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Everything went well. Repair was good. Typical post anesthesia nausea but did fine once we got food into him. Once his block wore off there was a lot of pain but got on top of it fairly quickly with pain meds and finally calmed down last night. He slept elevated on the couch. Was still asleep when I left the house at 0430 and haven't heard from them yet.

My brother in law, mid 80's, her husband of 50 some years, is in some kind of rehab center with sugar and kidney problems. Sounds like he is in very bad shape. She bitches about the rehab place, says that their insurance wouldn't pay for any place better. They own a bunch of rental property, he retired about 20 years ago and every time I've talked to him, he has told me that he makes more money retired than he did working. So spend some of it and get in a better place or hire an aid so he can come home. I haven't seen them in about 4 years, so I'm taking a 3 day weekend and driving up to see him, it's about 400 miles. He did a lot for me when I was younger, and I really didn't appreciate it at the time, I'd like to thank him before he passes. So my sister was over joyed when I told her I was coming up. She is always wanting me to come visit. She just called and asked if I was still handy with lawn mowers, hers is acting up, and maybe I could fix it while I'm there. I honestly don't know how to react to that. But I don't plan on fixing mowers.

I should sleep good tonight. Thanks SW it’s pretty tasty.

Opted into the NM lottery for vaccinated residents. Bring on the $5 million prize!

While cleaning crap out of storage I found this framed picture. I had recently completed the company executive leadership course which essentially took me out of Ops & into management. The guy to my right (left in the image) is Weldon Kennedy who was the Deputy Director of the FBI. That picture was 20 years ago, I was 35 at the time. Damn I actually had hair & it was black!

I have my ups and my downs. A lot of ups, but there are definitely moments. This week has been a little more down. This Sunday is a memorial for WoLW at her school. I wanted it, I asked my mother if she could get the ball rolling. I'm glad she has, but I'm a little disappointed that there hasn't really any contact with me regarding it. She said she likely communicated that she was acting on my behalf, so maybe that's it. I hope it won't be 90F like they say it will, as it's outdoors, and my body doesn't handle temperatures above 85 all that well. I do hope that it gives my MiL some much-needed closure; WoLW was very much someone who looked after her, a job that has now fallen to her sister -and that loss is hard on my MiL. I also know it's not about me -it's meant to be about her, for her. My sister and BiL and their nieces will be "home" from overseas for about two and a half months this week. It's bittersweet for me in some ways. I love my nieces and I'm very glad they'll be here. My sister had expressed the desire to be there for me at the beginning of this, but soon after, some family things and a typhoon (which sent them gathering aid for people of the area they once lived in) put an axe to that. I get it, but I'd have gotten it more if I'd been dropped a note. I'm okay with not being second, fifth, or tenth fiddle in the lives of others; but I'd rather go it alone than be an afterthought. I started this week with a full head of steam, but it feels like it dropped off quickly. I'm thankful for the three furballs of the Horde keeping me company. Yet sometimes, I'm lonely -and yet I don't feel like I'd be a great piece for someone else's puzzle any time soon. But as a movie I recently saw said "With loneliness comes freedom". And while I have an hour of sadness or tears here or there, I'm not sure it's entirely wrong, if I'm brave enough to grasp for that freedom.

Suicide knob.

Saturday I'm going to hang out at Road America eat free food and drink free beer....well what the hell it's open bar free whiskey. Sunday.......I don't know ...nothing

He is a hard headed, tough, union carpenter, trump cheerleader. Obnoxious as hell. I don't agree with him on much, but looking back, he did a lot for me, and he didn't have to. He doesn't talk with one his 2 sons, his daughter died at 40, possible suicide, the relationship with the other son is rather strained. I would like him to know that somebody appreciates what he did. He always meant well, just has an abrasive personality. Dieing alone in a cut rate home sounds pretty sad to me. I don't know why I'm going, but I am. But I'm not fixing a damn lawn mower.

Why are you standing next to Walt Disney?

I think Dr Rick nailed you:

My son sent me this. So I went on Mid-Ohio's website and this is what I find

We are all batshit crazy but in different ways. I know that two of my sister-in-laws think that I am nuts with my bicycling obsession.

I had my shoulder fixed

Worked out with my trainer..I am almost there..just a little bit of range of motion to go.

I’m not immune to dreaming it could be me.

About a year and a half ago, we got my mom a Lifeline fall alert system. She is 88 years old, and lives alone on a pretty large property which she enjoys puttering around in. Anyway, this morning, I got a phone call, and the call display showed Lifeline, and my heart went into my throat for a minute. The nice lady introduced herself and then proceeded to tell me that Mom's fall alert had activated. The first call she made was to her, and Mom assured her everything was fine, she had just had a bit of a fall while tending the flower bed behind the house. Thankfully, she had the cordless phone in her pocket, and was able to answer the call right away. As soon as I hung up, I called Mom and she told me all about what happened. She was totally OK, she had a soft landing and was able to right herself right away, so everything is good. Anyway, comforting to know the system works, and if she ever was in real trouble, help would be on the way. If you have older loved ones living alone, I highly recommend looking into this.

Does @Dirtyhiphave paint yet? This is gonna be a squeaker to the line! Is Mick gonna be Geraint Thomas or Sonny Colbrelli????

