America's #1 Online Cigar Auction
first, best, biggest!

Last post 3 years ago by Smooth light. 509 replies replies.
11 Pages<123456789>ยป
CelticBomber can help with PROBLEMS 500
Jump to Bottom | Previous Topic | Next Topic
Sunoverbeach Offline
#101 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 4:40 PM EST
Joined: 08-11-2017
Posts: 14,650
StePHen
Sunoverbeach Offline
#102 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 4:41 PM EST
Joined: 08-11-2017
Posts: 14,650
And so we can start the "Celticbomber is the greatest Cbid CS rep evah 500"
TheMangyMoose Offline
#103 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 4:47 PM EST
Joined: 09-11-2019
Posts: 1
Man I really hope CelticBomber can help a brother out because my order just arrived with a 7" rectangular hole in the side. Missing 25 cigars :(
Sunoverbeach Offline
#104 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 4:49 PM EST
Joined: 08-11-2017
Posts: 14,650
Think that's a post office customer service issue
corey sellers Offline
#105 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 4:50 PM EST
Joined: 08-21-2011
Posts: 10,359
He sure can just PM him and make sure to put your order number in the message. Tell him the problem and he can help and will probably make it right with some extra. Cigarlady had a problem and he definitely helped her out with some extras.
tonygraz Offline
#106 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 5:21 PM EST
Joined: 08-11-2008
Posts: 20,231
I heard she complained about being a few cigars short of a box.
Palama Offline
#107 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 5:37 PM EST
Joined: 02-05-2013
Posts: 23,627
Fify

corey sellers wrote:
He sure can just PM him and make sure to put your order number in the message. Tell him the problem and he can help and will probably make it right with some extra. She-Whoโ€™s-Name-Shall-Not-Be-Mentioned had a problem and he definitely helped her out with some extras.

danmdevries Offline
#108 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 6:05 PM EST
Joined: 02-11-2014
Posts: 17,314
rfenst wrote:
What would you have chosen for him?


We were sending him back to school.

I was back and forth on it for a while but in the end, he has no siblings, we live on a busy road outside of any neighborhood, so he has no socialization except for school.

He's also not interested in learning from me or his mom, and doesn't care for computers in general. E learning is very difficult for him.

Oh well.
Speyside Offline
#109 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 7:13 PM EST
Joined: 03-16-2015
Posts: 13,106
LMAO!!!!!!!!

So the wife and I are sitting near the bluff enjoying a bottle of wine and we hear a constant banging. WTF? We walk to the edge an see two people using bricks trying to break our gate. Our property is fenced though we have not fenced the beach itself which in Illinois on Lake Michigan is our property. Multiple signs are posted on the fence, no trespassing private property. I walk down the steps and question what are they doing? Very angrily they say we are breaking the law by having a fence blocking them from the bluff and posting our signs on public property. Before I say a word they tell me they have called the cops. Sure enough my wife says she just opened the gate for the local police. I walk up the stairs. I walk to the house and put the video of these people on a flash drive. I get back to the bluff and the police are walking these two up in cuffs. They said they took damage and have the bricks but probably couldn't make anything stick for that. They then said they were charging them with criminal trespassing. I handed one of the officers the flash drive and said here is the whole incident.

I think they could be from the looney left. One of the officers handed me his card and said please call tonight and set up a zoom meeting so we could give are statements. The officers seemed very happy. After the two goofs were in their squad call one of the officers came back and said this has happened multiple times with these to goofs. Now they have video.
Mcdanielsamuel Offline
#110 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 7:34 PM EST
Joined: 04-28-2020
Posts: 611
^ Not where I thought the story was going. Figured the 'banging' was something else.
Cheno Offline
#111 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 7:37 PM EST
Joined: 06-06-2019
Posts: 1,964
Speyside wrote:
LMAO!!!!!!!!

So the wife and I are sitting near the bluff enjoying a bottle of wine and we hear a constant banging. WTF? We walk to the edge an see two people using bricks trying to break our gate. Our property is fenced though we have not fenced the beach itself which in Illinois on Lake Michigan is our property. Multiple signs are posted on the fence, no trespassing private property. I walk down the steps and question what are they doing? Very angrily they say we are breaking the law by having a fence blocking them from the bluff and posting our signs on public property. Before I say a word they tell me they have called the cops. Sure enough my wife says she just opened the gate for the local police. I walk up the stairs. I walk to the house and put the video of these people on a flash drive. I get back to the bluff and the police are walking these two up in cuffs. They said they took damage and have the bricks but probably couldn't make anything stick for that. They then said they were charging them with criminal trespassing. I handed one of the officers the flash drive and said here is the whole incident.

I think they could be from the looney left. One of the officers handed me his card and said please call tonight and set up a zoom meeting so we could give are statements. The officers seemed very happy. After the two goofs were in their squad call one of the officers came back and said this has happened multiple times with these to goofs. Now they have video.



Awesome! Glad they got caught. Hopefully they learn! Probably won't until they get shot.
danmdevries Offline
#112 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 7:57 PM EST
Joined: 02-11-2014
Posts: 17,314
Cheno wrote:
Awesome! Glad they got caught. Hopefully they learn! Probably won't until they get shot.


It's IL, probably won't get shot unless they're "minding their own business" or "visiting grandma" in Chicago.

Back when I worked ER/Trauma closer to the city those were the two most frequently stated stories for gunshot patients.
frankj1 Offline
#113 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 9:42 PM EST
Joined: 02-08-2007
Posts: 44,215
Speyside wrote:
LMAO!!!!!!!!

So the wife and I are sitting near the bluff enjoying a bottle of wine and we hear a constant banging. WTF? We walk to the edge an see two people using bricks trying to break our gate. Our property is fenced though we have not fenced the beach itself which in Illinois on Lake Michigan is our property. Multiple signs are posted on the fence, no trespassing private property. I walk down the steps and question what are they doing? Very angrily they say we are breaking the law by having a fence blocking them from the bluff and posting our signs on public property. Before I say a word they tell me they have called the cops. Sure enough my wife says she just opened the gate for the local police. I walk up the stairs. I walk to the house and put the video of these people on a flash drive. I get back to the bluff and the police are walking these two up in cuffs. They said they took damage and have the bricks but probably couldn't make anything stick for that. They then said they were charging them with criminal trespassing. I handed one of the officers the flash drive and said here is the whole incident.

I think they could be from the looney left. One of the officers handed me his card and said please call tonight and set up a zoom meeting so we could give are statements. The officers seemed very happy. After the two goofs were in their squad call one of the officers came back and said this has happened multiple times with these to goofs. Now they have video.

you anywhere near North Astor St?
had an aunt and uncle who lived at 1209 years ago.
danmdevries Offline
#114 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 9:58 PM EST
Joined: 02-11-2014
Posts: 17,314
It's a couple hours early but I'm living on the dayshift schedule while on vacation.

Happy Friday fellas.
Plowboy221 Offline
#115 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 10:14 PM EST
Joined: 03-03-2013
Posts: 5,140
Why did I agree to work so hard this week d'oh! , got in this evening. Back out in the morning headed to Utah, two day drive and I have two pickups Monday sob.....Brick wall
frankj1 Offline
#116 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 10:39 PM EST
Joined: 02-08-2007
Posts: 44,215
Plowboy221 wrote:
Why did I agree to work so hard this week d'oh! , got in this evening. Back out in the morning headed to Utah, two day drive and I have two pickups Monday sob.....Brick wall

shoulda checked wif Ram first.
BuckyB93 Offline
#117 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 10:59 PM EST
Joined: 07-16-2004
Posts: 14,165
This guy I know at work is going back to school. Said he qualified for student loans but doesnโ€™t need them to cover his tuition. Iโ€™m not a financial expert but wouldnโ€™t it make financial sense to take the loans (2.75% interest and no payments until you graduate) and dump the loan money in a brokerage account?

