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viking_metal
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since 2007-02-02

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In a Jeep, Minnesota.

0 posted 2009-08-15 09:01 AM

I covered myself
in darkened mud grease
from joints of yours.
Welded in patches
to fix your broken limbs.
Fought with you,
and you told me
there wasn't any way I could win.
I always won
because you gave me
amber drops
of metallic hope.
You told me,
there wasn't any way I could win.
But I've always won
at least this far.

__________________________________
Bad Habits.

Sorry I haven't been around much. I've been restoring a jeep. I have to get it done before I go back (finally) to school this year, as it's my only vehicle. I'm loaning a car from a friend in the meantime. Not really enough time to breathe, let alone post on pip. I have at least 7 more 8-12 hour days to finish it up.

I love my dog, and my truck. It's that simple, really.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2009-08-15 09:05 AM

"Because you gave me
amber drops
of metallic hope"
Great line!
Good luck on the Jeep repairs....sounds like a greasy messy job.

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

2 posted 2009-08-15 09:21 AM

Hey! It's all good as long as you return. I like the poem and like the life in it. I feel like I am peeking in on you again. Maybe I am. Thank you for cleaning the garage window .. makes it so much easier to see you, Paul.

A

SEA

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Posts 22676
with you

3 posted 2009-08-15 10:00 AM

you will win

how could you not?

it's a Jeep thang

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

4 posted 2009-08-15 03:33 PM

Was gonna say, "SEA, it's jeep thang" Then I blinked and saw you had it right all the time. That's a SEA thang.

xoxoxo
A

viking_metal
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since 2007-02-02

Posts 1337
In a Jeep, Minnesota.

5 posted 2009-08-15 09:14 PM

Thanks all of you.

I will post a picture with the poem in an "edit"

I love my dog, and my truck. It's that simple, really.

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

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Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

6 posted 2009-08-15 09:41 PM

Ack! I had to put on my welder's helmet (is that right?) to see the pic. Sheese, thought you were trying to blind me. I want to take a class to learn how to weld. I could weld doo-dads on people's cars who park too close to me.

The Mad Welder Wanna Be

viking_metal
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since 2007-02-02

Posts 1337
In a Jeep, Minnesota.

7 posted 2009-08-15 09:42 PM

doo-dads. haha.

I'd teach yer if yer lived in minnersoter.

I love my dog, and my truck. It's that simple, really.

Alwye

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In the space between moments

8 posted 2009-08-16 05:50 PM

What a neat subject for a poem! I love it!

Alison

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Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

9 posted 2009-08-16 09:06 PM

Yep, doo-dad thingies. You know?

Midnitesun

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Gaia

10 posted 2009-08-16 09:24 PM

Alison, I hear its colder in MN than in AK. Is this true Viking?
There are a lot of former Minnesotans in Fairbanks.
I love the idea of welding doo-dads.
Will you have oinga-boinga moveable-eye thingies attached?

viking_metal
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since 2007-02-02

Posts 1337
In a Jeep, Minnesota.

11 posted 2009-08-16 09:44 PM

Alwye... Thanks. I've put in a lot of time, and it will be worth it in the end.

Alaboo... Yep. I getcha.

Midnite... It gets as cold as -40 or -50 without the windchill. With windchill it gets rather horrifying.

I love my dog, and my truck. It's that simple, really.

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

12 posted 2009-08-16 09:56 PM

Moveable eyes would be great on those thingamajiggie doo-dad whatchamacallit thinges.

Great idea, Kacy. And, yep on the cold thing. I love watching the Today Show and seeing it's colder in MN. That's a great cosmic joke.

xoxoxo
A

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

13 posted 2009-08-16 11:17 PM

Yo Paul,

Good luck with the Jeep. I'm sure you will make out just fine.

Bobby

viking_metal
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since 2007-02-02

Posts 1337
In a Jeep, Minnesota.

14 posted 2009-08-17 05:56 AM

Alashoe, I like it. Makes you feel alive inside.

Robbus, thanks. I think I'll make out okay too.

I love my dog, and my truck. It's that simple, really.

ramisf
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since 2007-05-17

Posts 93

15 posted 2009-08-17 07:13 AM

In your cover you are doing a great job

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

16 posted 2009-08-17 09:27 AM

Good stuff.

Midnitesun caught the best lines.

Metal work can be very gratifying and restoration is work for the soul; may she run forever!

viking_metal
Senior Member

since 2007-02-02

Posts 1337
In a Jeep, Minnesota.

17 posted 2009-08-17 10:17 AM

Ramisf... Thanks. In my cover?

Icebox... Thank you. I hope the old girl can take the abuse she'll get after the project is over.... 6.25" lift, 31x10.5x15 tires, and a whole lot of wheeling with the boys up north. The rear shackle mounts are a bear to figure out how to machine with regular tools. I am scratching my head a lot lately.

I love my dog, and my truck. It's that simple, really.

unboundpoetess
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since 2008-05-24

Posts 477

18 posted 2009-08-17 05:50 PM

Paul baby~

you still wranglin' that darn thang?

Wishin you the best and loving this write,
H

viking_metal
Senior Member

since 2007-02-02

Posts 1337
In a Jeep, Minnesota.

19 posted 2009-08-18 05:58 AM

Yes. Today will be day 8 of the build. Hoping to have it done in fourteen, but that is a long shot.

I love my dog, and my truck. It's that simple, really.

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