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[DevilDriver 28]

DIYMA is packed full of fucking babies lately. Ridiculous.

[Chevy350TPI 12]

Coooooooold

-58F with the wind right now.

Supposed to be a low of -42F without the wind tonight.

Same here - I'm freezing my ass off. Walking from the truck to my office or house is more than enough.

[DevilDriver 28]

Your thoughts....

If you are without a girlfriend or wife, do you miss that?

If you do have a wife, do you ever feel like you could do without that?

I've been with my girlfriend for almost 4.5 years and I just feel like I'm wasting my time and hers. I don't want kids when I'm older and I don't think I want a wife who wants or needs things because I intend to be very career oriented. So I am thinking about calling it quits.....but what if my mind changes 10 years down the road? Would I regret not being with her? But does it make sense to stay with someone because you think there's a possibility you might change your mind in 10 years?

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

DIYMA is packed full of fucking babies lately. Ridiculous.

I tend to not post on there or ECA much as of recent.

[DevilDriver 28]

I don't have a problem with the new members because they are the lifeblood of a site. If CarAudio.com did not routinely pick up new members, that site would be in serious trouble in my opinion, because it sure isn't the site owner driving that site forward. But the people on DIYMA are so afraid of the slightest change....they don't want new members, they don't want a new member section, they don't want anyone to disagree with one another...and they are very quick to say that the forum has jumped the shark when the reality is that it will only jump the shark if they're the ones driving the boat.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Your thoughts....

If you do have a wife, do you ever feel like you could do without that?

I've been with my girlfriend for almost 4.5 years and I just feel like I'm wasting my time and hers. I don't want kids when I'm older and I don't think I want a wife who wants or needs things because I intend to be very career oriented. So I am thinking about calling it quits.....but what if my mind changes 10 years down the road? Would I regret not being with her? But does it make sense to stay with someone because you think there's a possibility you might change your mind in 10 years?

As for wifey, when we get in a tiff, yeah for a few moments I think I am the man. I get these self-centered ideas about pushing full tilt on the shop/company, really standing out on my new career, but now with Arthur and Amanda I can no longer be like that. I admit I sometimes function like I can, but I have to reel it back in. But we have shifted into a state of co-dependancey (sp?), me more so then her I think. Meaning for the most part, on a daily basis, I cannot fully function without her.

As for advice, I am not a pro, but maybe weight the feeling of freedom and single life and the ability to do what you want when you want it so you can shape your future as much as possible, or consider all the good things she does for and to you, how you two function as a pair and can you really see the both of you talking about retirement planning and a vaction home etc. I did not want kids at all, but when I first saw Arthur and he reached up and grabed my finger (only 10-20 seconds old) and heard my voice, that all changed. So I think I did not help at all other then cause more confusion, just saying I grew up a great deal in the last 2 years and it is not a bad thing.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

I don't have a problem with the new members because they are the lifeblood of a site. If CarAudio.com did not routinely pick up new members, that site would be in serious trouble in my opinion, because it sure isn't the site owner driving that site forward. But the people on DIYMA are so afraid of the slightest change....they don't want new members, they don't want a new member section, they don't want anyone to disagree with one another...and they are very quick to say that the forum has jumped the shark when the reality is that it will only jump the shark if they're the ones driving the boat.

What is comical is that Mark was over Anthony's place talking about this exact problem.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

I see steveo,

did you give some thought to that fitness section?

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Neil, I replied to you on DIYMA.

[vladd 26]

Your thoughts....

If you are without a girlfriend or wife, do you miss that?

If you do have a wife, do you ever feel like you could do without that?

I've been with my girlfriend for almost 4.5 years and I just feel like I'm wasting my time and hers. I don't want kids when I'm older and I don't think I want a wife who wants or needs things because I intend to be very career oriented. So I am thinking about calling it quits.....but what if my mind changes 10 years down the road? Would I regret not being with her? But does it make sense to stay with someone because you think there's a possibility you might change your mind in 10 years?

In my opinion you need to define success first.

[vladd 26]

i'm feeling sicker today.... still not sick but damn it this can't happen right now

[JimJ 11]

I've come to the conclusion that the state of Virginia pretty much sucks in general.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

I've come to the conclusion that the state of Virginia pretty much sucks in general.

Acceptance is the first step.

[ramos 2]

I've come to the conclusion that the state of Virginia pretty much sucks in general.

Your just now finding this out ?

[NDMstang65 403]

ramos...chat!

[NDMstang65 403]

no chat?

gaaaaaaay

very gaaaaaaaaaay

i'll just do this

[NDMstang65 403]

you knows what that is ramos :D oh schnapz.

[ramos 2]

Good god man . looks like a freaking jungle gym on wheels lol

[JimJ 11]

That's for when the oompa loompas get all randy and he needs to separate 'em...

[ramos 2]

Nah , rollover protection for when he goes drifting

[NDMstang65 403]

Drift? Whaddya mean..drift?!

skeeeeeeeeeeeerrrr

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

On this day in 1996, President Jacques Chirac announced a "definitive end" to French nuclear testing. In 1978, Sweden outlawed aerosol sprays due to their harmful effect on the ozone layer, becoming the first nation to enact such a ban. And in 1886, Karl Benz patented the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. Happy Birthday Sara Gilbert (1975), Heather Graham (1970), Oprah Winfrey (1954), Ann Jillian (1950), Tom Selleck (1945), Paddy Chayefsky (1923-1981), John Forsythe (1918), W.C. Fields (1880-1946), John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874-1960), Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) and U.S. President William McKinley (1843-1901). RIP Willie Dixon (d. 1992), Leif Erickson (1986), Jimmy Durante (1980), Freddie Prinze (1977), Robert Frost (1963) and H. L. Mencken (1956).

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[ramos 2]

When did the mob get so heavily into the trucking business ?

[JimJ 11]

The '30s?

[ramos 2]

The '30s?

Legal trucking . not hijacking them