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  1. HikerShawn

    Moving to Nashville, New York etc. to Make it in Music

    A lot of people do that it seems. I live near Golconda, Illinois. It's where Mason Ramsey is from. I just talked to his grampa the other day. Mason yodelled in Wal-Mart and became YouTube famous for it. Now he's a country music star at 17 years old and lives in Nashville. He seems to be doing a...
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    Ever watched a movie couple of times?

    I love spy movies, especially those set around the Cold War era. I can watch them again and again. The Good Shepherd is one of my favorite.
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    Guess The Song From Emojis

    What's my age again? I say that because the lyrics repeat and it could be associated with bday cake?
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    What's your favorite scary movie?

    Since we're close to Halloween, I thought this post was appropriate! Scary movies... What's your favorite ones and why?
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    How many kids do you want?

    I have 2 to 6. LOL I have 2 step-kids. An 18-year-old daughter and a 24-year-old son. That's my 2. Add 1 if you add my stepdaughter-in-law. That's my 3rd. The other three? Two cats and a basset hound, LOL I have no biological children, but I love my step-kids and daughter-in-law as if they...
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    Attachments not working

    I tried to add a few pictures to the caving topic. All 3 of them are under 500k in size. It read like it loaded them but wouldn't give me the option to attach them. No errors either.
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    Cycling

    Anyone into cycling here? I've been into it for quite a few years now. I road bike, gravel bike, and mountain bike. I usually ride anywhere from 2,000 to 5,000 miles a year. If I could ride more, I would, but I have to do that dang adulting!
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    Spelunking, Caving

    I absolutely love wild caving. Here in Illinois, we have Illinois Caverns which features 6 miles of karst region. You'll get soaking wet but it's a lot of fun. Free and self-guided and definitely not for people who are freaked out by that sort of thing. Attached a few pics of us going through...
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    Miniature Golf

    I always called it goofy golf. I don't know why!? I LOVE playing it. I don't like playing or watching regular golf, not even driving range play. I'd play it now but I have 2 issues... (1) There aren't any courses left anymore :( (2) My wife is so bad at it that she gets angry like a child LOL
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    Paintball

    That brings back all kinds of memories! I LOVED paintball back in jr high school. We'd get all camo'd up and go into the woods (pretty much trespass LOL) and act like we're in war with each other. It was a lot of fun. It was pretty popular around my parts for some time. I had a spider...
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    Guess The Song From Emojis

    Cake?
  12. HikerShawn

    What do you do for work?

    I'm a surveillance investigator. I detect and investigate criminal activity, fraud, and internal violations in the gaming industry. While I work with gaming law enforcement, I am not law enforcement. We're simply the investigative side of things. I also own a few businesses, including a hiking...
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    Do you use 12 hours or 24 hours format?

    I use the 24-hour time format. I work in investigations, and we use that format every day, so I just program everything I use to also reflect that format.
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    Do you know how to swim?

    I know the fundamentals of swimming but have never put them into practice. I kayak. However, I always wear a life jacket, and I stick to lakes. I don't do rivers or the ocean. I feel like I could swim to save my life but if I never have to swim, I'm fine with that, haha.
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    What's your happiest moment?

    I got married on August 15th of this year, the day before my 40th birthday. That has been the happiest moment on my life. I've never been married and I found life partner through hiking.
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    How many US states have you been to?

    I live and have always lived in Illinois (Southern), but I've also been to Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, Iowa, Nebraska, and Indiana.
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    Are you apolitical?

    I lean different ways on different issues but I do try to be as apolitical as possible. I don't use mainstream media to get my news. Each company is bias and leans a certain way. That gives you opinionated news, sometimes false, and often more biased than factual content. I rely on a lot of...
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    Bauhuas

    What do you think about Bauhuas? This band might be considered the first band in the goth genre but I feel like it has a lot of very old school punk elements to it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus_(band) I used to be goth when I was a teenager LOL. We all have our phases... But I really...
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    Evolution of Blink-182's musical style

    I think all the bands kind of evolve with what's trending. You know, you have your hardcore fans who want you to keep it the way they're used to, but a band is like a business; in order to stay ahead and popular, you have to succumb to trends and changes. If they can slightly adjust their tones...
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    Howdy Folks

    Hey folks - Shawn here. New to the forum. I definitely grew up listening to B182 and other bands in that era. I miss the 90s, it wasn't as intense as it is now. I'd much rather watch Blink 182 videos on MTV than watched two countries bomb the %$#@ out of each other. Bit about me: 40 y/o...
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