What's everybody doing today?

[DrJenner]

Yep. We have central heat and AC, with a heat pump. For AC I run the heat pump off a separate generator. AC is a beautiful thing. Living off grid doesn't mean doing with out comforts. Today's high is around 80 degrees.

Totally agree.
Just wouldn't think it would get hot enough to need it out there. When I lived in the foothills above Napa CA as a poor student, the off campus housing had no a/c. We only needed it probably a month out of the year, but now I just can't imagine.

 

[dademoss]

Big day today, going to have all my teeth pulled

Then seeing my lung dr

Hmmm, been 22 years for me, Don't try to eat hard pretzels, and corn on the cob is problematic.

 

[Bacpacker]

Watered outside, and re-wrapped the cold line to the external Luxaire A/C unit on the west side of my home... the original insulation had degraded or deteriorated to the point where it was worthless, so I stripped all of that and wrapped the line with nice new insulation, then taped it up so it'll last awhile. Just trying to maximize efficiency of the A/C system during this ongoing heat wave. I've been meaning to do this for weeks now, just finally got around to it today, but at least I can cross it off the long list of home rehab tasks still to be done, lol. Now I'm down to only a mere 547 tasks, AYE?

I'm also doing laundry right now and drinking a cold beer, I realized I was getting low on socks & boxer shorts... I often wear boxers inside my home, it saves me from going through a bunch of clothes every week. I really wish I could find more of those baggy OD (Olive Drab) boxer shorts the Aarrrrrghmy used to issue to soldiers, those shorts were great! Seems like all the boxer shorts sold nowadays are the gay bun-huggin' type, not the good ol' baggy kind provided by the Army. It could be a 'Chinese size' thing too, where a pair of XL shorts actually means XS in America, pffffffft.

Meh, I'll keep looking for baggy shorts... as an old school skateboarder, rock climber, dirt biker, etc, I gotta have freedom of movement, ya know? No bun-huggin' f@gtard shorts wanted here, lol... I ain't livin' on "The Fruit Loop" in Balboa Park! That was supposedly where queers went looking for action in ****, due to the park's proximity to the gay ghetto in that **** $h!thole, lol. Hillcrest, that was the name of the ghetto... locals on the beach called it Fudgecrest, aye? What a dump that place was too... suitable for Epic F@gtard Darwin Failures, but that's about it.

Oh, well, none of that Kalifornia BS matters now, I'm livin' in the boondocks with normal folks (i.e. rednecks), lol. I don't think there's a 'Pride Parade' in Alamo, none of the locals would bother going to it, lol. Some drunken ***** behind the wheel of his pickup truck, impatient to get to the liquor store, might plow through those f@gtards like tenpins, lol... now THAT might be worth seeing, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Post the video on JewTube, lol. "GIVE THAT MESCALERO APACHE A GOOD CITIZENSHIP MEDAL!!!" Post the interview: "ME SCALPUM F@GTARDS WITH PICKUP TRUCK!!!"

Okay, I'm having too much fun here, and it's time to grab another beer outta the fridge... this laundry is thirsty work!

Got one word for ya


CAMANNDO

 

[gloryroad56]

I successfully completed the task of mowing the grass on the riding lawn mower on Monday. According to the doctor, I am suffering from heat exhaustion. Lately, I have experienced fatigue and weakness, but my overall condition has significantly improved.

 

[snappy1]

Where in Florida are you from? Do you miss it? My daughter does ( born there too and grew up there). I don't . EVER LOL

From Bradenton. Third generation. My grand dad was an original homesteader.

I do miss it. Too expensive to live there now. Maybe in a older area.

 

[Heartbroken]

Been pretty normal summer weather here lately, 80s, occasional thunderstorms, cooler at night. For some reason I just can't seem to get moving and do all the chores I need to do, just sitting here noodling on the computer. Have to get out to the shop and sort and pack the stuff that was hauled out of the basement last weekend to make room for doing the same next weekend. Need to sand the stairwell and apply another coat of mud.
Inspections and quotes coming in on the new house I'm negotiating on. Just got the water sample results and the arsenic is over the health limit, not sure what I'm going to do about that yet.
I should be out there cutting grass and just can't get motivated. Just exhausted and down for some reason.

 

[rusty]

How about some good news? Went to my kidney doctor today. My kidneys have improved from 3rd stage to 2nd stage.

 

[zannej]

Finally paid my bills and got some steel for Frodo's knife.
then it rained and here I sit. LOL

Ooh, is Frodo going to make a knife? Or are you making one for him?

Frodo, I hope the tooth-pulling goes well.

Yeah, cat urine is the bane of my existence right now. Once I get the new computer build mounted I'm going to use foam board at an angle to prevent them from getting on the ledge as well as keep them off of the top of the computer.

This is my computer build. I wanted the Gigabyte Gaming RTX 3060 OC triple fan video card, but I'd already ordered the new case & pcpartspicker site informed me that it was 2mm too long to fit in my case.
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ZJDiy/saved/B6T9K8
The good news is, the mainboard that was over $250 went on sale under $200 and I ordered it before it could go back up in price (which it did right after I ordered).

