- 812
- Fox Lake, Illinois
- bigtimedave1222
Yeah, I thought I was reasonably healthy, only 10lbs overweight, was thinking of cutting back on the smoking as I was getting winded easily. Little did I know it was because my main artery was 80% blocked from plaque caused by years of smoking. Well, a clot hit it and blocked it completely. I was very lucky I was only 2 blocks from the shop. Made it there and my wife could tell from my grey face and purple lips what was happening. Less than an hour later I was in the recovery room. Now 6 smoke free years later I have more wind but also more weight that I still need to shed. Two more days and I would have been in the mountains a lot further from a top notch hospital.
Wow that's some scary **** with the heart bro. Thank God you were close as you said. Those things could go very bad very quickly. I once witnessed a guy having a heart attack. We both played squash (very fast racquet ball game for those not aware) at the time. He was an older guy (maybe late 40s-early 50s). If my memory serves me right he was the Nigerian Ambassador, very nice guy, so pleasant. He was on court, I was outside watching on. Of course I was a better player than he was. I was the club's squash whore.... Used to play every day, often including lunchtimes, afternoons into night. Super fit and agile.
You fool!OMG guys, I did the unthinkable
I bought GTSport!
For 30 bucks you can't go wrong, right?
Like I've been saying for years, Granturismo is not a racing game. It's a car game where you can also race... eventually. And that's their secret to sell millions. Unlike project cars, GT offers a neverending menu of petrolheads and car fanatics cookies and goodies like no one else attracting all sorts of car lovers including some race fans and I say "some" because after one hour browsing on line rooms all I found was "drift", "cruising" and "show your cars" rooms. "Racing" rooms, just a few with 3 or 4 people there.
And that's where I am. I don't give a damn about fancy helmets, colorful racing suits or chrome golden rims, I want to find that half second to catch Sgeti
Pleasure to meet the new guys that have joined. Had some real close and respectable racing with @Hanable and @bigtimedave . I missed the lounge, and loved being back. Gotta' say, the ol' bossman didn't do too bad on the thumb-sticks! And @SAMHAIN85 , I'm sure you can only imagine where the above video commentary came from with Steve and I back racing. We were referred to as the Special Olympians
. Absolutely hilarious when done in proper form. Which, you know, is always our brand 
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Pleasure to meet the new guys that have joined. Had some real close and respectable racing with @Hanable and @bigtimedave . I missed the lounge, and loved being back. Gotta' say, the ol' bossman didn't do too bad on the thumb-sticks! And @SAMHAIN85 , I'm sure you can only imagine where the above video commentary came from with Steve and I back racing. We were referred to as the Special Olympians
. Absolutely hilarious when done in proper form. Which, you know, is always our brand .
Results 
The worst thing I find with the controller, (not that's there's anything good about it), is the braking, and trying to get the car back under control once it starts to go. Oh well, it still beats not racing at all. And David, where were you last night, I thought you were all ready to hand me and GR8 a whoop'in!
Congratulations pots and camel
Well that was an interesting night trying to figure out both of those cars. We'll have to run Fuji in the snow next time.
I'm happy to have beaten my "special olympian" partner by one point
Congrats to @The__Camel, this weeks "Mr. Awesome" for the Group A win
Congrats to @potvinsuks, this weeks "Mr. Baawesome" for the Group B win
Ditto. Welcome back aero! No clue how you finished 1 spot down from Mike on a controller. He’ll never live it down if you shellac him. Use that leverage to get his help to drag your rig to the main space so he’s not living with that threat for the next few weeks.Thanks for the race guys. @aerolite hasnt missed a step, even on controller. I had nothing for him. Sorry I left without saying thanks, hard to get a word in with a full room.
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I think I missed a few to be sureThanks for the race guys. @aerolite hasnt missed a step, even on controller. I had nothing for him. Sorry I left without saying thanks, hard to get a word in with a full room.
Shellacing is done!
Just wanted to say that I'm super stoked to be the BAAAAAWESSSSSOME Champ for this week
However, we have to give it up for the entire 'B' Class as the racing was as good as can be, and that was for all 3 races. If felt like it was neck n neck between Mikee, RK, Bear, Dave and myself througout it all. Definitely was a night that I won't be forgetting for a while for sure
Steve, I gotta give you credit for being able to walk right into the paddock in your situation. Rusty and all with a DS4 in hand and you were still able to stay with the flow bud 👍👍. Definitely the Driver of the Day in my book.
With that stellar performance from you albeit with a controller I might have to take back that whooping promise yes.