Even middle of the road mutual funds or ETFโ€™s will get you at least double that interest back, right? If he just let the money ride, he could pay it all back in a lump sum after graduation and come out a head on the deal or pay the minimum due (low interest rate student loan) and keep the money going in the brokerage account building more money with the higher return.

Besides, if we all do Bernnie as a write in on the ballot for the next Pres, maybe the loan will be just forgiven all together - big score!
8trackdisco Offline
#118 Posted: Fri, Jul 31 2020, 11:06 PM EST
Joined: 11-06-2004
Posts: 60,074
BuckyB93 wrote:
This guy I know at work is going back to school. Said he qualified for student loans but doesnโ€™t need them to cover his tuition. Iโ€™m not a financial expert but wouldnโ€™t it make financial sense to take the loans (2.75% interest and no payments until you graduate) and dump the loan money in a brokerage account?

Even middle of the road mutual funds or ETFโ€™s will get you at least double that interest back, right? If he just let the money ride, he could pay it all back in a lump sum after graduation and come out a head on the deal or pay the minimum due (low interest rate student loan) and keep the money going in the brokerage account building more money with the higher return.

Besides, if we all do Bernnie as a write in on the ballot for the next Pres, maybe the loan will be just forgiven all together - big score!


You are right. Some people simply hate debt more than they like interest appreciation.. appreciation.
BuckyB93 Offline
#119 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 5:42 AM EST
Joined: 07-16-2004
Posts: 14,165
8trackdisco wrote:
You are right. Some people simply hate debt more than they like interest appreciation.. appreciation.


I think I saw that posted on a sign at the Department of Redundancy Department.
8trackdisco Offline
#120 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 7:39 AM EST
Joined: 11-06-2004
Posts: 60,074
Free Saturday. Itโ€™s been freed?

Yeah!
Speyside Offline
#121 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 7:50 AM EST
Joined: 03-16-2015
Posts: 13,106
Morning all.
Speyside Offline
#122 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 7:52 AM EST
Joined: 03-16-2015
Posts: 13,106
No Frank. A northern suburb.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#123 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 8:12 AM EST
Joined: 08-11-2017
Posts: 14,650
^^ I know that one. Just across from So Frank, right?
corey sellers Offline
#124 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 8:20 AM EST
Joined: 08-21-2011
Posts: 10,359
Morning gents
opelmanta1900 Offline
#125 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 9:27 AM EST
Joined: 01-10-2012
Posts: 13,954
morning all... fell asleep at 6 without dinner last night... haven't had a morning cigar in ages so figured today was the day... also my last cigar so I'm gonna bribe my brother to go get some for me...

talked to a doctor yesterday and she basically said I can either tough it out with my back or go to physical therapy... she also told me something I've been told before but am not sure if it's true - that at the age of 38, the only reason I would get an MRI on my back is in preparation for surgery....
rfenst Offline
#126 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 10:03 AM EST
Joined: 06-23-2007
Posts: 39,255
Wake and bake then went back to sleep until like 10am. We live near apopka, FL, which is the indoor foliage capital of the world, bar none. Yesterday, we went to a HUGE comercial cactus/succulent grow operation with like 10 different greenhouses yesterday. Going to find a pot today at pottery barn to plant things in. After that? A nap.
rfenst Offline
#127 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 10:03 AM EST
Joined: 06-23-2007
Posts: 39,255
opelmanta1900 wrote:
morning all... fell asleep at 6 without dinner last night... haven't had a morning cigar in ages so figured today was the day... also my last cigar so I'm gonna bribe my brother to go get some for me...

talked to a doctor yesterday and she basically said I can either tough it out with my back or go to physical therapy... she also told me something I've been told before but am not sure if it's true - that at the age of 38, the only reason I would get an MRI on my back is in preparation for surgery....

