Terry 'ACL' Hammond (11/19/2010)

Jeeze. What a shock.

Well, he did it.

Sang like no one could hear him,
danced like nobody watched,
Laughed like tears never knew him,
Loved like nobody knew.

Condolences seems such a shallow word at this time, but it's the very best I've got.

Joe: I'm going to suggest a seperate thread for TERRY STORIES,,,I might have a couple to tell myself...
 
Re: Terry 'ACL' Remembered

My FIRST one is a thing undone...

I promised Terry that, one day, I would go ahhhh, urinate, in the patch of Pea (appropriate name) gravel that bit him on the Yaak river turnoff in Montana. I know precisely where it is (and can see the Convertible backing off the bridge) and promised to send him a picture of the 'pee stain' in the gravel...

I haven't been there since. I was kinda planning to do that thing in May when I picked up the Connie, but it was so cold I decided not to head for the mountains....Now I'll have to let him watch me do it...
 
Re: Terry 'ACL' Remembered

It was Moonshine for me. My first Moonshine. Terry & Putt saw me geting off highway chase me down. Showed me the farm.
Went out to eat that night. The 3 of us talked about motorcyles the whole time. It was like I knew them both my whole life.

There is so much more.
 
It's all about "the ride". Be it reading about "the ride" here on the board or standing around in a parking lot talking with Terry about "the ride" riding with Terry was as good as it gets.

He will be missed until we all ride together again.

Raymond
 
I'm not much of a crier. When I interviewed Terry at Richards Farm Restaurant he got so emotional about Moonshine he was repeatedly overcome. It was just such an honest expression of human feeling. As we were finishing up, I had tears welling up and he laughed. He told me, "Bones, I know you get it" and gave me a bear hug. He had placed his trust in me to tell the Moonshine story. It was a powerful moment. Terry told me Moonshine was about trust.
 
Read this last night and still cannot come up with words to type. Great guy with a big heart. He always said he would host Moonshine as long as he made at least one new friend. I am glad I have attended several times and got to be his friend. I will be proud to stand on that front porch at Moonshine and tip a diet dr. pepper his way and remember all the good times we have had together.

I also owe this man the credit for giving me that little push to start losing the tub of goo. It really means just that much more to me now!

Godspeed, Ride On, I will see you on the other side!
 
Re: Terry 'ACL' Remembered

I don't have a story about Terry and myself...

I was never with him during any of his antics...

For me, Terry was like the best movie evar, one you never want to end. A movie filled with comedy, drama, action and just about anything else you can imagine....you laughed, cried and sometimes both at the same time... the best damned movie ever made...

Now, the credits are rolling... I'm walking out of the theater... the best damned movie ever made.

Lots of people talk of not having enough time in life to do this or that... and regretting it later. That wasn't Terry... he worked hard and played hard and he didn't take a dink of life, he jumped in it with all his gear on laughing the whole time.

Just like the Elvis song, He did it his way...

Rest in Peace friend. Your being gone will be a big hole in my heart, but the gold that is your memory could fill a million hearts.
 
Re: Terry 'ACL' Remembered

Del and I were on our way home from Putt STOC this past July and purely by chance we stopped at the gas station just off 70 in Casey. Now we had left Terry a couple of days before in Mexican hat. So we get gas and use the bathroom and are having a cold drink and sucking up some air conditioning when I look out the window and here comes Terry. He was grinning from ear to ear he had been passing by or had passed by and saw 2 ST's at the side of the store so he did a U turn to see if he might know the riders. he told us how TLC always told him that just because someone is on an ST doesn't mean he will know them. But Terry being Terryalways had to see for himself. And this time it just happened to be two guys he had ridden with at Putt STOC. So we talked for 10 minutes or so and off he went.
 
Re: Terry 'ACL' Remembered

I was barely in earshot of Terry at Roger's Hutchinson BBQ RTE a couple of years ago, when he told the story of how he got into riding. I could only heard bits and pieces of it. Perhaps someone remembers it well enough to re-tell?
 
I never had the pleasure to met Terry and yet, tears come to my eyes with a lump in my throat as I consider what an impact he had on all of us who wanted to meet him and did not.
His posts made my day when things got rough.....Can't put into words the emotions I feel....
REST IN PEACE, TERRY....
 
I never had the chance to meet Terry in person, that was planned for April 2011. Today is a very sad day for all, those that knew and loved Terry, and those who never got to meet him...
RIP Terry....
 
Re: Terry 'ACL' Remembered

Only had interactions with ACL through PM. Never met him. My loss.

Been thinking about my favorite ACL thread/post and several jump to mind...most involving "Tub of Goo" challenges or his relentless pursuit to be in the "top 50" mileage club....

But my favorite is the one where he delights in finally being "put on the map"....literally. I chuckled then and I chuckle today.

https://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56546&highlight=acl+famous

I am 96.2% sure this is my favorite.

--Bryan
04ST1300A
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I read this thread last night, my heart sank! When I got up this morning the first thing I did was check in here... I guess I was hoping it had been a bad dream, but it wasn't, and my heart sank again!

I only met Terry once, and that one time he made me feel like a friend. So, thanks for being a friend Terry, I'll miss you
 
I just found out, I'm barely able to type the tears flow so freely. I feel this loss to the core of my being, how can this be real, how can I really hurt so bad from the loss of someone I've never even met?

Vicki and I were talking last night and I told her, "when God pulls on your lapel and says it's time to come home, Ok, it's alright if you go with him, but how about you stay here with me until then." I guess it was time for Terry to go home.

I'm sure Putt is showing him all the best roads in heaven and Terry is riding a fast red bike.
 
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