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For all you old timers, hello again! I used to have the screen name "JackandJanet, but now I'm "Jackpine" which relates to where I live, in Pine, AZ, up on the slopes of the Mogollon Rim, in Ponderosa Pine country. For those not familiar with the area, it's not pronounced "Mongollian" (like someplace in Asia) but is "Mo gee yon" (a hard "G"), which is the Spanish surname of the man it was named after. The Mogollon Rim is the southern end of the Colorado Plateau.

Looking forward to working with all of you again!

- Jack

It's awesome to have you back with us, Jack! :woot:

The Mogollon Rim is an absolutely stunning geographical location. Must be really cool living there and having those stunning views!

Hope to catch up with you again soon. :thumbsup:

It's great to have the forum back, Bill. Hopefully, when the virus can be brought under control, we'll be able to go to SEMA again. That was a good time for me, and, I think for all of you!

One more aside, my avatar is a Celtic design, linked dogs, which is a common motif in Celtic illuminated manuscripts. I use it in honor of my Scottish heritage (among others). I'm really kind of a "mongrel". :rolleyes:

- Jack

I spent 2 weeks failing to resurrect this old account before remembering the spam folder this morning. We're off to a great restart. Lol :2thumbs:

Colby! Glad you're back with us! Things are going well with you I hope?

- Jack

Yep, just made a new thread

Hello there.

Do I know you?

I received an invitation through Youtube of all places due to a comment I made on a video about a guy tuning a bus.

Anybody know who the guy is?

:hmmm: Yeah... I can't say for sure. Can't imagine why anyone would invite you to our forum. :rolleyes:

Hope you're doing well, sir. Give me a shout when you have some time. Would love to catch up with you. :2thumbs:

Take care.

Good to see you back with us, Cody! How are things?

- Jack

Still have my ridiculously-overpaying government job but I am taking the first bit of sick time I've ever taken in over 9 years due to a heavy lift that appears to have messed up my intestines - I guess I have to be vomiting and feverish with an extremely high white blood cell count to get anyone to believe that there is something wrong with my guts. Time will tell :matt-roloff:

Married 4.5 years now with a 7 year-old stepdaughter. :crazy:

Still living in a 120 year-old house.

I also own a 7.3L for every day of the week (and an eighth one that isn't licensed/insured). It's a disease. :sick: I still own the two that have been to GA and back in '10 and '11.

I still break out the ol' Dell once in a while and look at pretty graphs.

How about you, Jack? Good to see you're still sporting the Blue Oval!

Of all people, you know how it goes with these electronic leashes. I've succumbed to the "smartphone" way of life and I think I have transferred the correct number a couple of times to new ones unless you've changed it within the last two years. If you want to PM the number you can......or if I just ask if it has two threes and three eights in it (including area code) and you could reply with a "yes" or "no".

Yup, still have the "Ferd". The EcoBoost engine is great at towing my 3500# trailer, much better than the old 5.4L Triton. Even going up long 7% grades, I've not seen it drop below 4th gear when pulling the trailer.

Janet and I are separated, but we still like each other and do many things together, including camping. She often visits me in my new home in Pine and I go to Tucson often to see her, and other friends.

Still healthy, but I've had FOUR hernia operations in the past four years. They were all successful, but two had to be emergency ones that probably could have killed me if I had not gone to the emergency room. It was interesting, my GPs (there have been two now) both seemed unconcerned about my hernias and told me not to worry about them. My surgeon upset when I told her this, since the two emergency surgeries had to be corrected the "old-fashioned" way, instead of robotically. I'm sort of wondering now, why I even see a GP at all?

Had a great time with Bill and Angela at SEMA back in 2016.

Cheers!

- Jack

Four emergency room visits...not a hernia (according to CT scan, ultrasound, and numerous x-rays). Tore some abdominal muscles for sure though and haven't been "regular" since.:whatthe:

SEMA was fun and I still have the ID lanyard.....from 2009.

Ouch! Bruh, you need to take it easy. :disbelief:

SEMA is always a blast. Angela and I invited Jack to come out a few years ago. We had a great time.

If we can ever get past this virus garbage, we should all have a SEMA get together this year. :D