AlexCrowley

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Pretty close to the truth. It's something you do because you love it. At the independent level most of the guys are making gas money if they're lucky. The newer guys work for free. Why? Exposure. Getting to the WWE is something most of the guys want, but some do it purely for the discipline of the sport. Because you get injured it's not something you do simply to burn time. Why the WWE? you perform in front of thousands every night, you have the opportunity to be a household name, you have the opportunity to become rich, but the thing that drives all of us is that you have the opportunity to prove to everyone that you are the best. It's a lot like trying to explain why we jump out of perfectly good airplanes. Last night was a perfect example - I went out, cut a promo that almost caused a riot, I had 10 year olds call me names that would make their parents blush, and at least half a dozen "grown ups" that were ready to beat me to death if given the chance. And then the match tore the house down - we won and they hated us even more. A wrestling match is like constant free fall. You're constantly moving and constantly thinking, trying to lead the audience exactly where you want them to go emotionally - and when it goes well it's the best feeling in the world. We take people out of their world and drag them screaming into ours, and when we do a good job they walk away with memories they'll never forget. I got into this at 30, I'm also about 140lbs - I never went into this with delusions of getting to the WWE, I do this strictly for fun. I am, however, a damn good manager and if Vince called me up and invited me to join the company, even though it would realistically mean a massive paycut and being away from my family, I think, in all honesty, I wouldnt hesitate too much before accepting - and my wife wouldnt hesitate to support that decision. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

No. The talk about unions comes from rumors about Vince McMahon blackballing anyone who suggested creating one. Pro wrestlers are hired as independent contractors. No benefits, no insurance. Your average TV wrestler makes $35 - $90k as a downside (the rest is based on attendance). Car rental and lodging costs come out of that. So, your average lower card wrestler makes about as much as your average Blockbuster employee - if they're lucky. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

We always work hurt and get hurt - you accept it from the moment you step through the ropes. We hit each other hard and like in skydiving, we learn to minimize the risk of injury - not mitigate it completely. I've 'almost been killed' way too many times to mention or even catalog. Skydiving's risks may be more likely to be fatal, but in wrestling it's guaranteed that you will be injured. Bear in mind that as wrestlers it is considered normal to finish up a match if you're concussed, if youve passed out in the ring, if you tore a muscle or if you break a limb (although it's not frowned on if you cut the match short by a few minutes if you broke a leg). I've worked for 20 minutes after smashing my head open and bleeding so much that it sounded like heavy rain on the mat and one half of my ring gear was soaked red, after the match we went to the car, drove to the emergency room and I got 10 staples to close the gash. I've also seen guys get major knee surgery with a 10 week recovery time get back in the ring and work matches after 3 weeks - not because they've miraculously healed, but because thats the culture they work in. It's not even a macho thing, it's just what it is. It's normal, accidents happen. I've been dumped on my head from body slams, suplexes, even off the top rope - I've always been lucky in that the most Ive gotten was a little dizzy and sore the next day. There is no script. As far as midget wrestlers, I've had the opportunity to work and train with Short Sleeve Sampson - a wrestler who has worked with the WWE/WWF a great deal. He's an awesome guy and is a real veteran. As a smaller guy he's relegated to working mostly comedy matches but SSS has a very broad knowledge of the sport and is a great deal of fun to work with. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

it doesnt, but dont tell anyone else that - right now people think its this new fangled concept. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

I skydive because it is the most calming thing I've ever done. The rush came with the first couple of jumps was not what hooked me to the sport, it's the absolute clarity of mind that I achieve. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

I still have at least one Floyd guitar lying around, the flutter thing works best with that. I always liked having them when I shredded, nowadays I'm old and too lazy (although I've been known to lose it on occasion at a show). I like my JB strat's trem, stays in tune as well as the Floyd but without the headaches. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

They make floyds without the nut locks?? I thought that was the whole point, to clamp the strings at either end so they didnt shift under whammy abuse. You can minimize unwanted flattening of the other strings by using decent springs (unless you backroute your trem and like it to float so you can do cool flutters - ahem *80s*) TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

Try not using Internet Exploder. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

I'm a huge fan of LTD guitars. Just picked up a Les Paul copy recently for $500 that outplays/looks/feels all of the Gibson standard Les Paul line and approaches the higher priced ones they put out. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

Floyd Rose trems are great for a single tuning. They are a pain in the ass to tune, as each change in tension will alter the balance of the floating bridge. This means you have to retune all the strings. When I used one I'd tune thickest (most noticable tensors) strings. Instead of tuning each string perfectly I'd run through it a number of times (it'll change each time anyway, so why waste time with accuracy the first goes around). Each pass gets increasingly more accurate. Of course, once it's tuned it's tuned. Until you break a string and the entire guitar goes out of tune....and then you learn by exactly how much you have to bend each string to put it in pitch based on which string broke and which string you're playing (dont attempt chords on it after a string breaks). They are crap for multiple tunings. Better to get a fixed bridge or a locking system such as used on the Jeff Beck strats (locking tuning heads, ballbearings in the nut). Sorry, dont know the brand name of that system. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

HAHAH. Yeah, I tend to obsess. Hopefully I wont get too overconfident, but being an information junkie I already have 7 books and manuals on their way which I"ll read before actually choosing a car. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

Yeah, I've been using that as a resource. You'd be amazed at how large a community there is full of geeks building KITT. A turnkey KITT is about $50,000. But that really takes away from the whole idea of learning something. KITT is just decent motivation to learn how to do work on a car - a part of my education growing up that I appear to have completely missed out on. I've researched Firebirds so much in the last few weeks that even if I dont build a KITT replica I still want to rebuild the car itself. Even buying a used car is going to be a new experience, so most of my effort so far as hbeen in that direction. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

My wife paid for the first couple of jumps and then I worked at the dropzone every weekend for the rest of the AFF course. This seasons A licence jumps were covered by my employer as a performance bonus. Yes, my employer rocks. No we're not hiring

I'm somewhat of a disadvantage simply because when I say I know nothing about engines I mean NOTHING. You could tell me that it's wankelrotary sleeve needed shanking and I'd wonder what tool was required to do it. So doing basic engine work would be a yes, and advanced engine work - no. But before that I'd have to learn what each of those actually are. I approach each new skill as entering a dark room. First thing is to discover where the light switch is, then the size of the room. Then I'll worry about what needs to get put into the room. Was that a good example? TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

Is it a bad thing that I dont understand most of what you just said? I realize there are a lot of electronics, but you need that so the electronic dash works. I'm a computer geek so wiring doesnt upset me too much, its the whole combustion engine thing that is the mystery. Id be more likely to drop in a whole new engine that fiddle with stuff that would require specialized tools or skills (beyond the electronics/computer stuff). I'm seeing this as a multi-year long term project rather than becoming an engine jedi in a short space of time. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

I know nothing about cars. I've decided to learn by rebuilding an older car. Where do I start? :) I'm thinking of an 80s Pontiac Firebird, is this a good first car? Thanks. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

The zappa tribute on his last album is excellent. 'Genius in France'. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

Did it. I'm wondering what conclusions the student is trying to find out. From the limited nature of the questions it would appear that they are leaning in a particular direction with very little space for an alternative to be found in the results. Not saying they're wrong, just that some of the questions didnt map well to reality. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

Premier and other video editing suites will capture video using the DV codec. This generates about 3.6MB per second. There are some consumer level capture utilities that will capture in lower quality mpeg, even then you'll see significant file sizes. If you're going to work with video a great deal you might want to get 200 - 300GB hard drive just for raw footage. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

yup chkdsk should, but if there's a warped platter or head misalignment then each pass may report bad sectors differently. Usually these things start out as rare failures, then intermittent, then common, then failing as the damage gets greater and greater. sometimes it can be diagnosed simply by removing the case lid and spending some time listening to the drive run. Greater noise, grinding, knocking are signs of the problem becoming major, but if you're somewhat used to your computer system it can sometimes be easy to spot abberant noises at an earlier stage. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

It's pretty hit and miss, which is why you're having intermittent problems when the OS attempts to write file info to a bad sector. The bad sector may not be the true issue, and is merely a symptom of something else failing on the drive. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

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scan the disk for bad sectors. The reason it takes more time to open usually is because of how the OS displays things, it can't display something it hasnt seen. The more files, the more time it takes to read each individual folder name and cache it. If you're using a relatively modern OS it's not a system limit that you're hitting, it's a problem with the drive - if it's intermittent then it could be a platter issue. With these jumbo sized multiplatter hard drives there are a lot more things that could go wrong then the old style single platter workhorses that lasted for decades. Maxtors usually have a decent warranty, so maybe you can get a replacement. I can't remember if there were reported issues with Maxtors but I know that several vendors had issues with their >200GB drives in the last year. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

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