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I was doing other things here on OL tonight and decided to post a recipe that I made for dinner tonight that some here may enjoy quite a bit. Very easy, relatively quick and extremely tasty!!!! WoW factor for taste for some I am sure BUT make sure you have a lot of napkins handy because this burger is extremely juicy and if cooked long enough and right, juices will be running down your arm and dripping off your elbows. Everyone that I know who's tried this recipe absolutely love it and have been told by quite a number of people that it is the best burger they've ever had. Hell, okay, if you like it that much, have at it!!!! Although no "meat," it is hardy and filling. I'm not sure if this has been posted in the Kitchen yet but anyway, here it is and hope some ENJOY!!! 4 portobello mushroom caps 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon dried basil or sweet basil 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 tablespoon minced garlic salt and pepper to taste (if you have Kosher salt or Sea Salt use this over plain table salt. Will add to flavor, texture, etc) 4 (1 ounce) sliced provolone cheese Directions Place the mushroom caps, smooth side up, in a shallow dish. In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, oil, basil, oregano, garlic, salt, and pepper. Pour over the mushrooms. Let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes or so, turning twice. Preheat grill for medium-high heat. Brush grate with oil. Place mushrooms on the grill, reserving marinade for basting. Grill for 5 to 8 minutes on each side, or until tender. Brush with marinade frequently. Top with cheese during the last 2 minutes of grilling. Serve on bun with aioli sauce or mayo or whatever you like, lettuce, tomato or grill up some onions with it and top on burger....whatever floats your boat!!!!

Thank you very much, Michael!! Shane, et al, I was reading just a tiny bit more on this thread and a few other threads as I can and do want to respond and will respond eventually and don't want to leave a few here hanging if you will. Right now, having a back issue and unfortunately not really much able to sit long enough to respond to much of anything but will as soon as I am more able. So do want to apologize for long delay but haven't forgotten anyone. Angie

Well, I'm happy to hear the word or joke has gotten around and will continue to get around!!!!!! LMAO Thank Charles for this one but I have many others that are sent to me through email and cell phone but not appropriate for this board, some with vids too which makes it even funnier, nothing like visuals. ROFLMAO

Here's a song I am sure Ayn would have enjoyed very much!!!! It's a great song!!!!!!!! Too bad it falls outside the ortho box of what is acceptable. To me, it's definitely not!!!!! But hey, that's ME and don't care!!!!!! "Just Fine" You know I love music And every time I hear something hot It makes me wanna move It makes me wanna have fun But it’s something about this joint right here This joint right here Its makes me wanna…Woooh Let it go…… Can’t let this thing called love get away from you Feel free right now, go do what you want to do Can’t let nobody take it away, from you, from me, from we No time for mopping around, are you kidding? And no time for negative vibes, cause I’m winning It’s been a long week, I put in my hardest Gonna live my life, feels so good to get it right So I like what I see when I’m looking at me When I’m walking past the mirror No stress through the night, at a time in my life Ain’t worried about if you feel it Got my head on straight, I got my mind right I aint gonna let you kill it You see I wouldn’t change my life, my life’s just… Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh Just fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh You see I wouldn’t change my life, my life’s just fine Feels so good, when you’re doing all the things that you want to do Get the best out of life, treat yourself to something new Keep your head up high In yourself, believe in you, believe in me Having a really good time, I’m not complaining And I’m gonna still wear a smile if it's raining I got to enjoy myself regardless I appreciate life, I’m so glad I got mine So I like what I see when I’m looking at me When I’m walking past the mirror Aint worried about you and what you gonna do I’m a lady so I must stay classy Got to keep it hot, keep it together If I want to get better You see I wouldn’t change my life, my life’s just Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh Just fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh You see I won’t change my life, my life’s just fine I aint gon’ let nothing get in my way (I ain't gone let nobody bring me down, no, no, no) No matter what nobody has to say (No way, no way, no way) I ain’t gon’ let nothing get in my way No matter what nobody has to say Feels so good, when you’re doing all the things that you want to do Get the best out of life, treat yourself to something new It’s a really good thing to say That I won’t change my life, my life’s just fine Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh Just fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh You see I won’t change my life, my life’s just fine So I like what I see when I’m looking at me When I’m walking past the mirror No stress through the night, at a time in my life Ain’t worried about if you feel it Got my head on straight, I got my mind right I ain’t gonna let you kill it You see I wouldn’t change my life, my life’s just Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh Just fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh You see I wouldn’t change my life, my life’s just fine

