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Ah' date=' we're laughing about it now too. Nobody got killed, so it's okay. Just picture some middle class alcoholics blowing things up to paint the mental picture. We are [b']not[/b] red necks, even though it may appear so in the story. I wasn't performing any surgery, I was just getting the Doc supplies and helping with the bleeding and stuff. I learned quite a bit, pretty neat stuff. It's like watching a Dicovery channel special, but you're actually there! Watching the Doc take the skin graft from my Dad's head was pretty neat. You see, I have had a lot of work done to me, but never got to see it, so it was great to see this. The Doc said my Dad was the first person to have a fireworks related injury at that hospital this year before the 4th of July. As we worked on my Dad, it past midnight and there were no others, so he went down as the only person to hurt himself that was admitted to that hospital. The Doc said they usualy get about 15-20 or so a year. My Dad is still pissed, because he cant ride his Harley for 3 months, by that time, it's going to be to cold to ride anyhow. He just got his motorcycle liscense last Thursday too. Go figure. !M!

Well, this whole weekend was fun right up to last night. The family got together for the 4th, like usual and we all had a good time, right up to the point that my Dad blew half his ear off. It started off right with fireworks and some rather large explosives to make everyone happy. As the day progressed more alcohol was ingested and things got a little crazier. My Dad spent close to $600 worth of fireworks and we were having a blast blowing these mortars off which were about 3 inches in diameter. The tubes for these mortars were plastic and pretty heavy duty. As we did last year we would take these mortars drop them in the tube, light it, hold them up with our two hands and let them launch. It felt pretty cool with that power shooting off in your hands BAM! A little bit later in the night while shooting off a mortar on the ground, something went wrong. It blew the plastic tube to pieces. Nobody was hurt, but we sure weren’t going to be launching these things with our hands anymore after seeing that. My aunt has a dog that is a mut, but it’s like maybe 90 pounds or so. I’m not sure what it was thinking but it would run after the fire works and try to bite them as they were going off. We tied the dog up and out of they way, but somehow it got loose when we were shooting off a 25 shot of Saturn Missiles. While they were going off, the dog ran over to the Saturn Missiles and put his mouth over it! One shot off inside his mouth and went off in his throat. Almost instantly, he started puking up chunks off tissue and blood. After talking to my aunt today, she said the dog running around and is fine. Lucky dog. The night was coming to an end and most all the $600 worth of fireworks was blown off except for 2 boxes of mortars, which my Dad was saving for special occasions. We were all just sitting around having a good time, drinking some alcohol and just relaxing. Now, I still don’t know why, but my Dad went to my truck and grabbed one last mortar for the night and a new launching tube to launch it. He stood right in front of all of us, which was at that time a couple dozen people, he then put the mortar in the tube, lit it and held it up with his hands (remember what I was saying earlier about why we weren’t going to do this anymore?). We were watching this and waiting for the boom that launches the mortar out of the tube. I heard something, kind of like a small pop. Nothing came out. Just as I was about to yell “Throw it!â€, the mortar exploded in his hands with a very large display of bright, white and purple light. This sent shards of plastic everywhere. Amazingly, my Dad was the only one that ended up going to the hospital. His hands and face were black, his hair was blown back and singed like what you would see in a cartoon, and there was blood dripping from quite a few places. After we put out the flames on his chest, we saw the extent of the damage (parts were peeled back and dangling). I don’t want to get into to much detail, but the damage was repaired by a plastic surgeon. For the most part it looks pretty good. Since there wasn’t much help at the hospital in the emergency room, the surgeon asked me to be his assistant. So, here I am helping this doctor repair my Dads ear at 1am this morning. The Doc was cool about everything, cracking jokes left and right. My dad had not seen what happened to him yet and there weren’t any mirrors, so the Doc let me use his digital camera to take a few pictures and show my Dad. His first words? “So, how long is it going to be before I can ride my Harley?â€. !M!

