I'm always on the lookout for good deliverable phrases in my line of work. May I use that ? :-) ;-)
Sure!
Quote:
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) That would do nicely slotted into the outer starboard wing pylon.
( edit ) It really is the little things in life that do it, huh ? I've just replaced my stethoscope's rubber earpieces and gosh it feels good. The old ones had really lost their virtue, harsh and hard, and the new set just cuddle in ! I will celebrate with a cappuccino ! :-)
What happened: A couple years ago, I had sudden pain in my side. I knew from a previous kidney stone that this was probably the same thing (on the other side). It was. This time, they put in a stent and sent me home the next day.
I don't remember the details exactly now, but either 2 or 4 weeks later, I went back to have the stent removed and laser lithotripsy of the remaining stones in the kidney. Again, home the next day with a scrip for Vicodin (or something like it). That was the beginning of the "inactivity." Ended up returning to the hospital. After a few days of testing, pain management, various remedies for the "inactivity," even walking the halls of the hospital, someone mentioned to me that Vicodin could cause it. I immediately stopped taking it and started being active within a day.
(I returned to the hospital yet again with general weakness and difficulty breathing. They found I was severely anemic and gave me 4 units of blood (one of which caused some sort of allergic reaction). Further testing found a hematoma in the kidney which was pressing against the colon and caused an ulcer, leading to my first (premature) colonoscopy to repair it.)
That was not a winning time.
By "inactivity"; if you mean constipation, yes, I've heard that too... I've never had that problem with Vicodin; thankfully.
{ Of course, naturally, silly me, no problemo, obviously, what was I thinking ..... I'm clear on that now, thanks. It's all good. }
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Yup, the opiate/opiod category is certainly a conveyor belt retarder ... wise men say 'it is a necessity, but nothing good ever comes out of colon country'.
( edit ) Military Guys, advice please : the 'shuttle-run' or 'beep-test', how hard is it to get to a score of 7.5 ? Reason : being spruiked for Army Reserve as a specialist service officer, medical, trauma/ALS ( they make you a captain straight up provided you promise not to give orders to real soldiers ). That requires at entry 15 push-ups, 45 sit-ups and shuttle score of 7.5 ( I'm @ 54 mildly flabby but else health is good, I could lose 10 - 15 lb ). They train you more after acceptance, but if you can't get to that then you're not for them. Actually I might go Navy or Air Force, but the highest requirement is for the grunts. You can moan at them and they might waive it, but then your active deployment status is pretty much nil ie. why bother enlisting. I gather the logic is if you can make entry grade then the later stuff is a matter of time and training rather than a capacity limit.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
By "inactivity"; if you mean constipation, yes, I've heard that too... I've never had that problem with Vicodin; thankfully.
Good morning everyone. :-)
I certainly do NOT have that problem, it could be the magnesium I take, or the food I eat, but sometimes the eye of a needle is WAAAAY too big!!! Not ALWAYS, but certainly sometimes!! I had to do a blood in the poop test where you stick a test strip into your poop and send it back, they say it's better then a colonoscopy for screening, anyway it took me over two weeks before I could send it back. I just SEVERAL phone calls from my Doctor asking where it was!!
Good grief we are waaaay off the regular topics aren't we!!! I went on a mini vacation, a 5 day weekend, and came back and had over two tupperware things of tomatoes, bright red ones, waiting for me. They were very sweet, I haven't been waiting that long to pick them so was surprised to see the squirrels hadn't cleaned them out. I watered them, no watering while I was away, and the plants have come back and are doing just fine! I will have to pick again today as I see some red ones out there right now!
( edit ) Military Guys, advice please : the 'shuttle-run' or 'beep-test', how hard is it to get to a score of 7.5 ? Reason : being spruiked for Army Reserve as a specialist service officer, medical, trauma/ALS ( they make you a captain straight up provided you promise not to give orders to real soldiers ). That requires at entry 15 push-ups, 45 sit-ups and shuttle score of 7.5 ( I'm @ 54 mildly flabby but else health is good, I could lose 10 - 15 lb ). They train you more after acceptance, but if you can't get to that then you're not for them. Actually I might go Navy or Air Force, but the highest requirement is for the grunts. You can moan at them and they might waive it, but then your active deployment status is pretty much nil ie. why bother enlisting. I gather the logic is if you can make entry grade then the later stuff is a matter of time and training rather than a capacity limit.
Good Morning !
Mike, first of all "Bravo" on joining the reserves ! That is Great !
