Good Morning, Oppo

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 08/10/2018 at 09:30 • Filed to: good morning oppo

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Let’s blast off into this weekend, Oppo. Got any big plans?

OPPOsaurus WRX > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 09:36

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Just Jeepin' > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 09:37

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Leaving for Toledo in a few minutes to participate in a thousand-Jeep parade .

ttyymmnn > Just Jeepin' 08/10/2018 at 09:37

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Sounds fun. Sometime I’ll tell you about my participation in the Night of 1000 Trumpets.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 09:38

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working Sat morning, otherwise nothing

E90M3 > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 09:41

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My friend’s wife is out of town, so we’re playing golf and probably going to a cigar bar.

Just Jeepin' > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 09:47

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That sounds intriguing and disturbing.

CalzoneGolem > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 09:48

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I ma drink a growler of stout and go to bed early!

ttyymmnn > CalzoneGolem 08/10/2018 at 09:48

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Sounds like a good plan. 

ttyymmnn > E90M3 08/10/2018 at 09:49

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It’s early, but I’m out planespotting this morning and I’m already one cigar down for the day. Wake and bake!

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 09:50

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Power wash the patio today, birthday party for a 12 year old tonight ( friend’s son) and a petting zoo tomorrow.

Not super exciting, but mostly relaxing. 

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 09:50

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Play hockey, go swimming, party round a bonfire. The full package.

bob and john > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 09:56

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I have this as a demo. 

ttyymmnn > bob and john 08/10/2018 at 09:57

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Looks like fun! Have a safe ride. 

Azrek > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 09:58

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I am going to Chicago today. Going to go on Gangster tours, drink bathtub liquor, have a Chicago Handshake (Malort and Old Time or PBR), and goto a proper German pub for Bayern Munich vs Frankfurt!

ttyymmnn > Azrek 08/10/2018 at 09:59

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 Neat! We went to Charlotte to watch Dortmund beat Liverpool. Attended a BVB fan event at a pub near the stadium. Good times!

Cé hé sin > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 10:04

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Oh, we’re doing rockets are we?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 10:04

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Probably going to swing by the Oppo T ail of the Dragon meet after their run for the parking lot meet’n’greet/show . It’s a little under two hours away.

bob and john > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 10:14

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185HP. on a naked.

because how painfull can the air I breathe REALLY be? 

JustAnotherG6 > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 10:28

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Subjecting my kids to forced labor while the wife is out for the weekend. If they work hard there may even be a reward or two in it for them!

ttyymmnn > Cé hé sin 08/10/2018 at 10:51

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Well, rocket assist .

ttyymmnn > JustAnotherG6 08/10/2018 at 10:53

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Whenever my kids grouse about doing chores, I say, “You eat here, you sleep here, you work here.”

ttyymmnn > Just Jeepin' 08/10/2018 at 11:49

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In a nutshell, about 20 years ago I and a colleague drove to U Southern Miss for the event, based around an appearance by Doc Severinsen. They managed to amass about 800 trumpet players, but then they complained that it was too loud. Go figure. We did manage to get in a Houston Astros game on the way home, though, so it wasn’t a total loss.

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 12:44

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Moving to Illinois

ttyymmnn > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 08/10/2018 at 12:52

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Well, good luck with that!

Cé hé sin > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 13:23

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The Me 163 was arguably rocket assisted, as it spent much of its time gliding....

The late and great Eric Brown flew one, because of course he did.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 16:04

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RATO seaplane is best seaplane.

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 16:12

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Thanks, I got into a grad school at northern Illinois, and we're almost all packed up, but just about everything is still up in the air. Hooray for the last minute.

ttyymmnn > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 08/10/2018 at 16:32

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I remember with crystal clarity when I packed up to go to grad school in TX. Packed up my VW Fox wagon with everything I could take and hit the road. Left my fiancee behind to finish her last year of undergrad. Scary and exciting at the same time. What are you studying?

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 17:43

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Philosophy. I got funded, which sometimes means it's worth it. I'm hoping it will be in my case.

ttyymmnn > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 08/10/2018 at 17:45

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Congrats. I eventually earned my doctorate in music back in 99. At the time, I was looking for a college teaching job (glad I never got one). I did get some final round interviews, and I asked how important it is to have the terminal degree. One of the committee members said, “We take all the applicants with doctorates and put them in one pile. We put everybody else in a second pile. We start with the first pile, and likely never get to the second pile.”

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > ttyymmnn 08/10/2018 at 23:37

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What did you wind up doing instead?

ttyymmnn > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 08/10/2018 at 23:45

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All my degrees are in trumpet performance, so I became a performer. The plan for our family was that I would get a teaching  job and my wife would stay home with the kids we were planning to have. Since I didn’t get a job, she went to work and I stayed home with the kids. I worked freelance for a long time, but I’ve finally landed a gig with the local symphony and opera orchestra. So basically, she works days and I work nights and weekends. I’m happier as a performer than I ever would have been as a teacher.