The middle agers group. (Upper 30s,40s & 50ish folks)
Replies
-
Guess what I'm getting for Christmas?!?! A new furnace that isn't slowly poisoning us with CO2!!! Found out today our furnace is not good at all. It will be a chilly weekend in the house but st least we'll be safe
Hope you all have a great Thursday3 -
Good morning! I thought I would try to be a little more active in the forum and make some new friends. I'm JT and i'm 50ish.3
-
AliNouveau wrote: »Guess what I'm getting for Christmas?!?! A new furnace that isn't slowly poisoning us with CO2!!! Found out today our furnace is not good at all. It will be a chilly weekend in the house but st least we'll be safe
Hope you all have a great Thursday
The ability to breathe is a wonderful gift...
0 -
AliNouveau wrote: »Guess what I'm getting for Christmas?!?! A new furnace that isn't slowly poisoning us with CO2!!! Found out today our furnace is not good at all. It will be a chilly weekend in the house but st least we'll be safe
Hope you all have a great Thursday
The ability to breathe is a wonderful gift...
Breathe without potentially dying. We've always been able to breathe! We'll have a chilly few days but hey we're Canadian we can handle it0 -
This content has been removed.
-
AliNouveau wrote: »Guess what I'm getting for Christmas?!?! A new furnace that isn't slowly poisoning us with CO2!!! Found out today our furnace is not good at all. It will be a chilly weekend in the house but st least we'll be safe
Hope you all have a great Thursday
that sounds like my best friend. She had to switch apartments back in August because of a building fire at her old apartment. I helped move her in and stayed to wait on the utilities. The gas company tagged her furnace as unsafe because whoever had installed the thing had cut the black gas pipe too short to take it all the way to the furnace connection and had instead used flexible hose to connect. The gas company technician said that was a completely unsafe condition and was a gas leak and possible explosion hazard because the vibration of the furnace while running can cause the thin metal of the flex line to deteriorate and leak. So he turned the gas valve off and tagged it with a big tag.
I called the apartment management firm to tell that that it needed fixed and even sent them pictures at their request. Its now December and they still have not fixed it and won't acknowledge my friend's attempts to contact them about it. And since the gas company was not notified that it had been fixed, they threatened to cut the gas off to the apartment until they received such notification! The roommate got around having her gas cut off completely (she also has a gas stove and gas hot water heater) but she still can't use the furnace.
But that property management firm are a bunch of slum lords anyway. She can't wait until her lease is up in the spring so she can move. meanwhile, she's learned to live with cooler temps and since she's started menopause, she wants it cooler anyway - she doesn't mind if it gets down to 55 in the house right now, so she's making due with space heaters to keep it warm enough for her without triggering heat flashes and night sweats. Thankfully, she's in a city in WV that is lower in altitude and doesn't usually get the really cold temperatures, so she may be able to make it without using the furnace at all, but its ridiculous that they won't fix it!1 -
@AliNouveau - Glad you discovered the defective furnace before anyone was injured or worse. A good reminder to everyone to install a carbon monoxide detector in your house along with smoke detectors. They save lives everyday.2
-
alteredsteve175 wrote: »@AliNouveau - Glad you discovered the defective furnace before anyone was injured or worse. A good reminder to everyone to install a carbon monoxide detector in your house along with smoke detectors. They save lives everyday.
The furnace guy for a detector to alert you means there's enough CO2 in the air to make you sick. But since CO2 poisoning has similar symptoms to a stomach bug it's a good warning for sure..
And since I have all this crap at home I took myself to my happy place
7 -
AliNouveau wrote: »Guess what I'm getting for Christmas?!?! A new furnace that isn't slowly poisoning us with CO2!!! Found out today our furnace is not good at all. It will be a chilly weekend in the house but st least we'll be safe
Hope you all have a great Thursday
Probably CO (carbon monoxide) rather than CO2 (carbon dioxide). The furnace should produce CO2 and water, but they can (and do) also create some CO. They will both kill you, but they act very differently.
When you hold your breath, you don't get the urge to breathe again from getting low on oxygen, but from a high concentration of CO2. I have had some issues of not breathing enough while diving and letting CO2 build up. It makes me feel like I'm not getting enough air and kind of panicked. I know I just need to let my breath catch up. It's also why they used to recommend hyperventilation before skin diving (freediving). The idea is NOT to load up your tissues with oxygen, but rather to DUMP the CO2. They don't recommend this anymore because it can lead to shallow water blackout and drowning as you ascend. You don't feel the NEED to breathe, but you run low on oxygen, and just pass out. If you're underwater, you might drown if someone doesn't come to your aid.
