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Good grief buying a car for exhaust note. I like the sound of some of the Porsche cars but not buying one. Oh gosh Lee so sorry to hear about marital friction with your son. Gosh many of us feel too micromanaged at times by SWMBO's. Always needs to be give and take. A hard lesson to learn and takes BOTH sides. Nice hike…
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Yup good luck Steve with your decision. DW had her MRI today a 2 yr follow up on some extra findings. they warn you ahead of time that they often see a couple of odd things. Not too worried at this point. My MRI was good and showed things as expected in clear manner. Glad to see Dave out and about. Some of that extended no…
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Good to know your Doc was sensible Dave and just cautions you to be careful. Same for my son who had arthroscopic hip surgery for FAI (femoracetabular impingement). he is off crutches using care as his guide right now. Yup Filipinos use rice for many meals in many ways as I am sure Dave can tell ya. I use to use banana…
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Mornin' gents quick peek in here. My simulation at radiation oncologist Thurs was OK but too much time lying on the table (like a marble slab). Off for FMRI this a.m. Yup Ducks played great wow!! And how about the 40 points from Jermaine Couisnard in front of his grandmother. Priceless. Hope your doc gave some new good…
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Gosh Bill what an ordeal and Sam has a long list of issues to deal with!! I agree with ya Dave. They give the same set of instructions to everyone. Sometimes they will privately tell you how to ease into it. Good Luck I am getting set-up to do a hopefully shortest course of radiation for my prostate. Off to see the…
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Dave: First time I had oral surgery I had 4 wisdom teeth cut out under general anesthesia. All four at once. Next day I got up at 0500 to hit the tide pools as I was attending a Marine Biology Station summer station at Dillon Beach (north of San Francisco and North of Pt Reyes) . I really wouldn't come out of the…
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Top of the mornin' to ya this St Paddy's Day. Nuthin' celebrating here as I don't drink now or want to do the St Patrick's Day run either. But enjoy the green those who do!! My wife does make a mean corned beef Irish Stew sometimes just not today. When we were visiting in New Orleans they had a big parade and threw…
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Nice losses Steve and steps too!. I broke my back (crushed to vertebrae forcing me to retire early. Fortunately I had a lot of sick leave to carry me on and as part of my work I could take an early retirement. Health Insurance thru the public employees plan. I think I did go back for one or two small projects but not…
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YIKES Steve 'GORILLA HAIL". as in King Kong I think sounds awful indeed!!!!
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Gosh I leave you guys alone for a moment and all heeeck breaks loose. Sorry about your mom Dave and send my best to you and your family. Golf ball size hail Steve and Connie??? YIKES. We got some BB sized hail a couple of days ago for a few minutes. Sounds like Bill may be doing a little bit better. We are all hanging in…
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OK late to the party and AWOL a few days. Gosh Bill your ideal with the surgery and pre-op etc was just ridiculous indeed. I have been AWOL following my son's arthroscopic hip surgery on Thursday and staying up to late. Then on Sunday my DDIL who stayed home to help out my son after his surgery felt extreme abdominal pain.…
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Paddle on Mike!!! Good luck with the Surgery Bill!!! My son got his hip arthroscopic surgery which turned out to be a bit more complicated than expected (whatever that means). Hope it works out for him. Light frost this morning, really almost nonexistent and 31-32deg. Got my lettuce starts planted in containers yesterday.…
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Ah Lee I read about all your trials and tribulations with She who shall not be named DVM dr. Gosh just not tenable. Hey best of luck Sam with your MRI of the pesky knee. Need to do something!! Gosh Bill hang in there with your back issues for heavens sake!! Yup dipped at my house near PDX down to 25degres this morning.…
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I just looked at a WW friend's situation who lives now in Lebanon. When I feel sorry for myself I think about the situation for her and her husband. She took over a WW bulletin board thread for another WW leader who got me to use bike journal and an activity thread. Below is her account of today. "We have no landline for…
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Mike: so sorry with your ordeal with Shawn. OMG. I have had to develop my own "triage tree" of when and where to go for treatment. I made the mistake of going to urgent care with an obviously dislocated baby finger once. I sat there forever and the ER woman doc sent me to the ER anyway to have a stronger doc pop it back in…
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that's great Lee that your wife made WW friendly cheesecake!! Not so cold here yesterday but in the 50s until late with some rain showers. Temp finally dropped late last night early morning and in upper 30s. Probably some "chunky rain/snow mix" high up in the west hills of PDX but not here or downtown. More likely some mix…
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I was AWOL yesterday I guess. 33 deg here this a.m. too but no ice or snow flakes. Actually pretty dry this a.m. Gosh Mike the ice fishing trip sounded like fun indeed! Connie's B-day today. HAPPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! Well get on it Steve. Wow 77degrees???? Amazing. Grief Lee: insurance companies and drug lords just suck.…
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Sorry about Frankie wakin ya up Steve. No ice fishing here Mike. We could get some "graupel" and or mixed precipitation early Monday and/or Tuesday but temps too warm for snow below the hills of PDX. I haven't lost weight either lately and need to buckle down. Off to WW meeting.