The following video is from the DVD "The Beau Hunks Live at the Concertgebouw" (Amsterdam, 2000). This is part of the music that was composed as live accompaniment for the silent Laurel and Hardy film "Their Purple Moment" (1928). The clip that accompanies this tune gives you an idea of what it would have been like to attend an original screening of this film. Fascinating stuff for early movie buffs. Ghs "Smile When the Raindrops Fall," by Alice K. Howlett and W.A. Quincke. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> Yay!!!! Woohoo!!! I finally got it to work. Ran into some techie problems. LMAO I've enjoyed everything you have posted but sad to say I don't have anything to offer you other than my appreciation and saying thank you!!!!! But do have to admit I like this one as well. I enjoy the education and little tidbits!!!! I have to admit that I used to be a huge movie buff a long long time ago but the last 10 or 15 years not so much. Being a single mom, working, etc., hasn't left much opportunity to be able to sit and watch a movie all the way through without something else going on. If I do watch a movie nowadays, it's usually broken up into many sessions. Working and looking up at the TV and I may watch 15 minutes of it and then right back to working and then Chris and then cooking dinner, etc., life is always so busy for me. By watching a movie this way, it may literally take me a week to finish it all the way through but can say "I did watch it." May have taken me a week or two but I got through it. LOL I used to watch Laurel and Hardy so long ago but so interesting to see now what goes on behind the scenes so to speak. Always so much to see in life and all the wonders, pleasures, loves!!!!! Also enjoyed when I was a kid the Three Stooges, Little Rascals, etc. LOL Such a contrast between what you enjoy and what I enjoy listening to, although I know we are both open to all of it and appreciative of so much of it. This is what I'm listening to now and a far cry from what you have posted, not so much the lyrics but do like the artist and upbeat mellowness of it, fits my mood right now. ;)

OMG, the third struck a very special place in my heart!!! I love the piece but even more so the photography!!!! Wildlife photography is a huge passion of mine and adore it so. Watching the video, I greatly now miss Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Tetons, etc., WOW!!!!! I greatly look forward to heading up north on another road trip with cam and equipment in hand, my own little private adventures and going it alone and true bliss but nothing crazy!!!!! Thank you, George, very much for posting this. I will certainly be back on this thread watching it over again!!!

Long time no see, Ross. Welcome back!!!! I hope you're hanging in there and taking it easy, especially if health is becoming an issue. I'm not around much either but still lurkin' every once in a while!!! ;) Angie

Happy B-day, Mike, and hope you have many more to come, enjoy!!!! :) Angie

This is most intriguing. You have quite an imagination. I hope you know that!! I would be most interested to see short stories posted on OL and taking some of these stories a step further, although they may be brief writings!!!!

This one looks most interesting to me and seems to have a tremendous amount of suspense to it!!!! Possibly your forte right here and an area of specialty for you. I'm most intrigued by it!!

Another love and that is sooooo much fun is last minute road trips, (love the spontaneity of it all) especially driving with the top down, listening to great music with great friends to pass the time!!!!! Nothing like upping and leaving everything behind when the opportunity presents itself and visiting old friends!!!! The 12 hour drive will be worth it, lots of fun, visiting a truly great musician for even more fun, staying for a day and night and then driving back home!!!! God, I truly LOVE LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :)

Oops, deleted post. Tried to edit the one up above the more I thought about when I went and it double posted. LOL

Little ole me. But do have extended family that ultimately served and proudly.

