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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 8, 2022 19:54:02 GMT
Pretty busy day at work with another half day long meeting- on a break now
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Post by Bill h on Feb 8, 2022 20:07:55 GMT
Getting old sucks. As the years go by it seems another part of me starts hurting.
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Post by infant on Feb 8, 2022 21:15:00 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.
Oh wow….I feel for you buddy! Pain around the rib cage is one of the worst. I bruised my ribs 6 or 7 years ago and for 2.5 weeks, I could not lay down flat in my bed. I slept in my La-z-boy chair for those 2.5 weeks. I couldn’t sneeze or cough. I hope the doctor gave you some muscle relaxers or pain killers. in my case today, the PT has decided that I should just continue with the exercises and recommended going to a massage therapist. I think I’ll just let my chiro work on the shoulder for now.
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Post by northernboy on Feb 9, 2022 0:02:20 GMT
Pretty busy day at work with another half day long meeting- on a break now God, I hate those.
Complete waste of time, even though you're getting paid to essentially do nothing.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 9, 2022 1:17:19 GMT
Pretty busy day at work with another half day long meeting- on a break now God, I hate those.
Complete waste of time, even though you're getting paid to essentially do nothing.
Well this one wasn't a waste of time for me because it had to do with annual work prioritization and I'm going to be busy all day tomorrow with followup work. But as they say "it's a livin'..." But it was verrry long!
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Post by spellcaster on Feb 9, 2022 2:24:09 GMT
Today's gone fairly well. First thing this morning, I negotiated a deal on a Gibson bass box with a 15" Eminence speaker. Brought it home and spent some time with Meguiars vinyl conditioner, toothbrushes, and microfiber towels breathing new life into the Tolex. Made a run to Home Depot and bought a set of sphynx glides for the bottom side of it. I got those installed so it'll clear the handle when I stack it on top of my Altec Lansing cabinet . I've ordered a new Gibson amp badge for it, which I should have in early March. Tonight, I'll be tearing apart my equipment stack to add the Gibson box, and that'll pretty much finish my day.
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 9, 2022 9:19:09 GMT
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.
Oh wow….I feel for you buddy! Pain around the rib cage is one of the worst. I bruised my ribs 6 or 7 years ago and for 2.5 weeks, I could not lay down flat in my bed. I slept in my La-z-boy chair for those 2.5 weeks. I couldn’t sneeze or cough. I hope the doctor gave you some muscle relaxers or pain killers. in my case today, the PT has decided that I should just continue with the exercises and recommended going to a massage therapist. I think I’ll just let my chiro work on the shoulder for now. I've had dodgy ribs ever since I cracked some in my RAF days, when I had a tumble on ice. I don't think they ever recovered properly. I also damaged them again when I feel over crossing a stream in our Lake District. I was doing a 200 mile Coast to Coast Walk, so had a heavy rucksack on my bag and I was high up on a 'mountain' when I had to cross this stream, which was only a couple of yards wide. I fell over on a slippery rock and went ar*e over tit into the water. Some bloke rescue me by grabbing the back of the sack. I was wet through and also bruised around the ribs, yet again. Bodies are like guitars. You have to look after them
Never mind, I'll live with it.
I already have some co-codamol tablets, which are quite strong and also take some nurofen.
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Post by northernboy on Feb 9, 2022 10:41:18 GMT
It's 5:39am and I'm sipping a coffee in the dark. I have to leave much earlier than usual this morning to give my niece a ride to work. My plan is to hide in my office most of the day and just work.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 9, 2022 14:02:20 GMT
It is going to be busy again at work, followed by another evening of non-profit meetings. Not a lot of downtime, unfortunately...
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Post by infant on Feb 9, 2022 14:17:49 GMT
I want to go to my local L&M as they are having an inventory blowout sale starting on Friday and I noticed that they have a used lacquered tweed Fender Blues Jr at a very good price. So I wouldn’t mind checking it out and having my buddy put a hold on it.
I may take a nice car ride with my wife, just to get out of the house for a little while.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 9, 2022 22:49:54 GMT
I want to go to my local L&M as they are having an inventory blowout sale starting on Friday and I noticed that they have a used lacquered tweed Fender Blues Jr at a very good price. So I wouldn’t mind checking it out and having my buddy put a hold on it. I may take a nice car ride with my wife, just to get out of the house for a little while. Both sound like good ideas!
