REOvil has GAD?

[JC Okie]

Lookin' good. Perfect fit...and it would match your REOs. Keep working on her. Seems like it would be great therapy. I say go for it!

 

[ancient puffer]

Hmmm, how about:

But Honey, it's not a car, it's REO holder

 

[<KDM>]

X, she probably said no to that car because she thinks a new Corvette Stingray would be a better choice.

 

[super_X_drifter]

X, she probably said no to that car because she thinks a new Corvette Stingray would be a better choice.

Oh man, I LOVE the new vettes. They are my favorite corvette model ever produced. But no dice, either is mustang (like the new ones also) because I need to fit 3 kids in back

 

[rudy4653]

That look in your eye in the bottom picture is PRICELESS!!!
Same look I had when I bought my 1970 Triumph Bonneville motorcycle! Pure mischief.
I must say your wife has great taste and quite the dilemma. Having the 3 kids in the back of a Vette is a bit of a challenge though, but dayum the new ones are beauties! Having to choose between the two would give ME anxiety so be careful!

 

[muzichead]

My brotha, you are just making leaps and bounds... Very proud of what you have accomplished!!!

BTW, screw the Corvette, its a Chevy.... Get you one of them officially "BAD AYuss" Challengers.... MOPAR RULZ...

 

[super_X_drifter]

My brotha, you are just making leaps and bounds... Very proud of what you have accomplished!!!

BTW, screw the Corvette, its a Chevy.... Get you one of them officially "BAD AYuss" Challengers.... MOPAR RULZ...

Thanks Mike . Too funny . I like the challenger bro. It's a beast but two doors and three kids make it a total no go. I suffered thru that when I became mr mom and at the time I was driving a 2011 Honda Accord coupe. It was so bad that I actually traded with my wife for her odyssey for about a month before I got a pilot.

I'm thru with SUV though. Too damn boring. I want something manly. I like ridgelines but they are way behind creature comfort technologically - you know, the dash still looks basically the same as the 08 I had and it was the same as the 06 I had. That's why I got this second pilot. Wanted a Ridgeline again but it was like stepping back in time.

Thinking also of a tundra but still have a bad taste in my mouth from my 95 Tacoma 4x4. That was the last Toyota I swore Id ever own.

So that leaves a good old 5 seat v8 (charger) or I'd like to check out an Audi but that would prolly be outta my budget.

I'll prolly have to wait another year and a half until my lease gets closer to expiration. I've already laid down the law to my wife (yeah right ) that I'm getting something bad AYuss for my next car. No more vanilla people movers. She said you can do whatever you want as long as you don't increase your lease payment


Who knows what the options'll be in late 15

Oh if you could have seen the grin in my 12 year olds face when I floored that charger thru 2 gears - it was priceless. He was like " we gotta get this car dad".

It sucked to drive away in my pilot.

 

[jifjifjif]

hahahaha. That last line cracked me up.

I am about to go from a 2001 Black Mustang GT convertible 5-speed manual to a 2003 gold ford focus wagon that was my mother in law's.

Hope this makes you feel a bit better, Russ.

 

[DasBluCig]

My brotha, you are just making leaps and bounds... Very proud of what you have accomplished!!!

BTW, screw the Corvette, its a Chevy.... Get you one of them officially "BAD AYuss" Challengers.... MOPAR RULZ...

Don't even NEED to ask....
I KNOW.....It's "Got A Hemi"!!!!
Happy (vaping) Trails!

 

[ltrainer]

I was at a car show last weekend and fell in love with this car. I think SxD would look real fine driving this car. 1960 Plymouth Fury. THose Vettes and Mustangs and Chargers have nuthin' on these cars. Ya gotta have fins, more fins, I can't see your fins.

 

[super_X_drifter]

GAD boy down in Downtown Atlanta after a long night of filming

Was at IKEA first and damn that place is a freakin MEGA labyrinth of nothing I cared to see. Took like an hour to get thru it.

I told my wife it would be the equivalent of me taking her to the worlds largest power tool and dirtbike store.

Atlantic station, where we are now is cool

 

[supertrunker]

They have the Xmas lights up early.

Looks great there - hammered with rain here all day :/

T

 

[SITS]

I know I am late to the picnic but I want to thank you X for sharing your story and the beautiful pics of your family with us. You are a inspiration to all of us with anxiety problems.

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

Same here, supe - I was tied up when most of this thread went down. I just read it through, post by post, and I laughed (with you), damn near cried, and ultimately cheered your every victory. Powerful stuff.

Now you've heard this repeatedly in here, but just let me dog pile on - you, sir, are special to us. H3LL, man, you invented the microcoil. You're special to the whole vaping community. Just today I watched your vid on choosing a reo. Strength after strength, you consistently set a high bar, and your genuine passion for this is infectious. Know that. Use that.

Now, get yourself a man's car and drive it (while vaping) like a sir. You've earned it (don't tell my wife I said that).

 

[super_X_drifter]

I know I am late to the picnic but I want to thank you X for sharing your story and the beautiful pics of your family with us. You are a inspiration to all of us with anxiety problems.

Thank you. I have been much MUCH better since manning up and taking the Destin trip. It proved two things to me:

1. Home is not my safe place - being with my family is

2. Now that I did that, the little things that used to cause anticipatory anxiety are pretty much gone. It gives me a reference point of a recent major accomplishment that helps diminish lesser triggers. I look at little triggers and say "dude, you just endured 7 hours in a car and were several hundred miles from home" or something like that.

It is not easy - but my dr has put me on a low dose of Klonapin (it's a benzo like Valium but less powerful) that I take every day and my life is more normal now than it has been in years. It's all in facing these things we perceive as dangerous and doing them repetitiously. I have a LONG way to go but chipping away (at my cell that I built) like Eastwood breaking out of his cell in escape from Alcatraz. One day I'll be crawling thru the innards of this Alcatraz and swimming away in a warm, non shark infested ocean

I take little pokes up the highway (like one exit then back) atleast once or twice a week for no reason just to face things that I used to avoid. Now all of my previous local avoidances no longer cause any anxiety.

Thanks to all who have pumped me up, cheered me on and shared. I like it. We are not alone.

Oh, I also broke out my unused iphone4 and video all my highway drives - another distraction

Here's my book with the scrawling a of a highly anxious man placed there while waiting for my family to come back and get me:

At the time if those writings I was so ready to go but so unsure I could do it.

Here I am baby . Did it and got the shirt.

 

[Rule62]

I just happened upon this thread for the first time, and WOW! Thank you so much, Russ, for sharing your story. Incredible!

 

[MichelleOhio]

I just read it this morning, too. Russ, you are doing great and thanks for sharing your struggles with us. I am facing some medical stuff I don't want to do out of fear, but I keep trying to remind myself that FEAR stands for False Evidence About Reality. Ugh. Anyway, keep up the self growth…you got this!

 

[super_X_drifter]

Anyone wanna come along for a ride up the highway with GAD boy?

http://youtu.be/X3nS3edXmPs

 

[olefolks]

Anyone wanna come along for a ride up the highway with GAD boy?

http://youtu.be/X3nS3edXmPs

Cool Beans there Russ!!

 

[ancient puffer]

Good job, Supe! I was a little disappointed you didn't take the golf cart, but hey, whatever works!

Seriously, that was awesome, dude, you GOT this *nods and tips his REO at ya*