The price makes no sense to me. I assume wine had a lot to do with it. That'd make it a little less nuts. Not by much. But when I was in the army I liked "Shit on a Shingle." --Brant I know it sounds nuts but some of the most creative minds who work with food are employed at some point at this restaurant and absolutely AMAZING. Some very innovative stuff going on there!!!!! Yes, very very fine wine was involved!!! Wow!!! Previous to the French Laundry trip, I had gone to the wine country when I was about 18 years old or perhaps 19?? and toured the wineries but nice because we had access to areas that most tourists if you will didn't have and it was amazing and very interesting!!!!!! They did not care in the least bit that I was under 21. Totally catering to what you wanted or desired at any time and experiencing what they had to offer!!! The partying days of my youth if you will were over at that point. Didn't take much of their wine to do me in. LOL I then followed up with the French Laundry and going there again in my early 30s perhaps, 3 years ago, maybe 4. Great indulgence and worth the money spent for what they offered. New experiences, what it is, what it feels like, how it's done, understanding it, your own firsthand knowledge truly is a beautiful thing not just with food but in soooo many many other areas of life!!!!!!!!! Of course, if it's some crazy ass shit and may prove fatal or what have you, then no doubt reluctanct, apprehension or HELL NO. There are always lines drawn if you will. But my experiences in this context with that restaurant was absolutely amazing and truly enjoying some of the finest food in the world and enjoying tremendously!!!!

LMAO. He might as well have. Wow, I trip out how much they look alike. Amazing. Of course, there are somew dissimilarities but there have been many times when he would get double takes and people wondering if he was Kenny Rogers. As for me and my mom and who I look like the most, definitely mother. Of course, not exact, she has brown eyes, I have green, different looking noses, but there were times and so long ago and walking together in the mall or whatever that we were sometimes asked if we were twins. When we went there, it was a special event. I do enjoy GREAT food though. But I'm also not too picky with food. Although love to cook, etc., food is food. If I'm hungry, will eat whatever is in the fridge. Hell, it could be two pieces of bread with lettuce and no meat or just meat, no condiments, etc. I don't care. Or may get creative and looking for something more complex such as a sandwich where I mixed raspberry jelly, dijon mustard, a bit of ketchup and mayo and WOW, the sandwich turned out pretty damn good. LOL Will just start putting crazy shit together and it turns out to be...DAYAMMM!!! Gotta write that one down. LOL I've tried a lot and may attempt to try something or a small bite to see if I like it or not but there are limits for me.

Cars, music, movies...ah, to bask in the accomplishment of others' creativity! I really want a '98 Supra TT. That's my favorite import. Well, aside from the Aston DB9 But the Supra is within a reasonable budget...ha! I used to listen to whatever my dad played. Back in the 70s and early 80s it was Bee Gees, Lionel Richie, Kenny Rogers, Elvis Presley, ABBA, Richard Clayderman and a host of others. But a lot of my musical interests were influenced by my oldest cousin. Those were Metallica, Megadeth, Queensryche (my all-time favorite), Cinderella, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, KISS, etc. What impresses me most is that as hardcore as some of their songs can be, they make some of the absolute best ballads. I also like Linkin Park and System of a Down for their innovative music. Back during hurricane Katrina, I earned the nickname Cigaro...long story, but funny and embarassing at the same time. But speaking of Ozzy, my favorite song of his is Killer of Giants. It had a very strong political message. When I lived at Pease AFB just outside of Portsmouth, NH, President Bush used to land there for home visits in Maine. I remember wanting to hand him a copy of that song. ~ Shane The Bee Gees!!!...The Ventures were played quite often in my house when I was very very young. I never got much into the Glam Rock stuff but do like some of Kiss' music. Queen is also another for me. You made mention of KENNY ROGERS. OMG, that's too funny because my dad is Kenny Roger's double. LMAO, especially now that he's gotten older, they look so much alike. Oi LOL It seems this thread has been put to a bit of a halt, although still want to go through it. Have to work a bit though first after this...well, a lot of work but I'll see how that goes and how much I can tolerate this one job which was brutal and my needing breaks from it. Another one of my passions is that of Newberry's and what he mentioned and that is cooking and food. It's funny that I don't eat much of it but I love to cook and create new recipes, tweaking the hell out of old recipes, etc. Oh, and another passion is camping, hiking, esp photography stuff, water sports (lots of fun here), parasailing, have been sky diving which I know sounds crazy but I think everyone should try at least once...totally surreal, absolutely breathtaking. We're going to be going to Cancun here probably within the next few months perhaps and staying at a resort -- girlie trip -- and I'm hoping to find a sky diving place out there to take my sister. She's never been. With my taking her sky diving, she'll be taking me snorkeling which I've never done and my reluctance of the ocean and sharks but very good reason for sharks. Some crazy stories here and one being out in Hawaii and a way too close encounter for me. YIKES!!!!! But it's going to be soooo much fun!!!! Newberry, authetic italian food is amazing. Imported, that much more if here in the US!!!! When I do cook seriously which I haven't done much of as of late, always so busy, I rarely use local products but will have them imported from the country I am looking. Everything fresh, herbs, etc., makes a HUGE difference rather than the dried spices, etc., as I'm sure you know. Probably the two ingredients used most in all of my cooking is that of olive oil and garlic. I love garlic. But for me, the best place I have ever eaten was a place in Napa Valley, wine country called The French Laundry You wanna talk about explosion similar to that of an orgasm. I can't even describe and put words to the delectable sensations, flavors on my palate, complexities of it when I ate there and completely fills the senses!!!! WOW, it was divine and heavenly!!! Very expensive to eat there though, our tab for two ran about $3,000. BUT if you ever get the opportunity at least once, please go to the French Laundry. Gives me chills just thinking about it and my experience there. ADDICTIVE!!!!

