An ode to ten years and 4 cars.

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An ode to ten years and 4 cars.

December 18, 2014, 03:14:23 PM

I found this place ten years, and two months ago. I made some friends here, and had a whole bunch of laughs. Learned a lot about cars, especially Fox cars, and met a few really cool people.

I went through a divorce, addiction, loss of a stepbrother in 2005, lost my grandfather in 2007. I had 2 years of solitude and finding out that someone who I thought was a lifelong companion was actually a fraud and an impersonator.

Then everything turned around. I met Nicole, we had a son. Then a daughter. We were married. Had good times, and a few bad, and we each lost our last grandparent. We're not perfect, but we're whole, healthy.
We had our second son and third overall child on the anniversary of my join date. Oct 21.

Cars will come and go, as do the snows, the rains, and the seasons, and ultimately, life itself. But seeing the kids faces every morning, ready to go to school...I realize that all the shiznit that was before...it's all for nothing.

There's three things I hold onto now, family, peace, and trying to find my way through this ever changing world.

The cars will be missed, the ones to come will be treasured all the more because of them, and the mistakes I made and learned from.

My daughter will be a gear head...she already thinks the Mustang will be hers someday. Guess i need to find one that she and I can work on together in a few more years.
Cole wants a truck..he's 6 now, it's all about the big loud trucks that pull trailers, for him.

Anyway, 10 years..it goes by so ed quick. If you don't stop once in awhile to smell some burnt rubber, you may miss it. Or something like that. Peace.

An ode to ten years and 4 cars.

Reply #1 – December 18, 2014, 05:27:04 PM

Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;441736

But seeing the kids faces every morning, ready to go to school...I realize that all the shiznit that was before...it's all for nothing.

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and in a blink of a micro blink of an eye this you hold on to will be forever written in the memories you may have long forgotten and wish you had not.
depressing isn't it?

An ode to ten years and 4 cars.

Reply #2 – December 18, 2014, 07:16:23 PM

Quote from: jcassity;441742

and in a blink of a micro blink of an eye this you hold on to will be forever written in the memories you may have long forgotten and wish you had not.
depressing isn't it?

yes sir. absolutely..

And Did you guys ever get another speed density eec?

I have the DA1 that was in my Sport...if you need it or want it, shoot me your addy and i'll give it to ya

An ode to ten years and 4 cars.

Reply #3 – December 18, 2014, 09:29:08 PM

sd ho?

An ode to ten years and 4 cars.

Reply #4 – December 18, 2014, 09:47:30 PM

Yeah, it's from an '87-8 Mustang. I had it in my Sport after the HO swap, never had an issue with it.
I sent you a PM but your inbox is full

An ode to ten years and 4 cars.

Reply #5 – December 19, 2014, 12:09:05 AM

I bought my cougar when my tbird was still around. I told my oldest i had a surprise for him when we got home. Car was in the driveway, he ran right up to it, didn't say a word as he looked it all over, kicked the tires, and said, " Dad, why did you buy a new car?".

I replied, "why do you think?"

He said " you already have your race car." (he thinks only race cars have stick shifts, so he called the old bird a race car) "Dad, you bought me a car!".

I didn't have the heart to tell him no with how excited he was, so i told him "maybe one day when your old enough to drive".

Its now his car. When i call someone and say in about to get in my car, he is quick to remind me it his. He knows mustangs are a horse, so that's why they have horse power. The cougar has "cheetah power". He proves it by showing all the cougar emblems on the car.

Don't forget what's important, and its good to keep track of it.

An ode to ten years and 4 cars.

Reply #6 – December 19, 2014, 12:41:57 AM

Its a fast ride through this life. I have since joining here, narrowly avoided a bad divorce, had a total nervous breakdown, rebuilt my emotional life from the ground floor, frame off nut and bolt job if you will. Saw my daughter born, lived through and survived the worst 2 year span of my life after Hurricane Sandy. Watched a thriving business falter. Picked up the pieces and carry on. I saw my beloved Torino sold, Bird flooded and ruined, acquired 2 more Fox cars, and here i am still standing in the loony bin with all of you. You guys are awesome, and its great to have such a wonderful, devoted band of redheaded stepchildren to soldier on with in our little bubble. Its all about the journey, and the people whose lives you touch and in turn, touch yours.
Happy Holidays to all of my Thunderbird/Cougar pals.
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An ode to ten years and 4 cars.

Reply #7 – December 19, 2014, 07:42:58 PM

Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;441736

.I realize that all the shiznit that was before...it's all for nothing.

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Actually everything we go through is a learning experience. Our mistakes and successes make us who we are, constantly learning, adjusting, growing.

The only thing that keeps me going forward is my children's smiling faces and the fact that I know I am eternally saved, by someone MUCH greater than I.

I wish and hope that everyone here can know that kind of peace, throughout all this life's hardships and struggles, cause it aint easy. Know what I mean.

An ode to ten years and 4 cars.

Reply #8 – December 20, 2014, 12:20:32 AM

Hey Mike..howya been!?

We adopted a Boxer from some people out your way a couple weeks ago..Perry Martin..know him? Good ole boy. Anyway, his dad bought one of my dog Olive's pups this past summer, and anyway, this guy had a Boxer that he sent to us.
At first, I didn't think she was going to work, but after a couple of days, she became one of the pack. We now have 4...holy hell, I'm losing my mind. LOL.

No, in all seriousness, it just goes to prove that despite it all, there's always a reason to go forward.

I started my senior year 20 years ago...some of the kids I went to school with now have kids older than I was then. If that doesn't reach right out and smack you in the face, put you back where you need to be, nothing else will.

I would've had a 14 year old, and a ten year old, if not for a couple of miscarriages by my first wife. It caused some problems with her, and then once we split, and I'd met Nicole a few years later, and had kids with her, well....there's a design for us all, a path. Regardless of what one believes in or bows his/her head to, there's a reason why we're here. I couldn't imagine my life in any other way. My kids are the third generation to live on this farm since 1957. That's not really a big deal around this area though as a lot of farms are passed down, but on the inside, it gives me a little tickle of pride knowing that my kids play in the same yard that I did years ago, that my dad and aunt did, and a lot of other cousins and friends.

Some of the changes haven't been so kind, and others were beyond my control, and I was 3 years old when the current house that I live in was built by my grandparents, but I don't remember it or the old house, either. Lots of memories tied to this place....

It's as if it's not my place...but I belong to it...

I stayed here a lot when I was in high school, as well as a spent a lot of time here as a kid whenever I had my summers here, and once I graduated and went to work, I stayed in the basp00get, had myself a little room down there. Moved out on my own in '99, decided to give my grandparents some peace and quiet at night, as I was working a late shift, didn't get home until 4 every morning.

After my grandmother passed in 2003, and my grandfather had to go to a home in 2004, the place was left without someone to take care of it. shiznit started falling apart. I replaced the front porch 2 years ago, put a roof on awhile back, painted the walls, put in new carpet, new water heater, replaced the floor in the bathroom, all new plumbing, it's hard keeping ahead of the years of neglect, and I've been here since December 2005. I'll never live anywhere else by my own choice..

Yeah, I rambled a lot, but this farm, and the people on it now are my focus, though I'm always thankful and little bit wistful of for the ones who made it possible...I miss them.