It the: "It's business, not personal" concept. Professionaly speaking, I've had contacts with various members and things went pretty smooth. Not that I'd turn my back on them. I've not seen Bandido's for a few years in my neck of the woods and was wondering where they've been. Gypsy Jokers are about the only ones I see flying colors these days.
I showed up the first day and he was not there. I asked where he was and some other people said he "was getting some teeth removed". He showed back up with his hand bandaged. Some younger bad@$$ had tried to buffalo him.
He blew his brains out a year or so ago over gambling debts. He had gotten out of the MC life, was never an alcoholic or drug addict and Tunica got him.
A group of the Bandidos had a house out on Drayton Cove (Birch Bay/Blaine) for years. I don't know if they moved or were kicked out. One of the long time members died a few years ago and they held a huge funeral with bikers from all over in attendance and of course the funeral procession was all on bikes. The police were expecting trouble but it didn't happen. It was all quiet and dignified (as dignified as possible with a bunch of bikers).
I just remembered that it was that house on Drayton Cove was supposed to have been the place where that Florida teenager was taken. She was supposedly kidnapped by a biker thirty years ago and the mother recieved a letter years later saying that she was seen at that house.