Most definitely and structure. Kids thrive off of this, certainty, they know what's coming and consistency is key as well. I do have to say thank you, Shane, and you know why!!! Me and my rough edges as Charles so eloquently put and personality can be abrasive, no doubt. post: I'll get these damn quote things and bold stuff down eventually. Oi

Rozsa was the MASTER. Thank you for that, George. There've been more than a few times when I've felt down or low, and happened to hear something by him, and been powerfully pulled back to a deep sense of who and what I am -- and to the joy, and glory, and possibilities of what it means to be human and alive. Judith OMG, Judith, it's been sooooo long. I haven't seen you around in years and have to admit I'm smiling. It's great to see you after so long. How have you been? I hope life is going good for you!!!!!!!!

Angie, I'm in full agreement with you. I guess what I stated was a bit too short and maybe didn't come across as accurately as I wanted. Ultimately everyone has to man up to the decisions they make and face the consequences. I'd argue that you and those like you make up a small percentage of success stories. One question I'd ask is if you take the same approach with your son? Knowing what you know, would you parent the same way you were brought up? If not, why? My point in my reply is that that is how parents feel and it's society driven. That would show why it's a problem all over the US. However, as you said, it's the youngsters' decision in the end and they should be held accountable. ~ Shane That's sometimes the drawback to writing on forums and even just talking in person is that there's so much to elaborate on and to explore. It starts off with just the identification of it and then you have to figure out the why and that alone can take a while to figure out and so many different avenues or branches of that tree you take that sometimes leads to a dead end and then you have to back track and attack it at another angle. Or sometimes someone may completely misunderstand something. It makes sense to you but doesn't make sense to the other person. My son is being raised very very differently than how I was raised, no doubt. He is being raised as an O'ist. The reason why is because I downright refuse to sentence him to the amount of pain and destruction I endured...too much suffering, suffering I am too familiar with. I would never wish it on anyone, let alone my own son. It is a constant battle though because I am one person that has him most of the time and I am protective of him of course. But when he goes out into the world and deals with people, some of these values and what they believe in is instilled into him and I do my darndest to undo it. So it is a constant battle. I can only hope that I set the foundation strong enough for him and for him to build on it and continues to build on it throughout his life. BUT I'm also allowing him to be an independent thinker for him to draw his own conclusions from his own firsthand knowledge and experience and understanding. I do what I can to set the foundation for him and will reinforce it as much as I can. He loves to ask questions and always wanting answers which I absolutely adore in him, always the whats and whys. I sometimes answer them for him but a lot of times I will ask him what he thinks of it and for him to tell me the answer. I want him to think and I am doing what I can to ensure this. He sometimes will blame others for his actions and a choice he has made but again I ask him to look at it again and to tell me who is the one that made the decision and sometimes I will get from him, "Yeah, I know, mom." He knows it as well as I do. But other times I will have to explain to him, "Honey, it was your choice and you acted on it and that is what happened." I won't go into the details of what happened a few days ago or maybe a week ago with my son but I was soooo very pleased with his response and how he reacted to it, his thought processes and emotional state regarding the situation....as O'ist as you can get, no guilt, no turmoil within, that there was nothing wrong with what he had done and he knew it and politely asked everyone to please leave him alone and it truly brought a huge smile to my face and made me very very happy. It was something that happened at home and I was at work but it was witnessed by family members and it was relayed back to me and what happened when I got back home. I later had a talk with him and reinforced his conclusions that he had made regarding it already. The foundation is there already. If anyone is wondering about the outcome of my situation with my family, I posted a brief part of it on that other more fun thread but again not all the details are there as to why I chose to bring them back into my life. I don't mind writing about it though and my thinking and reasoning and why I chose to bring them back into my life rather than ostracizing them forever. I'm not that much of a cold hearted bitch and I am totally capable of forgiveness and is something I will do and have done. There's much more to that story but anyway.