Carbon monoxide is more insidious. It binds with hemoglobin. It binds preferentially over oxygen. Your body just runs low on oxygen even if there's plenty in the air. You just go to sleep. Deadly stuff.
It's probably a good idea to replace your carbon monoxide detector LONG before it's ten year expected life. The sensors used in consumer grade detectors aren't very good, and they DO wear out. We use atmospheric monitoring before entering confined spaces. One of the things we're worried about is CO. Before using the detector, it has to be tested and calibrated at least weekly, and preferably for EVERY entry. The sensors fail and need to be replaced. One of our trainers told us about testing some consumer grade detectors and deciding they mostly were garbage. But it is the best we have, so make sure to keep one with fresh batteries especially in areas that may generate CO.
I am glad you're safe, and I hope you get to stay WARM. Do you have ANY other way to heat at least part of the house? Oh, I hope your pipes don't freeze, and the hydronic system suffers no damage until the new heat plant gets hooked up.0 -
The saga is all coming together. House is warm with the space heaters. The boy helped bring in firewood. We will get a new water heater tomorrow and furnace on Tuesday. Everything always has a way of working out2
-
And since I have all this crap at home I took myself to my happy place
[/quote]
Good feeling to be back on the skates? Anybody skate behind you with a pillow?...lol IS the shoulder ok with all that balancing?
0 -
Good morning peeps! Happy Friday!1
-
paddydiver24 wrote: »And since I have all this crap at home I took myself to my happy place
Good feeling to be back on the skates? Anybody skate behind you with a pillow?...lol IS the shoulder ok with all that balancing?
[/quote]
I went to the local outdoor rink. The ice was just cleaned and I was alone. Should was fine I kind of favoured it and protected it. But i did a spin and it didn't feel like it was being torn off so that was nice3 -
Great to hear!0
-
Newbie in her upper 40s here. I was on WW last year, and lost over 20 lbs, but things got bad at work (pulling all-nighters and working 6-7 days each week) and regained it plus some. Post ACL surgery on both knees, so exercise isn't hard core. Hoping this app helps me really see what I am eating, so I can make the necessary changes to lose the extra weight and get fit in 2020. Glad to see everyone here!6
-
IslandGal3 wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »alteredsteve175 wrote: »@AliNouveau - Glad you discovered the defective furnace before anyone was injured or worse. A good reminder to everyone to install a carbon monoxide detector in your house along with smoke detectors. They save lives everyday.
The furnace guy for a detector to alert you means there's enough CO2 in the air to make you sick. But since CO2 poisoning has similar symptoms to a stomach bug it's a good warning for sure..
And since I have all this crap at home I took myself to my happy place
Good to see you back on the ice!
Thanks. I really love skating outside I just couldn't resist1 -
AliNouveau wrote: »IslandGal3 wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »alteredsteve175 wrote: »@AliNouveau - Glad you discovered the defective furnace before anyone was injured or worse. A good reminder to everyone to install a carbon monoxide detector in your house along with smoke detectors. They save lives everyday.
The furnace guy for a detector to alert you means there's enough CO2 in the air to make you sick. But since CO2 poisoning has similar symptoms to a stomach bug it's a good warning for sure..
And since I have all this crap at home I took myself to my happy place
Good to see you back on the ice!
Thanks. I really love skating outside I just couldn't resist
I'm jealous, no skating for me for a while:(0 -
AliNouveau wrote: »IslandGal3 wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »alteredsteve175 wrote: »@AliNouveau - Glad you discovered the defective furnace before anyone was injured or worse. A good reminder to everyone to install a carbon monoxide detector in your house along with smoke detectors. They save lives everyday.
The furnace guy for a detector to alert you means there's enough CO2 in the air to make you sick. But since CO2 poisoning has similar symptoms to a stomach bug it's a good warning for sure..
And since I have all this crap at home I took myself to my happy place
Good to see you back on the ice!
Thanks. I really love skating outside I just couldn't resist
I'm jealous, no skating for me for a while:(
Hey you'll be back. I had to wait 6 weeks
How are you feeling0 -
Hello everyone.Feel free to add me.0
-
Here for the Holidays...maybe the whole winter/early spring. Looking for a few active friends. I hit the gym at least 3 times a week. Also work hard on our farm. I log daily (or I used to in past accounts).0
-
Heading to 60 in January, and while Im working out, its holiday season and having trouble with controlling the input. I said I wanted my body back for 60 but falling sort of that.1
-
Good morning peeps! Hope you all had a great weekend! And have a great week ahead!0
-
Good rainy morning here in the midAtlantic!
