[MMike]

So who has had the most "fluid" life during their ridemonkey tenure? I mean signficant life changes, jobs, moves, sex changes etc....

I'm guessing I might be high on the list.

I'm on my 5th job
A year of unemployment
got married
had two kids
moved from Seattle to Montreal
bought my first house
broke one bone

Any takers?

 

[splat]

Its always about you!!! you you you !!

 

[Cooter Brown]

3rd job
got married
moved 5 times
and also broke one bone

 

[SkaredShtles]

 

[MMike]

Its always about you!!! you you you !!

At least I feigned interest in others by asking to compare stories... But of course in reality, I don't care...

 

[BurlyShirley]

Wow.


I went from the Marines to being a civilian
Changed colleges twice
Moved at LEAST 8 times since joining RM
several illnesses and injuries

 

[peter6061]

You're higher than me...

3rd job
got married
went back to school / finished school
moved each year until...
bought my first house
one kid on the way
and now about to quit job and move to Seattle.

 

[binary visions]

I wonder who that girl is, and if she has any freakin' clue how many people have seen her ass?

 

[SkaredShtles]

I wonder who that girl is, and if she has any freakin' clue how many people have seen her ass?

I thought that was antimony?

 

[splat]

I wonder who that girl is, and if she has any freakin' clue how many people have seen her ass?

O personlly like this version of it Better ! Now is that MMike ?

 

[MMike]

a red x?

 

[macko]

I switched favorite beers from Sierra Nevada to Stone IPA. WATCH OUT CUZ I"M ON YOUR ASS!!!

 

[manimal]

so is this before or after the major post count deletion a couple years ago?

i've been on since '01 so let's see...

had 2 more kids
just made my 9th move
went from military to civilian
had many random jobs
became a cop
bought first house
1 concussion

 

[fluff]

Moved house 4 times (including two purchases and one sale)
Split up with 2 live-in girlfriends
Got married
Had a kid
On my 5th job
Broken 3 bones
Bought 3 bikes, sold 3 bikes
Changed car 4 times
Changed motorcycle once.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I switched favorite beers from Sierra Nevada to Stone IPA. WATCH OUT CUZ I"M ON YOUR ASS!!!

Stone IPA is mucho better than SN.

 

[Toshi]

moved 6 times, with maybe 6 more if you count this upcoming year
worked a real job for 6 months
graduated from undergrad, went back to school a year later
got into dh, got out of dh
shot something on the order of 30,000 photos on 3 camera bodies
finally upgraded computers, once: power mac g4 800 to mac mini core duo

 

[ummbikes]

Moved three times
Graduated College
Two jobs
One new kid
3 knee operations
Quit riding twice

 

[Ridemonkey]

Hmm...
moved 6-7 times
a couple serious relationships
bought 3 macs, 3 ipods
bought RM
worked for some cool clients
ate a lot of bbq

 

[MMike]

I should add that moving within the same city doesn't count. I moved 7 times around seattle

Ridemonkey (the man the myth) also BECAME Ridemonkey, and Beerdemon became Beerdemon......

 

[rigidhack]

I'm not at the top of the list, but...
4 broken bones (left collarbone x2, two ribs)
completed a PhD
in the process of moving to Vancouver BC (from MA)
1 new kid
2 new jobs
2 new cars (soon to be 3)
2 new computers (3 as of today)
bought 1st FS bike

enough to keep me busy anyway.

 

[kidwoo]

I've changed socks at least 4 times since 2003. Bike shorts maybe once.

 

[urbaindk]

so is this before or after the major post count deletion a couple years ago?

i've been on since '01 so let's see...

had 2 more kids
just made my 9th move
went from military to civilian
had many random jobs
became a cop
bought first house
1 concussion

If you ever get down on your luck I found a new career opportunity for you. They say it's incompatible with police work but I'm sure you can get around that somehow.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5198934.stm

 

[laura]

I haven't done a single thing since joining this board and I like it that way.

 

[Full Trucker]

Quit job, started working for myself (but only occasionally)
Learned how to ride a motorcycle (bought a YZ250F)
Hospitalized twice
Three surgeries (two during those hospital visits)
Still not married, still no kids
That's all I can think of now... I think yous guys got me beat...


laura - didn't you get married or something?

