Reviews by thumperdrummer

thumperdrummer says "Organic sculpture inspired by fluid movement and sensual curves" about Gregor Smith

thumperdrummer — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:28:02 GMT

Gregor is posting his art website to get feedback and exposure.

www.SpiritCurves.com

How did Gregor get started sculpting?

In 2002, Gregor had a total loss house fire from an electrical fire, and he had some serious stress. Then on top of that, his mother died a few months later, and the rage in his body was getting pretty close to being out of control. A great friend and fellow band mate, Jimbo, showed up with a set of carving tools, a six pack of beer, and said, "let's learn/create a new art form."

The next thing Gregor knew, he was carving Hawaiian styled tikis and beating the hell out those logs with a mallet and chisel. He fell in love with it! They dreamed of how they could illuminate the sculptures at their next party. Then they started carving scary faces in hollow logs, much like you would a Jack-a-Lantern. They filled them with candles, lights, and then they tried PROPANE! YEA BABY, propane in mass quantities, and 10 foot high flames jumping out of a scary tiki face, that's...

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thumperdrummer says "I can count on my Jeep" about Jeep Cherokee - 1995

thumperdrummer — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:11:53 GMT

I have had my Jeep for 13 years now,
and have done some serious 4x4 driving with it,
and have done a cross country trip with it
last year all the way out to BurningMan.
She has 175,000+ miles on her now.
And I can tell ya, crossing the desert in a 12+ year
old American made car, did have me concerned.
Note also, I had a bunch of sculpture tied to the roof,
which caused a lot of wind drag and stress.
She performed beautifully,
and we bonded in that 5000 mile trip!

She takes me camping placed, others would never dare go.
And I have been able to pull trucks/with trailers attached,
out of the mud with it too.

Take care of the basics, oil changes and transmission
fluid changes, and these things will go for a long time.
Granted, over the years I've had, the usual water pumps,
belts, 4x4 parts, and breaks wear out. But overall, she has
taken a lick'n and still kept kicking.

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thumperdrummer says "Good luck getting them to pay out " about The Hartford

thumperdrummer — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:20:38 GMT

After having a total loss house fire and dealing with The Hartford for 6 years to get payments I can say this:

- You'll need to get the Georgia Insurance Commissioner involved with your claim in order to get your original house loan paid off. They took over 3 months to pay it off. Note, they would not return my phone calls until I got the Georgia Insurance Commissioner involved.
- They repeatedly lost my internal contents claims receipts, and required me to resend them at least three times. Often it would take them more than two months to pay contents claims off.
- You can count on them to be very sarcastic and disrespectful when you start talking about rebuilding your home. I suggest tape recording your conversations, that changed their tone quickly.
- They will argue over the rebuild cost of your home even when you have multiple estimates from reputable builders. There again, the Georgia Insurance Commissioner office helped a lot on this issue too.

All in all, I would NOT recommend The...

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