Hot Rod Poetry

[smallfoot]

Ode to BobW

He builds for fun,
And not necessarily the ride,
The project is what's inside!

He bends and he welds,
He hammers and cuts,
I'm sure some of his neighbors think he's nuts!

He loves to build cars,
There is no doubt,
If they all disappeared, BobW would pout!

He's one of us old guys,
But still builds them loud,
His creations always please the crowd!

He builds to keep busy,
It keeps him alive,
Projects going now? 4 maybe 5!

An inspiration to the rest of us,
How much stuff you get done,
You don't just quit, along with the sun!

Always able to pass info along,
Winter, summer, spring or fall,
Everything you've done has helped us all!

[smallfoot]

Hmm, a real burst of creative juice for the first of the year....hoho! By the time I got mine out I think 5 or 6 other poems showed up!
good stuff all!

[bob w]

smallfoot, I am humbled and most appreciative. Thank you very much. I know you would rather be helping a neighbor build a house than sitting at the 'puter making up rhymes. Thank You!

[MercuryMac]

Smallfoot, thank you for pointing out something that most people don't think about. Bob, builds cars just to be building, and not for any momentous future driving or selling experience. There may be a few more of us on this forum that's tarred with the same stick.

And I also was writing a poem recently, when I realized other people were also writing and submitting stuff, so I had to get going on mine.

Thank you Smallfoot.

[forbigpicture]

Originally Posted by smallfoot

Ode to BobW

He builds for fun,
And not necessarily the ride,
The project is what's inside!

He bends and he welds,
He hammers and cuts,
I'm sure some of his neighbors think he's nuts!

He loves to build cars,
There is no doubt,
If they all disappeared, BobW would pout!

He's one of us old guys,
But still builds them loud,
His creations always please the crowd!

He builds to keep busy,
It keeps him alive,
Projects going now? 4 maybe 5!

An inspiration to the rest of us,
How much stuff you get done,
You don't just quit, along with the sun!

Always able to pass info along,
Winter, summer, spring or fall,
Everything you've done has helped us all!

Good stuff smalls !!!!!

[23crate]

what he said Small !!

nice work !!!

[23crate]

sigh..

A vacation week to play with my toys
no Missus Crate ~ no sign of the boy
the biggest 2 pests in my country abode
had gone off to work leaving me alone

i backed the Stude right out of the sun
under the carport and started the fun
jacked the thing up axle stand underneath
removed the arm, the breeze scattered leaves

covered in dirt grease and grime
you can imagine im having a wondeful tlme
with projects of course as things often do
these things come apart except for 1 or 2

yup , one of the bushes seemed impossibly stuck
refusing to move ~ a rhyming word "truck"
then i remembered a tool shopping spree
a carbide burr i bought just for me

gently we go wearing it down
removing enough, bush flying around
yup i totally smacked it out with a hammer
totally fixed the bad mamma jammer

assembly time gee whizz i have learned
workshop manual information often spurned
is actually worth reading for clues and tips
the correct way to do it and avoiding slips

been ready to go for more than a week
sliding around i give the stoppers a tweak
down to the milk store to fill from the cow
for mrs Crates coffee in the morning now

right the other wee job the ole 56 stude
lashings of guilt attacked this dude
so out with the angle grinder a 1mm trimmer
sliced out a hole where the steel was thinner

not a big job and not very hard
a pattern to make out of some card
a picture for you i should probably take
much more to do , applause i will make


"thank you very much"
as Elvis was given to say
back tomorrow for another play..

[soltz]

!!!!!!

[Old Stuff]

Originally Posted by MercuryMac

Smallfoot, thank you for pointing out something that most people don't think about. Bob, builds cars just to be building, and not for any momentous future driving or selling experience. There may be a few more of us on this forum that's tarred with the same stick.
..........
Thank you Smallfoot.

I'll second that! Some of that "it's the journey thing".

[smallfoot]

I'm sure there are many here that build for different reasons...none of them are bad! Some get into the planning and measuring. Some are anxiously waiting for that first ride. Some are just fleeing the every day stress. Some are doing it for all reasons. Glad you liked it! Not much of a poet here. I'm into building just about anything, mainly to test whether that fleeting idea that comes naturally to me to just see if I can accomplish what my mind is seeing. We have a bunch here that are all successful in their ventures. We see them every day. There is that feeling that we are amongst a shop full of friends that are all willing to give
a hand or advise. I personally am glad to be here! Thanks for all the nice comments!