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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 5, 2022 1:32:23 GMT
Interesting, I got a letter from a building company today with an offer for my house. It is probably 20% under market value, which means they would tear it down. Of course it isn't worth any consideration because even if I wanted to sell I'd still need another place to live. They'd have to offer way over market price for me to even consider it!
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Post by infant on Feb 5, 2022 4:06:16 GMT
I’m feeling real tired tonight. I’ve hardly sat down all day and my back is killing me after clearing the snow. Geez, I shoveled the snow, went grocery shopping, did laundry and folded it, prepared and made dinner, set and cleared the table. I finally sat down to watch the 6:00 news. I think I’ll just go and watch some TV tonight….probably fall asleep on the couch too.. Rest up- no shoveling for you tomorrow... They aren’t call for any more snow till Wednesday. I’ve got a chiro appointment on Monday.
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Post by zontar on Feb 5, 2022 8:52:45 GMT
Tired today--didn't sleep well last night & have an early morning Saturday--but also can't sleep now.
Should be an interesting weekend.
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Post by edwardbloom on Feb 5, 2022 8:58:22 GMT
Edward, I think it's great that you were willing to step up and help when somebody needed a hand. But, it's really not fair that you're the one being asked to deal with this. I'm sure it's had a hell of an impact on your life, and, as you said, something needs to happen before you get called back to your job. I'd suggest that it's time for you to have a frank and open discussion with the guy's sister to explain your dilemma of anticipating being called back to work. You won't be doing yourself or him any favours if you can't go back to your job and keep a roof over your head. Since she's family to him, I think the onus has to be on her to take action - now, and not tomorrow. There must be facilities that offer assisted living situations for people who have brain injuries and require supervised care.It'll be a lot easier to deal with things now, rather than waiting till the last minute when you get a call for work, and the problem needs a resolution over a two-day weekend. I really think you've more than fulfilled any obligation you feel because of things that happened in the past. i agree that they need to work on it. there aren't any homes like that here, the place he was in, was in florida. where ever he ends up, it's likely going to be a different state. luckily, i won't be getting the call from the local any time soon, but i would like to pick up some other work just to be...not on unemployment. it only lasts 26 weeks anyhow. after that you have to work 5 quarters before you're eligible again.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 5, 2022 14:09:08 GMT
Taking my youngest to the bank to open her first account this morning, then practice
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Post by infant on Feb 5, 2022 14:45:51 GMT
Since we couldn’t celebrate my wife’s birthday on Wednesday, my daughter is now out of Covid isolation and our son is coming over for dinner tonight. I’ve ordered a cake, which I’m supposed to pick up at noon and then I’m making dinner for her and the family tonight. In the meantime, I’m just going to take it easy today as my back is still very sore.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 5, 2022 16:03:14 GMT
Since we couldn’t celebrate my wife’s birthday on Wednesday, my daughter is now out of Covid isolation and our son is coming over for dinner tonight. I’ve ordered a cake, which I’m supposed to pick up at noon and then I’m making dinner for her and the family tonight. In the meantime, I’m just going to take it easy today as my back is still very sore. Glad you guys are all out of quarantine and ready to celebrate!
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Post by zontar on Feb 5, 2022 17:11:48 GMT
It's not early in some ways--but I feel like I am up way too early.
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Post by infant on Feb 5, 2022 17:50:06 GMT
It's not early in some ways--but I feel like I am up way too early. Ya, my wife woke up at 4:30am to go to the washroom and then couldn’t fall back to sleep. So she went downstairs to read the paper. About 9am, she took a little nap on the couch.
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Post by zontar on Feb 5, 2022 18:00:56 GMT
I think I'll have something to eat & try a nap Although I do have a few things to get done today
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 5, 2022 22:46:52 GMT
Today I got some stuff done that I've been hoping to for awhile.
After opening my daughter's accounts, I did a huge pile of ironing and then sold two amps. Then I brought two more amps in for repair.
I'm feeling good about paring back my number of amps because there were simply too many in the basement. I need to continue reducing some of my gear over time, but for now I finally achieved my goal of selling three amps after buying the Henricksen.
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Post by george on Feb 6, 2022 0:00:43 GMT
Went to work today. The route is all highway and hundreds of protest vehicles rolling into the city with flags and signs expressing severe disrespect for the puppet leader that they have here. Mostly pickups but a lot of cars as well. There must have been thousands of them altogether. I would guess that I saw something like maybe a thousand during my brief trip on the highway so there must’ve been a lot more. Great stuff and quite a cross section of people not just rednecks. Toyotas, Mercedes and Escalade as well as the pickups. It’s about time that people started to push back. Didn’t see any farm tractors which is too bad; tractors are cool and if the weather was warmer they could have brought manure spreaders to make a special presentation at the city center when they got there .. lol
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 6, 2022 1:21:30 GMT
Went to work today. The route is all highway and hundreds of protest vehicles rolling into the city with flags and signs expressing severe disrespect for the puppet leader that they have here. Mostly pickups but a lot of cars as well. There must have been thousands of them altogether. I would guess that I saw something like maybe a thousand during my brief trip on the highway so there must’ve been a lot more. Great stuff and quite a cross section of people not just rednecks. Toyotas, Mercedes and Escalade as well as the pickups. It’s about time that people started to push back. Didn’t see any farm tractors which is too bad; tractors are cool and if the weather was warmer they could have brought manure spreaders to make a special presentation at the city center when they got there .. lol Sounds very messy...
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Post by zontar on Feb 6, 2022 7:25:19 GMT
Well got most of what I need done, done.