I didn't even know we had a Recycling Bin. Mr. Assassin (didn't miss a "s" this time ) is just one of those people that think the whole world is against them. Try as you may, but you can't change their way of thinking, that's why I didn't reply to his last post. The people here is why I hang out on this board. I think the only way I'm leaving is if I get banned myself EDIT: Wow, just checked out how many registered members we have and I can't believe that this place is still civilized with 7,000+ members. Good job everyone I remember thinking we won't break 2,000 members a while back... !M!

Holy crap, you're going to stick that thing into a kart or buggy??? That will be a quick ride. I was ridding my cousins F4i home last night from Summerfest and just for the heck of it, I wanted to see if I could do a burn out at 40 mph, and it lit the rear tire up just fine 8) . I'm really impressed with Honda's FI engines. My but-o-meter would have to say there is around 95-100 hp to the rear wheel. EDIT: Damn, I was pretty dang close on the hp numbers. I found this on the engine. http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mccompare/01600/f4i.html !M!

So far Oakenfold was the BEST!! Last night, I was right up next to the stage with all the glow stick waving freaks. Simply awsome performance . Got to see some Peter Frampton during a beer run and he puts on a good show too. Can't wait to see Talib Kweli tonight. PM me if anyone is headed up to the 'Fest the next few days. !M!

Here's some more information about this video. http://www.wdtn.com/index.cfm?action=dsp_story&storyid=35722 !M!

Damn, now that's messed up . !M!

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Sure a few were lame, but yours were better? Well, except for BURNIN8. I like that one. !M!

In accordance with the above post, I will be outside at 4pm with a 6'er of Lein'ies and my digital camera 8) !M!

How about: UNTCHBL FASTR N U SCHWEET FFR 5.0 !M!

Chevelle plays tommorow (25th) at 10 pm on the Mountain Dew Rock Stage. !M!

BAM! Hmm, I take it you don't like Prince? !M!

I hate country music with a passion, but I have to admit, the chicks that listen to that crap are HOT! I had to pick up a buddy of mine from a country rock festival a few weeks ago (his woman made him go, but he got so bored, he needed to leave), and I almost hit another car looking at all the fine tail that was there. About listening to Prince, I don't have any of his CD's, but if one of his songs comes on the radio, I won't turn it off. That's the kind of fan I am . In case nobody is familiar with Summerfest, the music is FREE! ...well, except for a few headliners on a different stage. Otherwise $12 gets you in to see 99% of the artists that play Summerfest. Tim, Bee Gee's? !M!

SUMMERFEST That time has come again, and the party will begin! Anybody from here plan on going? It would be cool to meet up for a beer or three. I'm planning on seeing: Talib Kweli 311 Paul Oakenfold Felix Da Housecat Chevelle And possibly: Prince (closet Prince fan) Kid Rock (puts on an AWSOME show) Blink 182 Kenny Wayne Shepherd !M!

Damn, congrats! One heck of a car. That's funny, your wife takes off in the car while you are closing the deal . Please post pictures!!! So, ah, how much did you score it for? !M!

Same here! One of my two stickers is applied to the back window of my S-10 and the windows are factory tinted. You seriously can't see the sticker unless you are about 2 feet away. If we are going to represent, we should have stickers that people are able to see clearly 8) !M!

Is that the one from "Kentucky Fried Movie"? (Awsome movie!!!)

That's what the passengers are for! 8) !M!

From the auction: "I was fixing up a 280z, it has the fairlady kit on it and all and I just ran out of funds." Or he ran out of Bondo ... Wow. !M!

Have you looked at the Scion xB? I totaly want one of those! I'm want to deck it out and have a liscense plate that reads "BOX" *snicker* !M!

"Jim Bob changes his muffler bearings" But seriously, if that person had the cash to buy that 'Vette, don't you think they would invest in some decent jack stands and a jack? !M!

Check it out http://www.kalecoauto.com/perf.htm !M!

I usually quit work between 3 and 4:30pm, so any time after that is cool. !M!

Sorry to hear that But on the brighter side of things, it could have been worse... like this !M!