Hi Shane ;) I too would have been upset because Supras are fast cars. And to my understanding, handle extremely well. I can't believe you listened to Megadeath. Were you a head banger or as they called it in my circle of friends so long ago a heshen? LOL I never listened to Megadeath I don't think. But may very well have. The people I hung out with then were into heavy metal as was I. I listened a lot to Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Dio, etc. But still my roots so to speak and music I am drawn to the most is classic Rock and Roll; have always enjoyed this music tremendously. But I'm not limited to just this genre; I enjoy most of it. I too used to and still do the same thing and just wanting to get out and drive for a while and rolling the windows down and usually listening to Rush or another song that hits my soul if you will, gets me deep in thought, etc. Here's some Ozzy songs for you if you ever listened to him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MLp7YNTznE&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LjbMVXj0F8 I don't listen to him much now but did when I was younger and will now on rare ocassion will listen to it if I come across it on the radio. Primarily now it's rock & roll, hip hop, some rap, r & b, etc.

*sighing* I had this written out, although brief, ready to go and send and internet ate it up so now I am back to attempt to rewrite what I said. So here I go again and hopefully it will stick this time...LOL...but can't gaurantee it's exactly the same as what I wrote before the damn internet ate it: Thank you, Christopher. Yep, you are right. It's how I was taught to live. It's how we all have been taught to live for the most part with the exception of some. It's not only parents that contribute to the problem but it's friends, schools, society, etc., etc. As for my rebellion, very much so and a very very intense internal battle going on throughout my teenage years and reason ultimately prevailed, my life and love of it and I made the right choices!!!! There's much much more to my story as a few on here know that involved tremendous sacrifices that involved my money, giving up my life for others and my future as well as so many other aspects of my story but no need to go into details here nor even elsewhere on OL but to a small extent can be pieced together through a lot of my postings here on OL but details have been left out for a reason. Always drama, drama, drama but now peace and quiet and no more drama....still ups and downs as can be evidenced in other threads and what happened to my son but still that pain is to be fought tooth and nail and tossed to the side because I know and we all know I think that it is not our normal state and that we are to forever suffer in the remainder of our lives. This is not right. I know this too well. Unfortunately, what we're witnessing in society as a whole is only to get worse and this has been evidenced year after year, decade after decade. It's a very very vicious cycle until there is utter destruction. It's rather scary to see. Whoever can disagree with me but ugh, anyway. We all have our views and opinions. I think I am about done with this thread and heading over to the other thread for some fun and entertainment and laughs and no more drama!!!!! I think after all that I've been through I am well deserving of peace and quiet and NO MORE DRAMA....LOL

