I'd have to rent a camper as well, probably.
He's going to be at a gun show in Missouri. Since he has cancer there might not be another opportunity to meet him, so I'm feeling fomo.
On the other hand, that's 20 hours of driving, plus fuel, plus two vacation days, and possibly a rental.
If he didn't have pancreatic cancer I'd wouldn't even consider it, but I know if I never get to see him I'll probably regret it.
But the rational part of me thinks it's fucking absurd to put that amount of resources to meet a YouTuber, even if it's arguably the best one.
What would you rather do with the time and money?
If you can't think of anything you'd rather be doing, do eet
Yeah, that's why I'm even considering it in the first place. I'm a local truck driver, and driving 20 hours on my own dime is the biggest deterrent. Also people drive like shit and I see how dangerous it is today.
I am warming up to the idea though.
I wasn't thinking of this when he first announced it, but someone close to me died last week and now I'm thinking life is short and I should do this while it's possible.
I drive 30 hours to my elderly parents place and back every few weeks. Just drive there, sleep in your car, and drive home
Make it a fun mini vacation with other things to see or do.
I thought of this too. That's why I was thinking about renting an RV. I just wish the Grand canyon was closer and on the way. You'd think I'd have been there with all the driving I did, but I've never seen it.
As for the route to Missouri, it's all pretty much the same.
Can a Missouri or nearby anon like
or
recommend a good park or attraction on the way? No consoomer shit, were more nature people, or would be if we got out more.
There are numerous state parks and stuff like places like that in the area. All are somewhat touristy as thats how that region is, however its hillbilly/Midwest touristy - as in a good number of people at some places but nothing like a city. Osage Beach is nice, its in that area. The lake itself is beautiful and very clean, lot of fun to swim in. There are boat rentals and shit all over, you can take about out to the middle of the lake and just hop in, no predators or anything to worry about. All the campgrounds an stuff around there area nice - tourism is their primary revenue generator in that region so they keep shit nice and clean and will hammer people if they are fucking it up. I'd just google parks and attractions and see which are closest for you route. You really can't go wrong around there. There are amusement parks and shit too but just avoid those unless it's your thing - they aren't gonna have anything you can't see or get in an amusement in any other place.
Damn, this reads pretty retarded but I think its understandable, sorry I'm on a tablet
It's okay, I understood it.
At this point, this is no longer about Paul and about us learning to have a life with our bird without anxiety.
>touristy
That's not want we want really. Ideally I'd like a good hiking trail with good views. I'm sure I can google that shit, but was curious if there was something specific. The problem with google is the algorithm prioritizes ads and lowest common denominator bullshit.
You really can't go wrong with the state parks in that area, the ones right on the beach would have more people than the ones that aren't. There's a bunch though and any hiking trail I've been on here rarely has anyone on it at all, people are fat and lazy. Been years since I been there so I don't have specific recommendations but all of them are nice
One of your MO anons here. The area is pretty touristy but there’s still fun to be had on the water. Lots of great fishing out there and I enjoy float trips on the rivers. It’s free if you bring your own tube/kayak/boat or you can rent one for not to much.
Thanks!
No problem. Was gonna add that like every state park here has a designated hiking trail, some are pretty much just that. Others are essentially a big ass campground but even those normally have one. And I can count on one hand the number of times I've encountered others on a hiking trail. Even when you do its usually just a quick "hello" and continue on your way. They generally keep the trails trimmed to prevent overgrowth etc even though they barely get used.
Have fun!
https://gunshowtrader.com/gun-shows/lake-ozark-gun-knife-show/
This is the event. We have a special needs family member that I don't feel comfortable leaving with others or at a hotel, hence the camper rental. Don't ask, just accept my reasoning for that and not flying.
>We have a special needs family member
You?
2/10
Try harder.
Kek, this has been a tremendously funny thread, thanks op. I hope paul gives you a hug.
With any luck, Paul will autograph your mongoloid's forehead and tussle his hair.
>anon drives 20 hours to see his gun youtube star
>h...hello im a fan. Nice to meet you.
>ok...
>can I have a selfie with you
>ehm..im here with my family...let us enjoy it please..
yeah dont waste 2 holidays on this
>I'm here with family
He's literally promoting the show on his channel. He's not going to be like that.
>Two vacation days
Technically I have two bereavement days that I'm not taking since the service is going to be on a weekend and I could just say I need that Thursday and Friday. I wouldn't be lying, they wouldn't ask. My siblings are coming in the 23rd. I think my mom wouldn't mind. She's want me to get out and have fun with the wife.
>sleep in your car
I would, but I have someone I can't leave alone and my wife would want to go too. I can't trust a hotel.
>can't trust a hotel
why? I've been to hundreds of hotels and they have all been fine.
Okay, I didn't want to get into this, but we have an African grey parrot. Most people don't understand the intelligence of these creatures. If you don't believe me Google Alex the parrot. Our bird is just as smart. This bird speaks English, knows us by name, and has a greater emotional intelligence than I do.
Anyway, she's definitely going to go if I go (the wife) we don't trust anyone to watch our bird, and we are not going to leave our bird at a building that Mexicans have the keys to.
It would be like (you) leaving your entire gun connection on the hotel bed and then going to the show. How do you feel about that? At least if we rent an RV, we can lock it and it's on premise. Also I highly doubt a gun show sees a lot of parking lot break ins.
