#its a lot like growth spurt pains id say

[cubbihue]

What are a lot of the main consequences for a kid becoming a fairy? And does Timmy ever miss his bio parents or his human friends?

Aside from his inability to visit the Human Realm? There are Eight Major Consequences to becoming a Fairy. At least, 8 that Timmy has discovered.

The first major consequence are Magic Adjustments. Human Children's small bodies need to handle at least a Pixies' worth of magic output. Slow prolonged exposure to Fairyworld is matched with an increase in consumed Magic.

This is not an issue for Fairies, born and raised within Fairyworld, but for outsiders its a lot like an itch you cannot scratch. An irritation that won't go away until the transformation's complete, or the body adjusts in full.

Timmy used to deal with frequent painful growths in his magic. He finds that exploding objects with his magic helps alleviate the pain somewhat. Or doing one of Jorgen's harsher military courses.

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[homeofhousechickens]

Can she stand or move around at all? Her feathers look rough like she hasnt been able to preen. Id say she likely has a deformity or slipped tendon. If its a slipped tendon if you do lots of physical therapy she may be able to walk eventually but if its a deformity i wouldn't be hopeful, sometimes people are able to get these birds walking again but its difficult and the bird also has to want it.

If she isnt trying to walk at all you may have to make a decision based on her quality of life.

I recently cared for a chick named Mimi with a severe leg deformity that had zero correction intill she came into my care but with physical therapy and a hobble she was able to somewhat walk by herself. She tried very hard but when she went through a growth spurt it reset her progress and she couldnt walk at all without pain so i had to put her down. When caring for disabled or sick chickens you can have many triumphs but also some failures and you never want your own feelings to prevent you from keeping the birds quality of life in mind

Since this chick had a rough start in life but isnt getting better maybe take the next few day to show her lots of love, affection,and treats. If she starts to improve you can try to keep giving her physical therapy but if she doesnt you may want to look into euthanasia.

hello . does anyone have experience/know if splayed legs can be corrected in a ~1 month old chicken

[tomarryamillionaire]

Sometimes the Hard has to be Hard

When my littles were toddlers, I fixed boo-boos and wiped noses. I made their toys work again with my super power, “the battery.” (Shhhh, they still don’t know that secret!) There was the time at Disney where I chased down Peter Pan because my little guy missed the photo opp and was devastated. As they got older, my fixes involved taking forgotten homework to school and helping with projects they neglected to tell me about until the night before! While at times annoying, the hard stuff during their early years was, for the most part, easy. I’d be lying if I said, at times, I didn’t let them learn a hard lesson, but even during those times, I could tie it all up in a pretty, red bow and sleep soundly, knowing I had saved the day.

Flash forward 5 years. Yep, just 5 short years, because the hard stuff literally happens before you know it. It’s like an unexpected stomach bug that seems mild at first; probably “just something they ate”, but then turns out to be the virus from hell that makes its way through the entire family. Now, the hard is life-affecting. It causes them pain in places no one can see. It makes them internalize their struggles. And when they do reach out for help, Super Fix-it Mom is now shrugging her shoulders and giving them the deep sigh routine because I know I can’t fix it and even if I could, I won’t. Why? Because...sometimes the hard just has to be hard.

Here's what I know:

The hard teaches lessons.

The hard causes growth.

The hard increases their endurance.

The hard allows them to figure out who they are are and who they want to be.

The hard prepares them for life.

As much as I desperately want to run to their rescue, I know my fix-it nature will only prevent them from learning a very important life lesson. That lesson? LIFE ISN’T EASY. A large part of parenting is allowing children to experience difficult things in life because after the long, excruciating, tear-filled, hard experience, their inner strength and beauty will emerge.

I’m reminded of how diamonds are formed, excavated, cut, and polished before becoming that absolutely gorgeous 2.12 carat brilliant round solitaire (hint, hint if my husband is reading this and somewhere found $12K he isn’t sure how to spend!)

