[realmusicians] Re: WHAT ARE PEOPLE UP TO?
- From: "D!J!X!" <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 04:27:14 -0500
LOL!
D!J!X!
-----Original Message-----
From: realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Belle
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 1:52 AM
To: realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [realmusicians] Re: WHAT ARE PEOPLE UP TO?
Hey, if they issued me a hand-gun license, they'll give anyone a license
'grin'.
They had great fun down a the sheriff's office over that one.
At 11:36 PM 11/8/2009, you wrote:
>Lol! As long as you don't go hunting with Al you should be fine!
>
>D!J!X!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Kingston
>Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 12:33 AM
>To: realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [realmusicians] Re: WHAT ARE PEOPLE UP TO?
>
>Heh! That's great. A blind guy is the designated driver. I can see 2
>wasted guys explaining this, with complete sincerity, to the police.
>But yeah, I hear you about sighted folks. And I'm sure everyone else
>does too. I was just talking to a blind friend about that today. We
>were marveling at how it never changes. Oh well. I don't want to put a
damper on this crazy thread.
>So maybe I'll see if I can get a hunting license. Ha!
>
>Tom
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "D!J!X!" <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> > LOL Tom, it looks like we have some similarities! At the age of 15,
> > my brother got drunk, he passed by our house at around like 5 in the
> > morning and I was up. Then it got into his head that he wanted to
> > see me drive on the street. This is the same guy who tought me how
> > to drive stick shift in our back yard, and who had no problem let me
> > back his car or truck out of the driveway. So he sat on the
> > passenger side, and gave me instructions on how to drive to his
> > friends house, pick him up, and then drive down to an abandoned
steelyard we had here and drive around at moderate speeds lol!
> > Then on our way back home, me still driving, he could no longer give
> > me directions because he was to bz calling his wife on the cell
> > phone and crying out of joy and excitement because I was finally
> > driving..His other friend in the back was in no better shape, which
> > left me with the risk of just using my mental mapping skills and
> > going streight down the street lol... Looking back at it, yea it was
> > very risky, however at the moment, I was loving it! That's one thing
> > I can say about my family, they never treated me any differently
> > than my brothers or cousins or any other kid, I had the same
> > privallages and responsibilities as any normal kid did... It was
> > cool, when I was 5, my uncle bought all of us bikes, and though my
> > gramma hesitated at first, he tought me along with my cousins how to
> > ride, and soon after that we were all taking bike trips all over
> > puerto rico lol... But even before then I had rode a horse on
> > various occasions in my dad's farm in the dominican republic, gone
> > canoeing, attempted skateboarding, and that was just the beginning
> > of it...Not having the video games and computers widely available
> > and affordable at the time we were very much outdoor kids...
> > It's funny cuz I tell people these stories and they make a deal of
> > it as if being blind was from another world... As long as we have
> > the right tools and self motivation/courage at our disposition
> > though, I believe we can accomplish anything, be it with some
> > limitations, and of course within certain limits... Other than
> > parking cars and moving relatives cars in parkings/driveways, I
> > haven't driven on the street again, though my brother is already
> > planning another escapade when he gets back from iraq lol... I say
> > as long as you don't baby yourself or let people baby you, we can
> > concquer the world! lol
> >
> > D!J!X!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom
> > Kingston
> > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 11:45 PM
> > To: realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [realmusicians] Re: WHAT ARE PEOPLE UP TO?
> >
> > Go for it! You'll love it. Probably almost as much as the tricycle trip.
> > grin.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "D!J!X!" <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >> Wow Tom, ever since I rode the melleneum force and the dragstor
> >> I've been planning a sky diving trip with a friend of mine who's
> >> dad has done it b4...
> >> I'm sure it'll be fun, the risk part I'm not worried about, taking
> >> risks is something I've been doing since early childhood... Not
> >> shortly after I went blind at the age of 3, I was riding my
> >> tricycle around, and decided that I'd take a trip down a hill...
> >> Well, that hill was very inclined, I was going at a good high
> >> speed, and then went down a 10 foot drop... The feeling as my
> >> parents tell me I told them was great... the pain, well not so lol...
> >> Lucky
> >> for me it was nothing but grass on the bottom... So after getting
> >> back from the hospital, well I went and did it again! Except this
> >> time I stopped b4 the hill lol!
> >>
> >> Here's hoping for a sky diving trip, D!J!X!
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom
> >> Kingston
> >> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 10:25 PM
> >> To: realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [realmusicians] Re: WHAT ARE PEOPLE UP TO?
> >>
> >> That's so true, Steph. I went sky-diving several years ago and it
> >> took all but begging, pleading, and putting a gun to the guys head
> >> to let me go.
> >> But
> >> of course these kind of folks obviously like taking risks. So I was
> >> finally able to talk him in to it. What a rush!
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Steph" <stephieb1961@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >>
> >>> AI'd be keen to try find a horse riding club around here but
> >>> they'd probably baby us too much, scared we'd fall off or something
lol.
> >>>
> >>> t 04:15 PM 11/8/2009 -0600, you wrote:
> >>>>Well, it sounds like great fun.
> >>>>
> >>>>At 12:28 PM 11/7/2009, you wrote:
> >>>>>Sometimes it is better not to be able to see! We have to take
> >>>>>our lives into our hands and... just live! If we could see the
> >>>>>stupid things drivers do, I don't think we would have the
> >>>>>courage. I am glad the roads
> >>
> >>>>>we will be biking on will be blocked off!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>At 12:26 AM 11/7/2009 -0600, you wrote:
> >>>>>>Last time I was on a horse was back in 93, I was half of a duo
> >>>>>>and we played in Daton.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I'd just gotten where I could sequence good with spg for dos,
> >>>>>>and we carted my first computer, a whapping 386 with 2 megs of
> >>>>>>ram, 40 meg hard-drive and all our extra modules and things on the
road.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>computer broke the first night we were there, actually, it was
> >>>>>>fine, but
> >>
> >>>>>>the silly speech synth which was an accent pc was rusty, and
> >>>>>>kroded, must have been dropped in water or something, and it froze
the system.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Anyway, we got the computer repaired and everything was fine for
> >>>>>>the rest of the 3 week gig.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>One of the waitresses there invited me horse-back riding, so I went.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>One thing hilarious about horses is that they just poop anywhere
> >>>>>>they like, on the move too.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Here we are clop clopping down the street and I hear this big
> >>>>>>splat behind me.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>She was a gentle placid mare and Laury and I rode her all afternoon.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>My hind end was definitely sore.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>YOU need to develop special muscles to be on a horse all the time.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Buzz my partner chickened out, he was a big wenie about some
> >>>>>>things, very talented, but he said he didn't want to get on
> >>>>>>anything big enough to crush him.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Well, I'd feel less threaten by a horse than a non-attention
> >>>>>>paying motorist trying to dial a cell phone, put on makeup, and
> >>>>>>or otherwise occupied rather than watching out for my hide
> >>>>>>trying to cross the street
> >>
> >>>>>>'grin'.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>The seat of knowledge would sure get a work-out riding a horse,
> >>>>>>>though!
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>At 07:15 PM 11/6/2009 -0600, you wrote:
> >>>>>>>>Yeh, the horses know where they're going 'grin'.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>But not as good for the old cardio and caboose 'grin'.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>At 05:37 PM 11/6/2009, you wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>Oh wow that sounds adventurous. I'd love to do something like
> >>>>>>>>>that or, horse riding.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>At 05:18 PM 11/6/2009 -0600, you wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>I am training for a two-day 160 mile bike ride May 22 and
> >>>>>>>>>>23. It is
> >>
> >>>>>>>>>>called, Tour de Cure and is sponsored by the American
> >>>>>>>>>>Diabetes Association. If anyone is interest in donating to
> >>>>>>>>>>the cause, please
> >>
> >>>>>>>>>>let me know. If anyone would be interested in a Podcast of
> >>>>>>>>>>the ride, let me know that, too. I am not sure I will do
> >>>>>>>>>>it, but if I get enough interest, I just might. I will be
> >>>>>>>>>>riding a tandem with a
> >>
> >>>>>>>>>>feisty little lady who has rheumatoid arthritis. If she can
> >>>>>>>>>>do it, I know I can! But... I will need your prayers and
> >>>>>>>>>>support. I have never done anything like this in my life!
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>Chris and Steph, have you guys got my songs for my CD on
> >>>>>>>>>>your server? Should we let the group listen to one or two of
them?
> >>>>>>>>>>Whichever ones you like will be fine. Could you give a
> >>>>>>>>>>download link for your favorites? If any of you want a
> >>>>>>>>>>copy, they are $10.00
> >>
> >>>>>>>>>>plus $3.00 for shipping and handling. Sorry for the
> >>>>>>>>>>shameless advertisement, but we gotta make money, somehow.
> >>>>>>>>>>By the way, Chris did a wonderful job mastering the CD. It
> >>>>>>>>>>is called, You Light The Way.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>Well, Steph... you did ask what we were up to! (Grin.)
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>At 02:55 PM 11/6/2009 -0600, you wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> Just wondering what people are up to
musically?
> >>>>>>>>>>>Life is busy in the Belle household right now. We are
> >>>>>>>>>>>currently working on a Christmas album and tomorrow we have
> >>>>>>>>>>>a group coming to
> >>
> >>>>>>>>>>>talk about putting an album together. It's great to see
> >>>>>>>>>>>work starting to come in and we haven't advertised yet. My
> >>>>>>>>>>>job is to keep meals coming and ocasionally help with backing
vocals etc.
> >>>>>>>>>>>Always interested to hear what others are doing.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>Steph
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Sandy Licht Turn right, then go straight!
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Jeremiah 29:11-14 (Amplified Bible)
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>11For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you,
> >>>>>>>>>>says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and
> >>>>>>>>>>not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> 12Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and
> >>>>>>>>>> pray to Me,
> >>
> >>>>>>>>>> and I will hear and heed you.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> 13Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me
> >>>>>>>>>> [as a vital necessity] and find Me when you search for Me
> >>>>>>>>>> with all your
> >>>>>>>>>> heart.(A)
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> 14I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will
> >>>>>>>>>> release you
> >>
> >>>>>>>>>> from captivity and gather you from all the nations and all
> >>>>>>>>>> the places to which I have driven you, says the Lord, and I
> >>>>>>>>>> will bring you back to the place from which I caused you to
> >>>>>>>>>> be carried away captive.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Sandy Licht
> >>>>>>>Turn right, then go straight!
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Jeremiah 29:11-14 (Amplified Bible)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>11For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the
> >>>>>>>Lord,
> >>
> >>>>>>>thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give
> >>>>>>>you
> >>>>>>>hope in your final outcome.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 12Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to
Me,
> >>>>>>> and I will hear and heed you.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 13Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a
vital
> >>>>>>> necessity] and find Me when you search for Me with all your
> >>>>>>> heart.(A)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 14I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will release
you
> >>>>>>> from captivity and gather you from all the nations and all the
> >>>>>>> places
> >>>>>>> to which I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you
back
> >>>>>>> to the place from which I caused you to be carried away captive.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sandy Licht
> >>>>>Turn right, then go straight!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jeremiah 29:11-14 (Amplified Bible)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>11For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the
Lord,
> >>>>>thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give
you
> >>>>>hope in your final outcome.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 12Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me,
> >>>>> and
> >>>>> I will hear and heed you.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 13Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a vital
> >>>>> necessity] and find Me when you search for Me with all your
heart.(A)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 14I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will release you
> >>>>> from
> >>
> >>>>> captivity and gather you from all the nations and all the places to
> >>>>> which I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to
> >>>>> the
> >>
> >>>>> place from which I caused you to be carried away captive.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
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