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 9, 2022 22:51:12 GMT
As expected, work was extremely busy today and something tells me that tonight's nonprofit meeting might be contentious
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Post by northernboy on Feb 9, 2022 22:55:18 GMT
I want to go to my local L&M as they are having an inventory blowout sale starting on Friday and I noticed that they have a used lacquered tweed Fender Blues Jr at a very good price. So I wouldn’t mind checking it out and having my buddy put a hold on it. I may take a nice car ride with my wife, just to get out of the house for a little while. I prefer the Pro Jr over the Blues Jr, but snap up a deal if you can get it. Things are just getting too expensive.
Enjoy the ride with your wife.
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Post by northernboy on Feb 9, 2022 22:57:07 GMT
Crazy day at work, and no hiding in my office for me. My whole day didn't have any down time at all. Even my lunch was spent on a training meeting over Teams.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 10, 2022 2:09:54 GMT
Crazy day at work, and no hiding in my office for me. My whole day didn't have any down time at all. Even my lunch was spent on a training meeting over Teams. Same over here- work was non stop! Luckily the nonprofit meeting was a lot better than I expected
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Post by zontar on Feb 10, 2022 2:22:55 GMT
Played guitar for an extended time last night. First time in a while since recovering from Covid. Took longer to set up & I took some breaks. But had a great time.
Worked on a couple of song ideas--including one that started as a mandolin riff. (Well it still is--I have to record the mandolin part some time & play my guitar ideas over it to see what works.)
Did a bit of walking today--and my legs are tired.
Stopped at music store, and my fingers were sore--so it was harder to play stuff on a couple of guitars I tried. (Still considering saving up for a Casino)
But I did find a good pair of headphones I like. On Sale Audio-Technica.
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Post by northernboy on Feb 10, 2022 11:38:05 GMT
Today is shaping up to be another busy one at work. Keep plugging away I guess.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 10, 2022 13:30:04 GMT
Probably a busy day at work here too with 2 non-profit meetings. I have to cut back somehow...
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Post by Bill h on Feb 10, 2022 14:35:59 GMT
Probably a busy day at work here too with 2 non-profit meetings. I have to cut back somehow... I hate meetings, it doesn’t help that I have the attention span of a squirrel when it comes to that. I’m a field tech so I don’t have to do to many of them, I don’t know how you do it, they are exhausting, I prefer to just be a tech in the field.
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Post by infant on Feb 10, 2022 17:19:02 GMT
I went to the pharmacy and picked up an Antigen test kit (5 tests) as the government got a crapload of them and is handing them out free. Yesterday Walmart thought that they’d try to make money by telling shoppers that they could get a kit if they ordered a minimum of $35 of store products. Boy, we’re they ever made to look bad!
The wife and I cleaned the house when I got back and now we are just relaxing
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 10, 2022 21:49:30 GMT
I went to the pharmacy and picked up an Antigen test kit (5 tests) as the government got a crapload of them and is handing them out free. Yesterday Walmart thought that they’d try to make money by telling shoppers that they could get a kit if they ordered a minimum of $35 of store products. Boy, we’re they ever made to look bad! The wife and I cleaned the house when I got back and now we are just relaxing I'm curious to see if the demand for tests and masks really craters. If course the time to get them is when nobody wants them, because when Christmas rolls around again we might be back to square 1. Or not?
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 10, 2022 21:53:00 GMT
Probably a busy day at work here too with 2 non-profit meetings. I have to cut back somehow... I hate meetings, it doesn’t help that I have the attention span of a squirrel when it comes to that. I’m a field tech so I don’t have to do to many of them, I don’t know how you do it, they are exhausting, I prefer to just be a tech in the field. I really can't hate meetings as they are a very large part of the workday for me, but tons of after work meetings can be really rough. Luckily tonight's should be pretty benign
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Post by infant on Feb 10, 2022 22:00:24 GMT
Probably a busy day at work here too with 2 non-profit meetings. I have to cut back somehow... I hate meetings, it doesn’t help that I have the attention span of a squirrel when it comes to that. I’m a field tech so I don’t have to do to many of them, I don’t know how you do it, they are exhausting, I prefer to just be a tech in the field. I hated getting called into useless meetings. As an engineer, I had no problem meeting with customers and suppliers, or design reviews etc. I hated getting called into meetings that only involved 10 minutes of stuff that related to my work and then 50 minutes of financial discussions. I’d tell my boss to try to talk about my work first so that I could excuse myself and do some real work.
