Vulture meet my windshield....

[geshaw30]

I too suffered the fate of a "heat & glass seeking 18 wheeler airborne lug nut" that took out my windshield. It was on my way home from work at 4:30 am---not another vehicle on the road but us two---3 other open lanes of westbound Interstate travel options--and I get hammered. Such is life.

Ryan- that sounds like a decent price. I remember paying $337 ($199 for the glass...$20 for the quick set glue...$100 labor...+ tax) and that was back in '02. Got mine done at Able Auto Glass out by the 'dome and remember them telling me I got the only VX windshield, at that time, in Houston. If you still plan on meeting up with us on the 23rd please bring the photos. Should make for interesting conversation out back by the cement pond.
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[BBVX]

The hurdle thing caught my eye. Professional decathlete?? Wow! That's pretty cool. In high school track, I did shot and disc, and was looking for a running event to compete in. My coach got me interested in the 400 hurdles, and I loved 'em. I wasn't really good at it, ( 6', 220 lbs.) but I had a lot of fun doing it. I think my best time ever was 66.2, not too bad for a big "loaf" as coach used to call us 'field' guys.

Brian

[Maugan_VX]

speaking of things flying off trucks and hitting vehicles... on the way home from a regatta this weekend we saw a whole wheel/tire fly off a 3-axle enclosed cargo trailer being pulled by a big truck. The tire hit something, bounced up in the air OVER a pontiac sunfire, and then started rolling down the hill on I85 just north of Charlotte. Thing is, it was rolling right down the white dash line in the middle of the highway. We had to pick our slot to pass it given the 8'6" wide boat we were hauling. Glad it didn't cause any damage to anyone.

[LittleBeast]

Ryan- that sounds like a decent price. I remember paying $337 ($199 for the glass...$20 for the quick set glue...$100 labor...+ tax) and that was back in '02. Got mine done at Able Auto Glass out by the 'dome and remember them telling me I got the only VX windshield, at that time, in Houston.

Yeah, the guy came out and did the replacement Monday, and while he was putting in the new one after he got the old glass out he noticed that the new glass was kind of distorted at the upper most passenger corner, and was definitely flawed. So he said that he would definitely need to put a different windeshield on the VX. So he called ALL of the glass distrubutors in Houston and then had them all check there inventories and there were no more windshields in TEXAS! He found one in Columbus, Ohio. So he went ahead and put the defective one in for now so I can at least drive it around, and then after the week or so it takes for the new (hopefully unflawed) windshield to get here, he will come out and replace it at no extra cost, still $240.

The hurdle thing caught my eye. Professional decathlete?? Wow! That's pretty cool. In high school track, I did shot and disc, and was looking for a running event to compete in. My coach got me interested in the 400 hurdles, and I loved 'em. I wasn't really good at it, ( 6', 220 lbs.) but I had a lot of fun doing it. I think my best time ever was 66.2, not too bad for a big "loaf" as coach used to call us 'field' guys.

Brian

I would say that if I was going to "pick" an event the 400m hurdles would be at the end of the list. They are one of the two hardest, most challenging events in track and field. The other being the 800m (two laps around the outdoor tracks for all the none track people). The 400m Hurdles and 800m run hurt so bad, training for them is not fun either. 66.2 is respectable. My roommate Ben (who also went to the Olympic Trials last year) runs the 400m hurdles and last year he ran around a 49.2 I believe. My other roommate Jason (who also went to the Olympic Trials last year) is a triple jumper and he went around 55'3" last year. It was crazy the 3 guys that went to the Olympic Trials for Rice University were all roommates you know? Anyways, I know how you feel exactly, because as you probably know the last event of the Decathlon is the 1500m (about 90 meters short of a mile). And being 6'4" 215lbs I was not meant to run the 1500m, but it is 1/10th of what I do, so each time I line up for the 1500m and it seems like after 9 events over two days there is no way I can finish, I know I am just going to have to reach down for strength not of my own and over come. 'Jesus looked at them (the disciples) and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."' Matthew 19:26
In Christ,
Ryan Harlan