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[Dub]

Okay lets your something you passion or enjoy doing.... post a pic of video... please keep it clean... I thought this would be a great ice breaker considering im new..


Im a gear head so Dragracing is my passion.... heres one of my drag vids in my jeep




i also like working out, cruising the river on my boat, etc..... just cause im in a chair doesnt mean i cant live.

Edited by Dub, 30 July 2011 - 07:37 AM.

[Smileyblue]

Welcome to the forum Dub.. ;-)

Great introduction thread, but sadly I haven't found my passion yet.. Unless perhaps playing on my BlackBerry counts..

[Dub]

Smileyblue, on 30 July 2011 - 10:05 AM, said:

Welcome to the forum Dub.. ;-)

Great introduction thread, but sadly I haven't found my passion yet.. Unless perhaps playing on my BlackBerry counts..

Thank you... Im sorry you havent found one... i have sooooo many its hard to make time for all of them...

Do you not do any type of activities?

[Tatiana]

Hi and welcome,

My passion has to be horses..we have four and i go to our stables every day-we show and compete them at national level...so not much time for other activities but i do like writing....

sorry no vid

[Soryfam]

Hi and welcome-- nice idea for a thread. Gardening has always been a passion, unfortunately I have had to adjust to what I can do. I also love to make/fix things, like woodworking, and again I am adjusting to what I can and can't do. And finally, I love to read, especially historical novels or papers. I'd send a video of me reading, but I think it would be pretty boring. Oh, and my first grandchild is due in January, and I think that will probably be a passion too.

Sandy

[mcwriter]

Is this thread like kismet or what???

My new passion is writing and I aspire to write mysteries with intertwining stories, weaving a spiderweb of red herrings and clues toward a surprise ending.

My old passion is art and I soon get to let that re-emerge. The possibilities are endless at the moment, I shall have to re-focus that as well:)

[Ratticis]

Pretty much anything with a moter. Here's a video from the good old days of racing. Man I miss it.


Also 3D animation. Here's one I made combining both passions


Thirdly, writting. I wrote this years ago

Quote

Surgery In 5 Easy Steps

By Dr. Chris Repp

"We wrote the book"


Step 1: Preparation

First you should locate the patient. Are they sitting calmly waiting for you? If so something is wrong. I mean, you have absolutely no idea how to pronounce the organ you are about to remove, never mind have the slightest idea what it does. At this time, I would like to state that any death, injury, or extra limbs that result in listening to this book are your responsibility. You should have learned a long time ago that anything that includes 5 'easy' steps wouldn’t work.

All right, so you've tied the patent down, good. Next you need to wash your hands. After all, you don't know where they've been. Next, put on your surgical gloves. If you don't have any, the gloves that came free with your toilet brush will do. Make sure the patient is properly gagged. All right, you’re ready for step 2.

Step 2: The First Cut

DO NOT just go cutting into people! (You should have read this before. If not, skip to step 4). First you should locate the general area where the organ you want is. If you don't know, just take a guess. You'd be surprised what you'll find. Slice into the place you picked. If you don't have a surgical knife, just use the plastic one from KFC. Did you find what you're looking for? If not, try again. You should probably practice on a manikin before you go cutting up people, but who has time?

Step 3: Panic

Oh oh! I don't think you were supposed to remove that. Put it back! Put it back! Oh crap! Now your knee deep in your patient. This would be a good time for step 4. But first you have to put your patient back together. Just ram him through your sewing machine or duct tape him back together.

Step 4: Destroying The Evidence

Now you really did it, didn't you? Tie the ball of blood and duct tape up in a sac and throw him off the nearest bridge. That's it. Don't worry about contacting their family. If they let you operate on them, they were either incredibly stupid, or suicidal. Either way, nobody loves them, just like you.

Step 5: Hide

That's right, go into hiding until the law is passed that allows a complete moron to try to perform surgery on an even bigger moron. And the way things are going; you'll be there awhile. I hear Mexico's nice this time of year.

Surgical Test

Ha! Didn't know you'd have to take a test, did you! Don't worry, it's just to see if you were paying any attention.

1. What's the first thing you should do before attempting surgery?
(A) Find the patient.
( Find your pants.
© Be sure everything is clean.
(D) Ask for immediate payment

2. What could be used to replace a scalpel?
(A) A plastic knife.
( A bottle of Gin.
© Your fingernail.
(D) Anything, as long as it cuts.

3. What is the best way to close your patient up after surgery?
(A) Using clean, neat stitches.
( Don't. Let him lie there.
© Duct tape.
(D) Huh huh! What? Huh huh!

4. What is your patient?
(A) Stupid.
( Suicidal.
© Your Uncle Al.
(D) All of the above.

5. Where is the best place to hide?
(A) Mexico.
( Your basement.
© Don't bother. If they want you, they'll find you.
(D) The 7-11.

Answers
Here are the answers to the surgical quiz.

1. What's the first thing you should do before attempting surgery?
The answer is (D) Ask for immediate payment. Cuz after you operate on them, you'll never see the money.

2. What could be used to replace a scalpel?
(D) Anything, as long as it cuts. Please note: This may include a rusty nail, plastic bag (a sharp one) or an actual scalpel.

3. What is the best way to close your patient up after surgary?
© Duct tape. Ha ha, got you.

4. What is your patient?
(D) All of the above. Poor, pathetic Uncle Al.

5. Where is the best place to hide?
(D) The 7-11. There's an unlimited supply of Slurpies and enough food to last a while.

Well, that concludes this section. I hope you all learned something, cuz I sure didn't. Until next time, That's just wrong!

Dr. Chris Repp
In Hiding
Don't call me,
I won't call you

[ZEN12many]

I garden a little.
I don't read at all (except Apparelyzed of course)(bothers me a little - maybe someone could suggest a self-help book on it).

My passion for now (and doesn't seem to be ebbing) is training my dog to pull me in my wheelchair. My dog loves it. It gets us up early (hot here in the California valley). I search out places we can go. We try different levels of difficulty.

Here is a picture of us. This is on my street by my home - we actually go much nicer spots to "sulky" - I just don't have pics.

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[Soryfam]

Very cool that your dog can be your partner. I think my dogs would end up dumping me in the street.

Sandy

[Vanessamaee]

Rodeo (: Everything about it. It's also how I got into the chair lol
I was a rodeo bullfighter (:




I also love cars and anything that gets the adrenaline pumping (:

[Denna]

Mine is reading! Love to read! I also love music. I want to take up piano again but first I need a piano.

me reading in the waiting room when my dad broke his leg

[greybeard]

Just living.

[Dub]

Smileyblue, on 30 July 2011 - 10:05 AM, said:

Welcome to the forum Dub.. ;-)

Great introduction thread, but sadly I haven't found my passion yet.. Unless perhaps playing on my BlackBerry counts..

thank u... whatever makes u happy ;).....

Dub, on 30 July 2011 - 10:46 AM, said:

Smileyblue, on 30 July 2011 - 10:05 AM, said:

Welcome to the forum Dub.. ;-)

Great introduction thread, but sadly I haven't found my passion yet.. Unless perhaps playing on my BlackBerry counts..

Thank you... Im sorry you havent found one... i have sooooo many its hard to make time for all of them...

Do you not do any type of activities?

Tatiana, on 30 July 2011 - 02:54 PM, said:

Hi and welcome,

My passion has to be horses..we have four and i go to our stables every day-we show and compete them at national level...so not much time for other activities but i do like writing....

sorry no vid

thank you.... horses are awesome although ive only rode them a few times b4 i got injuryed

Soryfam, on 30 July 2011 - 03:46 PM, said:

Hi and welcome-- nice idea for a thread. Gardening has always been a passion, unfortunately I have had to adjust to what I can do. I also love to make/fix things, like woodworking, and again I am adjusting to what I can and can't do. And finally, I love to read, especially historical novels or papers. I'd send a video of me reading, but I think it would be pretty boring. Oh, and my first grandchild is due in January, and I think that will probably be a passion too.

Sandy

Hi sandy thats a great passion... i use to love doing outside work.... i did landscaping as a side job.. i miss it alot.... im not much for reading. i tend to have a short attention span, andmy attention get drawn from them book ;)....

mcwriter, on 30 July 2011 - 04:38 PM, said:

Is this thread like kismet or what???

My new passion is writing and I aspire to write mysteries with intertwining stories, weaving a spiderweb of red herrings and clues toward a surprise ending.

My old passion is art and I soon get to let that re-emerge. The possibilities are endless at the moment, I shall have to re-focus that as well:)

Ratticis, on 30 July 2011 - 06:17 PM, said:

Pretty much anything with a moter. Here's a video from the good old days of racing. Man I miss it.


Also 3D animation. Here's one I made combining both passions


Thirdly, writting. I wrote this years ago

Quote

Surgery In 5 Easy Steps

By Dr. Chris Repp

"We wrote the book"


Step 1: Preparation

First you should locate the patient. Are they sitting calmly waiting for you? If so something is wrong. I mean, you have absolutely no idea how to pronounce the organ you are about to remove, never mind have the slightest idea what it does. At this time, I would like to state that any death, injury, or extra limbs that result in listening to this book are your responsibility. You should have learned a long time ago that anything that includes 5 'easy' steps wouldn’t work.

All right, so you've tied the patent down, good. Next you need to wash your hands. After all, you don't know where they've been. Next, put on your surgical gloves. If you don't have any, the gloves that came free with your toilet brush will do. Make sure the patient is properly gagged. All right, you’re ready for step 2.

Step 2: The First Cut

DO NOT just go cutting into people! (You should have read this before. If not, skip to step 4). First you should locate the general area where the organ you want is. If you don't know, just take a guess. You'd be surprised what you'll find. Slice into the place you picked. If you don't have a surgical knife, just use the plastic one from KFC. Did you find what you're looking for? If not, try again. You should probably practice on a manikin before you go cutting up people, but who has time?

Step 3: Panic

Oh oh! I don't think you were supposed to remove that. Put it back! Put it back! Oh crap! Now your knee deep in your patient. This would be a good time for step 4. But first you have to put your patient back together. Just ram him through your sewing machine or duct tape him back together.

Step 4: Destroying The Evidence

Now you really did it, didn't you? Tie the ball of blood and duct tape up in a sac and throw him off the nearest bridge. That's it. Don't worry about contacting their family. If they let you operate on them, they were either incredibly stupid, or suicidal. Either way, nobody loves them, just like you.

Step 5: Hide

That's right, go into hiding until the law is passed that allows a complete moron to try to perform surgery on an even bigger moron. And the way things are going; you'll be there awhile. I hear Mexico's nice this time of year.

Surgical Test

Ha! Didn't know you'd have to take a test, did you! Don't worry, it's just to see if you were paying any attention.

1. What's the first thing you should do before attempting surgery?
(A) Find the patient.
( Find your pants.
© Be sure everything is clean.
(D) Ask for immediate payment

2. What could be used to replace a scalpel?
(A) A plastic knife.
( A bottle of Gin.
© Your fingernail.
(D) Anything, as long as it cuts.

3. What is the best way to close your patient up after surgery?
(A) Using clean, neat stitches.
( Don't. Let him lie there.
© Duct tape.
(D) Huh huh! What? Huh huh!

4. What is your patient?
(A) Stupid.
( Suicidal.
© Your Uncle Al.
(D) All of the above.

5. Where is the best place to hide?
(A) Mexico.
( Your basement.
© Don't bother. If they want you, they'll find you.
(D) The 7-11.

Answers
Here are the answers to the surgical quiz.

1. What's the first thing you should do before attempting surgery?
The answer is (D) Ask for immediate payment. Cuz after you operate on them, you'll never see the money.

2. What could be used to replace a scalpel?
(D) Anything, as long as it cuts. Please note: This may include a rusty nail, plastic bag (a sharp one) or an actual scalpel.

3. What is the best way to close your patient up after surgary?
© Duct tape. Ha ha, got you.

4. What is your patient?
(D) All of the above. Poor, pathetic Uncle Al.

5. Where is the best place to hide?
(D) The 7-11. There's an unlimited supply of Slurpies and enough food to last a while.

Well, that concludes this section. I hope you all learned something, cuz I sure didn't. Until next time, That's just wrong!

Dr. Chris Repp
In Hiding
Don't call me,
I won't call you

Haha a fellow gear head like myself....

ZEN12many, on 30 July 2011 - 06:21 PM, said:

I garden a little.
I don't read at all (except Apparelyzed of course)(bothers me a little - maybe someone could suggest a self-help book on it).

My passion for now (and doesn't seem to be ebbing) is training my dog to pull me in my wheelchair. My dog loves it. It gets us up early (hot here in the California valley). I search out places we can go. We try different levels of difficulty.

Here is a picture of us. This is on my street by my home - we actually go much nicer spots to "sulky" - I just don't have pics.

Soryfam, on 30 July 2011 - 07:44 PM, said:

Very cool that your dog can be your partner. I think my dogs would end up dumping me in the street.