I had African greys too, just have him sit quietly with your wife while meeting him
I went on trips and shit while my parrots stayed home they’re very smart
Food and water is all they need
leave him at home for two days, he will live.
Would be cruel and can't risk it anyways.
I leave my cat at home for days at a time, she is fine, your bird will live.
I honestly cannot imagine letting a fucking bird run my life like this. Every decisions you make to navigate life is made with consideration for a bird. You can't even just gtfo for a day or two without figuring out how to take a bird with you. And I know you are just going to come back with how I don't understand your "bond" with this bird and how you want to consider it because of how special it is. Typical delusion of most pet-owned people. At least there are some normal people here like
>I know your going to come back with how I don't understand
No, I'm going to call you a garden gnome moron cum felching gay and go on with my awesome life.
Struck I nerve, I see.
Sounds like a millstone. How the hell do you not have a plan for if you have to leave the house for a few days? Do you not have neighbors or anyone to care for it? What if an emergency or something happened would you have someone to call and take care of it for you? Might as well use this chance as a trial run for those sorts of arrangements.
also my dad had a grey before I was around he'd fly all over doing third world pilot shit despite the animal quarantine mess until a dog ate her in florida but anyways there's always commercial petsitters or boarders if you can afford.
>a dog ate her
This is exactly the sort of thing we're trying to avoid.
>commercial pet sitters
Hey anon, I'll watch your guns for you. Trust me, I'm a professional.
If she dies you just sue the shit out of them you already let people shoot your guns and your ffl rub their mitts on your guns it's not ideal but acceptable if you have someone you trust or, commercially, someone who has a simple task and incentive to not fuck it up.
It'll be hard to find someone qualified and willing to board anyways maybe try vets or animal hospitals that deal with birds but not many options if you'd never so much as give a key to a neighbor to feed your pet.
I missed this post earlier.
>millstone
I was thinking albatross, but yeah. This has been bothering me for a long time. When we had kids at home it was different. They aren't around anymore so that's part of it. My family all moved out of state as well. I don't trust my friends and neighbors like that. That's just how it is. We got that travel cage in the picture, but no real plan. I don't really want to go into my life story, but you do have it right and I've been thinking this. We need a better system.
They are a millstone. Parrots in general take a lot of care, offer little in rewards and live for decades.
Raised by hand or by parrot?
Behavior towards strangers is completely different.
The crazy bird lady we bought her from raised her by hand. The last said this was the most gentle and mild tempered parrot she ever raised.
Can't risk it. No amount of money from the most outrageous settlement will replace her. This is why I didn't want to bring this up. I don't expect everyone to understand. You just have to take my word that there's no other way about it.
>The crazy bird lady we bought her from raised her by hand. The last said this was the most gentle and mild tempered parrot she ever raised.
It's both a positive and negative, on the plus-side she'll get along with everyone in the family and not attack everyone but one person she relates to.
... on the negative side this means she won't try to kill someone taking her.
A parrot not raised by hand will remove chunks of flesh from a burgler entering the territory.
If you're uncomfortable with her being alone for a day or two you can get an also hand raised mate, it will not change the behavior as much as with one raised by parrots .. if this was the case she'd attack you after parrots getting to know the new partner.
>Also I highly doubt a gun show sees a lot of parking lot break ins.
I thought that too. The idiots who broke into my car ripped the door handle off and destroyed the door metal in the process. Went through the entire car and trunk and stole everything.
I went to an out of town show and didn't realize the neighborhood was iffy. I parked in the lot right there on the premises.
I think that really depends on the neighborhood. I'll go on google maps and see how close the nearest nail salons, payday loans and soul food places are and how many.
>I'll go on google maps and see how close the nearest nail salons, payday loans and soul food places are and how many.
Based. For the record I was thinking of flying out from the coast for the show. I love Missouri as well, so its a good excuse to go out there.
It says there's 24 hour security, for what that's worth.
Are you 12?
Forgot pic
>are you 12?
Are you? You really think your buddy Paul from the internet wants you to drag your autistic ass several hundred miles to have 30 seconds of awkward small talk? Or worse, you’re actually going to tell him that retarded shit about the police training? Yeah, you highly, highly overestimate your importance.
He gets paid a fixed amount whether he has to deal with 5 retards or 500. The man has cancer, cut him a break. If I can keep one dumbass away from him while he’s trying to get through a work day (again, while he has cancer) it’s worthwhile.
>but he’s getting paid for it
You’ve never done something you didn’t like for money? You’ve never had one part of your job duties that sucked? It’s wrong to make that poor old man deal with any more stupid than he already has to.
You're a clueless child at any age. This has already been settled in this thread. Go somewhere else for attention. You're protecting you're social retardation pretty hard.
Im just saying you're assuming a lot here. If the mn is overwhelmed surrounded by people and visibly irritated that's on thing. If he's just hanging out an occasionally talking to people I see nothing wrong with saying Hi I'm a big fan and shaking hands. As long as you aren't badgering him and butting into a conversation already going on the its fine. Basic social skills will allow you to read the room enough to tell.
>basic socal skills
Those are in shorter supply than driving skills.
It scares me how in my generation I was the social retard and in 2023 I'm the sane and tactful guy, comparatively.
