addition to the forum

Since jpoppafoxtrot introduced himself I guess I ought to quit procrastinating and do the same. I have been hanging around and lobbing in the odd comment for a few weeks and this seems like this group is about the same half bubble off plumb as I am. :twitchy:

The nickname Mort Canard is kind of a French pun that translates as "Dead Duck"...and no I don't speak french. Multilingual puns just appeal to my sense of humor. In addition to bicycling I ride motorcycle, fish, hunt and enjoy cooking. I also like old rock and roll from the late 60s and early 70s.

I live in Wichita, Ks. and am a welder and welding inspector by trade.

I enjoy tinkering with bikes and like classic and vintage bikes. I have a lot of parts already in the bin for the N+1 bike as soon as I can find a steel lugged frame that trips my trigger.

I also have added my profile to the +50 riders sticky thread.

Welcome to the oldtimers forum :)

Classic and Vintage lover? Me too. Check in with the C&V guys to let us know what you have and what you want.

Classic and Vintage lover? Me too. Check in with the C&V guys to let us know what you have and what you want.

Yep! This forum and the C&V forum is where I spend most of my time. I yearn for parts made of genuine unobtanium not fabric overlayed with plastic resin.:rolleyes: Oh well, each to his own!

Howdy and welcome aboard!

Welcome Dead Duck... clever username, IMO. Now I'll have to think up a Frenchified name for myself... :thumb:

"Shu pati schva a le bon le parti" Thats cajun french for welcome to the good party!:thumb:

Mort, you will have to but a round before you can post again.

Mort, you will have to buy a round before you can post again.

The bottles next to the keyboard. Help yourself!:D

Teachme, Mercy Buckups!

1nterceptor, billydonn Thank ya, thank ya!

Yep! This forum and the C&V forum is where I spend most of my time. I yearn for parts made of genuine unobtanium not fabric overlayed with plastic resin.:rolleyes: Oh well, each to his own!

A Scandium fan then?

Well Mort, welcome to the fun.

By now I'm sure you're preparing for the official Pie Ride in Sept. when we all gather for a virtual group ride and get stuffed.

Of course I assume you're also preparing your report on your most recent colonoscopy, Tombay incident, and N+1 experience....oh you have much to do, much to do. We are not an idle group at all, not at all. :D

Teachme, Mercy Buttercups!



Fixed it.

What is in the bottle, it matters.

COD, you seem to be awefully concerned about things going in others backsides, somethin you want to tell us?

Welcome to the asylum.

A Scandium fan then?
More Magnesium and Titanium. ...and of course Chrome/Molybdenum.

COD,
I have had a Tombay but it was long enough ago that I don't remember much about it. All I need for N+1 is a nice vintage steel lugged frame and I can begin hanging components.

leob1,
berner was refering to my response to question two in the +50 profile thread.

2. Do you take any special supplements/vitamins/minerals as you have grown older? Single Malt Scotch or Irish Whiskey.:love:

. . . The nickname Mort Canard is kind of a French pun that translates as "Dead Duck"...and no I don't speak french. Multilingual puns just appeal to my sense of humor. . .

What kind of pun is it? It means nothing in french. . . and in english?

Welcome on the forum.

What kind of pun is it? It means nothing in french. . . and in english?

Welcome on the forum.

Actually the literal translation into french would be Canard Mort.

Thanks for the welcome!

Hi.

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome Mort!

Jeff, still fat

Mort Canard, did you happen to take your name from a line in the play The Curious Savage?

Mikey,
No, I am not familiar with that play. How do they use the name?
Mort

Welcome. The more the merrier.

The Curious Savage is a play written by John Patrick and first produced in New York in 1950: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Savage

Mort Canard is used in a line, and some other times during the play by Mrs. Savage

MRS. SAVAGE :
Well, having kicked over the traces myself—and learned
once again the importance of unimportant things—I decided I’d
help others have the foolish things they’d always wanted. So, I
established the Jonathan Savage Memorial Fund—a foundation
for giving money away in memory of my husband. And that
insane idea has brought me here. Well, at least I learned one
thing from my French lessons: what I am. I’m a “Mort canard.”
That’s a “dead duck”—I think. Some day you’ll realize that a
great injustice was done me. You’ll know that I was always quite
sane. But here I am—and here they’ll try to keep me—with my
few foolish years taken from me.

I've seen many productions of plays and musicals over the years mainly because a close family friend is an Excellent H.S. Drama Teacher. For nearly 30 years, I've taken publicity and historical record photographs(B&W for the first 15years and 35mm Slides for the first 25 or 27, and digital for the last 4 or so). I believe she's retiring next year.

Bikey Mikey,
Thanks for the dialogue! Sounds like I am going to have to find a stage production of this play. From the write up in Wikipedia, and your description, it sounds like quite the good comedy.

There was a some dialogue from an old Firesign Theater album where they identify someone as "Mr. Mort" and another Firesign Theater actor comments; "That's Mr. Dead in French." I guess that's what started me up with the idea.

All I need for N+1 is a nice vintage steel lugged frame and I can begin hanging components.

