{"id":2262,"date":"2016-11-09T21:55:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T03:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2016-11-09T21:52:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T03:52:15","slug":"blue-collar-blind-not-necessarily-about-blindness-the-v8-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2262","title":{"rendered":"Blue Collar Blind: Not Necessarily About Blindness &#8211; The V8 Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1602\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2262-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BCB_V8_Engine.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BCB_V8_Engine.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BCB_V8_Engine.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>The Blue Collar Blind: Not Necessarily About Blindness derives from talking to so many people who met the challenges of blindness and forged forward. They are who they are because they had the drive to succeed at their ambitions. They carved out their own niche in life and are living out their passions.<br \/>\nNot Necessarily About blindness is the fact that some of us don not look at the world in the same way and see opportunity where others see barricades and brick walls. To them, it is not necessarily about blindness, it is more about getting it done and seeing it through.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Thompson talks about the mechanics of a V8 engine and how it works. Knowledge is a great tool to have and understanding is a great place to be. Nothing is useless knowledge unless it never gets utilized. Exercise the brain by thinking and understanding. Things happen to those who show up.<br \/>\nHere are the <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/category\/bcb\/\">links to the interviews<\/a> with George Wurtzel, Dan Parker, Trevor Thomas and Stephen Letnes.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening.<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1604\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2262-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BCB_V8_Engine.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BCB_V8_Engine.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BCB_V8_Engine.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BCB_V8_Engine.mp3The Blue Collar Blind: Not Necessarily About Blindness derives from talking to so many people who met the challenges of blindness and forged forward. 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