 

[bluebug32]

I met Stosh and my life hasn't been the same ever since

 

[Tenchiro]

Virginity Lost = 1
Whores Killed = 18
Hobos Stabbed = 5
Love Found = 0 (or 5 if you count the stabbed Hobos)

 

[Ian F]

same job
same house
hell... I even owned the same 4 bikes...
:evil:

 

[laura]

laura - didn't you get married or something?

That doesn't count, we were practically married anyway.

 

[Tame Ape]

Didn't move.
One serious relationship
2-4 bikes (memory fails me)
Lots and lots of jobs
Taco'd my ankles at seperate times
Started a company
met Stosh

 

[laura]

let me think....

3 new bikes
raced DH
got married
moved once
got a dog
got a bachelor's degree
got a new job doing something besides making sandwhiches
started grad school

no babies and no broken bones, sounds like a good four years to me.

 

[dhbuilder]

I wonder who that girl is, and if she has any freakin' clue how many people have seen her ass?

or have had........

 

[jimmydean]

Moved 3 times
Had 1 kid
Went from the Navy to the National Guard, to civilian
7th job
5th bike
7th vehicle
Started racing DH
Started undergrad school
Finished undergrad school
Went from $85k/year to $35k/year and back to $75k/year
<edit> critters
1 horse
1 rabbit
7 chickens
1 cat
3 dogs

 

[mud'n'sweat]

I joined the peace corp
Knocked up a Saigon prostitute
Had a two headed child, but some how he/she is half ethiopian half vietmanese.
Grew a bunch of hair on my back
Started and quickly failed at my own GnarTriCycle Freeride video series
Got busted humping my neighbors magnolia tree in a drunken stuper and spent the night in jail
Became the first ever three time world champion Camel racer only to have my title ripped away for suspected blood doping

What a turbulent few months it's been.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Heh, MBC and I were mere newlyweds fresh off our honeymoon when we joined RM. Since then:

Got a new job and got promoted twice.
Bought a house.
Got a dog and two cats.
Met about 60 monkeys, including a few I've become good friends with.
Visited New Orleans, Southern Cal, San Francisco (twice), Las Vegas, Disney World (several times).
Deleted about 500 threads and banned about 50 members.
Have done two team 24 hour races.
0 concussions, 0 broken bones.
Drank a couple of beers.

 

[Changleen]

2 Countries
2 Jobs
3 houses (renting)
2 cats
Tons of new friends
4-5 new bikes
Visited 5 other countries

 

[ridetoofast]

1 job
2 houses
2 concussions
4 dislocations
6 fractures (one of those is a three-peat)
4 bikes
quit smoking (16 days from 1 year)
2 dogs passed
3 dh season passes (started dh'ing just after joining the )
1 1/2 marathon
3 adventure races
3 endurance mtn bike races to include my first 12 and 24 hr race

 

[Freak]

1 girlfriend (broke up)
then I met my wife
moved 6 times (within greater Seattle area)
moved across country (to NJ, and then back to Seattle)
bought 1st house
4 jobs
1 broken bone
worked my way up to having 3 dogs
changed main hobby from mtn bike racing to atv racing
lots o bikes bought and sold

 

[jdcamb]

I have had no broken bones in 8 years! Lot of other effed up crap. But hey no broken bones!

 

[narlus]

wow, changes since '01?

been in probably 8 different countries
been through 2 DH bikes
been through ~4 XC/FR bikes
rode DH in france
had my 2nd kid :love:
turned 40
been in the same house
worked for the same company
no significant losses, friend or family-wise
drank some fabulous wine
met some v. cool monkeys
saw tons of great bands and heard some great tunes :trophy_br

changed my socks 5 times. :kidwoo:

 

[Nobody]

3 jobs
1 career [totally out of sporting industry]
divorced
lived in 3 different countries [as in, rented apts, houses, etc]
got rid of everything I owned except for laptop, clothes and knives.

saw 40 come and go.

boinked more women in the last 2 years than the previous 20.

oh, and from 9 bikes including tandem to none.