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Post by toshtego on Feb 8, 2024 18:23:47 GMT -5
Sitting in the waiting room for my annual doctor appointment. I hope you brought a book to read. I usually take along a crossword puzzle book. My MD once remarked he hated to disturb me but... |
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Post by urbino on Feb 8, 2024 18:45:41 GMT -5
Sitting in the waiting room for my annual doctor appointment. I hope you brought a book to read. I usually take along a crossword puzzle book. My MD once remarked he hated to disturb me but... Just the phone. Catching up here, on baseball news, and on emails kept me occupied. |
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 8, 2024 19:41:31 GMT -5
A man with a phone and good chess program cannot be bored.
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Post by urbino on Feb 8, 2024 19:59:56 GMT -5
Sitting in the waiting room for my annual doctor appointment. Doc had a new sleep med for me to try. It's called Quviviq, because what else would you call it? It's so new, my insurance may not pay for it, but at this point, I kinda don't care. Well, I'll care. It'll be $500 a month if they don't. Might still be worth it if it works well enough, but I'll still care. |
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 8, 2024 20:40:52 GMT -5
I would, too, Urb. That’s definitely care-worthy.
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Post by lizardonarock on Feb 8, 2024 21:06:59 GMT -5
Oh please insurance never pays for anything good or new but at least you don't have to pay full price! The list of stuff they won't cover for me is pretty daunting after dealing with my ankle for getting close to a year now. Oh they will gladly pay for the generic version but you pay more for the brand name and no generic is not always the same thing. My insurance does not pay for my pain management prescriptions but will pay for the visit every two months and the drug test. Cause you have to be carful giving three hydrocodone pills a day to a 59 year old man with four plates and thirteen screws and a long list of spine ailments. My insurance gladly paid for three stent procedures and a couple of nights all inclusive ICU stays. They paid for the ambulance ride to other the side of the freeway after a in house all in one vein clinic put me in danger of clots and not the friendly kind. They did not pay for my walker or cane but paid for one velcro after surgery shoe. They did not pay for three antibiotics cause they were not on the list of one size fits all. Well that's about all the rant I care to muster on the topic.
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 8, 2024 21:22:24 GMT -5
Rather than the dirt, if I cant get gravel, I would rather have sand — of which there is a lot on the Sandhills. Sand is excellent when it gets wet. We can get sand, which grass won't grow on and it washes down the hill. I have been stuck in sand way more than mud m. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 8, 2024 21:26:21 GMT -5
Doc had a new sleep med for me to try. It's called Quviviq, because what else would you call it? It's so new, my insurance may not pay for it, but at this point, I kinda don't care. Well, I'll care. It'll be $500 a month if they don't. Might still be worth it if it works well enough, but I'll still care. I've found that when I have a long period of sleeplessness, 2 nights of Lunesta puts me right for a good while. It isn't good to take it every night for me. YMMV. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Feb 8, 2024 21:29:15 GMT -5
It must suck having air down the tires to get out of the driveway.
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Post by username on Feb 8, 2024 21:54:16 GMT -5
Heard a dripping sound in the bathroom when i got home tonight. Think great my shower faucet is broke. then I looked up nice tiny leak from the cealing. on the bright side its right above the bathtub/shower the down side I have a leak in my cealing.
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Post by Goldbrick on Feb 8, 2024 21:57:45 GMT -5
I spent some time, over the last few days, breaking down a few dish-gardens ,and repotting some spider plants, and jade ,and what not for the coming spring. Working with live plants and fresh soil always has a calming effect on me, and takes me back to my early days and a newly married young man. One of the first things I did when I purchased my first home was build a 10 by 20 greenhouse, and for the next few years we enjoyed growing house plants and bedding plants for friends and family.
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Post by Goldbrick on Feb 8, 2024 22:02:33 GMT -5
Heard a dripping sound in the bathroom when i got home tonight. Think great my shower faucet is broke. then I looked up nice tiny leak from the cealing. on the bright side its right above the bathtub/shower the down side I have a leak in my cealing. This could be as simple as an old broken seal around a bathroom vent on the roof, keep your fingers crossed, and check it as soon as you can...a tiny leak can cause big problems!  |
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Post by urbino on Feb 8, 2024 22:20:35 GMT -5
Heard a dripping sound in the bathroom when i got home tonight. Think great my shower faucet is broke. then I looked up nice tiny leak from the cealing. on the bright side its right above the bathtub/shower the down side I have a leak in my cealing. Something to be investigated ASAP. Trust me on this one, water coming out of the ceiling is a Bad Thing. |
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Post by username on Feb 8, 2024 22:28:43 GMT -5
Heard a dripping sound in the bathroom when i got home tonight. Think great my shower faucet is broke. then I looked up nice tiny leak from the cealing. on the bright side its right above the bathtub/shower the down side I have a leak in my cealing. Something to be investigated ASAP. Trust me on this one, water coming out of the ceiling is a Bad Thing. I found the leak and will call someone to arrange to have it fixed tommrow as i dont want this to snowball. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 8, 2024 22:36:53 GMT -5
Something to be investigated ASAP. Trust me on this one, water coming out of the ceiling is a Bad Thing. I found the leak and will call someone to arrange to have it fixed tommrow as i dont want this to snowball. Good man. |
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Post by trailboss on Feb 8, 2024 23:17:06 GMT -5
I passed through Tucson today, it was not raining but when I got to PHX, it was coming down in buckets. If you got rain today, maybe it is a minor leak…
I had threesuch leaks, one was from the A/C in the attic, the primary drain pan was plugged the secondary filled and was rusted out.
