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post Aug 8 2016, 11:35 AM
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I found it. That was the 1st thing I grabbed and boxed at the office. I also have his "That Guy" award, Kurvenmeister emblem as well as t-shirts and anything 914 related.


I'm very glad! I made that for him as a lifetime achievement award! Pretty much everyone at RRC got to see how emotional I can get during a speech.....great times!


It's going somewhere safe, it's one of the cherished things.


Excellent! Thanks Justin!
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post Aug 8 2016, 01:01 PM
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Justin...
a lot of the pics I posted are well from a weekend once a year,,
I believe its more altitude sickness than anything..ya that's it..
Myself and others have plenty of too fun pics of our selves, or are paying to keep em on the down lowww.

That Guy --Ron Meier.."Slits" 24/7 is That Guy who will do anything for his friends and even lessors, that are in need or want an opinion or statement or whatever .
That Guy, Ron to me is a Classic One of a Kind..
So Long until I see you again.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grouphug.gif) grouphug.gif
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post Aug 8 2016, 06:02 PM
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Here are some pics. This one is from RRC 2007 (Ron is watching Joe O'Brien put a wheel on his backup car, a Delphi Green "Lucky" '73 that is now, I believe, residing some 20 feet above the ground in Joe's shop (Series9) in Florida. I believe Ron was offering very useful advice at this point. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
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post Aug 8 2016, 06:13 PM
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And these are from Rt66 2009 ... I took more pictures at this event. A certain lady who shall remain nameless won the "that guy award" and proved its sexist naming convention was no obstacle for a properly motivated and talented woman to win it outright. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

Ron had nothing to do with that incident, as the pictures will show. Sort of. I think.

The calm before the storm...but Toast's hair was on end.
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Shocker. Somebody spilled something in Neverland.
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It must have been Ron...
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Not enough, gotta go to the local bar...
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Still standing ... more or less.
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A hangover drive and I didn't even get the finger! WTF?!
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post Aug 8 2016, 06:22 PM
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From RRC 2011. This is the final picture I have to post, and although Ron may not even be in it (I think he is, in the upper center-right) this is a very notable picture for the following reasons:
(1) It was taken from the balcony of Ron's room, which was a bitch to get him up into later in the evening ... but I'm getting ahead of myself.
(2) It was prophetic since Ron would, at some point in the evening, be seen by several eye witnesses to stumble in one single continuous fall, from out of the frame of this picture (the bottom of the pic) all the way through the the area this photo shows, missing the fire pit, all the tiki torches or whatever they were, both of the tables, even missing the propane tank before finally rolling smoothly to the ground to end the most epic 20-yard fall ever seen at a RRC up to that point. Do NOT try this stuff at home, kids.
(3) It shows the explosive Corona beer 12-pack that led to the notorious "fire pit incident" that also, somehow, managed to throw burning embers and glass all over the area but not so much as scratch any of the remaining eye witnesses. Witnesses at this RRC used up much of their cosmic luck and fortune this single evening. Also of note is that an object discovered in that same fire pit later the next morning, believed to be the largest surviving remnant of the explosive Corona 12-pack, was eventually written on and became an early "That Guy" award. Dunno whatever happened to that thing. I thought Ron himself had it and kept it, but my memory is ... uhh ... hazy.

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post Aug 8 2016, 07:04 PM
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QUOTE(JustinMeier @ Aug 8 2016, 09:59 AM) *

Next question.... Where did SLITS come from? Or better question, do I want to know?



My understanding is the name was adopted or given to him because when he got buzzed, his eyes started looking more like SLITS.

For those of you who drove an "ass-dragger" to one of our 914 swaps or over to Ron's place for whatever reason, I'm sure he threatened to part it out if you turned your back on your 911!
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post Aug 8 2016, 09:49 PM
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QUOTE(Madswede @ Aug 8 2016, 05:22 PM) *

From RRC 2011. This is the final picture I have to post, and although Ron may not even be in it (I think he is, in the upper center-right) this is a very notable picture for the following reasons:
(1) It was taken from the balcony of Ron's room, which was a bitch to get him up into later in the evening ... but I'm getting ahead of myself.
(2) It was prophetic since Ron would, at some point in the evening, be seen by several eye witnesses to stumble in one single continuous fall, from out of the frame of this picture (the bottom of the pic) all the way through the the area this photo shows, missing the fire pit, all the tiki torches or whatever they were, both of the tables, even missing the propane tank before finally rolling smoothly to the ground to end the most epic 20-yard fall ever seen at a RRC up to that point. Do NOT try this stuff at home, kids.
(3) It shows the explosive Corona beer 12-pack that led to the notorious "fire pit incident" that also, somehow, managed to throw burning embers and glass all over the area but not so much as scratch any of the remaining eye witnesses. Witnesses at this RRC used up much of their cosmic luck and fortune this single evening. Also of note is that an object discovered in that same fire pit later the next morning, believed to be the largest surviving remnant of the explosive Corona 12-pack, was eventually written on and became an early "That Guy" award. Dunno whatever happened to that thing. I thought Ron himself had it and kept it, but my memory is ... uhh ... hazy.

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Yes! This is the story I was looking for!!

Yes, he had it.. I have it now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Aug 8 2016, 10:34 PM
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notice all the young peeps hangin with him. he could of led them over a cliff ..Lemmings
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post Aug 9 2016, 10:18 AM
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I'm going to post a new thread about this too but also wanted to post here.

Services for our friend Ron aka SLITS will be at Desert Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park this Saturday the 13th at 11:30 AM. There will be a small reception afterwards as well. The address is; 11251 Desert Lawn Dr., Calimesa, CA 92320

Let's pack the parking lot with 914's!
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post Aug 9 2016, 07:33 PM
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Next question.... Where did SLITS come from? Or better question, do I want to know?


There is but one person still with us that knows the true story of where this name came from. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

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post Aug 9 2016, 07:44 PM
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Not enough, gotta go to the local bar...
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And SLITS got us all tossed out of the bar! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif)

Aww. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
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Thank you for posting this! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
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post Aug 9 2016, 09:26 PM
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Such great times!!!!
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post Aug 9 2016, 09:37 PM
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Yes! This is the story I was looking for!!

Yes, he had it.. I have it now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Oh good! Glad you have it. Even happier to hear it was the story you were looking for! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Thank you for posting this! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

You're welcome! Glad I found those pics still lurking on the old hard drive. The best of us never quite die, just shift living spaces to our loving memories. Such it will be with Ron I'm sure!
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post Aug 10 2016, 05:50 AM
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I have several sets of pics from two or three of the Riverside Roasts. I will post them at night this week. I have to find them first.

Lots of cars, lots of memories, but I think Ron is hiding in one or two pics.

I will look starting tonight. I have 46,000 jpgs, so it will take some time.

John
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Some of Ron over the years at different events.



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Here's one for the Lowes...
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