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Yea Dave is right a long line of rainy weather and perhaps some "chunky rain" mixed w snow in {PDX and the hills on Monday morning to boot. got out for a walk and will ride today too. Hit 62degrees at my house yesterday and rode to the top of Skyline (a 1000' climb from my house) for the first time this year. Still sorry…
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Mike: I freeze tumeric root and finely mince it while mostly frozen using my alaska curved knife and bowl set. I use about an inch and a half of root (15-20 grams on WW scale) and then grind a generous amount of black pepper onto the finely minced tumeric in the omelet. For pills I have used Dr's Best high absorption…
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Interesting your GP mentioned tumeric. I freeze tumeric root and finely mince it along with ground black pepper in my morning omelet. tumeric concoctions need the piperine from black pepper to be fully absorbed. When I take pill form the brand I use has both curcumin and piperine in it. I think it helps me 55 deg in…
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Yup awake around 3:30 and finally got up about 4:45 a.m. So sorry to hear about Rita's migraines Dave. Hope they work something out! Trying to sort out all my appts and get organized. Getting out for a walk soon with DW which will help. Sorry about your gut Bill. Hang in there all!
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Glad ya doin' well Lee. Yup most of us could lose a bit of weight or more. Nice Mike watching kids skate. No ice in my backyard!! Yea Bill walking or jogging in the sand is hard work indeed especially when it is soft and deep!! Sorry to hear about your GI tract issues. Kinda worries me too. Wet here right now. Glad I…
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Agree Lee: the daily grind IS what keeps us going whether its the 3esses routine or brewing up said coffee grind. Been riding slowly in the neighborhood for since about the end of January and slowly increasing the last week or so. I have ridden a local short hill the last couple of days. Need to drink more fluids I am just…
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Wow! nice picts Lee!!! Yeah gotta love insurance. I was worried that my eye drops might run out and have trouble getting more. Insurance rejected them a couple of times before and then the doc has to explain why I need them. Hrmph!~. Good news is surprisingly with my surgery I am off that eye drop and down to just 1 drop…
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Bill: I don't get some of these urologists indeed. My urologist stated (erroneously) that I had stopped the idea of radiation treatment when I clearly had stated with agreement by the radiation oncologist (nice guy) that I was going to wait until after eye surgery and recovery anyway. I remember him throwing some blood…
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Bill: Florence is a great place indeed. Nearby spots with some of the most scenic coastline features anywhere on the planet!! Well maybe a bit further south between Gold Beach and Brookings. Nice sand dunes near Florence Mike I have been to a couple of the old TB hospitals myself. Interesting hike to the old prison camp…
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Good grief Steve sorry to hear about your lack of sleep! Glad BETR is working for ya. Oh no Sam! That wonky knee. Hope it gets figured out and fixed soon w/o too much hassle. I am pleased with my eye results now after being off Prednisilone eye drops. I went from 6 eye drops daily down to 2 drops (a preventative in my…
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Very sad the whole shooting incident indeed. Not that fond of large crowds and also the travel to and fro to downtown parade stuff. Well our possible West Hills snow this a.m. didn't happen. In fact the temp went up overnight into the 40s. Earlier in the afternoon yesterday we saw a few "grainy raindrops" at our elevation…
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OOOOOOOPS!!!!! Forgot. tomorrow appointment means traveling over the top of the West Hills so going over 1000 feet in elevation. Will leave early but probably ok.
