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RTDNTOTO 🐻 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 19 (2024)

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Maister said:
It's only Monday.
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You know what would make you feel a lot better? Posting drindl pictures and garnering the ensuing compliments!
 
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Speaking of getting my a55 kicked....


I've had a few cortisone injections in my spine around my herniated discs and the shots been pretty painless. The back pain was starting to creep back up over the past few days so at my check-up with the orthopedist this afternoon he recommending an injection from the side this time directly into the disc itself. He mentioned that he's usually hesitant to recommend this method since it can be a little painful.

Holy sh1t! It felt like somebody was literally kicking me in the side of the butt for a good 20 minutes! On the plus side, I'm told this may offer more long lasting pain relief. We shall see...
 
I had a diet Coke with my office lunch today and it gave me the shakes - I never drink diet sodas anymore and wow, that stuff is nasty
 
I just watched a video of a wild turtle having the giant abscess of his infected ear lanced and drained. :oops: I may never be the same.
 
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Yes! I feel much better after posting pictures of people in traditional clothing.
 
WSU MUP Student said:
Speaking of getting my a55 kicked....


I've had a few cortisone injections in my spine around my herniated discs and the shots been pretty painless. The back pain was starting to creep back up over the past few days so at my check-up with the orthopedist this afternoon he recommending an injection from the side this time directly into the disc itself. He mentioned that he's usually hesitant to recommend this method since it can be a little painful.

Holy sh1t! It felt like somebody was literally kicking me in the side of the butt for a good 20 minutes! On the plus side, I'm told this may offer more long lasting pain relief. We shall see...
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Ouch.

I'm hoping I've dodged that bullet, at least for now.

The last year or two I've just been generally sore all over, but especially back, knees, hips, heels, etc. I started dieting in March and have lost 21 pounds and it's like magic. Most of the pain just vanished.
 
Another afraid of heights highway - US 550 between Silverton and Ouray.
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guard rails we don't need no stinking guard rails
 
I had one for years at the office but it was City property. In retrospect, I should have bought it myself and kept it.
 
Doohickie said:
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Thoughts on losing 21 pounds:
. Waist size down from 40 to 38
. All the permanent aches and pains I've been living with are going away
. I literally feel like I have a spring in my step. My gait is perceptibly faster
. I can do a full squat. Previously one of my knees hurt bad enough that I couldn't fully flex it; now I can
. Can't quite stand up from a full squat though. Not yet.

EDIT: One last thing: The yardio is working. When I first started working out in the yard it was exhausting, especially the bending down and getting back up, lifting bags of mulch/soil/whatever. It's a good rehab program. And the yard looks nicer than it has in a couple years.
 
I have new neighbors five doors down that are friends of mine. They're recently married. It's the first time for her that she's been a homeowner. I know them from riding bicycles with Night Riders (and they met through Night Riders).
 
Doohickie said:
Thoughts on losing 21 pounds:
. Waist size down from 40 to 38
. All the permanent aches and pains I've been living with are going away
. I literally feel like I have a spring in my step. My gait is perceptibly faster
. I can do a full squat. Previously one of my knees hurt bad enough that I couldn't fully flex it; now I can
. Can't quite stand up from a full squat though. Not yet.

EDIT: One last thing: The yardio is working. When I first started working out in the yard it was exhausting, especially the bending down and getting back up, lifting bags of mulch/soil/whatever. It's a good rehab program. And the yard looks nicer than it has in a couple years.
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I lost 24 lbs following having a heart attack. I can say that I definitely felt much much worse after having lost weight. However, I'm confident the feeling bad part had nothing to do with weight loss and everything to do with having a heart attack. In the for what it's worth department, I've since gained back nearly all the weight I lost.
 
Maister said:
I lost 24 lbs following having a heart attack. I can say that I definitely felt much much worse after having lost weight. However, I'm confident the feeling bad part had nothing to do with weight loss and everything to do with having a heart attack. In the for what it's worth department, I've since gained back nearly all the weight I lost.
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Same with me after my open heart/bypass surgery.
 
This morning I was making my daughter a delicious turkey club sandwich to pack in her lunch for school when I remembered it's a half day and she didn't need to take a lunch and was going to a friend's after school so she wouldn't be home to eat it either. So I had a nice turkey club sandwich for breakfast today.
 
WSU MUP Student said:
I have one of those on my desk at the office. I inherited it from whomever was here before me. I imagine it's at least 30 years old and it still works flawlessly.
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I don't know precisely how old mine is either, but I'd estimate about a half century. It's simply the best stapler ever. Can't really improve on its design.
 
Doohickie said:
Thoughts on losing 21 pounds:
. Waist size down from 40 to 38
. All the permanent aches and pains I've been living with are going away
. I literally feel like I have a spring in my step. My gait is perceptibly faster
. I can do a full squat. Previously one of my knees hurt bad enough that I couldn't fully flex it; now I can
. Can't quite stand up from a full squat though. Not yet.

EDIT: One last thing: The yardio is working. When I first started working out in the yard it was exhausting, especially the bending down and getting back up, lifting bags of mulch/soil/whatever. It's a good rehab program. And the yard looks nicer than it has in a couple years.
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Great work! I'm down about 30 since November. I'm down from a tight 38 to a comfortable 36. I am noticeably faster on the BMX track and soccer field.
 
Doohickie said:
Thoughts on losing 21 pounds:
. Waist size down from 40 to 38
. All the permanent aches and pains I've been living with are going away
. I literally feel like I have a spring in my step. My gait is perceptibly faster
. I can do a full squat. Previously one of my knees hurt bad enough that I couldn't fully flex it; now I can
. Can't quite stand up from a full squat though. Not yet.

EDIT: One last thing: The yardio is working. When I first started working out in the yard it was exhausting, especially the bending down and getting back up, lifting bags of mulch/soil/whatever. It's a good rehab program. And the yard looks nicer than it has in a couple years.
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Great job and keep up the good work. I lost between 80-90 myself.
 
Maister said:
Yeah, you're probably right.
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You have impeccable taste, but yes - if we kept going we would definitely stumble upon a subculture that fetishizes style and form in technology (from the POV of Anthropology) and....well, yeah, we might already be that subculture. Sorry. :)
 
For a nation supposedly trying to ween itself from fossil fuels, we surely do a ship a lot of it on our inland waterways and rail lines.
 
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I found a mysterious briefcase abandoned by the back door of the office. Left it alone.
But I saw a mysterious suited man in here earlier.

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My second grader has a school project where they have to interview a community worker about their job and make a poster and do a presentation about that. Lately, she has decided that she wants to be an architect so she wanted to interview an architect for this project. Thankfully, we've got a few architects in our office who would be a good interview, including one who is a nationally known historic preservation architect who also teaches a class about architecture at a local community arts center for for elementary-aged kids. It was supposed to be a 15 - 20 minute interview but he was so good and gently prompting follow-up questions and keeping the conversation going that we were going for close to an hour before I had to wrap things up because I had to get the kid to another appointment. :up:

I've done some work over the years helping our marketing folks on interviews of community members (everything from rando members of the public to members of the U.S. House of Representatives) and it's always surprising how good of interview subjects some people can be or how bad they can be (I had a feeling that the guy we were interviewing today would be an exceptionally good subject).
 
WSU MUP Student said:
... wants to be an architect ...
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That tiggered my thought of the classic Seinfeld episode "The Van Buren Boys"

[Setting: Susan Ross Foundation conference room]
GEORGE: Ladies and gentlemen, this (Opens the door, Steven is standing there) is Steven Koren. His G.P.A. is a solid 2.0! Right in that meaty part of the curve - not showing off, not falling behind.
WYCK: George, the quailifications for this scholarship were suppose to be.. largely academic.
GEORGE: I'm sure we're all aware of the flaws and biases of standardized tests..
WYCK: These aren't standardized tests - these are his grades.
GEORGE: Besides, Steven Koren has the highest of aspirations. He wants to be (pauses for effect) an architect.
WYCK: Is that right?
STEVEN: Actually, maybe I could set my sights a little bit higher.
GEORGE: (Laughs) Steven, nothing is higher than an architect.
STEVEN: I think I'd really like to be a city planner. (Sits down, addressing the entire foundation board) Why limit myself to just one building, when I can design a whole city?
WYCK: Well, that's a good point.
GEORGE: (Mutters) No, it's not.
STEVEN: Well, isn't an architect just an art school drop-out with a tilty desk, and a big ruler? (Laughs - so do the board members)
GEORGE: (Irritated) It's called a T-square.
WYCK: You know, the stupidest guy in my fraternity became an architect - after he flunked out of dental school! (Everyone but George laughs) Contratulations young man. (Shakes Steven's hand)
STEVEN: Thank you.
WYCK: Susan would be proud of what you're doing.
STEVEN: Thank you.
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^ One of my favorite Seinfeld scenes of all time!

FWIW, my daughter LOVED the tilty desk our architect had (his has an antique top but he put it on a base with an electric motor to raise it up and down and adjust the tilt) and the massive light tables in our workroom. :rofl:

Also... all through high school I wanted to be an architect. Got into the UofM and was planning on studying architecture but joined the Marines after my first year. When I finally went back to school I definitely set my sites higher and studied planning instead! ;)
 
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