Thank you for your never ending support, and @Mod_Phoenix for the kindness and consideration.
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Missed you, lol
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Im hard to hit from that far away.
And thank you. 
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Hey! @ChickenLittle , some welding stuff from the past couple days:
The actual work-
Big broken bolt thing.
From this:
And some original artwork to test the trigger switch on my mig gun after I fixed it the other day-
A steel city original! Andy Warhol, eat yer heart aht! 
Wow!!! You’ve been busy!
I like your masterpiece! I haven’t been welding so I don’t have anything to share.
Happy you are out of forum jail!
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The past couple days only just ended, with about 3 hours of sleep in the last 48 or so.
I forgot to get afters of the big pin thing, but it turned out pretty nice. I’ll find out tomorrow morning if it holds under load. (I think it should.)
I like your patterns & dot painting.
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I never made such an offer. I merely stated a fact about my level of preparedness.
My BJJ circle salivates when roidos show up on the mats. Humbling arrogant steroid users has a special place in the community’s heart.
I’m lifetime natty, but I benefited greatly from the same type of targeting for the crime of strength and size. Learning your place in the pecking order can greatly accelerate the learning process.
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I was using the expression very lightly, which I thought was apparent in the other thread. In this thread I was upset for Skyz and wanting to offer something to make him feel better (“you’re not the only testy one”). In both cases, I shouldn’t have brought you into it or assigned any meaning whatsoever to your words. I apologize, as I will in the other thread.
Brickhead, whom I like very much and even did at the time, long ago told me to “step to him” or expressed that I wouldn’t dare, or whatever. Probably in a dust up with Angry Chicken, whom I also like - and who I DM’d for dating/sex advice when that became a thing for me, even after all the fights I’d had with him on the boards. He of course was very gracious and helpful.
I understood your meaning. He’s an arrogant prick, and he expresses his love of bullying people he perceives as weaker regularly. I believe I’m one of them, being female and thus incapable of sound logic.
I was being tongue-in-cheek about “beating up,” but again, should not have dragged you anywhere.
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I know you were not referring to me, but I also hope my responses didn’t make you feel that way. Honestly I at first was just being playful with my initial response to the topic and put plenty of caveats that I see why others didn’t like the premise of the post. I’ll do better.
@SkyzykS honestly brother, the thing that bothered me the most was the dig that people likely missed. I’ve been open about being bullied when I was young and small and the dig was what bothered me. It mostly bothered me that people feel it’s still a crutch for me more so than it actually does bother me. Regardless it was very kind of you to extend an apology. I will also strive to be better myself and hope we can keep things friendly. Wishing you the best sir.
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Not one bit! You were fine.
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So i just took my first of six doses of prednisone, six pills today, five tomorrow, etc.
Wait 'til I’m all hopped up on 'roids and posting in that thread!
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I am sure it will hold up just fine. You are excellent at what you my friend!
Thank you!
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Yep! And he thinks it’s funny or cute. It’s not, it’s just plain ugly. There is a fine line between confident and arrogant, and he has definitely crossed it.
I would pay good money to watch somebody make him kiss his own ass.
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His views of women seem pretty in-line with Vince Vaughn movies from the 2000s.
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Hey @ChickenLittle, had a good welding day today.
Broken claw on a grapple.
Everything went in hot & shiny.
And
Merry Christmas To Everybody! 
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Sweet! Awesome work as always!
Hope you and your family have a great Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Thank you! Yours too!
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How goes it, these days? I’ve been pretty inactive lately, but the T-ransformation has increased my forum use.
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That’s a really good question.
We (me & my tree buddy) wound down the season after that last pic I posted, so about 10 days ago.
So now everything is fixed! Yeah! Typically the phone stops ringing promptly at mid-december except for weather related emergencies, so I’ve just been chilling. Some would say complacency is dangerous. I’d say “but I’ve worked so hard to do nothing!” .
So I guess thats what I’ve been up to. Basking in complacency.
No amount of syllables makes that sound any better, does it?
I kinda (definitely) ducked from the call for the T-ransformation challenge this year. I have some vauge ambivalence about my physical self that I need to work through. Its like, I feel strong and capable in a general sense, but that my grip on any type of physicality is tenuous. Its weird.
So I think I’m going to start pushing a little more in that direction now that I don’t have to worry about getting up and being ready for a regular work day and what that might entail.
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