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| Stampede | Apr 7 2013, 11:04 PM Post #176 |
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I couldn't go to florence when I went to the Oregon coast, but instead I went to Crater Lake. It's stunning! |
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| GothicCarsUrban | Apr 8 2013, 04:36 PM Post #177 |
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I intend to visit there someday as well. The main attractions to Florence for out-of-area tourists are Sea Lion Caves, Heceta Head lighthouse and viewpoints and Cape Perpetua all being nearby. |
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| Dragnet_Supporter | Apr 9 2013, 03:15 PM Post #178 |
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Glad to hear you are feeling revitalized. All the trip plans sound good, as does passing the driver's tests. Congrats! |
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| GothicCarsUrban | Apr 9 2013, 03:41 PM Post #179 |
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Thank you! And I got some pics that will be worth posting over the weekend: ![]() ![]() ![]() this is what the inside of my workplace/diecast dealer looks like: ![]() And the young lady I've been in sort of a relationship with is VERY interested in me. |
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| Stampede | Apr 9 2013, 07:44 PM Post #180 |
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Nice! Any good models in the store? |
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| GothicCarsUrban | Apr 9 2013, 08:33 PM Post #181 |
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Frequently. |
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| Dragnet_Supporter | Apr 10 2013, 11:51 AM Post #182 |
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Wow, great place to work. I would end up handing large chunks of my paycheck back in trade. Congrats on the lady friend as well. |
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| Derby Driver 60 | Apr 10 2013, 01:01 PM Post #183 |
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Saving money up to get a derby car and collecting sponsors |
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| juantoo3 | Apr 10 2013, 02:46 PM Post #184 |
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Spent the first night in the new house the wife and I have been slaving over for 4 months now...gosh! has it been that long already? And we're still not done! |
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| GothicCarsUrban | Apr 10 2013, 08:31 PM Post #185 |
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Thanks! I love it, and spent quite a bit of money there today. And thanks on the lady friend... I enjoy every text message, email, MSN or Yahoo Messenger session and phone call from her. (she lives in Northern California, as I said I met her on a forum) |
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| juantoo3 | Apr 11 2013, 01:40 PM Post #186 |
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Got the phone/internet service transferred just now...thought I'd swing by to test it out...seems OK so far. Now back to your regularly scheduled program already in progress... |
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| Harvestman | Apr 11 2013, 09:33 PM Post #187 |
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GCU - congrats on getting your AMCs in a Cars In Barns post! |
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| GothicCarsUrban | Apr 11 2013, 11:06 PM Post #188 |
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Thanks! I would have never known had you not told me. |
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| Harvestman | Apr 13 2013, 05:41 PM Post #189 |
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Don't have a job any more, due to my own idiocy. On the bright side - my first job lasted 8 months. I don't think that's too bad. |
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| Stampede | Apr 13 2013, 07:45 PM Post #190 |
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Hope that you can find a new job soon! I'll be away for a bit, so don't be worried about my sudden absence! |
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| GothicCarsUrban | Apr 13 2013, 07:47 PM Post #191 |
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![]() Hope you aren't banned from the store and you can still diecast-hunt, vinyl-hunt & vintage-audio-hunt there. I had to lock down my apartment while the police were rooting out a suspect in another building across from mine and were questioning my next-door neighbor, had to skip my Saturday coffee trip for fear that I would be shot, and I got my first high-end large-scale diorama into stage one. Still need a hoist, a few more big tools, a Coke machine, a workbench, toilets & sinks, and some workbenches and other furnishings, this mostly derived from dollhouse items from the local Ben Franklin Crafts store. |
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| Dragnet_Supporter | Apr 13 2013, 09:31 PM Post #192 |
