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When I first moved to the Charleston metro area, my (first) wife and I were house hunting near Summerville and saw a street named “Fault Line Road”.

Yeah, that neighborhood got IMMEDIATELY crossed off our list!

As a young lad, I LOVED this song, just for the title and for the fact that I could actually see an actual two headed dog in my mind! As I got older, the Evil One was still fresh in my memory, but I was immersed more and more into funk. RIP, Roky, may your personal demons be finally exorcised!

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P&T means permanent and total, for those that don't know. If you're P&T there's usually a damn good reason.

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I am. And yes, there’s a damn good reason. I still put in 37 years in as a civilian worker before I got to P&T, so I was a taxpayer anyway.

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Eh, I’m 80% rated served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. Knees are fricked, Vision is damn near gone in my left eye, and I constantly have a ringing in my ears. I can’t seem to get 100%. Now they have guys that never served in any hostile locations getting 100% or are medically retired. Bunch of BS if you ask me.

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Brother, are you younger or older than 55?

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What evidence of abuse do you have? You think the VA is wrongfully giving Disability Ratings?

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Hoo boy. I’m 100% VA disabled now. It only took me 35 years to get to 100% tho. Started off at 10%, then 30%, then 50%, then 70%. Finally started to receive 100% in April 2024. During my 35 year wait, the most time I spent waiting was when I was receiving 30% (17 years), followed by 10% (12 years). My rating started going up once I turned 55 years old. I can’t speak for other states, but SC regional office puts you through hoop after hoop to even 10%!

Long story short. I would give every penny back if I could have healthy knees again (I can’t even jog anymore). I wish my tailbone had a normal curve again. I wish I didn’t receive an experimental hypertension drug that messed up my mind to the point that I almost committed suicide twice (1988 and 1989).

But hey, we’re scamming the system. My father was a Air Force veteran who’s service and medical records were destroyed in the St Louis warehouse fire. He had legit injuries while in service but the VA always denied him because his records were destroyed. No proof. So spare me about POS’s gaming the system. That’s why the VA has a FWA division for the scammers.

Last but not least. My uncle was a Navy senior chief. The day I enlisted, he told me to keep my OWN copy of my medical records. My copy has saved my bacon many many times when dealing with the VA, ESPECIALLY my psychiatric records. It was the only proof of the drug I was given for my hypertension.

Heart attack. Retired from medical administration but still have contacts I keep in touch with. DOA at the hospital.

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Finally someone with some sense.

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I grew up listening to Chet. I would have put him in my original post, but at the time, I listed Roy instead. Roy Clark was just an all around entertainer and could probably play anything that has strings! Mind you, I was the oddball growing up. I could switch back and forth between Roy, BB, and Eddie Hazel in the space of 3 songs and think nothing of it!

I’m gonna be all over the place!

Jimi
Prince
Roy Clark
Ernie Isley
Eddie Hazel

From my childhood:
B.B. King
Robert Fripp
Fred “Sonic” Smith
Bo Diddley
Bob Marley

Eddie Hazel overlaps childhood and adulthood, but I will go to my grave thinking “Maggot Brain” was the best guitar playing I have ever heard. Same thing with Roy Clark overlapping both!

This is more R&B than funk, but I am old school. Nice beat and you can dance to it!

I call this neo-funk. There’s a French producer who is putting out some nice driving music funk. It’s not Funkadelic level, but it’s not dreck either:

I don’t listen to country music as often as I used to, but this song by the Hag is on my Top 10 list: