cheapclassics Good evening all, Today was a very bad day. My medical procedure was cancelled because my blood sugar and blood pressure were too high. Stupid staff at doctor's office neglected to let him know what the blood sugar was from tests ran 2 weeks ago. That was one red flag that could have prevented me from wasting a day and $2K+ in hospital billing today. Then after they told me how high the blood sugar was, they took my blood pressure. Of course it was higher than a cat's back!!! Then they had the unmitigated gall to state that if I saw a family practice doc that all the numbers could be down in a week or two so they could do the procedure. Never BS a BSer!!! My wife has been treating her blood sugar for years (and it is better) and she is not close enough yet to meet their standards. How stupid do they think I am???? I am writing this note to say goodbye. I am not sure if my wife would know how to post on here, so I am not going to pretend all is fine. It has been a pleasure to have chatted with all of you over the years, but I need to spend whatever time I have left making arrangements and settling things. Good night and may the Good Lord look after all of you. Keep on training, Mike C. from Indiana
Good evening all,
Today was a very bad day. My medical procedure was cancelled because my blood sugar and blood pressure were too high. Stupid staff at doctor's office neglected to let him know what the blood sugar was from tests ran 2 weeks ago. That was one red flag that could have prevented me from wasting a day and $2K+ in hospital billing today. Then after they told me how high the blood sugar was, they took my blood pressure. Of course it was higher than a cat's back!!! Then they had the unmitigated gall to state that if I saw a family practice doc that all the numbers could be down in a week or two so they could do the procedure. Never BS a BSer!!! My wife has been treating her blood sugar for years (and it is better) and she is not close enough yet to meet their standards. How stupid do they think I am????
I am writing this note to say goodbye. I am not sure if my wife would know how to post on here, so I am not going to pretend all is fine. It has been a pleasure to have chatted with all of you over the years, but I need to spend whatever time I have left making arrangements and settling things. Good night and may the Good Lord look after all of you.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Wow Mike. Please try and keep in touch prayers going up for you. Remember the lord will look after you and has plans for you and I'm hoping this isn't in his plans at this time. May the lord help guide you and your family
Bill
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Evening all.
Cooler here - it is a good thing - but like CA we need rain.
Mike C - good luck with whatever you are dealing with
KEV I fear for Tony Stewarts career also. He went from being a bad boy to a really good guy. Unfortunately the media is dredging up the past.
V8 - glad to hear you finally got a good outcome.
Fife - I hear our kids will not realize we have good advice until their late 30's. Glad he is ok.
Chief selling the lake house????
Regards, Roy
Mike, That is a tough post to follow. Prayers are with you.
What I originally wanted to post seemed rather inconsequential following Mike.
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Fife Glad the pup is okay. Guess pride more than anything else. Not much going on today went shopping and took wife out for late lunch ( 2 P.M.) so all was good.
Enjoyed our selves so now time to relax
Talk to you all later have a good day
Hello all
Back up at work for summer maintenance. We have been in the clouds w/ rain the last couple of days.
Been working w/ the trolley group on my days off. Good bunch of guys there. Will post some pics when I remember to take the camera
Had some fun coming home from the last Corvair get together. Two of the rocker arm nuts backed off and was running on 4 for a bit. One replacement rocker arm, two pushrods, and two locknuts later we were back on the road.
Very sad to hear about Robin Williams. I know he struggled w/ depression and addiction for some time.
Fife - glad the son was unhurt. Maybe you should get him in on HudsonJohn's body shop class:)
Don - bummer on the additional surgery, hang in there buddy!
Bob
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fife glad the pup is ok,
lesson to be learned I guess.
S.J.
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Good morning all,
Took short walk by myself this morning as wife still having neck pain. Might try accupuncture next.
Chief, did I read correctly that you were selling the lake house? Sometimes you don't get enough use out of things like that to justify the cost. Anyway, hope it works out for your satisfaction.
Got a call from my brother in Virginia before my walk to get update on us. We talked or about an hour. Thats called a few minutes in the South. He has diabetes too. Had his for many years. New to me though.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Afternoon all. Back easement is now fenced [instead of cable like before] and gated. Pond is all locked up as far as vehicles go.
Fifey, sorry man.
Off to the lake house and meet prospective buyer. Mow and mow there.
Later.
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Aloha. Still sleepwalking a bit. Survived class last night by giving out a lot of assignments. My mind and body thought it was 2 am. Glad Fifepup is unhurt. Those situations sure are frustrating. Testing to see if image link works: . oqKBQb
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Mornin' boys. Partly sunny & 70 here in the mid-Atlantic region. Back to work tonight. It was an ok vacation until fifepup crashed his car early yesterday. His fault. Everyone ok. Wouldn't heed Dad's advice, so all on him.
cnw1995 - Welcome home. Perhaps some trip-pics on SPF?
Another sad day. Robin Williams and now Lauren Bacall. On a brighter note, got to give Victory drinks to soccer kids. They always seem to appreciate them. Got one set of grandkid's games schedule. Too many games, too little me. My favorite time of the year next to May. I pulled a fast one on the pain at work. When I left tonight, I said I would see everybody on Monday. All she could do is say, "What, what???" It was priceless. Outside the world's problems, it was a good day. I hope everyone has a good day.
RedfireS197 - thanks for the tip. Looks like everything is back to normal.