Did some laundry, scraped excess caulk off the walls, took some photos to document boxes with model names and stuff, cooked for Mom, brought stuff in from the truck, etc.

 

[hashbrown]

Went to the hospital in Springfield today the scheduled my finger amputation for Monday.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Totally agree.
Just wouldn't think it would get hot enough to need it out there. When I lived in the foothills above Napa CA as a poor student, the off campus housing had no a/c. We only needed it probably a month out of the year, but now I just can't imagine.

It gets pretty hot here. Usually in mid August we get a few days over 90 degs. Highest temp that I've ever seen here was 96 degs. Nights always cool off in to the 50's.
When I worked in the middle east and in Asia I didn't have AC. It was miserable.

 

[Magus]

Ooh, is Frodo going to make a knife? Or are you making one for him?

No harm in knowing I guess. I'm making him an Ulu out of tool steel.

 

[Bacpacker]

My prayers are with you HB.

 

[zannej]

Magus, that is awesome! I need to see if they still have episodes of Forged in Fire on TV these days. Haven't watched it in awhile.

HB, I hope it goes well! I've got a regular checkup on Monday. Been forgetting to take my meds metformin in the morning regularly (I'm supposed to take it 2x per day) so I don't think my A1C will be down much. Although, I have cut back on sugary foods.

Will need to make a trip to Samsclub soon.

 

[Wingnut]

Went to the hospital in Springfield today the scheduled my finger amputation for Monday.

Hey, HB, just make sure they don't amputate at the neck... if you walk into the OR and see what looks suspiciously like a guillotine, you might wanna get a second opinion, lol.

This watering the yard twice a day is really getting old... but on the plus side, the thin crescent moon and Venus look pretty cool this evening! Not quite in the cradle, but close!

I'm having a beer after the evening watering session, it's still pretty warm out there... I'll be glad when temps drop again. Pearl may like this heat, but I can easily live without it, lol. Of course, I don't have a pool or pool float!

I used to have a redneck pool in my yard in Show Low, I set it up near the BBQ pad, picnic table, hammock, etc. I even had a beach umbrella anchored with lines so the wind wouldn't blow it away... it was pretty redneck! [See pics!]

I'd have a cooler of beer on ice, a small transistor radio, and BBQ grinds marinating in the fridge indoors, lol. That blue tarp was my redneck pool cover, it added a touch of class, don'tcha know? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! PARADISE!!!

 

[Pearl]

How about some good news? Went to my kidney doctor today. My kidneys have improved from 3rd stage to 2nd stage.

AWESOME!!

 

[Pearl]

Hey, HB, just make sure they don't amputate at the neck... if you walk into the OR and see what looks suspiciously like a guillotine, you might wanna get a second opinion, lol.

This watering the yard twice a day is really getting old... but on the plus side, the thin crescent moon and Venus look pretty cool this evening! Not quite in the cradle, but close!

I'm having a beer after the evening watering session, it's still pretty warm out there... I'll be glad when temps drop again. Pearl may like this heat, but I can easily live without it, lol. Of course, I don't have a pool or pool float!

I used to have a redneck pool in my yard in Show Low, I set it up near the BBQ pad, picnic table, hammock, etc. I even had a beach umbrella anchored with lines so the wind wouldn't blow it away... it was pretty redneck! [See pics!]

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I'd have a cooler of beer on ice, a small transistor radio, and BBQ grinds marinating in the fridge indoors, lol. That blue tarp was my redneck pool cover, it added a touch of class, don'tcha know? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! PARADISE!!!

Get yourself another one!!

 

[rusty]

Went to the hospital in Springfield today the scheduled my finger amputation for Monday.

Just make sure they do the right finger. I always go out of town. I would not trust our local doctors to trim a fingernail.

 

[Pearl]

Hey, HB, just make sure they don't amputate at the neck... if you walk into the OR and see what looks suspiciously like a guillotine, you might wanna get a second opinion, lol.

This watering the yard twice a day is really getting old... but on the plus side, the thin crescent moon and Venus look pretty cool this evening! Not quite in the cradle, but close!

I'm having a beer after the evening watering session, it's still pretty warm out there... I'll be glad when temps drop again. Pearl may like this heat, but I can easily live without it, lol. Of course, I don't have a pool or pool float!

I used to have a redneck pool in my yard in Show Low, I set it up near the BBQ pad, picnic table, hammock, etc. I even had a beach umbrella anchored with lines so the wind wouldn't blow it away... it was pretty redneck! [See pics!]

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I'd have a cooler of beer on ice, a small transistor radio, and BBQ grinds marinating in the fridge indoors, lol. That blue tarp was my redneck pool cover, it added a touch of class, don'tcha know? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! PARADISE!!!

Nice balls, I don't have any!!

 

[Amish Heart]

Little granddaughter's swim lessons, visited with my favorite cousin (about time), and did my last PT. Sis goes back to Florida tomorrow. It'll be quiet and I'll catch up until other sis comes in Tuesday. Well, I hope it'll be quiet. Picked two buckets of squash, cucumbers, and tomatoes.

