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Hello everyone,
I suppose ya'll thought I'd dropped off the face of the earth or something? Or perhaps ya'll forgot all about me?
Well I'm still here and finally back online. A lot has happened since I was last online. First off my ex whom I'd been with for 6 1/2 years decided one day she wanted to call it quits and gave me 30 days to leave the house. That left me bouncing around till I could find another place. I've gone from a house with a basement and garage to a mobile home with an 8' x 8' storage barn. Needless to say most of the tools and equipment I was able to rescue are now packed away in my brother's barn. Hopefully soon I'll be able to find a piece of land which I can move the mobile home onto and construct my idea of a garage so I'll have a place to work. I'm still set on building custom bikes as before but will have to do it out of a friend's garage and limited space.
I started a new job in May working for a company that manufactures aluminum dump and flatbed trailers in Randolph Ohio, I shouldn't have to say the name because they're all over the place just read the mudflaps. I work in the frame department and make the frames and subframes for the aluminum dump and frameless dump trailers. I'm MIG welding aluminum daily but really miss TIG welding. In looking back sometimes I regret leaving my other job as it was something different every day and I got to do a lot of TIG welding (I guess I'll just have to start my own shop?).
In October on my way home from my best friend's house I turned the corner at the intersection for my street to go home and from nowhere I was "T boned" and found myself spinning in circles. At first my injuries seemed minor but I had a pain in my neck which continued to get worse with time rather than better. I also noticed my hands going numb frequently and loss of grip in both hands, I can't even pick up my rifle with one hand anymore. Right before New Year's day I had an MRI done and the results show I have 3 herniated disks in my neck and are most likely going to have to be removed and replaced with titanium disks. I guess I won't be flying anywhere as I won't be able to get through the metal detector at the airport
. I go to see the surgeon next month to find out what they're going to do and what affect it's going to have on me. I find it extremely difficult to work anymore as I can't really nod my head anymore to flip my helmet down so I've got it set so loose it falls down by it's self but that gets to be a pain when trying to positon crossmembers prior to tacking. Perhaps it's time to look into an E-hood?
Well sorry for dragging on and on but just wanted to let everyone know I'm back online again and will be stopping in as time permits but lately we've been on mandatory 12 hour shifts which leaves me time to shower, check e-mail real quick and get to bed so I can do it all over again. I'll try to check in as often as I can. If anyone wants to e-mail me off the board go to my profile and use the e-mail link.
Catch ya'll later
Blondie_486
I suppose ya'll thought I'd dropped off the face of the earth or something? Or perhaps ya'll forgot all about me?
Well I'm still here and finally back online. A lot has happened since I was last online. First off my ex whom I'd been with for 6 1/2 years decided one day she wanted to call it quits and gave me 30 days to leave the house. That left me bouncing around till I could find another place. I've gone from a house with a basement and garage to a mobile home with an 8' x 8' storage barn. Needless to say most of the tools and equipment I was able to rescue are now packed away in my brother's barn. Hopefully soon I'll be able to find a piece of land which I can move the mobile home onto and construct my idea of a garage so I'll have a place to work. I'm still set on building custom bikes as before but will have to do it out of a friend's garage and limited space.
I started a new job in May working for a company that manufactures aluminum dump and flatbed trailers in Randolph Ohio, I shouldn't have to say the name because they're all over the place just read the mudflaps. I work in the frame department and make the frames and subframes for the aluminum dump and frameless dump trailers. I'm MIG welding aluminum daily but really miss TIG welding. In looking back sometimes I regret leaving my other job as it was something different every day and I got to do a lot of TIG welding (I guess I'll just have to start my own shop?).
In October on my way home from my best friend's house I turned the corner at the intersection for my street to go home and from nowhere I was "T boned" and found myself spinning in circles. At first my injuries seemed minor but I had a pain in my neck which continued to get worse with time rather than better. I also noticed my hands going numb frequently and loss of grip in both hands, I can't even pick up my rifle with one hand anymore. Right before New Year's day I had an MRI done and the results show I have 3 herniated disks in my neck and are most likely going to have to be removed and replaced with titanium disks. I guess I won't be flying anywhere as I won't be able to get through the metal detector at the airport
. I go to see the surgeon next month to find out what they're going to do and what affect it's going to have on me. I find it extremely difficult to work anymore as I can't really nod my head anymore to flip my helmet down so I've got it set so loose it falls down by it's self but that gets to be a pain when trying to positon crossmembers prior to tacking. Perhaps it's time to look into an E-hood?Well sorry for dragging on and on but just wanted to let everyone know I'm back online again and will be stopping in as time permits but lately we've been on mandatory 12 hour shifts which leaves me time to shower, check e-mail real quick and get to bed so I can do it all over again. I'll try to check in as often as I can. If anyone wants to e-mail me off the board go to my profile and use the e-mail link.
Catch ya'll later
Blondie_486
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