MikeyC
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Hm, sorry to hear that. I don't think anything bad will happen here. Just try not to worry her!
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Probably not. I just keep stuff like that in the back of my mind for some reason. Accidents happen every day. I just love her and worry about her is all. I do appreciate the words of support
how's life down under? I ain't talked to you in a while, how are you?
MikeyC
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We always want our loved ones to be safe, so of course you don't want her to do anything risky, just as she wouldn't want you to do anything similarly risky. All you can do is support her and freak out in your own time, haha.Probably not. I just keep stuff like that in the back of my mind for some reason. Accidents happen every day. I just love her and worry about her is all. I do appreciate the words of support
I'm doing well, mate. Had a much-needed talk with my psychologist on Friday so now it's time to get back on track with a few things, but I'm doing good.
We always want our loved ones to be safe, so of course you don't want her to do anything risky, just as she wouldn't want you to do anything similarly risky. All you can do is support her and freak out in your own time, haha.
I'm doing well, mate. Had a much-needed talk with my psychologist on Friday so now it's time to get back on track with a few things, but I'm doing good.
I'm glad to hear that. Hang in there dude :thumbup:
MikeyC
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Thanks, dude. :brindis:
We're going out to dinner tomorrow night and she wants to go shopping. We finally got a baby sitter! We ain't been out alone in a long time. I'm psyched about getting away from the daily rut for a while.
MikeyC
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I would imagine having kids is nice, but managing some alone-time with your wife would be great. I hope the two of you have a wonderful time out. :thumbup:
I got a new pair of boots after a long trip to several stores. I have to give thanks to my bride, she showed a lot of patience when I was trying to find my peculiar size (10.5 or 11 EEE - extra wide). Had a nice dinner while we were out too, as well as doing some shopping for her. It was nice to go out just the two of us, but it was great to come home to the kids, I miss the little monsters
Edit: After over an hour or polishing these things they are looking even better, getting closer to mirror-like.
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Earlier today, a neighbor woman asked me to break into her house, she had locked her keys inside. After discovering all the windows were locked and no other way inside, I kicked the door in. It made me remember back to my fire training, or more specifically "booting doors". The art of kicking a locked door down to enter a structure. I used to enjoy booting doors to get inside burning buildings. One day we were dispatched to a house fire like any normal day and today the new guy was with my partner and I in the lead truck. We get there and I told him to boot the door (after we determined there wasn't any danger of a backdraft). He struts up to the door acting all cool and kicks it with all his might... and it don't move at all. He backs up and does it again. And again. It was a metal reinforced door in a steel door frame, virtually burglar proof (and incidentally, fireman proof!), we noticed. By now, we already had a hose ready and were suited up to go inside. Right about this time, I reached around the new guy with a gloved hand and grabbed the door knob and opened it, it was unlocked the whole time! We smiled at the new guy and had a good laugh after the fire was out. I still get a smile remembering the new guy kicking away at that door and the whole time it wasn't even locked. Good times.
Ok, I need some opinions. I wonder if I'm being to vein about my looks. I had my work uniforms tailored to fit me perfectly because those are the clothes I'm seen the most in public in. I shine my work boots religiously, they must be as shiny as a mirror (or almost) before I will walk into the factory in them. I won't wear a watch that don't match my wedding ring. My belt has to match my footwear. I iron my uniforms so they aren't the least bit wrinkled at all. And all this is just to go to work and be in machine oil and other nasty stuff. But in my mind I have to look just a bit more put together than the other workers for some reason. Is this excessive? Or is it normal to try to give off the very best professional look even for a nasty job? And wearing a welding hood and gas mask totally messes up my hair which unnerves me to no end! So I keep a hat in my toolbox in case my hair gets messed up so no one will know. Am I weird?
coyote
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i'm the same way - maybe not quite to that extreme
in the Marines we called this being "squared away" - it was considered a good thing :thumbup:
Glad I'm not alone in this :thumbup:
So yesterday morning I got home after working 14 hours and had time to shower and change clothes before I took the wife to the hospital for her surgery. The hospital is an hour's drive away. We got there after dropping the kids off with my grandparents who thankfully baby sat them for us, and a friend's mother kept the baby. Her surgery took an hour after we had been there two hours already and she was in recovery for almost four hours before they released her to go home. She was vomiting the whole way home into a small bucket thingy they gave her at the hospital, it was a terrible ride home. Got her home and in bed and went and got the kids and got a pizza for me and the kids for dinner. Since she hadn't been allowed to eat or drink anything due to the surgery, I couldn't eat or drink in front of her, that's too mean even for me. So for 20 hours I didn't eat but I did have a bottle of gatorade in the waiting room. I sat there for 6 hours. I could've went to eat but I wanted to stay where the doctor could find me in case of a problem. Today was much better, and I made it a point not to go to work so I could be here to take care of her. I cooked and cleaned and took care of the kids all day. Thankfully she is starting to feel better.
A few weeks ago I finally fixed the interior of the old blue truck. I know this beautiful green don't match the midnight blue paint job but eventually the whole truck will be this color. I love it :bigsmile: I really hate carpet in a truck but I figured it was time for something different. And I think this green is absolutely gorgeous. I also put a factory looking radio back in it but it has a USB port so I can plug in some tunes but still have that retro look. Working on a bigger engine for her too, it has a 351 Cleveland big block right now but I'm building a 429 Cobra Jet out of a 1970 Mustang for it. Instead of spending $45,000 on a new truck I'll just keep changing this one as I've done for a long time now. When I swap engines, it's also getting a heavy duty clutch. When I did the interior, I crawled under it and cut the mufflers off and put glass packs back in, it's louder than I really wanted it to be now. Lets see, it's been several different colors and it's on it's 3rd engine right now, and probably it's 4th clutch. It's been an automatic and a straight shift at different times. And the interior has been changed several times over the years. I love the old thing and I always have. I think it has around 300,000 miles on it too ha ha ha. I love the old girl. Just felt like talking about it a bit.
MikeyC
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Glad to hear she's already on the mend! :thumbup: