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I am not a craftsman, but I have a Mechanical Engineering degree and grew up working on cars with my dad.

To use the worn out cliché, It's not the size of the tool but how you use it. ;)
I did use some big tools when I needed to pound out some things, but I also find that a properly sized tool (not too big, not too small), gets into all the cracks and nookies (or is it nooks and crannies?) to get the job done right and proper. I'm guessing that may be true of your favorite vibrating tool.

cbella, my wife is indeed pleased with my skills... and she's happy I can fix things around the house. :)

I still blame F'Book, branded. :)

Summer activities... hmmm.... Feel like a caged hamster in some ways. lots of activity - little productivity.
Work has been busy and my wife went to school and got certified as a nursing assistant and now is pulling in some dough. So, next step on the horizon will be to find some land closer to work and build a house so we can get out of the city we're in and closer to where we both work. 93 miles round trip (~ 150km for you metric snobs) is getting old.

Oldest kid has something growing inside her and has been going to the doctor trying to figure what to do about it. If it doesn't resolve itself by November 4th, they may need to go in and surgically remove it soon after. At that point, I'll become a grandfather for the first time.

Hope everyone else is doing well. Haven't heard from Oz lately... No SoS?

Hey BG, you didn't happen to make random trips to Akron back in 2015, OH did you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ6yaJzvgew

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Well, I have now reached the same old man status of 'grandpa' as BG. My daughter had her first kid on November 3rd. They named her Evangeline. (I couldn't talk her in to Evilyn from Entombed's Clandestine album) Fortunately, she held out until after I returned on Nov. 2nd from a business trip. She came out healthy and happy.
Actually, that work trip had me in Phoenix Mon - Wed last week. On Wednesday night, we grabbed dinner and drinks at The Attic and had some fantastic beers. I also had their Strawberry Chocolate Mead that was frickin' awesome! Jerry was an awesome host to us.

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Awesome news Oz! I haven't been able to get things lined out to do the 7000 tons cruise (or any cruise for that matter). We'll be waiting for the road report (with pics) from that one for sure!

Hmmm. Well, um... Happy New year!?! (ECHO, Echo, echo....)

Thanks! Still on track to attend the 70k of Metal Cruise?

Not too bad. The holidays were good. Got CD's from Ne Obliviscaris, Avatarium, Arcana 13, Soen, and Ayreon.

Also, just tried to comment on the Soulfly article, but my comment was flagged either because it was A: too long, B: took me too long to type, or C: included a copy/paste. Maybe it was combo of all three.

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That would be sweet! Good luck getting that interview set up! It looks like my comment posted on the Soulfly article. I'm now curious to see if I rattled Albert's cage or not.

It's probably better off that you haven't. He's not the worst troll ever. My annoyance with him is a combination of his willful ignorance with regard to English grammar and punctuation along with his juvenile insults and his pride in musical piracy. I usually ignore him like you do.