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POWER...I CAN FEEL THE POWER.

How do you "Feel The Power"? Funny how everyone "Feels The Power" in a different way. I think Maverick feels the power in his little trucks that he plays with and then tucks neatly under the fruit and vegetable basket so he can find them fast later in the day. He "vrooms" and honks and toots with his trucks while knowing that no ones trucks are as good and as powerful as his. He can push them faster than anyone else and they have just the right amount of speed.


Now Joey feels the power in a very different way. He knows his hero, Superman, is as powerful as anyone around. There is none better. I mean face it, Superman can do anything to anyone at any time. HE can save the entire world and he never lets us down. Maybe Joey knows where the real power is....SUPERMAN!!


McClain knows where the power really is. Anyone that knows McClain knows that it is all about GRAVEDIGGER!!! DIGGER TIME. Graver Digger can crush anything in his way. He knows it, the others "fear" him. He is the Monster Jam world final winner. HE is real, not a cartoon like Joey loves. Yeppers, it is Grave Digger hands down. Just ask McClain.




HA, now there is Merrill...can he possibly know the real meaning of power. I mean he owns a BOSSHOSS. I think it is the biggest stinkin motorcycle around. It has a V-8 engine, two speed auto transmission, 385 horse power, 0 to 60 in 2.9 seconds, cast iron block with aluminum heads...like who even knows what that means?? and it weighs 1200 lbs. It is full of power. Here is our favorite picture of it as he is a daddy first.

Even with a box of Huggies on the back of it, grown men stop to talk to him about it. Complete strangers know more about it than I do. It is a conversation starter for sure. I have to tell you...even those old Harley Guys want to know about it. Yes, Merrill thinks he has the power hands down.

Now, I want to share with you the real meaning of power. I know that anyone who gets it, will know that this truly beats all of the others without a doubt. It makes you feel weak in the knees with the amount of sheer power here. It makes you cry. It makes you grateful just knowing it is yours. You can hear the hum as it purrs with precision fine tuning. There is no greater joy in the world as you know the real power it brings.

Yes, that is right...the joy of both sets of my front loaders washing and drying all at once. Their motors humming along as they tackle the average of 40 loads a week that this family dirtys. The thrill of knowing that these machines are the most powerful machines in all of the Simon Family. I can rest knowing that they will continue to do their job while I sleep. They are beautiful and sleek and yes, POWERFUL. Best of all, they are all mine. No one is fighting to take them away from me.

Now we are talking!!!!

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