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Hey folks. A special notice for my friends. This Saturday the PBR will be aired on National CBS !!!! Check yer local listings for time in your area and zone. Tune in and cheer our bestie, J.B. Mooney, on as he pushes hard to contend for the world title. The Toughest 8 Seconds on Dirt…
 

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Hey folks. A special notice for my friends. This Saturday the PBR will be aired on National CBS !!!! Check yer local listings for time in your area and zone. Tune in and cheer our bestie, J.B. Mooney, on as he pushes hard to contend for the world title. The Toughest 8 Seconds on Dirt…
I had to look up what PBR was, what National CBS was, and then I looked up J.B Mooney... I never knew bull riding was actually a sport, I always thought it was something that small towns did. You learn something everyday :) Ken, have you ever ridden a bull? I only rode the ones like these (when I was a kid):
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Well right now I have two jobs and normally work 70-75 hours a week between the two of them but his week was extra rough and I'm sure I'll be more like 85 by Sunday night. My normal m-f gig is a project manager/superintendent for a construction company 40-50hrs a week. But 2 nights a week and sat&sun I work at Home Depot in the lumber department (another 30hrs a week) I've been doing both jobs for a few months now and will continue to do both for another 3-6 months. Then I can go back to just my main gig.



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Oh ok that makes more sense, I thought it was one job you were working that much!! I tried the whole 2 job thing once and got very depressed and overwhelmed very fast... mind you I'm also diagnosed/treated for mild depression and my grandfather had recently passed the previous fall (and was the first death I ever experienced) ... but the point of the story is my 2 jobs phase lasted 2 months I have no idea how many hours I was working... but I came out of it with absolutely zero money saved and 1 Franklin lol.
I misread 2 nights and sat & sun and thought you said i work 2 nights that are sat and sun (as in 2 15 hour days!!)
My parents "gave" me their older Subaru when I needed my car to get to work, I ended up paying $2,000 for it and the insurance total the first year... its broken down "I paid 1,000 for car and 1,000 for insurance" SO by that logic I hate when people say I was handed my car because most certainly was not, I know people who got brand new cars and paid nothing. But my point is I now have a 17 and 16 year old sister and brother and they don't have an older car for my sister so will be in the came boat as you very soon... but theyre looking for a "clunker" and the plans to give our '07 Forrester to my brother when the time comes.. we have A LOT of cars at my house right now... 5 family members and 5 cars/truck and 1 motorcycle, only 3 of us drive right now!
 

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No body watches the goast shows?
I was asleep when you posted these... I do!! A Haunting was like one of my favorite shows ever!... then charter bumped the channel its on to a "silver package" channel so we don't get it anymore :( Have a favorite episode?
 

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Morning all! My head hurts already... what is this nonsense! I'm so exhausted it doesn't surprise me... my stomach's also being funny (well funnier than usual...I think... my stomachs weird anyone who's ahd problems with it probably understands), I hope its just exhaustion and will wear off as caffeine kicks in, because I have a race tomorrow morning and can't afford to be sick!
 

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Oh ok that makes more sense, I thought it was one job you were working that much!! I tried the whole 2 job thing once and got very depressed and overwhelmed very fast... mind you I'm also diagnosed/treated for mild depression and my grandfather had recently passed the previous fall (and was the first death I ever experienced) ... but the point of the story is my 2 jobs phase lasted 2 months I have no idea how many hours I was working... but I came out of it with absolutely zero money saved and 1 Franklin lol.
I misread 2 nights and sat & sun and thought you said i work 2 nights that are sat and sun (as in 2 15 hour days!!)
My parents "gave" me their older Subaru when I needed my car to get to work, I ended up paying $2,000 for it and the insurance total the first year... its broken down "I paid 1,000 for car and 1,000 for insurance" SO by that logic I hate when people say I was handed my car because most certainly was not, I know people who got brand new cars and paid nothing. But my point is I now have a 17 and 16 year old sister and brother and they don't have an older car for my sister so will be in the came boat as you very soon... but theyre looking for a "clunker" and the plans to give our '07 Forrester to my brother when the time comes.. we have A LOT of cars at my house right now... 5 family members and 5 cars/truck and 1 motorcycle, only 3 of us drive right now!

I will be paying for 100% of my daughters car. She was told in middle school if she remained a good student we would get her a car. She's always gotten A's and B's. I'm not getting her a new car. She will get something 10+ years old but I will make sure it runs good. She has a part time job to pay for her own gas and my wife and I are still debating what % of her insurance she will pay.
I will be


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I will be paying for 100% of my daughters car. She was told in middle school if she remained a good student we would get her a car. She's always gotten A's and B's. I'm not getting her a new car. She will get something 10+ years old but I will make sure it runs good. She has a part time job to pay for her own gas and my wife and I are still debating what % of her insurance she will pay.
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Is she an only child? I'm pretty sure (but am not my parents so don't know their thinking exactly) that the only reason they didn't give it to me is they have 2 others behind and cant just give away 3 cars. And not gonna lie I was a horrible student in high school and middle school, lots of Cs and Ds, I just didn't really see the point... Now im on college dean's list don't worry I figured it out better late than never haha. I think its completely fair to do that they way you are since you still expect some help from insurance... I feel my paying for some the first year made me more responsible since it was all mine and I paid for it, and I don't have collision on my insurance which brought the price down and makes you really have to be responsible because if you get in a wreck and its your fault the insurance will pay for their cars fixing but not yours... double edged sword when it comes to hit and run though (was the clearest thought in my head when I car fled "need the plate, my insurance ain't paying this" I got it and everything was fine). I'll get collision on a newer car but was told by a friend in insurance that with a 10 year old car its not worth the extra i'd pay for collision now. Only pain with older cars is one minute they run good and are perfect then have a problem.... I just had an $800 shop trip to repair a CV joint, drive shaft and rear stabilizer... literally they all broke at once! (or at least all showed problems at once). But all I care about my car is that it runs and gets me from point A to B... I always laughed a little when people had older cars but am quickly realizing that's mine lol. 10+ years and running good sounds like you'll end up with a Toyota or a Subaru lol my 'roo is 10 years 120,000 and going strong, and I've been told 250,00 isn't all that uncommon :)
 