I haven't changed much.
Did you see the post OP made about what he’s planning on talking to him about? He’s never read a room in his life.
No I guess not... I thought he just wanted to meet him?
He's referring to this
.
I could go though the videos and screenshot where he says this and go through the videos where he wonders why people keep thinking he said he was a cop, but I watched them ages ago and I don't remember which ones are which and I'm not going though that trouble to prove it to some loser.
If I was speaking to Paul than I would assume based on his ability to form logical sentences that he would understand what I was trying to tell him. I think he'd appreciate that mystery being solved far better than hearing a tired running joke. I do wonder if someone else figured out it and told him already tho.
Hmmm. Do the "tracked you easy" joke that he's heard a hundred times or solve a mystery he's mentioned in multiple videos?
I know how to read a room. I wouldn't just autistically blurt that out.
I also know how to read a thread.
You clearly can't.
> solve a mystery he's mentioned in multiple videos?
Well fuck, I’ve seen the light! Forget everything else I’ve said. Go ahead, Sherlock. I’m sure your internet hero will be shouting for joy that you cracked the case! For that absolute solace alone you should drive you and your suicidal bird and bitch of a wife all the way to the asshole of Missouri and rent an RV so Paul can die in peace, knowing that somebody finally figured out why like 5 people on the internet assumed he was a cop. I’m sure that question has been torturing him every night for years.
Idk OP is being weird but you're just being mean.
That time of the month?
>or solve a mystery he's mentioned in multiple videos?
What mystery's this?
Man being a content creator must suck OP sounds fucking insane he need friends
Like who the fuck thinks this is a sane idea
You want Paul to give you some of his hair as a souvenir too you fucking freak?
So much projection going on in this thread. I notice that you have a trip code and yet your posts are pretty inconsistent.
Here
your tone is helpful and completely oblivious of your attitude in the rest of your posts.
Are you one of those forum influencing chat bot AI we are hearing so much about? I don't go to PrepHole much since it became stale, but I do think I remember you.
The fact that stalkery shit like collecting hair occurs to you makes me think you are a troll or rather unhinged yourself. Probably both.
I'm the event you aren't a troll, glowmorons, grudge bearing janny, or out and out chat bot and are a legitimate person, let me assure you that if you can your tits a minute and actually read this thread, you'll find you're in the minority opinion.
If this is the case, I mean you no ill will, and encourage you to mellow out and maybe not be so quick to assume the negative.
If you are a troll/bot/glow/janny, then I encourage you to go elsewhere for what your seek. You'll not find it here.
Wouldn't the RV get unbearably hot sitting in an asphalt carpark all day? Seems risky.
(me)
not saying you shouldn't go though, would be nice to show him how much he's appreciated in his final days, just maybe a different arrangement
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>final days
Pancreatic cancer has a 10% chance for five years plus. Who knows?
I would get one with AC.
uh, just have the bird on your shoulder like a pirate?
Jeez, people have no creativity these days
>walk up to paul with a parrot on your shoulder
>n-nice to meet you i really like your vi-
>SQWACK! TRACKED YOU EASY!
jej
Can someone explain the I tracked you easy thing
He has a story about getting lost while hunting. One of his 'recuers' tells him that after the next morning when he spent the night freezing his balls off in the wet and had pretty much rescued himself
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>if we rent an RV, we can lock it and it's on premise.
Your African Grey is smart enough to know you're the reason it is suffering heat stroke and will curse you with its dying breath.
They break skin when they bite, I have cuts all over my arms from when I had to remove the eggs from the bird house we built , they tore away at the wood so I had to rebuild the house and the mom went bat shit scars everywhere
Please read the whole thread before posting. This was covered
.
If you're going to troll, at least have an original thought.
I'm leaning towards chat bot, and not even a particularly good one. The syntax of this post is so bad that you are either exhausted, triggered, retarded, or artificial. Which is it?
I did a spittake when reading the first sentence.
Never fucking change, PrepHole.
Sounds like you ought to decamp in the van from that vibrant neighborhood permanently. Do it.
Just leave the bird outside for a couple days. I see birds outside all the time and they're fine.
dude just leave your wife at home with the fucking bird. she does not need to meet paul. have you ever seen a woman in any of paul's videos? no you have not. paul has a wife who he has already killed for once so he clearly doesn't need another broad around. in fact once he sees the two of you walking up he might reflexively defend your wife from you and send you to meet saint peter. he's killed before and will kill again, and he will be exonerated
Never change, PrepHole.
>Technically I have two bereavement days that I'm not taking since the service is going to be on a weekend
Dude wtf. You need to focus on yourself and not waste your time on an e-celeb you dumbass. I’m going to snitch on you and tell Paul that you’re fucking up your family just so you can le meme him.
I want him to do my teeth. I just want the experience of him being annoyed while staring at my teeth.
20 hours of driving is steep, I usually fly anywhere >8 hours drive away. Think about it this way: the time you save is money, and you can shave a day of vacation time if you just fly in, stay a night(in a cheap hotel if needs be), and fly out the next day. That time and energy you gain back is worth much more than the marginal value of driving.
It’s only an hour and a half away from me… should I go bros???