Let's try a paragraph break, just to make sure it works. Mowed the lawn for the first time in a month. That will probably be good for the next couple of weeks. It is cooler than normal here. Highs this week are around 80. It is usually in the high 90's and low 100's during State Fair week.
All for now.
Pouring rain. Was beating down one time. What we need. More rain. Better than drought though. Early to rise tomorrow AM. Off to get gate and fence for back of Parker's pond easement. Fred is paying.
Later
Still trying to make sense of the Robin Williams tragedy. There is no logical expanation. Depression can overcome anyone I suppose. He had all the advantages growing up and a very successful career. But it only shows that success and money are no gaurantee. RIP Mork.
Had a good breakfast with hardly any carbs but ate everything else. Got to watch the calories too.
Short walk this morning as wife was having neck pains (not me) so we cut it short. She has recurring pain from a cervical disc in the neck. Been to doctors but no cure. Just takes Tylenol and wears a neck collar some.
Have a good day all,
Kevin hope its a good one
Morning all not a lot going on today still trying to get moving enough to make something to eat been up about an hour.
Guess will staple my green carpet to the second level to give me some grass up there then I can lay my oval of track and wire it up. then start working on the hills coming down from the second level to the main level. have it planned out in my head about 75% its the last 25% I'm still working on and it will come together once I get the first 75% done lol.
Well guess that's about it for this morning ( most afternoon lol )
Bonjour mon amis. Back from 2 weeks in France for work. I got to do train stuff - including riding the TGV and every Paris Metro line just for fun. Also got to search for trains in flea markets and even found a gigantic train store in Chatillon but it was closed for lunch! Kinda glad to be back...
wrmcclellan me. The NASCAR race barring the delays was one of the best in years. AJ and Ambrose banging into each other around that road course was amazing. Too bad about that Stewart dirt track incident.
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The NASCAR race barring the delays was one of the best in years. AJ and Ambrose banging into each other around that road course was amazing. Too bad about that Stewart dirt track incident.
Good morning,
It was a good race Roy,
Boy the media is really going after Tony Stewart on that racing accident. I have a feeling it will kill his racing career like when Ricky Rudd hit and killed that pit crew member. He did not last long after that. Shame that kid should of not got out of that car and then ran onto the dark area of that track.
To bad about Robbin Williams too.
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"Good morning Vietnam!!!" Sad.
Partly cloudy and humid. Suppose to turn dry, cooler and sunny.
Errands today. Mow if it dried out.
Hope all have a great day.
Brent and 8n,
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Good night all [sprinkling rain].
Sleep tight.
Good Evenin' All!
Too busy for my own good, something has to give. Did some early Christmas shopping for Patrick and picked up a G scale Thomas train set. Never been used. VERY tempted to run it for awhile.
Roy - Looks like you can't get a break with the weather. I don't think I could get use to your temps. While visiting family in Florida (springtime) it was still too hot for me.
Don - Good news on Kay! Don't let Fife or RT get you down, Fife might be a bit jealous, He thinks he would look cool on his yachtette on a peg leg!
Later............
Bayville, NJ
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Very quiet day at work. Only one other person in our section was there (of course, it had to be the most annoying one, but still mostly quiet). Got some work done as well. Rained again very hard for a bit at home. Still muggy. Supposed to clear up and be nice from Wednesday on. Got pre-registerred for the procedure so all I have to do now is show up. Tomorrow will be busy at work. Hang in there, Don B. You and Kay have been thru the mill. Fifedog, I have heard of that store. Fortunately the girls did not shop there while growing up. I hope everyone has a good day.
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Afternoon all
Fife think you may be onto something there with the Peg Leg
Been slowly but surely start working on layout again. Got the second level there (4' x 6'2" ) and got the indoor outdoor carpet down, but letting it settle out before I staple it down. It's basically there but just making sure probably will do that tomorrow.
Need to figure how to work in green grass and brown grass have an idea and think it will as green is on the front and the brown is on the side ( both coming down from second level to bottom level ) and that will take some blending and on the brown side have a construction type where there working on the hill itself. Time will tell.
Well, took the youngest princess back-to-school clothes shopping. Apparently there is this store called aeropostle...? 3 hours later I'm back home with a happy princess + sore feet.
SPMan - Fifey-Wifey would make a swell temp, and she loves to travel...
dbaker - So there's still a chance for the peg...?
Busy day. Cloudy and cooler but no rain here. Passing through and wanted to say good afternoon.
Don, really sorry to hear about another possible surgery on the leg. Prayers going out big time for you. This is not fair. You have had more than your share. Best wishes to Kay also.
Went to brunch yesterday with group from church. Got mad but kept it to myself. I arrived at the restaurant ahead of all the others and made seating arrangements for about 12 of us. I was told the preferred area that I wanted was not available so I took second best. When the rest of the group arrived we were all seated and everyone seemed satisfied with the location. However, one guy in the group (a control freak in my opinion) could not leave well enough alone and probably made a scene to get us in the better spot. Next thing I know they are moving us all to another spot in the restaurant. I'm glad we got the better location but I felt like he made a fool out of me. Will have words when I catch him alone. Probably should just drop the whole thing.
Still having a hard time organizing personal family business after having to take over everything wife used to do. I need a secretary if I could afford one. Maybe temporary help is available somewhere.
Sticking to my low carb diet all week and being careful. Don't think I lost a pound yet but will keep it up. Cheated at restauant with small sliver of pie for desert but that will be my limit for the whole week. The doctor told me not to try and do it all at once. I think he's right.
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