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  1. JohnMitchell
    As some of you know, Valinda has a jumpsuit and embroidery business, so we had 4 commercial machines and 3 work tables to move from the UPSTAIRS shop to our new ranch home. Luckily I had my 21 yo son and two teenage jumpers, along with my buddy Gus to move all that. They didn't even ask to see my x-rays before cutting me slack.
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    I was racing down the bike trail Wednesday afternoon up here on a blue sky day in Seattle. The chain went off as I was off the seat pumping hard. I "think" my left foot hit the ground in front of the pedal. Anyway, hit on my left side and had to spend the night in the hospital. Partially collapsed lung and collar bone broken in two places. They stuck a tube in me and the lung's all better, but that will still cause about a one week delay in getting my collar bone pinned. I did manage to make it home Thanksgiving night about 6:30, just in time for dinner with family and friends.
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    I know what you mean but the closed mouth gathers no foot. And this: The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. – Bertrand Russell
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    ***Thats great. Assuming she gets mileage reimbursed you need to convince her to put all that money in a separate account. That should pay for gas, maintenance, AND the next car. [She does get paid gas and mileage, and I've discussEd this with her.
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    Hell yeah. Funny as heck, but I'd cringe watching it with my kids in the room.
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    Some of the comments are even better. . . "Wanna see Santa's little helper?" I wonder if Vskydiver would wear an elf suit?
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    That's one of the many things I hate about car shopping. "How much can you afford a month?" Uh, I brought my checkbook. My youngest daughter, though, has to drive a lot for her business (insurance sales) and needed a new car. She bought a brand new Civic for under 20K and, with me cosigning, got financing at 0.9%. When we were doing the paperwork at the dealership I advised her to put no money down, considering how cheaply she was being loaned money. Now she still has her rainy day cash reserves and a fairly easy car payment, set up on autopay so she'll never forget or be late.
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    Of course not. But doesn't the scientist in you wonder? I certainly have my opinions.
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    A young lady I know says it's less than 10% penises now. So . . . depending on your tolerance . . .
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    That's why we're the best in the world. America, Fuck Yeah!
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    Well I'd be pissed too.
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    Gotta be me, the youngest kid with only 2 years of college and skydives to boot. But a beautiful wife, 4 wonderful kids and a great career later, I really don't care what anyone else thinks. It's been great just the way it was.
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    Me too, except for that "getting up early" thing anymore. Considering cause and effect, I think the habits build wealth, not the wealth building habits. I was taught frugality and self-dependence by my parents. It's paid off well. I'm not surprised at all about the reading. It's the key to so many things in life.
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    I hope they're not too rare. I'm glad you realize the importance of dads in raising a child. I wouldn't have missed out on my kids growing up for the world.
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    My friend loaned some gear to Richard. He was questioned many, many times by the FBI. We had t shirts made saying "I jump at DB Cooper's Dropzone" made up and gave him one.
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    I'm speaking at a gathering of DB Cooper enthusiasts this weekend. I personally don't think he survived the jump, but just MHO. I'll be talking a little about a friend of a friend, Richard McCoy, who did the same thing over Provo, UT 4 months later and made it home with the money. He proved you could do it. Not getting caught later is the hard part.
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    Highway crews have a lot of complaints about jugs of pee being thrown out along the highway. I've even seen signs at rest stops saying not to do that kind of stuff. Never even knew people did that.
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    Jobs.....

    JohnMitchell replied to Tink1717's topic in The Bonfire

    That's cool. ....
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    Jobs.....

    JohnMitchell replied to Tink1717's topic in The Bonfire

    5 months out of the job and I'm back down to what I weighed in high school. Must be something about not sitting on my a$$ 40 hours a week eating junk snacks.
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    Jobs.....

    JohnMitchell replied to Tink1717's topic in The Bonfire

    You can have my old job. They made me retire. . .
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    Cheers John.. just seems like a sensible move, what with the season and all. Oh, I agree. V and I occasionally take the train to Portland, Oregon for weekend trips. Fun to leave the car behind and Portland has such great public transportation. Train travel, especially commuting, is starting to catch on over here on the West coast. We're still decades behind Europe.
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    Yep, practically no one thinks of taking the train in our country. In Europe it's our preferred method of travel. Over here, not so much.
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    I've seen drugs ruin a lot of lives. Sorry about your loss.
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    So Superman's talking to Jimmy Olsen one day, saying he'd been flying around and spotted Wonder Woman on top of a tall building, naked as could be, getting some sun. He said he got a Super Boner, so he went flying down and swooped right in between her knees. Jimmy Olsen said "Boy, I be Wonder Woman was really surprised." Superman said "Not nearly as much as The Invisible Man!"
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    Well, flight, of course. So I'd be flying like Superman and saying "Hey, look at me, I'm like a super hero!" That shit wouldn't make sense if you were invisible.