I am also 54 years old and let me just say this - We are not "Spring Chickens" anymore LOL ! On a good day, I can still knock out 100 pushups but, I don't know about that thar "Beep Test" The US army just uses a 2 mile run for part of the PT test (or they did when I was in) Anyway, I looked up the Beep test. It seems a 7.5 is standard for Aussie Military? I can't believe they don't employ "Age Brackets" / From what I can gather, to score a 7.5 you would have to essentially shuffle or run back and forth 1.33 Kilometers(or more) in less than
7min 45 seconds.
OK, here's the deal - I personally would not even attempt this test at age 54 without training for it. I haven't ran in years - instead, I take couple mile "walks" for exercise.
I would suggest - to start - get a bicycle and ride that up a few gradual inclines to start building up your cardio endurance.
Then, acquire a good pair of running shoes and try some jogging. When you get to the point where you can jog 2 or 3 kilometers at a steady pace without stopping, I would say, the beep test would then be a Piece of cake ! )))
Bill Beep_Test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-stage_fitness_test
Not much right now, I've been too busy with other things. We intend to use it as the controller for a video overlay for stormchasing. The chase vehicle will transmit live TV with things like windspeed and temperature overlayed on the video signal.
{ Of course, naturally, silly me, no problemo, obviously, what was I thinking ..... I'm clear on that now, thanks. It's all good. }
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Yup, the opiate/opiod category is certainly a conveyor belt retarder ... wise men say 'it is a necessity, but nothing good ever comes out of colon country'.
Yes, that euphemism and that inactivity.
This might help you understand why I call it the euphemism. Sort of a family joke from seeing the show.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Not much right now, I've been too busy with other things. We intend to use it as the controller for a video overlay for stormchasing. The chase vehicle will transmit live TV with things like windspeed and temperature overlayed on the video signal.
Phil
Storm chasing looks like fun until you see peoples lives being destroyed and/or are caught being too close to one!
Storm chasing looks like fun until you see peoples lives being destroyed and/or are caught being too close to one!
I agree Mikey. Which is why we don't take storm chasing lightly. The two of us that run together have been to the National Weather Service advanced spotter training and we don't fool around. Too many untrained individuals see a storm and think it would be fun to go chase it, racing around endangering peoples lives without thinking. I think one of the worst things the NWS ever did was publish an 800 number for people to call in reports, even though they have no training and don't even know reporting criteria. We've even heard people reporting "vertical" rain. Really? No kidding? It was really vertical?
We always have the latest radar update up on a computer screen and if either of us is not comfortable we back off, it's not worth the risk. Especially at night. There will always be a next time.
Those of you reading this, Please Please Please, do not chase storms. It can get very unsafe within seconds. We spend many hours training and tons of money on equipment. Please just sit at home or work and enjoy watching the power of nature from a safe location.
We have very specific reasons for doing what we do. One of which is our timestamped reports help the weather guys calibrate their radars, making them more accurate. This lets them give more accurate warnings to the public.
Storm chasing looks like fun until you see peoples lives being destroyed and/or are caught being too close to one!
I agree Mikey. Which is why we don't take storm chasing lightly. The two of us that run together have been to the National Weather Service advanced spotter training and we don't fool around. Too many untrained individuals see a storm and think it would be fun to go chase it, racing around endangering peoples lives without thinking. I think one of the worst things the NWS ever did was publish an 800 number for people to call in reports, even though they have no training and don't even know reporting criteria. We've even heard people reporting "vertical" rain. Really? No kidding? It was really vertical?
We always have the latest radar update up on a computer screen and if either of us is not comfortable we back off, it's not worth the risk. Especially at night. There will always be a next time.
Those of you reading this, Please Please Please, do not chase storms. It can get very unsafe within seconds. We spend many hours training and tons of money on equipment. Please just sit at home or work and enjoy watching the power of nature from a safe location.
We have very specific reasons for doing what we do. One of which is our timestamped reports help the weather guys calibrate their radars, making them more accurate. This lets them give more accurate warnings to the public.
'Nough said.
Phil
Well said, and THANKS!!!
I DO like the "vertical rain" though, I can just hear my local weather guy reporting some "vertical rain" headed my way!