>Drive 2 days
>Meet stranger that doesn't know you, that you have a parasocial relationship with, that is currently DYING of cancer
>Bother him with your 1-sided bullshit he couldn't care about wasting his limited time on this mortal plane
>Expect anything good or worthwhile to happen
Take all that money and time off and go get a prostitute you loser.
>loser
I'm not the illiterate who sees prostitutes as things of value.
He's literally promoting, as I just said.
You are exactly the sort of retard that Paul calls out on the comments that make his videos so entertaining.
Do you really image he's going to be all like:
>OMG these people all came to the gun show I promoted on two videos after the video where I said please ignore the fact that I have cancer. Why are they here bothering me?
He might be a loser, but he has a point. Spending a couple thousand on bothering and old man who probably just wants to be left alone is a much, much worse waste of money than spending the same amount to have a professional lap-grinder ride you like a sick mule. I mean, at the end of both you’ll feel hollow and empty inside, but at least with the prostitute you won’t have to be reminded of it every time you open youtube.
Read what I've already said you tard. I'm not typing it again.
Read what I said you fucking moron. Do you really think an old man wants to spend all day being bothered by an assortment of autists and retards from the internet? I think not.
You can't be this stupid. This has to be a troll.
He's literally telling people to come out and saying he'll be there and hopes to see you there, like he's literally telling viewers to come on out, that is inviting people to come up and say hello even if he isn't a featured guest. He isn't going to be mobbed like the Angry video Game Nerd at a retro convention and he knows this. If he wanted a quiet trip not being bothered he would hide the fact he's going.
I'm not the bird dork anon, but Paul Harrell is literally telling people on his latest video about the event and asking them to come out to it and see him. He specifically says this. Paul would have to be a pretty big diva to invite his viewers to an event and then act put out when some of them actually show up.
I posted the literal screenshot and they/he/it still kept arguing
>bird dork
It's PrepHole.
Can't I be birdfag or beakmoron?
He’s saying that for promotion, he’s not going to sit there and tell you stories about YouTube and shit
He got paid to attract people to the gun show
He’s not going to want to entertain you for hours
Nor I don’t think he knows much about greys
So you’ll be a weird fuck with a bird that has the ability to have conversations with people
see
Stop talking about shit you literally don't know about.
>something your wife wants to do
My wife wants to go meet him too tho. Possibly more than I do.
>being a gay in front of Paul
He's used to it, he's a Marine.
>Stop talking about shit you literally don't know about.
You're actually fucking retarded. Like, how the fuck do you not get what he's trying to tell you? Let me try to explain this simply.
PAUL IS PAID TO GET PEOPLE TO GO TO THE GUNSHOW.
>But he said he hopes to see you there
HE IS PAID TO GET PEOPLE TO GO TO THE GUNSHOW.
>But he wants to see me
NO HE DOESN'T, HE IS PAID TO SAY THAT TO GET YOU TO COME TO THE GUNSHOW.
You're the kind of retard that thinks the people at the drive through window actually give a fuck if you have a nice day.
Dipshit, if that's the case he has excepted that meeting fans is going to be inevitable and has decided whatever he's being paid is worth it - like you don't accept money to say "Come on out, I'll be there, come say hello, hope to see you there!" Then get pissed when people do, even if you were only saying it for pay... Its going to happen if you literally say to do it. Why is this so hard to understand for you?
You absolute twitch-brained moron.
If I'm paid $1000 to sit in booth and talk to 10 people or 500, guess how many people I want to show up
No one on the internet likes you. Stop being a cretinous simp.
He's not going to get mobbed dude, he's not some twitch eceleb.
Also I don't watch streams at all.
I really don't get it, you must be extremely introverted
its honestly very gay that you've even put this much thought into it. you and Paul harrel are not friends, you don't need to "see him before he dies".
This. Parasocial relationships are cancer.
>greater emotional intelligence than I do.
Clearly.
So people who travel to see concerts have a "parasocial relationship" because they bought tickets to a venue that the act promoted? You fucking millennials and zoomers really have no concept of pre electronic existence.
No, I expected to meet him and the crew and hear some annecdotes not fit for YouTube, as he verbatim says in every gun show promotion he's done.
Wife wants to meet him too, and I'm not brining a flight bird into a show. Believe me, I would love to do that. The bird likes the videos too. I'll hear the her make the chronograph segment gun sounds along with them.
There’s a difference between going to see a band that’s being paid to put on a show for you and going to see some guy from the internet who just happens to be at a place. You’re not paying him to see him, and what exactly is he going to be doing, shooting the shit? Trying to sell things while people like you are accosting him? It sounds miserable for both parties.
>just happens to be at a place
No you retarded gorilla. It's a promoted event.
You don’t clip his wings? My congas had clipped wings and sat on my shoulder during events and shit your birds are probably better trained
Just tell people they bite when they try grabbing at your parrot you don’t want him getting sick from all the random touching your $3500 parrot
No, we let her fly inside for exercise. We think that might be why Alex died "young". It's a trade off because there's the danger of crashing and being lost outside if she accidentally gets out.
>$3500
We got her from a crazy bird lady for $1200. That was 13 years ago. She's priceless tho.
take the 20 hours you were going to waste for the chance to have an awkward encounter with a youtuber for 30 seconds and spend that time on your wife instead. spend 20 hours doing something she wants to do or do 20 hours of labor around your house for her etc, dont spend it being a gay in front of paul harrel
You going to spend all that money and time and do what?
