Hey Ensusa - I'm late and all but I noticed your over the six month mark.
Congrats!!!
Congrats!!!
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Nice to hear ur amazing story, its a testiment to ur character .... I never rode bikes much, other than my frends letting borrow theirs. I want a motercycle bad as kid but my parents like lots of parents would not let me have one. As i got i older i figured i was sure to kill myself if got one. Today i am pretty safe on the street in car. i realize now racing should not be done on the public roads but i was pretty stupid when younger. i all ways wanted to be either Race Car Driver or Fighter Pilot. i have done some flying but thats another story. Anyhow, I try not to be stupid with stuff, but i just all ways liked going fast. I have never really raced, but would love to but it is an expensive sport. i autocrossed a few times as kid. Mazda also had a rev it up event, which was a promotional competition with different classes, in different citys and each city winner would race at leguna seca .... i think for a car. Any how in Atlanta i entered novice, and kept 1st place in my novice clas up to the end of the day, but someone beat my time at days end and i got 2nd. Still my kids where with me and i can tell the story. It was basically a slow course set out in pylons, my guess top speed was 50 to 80 mph. & the car was a miata with a roll cage, modified brakes and tires i think. It was tough not knowing the course. It was on the a white board, with some videos of it, but things like brake points and the line all a guess. they had a diagram of the course then i think u did one lap slow for familiarization, then only two laps for time. Anyway, something about getting the best time on a track is addicting too. I like speed but after i hit 40, i got more careful , i found things just take longer to heal. If i had money i think my youngest son could race, he has both talent & desire, but i dont and he is into Tennis which is safer.
I used to play GT4 on the old playstation II, i guess its an ok racing simulation ... well play is mild word, i was addicted to it. So i guess i got a virtual Nurenburg, Leguna Seca & Monico etched in my mind. Any way i know Leguna Seca Virtually in my sleep, & i think its one of the best courses in the world. Anyway i am amazed when i speak to any racer. Also ur recovery both from the accident and the recovery from the pain killers are amazing ! i think they are both things most peaple could not do ... Thank you for tell us ur story & I hope u enjoy Voltville and visit often
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Ohhhh i havent seen that one and i want to read since i like both.
I was fascinated on a web search of Bo's breed to see how BIG they are when standing. Have you ever measured to see how "tall" Bo is? He's probaby taller than me
We've never really measured his height. His neck is 28", his chest is 46" and he's 38" nape of the neck to base of the tail (got those for his car safety harness). I can tell you I'm 6'1" and when he jumps up he can put his front paws on top of my shoulders and his head sticks up higher than mine. Since we're with him every day, we don't see him as big anymore, until he gets next to another dog. The last time we were at Tractor Supply with him there was another dog owner there with a Great Dane, 180 pounds of Great Dane. Now that's a BIG dog.
Glad to see you back! Sorry/glad to hear about your truck problem. I haven't had car payments in almost 15 years and don't know what that would feel like, especially on a diesel dualie...and don't want to find out either.
Glad to be back. Ive missed you guys. It's been so hectic and stressful. I almost ended up in the hospital because of my blood pressure and I've always had perfect pressure.
Didn't get a dually, they are about double what I paid for my old one 10 years ago. I ended up with a used f250 king ranch with a 6.0 diesel with 33k miles on it. Got a great deal and Ford even gave me $4500 for the old one.
I'll have to measure Lexi too. She's an English mastiff. I do know that her neck is also 28" because I recently measured it for a new collar. It's funny how we don't see them as big anymore unless the are side by side with another dog. When my daughter brings over her black lab, he looks tiny!
Oh man - Congrats on the new truck, but sorry about the payments. That's rough after being able to do without them for so long.
Good Morning Volties!
I'm back from camping now. It was only a couple of nights, but it felt mighty good. It was kinda funny because I chose this weekend to go camping because I knew that my son would be having out of state guests for the weekend. I thought it might be nice for me to make myself scarce so that young people could be young people. Now Dave has his own campsite setup on what will be his property when I sign it over to him; but the younguns ended up coming down to my camp and joining me Saturday night. That made me feel awfully good.
Looking into the creek bed 8' below from my campsite.
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I'm back from camping now. It was only a couple of nights, but it felt mighty good. It was kinda funny because I chose this weekend to go camping because I knew that my son would be having out of state guests for the weekend. I thought it might be nice for me to make myself scarce so that young people could be young people. Now Dave has his own campsite setup on what will be his property when I sign it over to him; but the younguns ended up coming down to my camp and joining me Saturday night. That made me feel awfully good.
Looking into the creek bed 8' below from my campsite.
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I hate to see tools like that becoming useless. Too bad, but if it's a tool for your work i'm sure it will pay having a brand new one.
rave, i could live there, i'll build myself a shed from dead trees and branches and that's it.
I only need my knife and a tarp/rope combination to make clothing like rambo lol
I only need my knife and a tarp/rope combination to make clothing like rambo lol
Your stream makes me jealous. The Rancocas Creek is only about a 1/4 mile from me, popular canoe creek, but it does flood every time we get heavy rains. We're about 30 feet above mean creek level so it's not a worry for us, but the folks with creek front property are always getting nailed. Repairian rights would be nice, but not worth the headaches.
Good morning. 555 in a clearo on a blue X2 with coffee. If I gave up vaping and drinking coffee, I would have time for some fascinating hobby, but I wouldn't enjoy it as much.
If I gave up vaping and drinking coffee, I would have time for some fascinating hobby, but I wouldn't enjoy it as much.
I still exist, not sure for how long.
Hope you are ok.
My creek floods too - BIG TIME! That's why the town of Blakesburg (which was on property) is no longer in existence. But, my house is 75' above it. It can be fairly dramatic from time to time.
I just love my teensey weensey horsey and there is plenty to learn. I have enjoyed everyone's horse talk.
I'm sorry your truck died. We didn't have a car payment for years until we finally decided the Neon was really, really old and it developed a water leak somewhere and we decided to sell it while we could still get $1000 for it and bought the Honda Fit. Great gas mileage and it has A/C. What a luxury. It was 3 yrs old and had 24,000 mile on it. We now have a 2 4 wheel drives, the Honda and a 2 wheel drive Chevy with a 454 engine.
Enjoy the new truck.
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