Looking Back on 2022

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We lost Dan this year. Covid wrecked my family, myself included, and I did lose my grandfather due to covid. My dad lost his best friend randomly a few days after thanksgiving. I’ve had a ton of other personal shit going on this year.

But on the up side my luthier restored an amazing gibson Les Paul custom that I bought from a friend, I grabbed a new amp for all that I’ve been through this year that I’ve had my eye on, and, covid be damned to my health, I’m still alive to see 2023.

It’s been a rough fucking year for our family and I’m glad to see 2022 in the rear view mirror. I’m hoping 2023 is better than 2022.

There’s a lot of be thankful for this year and I’m not talking about material items. Merry Christmas RT :rock:
 
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I’ve been through so much…I can’t believe it.

-If mountains weren’t rocky,
how could we climb them?

I take it your in your late 40’s , 50’ish?
At 50, owning businesses for 26 years,
my question for all?

Where’s the “rub” in it?

Gotta remember-we’re too blessed to be stressed.
Anyone’s circumstances could far worse.
Keep a space in your heart & mind for gratitude.
Seek to be the man you always wanted to meet.

And keep “one fist in the gold
& one foot in the gutter”. -Riki Rackman


Much love dude and please play the living shit out of your guitar.
 
glpg80 said:
We lost Dan this year. Covid wrecked my family, myself included, and I did lose my grandfather due to covid. My dad lost his best friend randomly a few days after thanksgiving. I’ve had a ton of other personal shit going on this year.

But on the up side my luthier restored an amazing gibson Les Paul custom that I bought from a friend, I grabbed a new amp for all that I’ve been through this year that I’ve had my eye on, and, covid be damned to my health, I’m still alive to see 2023.

It’s been a rough fucking year for our family and I’m glad to see 2022 in the rear view mirror. I’m hoping 2023 is better than 2022.
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shoot me a text-I switched phones and lost your number.....merry Christmas cracker....
 
I just got over Covid, my mom and dad got it too. I suggest weed edibles for healing. Also, my hope for myself this year is to get a legit high gain amp, even though my Bassman boosted sounds better than 95% of this jabroni shit I hear out now. MERRY CHRISTMAS YALL!
 
My husband lost his mother at the beginning of the year to brain cancer. The most selfless person in our family.
Costco destroyed our family land and quiet neighborhood to build a warehouse on the wetland buffer zone next door that was home to white owls, foxes, hawks, and so much more after years of us fighting with the city to get a simple permit to build a shed.
Our living expenses increased over $2k a month due to the Kakistocracy resulting in shuttering our plans to open a music store.
My husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary.
Our teenage daughter started a band and absolutely rocked 5 gigs already.
Our son started HS and has gained huge confidence after joining football and wrestling.
We can dwell on the past good or bad or we can add a dwell to our amps.
Merry Christmas!
 
Funk'n Metal said:
My husband lost his mother at the beginning of the year to brain cancer. The most selfless person in our family.
Costco destroyed our family land and quiet neighborhood to build a warehouse on the wetland buffer zone next door that was home to white owls, foxes, hawks, and so much more after years of us fighting with the city to get a simple permit to build a shed.
Our living expenses increased over $2k a month due to the Kakistocracy resulting in shuttering our plans to open a music store.
My husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary.
Our teenage daughter started a band and absolutely rocked 5 gigs already.
Our son started HS and has gained huge confidence after joining football and wrestling.
We can dwell on the past good or bad or we can add a dwell to our amps.
Merry Christmas!
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Congrats on 20 years FunkN.
 
Funk'n Metal said:
My husband lost his mother at the beginning of the year to brain cancer. The most selfless person in our family.
Costco destroyed our family land and quiet neighborhood to build a warehouse on the wetland buffer zone next door that was home to white owls, foxes, hawks, and so much more after years of us fighting with the city to get a simple permit to build a shed.
Our living expenses increased over $2k a month due to the Kakistocracy resulting in shuttering our plans to open a music store.
My husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary.
Our teenage daughter started a band and absolutely rocked 5 gigs already.
Our son started HS and has gained huge confidence after joining football and wrestling.
We can dwell on the past good or bad or we can add a dwell to our amps.
Merry Christmas!
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Happy 20th and congrats on all of the successes :rock:
 
All I can say is that my heart genuinely goes out to all RT'ers who've had a tough year.

God knows, mine's been a shit show and it's around about this time of year that we tend to pause and assess. I wish now I hadn't weighed myself for the first time in 2022... on Christmas Eve. I mean, was I expecting good news? All it did was drive home the toll the year took on me - 55kg. WTF? :LOL:

Hang in there bro's and sistas. More pain, but thankfully good times as well, are bound to come our way sooner or later. :dunno:
 
It was honestly a (relatively) calm year for me, which was welcome after the tail end of 2021 almost ruining me through a few catastrophes, including losing multiple close family members to Covid, totaling a vehicle and ending up in the ICU for a few weeks. It hasn't been a great 2022, but growth through picking up the pieces and figuring out how to move forward has some value. Now, It looks like my girl and I will be moving out to LA this coming Spring, so we're about to get a fresh start and look forward to the next chapter. I'm definitely more excited about getting out of Virginia than she is, but she's spent her entire life here and is leaving more behind.

Blessings to everyone else who had tough times this year, or anyone who was too busy buckling down and doing work to really enjoy life the way you deserve.
 
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Their 68-pack frozen, microwavable Chimichangas are the mf'ing bomb !
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I'll have to keep that in mind when I pretend to be one of their forklift drivers. You think a pallet will get me through the winter?
 
2022 was a good year outside of Mailman Dan passing. The negative part was I broke my leg beginning of October on my bicycle doing slow wheelies ?. Was a simple break of the fibula so I didn’t need a cast, but being at the bottom near my ankle, my foot swole up.

Had Covid for the second time in mid-October, but like the first time I had it, I took Ivermectin and it cleared it up quickly. Missed no work.

The great new was my neighbor was inducted into the pro football hall of fame. Was really great to be a part of the process and how deserving he is.

The other great news of the year and interesting process is that my daughter committed to a D1 college for field hockey. She’s only 16 and a junior in high school. On June 15th at midnight colleges we able to reach out (NCAA rules). 14 colleges were interested in her. During the summer my wife and daughter visited a shit ton of colleges. We live in PA and went as far north to Vermont, far south as North Carolina and Indiana was as far west as she went. Was crazy how many college head coaches were calling and texting her looking for a decision. In October, my daughter made her decision and verbally committed to a private college and hour from home. The best part of all of this is my wife and I did not tell her what to do, we only guided her offering no personal opinions. This is pretty massive since she is only 16. All she talks about is she doesn’t have to take the SAT since she has a 3.8 gpa (she attends a private high school).

Edit: almost forgot that I got my 4th degree black belt in Taekwondo this year too.
 
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Honestly for some years now has been pure hell for me and 2022 was no different, got Covid, want to try and get in better shape but between work and band hard to find time, severe sciatica and all over pain playing all these 3-4 hour shows and waking up in pain all the time, finances in the dumps ? Can only hope things will get better but I don't know...
 
Semi shit show for sure on many levels, Covid, Family and Friends passing....flip side is our band played 42 gigs and not a freebie went out the performing door. 2023 is looking and booking good already. Went to work for a company I was always chasing, money might even catch up to the cool factor of the job but its working for now. Three weeks into total abstinence from weed, alcohol and caffeine, actual sobriety, we'll see how that goes but it becomes a game after a bit, feel F'ing great, sleeping great. Happy Holidays !

Here's a lovely Christmas song for youse all!

 
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