Yes and second place was a trip to AZ.

It was based out of Memphis so probably Disneyworld. They took us on cool field trips though, saw Graceland, Sun Records, Beale St & the Civil Rights Museum.

Well, I heard second place was 2 weeks . . .

This is why you should carry those little single serving packages of ketchup instead of Gu.

Enjoy your sub.

I never thought about using it to track WoKzoo's whereabouts. If I really needed to find her I'd start at the mall.

New software training. Our group is picking up the trainer cost & the parent group is picking up the travel cost.

Don't say never. You may find that fixing the lawn mower alone is a good break from "visiting" with your sister.

Yeah.. I used to ride a LOT more often. I learned not to mention my rides to people at work. They didn't need any more reasons to think I was crazy. Just yesterday my neighbor asked... I saw you the other day on your bike. How far do you ride your bike? I mentioned about 20 miles the other day. I got 'the look', like... who does that. Even talking to someone about our dog walks. The are like... 'OMG you walk 1 1/2 to 5 miles with your dogs? We just let them out in the yard.' Yeah ALL year, even in the winter.

Pick a spot. Supersonic and 50% female pilot ranks have about the same chance of succeeding.

Yes, how? Plus you should visit with az_cyclist while you are there, too. You will have a good time, he definitely has the RG seal of approval!

It’s ok for a bragging right meat. Give it a shot if you have never had it before, otherwise order the seared tuna.

Pictures at bottom. Wednesday, my contractor Rich said, "Let's go ahead with delivering the refrigerator and washer/dryer on Friday as you scheduled it." Today, I got a call from Lowe's delivery truck at 12:23 pm, "We'll be at your house in 23 to 40 minutes." I called the contractor to make sure someone was at the house. Had to leave a message. I began getting ready to drive the 13 minute trip from the hotel to my house when I got a phone call. "Hi, this is Randy. Rich said to call you and find out what you wanted." "Lowe's is delivering my fridge and washer/dryer in about 20 minutes. Is anyone working at the house today?" "I don't think so." "Then give me the code number for the front door lock so I can let them in - I can be there in about 15 minutes." "Uh. Let me find out and I'll call you back." While driving (Bluetooth hands-free phone): "This is Randy. The code number is XXXX." "Where should I have them put them - in the kitchen or in the living room." "The living room - more room for people to work around them if needed." So I arrived at my house just as the driver was getting out of the Lowe's truck. A painting crew was working there! We walked up to the door and he said, "We're going to have to take the (36") front door off the hinges to get it in the house." I asked the painters if they could remove the door or if they had a Phillips screwdriver so I could remove the hinges. They said no. I was going to ask a neighbor for one then the Lowe's driver said, "Oh, we can't do it anyway - there's wet paint on the door! That's ok - you can reschedule the delivery for next week - Monday is a good day." So I called Randy and said, "Find out what day next week we've got workers in my house so I can reschedule the Lowe's delivery. That was an hour ago. Front door with wet paint and painted washer/dryer closet: Cabinets partly installed, much improved back porch:

I asked my son if I would be twice as fast if I would install both motors into the sidecar. He said only 7/8s at best because I have to factory in the extra weight.

She said the results of all the lab work looks good, good kidney function, good iron level, blood count is continuing to be good. She scheduled me back in October unless something else comes up. I still have a crapton of other appointments and they just added a colonoscopy. 🤪

If she wins a few more games she will become another Jeopardy legend. She already has her own hashtag and a following after one night.

She reminds me of Ruby when I come home from work. Doing laps all over the darn place! Just like Dino.

Throw one up there. G has his surgery today.

Actually, I'm quite surprised that Apple hasn't simply pushed an update/app to all iPhones that mimics what Alexa does. Hold on a second while I find out. "Hey Siri, why doesn't Apple have a voice bot like Alexa?"

With a great selection of Betamax movies.

Renew! Renew! Oh, wait. That’s Logan 5.

this bike shop sucks

Less smoke, more mirrors.

He needs to update his name to az_UglyBob and save the rest of us guessing his whereabouts! But, yeah, how does one win a prize like that? Company got a freebie from a vendor and 2Far drew the short straw?

6/2 5.2 miles walking and jogging. 12,340 steps. Did a little faster running.

I thought you had Hondas? Aren’t Cataract lights as good as anyone else’s?

I got a phone call today. A guy from church that lost his 40 year old wife to Lupus four years ago is trying to organize a meeting with other men from church that are widowers. He set it up for the 16th. I’m going to try to go. It will mean driving home in the dark, that’s hard for me because of my cataracts.

Don't know how you will count this 1 hour with my trainer..20pound squats, 10 pounders for much of the other weight work...and working under the guidance of my PT on shoulder stuff..his comment 3/4 of the way through the workout "I can hardly wait till we've finished rehabbing your shoulder and I can beat the piss out of you again"..Yeah..Game on..but it will be slow...I told him I can hardly wait to be back so I can show up at my Doc"s session...and work out with him 4 months post surgery TODAY!

You know that it's a long shot.

We can say that and PLENTY more good stuff about you, your wife, and both of your parenting.

Will get you this What can I say...She likes good bourbon