A large amount of these most precious gems are found deep beneath the earth’s surface, surrounded by molten rock. It takes more than 237,000 times atmospheric pressure and unimaginable heat to transform carbon into a raw gem. To remove one single diamond, more than 20 tons of molten rock must be processed. After the surrounding rock is crushed, what emerges is rough and unrefined. It’s not pretty...yet. The rough stone is then cut. Pieces are scraped, broken down, shaped, faceted. Finally, the diamonds are polished to accentuate their exquisite beauty and luster. But it doesn’t stop there, no, because if we want to see that diamond exhibit its entire spectrum of dazzling color, the stone must be turned in different directions. Each change of position highlights inner character and outer refinement. An extremely difficult process, to be sure, but a special and brilliant crystal is discovered.

My oldest son has been playing football for 7 years. Thanks to genetics, he’s never been the largest player on any team, however, he'd never paid attention to any size disparity. He’s a stud of a football player and even at an early age, coaches commented on his natural talent and dedication and, if channeled the right way, how he had potential to go far in the sport. Can someone say scholarship?!?

Enter middle school football. I’m not quite sure what parents in Nashville feed their children, but boys my son’s age are easily 125lbs. and my guy has yet to scratch the 90lb. mark. I’m still praying for him to hit a growth spurt and crossing my fingers that my family’s distant height genes will all of a sudden appear! Last season, he was once again the smallest player on his team, but this was the first year he actually took notice. During the beginning of the season, I watched as he stayed in the back of the group. He was timid while practicing and made a lot mistakes because he was nervous of failing. I could tell he wasn’t as confident as in years past and, disappointingly, he didn’t play much for the first few games. He cried, wondering if maybe he just wasn’t as good anymore. In this situation, it wouldn’t have mattered how hard I tried to fix it because there was no way I could. So, in the most encouraging way possible, my husband and I reminded him of the benefits of being a smaller football player. I prayed he was listening...because he doesn’t listen when I ask him to change his socks, or brush his teeth, or really do anything in the hygiene department. But a few nights later, he asked his dad to come outside and time him running 40 yards. The next night he did the same and the next night again. This became a pattern for him. Every night he went outside and sprinted. Proudly he would tell me his time and boast when his speed increased. I watched his demeanor at practice change simply because he found confidence in his speed again. As the football season continued, he was moved into a position that required a quick player. After each game, parents and coaches would praise him on how well he'd performed! I watched my insecure little boy turn into a diamond in that moment, not because of me fixing the problem, but because of the pressure, the hard work, and the desire he had deep inside.

This won’t be the hardest thing my 11-year old son goes through in life. In fact, even as I write this, we are being faced with other challenges that, once again, I cannot fix. He may fail this challenge and have to endure the consequences which, too often, are necessary to learn life lessons. We will keep learning together. I often joke they are raising me right alongside of me raising them.

I may never corral my fix-it nature completely, but I’m starting to see the beauty in letting the hard be hard. Motherhood is hard. Watching them fall down is really hard. But watching them brush themselves off and get back up again? Now you're talking about a diamond.

Miranda is a full time mama of 3 on a mission to support other moms in the journey through motherhood. She is a woman raised in the South who believes in the power of sweet tea and long porch talks. Whether it’s through encouraging words or great fashion finds, Miranda strives to be authentic and always show real motherhood one blog at a time. You can find Miranda blogging over at www.mirandasouthern.com and on Instagram @mirandasouthern.

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[russianglitter]

With all the Russian gym drama lately, I figured Tumblr might be interested in a post about this.

To start, I’ll briefly describe the U.S. system, since I’ll be comparing it to Russia’s a lot.

In the U.S., there are ten “Junior Olympic” levels. Gymnasts can compete whatever level they're capable of, as long as they meet the minimum age requirement and have scored out of the previous level. You can learn more about the levels here and by searching “level __ meet” on youtube. This program ends at level 10; it does not lead to elite.

If a young American gymnast shows elite potential, they’re usually filtered through the TOPS and Hopes programs, get invited to camps, and eventually qualify elite. For example, the current crop of US juniors attended developmental camps at the Ranch starting at about age 10. But even “late bloomers” can qualify elite; they just need to meet the minimum scores for their age group. You can sometimes tell who took the “elite path” (they tend to be more polished), but the US has Olympic champions from both backgrounds.

ANYWAY, enough about ‘Murrica.

Russia's system is much different. While they do have categories (3 junior ones, 3 senior ones, candidate master of sport, and master of sport), they're based more on age than skill level. I’ll do my best to explain them here. Skip ahead to the “what Russia lacks” section if you DGAF.

