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Boy does this hit home with me. No Military here. All self inflicted wounds due to work style. I kind of know where your coming from. I to am plated screwed with rods together. I even managed to break my screws holding my rods together after a fall. Unless you are there it hard to understand what someone is enduring.. Wishing no one has to endure that type of pain. Its off the charts in such a different way. My feelings go out to you. I would say feel better but that's not the case here. Hope you can manage your pain so you can live life to where normal can be.Mad302s said:Thanks Bill i'm fully aware that Hearland will be back and running Jeff has done a great job down there. As for NE tracks i've been to them all RPM being closest but that's not the point of this move. It's more for health reasons. After spending countless years in the Military and having plates and shrapnel in my body the cold all but cripples me and i hate that feeling.
Mad302s said:Thanks Drew. No I'm not retired but I can work remotely in my current job. I'm not a four season person anymore the cold makes my body hurt more than I ever imagined. So for me the hotter the better.
We only have two tracks here rpm and hastings so having more tracks is definitely a plus. Mainly just hpde for us everything costs double with his and her cars.
dabossinne said:Hi Mad302s...don't think we've met, but I'm in Omaha too, and also a fellow vet. Thank you for your fine service, especially in combat. I can totally understand your desire to live in a warmer climate. I'm not a cold wx person either, and I have no shrapnel inside of me. AZ would be about perfect, well, maybe except mid-summer, but I'd take that over what we usually get here mid-winter (recent 70+ temps notwithstanding).
Will be interested to hear what you decide to do, and best of luck to you and your wife wherever you wind up, hopefully someplace nice and warm with plenty of tracks nearby.
@dabossinne Thank you and the pull of AZ is getting stronger after days like today. Thank for the support had i known that my time in the service was going to be fun filled i would have moved straight there when i got out. But having a family made it somewhat difficult. Thank you for your service as well you should come out to one of club meetings sometime midweststangs is the club i belong too. As stated the housing looks fantastic compared to here and the wife is already thinking about packing lol. Looks like it will be the Goodyear or Peoria area for sure we found like 5 houses and i have a VA loan burning to be used.
Unfortunately we won't be able to make it that weekend. I have my daughter that weekend and although she'd love to go her mom would probably call every agency in the world on us. I will look at the schedule and see what we can make. Would be great to get down there and meet all of you guys as well.If you're in-town April 22/23, we will be racing with NASA-AZ at Arizona Motorsports Park to the NW of Glendale. Could be a good opportunity to check out the new scene, if you have the free time!
http://arizonamotorsportspark.com/