BLSamuel Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I don't know Marshal personally, but have sat in front of my screen for hours reading his posts and a couple of PM's back and forth and hope all is well with him as I don't know what to do without crazy frogs and ever changing avatar's. Best to you! Ahhhh Hypno Toad. I think I'm Marshall's new minion in his evil overload empire. The minion to assume the responsibilities should the evil over lord be unable to do so (or even overthrough the evil over lord should it be necessary which really means the evil over lord retires annonymously to a tropical paradise) but I've not yet been traind though supposedly am now allowed to unleash the mythical powers of hypno toad. I've met Marshall and visited his "Wall of Voodoo" and "Wall of Boudoir" a couple of times. Has painstakenly restored and even rebuilt many a Klipsch speaker. Tweaked a few along the way, probably including the Heresy 1 Extremes as he calls them. He thinks they sound more like a Heresy III than a Heresy I. I don't know but they are pretty sweet sounding. Really nice gunstock walnut veneer. I was going to buy a pair of bone stock Chorus II but just couldn't figure out how to get the 2nd one in the Grand Caravan for the 1,100 mile trip home so settled for the Heresies. Given the Chorus II passive in the back and our small room they'd probably be difficult to position correctly. I think my Heresies have the motorboards he had salvaged from a dumpster rescue he offered me when I first met him to start collectin' parts and the horn. It hink everything else is new. And he had finished his $500 Khorn's and installed them in the "Wall of Voodoo" by my second visit. They were very rough in his garage on my first. Amazing restoration. Really nice veneer lacqured black (I'd go for the wood) but they looke great and sounded even better. False backs and probably a couple of other tweaks. Really nice guy who is in my thoughts and prayers for a full recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Good idea, Jay! Maybe get the distributor to drive the Sam Adams truck into his driveway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Good idea, Jay! Maybe get the distributor to drive the Sam Adams truck into his driveway... Im in for a case, im sure that if we get 5 or 10 cases the distributor would be ablle to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Good idea, Jay! Maybe get the distributor to drive the Sam Adams truck into his driveway... Im in for a case, im sure that if we get 5 or 10 cases the distributor would be ablle to do it? I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Good idea, Jay! Maybe get the distributor to drive the Sam Adams truck into his driveway... Im in for a case, im sure that if we get 5 or 10 cases the distributor would be ablle to do it? I'm in. If anyone actually knows how and can pull this off, I'm in as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Doesn't he have a self proclaimed minion somewhere here on the forum? I believe they may have worked together and or live close. I'll do some digging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 I think he and Clermont Cop used to hang but haven't heard from him in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clermontcop Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Every morning on the way to work which was about 5 a.m. I would stop at the Hess station in the morning and have coffee and became good friends with a guy who drive's for Budweiser, his delivery time was at the same time I would arrive. I will give him a call tomorrow and see what I can do. I will post my findings once I find out. Marshall is built like a tank from the inside out. Very good hearted man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmvette Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 I'm glad to hear Marshall is OK, I was really worried. Marshall - thanks for all of your posts, information sharing, and allowing a complete stranger to visit! Stay well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Every morning on the way to work which was about 5 a.m. I would stop at the Hess station in the morning and have coffee and became good friends with a guy who drive's for Budweiser, his delivery time was at the same time I would arrive. I will give him a call tomorrow and see what I can do. I will post my findings once I find out. Marshall is built like a tank from the inside out. Very good hearted man. I am not sure how distributors work down there but I know Budweiser and Sam Adams are different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSamuel Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Good idea, Jay! Maybe get the distributor to drive the Sam Adams truck into his driveway... I think SWMBO of Marshall's residence had him on diet and limited to one Sam Adams a day not so long ago.. Maybe a keg a day? Might work for one keg. I mean if one was not clearly defined. One can or bottle. Well isn't a keg just a big can? Wonder if Hypno Toad works on SWMBO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSamuel Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Marshall is built like a tank from the inside out. Very good hearted man. Durn good thing he's built like a tank sounds like he got ran over by a bulldozer (no idea) but he is built like a tank. And yes. Very good hearted man. (tranquilizers finally kicking in... deleted rambling about first visit invoving a crazy Spanish foreign exchagne student who really enjoyed the Spanish horse Mashall's family had rescued. Said horse seemed to reallly perk up when spoken to in Spanish or so they tell me.... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 that didn't take long... [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 I would like to say thank you to everyone for the very kind words. Believe me, my family was really worried. It seems my age (~60...) and my 42 years in the military and law enforcement is finally catching up with me. What happened one would ask? The day this happened, I had unloaded a bunch of 60 pound bags of horse feed (and carried them two at a time on my shoulders), rolled a 750 pound bale of hay off off a pickup truck in the barn, and earlier had carried several 140 pound boat motors to pallets. Starving to death at that point, I got weak.... and went to a chinese restaurant and "buffet'ed" myself. Apparently there was enough MSG in the food to kill a horse.... Meanwhile, I had apparently pulled muscles, pinched nerves in my neck, back of my head, and coupled with what the doc believes was a reaction to the MSG resulted in the "perfect storm", The doc's first thought was a stroke or a seizure. Physicians always assume the worst and hope for the best. The "doc" is a high end neuro-surgeon who, very, very fortunately for me, is a long time friend and a neighbor. I was able to call him and he dropped whatever he was doing and came over. He spared me the agony of traveling all over the place for "specialists" who would likely have referred me to additional "specialists", all of which would have resulted in astronomical out of pocket expenses. My insurance through the office was crappy, and while much would have been covered, I estimated I would have been out over $10k.... He simply picked up the phone and called in some "favors" from the appropriate specialist buddies. It took longer, but worth the wait as my "case" was on the bottom of their "in-baskets". After the blood work, MRI, CAT, x-rays, etc., he finally ruled out a stroke, seizure or the possiblility of a form of palsy, etc., one by one. They ran a bunch of other tests, etc., and everything kept coming up negative. The x-ray is what finally showed the pinched nerves in my upper neck and around the back of my head which had become inflamed and thus swollen, etc. Since I did not know that, I did not give them (or my neck...) a rest, some other heavy lfting and carrying stuff earlier during the day led to the "incident". Contributing, or at least the doc believes was the fact that I had also an allergic reaction to something I ate. Well... he figured that out pretty quickly. Blood chemistry was out of wack which is what really tipped him off. On Monday, I had the last check with the "doc", and he cleared me for duty, so to speak. It has taken a month and a crap load of ibuprofen (non-prescription), etc. but I'm back to normal (whatever that means... LOL). This incident, according to the doc also explains a couple incidents during the last several years where after extreme swimming, lifting boat motors, etc., after a day or two, I could barely lift either my left or right arm properly or grip things tightly. Very painful with shooting pain up my arm across my shoulder and through my neck if I tried. After a couple weeks the symptoms would go away. What complicated the matter was the "chinese food" extravaganza... For the last 10 years or so, we have rarely eaten out in restaurants. Always cooked at home, eaten fresh vegetables, cooked with no or little additional salt, very lean meat, chicken & fish etc.The dangers with eating right, etc., and suddenly eating "bad things" becomes very evident the older one gets. The days of the Big Mac and Quarter Pounder "feast" are long gone. If this had happened 20 years ago, I probably would have just been really sore, and would probably have given it much concern, and just written it off. Bottom line is I need to work out differently, stay away from commercial restaurants that use MSG and other weird preservatives, and try not to carry more than one 60 pound bag of horse feed on my shoulders at one time (which apparently is what really pulled the muscles in my neck and pinched several nerves in my neck, shoulder and upper spinal area where my brain connects to the spine bone...). Otherwise I just need to be careful. My wife has always referred to me as, "You're a stud... spelled S-T-U-P-I-D".... Now that I'm fully retired I can pay more attention to these matters. No more getting up at 0:dark hundred, on-call 24-7, lifting up and carrying 240 pound inflatable boats and 140 pound motors, etc. and generally running around like a 20 year old. Time to grow up as my wife also has remarked lately... Doc did say (and I listened...) that for at least a couple months I should avoid working with power tools, chemical solvents (especially any aromatic hydrocarbons, paints, laquers, thinners, etc.), and interestingly, staring at a computer screen for hours without taking a "walk-about" break, etc. just to make absolutely sure I am completely healed. I probably won't do any speaker or grill stuff for at least a couple more months, and now that I'm retired, I was handed a list by SWMBO of serious things that need to be done with the house. I was seriously warned by the "Eye Of Sauron" that the bathroom cabinets and sinks need to be replaced, new baseboards, and paint various rooms before I even think about anything else. Again, I'd really like thank everyone for being so kind and thoughtful. As soon as the doc says no restrictions, I'll go back to doing speakers and grills, etc. Since I'm retired, maybe I can now do that stuff in a reasonable length of time for folks, LOL!!! [H] PS: Love the "beer" idea, but I am completely banned from any alcohol in any form except a glass of red wine with supper for the next 3 months. PSS: Due to retirement my email has changed, so folks with my old "ocsosheriff1" email address should email via the forum for my new one. PSSS: JB.... I'm afraid of the monkey so I don't mess with him. Besides, he'll rat me out to SWMBO..... PSSSS: Ben... You can take a break from minioning for awhile.... I guess I'll have to be really careful picking up those Cornwalls off the tops of the 'Belles when I move them into the man cave this afternoon....[:S] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 yet it was the talk of beer that got you back on the forum--coincidence??? very happy to hear that you are on the road to recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Glad to hear your back in the saddle...some people are MSG intolerant...guy I know in Tenn. got sick over the holidays from eating Chinese food....you sound like you are in shape....best of fortune... Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkrop Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Good to hear ! Best wishes on your continuing recovery [Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Good to see you back on board Marshall.The gang was about to turn blue for lack of news... Tip: lift only one Cornwall at a time. I know you's tough keeping up with those 19 year old SEAL trainees, and you're far from 'out to pasture' but in the words of Clint Eastwood 'a man's got to know his limitations'. Save some work for me when I get down there this spring. On a good day, between us we have an entire brain. your buddy, Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 On a good day, between us we have an entire brain. Did Neanderthall man have a brain? [] [] Marshall, I'm glad to hear you're up & about [Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSamuel Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 yet it was the talk of beer that got you back on the forum--coincidence??? As minion to Marshall without proper training I can't really be sure, but think it was the suggestive powers of Hypno-Toad. As Marshall's Minion I in theory can now control Hypno Toad though not yet well enough versed, or maybe I am. Marshall popped up back to normal. Ok more like normal for the rest of us as he may have to quit operating like the built like a tank from the inside out as Clermontcop put it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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