Doesn’t know you you know him you won’t hit it off and become best buds
To him you’re just some fucking freak who drive 20 hours to say hi
He’ll say hi then expect you to leave
IF you do meet him make sure to mention he was easy to track
Actually, if I do get to talk to him, I'll tell him I figured out why people kept assuming he was a cop.
It's from the video where he describes his dad's police training and then says that he (Paul) had the same training and people erroneously infer that Paul had to have been a policeman to get that said training.
Okay OP, I've got a story for you.
I used to work at a specialty (tuning oriented) auto shop.
One Sunday, as I was literally turning the lights off at 4pm, a Mercedes McLaren 722s pulled in.
Now, people often showed up in crazy cars, but this one was RARE.
I turned the lights back on immediately. A short, tan, grey haired man opened the door and walked in, gave me a wave, and walked down one of the aisles.
It was Mario Andretti.
To the ordinary person on the street, he's basically invisible, just looks like someone's grandpa.
But if there was ONE FUCKING PLACE in the entire state where he could expect to be recognized, it'd be a racing parts store.
So he grabs a few quarts of Mobil 1, comes up to the counter, and I'm fanboying hard. I'm thinking "don't be rude, don't ask for his name, what if it's not actually him?!", etc.
I think surely I'll be able to see his name on his credit card right?
I give him the total and he pulls out cash.
I count out his change, print the receipt, and as I reach out to give it to him I pause and look him in the eye.
He looks back at me, smiles, and nods his head like he knew I knew who he was, takes his change and leaves.
I regret not asking so much you can't imagine.
I could have gotten a picture with him, maybe a picture of him leaning against the side of my car. I could have asked him to sign the fucking store counter with a fat black sharpie, anything.
Instead, I missed my chance, and now it's a story about a time I blew it.
So OP my advice to you is just fuckin' do it you sperg, you've got literally nothing to lose but money and time.
You've only got one shot to meet people you enjoy watching on the net to let them know how much you appreciate their stuff.
Don't mention how far you've driven, don't make it weird, just say "hey man, just wanted to say how much I've really enjoyed your videos over the years, they've really been something I've looked forward to, and it's great to finally meet the man behind the screen."
Sorry you didn't get to say more, but at least you got to see the guy.
If he was coming to Cincinnati or something this wouldn't even be a conversation (or if I actually had some one I can trust with my bird for two days.)
As I mentioned, I dismissed the idea last video, but someone important to me died last week and my perspective has changed (and I'm going to be considerably richer to be crass about it, so the money means a bit less than it did last Sunday.)
Honestly it's not the money or the time. It's the drive. I see wrecks and death on the highways more than I'd like to think about and every year people drive worse. I would literally take 15 hours each way and avoid the freeways, except that rural 2 laners can potentially be more dangerous from head on collisions. I've been driving professionally over twenty years and it's never been this bad.
>I've been driving professionally over twenty years and it's never been this bad.
I'm also a driver, UPS feeder (local shuttle basically).
I agree things have gotten worse since the pandemic and subsequent "reopening", seems like tons of people forgot how to drive.
That said I'd rather stick to freeways and just get it done.
Leave at 6-7pm and burn through the night, you miss most traffic.
OMG, exactly. The shut down was so good, it was like driving in the nineties again. I wasn't sure if it was really worse when they came back, but it's definitely worse now. Red light is the new yellow. Everyone tailgates despite not having the reaction time to take off together quickly when the lights turn green.
I try so hard to be normal about driving and letting people I love drive, but if I had my way we'd restrict cars the way the Brits restrict guns. No offense, but most of you drive worse sober that I would drunk.
Not you Mr ups man. You guys are alright.
god what a gay
>have to drive 26 ft truck for work sometimes
>driving back from a gig with a coworker, Savannah to Cleveland in one go
>Some asshole in another 26 footer tailgates me for a solid hour
>constantly get cut off by people who don't seem to realize what will happen to them if my box truck that's often at or over its weight limit for cargo hits them
I can't imagine how much I'd be seething if I had to be on the road all day every day like that, people are absolutely insane these days.
Also go see Paul you dumb idiot, you will absolutely regret it if you don't.
I think I got over it when I was passed on the right once
In Southwest Detroit
By a school bus
Full of kids
That was driving on the sidewalk
Now I just laugh because I have 53'of crumple zone. The last guy who hit me had to have his car towed. This is what happened to my truck, pic related.
I drove back to the yard on it. Had to replace the tire and plastic fender.
The EMT asked if I was hurt. I told him the forklift at the auto plant shakes me up every lift more than that collision did.
It's not uncommon for people to pass on either shoulder on the highway up here, even when it's not bumper to bumper rush hour traffic.
>seems like tons of people forgot how to drive.
You're absolutely right. Same thing happened here in Brazil too. Now that the pandemic is finally over, the amount of car accidents is skyrocketing, specially those with fatal casualties, and within urban areas, people are driving like absolute retards.
It's because of car pads. Studies have shown that when people have to interact with a screen for crucial functions it impairs their driving ability to about that of a drunk driver. It's not really the auto manufacturers fault because car pads are what people want, and if they're not shoving giant screens and infotainment hubs into cars, they will just loose sales to other manufactures that are. People think they want this shit, but the end result is that most people now are driving around significantly more distracted than they would be if we had stuck to hard buttons and physical controls.