What size?
What's on your bicycle bucket list?

There was a some dialogue from an old Firesign Theater album where they identify someone as "Mr. Mort" and another Firesign Theater actor comments; "That's Mr. Dead in French." I guess that's what started me up with the idea.

Firesign Theater --- we now know what you were doing in the 60's & early 70's.

What size?
What's on your bicycle bucket list?
Well right now I am rebuilding a 1976 Gazelle Champion Mondial that I bought as a bare frame new that year in Belgium. I hung components on it from the local bike shop at the time. Recently I decided to switch from 27x1-1/4" tires to 700C. That decision has changed a lot of stuff throughout the the bike. All new wheels and 7 speed cassette versus the old 5 speed freewheel. I am updating the brakes just a touch. I will probably post pix latter this summer.

When that is done I will probably look for another vintage road bike to build or rebuild. Something from the late '80s may be interesting and that vintage parts are fairly reasonable these days. '70s parts are getting a little pricey. :rolleyes:


Firesign Theater --- we now know what you were doing in the 60's & early 70's.
Guilty as charged! :lol:

What size?
What's on your bicycle bucket list?
By the way. I take a 58cm frame and would accept donations of any steel frame with brazed lugs. Heck, I'd even pay shipping on frames of Reynolds, Columbus or Tange tubing.:D

…There was a some dialogue from an old Firesign Theater album where they identify someone as "Mr. Mort" and another Firesign Theater actor comments; "That's Mr. Dead in French." I guess that's what started me up with the idea.


Firesign Theater --- we now know what you were doing in the 60's & early 70's.
Hey.

I am a big Firesign fan, and I resemble that remark, Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk.

I have memorized, by default, a lot of Firesign dialogue and I don’t remember that line. Could it have been from Monty Python?

FYA, there was a recent In Memoriam tribute to Peter Bergman on Foo, and I posted:


I was a huge [fan] in the 1970's and have occasionally re-listened in the past year. I was so big a fan that long passages of dialogue are burned into my memory, and several phrases come up in my everyday conversation, like:

“What have you done for ME lately ?”

“They didn't ask questions like that back in 1776.”

“I am he of whom we speak.”

Several years ago my wife bought tickets for the 25th anniversary tour show of Firesign here in Boston. It was mostly people just like me, graybeards knowing all the dialogue and sporadically shouting out seemingly absurd phrases like “More sugar!”.

FYA, here’s the URL of a definitive Firesign Lexicon:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/firesign-th...lexicon/part1/

…Well so long for now, ("The longer the better") but just remember, “Everything You Know is Wrong.”…

Ya gotta start early if your're gonna stick it out!:D

By the way. I take a 58cm frame and would accept donations of any steel frame with brazed lugs. Heck, I'd even pay shipping on frames of Reynolds, Columbus or Tange tubing.:D

Sorry, my vintage bikes/frames would be too big.

Hey.

I am a big Firesign fan, and I resemble that remark, Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk.

I have memorized, by default, a lot of Firesign dialogue and I don’t remember that line. Could it have been from Monty Python?

Jim,
The dialogue is from the Album "Dear Friends", side four. The track is called "It's sure realistic".

Have you heard the latest album "Give me immortality or give me death"? It's seems to me that it's kind of a throwback to "How can you be in two places at once....."?

Of course Bergman's death kind of decides the question of the albums title.:twitchy:

Jim,
The dialogue is from the Album "Dear Friends", side four. The track is called "It's sure realistic".

Have you heard the latest album "Give me immortality or give me death"? It's seems to me that it's kind of a throwback to "How can you be in two places at once....."?

Of course Bergman's death kind of decides the question of the albums title.:twitchy:
Hi Mort,

Thanks for the reply. I don't think I even heard of that album, Dear Friends, or the latest one, though I do recall Pastor Rod Flash's salutation, "Hello Dear Friends" when he was "way up there" and "high all right, but not on false drugs. No,... high on the real things...powerful gasoline, a clean windshield, and a shoe shine."

;)

Jim,
The first four albums are of course pretty much the canon. "Waiting for the Electrician", "How Can You Be Two Places...", "Don't Crush That Dwarf" & "I Think We're All Bozos..." are what most people know them for. The group actually put out around thirty albums. Among them are some great material.

Since we are in an election year I have already gone back and listened to "Papoon for President" a number of times already, and will have to revisit that album more just to get through to November.

I also like "Eat or be Eaten", and you already mentioned "Everything you know is wrong".

A lot of great stuff from those guys! It saddens me that we probably won't be hearing much more from them.

...The group actually put out around thirty albums. Among them are some great material.

Since we are in an election year I have already gone back and listened to "Papoon for President" a number of times already, and will have to revisit that album more just to get through to November.

A lot of great stuff from those guys! It saddens me that we probably won't be hearing much more from them.
"One Organism, One Vote!"
"A Platform six inches off the ground, so nobody falls off."

Thanks for that information, and I'll look for those other albums; I need more things to listen to while cycling.

Meanwhile, I found Mystery Science Theater 3000 to fill the Void.