maritime:It amazes me more that she thought...."I want t do this with my life" i enjoyed muchly

The chrome boy is worth thousands, and dam near impossible to get, but they have given them away in contests, like Gustavo Guerra won one!

Slanshroom-HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!

And today the swelling went down, but a huge hard lump was in my cheek, so I went to the orthodontist and IT WAS INFECTED! GREAT, so they made an incision and drained it, OW and shoved a tube in it and I have to keep it in till Friday! AHH I JUST WANT THE PAIN TO GO AWAY!!!!

maritime>you misunderstand the power of Chi & the ability to make strong what is vulnerable.Its easy t mock, for me i have much respect for those that take Martial Arts like music to levels that few care 2 understand but please.... by no means have a good time watching what is easy 2 achieve in comparison

Cappy>Its no surprise really western ignorance with the gung ho mentality is surely t get knocked on its arse when it comes t eastern arts.The East are like bamboo the West like a strong tree, when the wind blows strong the tree gets knocked down, with bamboo it bends & bends & BENDS only t return stronger....but do we learn.....nope

Slansh

I don't want to get sucked into the MArts discussion, but I thought I'd mention the boy (I think he was 9 or so? This was 10 years ago), that could do hand-stand pushups.

Not too amazing I guess, just that this was only on each INDEX FINGER.

I have photos of it, it's pretty amazing, he's just inverted on two index fingers holding up his entire body.

People just cannot understand what they are actually capable of. Losing 100Kg in a weight-loss system and then winning a marathon is nothing. The power behind us all is there, a balance between yin and yang, energy, that flows through us all. People call it different things, but just because you cannot see it, or understand it, or even comprehend it's possible, doesn't mean it's not there.

In the immortal words of the boy on "the santa claus" talking to Neil. "Have you ever seen a million dollars?".. "No"... "Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist".

Joe probably said "HI, I'm Joe" and Rubina said "Hey, I'm Rubina".

From that moment on they called each other Jim-Bob and Ethel. They eventually married and had a boy and named him Jasper, but they call him Natty Dread.

They live in a small village among the village people, and you can see them on weekends at the YMCA. That's where Jim-Bob walks around dressed like Inspector Clouseau and gets ideas for his fiddle pickin' songs. Ethel and Natty Dread use the table at the main entrance to sell their wares to the people of the village.

It's been that way for years.

Disclaimer: Michelle is over her limit of caffeinated beverages for the day. Shite is the only thing she will be talking for the next hour or two. Thank you, please try the veal.

SkippyGirl--I hope I can get a guitar for Christmas. I am searching for beginning guitar instruction books to learn how to tune a guitar, name all 6 strings by letter and get the feel of playing. The last string instrument I played was a violin--a high maintenance instrument. I played in orchestra class when I was in grade school until my 3rd year in high school. I had other interests at that time and didn't think I was that good anyway. I haven't played an instrument since, except for piano when I took lessons for a summer immediately after my senior year.

I hope you find a good beginner's acoustic guitar with all the stuff that goes with it and an instruction book. You may consider taking lessons after you set a daily routine for practicing. I recall someone said practicing 15 minutes a day is better than practicing 2 hours a week, but in my dullness and illness I don't remeber who.

I hope this helps.

michelle

Guitarman77897--It doesn't surprise me that you ceased to have pain while playing guitar. Guitars are super therapists and they take you to a 'place" where no hurt exists.

Slanshroom--I thought dangling bits were supposed to be kept in a supportive cup while exercising in martial arts. Well...I just learned something new and very different!! I don't think I will try the Shaolin way on my boobs, thank you very much!!

Igneousiceman--Great Jackson Browne music. I enjoyed hearing "Barricades of Heaven."

Cappy--You are a man of many talents. I hope your knees recover their flexibility.

Mikesb--I'm LMAO right along with you!! ;-P

Tostado--Yes. You bring up a good question for Joe. I'm sure he would briefly tell you the story of he and his wife and what attracted him to her and her to him. What attracts one to one's future/present spouse is a curious thing and fascinates me no end.

Michelle--I hadn't heard of TWLOHA until you brought it up. What a great way to affirm that we are valuable and precious because someone loves us--ourselves!! What sweet thoughts you have sent my way!! Thanks a MILLIon!! You are the goddess of this message board---here are some angels going your way=========A Train of Angels by Joe and "Your My Angel" .....as Steven Tyler sings..."Come and save me tonight......" Also Congratulations to your Chris who won a guitar lesson with Joe!! What a dream come true!

GGirl, I think of myself as more of a silly cow than a Goddess, but I guess cows are sacred in some cultures, so round it goes. lol! Chris, who won the lesson, is Tracie's (cheese 101) son. My son is a bass player. I'm thinking that if anyone should get major kudos, it should be Tracie. She did so many things to get all her lil' ducklings to those 2 Satch shows - and she now has a feckin' Irish accent to boot! lmao! I don't know where she finds the time or the energy. She's the Goddess of T2J IMO. If she would have had internet access over this past week, she prolly would have replied to yer posts just as I did. Thanks for the nice words. I know the twloha deal is mostly oriented to teens, but as we know, no matter how old you are, yer sometimes still fighting the same demons you had back in the day.

T-Bone is on her 9 hour drive home. She has a bit to go yet, and still hasn't gotten to that dreaded pass. She wanted to get past that point before dark, but at last text, she wasn't there yet and the sun was setting.

T. Safley drives Safely on Wednesdays!!!

Joe, I was at your show at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. It was awesome. I am only ashamed that I am just now learning how great a player Leslie West is. Me and my friend were two of the five people standing bu your bus when you left. THANK YOU SO MUCH for stopping and signing autographs and taking pictures. Since your show I am playing my guitar like a madman. You ROCK!!!!!!!

Semper Fi, Arty

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