>screens
I resisted using my company provided GPS for a long time because I'm local and know the area. Now I find myself looking for it in my personal car. These devices are cancer.
Like I said, I just had someone die and I'm not going to be doing shit otherwise. I've been working 6 days because I can't work seven. This is actually helping.
>I'm the guy I'm claiming to be ama
I kinda did that last week and ended up getting a three day ban over it and went to work on no sleep the night after she died. If you happen to know what I'm taking about, he said he'll try but he can't even tweet about it while the strike is still going on. I understand if you think this means I was larping.
>what?
Nothing. Nevermind.
>cunt
>cuck
>balls
Do you suck off your uncle with that mouth?
>Like I said, I just had someone die and I'm not going to be doing shit otherwise. I've been working 6 days because I can't work seven. This is actually helping.
Well, you alone know what your own time is worth to you - and what else can be done with it. I think you should make another thread (words never said before on PrepHole) where maybe you try to farm up a couple questions to ask him, assuming you get some moments with him. Maybe you do, the vibes are cool, you could talk to him then ask one or two - you don't, don't worry about it, they're disposable. mite b cool
Not a bad idea, but I'm getting tired and I got to go to bed soon. I'm barely functional beyond work (part of being a truck driver is developing the ability to work at minimum mental capacity) and I wasn't going to get shit done today.
I might make another thread next Sunday. I'm planning another 6 day week and then taking time off labor day week. I was going to do this anyway before the death thing happened.
If the rental is feasible I'll make a thread when I know I'm going for sure.
If I was going alone, maybe. Since I'm bringing the wife and bird (probably) renting an RV makes more sense. And maybe we can hit a state park otw back or something.
Missouri Anon here - hmm, this isn't far from me. Good thing its not in St Louis or Kansas City... Both are pretty dangerous due to hood moron infestations
Please PLEASE drive to lake of the Ozarks and get fucking reamed by all of the retard inbred hillbilly wannabe noveau riche tourist trap nonsense for two days.
Go look at the one skyscraper
See, that's also what I'm trying to avoid. I like a good hiking trail, the emptier the better. I got over tourist shit long before I was 10 because of my dad's midlife crisis road trips and golf addiction.
>hillbilly wannabe
I get excited of that here where I live...
What a weird post. Lake of the Ozarks isn't like that at all. I don't even think there is a sky scraper. Why would anyone go on any trip to see a skyscraper anyway? Its about the lake which is fucking free, no one goes there to LARP as a rich person. Such an odd post.
I don't like to sound paranoid, but I really do wonder how many chat bots are out here.
You seem to want to go but also want someone to persuade you not to.
Just do it, but be mentally prepared for getting a flat and taking 18 hours to get here, discovering that he canceled coming last minute for health reasons, and then your bird escapes from its cage and flies off into the lake woods on the Sunday morning and is never seen again. That way whatever happens you're ready for it being a letdown.
As I said, the bird and traffic thing are the real issue. I'm just responding to trolls because as I alluded to earlier I just lost someone and the last time I had to freak with grief arguing with Internet trolls got me through it.
I'm convinced I should try to find a solution. As I said, this isn't even about Paul at this point. It's just that he's the only thing that's made me actually care enough to want to leave the area. It could have been a band or a tabletop game tournament or an anime convention, but I don't care enough about those things. But if this is my last chance to meet Paul, than maybe I should. As I said, if it was 5 hours each way this wouldn't be a conversation. I'd just lock the doors, leave a lot of dry bird food and water, put the radio on low, go to bed early, leave early, come home late. But this has to be a two day affair, minimum.
I wonder if I should start a thread on PrepHole.
i live in oregon and i regret not going to meet him at the gun show or the pizza parlor when he had the meetings there, so i would say do it because you literally will not have another chance. he's a dead man walking at this point. go and give him best wishes on our behalf
God I hate bird owners, you are all weird fucks clinging to some deluded passion for caging the literal example of freedom. There's one thing birds do that's cool and its fly so you gotta clip their wings and keep them in a cage; which also happens to be more secure than supermax because the animal is actually intelligent and spends every waking minute of it's shallow life in the hell you damned it to trying to escape. What the literal fuck is wrong with you?
>Verification not required.
Good points.
OP what say you?
If I had a few hundred thousand dollars to spare I would build an aviary, get her a mate, and breed a flying choir.
If I had a few million dollars I would genetically engineer a pigeon/grey hybrid that bred line crazy but could speak human language, sing popular music, and replace the existing bird population.
Uh... Why not just let it exist in the wild and not clip its wings? That you bought it like that already is no excuse, if people like you didn't exist no one would sell them
You're literally a slaver an participated in the international slave trade to get it.
You're a fucking asshole but you make a legitimate point.
My wife was into birds and I thought the same as you. Birds are outside animals and not pets.
However I wanted to make my wife happy when the shitty cockatiel her brother couldn't take care of that we got stuck with died, so I insisted on being a grey because I didn't want another shitty bird.
I was against clipping her wings and we haven't.
As for keeping her in a cage, well, do you remember the Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide bit about the cow that could talk and say that it wanted to be eaten?
I don't expect a philistine like you to believe me, but none the less I assure you that the bird has been quite vocal about it's feelings on captivity.