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Post by zontar on Feb 11, 2022 0:05:46 GMT
Been a slow day--which is great for how I feel. But that helps. May play some guitar this evening, and definitely spend some time listening to music.
Got more stuff to do around here tomorrow & Saturday (Especially Saturday)
May need to replace a tire as well--noticed some damage to it.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 11, 2022 2:03:38 GMT
I hate meetings, it doesn’t help that I have the attention span of a squirrel when it comes to that. I’m a field tech so I don’t have to do to many of them, I don’t know how you do it, they are exhausting, I prefer to just be a tech in the field. I hated getting called into useless meetings. As an engineer, I had no problem meeting with customers and suppliers, or design reviews etc. I hated getting called into meetings that only involved 10 minutes of stuff that related to my work and then 50 minutes of financial discussions. I’d tell my boss to try to talk about my work first so that I could excuse myself and do some real work. That is irritating when only a small part of the meeting applies to you- been there, done that!!!
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Post by infant on Feb 11, 2022 4:46:57 GMT
I hated getting called into useless meetings. As an engineer, I had no problem meeting with customers and suppliers, or design reviews etc. I hated getting called into meetings that only involved 10 minutes of stuff that related to my work and then 50 minutes of financial discussions. I’d tell my boss to try to talk about my work first so that I could excuse myself and do some real work. That is irritating when only a small part of the meeting applies to you- been there, done that!!! Then again, I enjoyed when they brought in some lunch! Suppliers were great for what we called “lunch and learn” meetings. They’d come in around 11am and the pizzas or wraps would show up around 11:30. They’d be showing us what they have to offer and we’d be snarfing back the food. That might explain how I’ve lost 35 lbs since leaving work!
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 11, 2022 12:25:35 GMT
That is irritating when only a small part of the meeting applies to you- been there, done that!!! Then again, I enjoyed when they brought in some lunch! Suppliers were great for what we called “lunch and learn” meetings. They’d come in around 11am and the pizzas or wraps would show up around 11:30. They’d be showing us what they have to offer and we’d be snarfing back the food. That might explain how I’ve lost 35 lbs since leaving work! Those meetings where the company provides lunch are really nice. Over the years I have seen them becoming increasingly rare, even before covid. And lunch and learns? We used to call them "Starve and learns" at Bank of America because they'd schedule the trainings over lunchtime and nobody would get to actually bring or eat lunch
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Post by infant on Feb 11, 2022 13:45:30 GMT
Then again, I enjoyed when they brought in some lunch! Suppliers were great for what we called “lunch and learn” meetings. They’d come in around 11am and the pizzas or wraps would show up around 11:30. They’d be showing us what they have to offer and we’d be snarfing back the food. That might explain how I’ve lost 35 lbs since leaving work! Those meetings where the company provides lunch are really nice. Over the years I have seen them becoming increasingly rare, even before covid. And lunch and learns? We used to call them "Starve and learns" at Bank of America because they'd schedule the trainings over lunchtime and nobody would get to actually bring or eat lunch In our case, the suppliers would bring in the lunches. When a customer came in, our company would order in the lunches. We always had extra food as the leftovers would be put in the cafeteria for others to enjoy.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 11, 2022 17:09:31 GMT
Those meetings where the company provides lunch are really nice. Over the years I have seen them becoming increasingly rare, even before covid. And lunch and learns? We used to call them "Starve and learns" at Bank of America because they'd schedule the trainings over lunchtime and nobody would get to actually bring or eat lunch In our case, the suppliers would bring in the lunches. When a customer came in, our company would order in the lunches. We always had extra food as the leftovers would be put in the cafeteria for others to enjoy. Yeah that's really nice. Something like that would never really happen in my job because vendor interactions just aren't like that.
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Post by spellcaster on Feb 11, 2022 18:09:26 GMT
I'm in real misery this morning. Two days ago, my lower back started giving me grief.....first time in years....but I persisted in working on that speaker cabinet instead of giving in and laying down for a day or two. I only got about two hours sleep last night, and after waking up at 4:00 AM, it took me about four hours before I felt well enough to dress and go outside for my morning smoke. I hate taking them for obvious reasons, but I finally relented and dropped some oxycodone after I came back inside. I'm going to be fairly zooed for a few hours, so I won't be back on the computer again till some time later in the day.
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