The categories are a remnant of the USSR sports classification system, and are used for most Russian sports.

Though I believe rhythmic and figure skating have a separate “elite” category/qualification score? FS also lets older kids compete in lower levels, which gets more kids involved, which helps popularize the sport, which increases the talent pool and is part of why Russian figure skating is so dominant GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER WAG

If you’re wondering why the levels aren’t just 6-5-4-3-2-1, it’s because they started out with 3-2-1-CMS-MS, then realized it was important to have lower levels as well. Actually idk why they didn’t just add 6-5-4... blame the Soviets. MOVING ON.

Each region decides what skills to include in the junior categories, so they vary a lot. In general, though, I'd describe them as follows:

Level 3 (tiny kids, like 5 year olds) - very basic; forward rolls and cartwheels, pullover on bars, walking across the beam

Level 2 - back walkovers, split jumps, forward rolls on beam, back hip circles

Level 1 - ro+bhs or just a roundoff, fwo+carthweel+bwo, sometimes kips and beam cartwheels

Additionally, most of the top schools require their gymnasts to be proficient at a set of physical abilities (similar to TOPS skills) before they can advance. The requirements are not strict, but it definitely makes a difference.

I have no issues with this system. I think it’s great for kids to focus on the basics, gain strength, develop each event at their own pace, etc. It’s all well and good until they start using the FIG code.

The senior levels have both compulsory and optional routines.

Level 3 (8/9 years) - Not every region has compulsories for this level, but for those that do, they’re basically the same as the girls’ optional routines. You mostly see US level 5-6 skills here. [example]

Levels 2 & 1 compete in national meets, so the compulsory routines are standard across the country

Level 2 (9/10 years) - Compulsories are about US level 7 difficulty; optionals range from US level 5 to US junior elite. They start using a modified FIG code, so skill chucking becomes rampant. [videos: compulsories / optionals 1 / optionals 2]

Level 1 (11/12 years) -  These compulsories are more complex than they are difficult, if that makes sense? The skills/combos are about US level 8 (except bars), but the routines are really hard. Optionals, again, vary a lot. Most of the girls making national finals will have level 10 skills, minimum. 11-12 is usually when the young phenoms are added to the national team, so that group tends to break away as they benefit from camps at Round Lake.  [videos: compulsories, vault is just a handspring / optionals]

Candidate Master of Sport / Master of Sport

no compulsories, just regular FIG code

CMS is 13/14 year olds, similar to “espoir” in other countries

MS is 14/15 for juniors, and then 16+ is obviously senior

There is a qualification score, but I’m not sure what it is in the current code. Girls can compete in the categories without getting the title though. 

Regarding the titles, if I remember correctly...

Being awarded Master of Sport is a huge achievement; it can get gymnasts admitted to good universities and makes them desirable coaches

“MS, international class” = medaled at Euros or Worlds

Honored Master of Sport” = World/European champion or Olympian

Those two titles^^ don’t affect the category they compete in, it’s just a nice accomplishment.

Important note: As you’ve probably guessed by now, Russia has no separate elite stream or division. So in the “senior” categories, there is a wide range of ability. Gymnasts who cannot safely do the compulsory skills are competing against gymnasts with elite skills. The regional meet scores can be really depressing... You’ll have a few nationals-bound girls scoring 50+ AA, but many can’t put up a single score in the double digits. (here’s a recent example... check out those bars scores! 0.3!)

[rant incoming]

I imagine this is pretty demoralizing, and results in many girls quitting the sport altogether, particularly once they reach the CMS and MS categories. They’re older, gymnastics is harder and more painful, and they’re in over their heads with the FIG code. There’s no Level 9 Easterns, JO Nationals, or NCAA scholarship to dream of, so why endure all that? Especially when you’ll never meet the strict requirements to become a Master of Sport & enjoy the benefits that come with that.

These girls have no shot at making their region’s team for nationals (usually 6 people), and even if they could - they’re essentially JO gymnasts, and would be competing against European, World, and Olympic champions (Aliya I miss you please come back) - it would be like pitting this random girl from Michigan’s state meet against Ragan Smith. And that girl from Michigan isn’t a bad gymnast! She’s certainly better than I could ever be, and I’m glad she’s able to compete what she’s capable of and be successful. IMO, Russian gymnasts of her ability should have similar opportunities. Leave the sport having had a positive experience, and pass it onto the next generation. Instead, they either quit or attempt too-hard routines that make me cringe. Alexander Alexandrov actually discussed this topic in his Rewriting Russian Gymnastics interview. I definitely recommend reading that interview in its entirety if you haven’t yet.

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What Russia Lacks

An organized way to develop elite athletes

Some regions do hold camps, well-known Olympians travel around teaching “master classes,” and the top kids from Russian Hopes get invited to Round Lake each year. I’ll give them that.

But there’s no developmental camp system, like in the US or GB. Russian WAG is lacking numbers at the lower levels compared to other countries. They need to ID talent early on and nurture it, not occasionally send scouts to meets and hope for the best.

An example: Lilia Akhaimova trained in Vladivostok for her entire junior career. That girl has SO MUCH natural talent, and I’m glad her coaches in St. Petersburg have brought it out. But can you imagine how amazing she could have been with better coaching? Surely she would have been noticed in a TOPS-like program. How many Akhaimovas are out there?

I think a dedicated “elite stream,” starting at age 10 or so, could really benefit them, at least temporarily. Just take the kids who show decent strength and have level 7/8 skills and let them compete against each other. Hold regional camps to develop their technique and teach code-appropriate skills. IMO it would benefit both “elite” and “regular” gymnasts. But whatever, I’m not RGF.

The facilities to train high-level gymnastics

Russian gyms are TINY, and many of them are in horrible condition, with ancient apparatus and those Soviet-era mats that resemble floral couch cushions.

There are girls on the national team whose home gyms do not even have a spring floor. 

“Why are the gymnasts are Round Lake so much?! They should train at home more.” ^ That’s why.

(Of course they travel to train at the next best gym, but... a gym without a spring floor.)

That’s not to say it’s all bad. The big three gyms in Moscow (CSKA, Dinamo, Sambo 70) are very nice, as are the facilities in St. Petersburg

The Voronezh gym that produced Komova and Melnikova is also looking good, but that’s only because Komova won some shit and got them funding. When she was growing up, the gym had little heating and they had to train in winter clothes. I just wish Youth Olympic titles weren’t required to earn a decent training space.

I guess this is a typical Russian gym. Tiny and with old/limited equipment, but no real safety concerns. Junior national champion Ksenia Klimenko is from here.

I realize that run-down buildings are common in Russia, but I think it’s important to show the gyms these girls train in. When you realize Russia’s gymnasts aren’t being developed in state-of-the-art gyms, like in the US, their ingrained form and technique issues become more understandable. Not excusable, but understandable.

The ability to keep girls at a high level

So many Russian gymnasts just... disappear.

I get that elite isn’t for everyone. Injuries happen, shoddy technique doesn’t carry through growth spurts, bone diseases or the plague will get you, and so on.

Anyway, bottom line, something is wrong with the system and I can’t pinpoint what it is. This has always been an issue, even before the Rods decided conditioning was of the devil. IDK.

Encouraging 9-year-olds to compete double backs and such prob has something to do with it though.

Last-minute edit!! Keeping girls at a high level is not worth them getting hip replacements at 16!! Just let them go!! Y’all fucked up big time.

General info/stuff people frequently ask about

Most NT gymnasts train at Round Lake for three weeks, then go home for one week. Juniors are there a little less often. Obviously, this schedule is adjusted for competitions. 

Their personal coaches travel with them.

It’s encouraged for gymnasts to stick with the same coach their whole career, which I think is an issue. Voronezh has many gymnasts who could be great under Komova’s coach, but are just “meh” with their childhood coaches. 

I think this is better than handing them over to the national staff, though, like you see in Romania and China. I’m glad the Russian gymnasts have a lifelong, trusted adult looking out for them. 

The NT gymnasts get a monthly stipend. According to Grishina, she earned 100,000 rubles (about 1700 USD) per month, but her coaches claim it wasn’t that much. Regardless, they are getting paid. 

Moscow is still the dominant WAG city, having placed Mustafina, Paseka, Sosnitskaya, Spiridonova, and Tutkhalyan on major teams last quad.

