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Shoxthemonkey

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  1. My kids were 10 and 8 when my wife had her first gran mal. I held onto her to keep her from thrashing into something and getting hurt worse while the oldest, my son, called 911. Neither kid was scarred by the experience. In fact, they both learned what to do and both of them were alone with her during later episodes. Each was able to get her through it and then call the doctor. It probably made them grow up a little faster but I don't think it harmed them at all. Kids are pretty tough.
  2. ^^^ It's been mentioned several times in the thread. You are among friends. And it's not stupid, Dammit!
  3. My brother's company makes the fancase for the GE9X, the next gen 777 engine. GE has strapped one to a 747 for testing. It dwarfs the regular 747 engines. I hope this link from aviationweek works, it was a little wonky when I tried to open it. Mute your speakers, a video self plays and I don't know how to disable that. GE9X For Boeing 777X Delivered For Final Flying Testbed Certification
  4. RD, This made me think of the soundtrack from "We Were Soldiers".
  5. Yeah, you're the one that opened my ears to Sam. Muchas Gracias
  6. I've been married for 45 years. God dammit, I hope I go first.
  7. I saw this one at Old Kinderhook in Camdenton, MO this weekend. Does it belong to one of you?
  8. We have had 8" of rain in the last 72 hours. Soybean harvest was just getting started for the early planted crop and the post-wheat crop is still a ways off yet. This will do some damage in the bottom land to the winter wheat crop that was planted 2-3 weeks ago. Non-terraced fields are washing away as per usual. It looks like all of the stock ponds in our area will be full for next season if you want to see a silver lining.
  9. I was surprised to see that I'm not alone with this. Great movie and soundtrack.
  10. In '63 or '64 I was assigned to find an article in Time or Look or Life magazine and write a report for a 7th grade English class. I found an article about the Chaparral and Hall and I was hooked. It was really hard to follow motorsports back then but I scoured the library for everything I could find. And then Rick Mears uncle moved into a house three doors down the block and brought his dirt track cars to the neighborhood. Pissed a bunch of folks off with the noise but I loved it. Been a fan ever since. I really wish Indy could get back to being a yearly laboratory for speed and get away from the spec shit. I used to get really excited to see what was going to show up. I would have loved to meet Jim Hall.
  11. Carole King. Carly Simon Godamighty, there's a lot of talented people in this world. Lists like this are pointless. But fun
  12. Dan Gurney and Jim Hall were the guys that got me interested in racing back in the day. This is really cool to see Sir Jackie turn a lap in Gurney's F1 Eagle. This is my favorite look for an F1 car
  13. So I'm reading through the "songs that remind you of a particular movie" thread. I click on one of the videos and start bobbing my head while browsing the rest of the thread. I get to the bottom of the page and click to go to the next page. The Goddamned music stops mid bob. Fuck
  14. The wife went through mini-pause several year's back but she's in full blown- pause now. It suck's but no period's.
  15. My cousin has a rural property with a Conifer address that has a beautiful view looking down on the Denver metro. Several black bears roam her mountain and raid the trashcans regularly. It's an easy drive to and from Red Rocks. There's a lot to like about the area.
  16. I'm not sure you want to donate anyway. I paid via PayPal weeks ago and still haven't received my commemorative mini-helmet.
  17. I don't really care what genre you want to put this into. It kicks all kinds of ass.
  18. I should probably cross-post this in the favorite drummer thread. Stewart Copeland is awesome in this video.
  19. Well, Hell. I go on vacation for a week and this happens. I expected a few barncats to go missing while I was gone but I didn't expect one to come back from the dead. Welcome back.
  20. We had lunch at Warrens in Kittery yesterday. Very good lobster and fixings. My brother had a shindig following his daughters wedding catered by Ore-Nells BBQ in Kittery. Owner is from central Texas and the brisket was pretty good. I would hope you are here for the seafood but if you just have to get a beef fix its the best that I have found up here.
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