Managed to fit in some bass & guitar playing trying out some new ideas & chord stuff--some of which popped into my head while I was sick--so finally got to check that out-- So cool.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 6, 2022 13:02:37 GMT
Two back to back gigs today. Otherwise I am really hoping to take a long walk in the morning- haven't really been out walking over the past few days
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Post by infant on Feb 6, 2022 16:20:58 GMT
Not much on my agenda today. I’d love to go for a walk but many people have not cleaned their sidewalks. I could probably use the treadmill but I’m just “not feeling it”. I’ve gotten away from my physiotherapy exercises for a few days with all the shovelling I’ve done this week. I’ll probably get started again today. I also have a few things to do out in the garage this afternoon since it’s a milder day.
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 6, 2022 16:59:55 GMT
Going to a Blues Club jam, in Banbury tonight. Taking one of my ROs, which hasn’t been out for a while
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 6, 2022 21:58:08 GMT
Going to a Blues Club jam, in Banbury tonight. Taking one of my ROs, which hasn’t been out for a while Have fun!
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 6, 2022 22:03:15 GMT
Concerts went well today. Both shows went by very quickly, which is a good sign! Our old first string drummer played with us- for a lot of reasons he hasn't played with us since May and before that he hasn't been worth us since 2020. Glad to have him back
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Post by zontar on Feb 7, 2022 5:20:09 GMT
Played a bunch of bass today--ahd some fun with that Had lots of people wishing me well not he recovery--and had a couple make us supper tonight--real genuine Asian food, made by Asians.
Some sort of ginger/garlic chicken with rice & stuff.
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 7, 2022 9:55:54 GMT
Going to a Blues Club jam, in Banbury tonight. Taking one of my ROs, which hasn’t been out for a while Have fun! I did. Got on second with the house band for a change, so all players were very good. Also managed to try our the latest prototype of the amp my mate makes. Sounded fabulous
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Post by northernboy on Feb 7, 2022 11:30:08 GMT
6:27am and I'm sipping a coffee in the dark. Had to call an ambulance for my mom last night. I'm pretty tired this morning and there are lot of other issues going on for me. At least work is running more smooothly....for now at least.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 7, 2022 12:59:39 GMT
6:27am and I'm sipping a coffee in the dark. Had to call an ambulance for my mom last night. I'm pretty tired this morning and there are lot of other issues going on for me. At least work is running more smooothly....for now at least. Best wishes to her and hopefully she is out soon!
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 7, 2022 13:00:38 GMT
I did. Got on second with the house band for a change, so all players were very good. Also managed to try our the latest prototype of the amp my mate makes. Sounded fabulous That's great- there really is nothing like playing with other musicians, especially good ones!
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Post by infant on Feb 7, 2022 13:31:42 GMT
Doing a Costco run this morning. Lots of things that we need since we haven’t been in 2 weeks. I have a chiropractor appointment this afternoon. I also need to reschedule my physio reassessment that I cancelled last week. I need to tell them that the exercises that I’m doing seem to be making my shoulder worse rather than better. The best news is that our daughter is off to work today now that her quarantine has ended.
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Post by northernboy on Feb 7, 2022 21:02:01 GMT
6:27am and I'm sipping a coffee in the dark. Had to call an ambulance for my mom last night. I'm pretty tired this morning and there are lot of other issues going on for me. At least work is running more smooothly....for now at least. Best wishes to her and hopefully she is out soon! She was discharged last night.
It's unfortunately a regular thing though.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 7, 2022 21:44:24 GMT
Got some stuff done at work and my boss told me he needs me to work on some strategy stuff later this week, which I was happy to hear. I really enjoy working on high level "directional" type stuff
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Post by infant on Feb 8, 2022 12:58:10 GMT
I’m going in for a physio assessment this morning to see how well my physio regimen is helping. I don’t feel that it is and I mentioned it to my chiropractor yesterday. He started feeling around my shoulder after I told him where I was having the pain. He found the exact spot and started manipulating the muscle which was deep in my shoulder. He worked it for about 5 minutes and geez, it felt great afterwards. Even this morning, when I woke up, my neck didn’t feel as stiff as it’s been for the last few months. I’m going to show the physio people the spot that my chiropractor was working on and see if they will change things up for me.
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Post by Bill h on Feb 8, 2022 14:54:39 GMT
On the second week of a work trip to Oregon, fly home Friday. This should be my last out of state trip. It’s chilly and dry here, mild compared to what I’m used to.
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 8, 2022 19:00:57 GMT
I’m going in for a physio assessment this morning to see how well my physio regimen is helping. I don’t feel that it is and I mentioned it to my chiropractor yesterday. He started feeling around my shoulder after I told him where I was having the pain. He found the exact spot and started manipulating the muscle which was deep in my shoulder. He worked it for about 5 minutes and geez, it felt great afterwards. Even this morning, when I woke up, my neck didn’t feel as stiff as it’s been for the last few months. I’m going to show the physio people the spot that my chiropractor was working on and see if they will change things up for me. I had a physio assessment this morning as well, in our Banbury hospital.
Apparently I have 'intercostal muscle strain'. The intercostal muscles lie between your ribs, attaching them to one another. They help stabilise your upper body and help you breathe. There are three layers of intercostal muscles: the external intercostals, the internal intercostals, and the innermost intercostals. A strain is when a muscle stretches, pulls, or is partially torn. A strain of any of the layers of the intercostal muscles can cause pain and difficulty breathing.
Or in other words a 'bad back'.
He's given me some exercises to do. Not today as my back is killing me after doing them this morning. I then have to go back in 5 weeks to see if there's any improvement.
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