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If anyone's a beak trimming expert I posted a thread for advice, Nank is going to freak out but he needs a trimming before it gets too bad! He's an anxious dude so it'll be difficult. I needed the healp since the Tweak Your beak thread pictures didn't show up and the tread itself get sunny symbols that pop up in all my devices, I don't know if its just me that had problems with that now though.
 

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Is she an only child? I'm pretty sure (but am not my parents so don't know their thinking exactly) that the only reason they didn't give it to me is they have 2 others behind and cant just give away 3 cars. And not gonna lie I was a horrible student in high school and middle school, lots of Cs and Ds, I just didn't really see the point... Now im on college dean's list don't worry I figured it out better late than never haha. I think its completely fair to do that they way you are since you still expect some help from insurance... I feel my paying for some the first year made me more responsible since it was all mine and I paid for it, and I don't have collision on my insurance which brought the price down and makes you really have to be responsible because if you get in a wreck and its your fault the insurance will pay for their cars fixing but not yours... double edged sword when it comes to hit and run though (was the clearest thought in my head when I car fled "need the plate, my insurance ain't paying this" I got it and everything was fine). I'll get collision on a newer car but was told by a friend in insurance that with a 10 year old car its not worth the extra i'd pay for collision now. Only pain with older cars is one minute they run good and are perfect then have a problem.... I just had an $800 shop trip to repair a CV joint, drive shaft and rear stabilizer... literally they all broke at once! (or at least all showed problems at once). But all I care about my car is that it runs and gets me from point A to B... I always laughed a little when people had older cars but am quickly realizing that's mine lol. 10+ years and running good sounds like you'll end up with a Toyota or a Subaru lol my 'roo is 10 years 120,000 and going strong, and I've been told 250,00 isn't all that uncommon :)

I've got 6 kids. My twin boys are 20. One of them bought his own truck for a couple hundred dollars but I bought him a bunch of parts and got it all running for him. His twin brother did nothing but get in trouble and learn things the hard way (and still does). He dropped out of high school so I got him nothing. I'll get my daughter her car. I have 3 other younger boys 12,4 & 2. I've already told the 12 yer old that if he wants is to buy his car that he needs to do better in school. He's very smart but he's lazy and dose to like to do his work, too busy being class clown. I think once he sees his sisters car (hopefully a Christmas gift) it will sink in a little more with him. The plan for my 12 year old is to give him the truck I'm driving now. It will be paid off by then and I'll be loving for a new one. It's a 2011 but it's a work truck so it will be plenty beat up by the. And have have lots of miles on it. I don't mind finding my daughter a car that's a little older. I use to be a mechanic so I can fix it up for her.




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I've got 6 kids. My twin boys are 20. One of them bought his own truck for a couple hundred dollars but I bought him a bunch of parts and got it all running for him. His twin brother did nothing but get in trouble and learn things the hard way (and still does). He dropped out of high school so I got him nothing. I'll get my daughter her car. I have 3 other younger boys 12,4 & 2. I've already told the 12 yer old that if he wants is to buy his car that he needs to do better in school. He's very smart but he's lazy and dose to like to do his work, too busy being class clown. I think once he sees his sisters car (hopefully a Christmas gift) it will sink in a little more with him. The plan for my 12 year old is to give him the truck I'm driving now. It will be paid off by then and I'll be loving for a new one. It's a 2011 but it's a work truck so it will be plenty beat up by the. And have have lots of miles on it. I don't mind finding my daughter a car that's a little older. I use to be a mechanic so I can fix it up for her.




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Yeah I was a lazy kid, hence the horrid grades in high school and As and some Bs in college haha. Your kids are lucky you're so car knowledgeable, my dad is too, he wasn't a mechanic but he knows his stuff, he's the one who figured out all the problems with my car, and even said if he had time (and a lift) that he could have done most himself. Then theres me, I can find my oil, can find my wiper fluid, know how to jump the car, change a tire and that's about the extent of my knowledge, although next oil change I do plan to learn, other than that any problem i'm like "daaaaaddyyyy!!!! fix it!" The good part abut my car is they bought it new back in '04 and owned it since so we know its history of everything changed and stuff and how it was driven and all that, and pretty much intend to run it to the ground... i'd very much enjoy another 10+ years! :D
 

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Did anyone watch that new show "How to Get Away With Murder" last night? I'm so confused. I missed the first few minutes of it, so I didn't know how this group of kids came to be in possession of a dead body...then at the end of the show, right before they were to light the body on fire, they showed its face and I thought it looked like the professor's husband???????

Can anyone shed any light on this for me? Or is it supposed to be like this to keep you coming back to watch it week after week.
 

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Did anyone watch that new show "How to Get Away With Murder" last night? I'm so confused. I missed the first few minutes of it, so I didn't know how this group of kids came to be in possession of a dead body...then at the end of the show, right before they were to light the body on fire, they showed its face and I thought it looked like the professor's husband???????

Can anyone shed any light on this for me? Or is it supposed to be like this to keep you coming back to watch it week after week.
cant say I saw it but I've never heard of it and it sounds interesting what channel is it on?
 

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I ate Brussels sprouts, you do not want to be in the same room with me.
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