NoBanStan

My jeep fun is about to start. Just got an insurance check from where I got hit. Instead of taking it to a shop for months, I'm fixing the bumper myself. Plus I have the leak...but I have warranty for that. Just need them to give me the schedule date.

So I was a Pall bearer for my buddy on Thursday. Sad affair. 6 hours later we got the call that a family member was found unconscious in a parking lot. Another alcoholic. He passed away at 3am this morning. Please please please.... If you struggle with alcohol...seek help. Don't be afraid to admit it and talk about it. Pray about it most importantly. It won't be an easy road, but there is a road to recovery. If you have loved ones who struggle, confront it. They may be angry with you, but what's worse, their disapproval or their early burial? Someone out there needs you/them. A wife, a child, a friend. It doesn't just ruin your life, it ruins theirs. Please get help. Hell, ping me privately. I will talk to anyone.

The worst show I ever witnessed was at Starwood. It was Dave Matthews during his prime. He had a broken rib and had to sit in a chair. The place was dead. My girlfriend and I (wife a bit later) sat out in an almost empty grass area and just casually talked over the music. Nobody around us. We wound up leaving early. Not that I'm a Dave fan mind you. It was just a chance to see some live music. No bueno.

I was just talking about Starwood this weekend. Cool venue. Had a drunken ex punch me in the face for not buying her another beer there. I think she eventually found her way home.

Remember hair?

Is that where the birds perch?

Serious offers only. I know what i've got!

I'm such a child. I saw that magazine and instantly said to myself.

Good because that one was especially terrible

ChatGPT thinks this is your song.

Original Pamela Anderson

it's part of the Jeep experience!

Selfishly, I would rather see flowing fields rather than a subdivision. However, I agree that 90% of the farmland I see going away around me is/was privately owned horse farms or hay fields. I haven't seen crops since my youth when my grandparents farmed up in Portland TN.

Vents aside, still pretty cool looking.

I just realized my JK is leaking oil tonight. I blame you @monkeylizard for bringing up jeep problems!

Same with the overhead projector. My grade school had a computer cart as well. It's funny because my mother was a teachers aide and she ran the computer. Us kids weren't allowed to touch it. We had to provide the answer and then my mom would type it in.

Yeah @monkeylizard this could be a cascading problem. One nut gets lose and starts a reaction where your whole suspension system starts rocking loose. It could be one of MANY things. I wouldn't stab at this.

I'm not for removal of alcohol either. I don't even begrudge folks for safely getting a buzz and using it as social lubricant. What I can't stand is the enabler and the taboo nature of telling someone they have a problem. "Hey hey, don't call Ted an alcoholic! You don't know what he's been through!". That's very true. I don't walk in Ted's shoes. But, do you know who else won't be walking in Ted's shoes soon? Ted. Because Ted is gonna die. Hope you're OK with that. I guess that's easier than hurting Ted's feelings.

I didn't even notice tbh. hah. I guess that's something else younger folks won't get. Sub $2 packs of smokes. Not that they smoke anymore (thank goodness). As if vaping is better....

I only remember ever bumping into one of these as a kid. It was at a place in Gallatin that we frequented on Sunday after church called "The smoke house". It's been gone for probably 30+ years at least. They had one of these in the bathroom and I swear it just rotated the nasty towel around it. So stained that half the time i just washed my hands and slung off the water instead of using it.

Probably $15 a pack I would imagine.

My kids recently got a chance to figure out how one of these worked. Took them a minute