I'm just an old auto accident attorney who used to read medical records concerning back pain for almost 30 years: Do the physical therapy as soon as possible. The physical therapist will know how to help you get out of your pain cycle. MRI is use to try to identify what is generating pain from the spine, which in turn could lead to choosing a different treatment protocol. You complained of sciatica due to muscle spasm/cramp/tightness in your buttox absent trauma. Unless you would be an immediate surgical candidate, MRI is unnecessary for you at this time. This bout hasn't been long enough.
corey sellers Offline
#128 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 10:07 AM EST
Joined: 08-21-2011
Posts: 10,359
I didn't think he heard you the first time either.

๐Ÿ˜„
izonfire Offline
#129 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 10:25 AM EST
Joined: 12-09-2013
Posts: 8,644
rfenst wrote:
............................tightness in your buttox absent trauma.

Celtic should be along shortly.
And heโ€™ll bring the trauma...
Gene363 Offline
#130 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 10:25 AM EST
Joined: 01-24-2003
Posts: 30,799
Back trouble discussions/solutions here are almost as common as cello on or off.

Back trouble sucks.
MACS Offline
#131 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 10:32 AM EST
Joined: 02-26-2004
Posts: 79,747
Mornin' dudes.
rfenst Offline
#132 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 10:41 AM EST
Joined: 06-23-2007
Posts: 39,255
Gene363 wrote:
Back trouble discussions/solutions here are almost as common as cello on or off.

Back trouble sucks.

The medical costs and job loss figures are unbelievable.
Ram27 Offline
#133 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 10:55 AM EST
Joined: 04-30-2005
Posts: 48,993
Howdy gang ram27bat
deadeyedick Offline
#134 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 10:58 AM EST
Joined: 03-13-2003
Posts: 17,075
Just another day of well over 110F. F this! Is it fall yet?
tonygraz Offline
#135 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 11:00 AM EST
Joined: 08-11-2008
Posts: 20,231
Happy "INTERNATIONAL MAHJONG DAY"

play 'em if ya got 'em.
deadeyedick Offline
#136 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 11:06 AM EST
Joined: 03-13-2003
Posts: 17,075
rfenst wrote:
I'm just an old auto accident attorney who used to read medical records concerning back pain for almost 30 years: Do the physical therapy as soon as possible. The physical therapist will know how to help you get out of your pain cycle. MRI is use to try to identify what is generating pain from the spine, which in turn could lead to choosing a different treatment protocol. You complained of sciatica due to muscle spasm/cramp/tightness in your buttox absent trauma. Unless you would be an immediate surgical candidate, MRI is unnecessary for you at this time. This bout hasn't been long enough.



Iffn you go the PT route try to find one who specializes in back problems. I don't have a good opinion of PT places in general. You often end up with a young person who has learning in theory but no practice experience. Spent many painful sessions over the years with zero to show for it.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#137 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 11:07 AM EST
Joined: 01-10-2012
Posts: 13,954
appreciate the insights rfenst... I guess I'll see if anyone is doing pt through zoom...
Mcdanielsamuel Offline
#138 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 11:09 AM EST
Joined: 04-28-2020
Posts: 611
YouTube the exercises that PT would give you. Same as zoom, but no cost.
BuckyB93 Offline
#139 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 1:48 PM EST
Joined: 07-16-2004
Posts: 14,165
opelmanta1900 wrote:

talked to a doctor yesterday and she basically said I can either tough it out with my back or go to physical therapy... she also told me something I've been told before but am not sure if it's true - that at the age of 38, the only reason I would get an MRI on my back is in preparation for surgery....


