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Old 06-10-2010, 06:25 PM   #11
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shit i wanna buy this guy a beer
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Old 06-10-2010, 06:49 PM   #12
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Despite the donations I received to help with my exodus I have only now recovered from my 2007 trip, in a financial sense. I sold most of the things I had that were worth anything, the rest of what I owned was stolen from the storage I put it in, so when I got back I had nothing. I had completely cashed out my 401k and all that good stuff as well.

The financial burden would not be a deterrent to doing something like this. It was well worth it.
Spoken like a man who has truly enjoyed life for a few minutes. How much did yoru trip wind up costing you in the end?
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Old 06-10-2010, 06:54 PM   #13
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Spoken like a man who has truly enjoyed life for a few minutes. How much did yoru trip wind up costing you in the end?
Around $10,000 or so I suppose, not counting the $4k motorcycle I blew up. I received approx $3k of that through donations. $1k of that $3k came from a single source, a man I've never met and know nothing about, other than that he owns a Plymouth Superbird.
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Old 06-10-2010, 06:58 PM   #14
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So he was depressed and decided to commit financial suicide. What a hero.
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Old 06-10-2010, 07:00 PM   #15
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Around $10,000 or so I suppose, not counting the $4k motorcycle I blew up. I received approx $3k of that through donations. $1k of that $3k came from a single source, a man I've never met and know nothing about, other than that he owns a Plymouth Superbird.
Really? That pretty cool, and that was for a decent amount of time too liek 6 months right?. I threw $20 in the pot, but that only gets you a gas tank...
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Old 06-10-2010, 07:07 PM   #16
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Around $10,000 or so I suppose, not counting the $4k motorcycle I blew up. I received approx $3k of that through donations. $1k of that $3k came from a single source, a man I've never met and know nothing about, other than that he owns a Plymouth Superbird.
I believe I remember a dude on CF with a Superbird in his avatar.....That's pretty cool
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Old 06-10-2010, 07:08 PM   #17
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Really? That pretty cool, and that was for a decent amount of time too liek 6 months right?. I threw $20 in the pot, but that only gets you a gas tank...
No shit? Thanks dude, I didn't even know you had followed it. It was around 5 months I think. It would've been much longer, but I took the hate mail personally and lost my drive. At this point in my life it wouldn't bother me, but I was younger then,
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Old 06-10-2010, 07:10 PM   #18
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What hate mail?
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Old 06-10-2010, 07:12 PM   #19
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What hate mail?
There was much controversy over the donations. Did I really deserve it? Was I covering enough miles per day? Was my ride adventurous enough? Were my thumbs real or implants? Etc. etc. In fact, the "anti-Kaneman" thread swelled to be nearly as large as my actual ride report.

Since I had foolishly given out all my contact information I got constant emails and texts and an occasional phone call from people who disagreed with what I was doing.
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Old 06-10-2010, 07:43 PM   #20
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Were my thumbs real or implants?
The image I have in my head is that of thumbs with tits.
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