Sandy

Sandy mine would do the same...lol

Vanessamaee, on 31 July 2011 - 09:23 PM, said:

Rodeo (: Everything about it. It's also how I got into the chair lol
I was a rodeo bullfighter (:
humansville.jpg

humansvill 2.jpg

I also love cars and anything that gets the adrenaline pumping (:

Hey vaness nice to see u jumped in on my topic... im sure u kept those boys inline at school... they prob afraid that you would hog tie them lol ;)

Denna, on 31 July 2011 - 09:41 PM, said:

Mine is reading! Love to read! I also love music. I want to take up piano again but first I need a piano. IMG_0779.JPG
IMG_0780.JPG
me reading in the waiting room when my dad broke his leg

hi denna nice to meet ya.... i looooove music but not reading... i always drawn away from it due to my short attention span lol

greybeard, on 31 July 2011 - 11:03 PM, said:

Just living.

thats works grey.... do u fish, hunt, or anything like that?

[Denna]

Nice to meet you too Dub! My husband has a short attention span too unless it comes to video games then he can play those all day long.

[jules]

Formula 1 and rugby :-)to watch and support, and racing and getting to the gym for me

[StillFingers]

Welcome Dub!

Hmmm, my short answer...the wonderful lady I share life with, her cooking, her...life in general; thnx GB...and photography, poetry, gardening, reading, then there's the BLT, Champagne and dark chocolate...Trinity's pigtails (don't ask)...oh yeah any kind of vehicle racing, a good/heated debate...and of course there's music/lyrics!



Just Another Day - Oingo Boingo

(There's life underground)

I feel it all around / I feel it in my bones
My life is on the line / When I'm away from home
When I step out the door / The jungle is alive
I do not trust my ears / I don't believe my eyes
I will not fall in love / I cannot risk the bet
Cause hearts are fragile toys / so easy to forget

It's just another day / There's murder in the air
It drags me when I walk / I smell it everywhere
It's just another day / Where people cling to light
To drive away the fear / That comes with every night

CHORUS
It's just another . . . . . . . It's just another day
It's just another . . . . . . . It's just another day . . .

It's just another day--When people wake from dreams
With voices in their ears--That will not go away

I had a dream last night / The world was set on fire
And everywhere I ran / There wasn't any water
The temperature increased / The sky was crimson red
The clouds turned into smoke / And everyone was dead
(but) There's a smile on my face . . . For everyone
There's a golden coin . . . That reflects the sun
There's a lonely place . . . That's always cold
There's a place in the stars . . . For when you get old

There's razors in my bed / That come out late at night
They always disappear / Before the morning light
I'm dreaming again / Of life underground
It doesn't ever move / It doesn't make a sound
And just when I think--That things are in their place
The heavens are secure--The whole thing explodes in my face

CHORUS

Please leave my heart

Edited by StillFingers, 03 August 2011 - 03:17 AM.

[wheeliebear75]

Not really in any particular order:

Scrap-booking (+ photography kinda goes hand n hand with it), Sims 2,I'm "a CAR GIRL"...love the smell of high octaine fuel & to feel the roar of an engine even from a few feet away.... LOVE CARS especially the older styles.....they had so much character & ran for YEARS before needing any major repairs, been going from racing to off-road-ing (we're 100% against street racing but the 1/4 mile tracks in San Diego area are all being closed & 1/8 sucks if your car has some BIG you know whats under the hood), politics, environmental issues, music, and some other stuff....but I don't want to bore anyone.

[Denna]

oh yes love photography! Jake has gotten to the point where I have to force him to take a serious picture. He is my muse. lol

[Devilish Angel]

Denna, on 01 August 2011 - 12:40 AM, said:

Nice to meet you too Dub! My husband has a short attention span too unless it comes to video games then he can play those all day long.

My boyfriend plays video games almost 18 hours a day sometimes... and I'm the one in the chair

[ebeth]

My new passion is fitness. I'm into exercising (cardio and weights) and eating healthy, well-balanced meals. It's paying off - I'm down a pant size, but I have a long way to go until I'm at a healthy weight.

[Denna]

Devilish Angel I know how you feel. I keep threatening to throw the thing out the window. And he wonders why he cant lose weight. Girr Oh well gotta love em

[Edinburgh Colin]

jules, on 01 August 2011 - 11:54 AM, said:

Formula 1 and rugby :-)to watch and support, and racing and getting to the gym for me

A lady after my own heart but truth be said Jules would probably beat me to the gym!
EC