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- HijoDMaite0
What a great start! I know I would of loved it if my father had written about all his life experiences and left them to me. They are going to love this and maybe one day feel a calling to follow in all your footsteps. Really cool and inspirational man. Thanks
- spookykat0
Fiction?
- Amicus0
Damn. I wish I'd had 1% of the adventures you seem to have had.
Not bad for a kiwi :)
- Hombre_Lobo0
some parts are a little are a little over dramatic for my tastes eg - "held by the devil himself - and walked on."
but that as a great read :)
really wish i could write that well, but wish more so i'd done half the stuff you have. Im 25 now and havent traveled all that much and i occasionally panic slightly about my wasted time and lack of adventures.So are you completely deaf adams? how did that happen? feel free to tell me to mind my own business :)
im a fan of your work so i hope this book is gonna be illustrated!
- 34 and this makes me feel like I haven't done anything.Amicus
- bjladams0
aye, thanks for the encouragement.
@hombre - story behind that line is that the guy who drew the gun on me introduced himself as "the devil"
i've still got 15 years or so to weed it down to a good yarn though. I hadnt thought about illustrating it...
And yes, completely deaf. dr's dont know why or how. the assume that it was either some sort of parasite picked up from traveling, or an auto-immune disease that my body killed off before they could find it... either way, it is what it is.- ahh cool @ the devil thing, very cool.
oh man thats mad about your hearing. its horrible that...Hombre_Lobo - there is no explanation. i hope your ok dude. Are you learning to sign?Hombre_Lobo
- i know one - from 12 years of driving. i'm learning, not as fast as the kids, but slowly :-)bjladams
- ahh cool @ the devil thing, very cool.
- detritus0
I once stepped in dog shit.
- Neither zenith nor nadir.detritus
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- goldieboy0
Enjoyed reading that... Amazing adventures! You're kids are going to love reading this when they're older. I have some great shots of my dads adventures when he was younger traveling around the world, which he gave me when I was 18. I will keep them forever and, hopefully, pass them on to my kids one day!
Keep it up
- jfletcher0
I'd like to read the rest :)
- GeorgesII0
Will you include a chapter on the rapture?
- mydo0
graduation is too long to wait. these kind of story can be life shaping at 12, by 20, it's just dads stories which they've heard 1000 times.
but then if they're 12 when they read it for the first time, most of that stuff isn't going to mean anything. it's impressive to the internet, because all we do is sit in front of our computers, but to a kid, they have no reference as to if they have an adventurous dad. or if everyone's dad goes to places they haven't heard about too.
difficult to pick an age!
interesting though. i wonder if your kids will try and be more adventurous, or just be happy with the stories?
- i think you raise a very good point...Hombre_Lobo
- im not keeping these stories from them now, just compiling them into something that they'll appreciate when they're olderbjladams
- jfletcher0
I actually feel inspired by this... I thought I'd done a good job at living, but need some more now! :D
- monospaced0
Are you going to talk about all the chicks you banged before their mother? Also, this is epic.
- scarabin0
"I have gotten lost ... amongst the tunnels of Cu Chi."
those coochie tunnels are treacherous
- shade0
can we pre-order?
- Miesfan0
I have read Tintin adventures which are most boring.
You do not have a Captain Haddock?
- bjladams0
thanks again - i'm looking forward to getting other chapters more refined and will post links (spam?) back to them for those interested.
I suppose too, that it would be unfair to omit a couple of my traveling companions, Joshua Callahan and Ben Hubbard - who I know look over this site from time to time.
- zenmasterfoo0
well done. passing down something to your children is what I've been pondering for quite some time now. I have a little girl who is not yet one, and a son due this September.
I agree with everyone else, I wish I could write like you. My thoughts often come out on paper as a tumble of shit. But in my mind they're unicorns vs. godzilla beautiful.
One day I'll figure out for myself how to do this. In the mean time you are inspiring. Thank you.
- gramme0
Man. Lost your hearing? That's terrible. I hope your doctors get to the bottom of it.
Amazing the things we constantly take for granted, until bereft of them.