There really is no close second... Melka is from Voronezh, Eremina from St. Petersburg, Kapitonova from Penza, Ilyankova from Leninsk-Kuznetsky.  It’s nice to see some variety.

What else.

Let’s talk about the vault issue!

Russian juniors start yurchenkos late

They rarely compete yurchenko tucks/pikes/layouts, preferring to just start with the full.

This is likely due to the open ended code being used for 10-year-olds. Tsukaharas and front handsprings are faster to learn than yurchenkos, so they do them for the D score.

(Yurchenkos are harder initially, but once a gymnast has sound technique, she can usually generate more power than with a tsuk/FHS.)

This results in shitty yurchenko fulls, tsuk layouts, and handspring pikes that will never be upgraded. :)

I guess that’s it. If you have any questions/comments/concerns, feel free to inbox me! I’ll do my best to answer or direct you to someone who can.

[junker-town]

Markelle Fultz completes the 76ers new Big 3

It’s official. Fultz will join Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid as the new, exciting core in Philadelphia.

We’ve felt confident for months that Markelle Fultz would be the league’s No. 1 overall pick during this 2017 NBA draft. That he is — even though the team he’s headed to changed just days ago.

After trading with the Celtics last weekend, the Philadelphia 76ers have selected Fultz as the league’s top pick. The deal sent the 76ers’ No. 3 overall pick, plus the Lakers’ 2018 pick or the Kings’ 2019 selection, to the Celtics in exchange for the pick they nabbed after winning the lottery. All the speculation, all the expectations, and now it’s finally official. Fultz is a 76er.

Fultz is the first guard to go No. 1 overall since Kyrie Irving in 2011, and this is the second straight year that the top pick wasn’t on a tournament team. While Fultz was dominant individually with Washington this season, he wasn’t enough to help the Huskies win consistently. They ended up missing the NCAA Tournament, just like Ben Simmons at LSU last season.

Still, that’s no knock on Fultz, just like it didn’t hurt Simmons. Fultz played sensational basketball there last season, averaging 23 points, six assists, and six rebounds, and he has been rewarded with the top overall pick.

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Markelle Fultz draft prospect scouting report

This is our guy...right?

Posted by Celtics Blog on Monday, June 5, 2017

Why should 76ers fans be excited about Fultz?

Fultz doesn’t have any major weaknesses.

Fultz is a strong athlete standing 6’5 who’s a genius with the ball in his hands, making strong passes and possessing an excellent handle. He can create shots from anywhere on the floor and can easily play off the ball thanks to a steadily improving catch-and-shooting jumper.

He has excellent size for his position and has shown good defensive instincts throughout college, especially when he runs an opponent down for a chasedown block. Even in a losing season, Fultz never had any real questions about his attitude or work ethic. This isn’t to say Fultz is the next LeBron James, but as far as weaknesses go, he doesn’t have many.

Fultz is going to make an immediate impact.

Sure, Fultz will have plenty of growing pains, as any rookie would. But between his athleticism and polished game, Fultz will have no problem immediately scoring and making plays against NBA defenses, especially when you consider how much more spacing he’ll have in a modern NBA offense rather than his cramped Washington team.

At worst, Fultz should be a strong starting guard for years to come.

Barring injuries or some other unpredictable event, Fultz looks as near a sure thing as you can get from a prospect. This doesn’t mean he’s a generational talent or a Hall of Fame lock, but it does mean that Fultz’s floor is probably a starting guard who at least makes an All-Star team or two. He has above-average size with excellent scoring and playmaking skills — even if other areas of his game don’t develop, those alone should make him dangerous for at least a decade.

Fultz is going to be fun.

I watched Fultz once last season and caught many of his highlights. If you had to define his game in a word, it’s “smooth.” This kid is a joy to watch with the ball in his hands, whether he’s easily circumnavigating a high pick-and-roll or spinning through the defense or even hanging under the rim until he can finish a sweet reverse layup. It’s impressive as hell and perfect for the 10-second highlight video era we’ve entered.

Is there any reason to be nervous about Fultz?

When we compare Fultz to James Harden, it’s meant to be complimentary. That’s how complete and dynamic an offensive player he could become.

