TMO FOR ALL

 I would really like to thank Dan for reaching out with these choice shots. These pics have me wanting to get back on board. Loving the vespa too! 

T. Frontside

T. Backside

TMo Jays

Man, T always rolled joints that were pregnant in the middle. Without fail. Every time. I believe this was due to the shape of his fingers. They were always wayyyyy too tight, and he would ridicule me cuz of my inability to hit his jayz. Every time. We laughed.

Wait! There's more MO!

Fucking classic. Thanks ya Old Lady. 

Been too long...

Yo y'all, its been a long time, but we are still here. These picks courtesy of Barry Kooda via Aine and Angela. So stoked to put these up. I am so glad Barry held on to these. The first picture is at a ramp fo sure, and the second is def from the Bar of Soap. If anyone can shed more light, I would really appreciate it. Hope all is well. I know I think about T every day, and damn do I wish he was here to sesh with us all. Still alive in our memories tho. Love to all.

Great photo of T...in a tie! From 1997. Thanks Steve

This might be one of my favorite photos. Thanks Dan. Miss y'all.

Portraits of the TMO as a Young Man

I came across a shopping bag full of pictures from my past while fishing for something else in an old a closet today and came across these. I'm sure there are others to come once I get a real chance to go through them all. The one with the Subhumans shirt is probably 1984 or 1985 judging by the stuff in my room and TMO's hair... haahaha. Not sure about the other, but it's a classic TMO grabs your camera and takes a pic of himself moment :-)

Thanks for keeping this sight maintained.

Steve Chadie

TCBTMO

Thanks Steve. Great photo of the man.

Sorry for the delay.

Dan sent me this in March. Sorry, I dont get a chance to sit down at the desktop very often. Look closely. Love this from the front of Dan's vintage Dodge Dart.

Great Pic Steve and Thanks

Took a ride in the hill country on some of me and TMO's favorite roads today and while I was out a friend texted me this picture of Tim from 1984 or 85. It was a weird coincidence that he sent it to me today. I had to smile seeing TMO's "Fuck You We're From Texas" shirt that he loved so much :-) Dig the beads, too, man.

Thanks Dan

Pic of T.Mo skating Ammo, Resting with CJ before skating Ammo, and a random shot of some road trip(?)

Wilkes, Dan. "Free Vespa" , 'The Only Way to Go' Vol. 2, No.4. Dallas, Texas, date? (Reprinted with permission of the author)

(Publisher's note: sorry it took me so long to get around to publishing this on the blog, kudos to Dan for the great story. Also I did not alter the text, it is how it originally appeared)

FREE VESPA

This is a profile on Tim Watson's vespa and the unusual story behind how he got it. Tim Watson a.k.a. TMO (pronounced Tea-Mo) decides that he wants a scooter, and being a friend of mine might have steered him towards a vespa. He purchases a fine red P200E from Randolph Garner, and a helmet, and he's off and running. The scooters great and TMO is happy, then some KOOK (idiot) side swipes him and totals the scoot. TMO's unscathed but his vespa is beyond normal repair, the engine casings were broken. They settled out of court and TMO buys another red vespa P200E from a friend named Eric Dettmar and once again TMO is on the loose. This scooter needed some minor repairs so we fixed it up and it got stolen. O.K. your thinking 3 strikes and your out, well TMO purchases P200E from yet another mutual friend, who originally bought the scooter from me. We refered to it as Frankenstien, because I built it from pieces I had found at junk yards and parts scooters I had bought over the years. TMO's had Frankenstien for awhile now and you would have expected some natural disaster to have befallen him by now, but actually just the opposite. Someone TMO knew asked him if he wanted* a vespa? And he said sure, what kind is it? A silver P200E, alright it's not red! So me and TMO (TMO and I) went to pick-up the scooter and it's in great shape, never been layed down, it just did'nt run. TMO decides to put the engine out of the Frankenstien in the silver body, and does so. He did it all by himself, and I was proud. -DAN *-(for FREE)

We had a small session out at W-n-D yesterday after the Jeff Phillips memorial thing. Not easy to explain the feeling of having fun and emptiness at the same time, T.Mo was missed more there to me then anywhere else. If you get a chance to post this "man missing picture" I would appreciate it.-Your Friend Dan

Steppin Out

So I bought some Chuck Taylor - Converse this weekend and I wore them for the rest time today. While I was putting them on this morning I couldn't help but smile when a conversation me and TMo had sprung into my head.

FACT: Tmo could not wear Chucks because he said his feet would tear right through them

LOL He still manages to make me laugh...

Anyways... Keep on truckin'

Love,

Lettey

From: Angela White-Tragus, Austin, TX

Text from Tmo (happens to be food related)

"Im rolling to the harvest classic at 6am. Can i come by on sunday and gnaw on the pig carcass?"

From: DW

I would have never figured that me and Steve were the only ones to ever eat with T.Mo! Everytime I have Mexican Food with my mom, we get hystarical laughing about how much fun T.Mo was to be around(especially at meal times!)

From: Steve Chadie, Austin, TX

April was the month me and TMO hit the Hill Country roads hard on our bikes and usually ended up a Coopers BBQ in Llano. The roads aren't quite as fun and the BBQ not quite as tasty, but I made it out there recently and happened to take a picture of the pit. Definitely one of TMO's favorite pit stops to eat at. Thanks for the idea, Dan. It's a good one.

I was just on my way to St.Louis and stopped off in Springfield to eat breakfast at Aunt Martha's Pancake House (a place T.Mo & I frequented often during motorcycles rides), and I thought it might be fun to post pictures of different places T.Mo loved to Eat? The thing that blew me away the most was when Aunt Martha came in the front door!!! She was ancient 20 years ago! The food is Great if anyone is ever in that area, you should check it out. -Dan



P.S.- I also stopped in Eufala,Oklahoma to have a piece of pie at the J&M, but they were closed on sunday.

I dream of Teemie

On Saturday morning the wife woke up and told me of a dream she had of TMO. There was something to do with chip crushing and tattoos. It sounded great. I will have to get her to elaborate for us on the blog. More to come.....

From: Martha Barbosa

Hey everyone. Just wanted to post a little something. I’m going motorcycle riding through Corsicana, TX (first time on a bike J)and then playing some dominoes in my Tmo’s memory on Friday (01/22). Anyways, this year one my resolutions is to be more friendly and social (influenced much by Tim) so I was wondering if anyone would care to join? My e-mail is marthaletybarboza@yahoo.com. I know it’s such a short notice but thought I’d try anyways. And if not it’d be nice to hear what other people are doing. Alright well, I love you all J

His Sugary Coated Birscuit of Love, (ß Yes that’s the nickname he gave me, love it J)

LetteyB