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I think you'd be really interesting company & I dig "old shitbox vans"... I had a Ford Econoline that went either 352,000 or 452,000 miles, same engine, lost track ( I got grief on here for calling it a "Chicanoline", which is what the Chicano who sold it to me called it) Wish i had kept it! It was a 1970, with a 215 HP 302... 1974 I replaced it with had a wimpy 139 HP 302 due to lower compression on post 1973 vehicles

Enjoy your races on video & hopefully you can still get to at least a few live races when this COVID shit is FINALLY over....

I've had it. Couldn't breathe one day in Jan., went to the hospital that night, they said blood clot on my lungs. Wound up in there for 6 days. On top of that, when they did the mri for the blood clot, they found cancer on one of my kidneys. so I started on blood thinner injections twice a day. (that was my choice, it was easier) till I could be operated on. Had operation on April 9th, that went good,too. but when they opened back up from the shutdown, my wife was sick from c19 within 6 days. She tested positive on 4/19. I tested positive on 4/21. Everybody in my house had it (5), all at almost the same time. It put me back in the hospital with the start of bilateral pnumonia on the 24th. Every one was better by the 1st week in May, but symtoms stil lingered fir couple of months. I'm ok now, the blood thinners for the clot saved me.

The thing that nobody seems to want to understand is, this is a new virus, that's why it's called a NOVEL coronavirus. novel meaning new and unseen before.(I'm not yelling, just hilighting) When this started, it ripped through the east coast, and the hospitals couldn't keep up with it because of how fast it spread. If you look at where it started the worst, they are the major points of entry from overseas, (Seattle, NYC, DC,LA) I have family that work at Johns Hopkins, it scared the hell out of them.

Now, in August, we have had over 200k deaths from this, that's in addition to the 100k that died from the flu last winter. it was no joke back then, and if you have had it, the effects will linger, no one knows how long. Yes, most have had pre- existing conditions, but there are many that should have healed back up like the flu, but are experiencing long term effects, old and young. It does seem that it has mutated, becoming less deadly, even though it's more infectious. Again, because it is new, no body knows what will happen.

You may be lucky like me, but maybe not. It is SOOO easy to armchair quarterback on what should or shouldn't have been done, but that's all that is. As Egras and Hawker have said, I'm trusting the science, not the self serving politicians and trolls that dominate the information we see or can find.

BTW, sorry for the long post, we need more information, not just partisan name calling like we get now.

Super Chuck says thanks.

It wasn't fun, but it really wasn't that bad comparatively. Went six rounds with Influenza A a couple years ago...now THAT'S not fun. Thought (and felt like) he was going to die...he's never been that sick before. Couldn't keep anything down...bring a bucket to the toilet kind of sick (if you know, you know). One of the worst weeks of Super Chuck's life.

Super Chuck

As a longtime friend of the Chuckster (almost 30 yrs.) I am so glad to see he kicked Covid's ass, but would expect that as a norm for Superman.  You're a great family man/father and necessary in this forum with your wisdom and observations, good luck ol' friend......

By the way, people often ask where the name "Super Chuck" came from. (Going to speak in first person for this thread, but just this once.) Back when I first joined this forum, most everyone used some sort of handle and remained somewhat anonymous. Or at least until they met up at one of the early day Hoser Conventions.

At the time I worked with this guy named Chuck, who was synonymous for f*cking things up. By that I mean he was always getting hurt, breaking everything he touched, ruining sh*t that made everyone else work late and just generally being a douche bag. Yet he still walked around like he had an S on the front of his shirt, so I may or may not have been responsible for coining his nickname.

We called him Super Chuck the F*ck Up. Yes, to his face but when the boss man was around it was just Super Chuck. He was later fired for driving a screw through the palm of his hand, not reporting the injury, wrapping it up in a dirty paper towel inside a leather glove, getting staph infection, then hospitalized and nearly died of blood poisoning. The rare case of firing the guy for his own safety. I think he later went on to work for the CDC. (I kid, I kid.)

Anyway, he made an impression on me so when I signed up I didn't want to use some fake name like John Smith or Bob Jones....so I was/am Super Chuck. His legend lives on. Maybe in a limited role on some obscure racing message board, but still. 

Super Chuck

By the way, people often ask where the name "Super Chuck" came from. (Going to speak in first person for this thread, but just this once.) Back when I first joined this forum, most everyone used some sort of handle and remained somewhat anonymous. Or at least until they met up at one of the early day Hoser Conventions.

At the time I worked with this guy named Chuck, who was synonymous for f*cking things up. By that I mean he was always getting hurt, breaking everything he touched, ruining sh*t that made everyone else work late and just generally being a douche bag. Yet he still walked around like he had an S on the front of his shirt, so I may or may not have been responsible for coining his nickname.

We called him Super Chuck the F*ck Up. Yes, to his face but when the boss man was around it was just Super Chuck. He was later fired for driving a screw through the palm of his hand, not reporting the injury, wrapping it up in a dirty paper towel inside a leather glove, getting staph infection, then hospitalized and nearly died of blood poisoning. The rare case of firing the guy for his own safety. I think he later went on to work for the CDC. (I kid, I kid.)

Anyway, he made an impression on me so when I signed up I didn't want to use some fake name like John Smith or Bob Jones....so I was/am Super Chuck. His legend lives on. Maybe in a limited role on some obscure racing message board, but still. 

Super Chuck

By the way, people often ask where the name "Super Chuck" came from. (Going to speak in first person for this thread, but just this once.) Back when I first joined this forum, most everyone used some sort of handle and remained somewhat anonymous. Or at least until they met up at one of the early day Hoser Conventions.

At the time I worked with this guy named Chuck, who was synonymous for f*cking things up. By that I mean he was always getting hurt, breaking everything he touched, ruining sh*t that made everyone else work late and just generally being a douche bag. Yet he still walked around like he had an S on the front of his shirt, so I may or may not have been responsible for coining his nickname.

We called him Super Chuck the F*ck Up. Yes, to his face but when the boss man was around it was just Super Chuck. He was later fired for driving a screw through the palm of his hand, not reporting the injury, wrapping it up in a dirty paper towel inside a leather glove, getting staph infection, then hospitalized and nearly died of blood poisoning. The rare case of firing the guy for his own safety. I think he later went on to work for the CDC. (I kid, I kid.)

Anyway, he made an impression on me so when I signed up I didn't want to use some fake name like John Smith or Bob Jones....so I was/am Super Chuck. His legend lives on. Maybe in a limited role on some obscure racing message board, but still. 

Super Chuck

Cute, lol, you still got it....

That is fantastic.  In my early days in the machine shop, as far as the injury stuff goes, I was Super Chuck.  Now as a teacher of CNC machining, I am able to show students all of the scars I have aquired in my days in the shop.    I didn't ruin a lot of stuff though.  So, I can't relate to that.