man this is getting ugly fast.
lets get back to 9-11 ?
it was already a strange day for me. i had just finished chemically stripping and media blasting a brand new custom set of 19" hartman wheels that were to be powder-coated black for my buddies tricked out and stupidly over boosted vw. it was the first time i had heard of running 19's on a vw lol.
where was i ?
i was standing in front of the chemical wash and treatment tanks at my buddies powder coating shop in wareham ma. we had been listening to howard stern on the radio. i think it was the first time in all my years i had ever witnessed howard be speechless. think about it, the man who nobody could get to shut up for nothing actually had not one thing to say.
a friend of ours, a local metal fabricator came running in to our shop from a few doors down and hollered out to my buddy and i...
" the world trade center has been slammed into with a jet, it was no accident, and that's no shit !! " he ran out and we followed him back to his shop to watch television on his large screen tv. we had been standing there in shock watching new channel 7, and flipping back to cnn. at first i thought it was some kind of accident. i can honestly say my buddy was right that day. we watched in shock as the second plane hit.
i can remember how scared i was for the next few minutes. flashing visions of some dirty thumb flicking open a plastic safety dog on a switch and pressing a button with a grin pasted a across my mind. could this be the beginning to the end ? will i hear the big black billowing cloud coming or is it just going to engulf us silently ?
i can also remember how relieved i was to talk to my wife, ( my girlfriend back then ) that was working in her office in boston that morning, and how i begged her to just please be safe. i can remember the feeling of home i felt when i talked to my mother that morning. normally my mother is a sheltering and nurturing woman, but this day we shared concerns as two adults.
i can't say i didn't enjoy the feeling of camaraderie/comradery and brotherhood that i felt in the weeks to come. people holding doors for each other and saying god bless, and people saying thanks. america as a whole grew to have more patients and acceptance for our fellow americans in the few weeks that followed the attacks. do you remember how many cars and trucks were driving around with some sort of flag on them ?
that was ten years ago, and we americans have lost that loving feeling.
i won't go into my thought's of bush and if i think it's a conspiracy, but judging from my sig i think we know who i tend to think are the real terrorists to blame.
lets get back to 9-11 ?
it was already a strange day for me. i had just finished chemically stripping and media blasting a brand new custom set of 19" hartman wheels that were to be powder-coated black for my buddies tricked out and stupidly over boosted vw. it was the first time i had heard of running 19's on a vw lol.
where was i ?
i was standing in front of the chemical wash and treatment tanks at my buddies powder coating shop in wareham ma. we had been listening to howard stern on the radio. i think it was the first time in all my years i had ever witnessed howard be speechless. think about it, the man who nobody could get to shut up for nothing actually had not one thing to say.
a friend of ours, a local metal fabricator came running in to our shop from a few doors down and hollered out to my buddy and i...
" the world trade center has been slammed into with a jet, it was no accident, and that's no shit !! " he ran out and we followed him back to his shop to watch television on his large screen tv. we had been standing there in shock watching new channel 7, and flipping back to cnn. at first i thought it was some kind of accident. i can honestly say my buddy was right that day. we watched in shock as the second plane hit.
i can remember how scared i was for the next few minutes. flashing visions of some dirty thumb flicking open a plastic safety dog on a switch and pressing a button with a grin pasted a across my mind. could this be the beginning to the end ? will i hear the big black billowing cloud coming or is it just going to engulf us silently ?
i can also remember how relieved i was to talk to my wife, ( my girlfriend back then ) that was working in her office in boston that morning, and how i begged her to just please be safe. i can remember the feeling of home i felt when i talked to my mother that morning. normally my mother is a sheltering and nurturing woman, but this day we shared concerns as two adults.
i can't say i didn't enjoy the feeling of camaraderie/comradery and brotherhood that i felt in the weeks to come. people holding doors for each other and saying god bless, and people saying thanks. america as a whole grew to have more patients and acceptance for our fellow americans in the few weeks that followed the attacks. do you remember how many cars and trucks were driving around with some sort of flag on them ?
that was ten years ago, and we americans have lost that loving feeling.
i won't go into my thought's of bush and if i think it's a conspiracy, but judging from my sig i think we know who i tend to think are the real terrorists to blame.
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