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Learning a lot about story structure and analyzing various books and films to see what makes them tick...then applying each new step to my own novel. Lots of deep thought but fun. Very time consuming as well. Seems to be working though, so it's worth it. I'll be, if not an expert, some kind of authority by the time all this is finished. I knew the Hunger Games was popular, but 30 million copies...plus a movie deal? Can you say mansion and a yacht....time thirty? Crazy? Crappy story? Not so much if you understand the structural and vicarious make up. Anyway, that's the sort of thing that's been keeping me quite busy lately. Message to the world, there's so many interesting and creative things out there...I encourage folks to dig in and make life a creative endeavor on any every level. Chances are, if you think you can write a better story than Hunger Games, you may be right, but it's all in the how, as much, if not more than the what. And knowing the what is certainly evolving my story. And when you get right down to it, the chances of writing a best seller are better than hitting Lotto. But if you're into get rich quick schemes, it probably won't happen. It's a lot of work. If you're not enjoying it, you'll never make it through to the end. Hope everyone is doing well in whatever your endeavors may be! |
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| Stampede | Apr 23 2013, 09:08 PM Post #193 |
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Not feeling so hot today....... Hopefully I'll be better by the weekend. |
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| juantoo3 | Apr 23 2013, 09:35 PM Post #194 |
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Sorry to hear you're under the weather, get well soon! |
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| Stampede | Apr 23 2013, 10:27 PM Post #195 |
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Thank you! Hopefully it's nothing much. I'll probably get more sleep, and hope it clears up by the time I go to orlando.... |
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| GothicCarsUrban | Apr 23 2013, 10:56 PM Post #196 |
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So it looks like I'm ineligible for Social Security Disability until I pay into the system a bit... and I got assistance with employment through the county (I could be working for a computer and electronics recycler-rebuilder or in a gourmet grocery store), may very well get assistance with getting my driver's license back, after which I'm intending to buy this 1973 Oldsmobile Toronado that I've had my eyes on for a while, keep working part-time (20 hours a week) alongside the pension I would have by then, and start saving up money to move to San Diego, get a rebuilt desktop Mac and a scanner (flatbed & negative), & to get the 1972 Minolta film SLR camera I got from family recently repaired & fitted out with lenses. I'll be doing a lot of Yermo, Calico, Zzyzzx, Salton Sea, Kramer Junction, Daggett, Essex and other abandoned desert town photography there, and hopefully I will be able to convince the young lady I've been talking to online, over text messages and over the phone to come with me. This assistance and this help with a new start is welcomed and is going to be great for me. Eugene, and Oregon in general, is sucking the life out of me, as are my family and the few people left IRL who have any semblance of positive feeling toward me. I also finally got a USB CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW drive and am in the process of transferring most of my photos from my computer onto picture CDs and dedicating most flash memory on my computer that's not needed for operation or photos in the process of editing/uploading to music, I even found a few gems from my old account that I thought were lost forever on an old picture CD. I'll also remain focused on customizing & restoring small-scale diecasts. |
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| W_Body_Geek | Apr 24 2013, 04:09 AM Post #197 |
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Congrats on the CIB post I've been finishing up school *yay*, and will begin a full night-shift work schedule in the summer. Also need to figure out a way to store project cars not on the street. Oh, and Bentley's "routine service" is ridiculous. Thought I'd throw that out there. |
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| GothicCarsUrban | Apr 24 2013, 06:09 AM Post #198 |
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CIB? |
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| GothicCarsUrban | May 28 2013, 03:56 PM Post #199 |
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Good news: I will most likely be getting a temp (long enough to get SSDI) janitorial job at Lane Community College for minimum wage, 3pm to 9pm shift, with 1 free class per semester (depending on the length of time I will be paying into the system to get SSDI, it will either be photography or computer programming, if I get a programming class, I'll prolly be learning Linux or Unix and will prolly be getting a cheap older desktop to learn on), will be getting help with driver's license, will get SSDI after I pay in long enough, will be able to move out of Oregon at some point... things are finally starting to move along... I'm also getting notified of better, less expensive places to live while I'm still in Oregon that will not have the crazy neighbor and being out in the middle of nowhere issues (just hoping I don't have to be around a ton of noisy University of Oregon students), and will hopefully be getting mobile internet today. |
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| jedimario | May 28 2013, 04:24 PM Post #200 |
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If you want something useful, go for the programming class. |
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