@Bill : Thank you kindly for your answer. 7.5 on the shuttle* is the age bracket for me. One can go soft on this but that changes one's deployability. In any case with training I can do this, so I may as well. Should be good for me. The core issue is going to be my availability though, I have significant preset obligations so I need to sort that out in detail. The 'weapons training' module briefly worried me until I discovered it was mainly ( for my type of service ) to get me to physically recognise all manner of lethality that armies possess so that I could keep away from them and defer to proper soldiers in the query. Apparently I need to know at least enough to be able to put a gun in a safe state. Fair enough, they don't seriously expect doctors to shoot them. Now while a shooting war is always a possible ( and that probability doesn't look to trend down in my lifetime ) over half of Aussie Army regional deployments are for natural disasters, in this quarter of the globe we are legend for that. Generally we are prized for our small unit teamwork and independence. Here I feel is a suitable niche. Indeed they did an amazing job with the '09 bushfires in my district, they just appeared out of the woodwork and were marvellous. Even when we do go to designated warzones, alot of our armed services effort is in aid & rebuilding etc ( non-headline grabbing stuff ) and comes with security coverage inbuilt. While money is not the focus here, I ought mention a nice tax-free bonus for one's trouble. Reservists are called 'weekend warriors' but in a kindly fashion, and the full time people do like reservists as they are keen to do all the mundane support level crap for them that they disdain. :-)
Cheers, Mike.
* Geez Louise, you should see the requirements for say, airbase security teams. They let you in at 7.5 but ramp you up to ~11 with training, special forces you come in at 10.5 and nearly kill you to find the max ! ;-0
( edit ) Sad note : as an epidemic, Ebola currently looks to be the perfect storm otherwise unsurpassed in historical times. One single saving grace is that it is not a respiratory spread, but all other indicators are near ideal for monumental tragedy. It's gone exponential and depending on the relevant factor ( bearing in mind that currently probably 3 per 4 cases have not been reported ) b/w 20,000 to 200,000 will die by this Xmas. I kid you not. :-(
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: RE: RE: ...
By "inactivity"; if you mean constipation, yes, I've heard that too... I've never had that problem with Vicodin; thankfully.
Good morning everyone. :-)
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LOL ! Oh that euphemism !
LOL !
Oh that euphemism ! :-)
{ Of course, naturally, silly me, no problemo, obviously, what was I thinking ..... I'm clear on that now, thanks. It's all good. }
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Yup, the opiate/opiod category is certainly a conveyor belt retarder ... wise men say 'it is a necessity, but nothing good ever comes out of colon country'.
( edit ) Military Guys, advice please : the 'shuttle-run' or 'beep-test', how hard is it to get to a score of 7.5 ? Reason : being spruiked for Army Reserve as a specialist service officer, medical, trauma/ALS ( they make you a captain straight up provided you promise not to give orders to real soldiers ). That requires at entry 15 push-ups, 45 sit-ups and shuttle score of 7.5 ( I'm @ 54 mildly flabby but else health is good, I could lose 10 - 15 lb ). They train you more after acceptance, but if you can't get to that then you're not for them. Actually I might go Navy or Air Force, but the highest requirement is for the grunts. You can moan at them and they might waive it, but then your active deployment status is pretty much nil ie. why bother enlisting. I gather the logic is if you can make entry grade then the later stuff is a matter of time and training rather than a capacity limit.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: By "inactivity"; if
I certainly do NOT have that problem, it could be the magnesium I take, or the food I eat, but sometimes the eye of a needle is WAAAAY too big!!! Not ALWAYS, but certainly sometimes!! I had to do a blood in the poop test where you stick a test strip into your poop and send it back, they say it's better then a colonoscopy for screening, anyway it took me over two weeks before I could send it back. I just SEVERAL phone calls from my Doctor asking where it was!!
Good grief we are waaaay off the regular topics aren't we!!! I went on a mini vacation, a 5 day weekend, and came back and had over two tupperware things of tomatoes, bright red ones, waiting for me. They were very sweet, I haven't been waiting that long to pick them so was surprised to see the squirrels hadn't cleaned them out. I watered them, no watering while I was away, and the plants have come back and are doing just fine! I will have to pick again today as I see some red ones out there right now!
I am WINNING!!!
Phil what are you doing with your Raspberry Pi?
RE: ( edit ) Military
Good Morning !
Mike, first of all "Bravo" on joining the reserves ! That is Great !
I am also 54 years old and let me just say this - We are not "Spring Chickens" anymore LOL ! On a good day, I can still knock out 100 pushups but, I don't know about that thar "Beep Test" The US army just uses a 2 mile run for part of the PT test (or they did when I was in) Anyway, I looked up the Beep test. It seems a 7.5 is standard for Aussie Military? I can't believe they don't employ "Age Brackets" / From what I can gather, to score a 7.5 you would have to essentially shuffle or run back and forth 1.33 Kilometers(or more) in less than
7min 45 seconds.
