*02WS6TURK*

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I will fill you and your tank up with some premium ****

actrite80

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Haha I will use this somewhere in life

Nathan

I drove out to Cannon Beach today





not too big of a crowd there. the people who were, looked at me really funny when they saw me walking down to the water.
i jumped in. it hurt like hell. turns out the water temp is 44* today. yikes.

fun drive though. i'll do it again if someone else wants to cruise over there

*02WS6TURK*

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Nice Vette. I'm always down for a beach cruise. I like the cruise to Lincoln City as well.

Mikey 97Z M6

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Bump... Cuz it still sux!!!

Mike

actrite80

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^^^ Agreed

swoop

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Nice C6 man, I have a twin to yours.

Nathan

well, it's not mine anymore

i got the GXP in it's place.

a great trade indeed.

actrite80

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How's the back doing Nathan

Nathan

it's alright for now. next monday it'll be all chopped up and stuff

Mikey 97Z M6

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Wow what happened there? Back surgery?

Mike

Nathan

had 2 fusions back in the day.. the last one involving metal rods, screws, cage, etc.

so on monday they're going to remove the metal (as the fusions are pretty well solid now)
not sure what the recovery will be like, but the last two were pretty awful. this surgeon says i'll be able to walk the day after. i hope he's right.

i'm healthy otherwise. just bad luck with my spine. i told him i want to get back to skydiving and he said i should just try something else, "like wrestling bears or something less dangerous"

Mikey 97Z M6

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Well crap man, that sucks about the fusions. Has it limited your mobility at all? My GF has been through one neck surgery which worked great, but then two lower back surgerys because the first one failed. If this second one doesn't work out she's looking at fusion as the next alternative. Read a bunch of mixed reviews on the fusion.

Mike

Nathan

yeah, it's ruined my flexibility for a lot of normal day to day stuff. and for skydiving, i can't arch like the instructors want for my freefall sessions. it's physically impossible

the hip grafts add pain and cause some loss of balance, so i can't really do squats and lunges at the gym anymore. well i can, but it hurts like **** and i know i shouldn't.
i'd advise against getting a fusion done. there seems to be a lot of other medical options available now. don't dare go into chiropractors for their quackery either. find a decent modern spine expert and get a real opinion for the solution for that specific patient/injury


edit: also, i used to enjoy playing basketball often. being only 5'11", i could easily drop step and dunk before the surgery. now that's never going to happen again
swimming feels weird, due to the restricted motion. walking/jogging are still easy to do, but it's not like i'm out doing marathons or anything. i retain my upper body strength and keep my bench around 250 while still being pretty slim

Mikey 97Z M6

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Well that doesn't sound fun at all. Yeah, the fusion is really hit and miss with success rate. Good luck when they pull the metal out man.

Mike

actrite80

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Bump haha

Mikey 97Z M6

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And it still sucks... shocker...

GDL

Action plan oh fearless leader?

Mikey 97Z M6

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No action plan. This place was doomed once people got hooked on facebook and how intriguing it apparently is to see what others eat (I still don't get that ****). And who can forget all the really clever meme's and,,,,, the drama, can't forget that too..... So hard to compete with all that!

I mean, all this place offers is a forum for car guys, without; seeing what people eat, or their stupid vacation pics to exotic Multnomah falls, or hearing when they got home, or went grocery shopping, or got a flat tire, or got attacked by a vicious parakeet, or the drama associated with all the 'queens' out there.

But hey, that's just my take on it all. I'm old school though. Rant over,,, again.


Mike

jsafe

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Your not alone Mike, you won't find me on BookFace.. I did instagram for about 8 months until I started getting really irritated at all my friends because of that crap they post, just like you mentioned. that's when it was time to stop and regroup. my only Internet socialization is on forums like this. by the way I'm sensing that you need to take a couple of runs down the strip in a 1997 LS swapped black F-car, it's Chicken Soup for the car guys soul. how far away are you from having it running again?