Good morning!!!!

[cat fever]

I get portland cement free, when the trucks crash below the house and spill a whole load.... Actually, they clean it up good before they open the road. We average 1 wreck a year like this, some worse than others. They knocked the concrete side of the bridge off before. View attachment 599999

Looks like the bridge narrows up from the road size. Must catch new drivers by surprise?:confused3:

37 this morning and a dusting of snow with light snow still. Nothing laying down.

 

[daugen]

wow, glad I came in, rain is picking up, or, or, or
Is It SNIRT?
What's coming next SNIRT BOMBS?
We have to get a bomb in there...Bomb SNIRTS?
Dangerous world out there...
Not sure my umbrella is SNIRT rated.

I would have thought with so much direct till that all this farm dirt would be a decreasing thing.
Sure don't want your soil to blow away.

Went out to garden and used leaf blower to tidy up in there. Brings a smile to see it almost all filled up.
Took PTouch labeler with me, made a few missing tags.
74 degrees and rain is coming in.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Well, back from the ortho doc....knee still not cooperating. X-ray shows further narrowing of the space. The doc is writing it as "sudden substantial degradation ". Supposedly an infrequent, but possible complication of having 2 surgeries within 6 months. He injected more cortisone today, and is requesting 'prior authorization' from the insurance to do 3 weekly injections of another medication (which I now forget). He did tell me to "do whatever you can within your tolerance"....when I 'm doing stuff, I can tolerate it well....it's afterward that sneaks up and bites me! If this next treatment doesn't work...replacement time...

Sorry to hear this news, Ted. I must'a missed that post earlier. Hopefully the injections aren't painful, but does the doc think they'll fix the problem? I keep wondering if one of those sports doctors that treat lots of cases like yours might be able to provide additional insights. Albuquerque isn't exactly major league when it comes to anything except maybe Route 66 trinkets.

 

[sodamo]

64°F and 3.18 inches rain. Forecast to be like yesterday so pretty much an indoor day.

Don , I remember my 1st wood shop project. a simple book stand made from a single piece of hardwood. Had to submit a detailed perspective drawing based on a length of rough cut wood and then make it completely with hand tools. Hand planing, sawing, drilling, sanding , no power tools allowed. I remember that experience every time I use my thickness planer especially.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Sorry to hear this news, Ted. I must'a missed that post earlier. Hopefully the injections aren't painful, but does the doc think they'll fix the problem? I keep wondering if one of those sports doctors that treat lots of cases like yours might be able to provide additional insights. Albuquerque isn't exactly major league when it comes to anything except maybe Route 66 trinkets.

Well, the ortho doc is a sports medicine specialist, he trained in Austria and Switzerland, specifically specializing in knees and shoulders. The practice is the medical providers for the UNM bike team and the Albq. Bike team. He was able to fix my shoulder when I had 3 tears in my rotator cuff. I fully trust him (one of very few medical providers that I trust).
I think just because of the combinations of the injuries, plus all the wear and tear over the years....well, it was probably a matter of time... It just got moved along faster. Thanks for the tips.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Do you have an iPhone and can't figure out how to delete thousands of email messages in the Mail app? The count on my phone was about to top 10,000, and I wanted that storage back, so this morning I went looking for an answer. Here's what worked for me!

FWIW, I still use the old POP email protocol, and keep my main email archive on one of my laptops. Following the above tip deleted the messages only from the iPhone, and nowhere else. If you're using some other protocol, iMAP comes to mind, this tip may result in email messages being deleted from the server, and hence from other computers as well. So proceed with caution.

 

[daugen]

64°F and 3.18 inches rain. Forecast to be like yesterday so pretty much an indoor day.

Don , I remember my 1st wood shop project. a simple book stand made from a single piece of hardwood. Had to submit a detailed perspective drawing based on a length of rough cut wood and then make it completely with hand tools. Hand planing, sawing, drilling, sanding , no power tools allowed. I remember that experience every time I use my thickness planer especially.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

that sounds familiar David. Did you have to get your pencil marks and cut lines checked?
My shop teacher would always have a pencil out to give an OK check mark if the work could proceed.
Just for beginners, after that you got more leeway. Probably saved a lot of wood.
Foot stools, lot of them have sure been made. I even have a heavy chunk of brass I built in to a paperweight with my initials on it, still sitting heavily on the shelf. Those were good memories as we proudly took our creations home.

All our good vibes are not working on Ted. Disappointed he continues to suffer.
Like RNG's mechanic, maybe it's time for Plan C.
Jay, hoping you improve every day.

learned about CoQ10 some more here, took it years ago, stopped, no idea why.
First there was the shark cartilage for my back many years ago, this supplement business is
big business, but I have too many possible interactions with prescription meds already I am always
nervous about adding something new to the mix. I already take turmeric curcumin for anti inflammation.
The choices start getting too large to consider.

Pretty sure taking any additive pills isn't going to help a huge amount if your diet is mostly fast food.

 

[sodamo]

Drew, right you are, everything checked before haste made waste. Shop class was only a single period, so not a lot of time to get much done. Interestingly, many of the lessons from that class are quite actively practiced today. Not unusual for me to spend more time drawing out a project to get it right than the actual work.

 

[toppop52]

Yes I saw your grin.
Posted for other people who might have thought of that question, which is a legit question if you don't know my medical history.

Edit: another thought - on the plant based diet the Cholesterol number is about always constant. Your cholesterol level does increase when you eat meat/animal products and then decreases back to a fasting normal when you take a blood test. It takes about 4-6 hours for your cholesterol level to go down after a meat meal - of course then you eat another meal and your average cholesterol number stays high. That is w people with good fasting cholesterol numbers can still have plaque build-up, have a heart attack and die.

This was pointed out to me with graphs and everything by the research Cardiologists at Houston Herman Memorial Hospital in the Century Study.

I’m going to ask that my cholesterol be checked next bloodwork, which is non fasting for A1c and some other stuff. Normally on does mine every year or sometimes two years since it never varies much. I’d like to see the difference an hour or so after breakfast.

 

[txdon]

I知 going to ask that my cholesterol be checked next bloodwork, which is non fasting for A1c and some other stuff. Normally on does mine every year or sometimes two years since it never varies much. I壇 like to see the difference an hour or so after breakfast.

Make sure you eat a MAN's breakfast 3 eggs, sausage and toast with lots of butter !!!!! On my first cholesterol test 30 years ago I had eaten a big mac for lunch before my afternoon Dr. visit and mine was 450.

Drew your salad post was exclusive of salt but inclusive of oil. I don't use oil because I don't need it to add flavor or extra dense calories and because of these reasons:
What's Wrong With Olive Oil? | The Truth About Olive Oil Nutrition