Got off the bus on 20 July 1976 enlisted on 31 October 75.. Will figure ot the pie somehow.

Semper Fi, brother, glad you found this place. Pie is just a topic that is kind of an ice breaker, we even have an annual Pie Ride Day, each September, on a Saturday, that will be posted here. Its a running joke, that got legs, back several years ago, it sticks around because most of us have a favorite pie, for after ride recovery you know. And, it just flat gets under a few curmudgeon's skin when we bring it up. You'll be able to pick those characters out, easily.

Hmmm, 31 Oct 75, a pretty darned good day, in my personal history line, my wife and I had our first date, that night. A free triple feature of movies at the junior college we attended, thankfully she didn't boot my cheap ass for seeing the freebies, and that first kiss was something else. After 39-1/2 years, and two great kids, it is still a thrill when I see her.

Bill

Welcome! I'm in my second year on the forum and I'm still working on an adequate pie pic too.
I wonder if cheese cake would do. Had plenty of that over the holidays.

You're such a romantic! Good for you.

I'm surprised that you don't have a tandem?

Didn't get married till 88! Been with Brenda ever since. three great kids, one daughter and two sons, Both sons served as Marines as well. I did not push them into it, They both stood up after 9/11. Damn proud of them and blessed that they came home with out any missing pieces!! Some close friends of ours weren't so blessed . Matt was 1stBN PI, Brian was 2nd BN, I was 3rd BN PI. Tried to get Brenda to enlist so we would have them all covered

Thanks to both of your sons, that shows that you and Brenda raised them right. My son looked into serving as he neared HS graduation, then he found out he had epilepsy, so he concentrated on languages, and missions work, in Canada. He is university level linguistics instructor now. Your boys sure did you proud, and its great that they made it back from the sandbox in one piece.

I was 3Bn too, must be a baby boom generation thing at PI. What field were you in? Avionics here, air wing puke.

Bill

Must be an echo in here.

I started with a Giant hybrid. Followed by a secondhand Trek 1000.

Coming up on ten years and 50,000 miles ago.

Welcome.

Of course design stagnated, after the UCI standardized the approved design.

Welcome.

There is almost no such thing as an obsolete bike, just people unwilling to do some maintenance & upkeep.
N+1 rules.

Some of us celebrate Pi day 'a round' March 15. No curmudgeon here, just following the more widely recognized celebration date.

Great to hear!! Looking forward to the 50k milestone��

None of you are helping this guy win "Curmudgeon of the Month." I guess that's the tactic ... be all cheery to him, then capture the title behind his back.

Certainly fine for you, and anyone else for that matter, to use the calendar related Pi Day. However the Pie Day here is a tradition started by several of the old timers from several years ago, and carried on by some of us. Which date brings you some satisfaction is fine. A long time member, that has some serious health issues now, would post the Saturday, in September, that was to serve as a day to ride a minimum of 15 miles, and have a piece of Pie afterwards. A picture of your choice of Pie would then be posted here, for the others to ogle, and drool over. Blueberry was widely recognized as a favorite, (I'm a Key Lime Pie man, myself, mmmmm) and the source of many humorous posts about a region's blueberries and the quality of them. Some have argued for a banning of any use of a non-fruit filling in a ride's pie choice, (I say that is heresy, and none of their business, nyaaah, nyaaah, nyaaah.) We have now moved down some separate paths, some have left here, and some are in a different guise now. Such is life.....

There is a curmudgeon, that takes great pride in castigating us for mentioning Pie, or colonoscopies, or Club Tombay, etc. He may or may not give us an appearance, that matters not to many of us, at all. To each their own.

Bill

BILLD, my apologies for the hijack and the different direction...

Sounds like your son is doing well. my oldest was intel in the Corps. Now a website developer on the west coast. Youngest was Air traffic Controller, now a senior at Penn State.. Deans list every semester. Going to be a Teacher. Darn proud of them both. I was Motor , and a glorified ground pounder (0326),

Your two boys, er young men, have done very well indeed. There are a of of Intel types coming to CID Corry Station, here in Pensacola now. Website development is a fast growing area, that is a great choice, with some long-term possibilities. Wow, Penn State, and Dean's List, fantastic, my wife and I taught for several years, I miss working with the kids, but not the politics that the private school we were teaching at, had. Teachers are not nearly appreciated, or paid, as much as they should be, they are trying hard to accomplish a difficult task, with little support from most folks, and their school districts, too. I hope he doesn't get disheartened, good teachers are rare, and he sounds like he will be one.

Tell them both, Semper Fi, Thanks For Their Service, and my best wishes on their futures, too.

Bill

Stood on the famed forever etched in my mind foot prints on July 20th 1976 ,3rd Bn. Both my sons did the same in 2003 and 2006. They were first and second BNs. I did 6.5 years in the Corps and sons did 5 each. Tired to get the wife to enlist so we would've had all 4 BNs covered

Welcome aboard billd76 !

Billd, welcome aboard, again. You already responded to my query, just above the quoted reply. But, it is still nice to have you here with us, we haven't changed our minds (what little there is left for some of us here.)