Ramjet159
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Basically yeah although I won’t claim to be a saint . I think most of us have done things we regret .
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I heard they crucified the last perfect guy... Just Saying....
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I was a shitty kid. Everything I went through as a child was my fault:
“If you could kick the person in the ass that is responsible for 99% of your problems.... you wouldn’t sit for a week!” -Mark Twain
BUT I have no regrets because everything I did led me to have my children. I just can’t regret them.... as much as I’d like to strangle a couple now they're adults.... but I’ll always be a dad, there for them if they need me....Regardless of how stupid they act....
Ramjet159
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I’m an AFL fan or in other words Australian rules football which can be a fairly tough sport but these rugby players are next level tough . Big meatheads powering into each other flat out with not body armour . I’m not really a fan of the sport but I do respect their resilience and courage same as I do these mad ass hockey players powering into each other compressing into the glass or Perspex or whatever you use to pinball them back into play . American Gridiron is pretty unique though in the way you have your super athletic receivers and then you have the big 300 pound defender . It caters for every size and purpose .Any time an athlete would have a big celebration, my Dad would yell at the TV. "Act like you've been there before!"
Then he'd look at me, shaking his head in disgust. "Do you jump around like an idiot every time you fit a pipe or close a manway? Does your sister do the Wave every time she grades an exam? These @#$&% guys! It's their JOB to do that." (he'd mumble or use euphemisms, since womenfolk might hear.)
There are a lot of new Canadians who are huge soccer fans, so it's a growing demographic here, but old school Canadians mock soccer and soccer players for this reason. We grew up watching guys lose teeth to a puck or stick and only miss a shift to get stitched up and stop the blood. (you must leave the ice if you are bleeding). To us, it is the exact opposite of what sport and competition are supposed to be.
Now rugby, or my Irish cousins with their hurling, or you madmen with your version of football, those are manly sports, the kind that can leave you properly concussed.
Ramjet159
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Same again . My three kids could not be further apart in personalities and career paths . I have a daughter who’s a Marine Engineer and a fully qualified diesel mechanic , a son who’s studying to become a Shrink and a Daughter who’s still trying to figure out anything about life ......... Ah it’s never dull at my house . Never a truer statement , you never stop being a parent .
Not sure if you're aware, but this guy was a minor celebrity over here for a while, and he is why I became aware of AFL. We heard stories about Jocko biting or ripping ears off opponents, or some other mad shit. It has a reputation as being really violent.
The new Enigiza, it'll surprise ya!
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Ramjet159
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Oh mate he’s a serious peanut . The bloke was actually quite a good footballer but was continually sacked by his clubs for basically being a dickheadNot sure if you're aware, but this guy was a minor celebrity over here for a while, and he is why I became aware of AFL. We heard stories about Jocko biting or ripping ears off opponents, or some other mad shit. It has a reputation as being really violent.
The new Enigiza, it'll surprise ya!
Yeah, that was his shtick, how he was marketed: he was kicked out of Aussie Football for being too violent, IE the guy who was too violent and crazy for the most violent sport in the world.
What did you think when you saw him lip-synching Quebec French?
Also, LOL at "peanut" as an insult. It's like when the Limeys call someone a muppet. ?
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Ramjet159
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This show is always done in good spirits . Here he is , listen to him for the first few minutes for a glimpse of his personality. You either love him or not ?
yep he’s both a peanut and a muppet . There were actually a lot more violent players than him . His big mouth and the way he conducted himself did not sit well with representing his club and hence he was let go continuously. It’s a shame in some ways because as I said he could’ve been one of the greats and maybe made the hall of fame instead of the hall of shame
I can see that. I don't think anybody really took him seriously over here, it was more like "come see the crazy foreigner that walks and talks like the Bushwackers on WWF"(I know the Bushwackers were Kiwis, didn't stop Jocko from stealing their strut).
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I did not work this show BUT I was THERE!!!!
1,500 ppl capacity BAR with Rob Zombie full on stage show in the SMALL!!!! You’ve never seen White/Rob Zombie until you see him perform in a small venue without STADIUM sound (speakers, mixers, etc). My wife actually bought tickets as a birthday present to me. She said her and 10 friends all started calling the moment they became available. I don’t normally like live music but THIS was a bucket list item. Seeing Rob Zombie perform for 2+ hours on a SMALL stage when he was HUGE!!!
I haven’t ever looked at these videos but over to the right there was a spiral staircase about 30 feet from the stage. My wife and I are about 5 feet up it with a perfect view of the stage. Funny little story here, the guy behind my wife kept shoving her. So I put her in front of me (remember what I had been doing for 13 years at this point for a living) and he started shoving me. It wasn’t a crowd thing.... he was just periodically pushing me like he wanted to see us all tumble down the steps. Well at the time I worked for The Virginia Dept of Juvenile Justice and had an actual badge that had the Virginia Seal on it and looks EXACTLY like a RPD badge (shape, size, seal, etc) except it says Dept of Juvenile Justice. We’re supposed to carry in a special wallet to identify ourselves as trained first responded in emergency situations. I’ve actually had a bad crash happen at a intersection in front of me and have had to use it. Police officer, paramedics, and doctors don’t just let anyone help. But that’s another story.... We (myself and fellow officers) called it our “free stuff” badge. It got us free coffee and discounts at the range etc. ANYWAY.... I pulled out this badge (I couldn’t do anything to the guy, I was not security there) and flashed it at him without IDENTIFYING myself (no laws broken. I was a sworn Law Enforcement Officer just not the kind he thought) and told him if he tried to push me down the steps one more time it was going to ruin the concert for both of us, as we’d then be talking outside.
NOW.... want to talk about a deer in headlights look??
He apologized (and kept apologizing every 15 minutes) and it didn’t happen again. My wife didn’t catch any of this except me honestly yelling in the guys ear (Rob Zombie’s playing). When I told her exactly what happened, she spit her drink all over me. Toad’s place was also a restaurant and we were eating dinner after the show.
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Spit her drink on me LAUGHING!!!!
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5 words that sum up my younger misdeeds!
I think back on some of the MANY things I did and I'm truly grateful that my kids seem to NOT have that part of my DNA....
Regrets - I think I have my share. Some of them are still my favorite memories.
I also think that if I lived a life of NO regrets, that would become my BIGGEST regret.
(note) did a weed exchange with my neighbor last night; theirs seems to have a "Philosopher's Stone"
Pretty sure this was the first reggae album I ever heard in my little western life. A 1/2 Jamaican kid from Toronto moved to town around 1983 and we became good friends. He had this on LP and would "force" my redneck headbanger ass to listen to it whenever he could. 
I found it years later on CD and was amazed to find I remembered and enjoyed pretty much every track.
I found it years later on CD and was amazed to find I remembered and enjoyed pretty much every track.
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So, this is a shitty cell phone video that I found on YouTube, but this is from probably the number one best concert I’ve ever seen! Munich Germany in 2015. I had arranged with my German friends to go to Rock im Park the weekend after Rockavaia. The day I arrived in Germany, they handed me the tickets for Rock im Park and then told me that prior, we were going to Rockavaria to see Five Finger Death Punch. I’m a big fan of 5FDP so I was cool with it. Well, then I see that Judas Priest and KISS are after them. Never thought I’d get to see Priest live.....awesome!!! I’m not a huge KISS fan, BUT their show blew me away!!! Even pushing the 70 year old mark, they were full of energy and life.....living in that moment and loving it!! I had always appreciated their music, but their live show gave me a whole new level of appreciation!
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NICE!!!! That’s s live show even I wouldn’t miss. Awesome man!!!
