The My Vibe Thread

[YankeeRebel]

While giving your cousin a reach around?

And listening to Rod Stewart

 

[Yankee Traveler]

I have carpal tunnel from years of careening through ruts and whoop de doos and jumps on a motocross bike.
I used to tie flies with thee hands but those days are gone.

Mine is from sledge hammer use. I got to the point I was swinging an 8 lb sledge single handed driving pins. Had the handle cut to 18".
Then 40 lb jack hammers over head single handed. This was long before anti vibration gloves were "readily available".

Stupidity.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

I could listen to Rod Stewart all day rather than one, yes ONE, James Taylors whine opera.

Phil Collins for me.

 

[BigKen]

While giving your cousin a reach around?

Actually, I was working for GE, building Moisture Separator Reheaters. The tubes were 70' long and we welded a "U" on two of them. When they cooled, we carried about 12-15 and hung them on a rack before setting them in a bundle. The tubes separated cold steam from hot steam in a nuclear reactor. My partner had the 'U' ends and I had the tips. He missed the rack and had my wrist bend backwards and held on to the tubes, crushing the five little bones behind the thumb. Six weeks out of work. I was working 6 PM to 6 AM, 7 days a week. $3.35/hr for the first 40, $5.01 for the next 20 and $6.67/hr for Sat and $10.00/hr for Sunday. Gotta remember that this was 1972 and making $650 a week was a ton of money. Collecting $425 a week workers comp sitting at home with a cast wasn't all that hard to take.

 

[Southieinnc]

When I saw the Stones here just a couple years ago the show was as good as any I have ever been to.

I saw the Stones many years ago at Candlestick - thet sucked.
J Geils stole the show.....

 

[Southieinnc]

Actually, I was working for GE, building Moisture Separator Reheaters. The tubes were 70' long and we welded a "U" on two of them. When they cooled, we carried about 12-15 and hung them on a rack before setting them in a bundle. The tubes separated cold steam from hot steam in a nuclear reactor. My partner had the 'U' ends and I had the tips. He missed the rack and had my wrist bend backwards and held on to the tubes, crushing the five little bones behind the thumb. Six weeks out of work. I was working 6 PM to 6 AM, 7 days a week. $3.35/hr for the first 40, $5.01 for the next 20 and $6.67/hr for Sat and $10.00/hr for Sunday. Gotta remember that this was 1972 and making $650 a week was a ton of money. Collecting $425 a week workers comp sitting at home with a cast wasn't all that hard to take.

Remember when you didn't pay taxes for unemployment?
I was a welder/fitter back then and I'd make $50k for half a year then go on California unemployment for 6 months.
What a great deal until they started paying taxes on unemployment.
I didn't sit on the couch, I'd do tree work off thebooks until I started another job.....

 

[nefansince75]

I could listen to Rod Stewart all day rather than one, yes ONE, James Taylors whine opera.

I was never a JT fan either. I don't know if I'd call it whining, it just seemed like he and Carol King were writing the same music, and she sounded way better. I'm not a CK fan either, but I'd take it over JT.

 

[nefansince75]

I saw the Stones many years ago at Candlestick - thet sucked.
J Geils stole the show.....

That was my experience with the Stones too. They kept playing their anthem crap, like Brown Sugar, and turning it into singalong. I didn't come here to hear the crowd.... Now play something good. It was a fruitless wait.

 

[YankeeRebel]

Oyyyy Fucking Pats Fans: Not here, but on FB poster can pretty much create a name and post content on a specific subject. As it relates to the Pats there are probably 20+ that have these set ups. And I swear to Jesus each post is about how each selection in this draft is the answer to all that was wrong with the Pats. Then when you try to present a counter point your told "You don't know what you're talking about". Not every player selected is the answer, if so we should win the next 11 Super Bowls.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

I saw the Stones many years ago at Candlestick - thet sucked.
J Geils stole the show.....

I'm sure it happens with every band.
Beginning of the tour, end of the tour or middle of the tour. Middle of the tour after a few days off or after no days off.
Band going through rehab...or needing rehab.
First time I saw Aerosmith was early 80's and let me tell you, they needed to break up. Thank god they did, the second time I saw them they ROCKED. The third as well.