However, there’s a chance Fultz carries over some of Harden’s bad defensive tendencies. As a defender at Washington, Fultz was clearly below average, along with the team’s defense as a whole. There are a lot of reasons for this — he basically ran the offense single-handedly while playing heavy minutes, he was on a team going nowhere, and he knew his draft stock would be fine no matter what. Fultz also showed plenty of positive defensive instincts, hopping passing lanes and chasing down players in the fast break to toss away a layup. (He averaged 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks per game.)

However, Fultz will need to be more committed all around as a defender. He has the size and athleticism to do just that, and hopefully once he hits the NBA, he’ll have the willingness, too. It should improve, but if it doesn’t, Fultz will be an awfully one-sided player.

Tell me something else about Fultz

Fultz went to the same high school as Kevin Durant, Montrose Christian, but he couldn’t even make the varsity squad as a sophomore. After a growth spurt and a rapid ascent, though, Fultz forced his way to the top of his high school class and ended up as the NBA’s top pick. It was a remarkable rise into the NBA’s radar in basically 18 months.

“I always come out playing like I’m the underdog on the court,” Fultz told me last November. “I never want anyone to catch up to me. That’s just how I look at it.”

How will Fultz fit with the 76ers?

Philadelphia now has its core. It’s been a long half decade for those who trusted the process, but with Fultz in the fold, you can see Philadelphia’s path to contention with him, Joel Embiid, and Ben Simmons.

There are plenty of pitfalls on the way, of course. Embiid’s health is a huge concern, and we still haven’t seen how NBA defenses will treat Simmons’ poor perimeter shooting. Fultz fits with those two extremely well, though. He can share point guard duties with Simmons and should be excellent off the ball as a spot-up shooter and cutter, too. If Fultz can develop capably as a defender, Philadelphia has the makings of the best defense in the league.

Philadelphia’s still a ways off from even being a playoff team, much less ever reaching contender status. But you could see the three core players the Sixers have anchoring a championship team at some point, and that means they are on the right path. Finally.

[blackpjensen]

Like a Boss: Facing Growing Pains Head On

Anyone who has been through a growth spurt knows that it’s not always smooth sailing. When Chris Lee, president of Earthworks in Lillian, Texas, faced some financial struggles during the company’s expansion and the construction of a new satellite office, he learned that facing his woes head on was key to getting the situation under control.

A few years ago, Lee says the need to build a satellite office presented itself. After using bank financing to purchase the property, the idea was to fund the construction from cash flow. Several big jobs came in and everything was looking good — until material for those jobs began to tie up cash that was intended for construction. Lee says it was like a perfect storm. Everything began to go wrong at once. Not only did the big projects require a lot of upfront cash but the clients weren’t paying on time. Construction costs began to escalate and the construction company was demanding money on an almost weekly basis.

But Lee says things hit a true low point when he received a call from his chemical crew. They were at the supplier picking up a large quantity of post emergent — the application of which is something that Lee says separates Earthworks from its competition — when they were told the company was over its credit limit and late on payment. They were told they couldn’t make any more purchases at that time.

“You must understand we are never late on payments — it’s one of my biggest pet peeves,” Lee says. “I was mortified. We were in a tough spot. Still, I got some courage together and decided to call our salesman who I had a good relationship with.”

But it didn’t pay off like Lee expected. He was told only the CFO could release a hold on an account. With a lump in his throat, Lee says he began to dial the CFO’s number. He could have backed out but knew he had to face the situation head on. Lee says he feared being told “you’re not a man of your word” — or perhaps something even worse. Despite his fear and discomfort, Lee began telling his story and how they had ended up in a bind.

“After listening to my entire situation — and how I was going to get it fixed — the CFO calmly said ‘Great, I knew there had to be a good reason for this,’” recalls Lee. “He not only took our account off hold but increased our credit line by $10,000 and gave us 30 more days to pay. I was shocked and elated.”

Lee says that as easy as it would have been to blow off the problem and send his crew somewhere else for material, his conscious wouldn’t allow it. He knew he had to face his trial and explain how he intended to deal with it.

“He later told me that just the fact that I called him personally to talk about the problem rather than ‘hiding’ was about 80 percent of the reason for his leniency,” Lee says. “My reasoning was only about 20 percent. That taught me a few really important lessons that day.”

Read more:

What’s In My Truck: Chris Lee, Earthworks

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