First, yes, she shows an interest in going outside, even going so far to try to trick my wife by saying I'm my voice that she has permission to do so.
Second, the bird understands that we have predators including hawks that will definitely kill her given the chance and that people and birds can die and outside is dangerous.
Thirdly the bird does express genuine concern and responds empathetically to emotional distress of family members and is comforting to a degree of effectiveness that I wish I could emulate.
I'm conclusion, I see my bird's lack of access to the outside as no different to that of a dog or cat kept bound to a certain area.
Also, flying isn't all she does. She is capable of musical improvisation and when I'm the mood will riff over songs or compose little bird songs on the spot.
I don't expect you to believe any of this, and I don't care, but the response is here all the same for all to see.
>here's a novel of mental gymnastics I spent 15 minutes writing explaining why you are actually an asshole for calling me out on keeping an intelligent animal capable of flight hobbled and caged for the 70 years it spends on this earth.
No, read it again.
You are an asshole. This isn't because of your opinion. You just are. This response proves it.
>look it's fine for me to cage and torture an intelligent animal for the entirety of it's 70 year lifespan because you're a big meany!!!!!
You're a manchild cuck who didn't have the balls to tell his cunt wife to stop torturing animals so now you go along with it like a bitch.
>OP is STILL in his thread responding to people
You are probably the only OP I've seen outside of like the "i'm seriously the thing I'm claiming to be in my thread title, AMA" guys to stick around this long.
Man fuck whatever thoughts I'm trying to bang out into words - I think you should just go, fuck it. Even if you spill the spaghetti you'll have a story (for yourself and PrepHole, if nothing else), and you may avoid some regret. I do believe you're overblowing it a bit on the quality of driving stuff, but that's just me. If you feel comfortable doing it, go for it.
(i'd also advise ignoring the animal people. PrepHole is the worst fucking community for discussing anything seriously what with how people seem to gravitate to extremes and PrepHole posters are literally no different. yeah your ownership probably is unethical to *some* degree but fuck man so is everything. if you're doing your due diligence idk why you'd give them the time of day in your headspace)
Fuck any of these twinks who are judging you for wanting to go. And lame enough to suggest spending the money on some prostitute, especially considering you have a wife. Once he's dead you'll regret not making the trip. It's not like he's some young Rockstar that does a tour every year, he's an old man that will be dead soon.
I think you're stressing out too much about the bird though. You don't have ANYONE in your life you can't trust for two days? Or even possibly less if the option of flying is now in play because the bird is taken care of? Have you looked at Rover(i think is is name) ? It's an app where you can find people to watch your pet while you're gone. Wouldn't be surprised if theres some bird specialists or some shit up there that have tons of reviews. What about local vets? Like another anon said, you should definitely have something in place in the event of an emergency and this could be a dry run.
Go.
>do you have anyone you can trust
This is a separate issue.
I don't want to get into my life's story, but to make a long story short, everyone left the area. I worked a lot of hours and was over the road for a few years. My local friends died or became shitty drug addicts or, in one case, a drug free pedo grooming bum (that's basically why I stopped talking to him.)
Maintaining long term relationships over distance over twenty or thirty years in this age of social media and Facebook isn't as easy as it sounds.
My wife's one friend has seizures, so I'm not cool with relying on her.
Another possible candidate isn't that great, but she's due to give birth around that weekend so I'd say she's busy.
In a way my father cursed me by paying off my mortgage when he sold his business because I would have never stayed here I think. The area just sucks and anyone who can leaves. In fact, with the money I'm going to be getting I'm basically looking into moving, but that's another issue and I don't want to go any further into it.
>where do you live?
Let's just say it's been getting pretty dark and leave it at that.
>the bird cuck with a torture fetish was only able to make interpersonal relationships with wastoids, druggies, and pedos
You know if you smell shit everywhere you go...
Although you're being an asshole, you have a point. I do tend to feel sympathy for society's rejects and give them more attention then they deserve. I mean, look how much I'm responding to (you)!
I also blame the drug war. I found that cannabis helped with a lot of my issues and the problem with having to use something illegal is that you have to defacto associate with criminals. It's also a timing thing. Like I said, the area kinda went to shit. If I could do it all over again I wouldn't have wasted time on certain drugs, schools, and people.
>bird cuck
That's a bit more PrepHoleey than bird dork. I still like beakmoron better, but it doesn't really work. It would describe the bird.
>torture fetish
I know that this is bait, but let's be honest. Sadism is really your thing, not mine, isn't it?
I'm willing to bet you don't even care about animal rights, you're just being contrary. I've been listening to your type for over forty years. It's pretty tiresome.
You want to link me the other threads you're trolling? I can give you tips and advice!
Don’t you think calling everybody in the thread who calls out your shitty behavior an asshole just proves his point further? If one person is an asshole, that’s just chance. If everybody seems to be being an asshole to you, you might just be the problem.
Idk I've just seen some people give unhinged replies to some autistic who wants to meet Paul.
I'm confident enough that worst case it'll be 5 autistic minutes best case he's gonna have a nice chat with Paul and not regret it.
Most replies here seem really out of place and unnecessarly insulting?
>Let's just say it's been getting pretty dark and leave it at that.
Bozeman? Phoenix? Somewhere in the northeast?
What episode is gif from?
Anon. Let me tell you something. One summer I was in Atlanta, and I wanted to take time out of my schedule to meet Eric and Barry at Moss Pawn. Well I decided I didn’t have time to meet him and I would do it on another trip. Well a couple months later he died. Go meet Paul anon
I'll look into RV rental prices tomorrow.
oh, shit. I would've liked to meet Barry. He seemed really cool. Eric I could care less about.
This was back when Eric wasn’t the lead and knew how to stay in his lane
>This was back when Eric wasn’t the lead and knew how to stay in his lane
Barry was a character through and through. I still get a chuckle thinking about those videos he did where he wore a cut in half trash can as armor or something? He's irreplaceable.
Eric is so bluepilled it hurts to watch. It was a tragedy losing Barry. Sad. You're 100% right, have to take every opportunity because they never come back around.
It's not worth a 20 hour drive. Get a plane ticket instead and rent a car locally.
Oh hey, I got relvant experience.
Met him at the Polk county fairgrounds couple years ago, I actually had a bout of insomnia so I was very out of sorts and kinda flubbed pretty much every part of the initial interaction. My girlfriend at the time has a photoshopped image from one of his videos she thought was hilarious and we got him to sign it. He actually loled when he saw it.
I was a bit taken aback because he is exactly like his YouTube personality, the cynic in me even had more than a few doubts.
Got to talk to the crew, Paul let me handle some of his shooters: his BFR, the gold anniversary Colt, amd pretty much everything I wanted to put my grubby mitts on.
He also lit up like only a gun autist can when I started talking about Ruger Blackhawks new versus old models and transfer bars and if 15 versus 17 rounds was really 'enough difference to make a difference' and asked about what kind of decocker only 92fsA1 I had. The man really, really just loves guns.
He liked me enough to give me a card, so there's that. People in this thread are so weird by sperging out about a meet and greet event, but that's par for this place
>that card
Never lose that anon. That is so wholesome. Also post the signed pic
You better believe it
Alright ill have to dig it out, if this thread is dead before I am done at the office. I'll stick it in the inevitable next one
Shit that's only like 60 miles from me, is he gonna be there both days?
I can for sure come on Saturday.
Where you at? I'm in South East MO, Poplar Bluff
Rolla area
Cool, its surprising to see several MO anons here
I wanna print out a screen shot of PrepHole and have him sign it then mail free copies to anons during PrepHolehristmas.
Thatd be awesome, especially if he is dead by then
KC anon reporting in.. -_-
Just in case ... don't feed a parrot food that contains sunflower-seeds, they love them but will eventually die from heart-attack if it's the primary diet.
Same with humans, sunflower oil is the main thing that fucks up the omega 6 to 3 ratio.
better chart with more stuff
What’s the “good” or “bad” types of fat supposed to be anyway?
Not an expert but from what I could find out.
Marketing
Saturated = bad
Unsaturated = good (sells "healthy" onions, Avocado, sunflower oils and margarine)
It's also the only stuff you'll find mentioned on the food packaging.
Reality
Saturated = neutral (probably, maybe bad ...), & MCT (middle length chains, e.g. in coconuts) good for fat based diet/keto.
Unsaturated, Omega 3 = good
Omega 6 necessary in small amounts, but bad if consumed much more than Omega 3, (e.g. Avacado have a bad 13:1 ratio)
Ratio of omega 3 to 6 in animals you eat also greatly varies based on their healthy or unhealthy lifestyle.
e.g. Beef factory fed will have a ratio of 15:1 (bad), grass fed of 2:1 (healthy). Salmon will be good but still differ, wild will almost exclusively contain omega 3, farmed will have a 1:1 ratio. ... so you're basically eating an unhealthy fish that's healthy for you as you're not a fish.
>onions
autocorrect, in case it's confusing, meint the common oil you get from the beans.
I'm convinced the mass use of seed oils in our foods is one of the most devastating dietary forces in the modern world.
We need more threads talking about this.
Study after study proves that seed oils cause massive inflammation in mammals, but policy makers simply don't give a shit.
They stuff it EVERYWHERE in grocery stores, literally almost all of processed foods have seed oils in them.
The problem is it might even look healthy.
As we can see in the charts canola/rapeseed is on the healthy side, but what the studies in Finland get interpretation to is to recommend unhealthy seed-oils.
Parrot food often looks like this, mostly sunflower seeds, looks great, but reduces the birds life-span by 50 years.
>the studies in Finland
they reduced animal fat consumption with rapeseed, but the problem of omega 6 to 3 is ignored by those simply telling people to not eat animals and eat plants.
i don't think i'd ever want to meet paul, same way i'd never want to meet nutnfancy
Why not just fly?
Since there seems to be alot of missouri anons in the thread here's a dead discord server I made specifically for you https://discord.gg/W94bWZd3
I'm glad they're talking shit about you OP I needed to hear it, or I'd want to go see Uncle Paul too
Gemmy thread
Never meet your heros. Let their legacy live on its own merits.
My younger brother was born in April 1972. In May, Grandma and Grandpa came to visit. My Mom was busy and forgot to take a couple of pictures of the grandparents and the new baby. That's OK, there will be plenty of times to get photos later.
Grandpa died of a heart attack in June. There is no photos of my younger brother and his grandpa.
It's not OP's grandpa. It's a complete stranger.