Michael, Occasionally, but not to this excess, we hear about outlandish goings on in the military. I believe it is a generational thing we're witnessing. I think part of this event can be tagged to "belonging" to a sorority/fraternity with the notion you can do anything and get away with it. I'm not stereotyping sororities or fraternities, but this is the example posted. The other part comes straight down to parenting and upbringing. Kids these days do not have any respect for authority whatsoever. Why? Because it was not instilled by their parents. Whether out of lack of giving a shit, or fear of reprisal from CPS for anything that might be construed as abuse, parents have taken a back seat to teaching their children any form of morality (and making it stick). It's only going to get worse, as these kids will become parents one day. ~ Shane Hi Shane, No disrespect and it's all good. I'm choosing to keep my participation to this thread to an absolute minimum. This is just my view and a disagreement amongst friends. What I'm going to say is based on my firsthand knowledge, experience, and understanding, especially HOW I was raised which is far I am sure from any of the girls described above experiences and their ever having to deal with what I ultimatately endured at the hands of my family, friends, etc., but mainly family. What you've said struck a bit of a nerve with me. It's like that damn Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie crap (yeah, I actually watched a movie ;)....LOL) and that song about how it's all the parents' fault. Yeah, right, more evasion. I'm going to try to keep this as concise and to the point and won't elaborate too much into all the other areas that what I'm going to write about can extend as it will become extensive and I'm not too willing right now to invest that much time into it and going into all the areas and that tree that has many many branches, LOI and LOC and that ripple effect. It is not the parents' fault and their lack of involvement and whether or not their kids will come out okay, productive, and successful. This is just another excuse and evasion and refusing to take responsibility for your life, making the choices to act either that which will kill you or to act in a manner that will enable you to survive, to think or not to think. The way I was raised and having absolutely no structure, no certainty, no rules and did pretty much what I wanted, I got into a lot of heavy heavy shit and extremely destructive but I soon realized that it wasn't anybody's fault and their being responsible for my life and it was their duty to take responsibility of it. But in reality, it was that of my own responsibility; I was the one making the decisions and ultimately suffered the consequences of those decisions. I realized that I didn't have to stay and continue to endure it, to keep allowing them to put tons of crap onto my shoulders that I ultimately had to bear BUT the choice and decision is rather simple; that is, life or death, either you tolerate it and continue allowing them to abuse you and say "Yes" to it or you say "No," I've fucking had it and I will no longer tolerate it," and you leave. It's my life and I won't allow you to affect me the way you want me to be affected, to allow you or them to destroy me and to take me down with them. It's all about choices, making those decisions, and taking responsibility for your own life, despite any tragedies that you have been through. If you use these "tragedies" or so called lack of parental involvement as an excuse as to how your life has turned out, just more evasion and refusing to man up and take responsibility for your decisions and actions and your life. Then you can get into group thinking and being a follower, blah, blah, blah, and wont' get into this. My parents were around but rarely. They were more like room mates. Morals instilled into me? Yeah, right. Never happened. Got into heavy duty stuff? Always. Did I get into trouble? Rarely but boy did I suffer consequences physically in the way of being beaten. Doing crystal meth and wired for 3 days in either the 8th grade or 9th grade and parents knew full well and did they do anything? Hell, no. 8th grade and had no curfew, came and went when I wanted to, and partying hard like you wouldn't believe, the ultimate in complete and utter destruction and at that time unwavering path to hell if there was such a thing. Was it their fault and the decisions that I was making and how my life was turning out? Hell, no. It is YOUR LIFE and you make it what you want to make it out to be, what you envision your life to be and you work towards that vision. If you don't achieve the ultimate vision, that's okay, you still achieved a tremendous amount of working towards it and attempting to attain it. You don't blame others for how your life has turned out because of your fuck ups. You set your goals, short term and long term and you work your ass off to achieve it and to succeed. Success and achievement is the best revenge if you will and it shows them that all that they did to you or lack thereof DID NOT WORK and you chose to further your own life, your happiness, to become successful and productive rather than allowing them to destroy you or to continue to inflict pain upon you. There's tons more I can write and elaborate more on but no need and I've chosen not to. I am sure things may very well be worded wrong or may be taken the wrong way but I'm not going to go through it again and edit or add to it or whatever. I am sure I have made my point. Shane, I don't mean to sound like a bitch but it is what it is and there are some things that I have to express my view on and this is certainly one of them. Please don't think that I am attacking you or what have you. It's just a bit of a disagreement. I hope to see you on the other thread still and there are no "scars" ;) ;) ;)

