Posts by Funinthesun

  • Conservative Politics & Daily Events Discussion

    Why is Geriatric Joe delaying the evacuation of Afghan residents who WORKED for the US Government and were paid for thie help over the past 20 years? Excuse given is that it is taking time to process their visas and verifying their identification. REALLY? How long does it take to screen all the Ecuadorans that are climbing over the border ILLEGALLY and immediately been sent all over the country and handing them food stamps, free health care and God knows what else? I guess Afghans probably will be voting REPUBLICAN and that doesn't fit the Harris Biden - I mean Sleepy Joe and Camel-toe plan.


    Too DUMB to be honest - the BROWN NEW DEAL - Full of shit coming out of Washington until he's impeached

  • Conservative Politics & Daily Events Discussion

    In case you all missed it, Biden tore down a huge section of the Southern Border Wall over the weekend. He stated it was a waste of money. But to prove how sincere his is to keep the border safe, he had his new security system put into place. Fox news was able to take this picture before they were removed from the area




  • Some Funny Comics I recently received in emails

    You should try Rodeo sex next time you and the girlfriend have make up sex from some fight that she caused. To those who don't know what Rodeo sex is, that's when you mount her from behind and hold on tight. You then say to her that her sister moves a LOT better when she's doing this with me

  • Toyo 345/30/20 can not find

    Here's the Toyo 345/25/20 on a modified stock Slingshot rear wheel. The inside (right side) of the tire clears the adjusting nut on the QA-1 shock when driven sanely at stock air pressure. When the air pressure drops to 24 psi or so and it's driven to the max in Maggie Valley, you notice the slight rub. Tire clearance to the swing-arm wasn't an issue, but I have no clearer pics to support that statement




  • OG Sling Member ILL

    I know better than to be on my soapbox, but the events of the past 3 weeks has to be used to help save someone.


    I just heard from my neighbor, that a friend of his daughter just died today from Covid as well. The two sad issues about this is that she's only in her 40;s and has been vaccinated. Guys this shit is serious. It was bad enough living through what I did and come out the other side, but to hear that a YOUNGER, HEALTHIER young women who also was vaccinated came down with the same illness I had and the results were tragic. I hate to celebrate my fortune when I hear stories like this. Guys, PLEASE take this as a wake-up call and do everything you can to be safe.

  • Toyo 345/30/20 can not find

    I missed the first line that you're considering new tires over the winter. This might be your best bet for you AND Shtamn since you do live in the snow belt. It does have good traction lol




  • Toyo 345/30/20 can not find

    Connman, I used a Toyo Proxes T1R 345/25/20 tire on the rear of my Slingshot. If you check the tire specs, this one is the closest tire height to the stock Kenda while getting you the 345 MM tread depth. It never set a code for mismatched tire diameter. They were not cheap, but the are not WICKED Expensive either. You can find them for about $300 each. The way you drive, it should safely get you 6,000 miles per tire. That's like a nickle a mile. Why buy a Chinese made POS just to save yourself a PENNY?

  • OG Sling Member ILL

    Quote from adventure4me

    Glad, you are rid of Covid and feeling better, Phil! Just take it easy!

    Thanks again Anita. You guys all pulled me through another one. You guys need to tell me ENOUGH, so I don't EVER go through another case like this knowing you'll pull me through. There's only so much a brother can ask, and you guys have delivered WAY too much again

  • OG Sling Member ILL

    Quote from ConnMan

    Wicked happy for you AND Judy, that you are improving from this nightmare!!!


    (So, while you were sweating this thing out in bed, me and Uncle BillyBob rolled the Vanderhall out of your garage and lit it on fire. Then we went halves on a Slingshot we found in Jersey, and parked it in it's place. Turns out, it was BONES's old Slingshot! No worries, we put a step stool next to it so you can get in it! Them 22's are taaaaaall!!)

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    What is this Vanderhall you guys keep talking about? You did get my new address after we moved when the hurricane took out our roof a few years ago, right? EJ has it

  • OG Sling Member ILL

    Quote from Boomer

    Phil it is good to hear this news. It is also the best way to put things in the best light possible.