Back to the grindstone after having a 3 day weekend. I started making and selling soap this year, and this was my 4th show this weekend. I have been very pleased with the outcome. Couple more shows, and I may just break even with what I've put out in buying the gear for this new hobby of mine
2 -
Good morning from the treadmill of heck! I got to the gym late today and it's getting busy in here. Found myself a corner and I'm sticking to it. Have an awesome day1
-
AliNouveau wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »IslandGal3 wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »alteredsteve175 wrote: »@AliNouveau - Glad you discovered the defective furnace before anyone was injured or worse. A good reminder to everyone to install a carbon monoxide detector in your house along with smoke detectors. They save lives everyday.
The furnace guy for a detector to alert you means there's enough CO2 in the air to make you sick. But since CO2 poisoning has similar symptoms to a stomach bug it's a good warning for sure..
And since I have all this crap at home I took myself to my happy place
Good to see you back on the ice!
Thanks. I really love skating outside I just couldn't resist
I'm jealous, no skating for me for a while:(
Hey you'll be back. I had to wait 6 weeks
How are you feeling
Not too bad, it only hurts when I move or breath:) Just kidding, still sore but getting better. Worst part was my left eye, it was hard to open after surgery, I think the lid stuck to the cornea and pulled part of it off. Felt a lot like a corneal abrasion I got from a hockey stick years ago. Slowly getting better, almost no irritation today.1 -
AliNouveau wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »IslandGal3 wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »alteredsteve175 wrote: »@AliNouveau - Glad you discovered the defective furnace before anyone was injured or worse. A good reminder to everyone to install a carbon monoxide detector in your house along with smoke detectors. They save lives everyday.
The furnace guy for a detector to alert you means there's enough CO2 in the air to make you sick. But since CO2 poisoning has similar symptoms to a stomach bug it's a good warning for sure..
And since I have all this crap at home I took myself to my happy place
Good to see you back on the ice!
Thanks. I really love skating outside I just couldn't resist
I'm jealous, no skating for me for a while:(
Hey you'll be back. I had to wait 6 weeks
How are you feeling
Not too bad, it only hurts when I move or breath:) Just kidding, still sore but getting better. Worst part was my left eye, it was hard to open after surgery, I think the lid stuck to the cornea and pulled part of it off. Felt a lot like a corneal abrasion I got from a hockey stick years ago. Slowly getting better, almost no irritation today.
Yikes ouch with the eye. Glad to hear you're on the mend0 -
This is a nativity scene. I finished these up tonight, and am debating on whether they are decent enough to use as a church cantata decoration or not. I needed something tall and couldn't find anything around here within an affordable price range, so I looked up how to do paper mache and gave it a shot at making my own. Joseph stands about 45" tall; I needed a scene large enough that they could easily be seen in the back of the sanctuary.
I'm no sculptor, though, so I'm taking opinions on whether or not they are nice enough to use or just plain creepy lol My sister votes for creepy; my brother is on the fence, and my sister in law likes them
4 -
Hi everyone! Newbie here.
I’m pushing 40 but feeling better in every aspect of my life than ever before! I’m here because I’m trying to conquer my food addiction and learn how to nourish myself properly for optimal health....And of course to loose weight!
Would love some friends to help keep me accountable 🤗1 -
bmeadows380 wrote: »
This is a nativity scene. I finished these up tonight, and am debating on whether they are decent enough to use as a church cantata decoration or not. I needed something tall and couldn't find anything around here within an affordable price range, so I looked up how to do paper mache and gave it a shot at making my own. Joseph stands about 45" tall; I needed a scene large enough that they could easily be seen in the back of the sanctuary.
I'm no sculptor, though, so I'm taking opinions on whether or not they are nice enough to use or just plain creepy lol My sister votes for creepy; my brother is on the fence, and my sister in law likes them
I think it would depend on the congregation. At the church I currently play music, folks wears jeans to services, so they'd be fine with it. The church I grew up in, though, with the Tiffany-style stained glass windows and a lot of gilt? Probably not so much.
(FWIW, those look very nice for a first attempt!)0 -
I think it would depend on the congregation. At the church I currently play music, folks wears jeans to services, so they'd be fine with it. The church I grew up in, though, with the Tiffany-style stained glass windows and a lot of gilt? Probably not so much.
(FWIW, those look very nice for a first attempt!)
Thank you! My church isn't a fancy church - the sanctuary is nice, but its a country church with hand crafted decorations already in use. I agree on the really fancy churches with lots of gilt - I wouldn't have even bothered attempting something for a building like that!
I needed a outside perspective on them - what a person's would think upon walking into the church and seeing those on display, whether they'd think "interesting" or "creepy" or "tacky" lol I figured I'd take a consensus of several opinions before deciding whether to actually use them or not 0
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.4K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 426 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions