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8trackdisco Offline
#101 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 10:45 AM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
I've been able to master short cat naps. 30 min to recharge the batteries. Sounds kinda weird but I can do a sort of a meditation state where I'm not actually sleeping but not actually awake either... in the gray zone of sleep and awake.

Reminds me of some lyrics from this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb0-BoYCvG4

"That moment of sleep
When you think you're awake
That threshold of pain
You know you can take."

When I do go into a deep sleep, a tornado spin down the street and I'd probably not notice.

One thing I did realize was when my kids were little. I could be in a deep sleep with earth shattering thunderstorms passing by with no reaction but any peep out of the kids from the baby monitor, I snapped awake.

Funny how the brain works... While it's recharging it would ignore regular stuff deemed not important but any peep from the kids or odd noise in the house it would snap me into awake mode.

The human body, with all its workings, is the most complicated and the most amazing thing ever invented. It even comes with a free belly button.


I’m the same way with massive thunderstorms. I find them calming- except for the one which ended with a section of. 110 year plus oak tree section landing within 15 feet from my window.

Have been playing the Coffee Nap game on weekends.
-Get real tired.
-Cup with a bunch of caffeine in it, drunk quickly.
-Go to sleep.

The caffeine and filling bladder wake me in 20-30 minutes. Wake feeling refreshed.
8trackdisco Offline
#102 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 10:49 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Just looked at the MNF score... did the Giants get good or did the Chiefs get bad? Think


Chiefs looked confused after initial success on their first drive.
Got the double win on the Miz Bet (Giants +11).
Chiefs won and I got paid.
8trackdisco Offline
#103 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 10:51 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Up and atom. Doc says I'm good to go now on the 2nd shingles shot, flu shot and the covid booster. One at a time was his recommendation so if there is any adverse reaction it can be identified. He says I kicked the West Nile quicker and more completely than any of his patients even though some are younger. I was hoping that I now have immunity but he thinks that the literature shows it may only last for 90 days or so.


Applause

Great to hear.
8trackdisco Offline
#104 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 10:54 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Well, it's been about 36 hours since my little road dog home-skillet ate baseball leather. He's been droppin' deuces like normal. I'm hoping that means he digested it. Haven't seen any remnants of it in his poop, but he's dropping them like their hot. They are steaming, but prolly cuz it's cold and stuff... Mellow


Found out the hard way, my wife dropped a chunk of onion on the floor last night while making chili.
The dog took unknown, temporary possession of it for about 12 hours before redepositing onto the living room rug.

Hard work, being a stay at home dog dad.
izonfire Offline
#105 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 11:19 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Up and atom. Doc says I'm good to go now on the 2nd shingles shot, flu shot and the covid booster. One at a time was his recommendation so if there is any adverse reaction it can be identified. He says I kicked the West Nile quicker and more completely than any of his patients even though some are younger. I was hoping that I now have immunity but he thinks that the literature shows it may only last for 90 days or so.

Great to hear DED!

Haven’t been around much,
but I did notice Danm mention that you may be in for a rough road ahead, with recovery extending for a good number of months. But you fought it and kicked it’s ass! Way to go DED!!!

Nice to know you’re tougher than a mosquito… 🦟
Stogie1020 Offline
#106 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 11:27 AM EST
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Great news DED!
delta1 Offline
#107 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 11:28 AM EST
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got the Moderna booster yesterday...Dr. said the booster is 50% of the initial doses...only adverse effect is a sore upper left arm...

she also said she is certain that the FDA will soon approve vaccinations for children 5 - 11 years old ...and they will be very busy...
Stogie1020 Offline
#108 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 11:38 AM EST
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delta1 wrote:
got the Moderna booster yesterday...Dr. said the booster is 50% of the initial doses...only adverse effect is a sore upper left arm...



Crazy that this happens regardless of which arm you get the shot in....
8trackdisco Offline
#109 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 12:07 PM EST
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Blood must be thickening. Dog wlalk in 39 degrees with a 15 mph breeze wasn’t impactful. Although I was wearing long Johns, just in case.
deadeyedick Offline
#110 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 12:10 PM EST
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izonfire wrote:
Great to hear DED!

Haven’t been around much,
but I did notice Danm mention that you may be in for a rough road ahead, with recovery extending for a good number of months. But you fought it and kicked it’s ass! Way to go DED!!!

Nice to know you’re tougher than a mosquito… 🦟


Yep, Danm is not wrong about the recovery time for many. I feel really lucky to have had a shorter time than others. Doc says one of his cases died and two others are using walkers to get around even though it has been months since they came down with it.
tonygraz Offline
#111 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 12:27 PM EST
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Glad to hear you are recuperating better than expected. Nice to hear you are back smoking.
8trackdisco Offline
#112 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 1:32 PM EST
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In dealing with medical and health insurance representatives, it is sometimes difficult to determine if the are incompetent or corrupt.
MACS Offline
#113 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 1:44 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Found out the hard way, my wife dropped a chunk of onion on the floor last night while making chili.
The dog took unknown, temporary possession of it for about 12 hours before redepositing onto the living room rug.

Hard work, being a stay at home dog dad.


Yessir... onions are a no go for puppy dogs.

Tank's deuce on the walk today had a small amount of baseball leather. Hopefully he chewed the stuff enough that it comes out little by little and does not create an obstruction.

I've been mixing a can of sardines in olive oil in his kibble. He loves them, they're good for him, and I'm hoping the oil greases up the leather and it slides out. Anxious

Speaking of Chili... got another crockpot full of it going right now. Last week it was so damn good I figured I'd do it again. This time went with habaneros instead of green chilis.
Ram27 Offline
#114 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 2:18 PM EST
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Bravo DED bravo.Applause
Ram27 Offline
#115 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 2:23 PM EST
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WTF MAC sardines for the doggy. YUCK. d'oh!

Never heard of this. Think
Stogie1020 Offline
#116 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 2:33 PM EST
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You can get the tins of sardines at Costco, RAM. I eat them all the time. They taste like canned tuna, only much better.
MACS Offline
#117 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 3:32 PM EST
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Yep... tins of sardines in olive oil. Did not know Costco had them. Been grabbing them from Walmart.

I'll have to look for them in Costco. Cheaper in bulk, I bet... and he likes them so much that sometimes he will turn his nose up at his kibble if I haven't added any.

And then the little bastige goes hungry until he understands that's all he's gonna get. lol
danmdevries Offline
#118 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 4:03 PM EST
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I love sardines.
MACS Offline
#119 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 4:14 PM EST
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So does my wife.

I buy them live for bait when we go fishing... and she wants me to bring home any we do not use. They're usually 4-6" and she will clean them and fry them up.

If she doesn't... I take the ziploc bag of frozen sardines to cut up and throw for chunk chum.
Stogie1020 Offline
#120 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 4:57 PM EST
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MACS, at my Costco, they are right near the tuna cans. Boneless, skinless, in oil, I think 8-packs.
Gene363 Offline
#121 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 5:08 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
Crazy that this happens regardless of which arm you get the shot in....


Rimshot! Beer
Sunoverbeach Offline
#122 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 5:51 PM EST
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I'll stick with tuna. Never got into sardines
Stogie1020 Offline
#123 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 6:06 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
I'll stick with tuna. Never got into sardines

I grew up in Rhode Island. Lot's of Portuguese in RI, and they love to grill big sardines. You can smell it a mile away... Wife and I were in Toronto years ago walking around some street fair and I said "There is a Portugese restaurant nearby" because I could smell the sardines grilling. We walked a block, turned the corner, and sure as shyt, there they were grilling 8 inch sardines in front of the Portugese restaurtant.

While very disctinct, the smell of them on the grill is not 'good', but the they taste dy-no-mite!

I just use the Costco ones instead of canned tuna. They taste more like what I think tuna should taste like. Plus, I appreciate being able to recognize the food I am eating (the sardines are actual little fish inthe tin). Tuna in a can is just some weird processed, steamed in the can, fish substance to me.
MACS Offline
#124 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 6:38 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
MACS, at my Costco, they are right near the tuna cans. Boneless, skinless, in oil, I think 8-packs.


Sweet. Same as what I get at wally world.

Chili I made today is amazing. Used habaneros instead of green chilis and it's got a little bite. Danm wouldn't notice the spice at all... but it tastes great to me.
Gene363 Offline
#125 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 6:41 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
I grew up in Rhode Island. Lot's of Portuguese in RI, and they love to grill big sardines. You can smell it a mile away... Wife and I were in Toronto years ago walking around some street fair and I said "There is a Portugese restaurant nearby" because I could smell the sardines grilling. We walked a block, turned the corner, and sure as shyt, there they were grilling 8 inch sardines in front of the Portugese restaurtant.

While very disctinct, the smell of them on the grill is not 'good', but the they taste dy-no-mite!

I just use the Costco ones instead of canned tuna. They taste more like what I think tuna should taste like. Plus, I appreciate being able to recognize the food I am eating (the sardines are actual little fish inthe tin). Tuna in a can is just some weird processed, steamed in the can, fish substance to me.


The Portuguese make a great sausage, Linguisa, ever try it?
Palama Offline
#126 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 6:43 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
I'll stick with tuna. Never got into sardines


You didn't grow up poor! Gonz

Lotta ethnic groups in Hawaii use canned sardines in their recipes. Probably started in the plantation camps when their pay was dirt cheap so they had to use whatever they could afford. Plus, the Lunas (...or Field Supervisors...) were Portuguese so would make sense that the plantation's company store would stock them. One of my favorite dishes that my Dad used to whip up was a sardines with udon noodles dish. I never asked him about the genesis of it but had to think it musta been from those long ago plantation days.
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#127 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 6:47 PM EST
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I now have a mental picture of polished silver cutlery, fine china, a candelabra centerpiece, and cans of tuna Think
Palama Offline
#128 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 6:52 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
I now have a mental picture of polished silver cutlery, fine china, a candelabra centerpiece, and cans of tuna Think


Not at my house! Not talking
Sunoverbeach Offline
#129 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 7:53 PM EST
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Well naturally. You're probably more the gold plated type. None of that plebian rubbish
Palama Offline
#130 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 8:39 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
Well naturally. You're probably more the gold plated type. None of that plebian rubbish


Silly boy. Why trifle with gold? Shame on you

As we all know, Platinum is the only way to go!
Sunoverbeach Offline
#131 Posted: Tue, Nov 2 2021, 8:47 PM EST
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Touche
Ram27 Offline
#132 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 5:23 AM EST
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Happy Hump Day greetings danm & y'all.
8trackdisco Offline
#133 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 8:34 AM EST
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29 degrees and cloudy. Still working on my water intake before I grab the coffee.

Plan on watching The Adventures of Mark Twain and play online dominoes with a fiend of mine.

And of course, the greyhound needs a walk- but not until it warms up.
8trackdisco Offline
#134 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 8:40 AM EST
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Tried Maxwell House coffee for the first time. Bought a can on a whim.
One of the top 1000 coffees I have ever had.
MACS Offline
#135 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 8:40 AM EST
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Mornin' dudes. Need coffee.

My pupper hasn't even got out of his bed to pee, yet... lazy fugger.

48 degrees right now. Brrrrrr. Headed for 82.
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#136 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 9:07 AM EST
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Pfftoooie! Grounds in my coffee. Damn filter collapsed I guess. Strain it out or make another pot?
MACS Offline
#137 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 9:22 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Pfftoooie! Grounds in my coffee. Damn filter collapsed I guess. Strain it out or make another pot?


Get yourself an Aeropress. Simple, easy, best coffee ya evah had!

https://www.amazon.com/AeroPress-Coffee-Espresso-Maker-Bitterness/dp/B000GXZ2GS/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=aeropress&qid=1635949237&sr=8-2
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#138 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 9:48 AM EST
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🐫 'HAPPY HUMP DAY'🐫 !!!
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#139 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 11:59 AM EST
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Good Wednesday Morning! I'm 72 today, old and stiff, but still better than a dirt nap. It's 59° right now on the way to just 62° today. Leaving for Costco run today.

The Moderna booster shot site is warm, red, and has a big lump underneath, but other than that, all good.
MACS Offline
#140 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 12:18 PM EST
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Coffee, dump, dog walk (and 2 more dumps to pick up)... need a shower.

After that? I dunno...
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#141 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 12:25 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
Good Wednesday Morning! I'm 72 today, old and stiff, but still better than a dirt nap. ....


That's good for hump day.
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#142 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 2:33 PM EST
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Happy birthday Gene!
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#143 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 2:38 PM EST
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82/64 today with 47% humidity, which is still a bit too high for the days. 64F when I jumped in the pool. Chilly exit, but I brought a long-sleeve. Reviewed some more of my son's law school apps. Went to the chiro again- this time he was able to adjust me because the swelling resided- and almost a week of upper back pain is gone! Plan to just sit back and relax today and tomorrow. I have an online seminar for an hour tomorrow. Gonna see if wife wants to go out to dinner tonight...
Palama Offline
#144 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 2:42 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
Good Wednesday Morning! I'm 72 today, old and stiff, but still better than a dirt nap. It's 59° right now on the way to just 62° today. Leaving for Costco run today.

The Moderna booster shot site is warm, red, and has a big lump underneath, but other than that, all good.


Hau’oli la hanau Braddah Gene! 🎂🎉🎂🎉🎂
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#145 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 3:00 PM EST
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Mowed the ditch with the trimmer. Didn't do a final shave last year and had to go down in the water to clear the fallen leaves from my culvert. Hopefully with nothing to accumulate a large volume of leaves it'll stay flowing.

Mowed the lawn too. More leaves than grass. Still most are on the trees. I think imma be mowing well after first snow this year. I think it got up to 38 degrees today.
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#146 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 4:24 PM EST
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happy birthday, Gene!

after I logged off yesterday, started to feel body aches and chills, so the Moderna booster side effects kicked in about 24 hours after the shot...sluggish all day...didn't feel like a cigar or watching the Lakers game...went to bed early...slept about 10 hours....all is fine today
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#147 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 5:25 PM EST
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Cool Dudes..
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#148 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 5:26 PM EST
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Happy Birthday Gene..!! Laugh
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#149 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 5:26 PM EST
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Happy Recovery DED..!! Laugh
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#150 Posted: Wed, Nov 3 2021, 5:32 PM EST
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Happy happying, drafter!

And congrats to the bday boy and recently convalesced of course
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