    You fought a great fight and won! Keep on mending, do it slow, and keep on keeping on!
    Glad you still haven’t forgotten your brothers have been praying for your recovery, and prayers to come true. Our sisters were praying also, Anita!

    Yes Boomer. You all had more than anyone cold have asked to pull me through this. And YES, Anita did her share from the West Coast along with Ed and let's toss Tripod in since he's almost on the coast. 100's of OG Slingshot owners may not be abel to move mountains, but they sure can make sure I beat these medical demons to see how pretty those mountains really are to see in person

  • OG Sling Member ILL

    Thanks again Marco, Ed, Frank and others. I had the first real night with some quality sleep last night and feel either the same or slightly better today. Sure hope I have in fact turned the corner to this 2 week vacation to Hell

  • OG Sling Member ILL

    Sad news

    As much as possible, I want to try to keep this post as much as informative and not political. I also don't want it to become emotional, and keep it to facts.


    While I'm extremely happy have have made it through 2 plus weeks of HELL dealing with the effects of Covid, to say I had had it easy is so tough for me to understand. I did everything possible to get one of the first to claim my shots when I was allowed to try. Getting into the early shots in January gave me some relief knowing (or as it turns out now) THINKING that I was over 95% protected from getting Covid. To me that was a gamble that I'd make every day of my life given those odds. Las vegas would never exist if the house paid off player bets of over 95%. Now fast forward it to 6 1/2 months later and the Delta version of this virus is the new version to watch out for. A new version that all 3 major vaccine companies HOPED would have a similar percentage of coverage from the original vaccine. It looks like their wishful thinking had flaws. So many flaw that they had a new term for those of us who did come down with Covid. They're calling it "break-thru cases. So I was exposed to someone (I'm 99.9% sure who it was that infected me. Both he and his wife NEVER received the vaccine. The choice was theirs and theirs to live with (no pun intended), and neither of them had the integrity to inform me that they were not vaccinated. Especially when the husband spent over 30 minutes riding in my truck with me, maskless and flaunting HIS right to not get the shots. So I spend over 2 weeks in HELL over this guys RIGHT to not protect himself. I ask a simple question. Why is HIS right to NOT be vaccinated more important than MY right to know my life is put at risk by his silence? Isn't it a felony if an HIV criminal spits in the face of a cop while he's being arrested? Isn't it also a felony for a sexual partner who is HIV positive to engage in sex without informing the partner of their situation? But now someone has more rights than me to not be vaccinated and hide that from me knowing full well that I'm being put at risk without the knowledge of the situation. I'll tell you this. My views have changed a LOT over the past 2 plus weeks and even more so now that I know where the source of my infection came from. It's no satisfaction at all knowing that his wife came down sicker than me 2 days later.


    Then as i spent my first day today able to breath a little easier, and get the good news that I past the test and I'm Covid free, I get hit with the following sad news. A friend (neighbor) has also been fighting Covid had it a LOT worse than I had it. He has been in the hospital for 43 days on a ventilator. He's been in an induced coma a couple of times trying to get him to breath on his own. He was an educated family man who had a lot of life left to live. Neither he nor his family had taken the vaccine, and he lost his gamble. He was unable to continue his fight and passed away today. For whatever reason he had to not get the vaccine, his wife is left to put the pieces together of the broken family. He'll never see his daughter and son in law (who built their house next door to his) enjoy and raise their family. He won't see his 2 year old grandson grow up so grandpa can spoil him and teach him how to use their riding lawnmower, learn to drive, and to spoil him with advice and spare money so impress his girlfriend. I'm sure had he had a crystal ball to see the results of his choice, he probably would have chosen differently


    So whatever reason you have (and the choice IS yours to make) a simple swallowing your pride and take the chance to protect yourself and hundreds of others by simply taking the vaccine not only could save your life, but could save your family and friends the hardship of going on without you. RIP Rick. Nobody deserved to go through this HELL from the lab experiment gone wrong. I hope others will learn that life WITH them is a whole lot better than life WITHOUT them