OK, here's the deal - I personally would not even attempt this test at age 54 without training for it. I haven't ran in years - instead, I take couple mile "walks" for exercise.
I would suggest - to start - get a bicycle and ride that up a few gradual inclines to start building up your cardio endurance.
Then, acquire a good pair of running shoes and try some jogging. When you get to the point where you can jog 2 or 3 kilometers at a steady pace without stopping, I would say, the beep test would then be a Piece of cake ! )))
Bill
Beep_Test
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-stage_fitness_test
RE: Phil what are you doing
Not much right now, I've been too busy with other things. We intend to use it as the controller for a video overlay for stormchasing. The chase vehicle will transmit live TV with things like windspeed and temperature overlayed on the video signal.
Phil
Phil
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
RE: LOL ! Oh that
Yes, that euphemism and that inactivity.
This might help you understand why I call it the euphemism. Sort of a family joke from seeing the show.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: RE: Phil what are you
Storm chasing looks like fun until you see peoples lives being destroyed and/or are caught being too close to one!
RE: Storm chasing looks
I agree Mikey. Which is why we don't take storm chasing lightly. The two of us that run together have been to the National Weather Service advanced spotter training and we don't fool around. Too many untrained individuals see a storm and think it would be fun to go chase it, racing around endangering peoples lives without thinking. I think one of the worst things the NWS ever did was publish an 800 number for people to call in reports, even though they have no training and don't even know reporting criteria. We've even heard people reporting "vertical" rain. Really? No kidding? It was really vertical?
We always have the latest radar update up on a computer screen and if either of us is not comfortable we back off, it's not worth the risk. Especially at night. There will always be a next time.
Those of you reading this, Please Please Please, do not chase storms. It can get very unsafe within seconds. We spend many hours training and tons of money on equipment. Please just sit at home or work and enjoy watching the power of nature from a safe location.
We have very specific reasons for doing what we do. One of which is our timestamped reports help the weather guys calibrate their radars, making them more accurate. This lets them give more accurate warnings to the public.
'Nough said.
Phil
Phil
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
RE: RE: Storm chasing
Well said, and THANKS!!!
I DO like the "vertical rain" though, I can just hear my local weather guy reporting some "vertical rain" headed my way!
@Bill : Thank you kindly for
@Bill : Thank you kindly for your answer. 7.5 on the shuttle* is the age bracket for me. One can go soft on this but that changes one's deployability. In any case with training I can do this, so I may as well. Should be good for me. The core issue is going to be my availability though, I have significant preset obligations so I need to sort that out in detail. The 'weapons training' module briefly worried me until I discovered it was mainly ( for my type of service ) to get me to physically recognise all manner of lethality that armies possess so that I could keep away from them and defer to proper soldiers in the query. Apparently I need to know at least enough to be able to put a gun in a safe state. Fair enough, they don't seriously expect doctors to shoot them. Now while a shooting war is always a possible ( and that probability doesn't look to trend down in my lifetime ) over half of Aussie Army regional deployments are for natural disasters, in this quarter of the globe we are legend for that. Generally we are prized for our small unit teamwork and independence. Here I feel is a suitable niche. Indeed they did an amazing job with the '09 bushfires in my district, they just appeared out of the woodwork and were marvellous. Even when we do go to designated warzones, alot of our armed services effort is in aid & rebuilding etc ( non-headline grabbing stuff ) and comes with security coverage inbuilt. While money is not the focus here, I ought mention a nice tax-free bonus for one's trouble. Reservists are called 'weekend warriors' but in a kindly fashion, and the full time people do like reservists as they are keen to do all the mundane support level crap for them that they disdain. :-)
Cheers, Mike.
* Geez Louise, you should see the requirements for say, airbase security teams. They let you in at 7.5 but ramp you up to ~11 with training, special forces you come in at 10.5 and nearly kill you to find the max ! ;-0
( edit ) Sad note : as an epidemic, Ebola currently looks to be the perfect storm otherwise unsurpassed in historical times. One single saving grace is that it is not a respiratory spread, but all other indicators are near ideal for monumental tragedy. It's gone exponential and depending on the relevant factor ( bearing in mind that currently probably 3 per 4 cases have not been reported ) b/w 20,000 to 200,000 will die by this Xmas. I kid you not. :-(
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal