At 08:23 PM 5/29/02 -0400, you wrote:
>There isn't any age limit on riding a motorcycle,
MrT, but there is an age
>limit on paid hand-to-hand combat. The average
enlisted military person is
>20 and out; police vary by their retirement plans,
but anybody in after 30
>years has been doing deskwork for a while; even
golfers and racecar drivers
>are over the hill at 40. Your physical prime is
behind you at 40. These
>biker combatants were all in their 50s and
60s.
> I found my early 30s rather depressing. Every
birthday, I became
>ineligible for something else: marines, city police,
FBI, state police. Not
>that I ever aspired to join, but still--the sound of
all those doors
>closing!
Mythology usually differs from practicality at critical
points. In Quebec, biker muscle is supplied by younger
aspirants, frequently in satellite clubs affiliated with the
Angels. Theoretically they can work their way up by
performing contract kills ordered by members of the elite
Nomad club, though the killers themselves are often the
victims of pre-ascension snubs. Organizers like Bouchard are
older career criminals who found a ready source of willing
soldiers and greens-keepers among the lower ranks from which
they graduated. As with the majority of "bikers", the
motorcycle ages into more of a hobby than a daily form of
transportation. Eventually, public relations becomes an
important part of the skill-set for any organization.
Kerry
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