The other two were at different times the upstairs toilets were never anchored right when the house was built in 1997, and they leaked for some time before it became evident.
All three costed a bundle in remodel fees, and was a huge disruption. The-only upside is I got the name of all the subcontractors on a sign inside the cupboard of my home. That plumbing company is on my shite list.
Lets hope you have minor issues.🤞
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 9, 2024 0:24:36 GMT -5
I'm going to miss most of you guys, but I can't put up with the pansy snowflakes that have to lecture their betters if they see something that hurts their feelings. Some people just can't help but try to correct the real world.
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Post by lizardonarock on Feb 9, 2024 3:00:39 GMT -5
I spent some time, over the last few days, breaking down a few dish-gardens ,and repotting some spider plants, and jade ,and what not for the coming spring. Working with live plants and fresh soil always has a calming effect on me, and takes me back to my early days and a newly married young man. One of the first things I did when I purchased my first home was build a 10 by 20 greenhouse, and for the next few years we enjoyed growing house plants and bedding plants for friends and family. Now that is cool hobby and I know because I only have one green thumb the other is brown meaning that half of experiments into botany fail. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Feb 9, 2024 8:51:18 GMT -5
Top of the morning amigos. Have a supercalifragilistic expialidociousb day as used to tell us while drunk off his ever-loving keister.
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 9, 2024 10:33:47 GMT -5
I'm going to miss most of you guys, but I can't put up with the pansy snowflakes that have to lecture their betters if they see something that hurts their feelings. Some people just can't help but try to correct the real world. Coal, don't you dare like this. |
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 9, 2024 11:16:20 GMT -5
What’s to like?
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Post by lizardonarock on Feb 9, 2024 17:34:21 GMT -5
Over 26,000 quality posts vs 8000 lines of uninspired bating.
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Post by john on Feb 9, 2024 17:42:06 GMT -5
Been a strange couple of days. Yesterday went to the sawbones for a routine check up and was told that my PSA levels jumped up. SO he says that he wants to do a biopsy. I asked if there was something that was less drastic to do and he said there was. Stop the testosterone therapy I've been on for the past 10 years and see if it is effecting the prostate. I said that should have been the lead in answer. Not the secondary approach. Why do they always go for the most drastic first?
Then today after my morning bible study class I lead one of the members asked me to assist him in getting signed up with the VA for benefits. So I went to his house and the process has changed considerably since I signed up 15 years ago. He had to set up his online account, then had to be verified no less that 7 times the last of which was to have a video chat with an examiner just to validate he was who he said he was. He was still working that through when I had to leave to meet a man from another church for lunch.
He wanted to discuss and issue that he is facing and wanted my input. We went to the best BBQ place in town and had an amazing bowl of Brunswick Stew. This was the best I've has since I moved to Alabama 24 years ago from Georgia. Loaded with pulled pork and brisket!
Came back home and should be working on a sermon for Sunday, but, I'm unable to concentrate at this time.... At least the wife is sleeping so I won't ne interrupted with political commentary until I want to watch some TV tonight... She's good that way...