My dad also had a '67 Chevelle. Another very nice car but he had a bad habit of going way too fast and totalling his cars. The show truck was absolutely amazing, set up with nitrous ta boot. Sound system in that thing that was bordering on scary. Sound system alone, sponsored though, was $26,000 thereabouts through Alpine at the time. If you sat in that truck and he did his thing with that sound system, you would literally feel your internal organs jumping and vibrating and wasn't turned all the way up. He ALWAYS would play Rush's song Distant Early Warning because of the lyrics and "Red Alert" because that was the name of his truck "Red Alert". LOL Rush has always been a huge aspect of my life and being so young. It's a great song!!!!!! Ayn Rand written all over this song like you wouldn't believe!!!!!!! "World weighs on my shoulders but what am I to do?" ;) His truck was wicked fast and took us for more than our share of rides. BUT once he really started putting it together, many sponsors, etc., it never saw the road again. Me and my car, I'm the feasible, economical, nonmaterialistic kinda girl....LOL I have a "little tiny 4" cylinder Camry. GREAT gas MILEAGE!!!!!! LOL You're doing okay with your V6 though. But once I get back into my photography, that'll be changing more than likely, I need a 4 wheel drive, at least V8 because not always easy getting to the places I want to go and that 4 wheel drive comes in handy like you wouldn't believe and 4 bying is a whole lotta fun!!!! Have many great memories with his truck. I was tiny then of course and the engine was chrome and my hands were the tiniest of everyone's so I was always put in charge of polishing that engine up before shows and being able to get my hands into places that no one else could reach. He would pick me up, clothes had to have no zippers, etc., to prevent scratching, etc., and he would sit me right on top of that engine, gave me what I needed to go to town on the engine and I'd spend hours in there. LOL

ROFLMFAO -- I think I've gone deaf.....LOL That is some funny ass shit right there. OMG. Yikes.

1961 and 1966 are very cool! Of the two cars you had, I always wanted a Fiero. Now, I just want one of the new Shellby Mustang Cobras or a '68 Dodge Charger. I'm not picky ;) All in all, I think it's pretty cool to have belonged to an endeavour such as the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild. Gotta love cars! ~ Shane Shane, Very nice!!! My dad had a '68 Dodge Charger but unfortunately totalled it. He was a huge car buff. My family was into racing. I was born in Mooresville, Indiana; very small town -- one road in and one road out at that time. Of all things, was born in one of John Dillinger's hideouts. Yikes but interesting stories about that house and his involvement with my great great grandmother. Anyway, so close to Indianapolis, they all were into racing -- more so my dad -- mainly dragsters. After their band broke up, he no longer pursued much in the music industry, just ocassionally. Instead, he started to build cars and racing cars. Built one I remember well from the ground up this beautiful candy apple red 1978 Chevy Stepside and would only show it. My sneaky ass would get into the car shows, under age, and what started a brief stint of a few years modeling that started there and then branched out into other areas of the modeling industry and realized it just wasn't quite for me for a number of reasons. I don't think he knew it though in the beginning and what I was doing but did towards the end. And no doubt got some flack for it as those magazines that the photos were published in got around to those I wasn't quite expecting and man, oh, man, high school changed drastically thereafter for me. Wow, talk about serious flood of memories and may very well trigger some memories that I've been wanting to and trying to dig up so to speak!!!!! It definitely sounds like you guys would get along well and the car buffs here. LOL Stephen, thank you for the compliment on my photography stuff!!! Much appreciated!!!