 

[Wingnut]

Nice balls, I don't have any!!

I heard you can pick up a pair... might hafta go to West Hollywood to do it.

 

[Pearl]

I heard you can pick up a pair... might hafta go to West Hollywood to do it.

I'll just do without

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

I bet Hashbrown gets the Cadillac treatment plan.

My dad mangled two fingers in a sawmill accident about 50 years ago. He made the trip into town to see, old as the hills, Doc. Mooney as he couldn't use his hand.

Doc didn't mess around. He pulled a pair of wire cutters out of his back pocket; instant amputation. It was 120 miles to the closest hospital and dad would never have gone there.

He got a shot of penicillin in the backside and made the night shift at the sawmill.

Consequently, I was raised that it was better to drop dead than to see a doctor.

 

[Haertig]

He made the trip into town to see, old as the hills, Doc. Mooney as he couldn't use his hand.

Doc didn't mess around. He pulled a pair of wire cutters out of his back pocket; instant amputation.

I wonder how ol' Doc. Mooney would treat chest pain? Pull out his wire cutters and do a myocardialectomy right then and there?

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

There wasn't anything he could do about it. This was 1800s medicine in a remote area. People didn't go to a doctor unless something was falling off. Heart conditions were something one lived with until they didn't.

Most people died in their beds. A neighbor lady died of a heart attack dancing at a community dance in our living room. The dance turned into a wake and funeral as everyone was already there. In the morning she was taken up the road to the community cemetary. It was considered a good death and everything one could hope for.

I know of one lady who had a stroke and fell face first on her wood cook stove. They drove her 800 miles (no ambulances) to the only hospital that could treat her. She recovered and lived to a ripe old age although badly scarred.

I have said before, I have no fear of life without the medical system of today. It was quite good for awhile, but now, not so much.

 

[Haertig]

This was 1800s medicine in a remote area.

Definitely sounds like it.

I think I misunderstood your original post. You ended it with "Consequently, I was raised that it was better to drop dead than to see a doctor." By that, I thought you were making fun of Doc. Mooney and what he did. Any doctor "in a town" as you described, who used wire cutters "from his pocket", to amputate fingers in the "mid 1970's" (that would have been 50 years ago as you stated) deserves to be ridiculed.

But you weren't making fun of Doc. Mooney, you were celebrating him. A bit weird that is, but I didn't see that initially. Sorry to have jumped on the bandwagon to laugh at the guy, when you were actually driving the bandwagon in the opposite direction to cheer him on. Oops. Mea culpa.

 

[Old Whatshisname]

Dawn and I just drove back this afternoon from our week in the Mt Rainier area with our kids and grandkid. one couple from Phoenix, the Other from Seattle, and Grandpa and Grandma drove up from Twin Falls County ID. Andy rented a wonderful place, a private A-frame about 1500 sq ft. This was the first time I'd ever been in one of those rent-a-cabin places, and it was first rate. Of course, we had do all the cooking and stuff. We spent most of the days just hiking and a bit of fishing, and evenings in the cabin making dinner then go out to the firepit in the back yard and play music and eat s'mores. I could get used to that kind of life...

... but we're back and here come the chores!

 

[snappy1]

Up at 4 this morning. Why? Don't know.
Will walk first.
Walk dogs.
Clean bathrooms and sweep at Church.
Bible study tonight.

 

[sonya123]

From Bradenton. Third generation. My grand dad was an original homesteader.

I do miss it. Too expensive to live there now. Maybe in a older area.

Way down there in hurricane area ....
I can't imagine moving back there, too hot, too many people, too flat, too much traffic, cockroaches, and too expensive...,,,
We used to go to Clearwater Beach and Tarpon Springs sometimes but mostly we went to the east coast ( closer and I liked the waves)

 

[sonya123]

Amish: sorry about your mom

Hashbrown: good luck with the finger operation, just thinking about it makes me cringe . ouch

Getting ALL the teeth pulled??? Why? I had an impacted wisdom tooth pulled in my 40s and it hurt like hell afterwards , can't imagine ALL of your teeth at once . Can't they just do one at a time? They can't all be bad all at once, or can they?

Overdid it yesterday now my back hurts and I have heat rash .
We cleaned the sheep area in the barn ( a foot and a half of compacted sawdust, muck , old hay and crap) . Son helped so we got it done. 2 people shoveling on a wheelbarrow, then dump it on the little trailer attached to the ATV and we took turns driving it to the pasture and dumping, then spreading the piles
I cleaned the house
Also did laundry
Dogs got ignored yesterday and Otto didn't like it, he was crying when I put him in his crate to clean the livingroom
Today I am going to make bread dough for the market

 

[Amish Heart]

Swim lessons, last one for little granddaughter this morning, then straight to husband's doc appt. Hoping he gets the midline out. Sis is getting picked up while we're gone for a ride to the airport. We'll be gone till early afternoon, and hope to be home the next few days. This place is neglected and getting backed up.