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My daughter (10) is into this would you rather game she plays with her friends. She tells me I wouldn't get it because I'm old... I told her to try me. She asks if I would rather eat free at any restaurant for the rest of my life or have a million dollars. I opted for the million dollars. She asked me if I would rather have any car I wanted or an all expense paid trip to anywhere for a month. I opted for the trip. I said see I get it and asked her one of my own. I asked if she would rather get into a fight with one horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses. She thought about it for a bit then said "Its ok daddy, not everyone is cut out for this game." So what did I miss? Am I really too old? I told her I would fight the one large duck so I could train it to fly me around. She told me I was trying too hard. When did I turn into my parents and her into a little me? Oh my God... I am old!

Ummmmm. Not so much...

I know right? I have 2 daughters so I can also name all of the My Little Ponies and there may or may not bee a picture out there of me after they did my makeup...

The worst part of the night was when my boy ended up agreeing with the other dad . It was a fun night though. We all ended up laughing at the end and fake battling in the gym.

As everybody knows, Mewtwo was genetically engineered and therefore exempt from any respectable discussion about what Pokemon is strongest. Also exempt are all legendary Pokemon due to the fact that none are ever captured and used for any battles in the cartoon.

So I'm out at a school event with my boy and somehow managed to get into an argument with another dad about what the strongest Pokemon is... For those of you who have no idea what a Pokemon is, don't worry. Its a kids cartoon and there is no good reason two grown men should EVER argue about it.

Sober (mostly) now. I wasn't sure I actually wrote that last night. We were in the hospital yesterday with my grandmother as she passed. My father took it very hard as she was his last parrent and I had had a less than strong moment and took up the rum. (Paying for it a bit now...) It really isn't all the doom and gloom I made it seam. My fathers prostate cancer is in the early stages yet and I have a basal cell carcinoma which is just a simple surgery to remove, or so I'm told. My wife's immigration setback is annoying but nothing we can't overcome. I have 2 good jobs and she got a job working for a local school district as a special needs counselor which is what her degree is for and she loves her job. Also we were able to get the insurance through the district which is about 1/3 the cost of what we were paying through my job. All in all things aren't that bad. I just had a rum fueled vent last night. Thank you all for your prayers.

So I'm kind of sloppy (lots of rum...) right now so sorry if this is a little off. Over the last month I have lost 2 grandparents, found out my father has prostate cancer, I have skin cancer, and some pencil neck in immigration rejected my wife's process causing us to have to resubmit the whole thing and we are out $13k that we already invested and it is going to be another $23k to complete it provided every paper pusher that lays hands on it doesn't freak out about something stupid like how a comma is misplaced... Sorry, venting on rum. Lots of rum. Cheep rum to boot. Maybe too much rum.

My wife is from desert country in Mexico. I like to think I'm rather awesome that I got her to stay here with me...

We still consider single digits as tropical weather.

All the diesel rigs I work on have interstate 750's in them. Never had a problem with starting except when really cold.

Nope. That posted article above was correct. I wound up passing on the invite.

Did you get permission to go into the woods in the first place?

I'm married to a Mexican woman. I'm always in trouble.

To be more specific, they are a bike club mostly catering to the hardly crowd. The guy who invited me knows I ride a Venture so I'm just wondering if I'm a token invite and I would be walking into a pick on the metric bike guy.

Got an invite to a DC Eagles event. I don't have any experience with them. I am a good acquaintance with, but not quite friends with, the person who extended the invite. Thoughts?

Update on Miranda. She has not gotten sick again since that last time I posted here. The doc's have started taking her off meds and she is doing fine. They still don't know what was going on with her and she has been nothing but a happy little girl for the last few months. Thank you all for your prayers.

Well my oldest turned 10 a few weeks ago and somehow remembered that when she was 6 I had promised to get her a phone for her 10th birthday. I never thought she would remember that... So now I'm getting all kinds of texts from her (even though we are just a room or two away sometimes) with lol's and OMG's and lmao's and all kinds of other 10 year old girl thoughts... Man I feel

I was out hunting many, many moons ago and heard the call of nature. So I turned to the side, unzipped, and let loose... Didn't know the fence was live... Ouch. Still managed to have 3 kids.

I spent 8 years of my life defending this country. I have lost lost friends who paid in blood for this country. My body was broken in defense of this country. My oldest daughter didn't know who I was for a large part of her first 6 years. My son treated me as a stranger when I returned from deployment. Thousands of my brothers and sisters in uniform have suffered similarly or worse. We have all done it for one reason. Love for this country. While I agree that everyone who comes here should assimilate and become an American, that isn't the reality. In this "kinder and gentler" society we are all expected to bend over and take it up the a## and get over whatever problems we have with immigrants because we "just don't understand" because we have it too good. My wife is an immagrent (still in the process... takes a loooonnnnng time to do it legally) and we are better together for our mixed cultures. I believe that legal immigration is key to birthing pride in that person for their new home country. I see this country falling apart from the inside out due in large part to illegal immigration. I can tell you all one thing though. Despite my injuries and lost friends and heartache from missed time with family, I would do it all over again because I believe in my heart that these United American States are worth fighting for and that this country is still the greatest country in the world. The only thing I have left to me now is to vote my conscious and hope that whoever is elected cares for this country as much as I do.

Where would a guy find a rebuild kit for the master? Awesome tutorial by the way.

Update on what I've done. I removed the tank and coated it in a product we use at the shop that goes on grey and turns muddy brown when exposed to petroleum products. I capped/plugged it and filled with gas. Let it sit over night and found it all grey in the morning. No leak in tank. Got it back together and was riding today and the clutch master cylinder went out... so fixing that next...

OK so not really boom so much as a thonk-twingggg. Long story short, it doesn't work anymore. It fell apart while shifting into third and parts are on the road somewhere. Are there reliable rebuild kits or should I just order a new one?

Trust me, I have no delusions about the time requirements involved in owning a business. The shop we are looking at is successful. The current owner has done well for himself. He is almost 68 and is just looking to be done with it all. None of his family want it and he is just wanting to sell it to someone who is going to keep it alive.

I have been turning wrenches on one thing or another for the last 20 years. Everything from lawn mowers to missile launchers (my job in the Navy.) My friend and I have the opportunity to buy out an auto shop. It's in a good location and the shop is fully furnished with just about everything we would need. The current owner is retiring and his family doesn't want it so he is willing to let it go to us for pennies on the dollar. My friend and I have taken the current shop we work for and turned it from the joke of the town into a respected shop. I know that between the two of us we could do well, or at least not sink. What I'm worried about is being the owner. I have a family with three young kids. I'm worried about taking the risk at this point in my life. Before you ask, I trust my friend so I'm not worried about him backstabbing me. I've always had the cushion of not being the owner and not having those headaches to deal with. Jut show up to work, do the best I can, and get my paycheck. I've always done well and excelled wherever I've applied myself. Where I am now there isn't much room for growth and I've been feeling stuck in a rut lately. I know I have the management skills as I advanced quickly in the Navy and ran two work centers as well as a duty section. I know I have the technical skills to do the job. I'm worried about the economy and what is going to happen after the election. I'm worried about providing for my family. I'm worried about passing up this opportunity... Any advice/words of wisdom/encouragement/things to consider would be greatly appreciated.