BATMAN Dave, hope you get feeling better soon. The liver is pretty resilient and can recover quickly if you let it. If you really want to speed up your recovery, along with no booze, Google, "foods your liver hates".
Dave, hope you get feeling better soon. The liver is pretty resilient and can recover quickly if you let it. If you really want to speed up your recovery, along with no booze, Google, "foods your liver hates".
As a biochemist by profession who is suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver myself, I have learned a lot about liver diseases. First, the bad: parts of the liver affliucted by cirrhosis will not recover miraculously; the damage is permanent. The good news: Unless in extreme cases, the parts of the liver not affected can take over all functions.
The only rule for a successful recovery: DO NOT DRINK. Most of the other remedies pushed on the internet, such as "foods your liver hates", are BS.
Good Evening,
Dave, hope thy can get your liver problems diagnosed soon and that you get some food in the meantime. You may need a special diet too. I can ask my sister who is a retired dietitian.
John, the only way to outsmart a racoon is to take in your feeders every night which is what we do.
Time to fire up the grill. A little late but there has been many warblers stopping by today.
CN Charlie
DrWsuch as "foods your liver hates", are BS
I stand corrected, Sluppees and bacon rinds for everyone.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
CNCharliethe only way to outsmart a racoon is to take in your feeders every night
It was my understanding that shotguns were almost 100% effective.
Hi DrW,
That's exactly what the doctor told me. No booze it is!!
I am finally in a room after three nights in the ER hallway. I am not really pleased though. I have an idiot for a roommate. She is nice enough but very inconsiderate. On the phone continuously.
I find out the results on Tuesday. Right now they have me on a liquid diet. Fortunately that includes Jello.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I sat down in front of the idiot box and decided there was just enough light left for a scoot through the 100-acre wood. It gets pretty dark in there even when it is still quite light out in the yard.
We disturbed Owl just as the hunting hour was coming around. He was a monster.
Did 6.73km. Now I'll watch the idiot box.
All the best to all.
BATMAN I sat down in front of the idiot box and decided there was just enough light left for a scoot through the 100-acre wood. It gets pretty dark in there even when it is still quite light out in the yard. We disturbed Owl just as the hunting hour was coming around. He was a monster. Did 6.73km. Now I'll watch the idiot box. All the best to all.
Good Morning Diners. Zoe, coffee and an english muffin please.
Had a nice rainy day yesterday. Sure needed that. It kept me off my to-do list. I was able to get a bunch of "me" time in and that included ballasting about five or six feet of track. (Yay!) I swapped out the eye droppers I had been using for wetting and gluing the ballast for some small spray bottles. The process went MUCH better for me with the spray bottles. I hadn't enjoyed ballasting for a lot of years, but I enjoyed it yesterday. I also hadn't used spray bottles for ballasting for a lot of years either. Coincidence? I think not.
Brent, great shot of the owl! Every year or two we will be sitting out in our hot tub and see one fly overhead, usually in the fall or winter. You have to be paying attention though as they are absolutely silent. Since it is often dark out when we're in our hot tub, you have to catch a glimpse of a dark shadow in the sky, illuminated by what lights are around. Pretty neat.
Mike
Remember kids, health advice on the Internet can be worth LESS than you pay for it.
If you're following health advice from a model railroad forum, expect it to be harmful, not helpful.
Hi Everyone,
Brunhilde, coffee with cream, please.
Yesterday started out normal enough, but noticed the shower head dripping longer than usual. I thought, "Let's give this an hour and see if the drip stops." After a few hours my wife says shower is leaking. Uh oh, I had forgotten about it. We ran a couple of errands and then tackled the shower demon. Ended up replacing the cartridge in the valve and the shower head. The job was relatively easy. I'm no plumber, so a simple job canbecome very involved quickly. Fortunately, this one went easy. Got it fixed and functioning the same day, which is good. I didn't have to have the water off for more than an hour. Yay!
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
From one of the diner's kids, I say,
"Good morning, everyone."
The layout has suffered more neglect as outdoor spring projects keeping coming up. I have finished a cardboard mock-up of the new building, I've got the windows and doors from Tichy, I have plenty of styrene -- now all I need is time and enthusiasm to get started.
Charlie, I've suggested time after time to my wife that we make the bird feeders easy to move and bring them in each night. Let's just say she didn't see much good in my suggestion. (She doesn't see much good in any of my suggestions, so I don't give it much thought.) I think the battle between the raccoons and her gives her something to do each day.
Ed, how are you feeling post treatments? Hope it's going OK.
North Platte east hump control room:
East Hump operator by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
York1 John
Yesterday's festivities in Altoona:
PRR ROSE Tower Altoona by Edmund, on Flickr
Note to the far right one of the light towers salvaged from the 1939 World's Fair.
York1Ed, how are you feeling post treatments? Hope it's going OK.
Thanks for asking, John. There's no single symptom that is what I'd call debilitating but taken collectively they do wear you down a bit. I'll spare the reader any details but I'd say the main two issues are digestive problems and a few incontinence issues. I'll see the oncologist on July first. Hopefully time will bring me back in realignment
Cheers, Ed
Any thoughts on where to move the Diner? We could continue the 'yard' theme by taking the Diner to famous cattle yards. Of course there would have to be a section of track that is upwind to park the Diner on. Otherwise it might not see too many customers! Having 'tantalizing turnips' on the menu won't help either!!