Pretty much what my Doc said (except for the 38 yrs old part, tack on another decade and change). Saw two different general practice guys over the past 25 yrs or so about it. Both said live with it, do some stretches and don't do $#!+ to aggravate it. If that doesn't work and it gets bad I could consult a specialist to see if cutting me open might help. I picked with the "live with it" advice. This past year when I had some flare ups the Doc added a low dose of amitriptyline that I take once a day.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/how-to-safely-take-elavil-amitriptyline-for-back-pain-296488

Some days in the morning it reminds me that it's still there but I haven't had the knee buckling, lightning bolts down the leg kind of pain in a few years.

Short of being paralyzed or unable to communicate on my own, there ain't nobody gonna cut me open to poke around my spine.

tonygraz Offline
#140 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 1:52 PM EST
Joined: 08-11-2008
Posts: 20,231
I had an MRI on mt back about 12 years ago - doctor said it couldn't be fixed and I would have to live with it. My sister-in-law had an MRI about 7 years ago and they did a microsurgery that fixed her problem. It may be worth a look just to see what's wrong.
BuckyB93 Offline
#141 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 3:09 PM EST
Joined: 07-16-2004
Posts: 14,165
Nah.

Last couple times I went to the doctors hoping for good news (back issues, unrelated EEG) I came away with results that I was not super happy to hear. My solution: stop going to the doctor. Besides, hospitals are full of sick people who wants that?
Ram27 Offline
#142 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 4:15 PM EST
Joined: 04-30-2005
Posts: 48,993
๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ™Š๐Ÿ™‰
Ram27 Offline
#143 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 4:16 PM EST
Joined: 04-30-2005
Posts: 48,993
๐Ÿ‘€
victor809 Offline
#144 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 4:30 PM EST
Joined: 10-14-2011
Posts: 23,866
Welp... Wife's yoga instructor got diagnosed with covid.

RIP the wife.

RIP Victor.
victor809 Offline
#145 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 4:32 PM EST
Joined: 10-14-2011
Posts: 23,866
I've had excellent luck with PT relating to both shattered wrist and to back injuries. It's a matter of being willing to put in the work though.
rfenst Offline
#146 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 4:48 PM EST
Joined: 06-23-2007
Posts: 39,255
Mcdanielsamuel wrote:
YouTube the exercises that PT would give you. Same as zoom, but no cost.

You need to be taught the proper exercises for your pathology that will get you out of trouble. Just go for a couple weeks and then do what they teach you on your own.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#147 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 4:56 PM EST
Joined: 01-10-2012
Posts: 13,954
Brother went and got me $100 worth of cigars... you don't even wanna know how many that is...
victor809 Offline
#148 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 5:03 PM EST
Joined: 10-14-2011
Posts: 23,866
Like... 3?
rfenst Offline
#149 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 5:25 PM EST
Joined: 06-23-2007
Posts: 39,255
Hey, what's up?
deadeyedick Offline
#150 Posted: Sat, Aug 1 2020, 5:36 PM EST
Joined: 03-13-2003
Posts: 17,075
BuckyB93 wrote:
Pretty much what my Doc said (except for the 38 yrs old part, tack on another decade and change). Saw two different general practice guys over the past 25 yrs or so about it. Both said live with it, do some stretches and don't do $#!+ to aggravate it. If that doesn't work and it gets bad I could consult a specialist to see if cutting me open might help. I picked with the "live with it" advice. This past year when I had some flare ups the Doc added a low dose of amitriptyline that I take once a day.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/how-to-safely-take-elavil-amitriptyline-for-back-pain-296488

Some days in the morning it reminds me that it's still there but I haven't had the knee buckling, lightning bolts down the leg kind of pain in a few years.

Short of being paralyzed or unable to communicate on my own, there ain't nobody gonna cut me open to poke around my spine.



Almost the exact quote from my last back specialist many years ago. I had just told him that I couldn't even sneeze without locking up in pain. I started to realize that I was paying something like $80 a pop for advise to stop sneezing. I did not have insurance at the time. Never went back.
Users browsing this topic
Guest
11 Pages<123456789>ยป
Back to Top