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Neil, we know your day would never be complete without birthday wishes from the fans you held so near and dear to your heart for 40+ years. ;) So, without further ado ------------------------

 

 

Happy Birthday, Neil!!!! :macallan: :macallan: :macallan:

 

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And guess who happens to have a TRF anniversary today???

 

That's right - your old tour friend - Groupie Barbie!! :) :notworthy:

 

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Happy birthday, Neil!

 

The inspiration for my inspiration to start playing the drums, nearly 35 years ago.

 

67 today, I just can’t believe it.

 

I’m going to put on Signals, right now!

 

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Happy birthday, Neil!

 

The inspiration for my inspiration to start playing the drums, nearly 35 years ago.

 

67 today, I just can’t believe it.

 

I’m going to put on Signals, right now!

 

http://bestanimations.com/Music/MirrorBalls/disco-ball-room-animation.gif

 

That's a good idea! :dweez:

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Happy Birthday!

 

BMW's first driverless motorcycle.

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I had to put something up to erase the image of those feet! :P

Thank you! :ph34r:

:LOL: Y'all don't need the feet thing explained, right?

 

:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: I won't say anything bad about the guy on his birthday! But there are such things as urgent care clinics, etc.

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I had to put something up to erase the image of those feet! :P

Thank you! :ph34r:

:LOL: Y'all don't need the feet thing explained, right?

:codger: I do.

 

There was an article in Rolling Stone, something about "Ten things we learned from Time Stand Still" . . . It talked about Neil's feet on the R40 tour . . .

5. Neil Peart dealt with agonizing foot pain on the tour.

As always, Peart traveled from show to show on his motorcycle. “Of all the things I worried about before this tour, and I worried about my elbows and cardiac arrest, I didn’t worry about the bottoms of my feet,” says Peart. But as he rode through torrential rain with wet boots on his feet, he developed a fungus that grew into eczema psoriasis and bacteria infections. A topical ointment only made the condition worse and walking became nearly unbearable, let alone playing drums for three hours a night. “By the end of the second leg I was walking on two raw stumps,” he says. “So drumming, of course, was agonizing.” But he powered through it, and if that wasn’t enough he developed painful blisters all over his hands at the same time. “He’s such a stoic guy,” says Lifeson. “I can’t believe he played through that.” Adds Lee: “There were two weeks of utter hell for him, like really utter hell.

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I had to put something up to erase the image of those feet! :P

Thank you! :ph34r:

:LOL: Y'all don't need the feet thing explained, right?

:codger: I do.

 

There was an article in Rolling Stone, something about "Ten things we learned from Time Stand Still" . . . It talked about Neil's feet on the R40 tour . . .

 

5. Neil Peart dealt with agonizing foot pain on the tour.

As always, Peart traveled from show to show on his motorcycle. “Of all the things I worried about before this tour, and I worried about my elbows and cardiac arrest, I didn’t worry about the bottoms of my feet,” says Peart. But as he rode through torrential rain with wet boots on his feet, he developed a fungus that grew into eczema psoriasis and bacteria infections. A topical ointment only made the condition worse and walking became nearly unbearable, let alone playing drums for three hours a night. “By the end of the second leg I was walking on two raw stumps,” he says. “So drumming, of course, was agonizing.” But he powered through it, and if that wasn’t enough he developed painful blisters all over his hands at the same time. “He’s such a stoic guy,” says Lifeson. “I can’t believe he played through that.” Adds Lee: “There were two weeks of utter hell for him, like really utter hell.

 

Thank you for that, Becky.

 

He's no snowflake, that's for sure. It takes a big person to do what he did, and one who, once committed to a person or cause, stays committed. That's very admirable.

 

Is that an actual picture of his feet?

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I had to put something up to erase the image of those feet! :P

Thank you! :ph34r:

:LOL: Y'all don't need the feet thing explained, right?

:codger: I do.

 

There was an article in Rolling Stone, something about "Ten things we learned from Time Stand Still" . . . It talked about Neil's feet on the R40 tour . . .

 

5. Neil Peart dealt with agonizing foot pain on the tour.

As always, Peart traveled from show to show on his motorcycle. “Of all the things I worried about before this tour, and I worried about my elbows and cardiac arrest, I didn’t worry about the bottoms of my feet,” says Peart. But as he rode through torrential rain with wet boots on his feet, he developed a fungus that grew into eczema psoriasis and bacteria infections. A topical ointment only made the condition worse and walking became nearly unbearable, let alone playing drums for three hours a night. “By the end of the second leg I was walking on two raw stumps,” he says. “So drumming, of course, was agonizing.” But he powered through it, and if that wasn’t enough he developed painful blisters all over his hands at the same time. “He’s such a stoic guy,” says Lifeson. “I can’t believe he played through that.” Adds Lee: “There were two weeks of utter hell for him, like really utter hell.

 

Thank you for that, Becky.

 

He's no snowflake, that's for sure. It takes a big person to do what he did, and one who, once committed to a person or cause, stays committed. That's very admirable.

 

Is that an actual picture of his feet?

No, I did a Google image search of Nasty Ass Feet. That pic was one of the results. I don’t recommend going there...

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I had to put something up to erase the image of those feet! :P

Thank you! :ph34r:

:LOL: Y'all don't need the feet thing explained, right?

:codger: I do.

 

There was an article in Rolling Stone, something about "Ten things we learned from Time Stand Still" . . . It talked about Neil's feet on the R40 tour . . .

 

5. Neil Peart dealt with agonizing foot pain on the tour.

As always, Peart traveled from show to show on his motorcycle. “Of all the things I worried about before this tour, and I worried about my elbows and cardiac arrest, I didn’t worry about the bottoms of my feet,” says Peart. But as he rode through torrential rain with wet boots on his feet, he developed a fungus that grew into eczema psoriasis and bacteria infections. A topical ointment only made the condition worse and walking became nearly unbearable, let alone playing drums for three hours a night. “By the end of the second leg I was walking on two raw stumps,” he says. “So drumming, of course, was agonizing.” But he powered through it, and if that wasn’t enough he developed painful blisters all over his hands at the same time. “He’s such a stoic guy,” says Lifeson. “I can’t believe he played through that.” Adds Lee: “There were two weeks of utter hell for him, like really utter hell.

 

Thank you for that, Becky.

 

He's no snowflake, that's for sure. It takes a big person to do what he did, and one who, once committed to a person or cause, stays committed. That's very admirable.

 

Is that an actual picture of his feet?

No, I did a Google image search of Nasty Ass Feet. That pic was one of the results. I don’t recommend going there...

 

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Watched Taking Center Stage again in celebration earlier today. In hindsight it seems like he was already thinking about an exit strategy even then.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's too bad he never did more of this stuff. Can't even imagine how much of this kind of thing never saw the light of day.

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