Here's a pic of what he did to Joey Beltran on Friday. Exactly why I wouldn't spar with him. He's a beast and has knocked out his sparring partners even though he doesn't mean to.

Looks normal

Bruce Lee is dead, the others listed are not.

Does not influence my desire to spar, I have been knocked out, many a times, expecting it not to happen is stupid.

As long as I don't have to pay for your Depends when your brain gets scrambled beyond repair, knock yourself out. :jester: (See what I did there?)

I guess this is where we are different. You sound as if getting knocked out is something to be desired, a badge of honor. I think staying healthy is more important than feeding my ego. You say expecting to not get knocked out is stupid. I think doing something when you know it's highly likely you'll get knocked out, just for "fun", is stupid. Would I fight him if he were threatening me or my loved ones? Absolutely. Without hesitation. But for "fun". Not a chance.

No, i'm saying that every time I put on gloves and fight, I expect the worst, I could get knocked out, I could die, break something etc. Remember this is also my job, so I have a different feeling going in. Do I want to get hurt? No, is it the end of the world if I do? No.

I'll hurt anyone IRL

OK. So, if I'm understanding you ( which is entirely possible that I'm not, because I'm not the brightest guy), you're telling me that you expect to get knocked out or possibly die when you spar and you do that for fun? Yeah, OK. But not me.

And I never said that getting hurt is the end of the world. Just that I try to avoid getting hurt if possible. And I sure don't go looking to get hurt for fun.

Anything we do, there is a possibility of a negative outcome, racing, fighting, training etc. It sounds bad, but you have to agree that the thrilling things we do can end badly, I could burn to death in a car at the track, drop a barbell on my neck at the gym etc.

I had a lengthy post trying to explain, but 99% of people won't understand it. Martial arts is my passion, my profession and i'll leave it at that.

There's a possibility you will get hit by a car crossing the street. That doesn't mean I go walk out in front of cars on purpose.

And I don't buy that 99% of people won't understand. I can understand without agreeing.

Hi cunts :)

Uh. Hello?

I question your ?

Thanks Enkei, we can always count on you for a uplifting, Happy New Year, positive messege .

Hahaha

Where's the masochist?

Secretly watching from afar me thinks

Just had a hydrostatic body composition analysis done (basically a dunk test to determine body fat). I've gone from ~35% body fat in June 2012 to just under 14% today (13.77% to be exact).



Time to get a steak!

Impressive

Getting ready for work yesterday morning, I found one of my pet Chinchillas dead. He was apparently ok the night before, I have no idea what happened. I'm much better dealing with this kind of stuff than I used to be (for reasons I'll pass on here), but it's a reminder that life is temporary for all living things, and while there are typical or expected patterns, there are no guarantees other than an end. Nothing to be super anxious about, it just is, but it's still a reminder to enjoy life and your connections in it and to be careful about the kinds of things you put off.

Im in nor cal for a trial... Motel 6 now has wall mounted flat panels, hardwood floors, a corner couch, cutesy shit on the walls... But no hair dryer and no shampoo. :I Good idea?

:beer:

Vince Vaugh, funny or annoying? IMnot-soHO spouting off a monologue really fast using moderately big words and moderate wit, to dominate the conversation, is not impressive or funny. Its annoying. So STFU Vince.

I find him quite hilarious.

Well maybe you find him hilarious because you were beaten or sexually molested as a child and you have some deep routed childhood desire or subconscious need to have large men cover over you and go on and on spouting out barely comprehensible sentences with no pause and little point to the structure or even the message behind the sentence, I dont know maybe you were kicked in the head by Guy at a young age which caused you to suffer severe brain damage and now because of that you think run on sentences and virtually non-sensical jargon is funny, I dont know, is any of this hitting home with you? Or maybe I should just keep talking going on and on and on until you become dumbfounded and convinced that Im intelligent just because you cant keep up with my rigorous and annoying long monologues, maybe youre just a victim of being raised during a generational period where childrens minds could not fully develop because theyve been constantly brain fucked by computers and video games and all forms of electronic mass media and have become unable to think for themselves and when anyone cowers over you and spouts off language in such a fashion you think that its some how impressive and dominating to the listener and therefore funny? I dont know guy I dont know whats in your head, but thats money... Thats money.