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Post by john on Feb 9, 2024 17:45:25 GMT -5
I spent some time, over the last few days, breaking down a few dish-gardens ,and repotting some spider plants, and jade ,and what not for the coming spring. Working with live plants and fresh soil always has a calming effect on me, and takes me back to my early days and a newly married young man. One of the first things I did when I purchased my first home was build a 10 by 20 greenhouse, and for the next few years we enjoyed growing house plants and bedding plants for friends and family. Now that is cool hobby and I know because I only have one green thumb the other is brown meaning that half of experiments into botany fail. Better than the black thumb I have. My gardening skills these past several years have been the utter destruction of plant life. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 9, 2024 17:52:22 GMT -5
Been a strange couple of days. Yesterday went to the sawbones for a routine check up and was told that my PSA levels jumped up. SO he says that he wants to do a biopsy. I asked if there was something that was less drastic to do and he said there was. Stop the testosterone therapy I've been on for the past 10 years and see if it is effecting the prostate. I said that should have been the lead in answer. Not the secondary approach. Why do they always go for the most drastic first? Then today after my morning bible study class I lead one of the members asked me to assist him in getting signed up with the VA for benefits. So I went to his house and the process has changed considerably since I signed up 15 years ago. He had to set up his online account, then had to be verified no less that 7 times the last of which was to have a video chat with an examiner just to validate he was who he said he was. He was still working that through when I had to leave to meet a man from another church for lunch. He wanted to discuss and issue that he is facing and wanted my input. We went to the best BBQ place in town and had an amazing bowl of Brunswick Stew. This was the best I've has since I moved to Alabama 24 years ago from Georgia. Loaded with pulled pork and brisket! Came back home and should be working on a sermon for Sunday, but, I'm unable to concentrate at this time.... At least the wife is sleeping so I won't ne interrupted with political commentary until I want to watch some TV tonight... She's good that way... Hope you find a good resolution to your problem, John. I know stopping a medicine you need (or you wouldn't be taking it in the first place) isn't a great solution. Hopefully there's a better one available once you and the doc figure out what's going on. |
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Post by john on Feb 9, 2024 17:54:40 GMT -5
A man with a phone and good chess program cannot be bored. It has been a while since I played chess. What is a good program these days? The last one I played online was a simple block pattern. I don't even remember if I know how to play chess... |
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Post by john on Feb 9, 2024 17:56:16 GMT -5
Been a strange couple of days. Yesterday went to the sawbones for a routine check up and was told that my PSA levels jumped up. SO he says that he wants to do a biopsy. I asked if there was something that was less drastic to do and he said there was. Stop the testosterone therapy I've been on for the past 10 years and see if it is effecting the prostate. I said that should have been the lead in answer. Not the secondary approach. Why do they always go for the most drastic first? Then today after my morning bible study class I lead one of the members asked me to assist him in getting signed up with the VA for benefits. So I went to his house and the process has changed considerably since I signed up 15 years ago. He had to set up his online account, then had to be verified no less that 7 times the last of which was to have a video chat with an examiner just to validate he was who he said he was. He was still working that through when I had to leave to meet a man from another church for lunch. He wanted to discuss and issue that he is facing and wanted my input. We went to the best BBQ place in town and had an amazing bowl of Brunswick Stew. This was the best I've has since I moved to Alabama 24 years ago from Georgia. Loaded with pulled pork and brisket! Came back home and should be working on a sermon for Sunday, but, I'm unable to concentrate at this time.... At least the wife is sleeping so I won't ne interrupted with political commentary until I want to watch some TV tonight... She's good that way... Hope you find a good resolution to your problem, John. I know stopping a medicine you need (or you wouldn't be taking it in the first place) isn't a great solution. Hopefully there's a better one available once you and the doc figure out what's going on. Thanks Urb, I still haven't mentioned it to the wife yet. She has a tendency to go to the dark side of everything and I'm not wanting to get into that just yet with her. |
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Post by john on Feb 9, 2024 18:03:27 GMT -5
Left the house early meeting up with a group of friends for breakfast ahead of going to our weekly pastor group meeting. And after the conference was concluded went to my home church to work out a problem with the sound system. Sunday morning the pastor was hearing a radio station coming through the audio monitors in the pulpit. Spent several hours trying to identify which microphone was the problem. What I did find was that the sound board is miss labeled! The best thing I was able to do was to isolate the radio signal. Most of the system was functional but, the speakers for the congregation do not produce any sound. So, I’ll be getting a copy of the sound board diagram and try to straighten it out soon... Sounds like a party. When I was a teenager, our church had a problem for several months with the sound system intermittently picking up CB chatter from passing trucks and blasting it out to the congregation. As you might imagine, some of it was a bit, uh, colorful. This happens when the pastor is bringing the message and has to compete with the airwaves. I think I have it sorted out for now. We will see Sunday when I do the preaching. Could be interesting if Rick and Bubba come through!! |
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 9, 2024 18:55:40 GMT -5
A man with a phone and good chess program cannot be bored. It has been a while since I played chess. What is a good program these days? The last one I played online was a simple block pattern. I don't even remember if I know how to play chess... Try chess.com, John |
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Post by johnlawitzke on Feb 9, 2024 18:59:55 GMT -5
It has been a while since I played chess. What is a good program these days? The last one I played online was a simple block pattern. I don't even remember if I know how to play chess... Try chess.com, John I’ll ditto the chess.com recommendation. You can play for free or pay for more features. Play vs computer or vs people live or daily. Daily is effectively postal chess with one to five days to make a move depending on clock selection. Also, lots of learning resources. |
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