I don't think that's really fair. His "rant" performances bother you, but that's not all he does for Christ's sake.

Parked next to a stock height Explorer today.

When the GT-R first came out, I didn't particularly care for its styling. Kind of R-34 man myself. But it's really grown on me. It's a good looking car. I'd really like to drive one some day, to see if the common criticism of being a bit numb holds for me. One thing I love about my old Vette is that is, for lack of a better word, very "involving".

Very numb, like driving a truck kinda. But still a fucking hoot.

Well, we'll see how it goes, but I have another property in my sites. This is a mamooth, basically unheard of in SoCal anywhere near OC/LA and affordable to the middle class. It's in off a dirt road by a couple miles, but that ain't no thing, and the house is tired, but not destroyed. It is however, 67 (yes 67, not 6.7) acres, with some pretty nice views.

Have to trade the pratically new xD for the upcoming Jeep Renegade for my wife, so she can safely and comfortably handle that road. I'll MadMax the Protege. Lol.

I hope this one works out for you Ben. How far is it from your work sites? Phil has been looking for a place like this too. Well not 67 acres but he want a place with at least a couple acres that he can build a work shed on.

Good luck on the new place ben

I just bought a new car (new to me)

2011 chevy volt, only had 15,000 miles

The commute would be nasty, 46 miles each way, including 2.5 miles on a dirt road.

The whole area south and south east of lake matthews, a lot of which (like this) is unincorporated Riverside county has a number of properties in the couple acre range, houses in decent condition, on actual roads and stuff for < 400k. Wood Crest, which is a relatively nice horse area is up Van Burn but pretty close to the 91 and has nice houses and properties up to around 5 acres around $500k +- $50k.

What'd you pay for the Volt John? If I do this, eventually I need something with as many mpg as possible. The RAV EV would be perfect(ish) except for the $50k starting price. LOL.

its was 20K, I found out I can charge at work so it saves me alot of money

Since the SSE Exemption has been stopped, I bought a few of these.

They're putting in more free charging here too, that's why I wondered.

Did everyone die?

I think so. It has been really slow. I know I've been really busy with work. We need to get this site going again.

Things I have on the burner.

The Cobra - it's currently down with the heads pulled. I'm porting them right now but I just used my last cartridge roll and need to pick some more up. The issue is that Grainger doesn't have them in stock anymore. The last time I bought some was about 18-20 years ago and I think I bought about 15 of them and I just used the last one. I want to pick up 5 or 6 (around $3.00) but to have them shipped to my house they want $11 which I don't want to pay. Luckily my neighbors brother works for Grainger and he's going to see if he can get them for me. If not I'll just pay the $11 but I hope not. Once I get those I can finish porting them and the I'll order the valve seals, keepers and head gaskets so I can put it back together.

The Chevelle - since the Cobra is down I haven't been able to pick up anything for the Chevelle to fix the trans. It will be a slow build of the trans.

The F100 - I've been working on the hood now and then trying to get all the rust off the under portion.

The Explorer - it's been running great and I finally got to take a wheeling out at Truck Haven this last weekend. It was an Explorer event and should have magazine coverage but we'll see. The official run we did on Saturday was way too easy and I did the whole thing in 2wd. Later that day I went out with some of the guys and did some harder stuff. I managed not to break an axle which is good. I carry a spare with me just because I've broken 4. I think I have the frontend set up better now so hopefully I won't break any more. I did manage to break the passenger side mirror by leaning into a wall while climbing up a stepped hill. I replaced it though because I also have spare mirrors. I picked up a couple from P-A-P just because I've broken a couple. I also have spare tail lights.