Surely someone can come up with a more appetizing venue!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good Morning Diners. Janie, coffee and a blueberry muffin please.
Had an interesting time messing about with our camper last night. Something told me to check the propane system before we go out for our first trip of the season. Had trouble getting the stove to light and when I did, the burner was relatively low. I could get two to light but they would both barely have a flame, even on high. Three burners wasn't going to happen. I shut them off and tried the furnace. Nothing. Apparently something was going on with the regulator as after fiddling with the system for about an hour, out of frustration I rapped the regulator several times with the handle of a screwdriver. Presto! Everything works right again. I'll be ordering a new regulator tonight.
Made BLT's for dinner last night. Those things are dangerous. Good thing we don't have them often.
Ed, good to hear you are otherwise doing okay.
Good morning, everyone. Chloe, I'll have bacon, eggs, and coffee, please.
It's another perfect day on the plains. It's in the 60s, light wind, low humidity, and sunny. It couldn't be better.
What makes it even more perfect is that for the next three days, I have nothing on the calendar. It feels good, except I know my wife will need something from Walmart or the grocery store.
I made some good progress on the new scratchbuilt building. I got three streetlights installed and working in the parking lot. I wanted to do that first so I can then concentrate on the building itself. There have been a lot of times I wish I was working with a larger scale than N.
It seems like a lot of diners have health issues. Although I attribute that to our advanced ages, I wonder if scientists would want to look into the health effects of the diner's food?
Have a great day, everyone.
Milwaukee Road at the Bensonville Yard:
Milwaukee Rd Covered wagons at Bensenville hump yard 1977 by Mark LLanuza, on Flickr
Hi John,
I think the Diner's food is very healthy! No fat, no calories and no sodium, and it makes me very happy.
Now, if you start to make the actual food yourself it might not be quite so healthy but it will still make you happy.
I am still in the hospital and will be for a few more days. This has been a rather awful trip to the hospital but it just got a whole lot better! My terrible, inconsiderate roommate who paged the nurses every three minutes just to argue with them has just been discharged! She was so bad I was starting to get depressed.
There is a light at the end of the tunnel!
Don't Go Into The Light!
3 Men at a train Tunnel:
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Ray, this roommate was so obnoxious that standing in front of a train could possibly be the only way to get away from her.
Hi maxman,
When severe depression hits, going into the light (i.e. seeking something bright and happy) is the best (and the hardest) thing to do. I speak from having suffered severe depression for the last 40 years.
You must not have seen the Poltergeist movie. Nothing bright there except the tv screen.
“Old people shouldn’t eat health foods. They need all the preservatives they can get.”— Robert Orben
Good Morning Diners. Zoe, I'll have the special and a coffee.
Dave, glad to hear your roommate was discharged. Here's hoping you are next.
Ray, how have you been? Still walking at the field house?
John, for a while growing up I had HO trains at my dad's and N at my mom's. I enjoyed them both but often felt like you are when putting together a N scale building kit. I can't imagine building one from scratch. Good for you.
Bear, same here. The replacement regulator is on the way.
Have a good day everyone.
Something has happened that I never thought possible. I have developed a liking for oatmeal porridge!! The hospital oatmeal actually tastes pretty good!
Not too long ago I expressed my disdain on the forums for all things porridge. It would seem that my dislike was based on the flavour and texture of the porridge that my family made. It looked, tasted and stuck to the roof of my mouth like thick wallpaper paste, and no amount of brown sugar could change that. It also skinned over very quickly. That was the worst part. The hospital stuff is creamy and tastes good even without sugar.
Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and coffee, please.
I'll eat breakfast quickly and then head out to cut the grass before the rain starts. At least we hope it starts.
Dave, it's good your roommate is gone. I'm glad that most hospitals in our area have now switched to single rooms.
Years ago my wife was in the hospital in New Orleans. She called me, crying, from her room and told me to come and tell the hospital she had to have a different room. She was whispering and wouldn't say more.
When I got there, I found out her roommate was an old woman who was dying of lung cancer. Her two sons were visiting, and all three of them were smoking cigarettes in the hospital room! I'm not sure what eventually happened, but I know once the nurses came into the room, they would stop what was happening.
Have a great day. My day will immediately improve when I finish cutting grass. This is the time of year I want to change my yard to artificial turf. My neighbors all love yard work -- I don't understand that.
It seems like there is always discussion about how to ballast a track, how to make it look right, what kind of ballast to use, what color should it be, etc.
This yard seems to have a great variety of ballast colors:
Balmer Railroad Yard #1 by John Gateley, on Flickr
York1 I found out her roommate was an old woman who was dying of lung cancer. Her two sons were visiting, and all three of them were smoking cigarettes in the hospital room!
Many, many years ago, I think in the early 70's, I was in the hospital having a pilonidal cyst removed. This was before Fonzie said to just sit on it. Anyway, the guy in the bed next to me must have been in for some sort of throat operation. There he was, just puffing away.
Some never learn.
Water Level Route Had trouble getting the stove to light and when I did, the burner was relatively low. I could get two to light but they would both barely have a flame, even on high. Three burners wasn't going to happen. I shut them off and tried the furnace. Nothing. Apparently something was going on with the regulator as after fiddling with the system for about an hour, out of frustration I rapped the regulator several times with the handle of a screwdriver.
Good thing there was no gas leaking around the regulator. They did a TV show about that. The Big Bang Theory.
Perhaps 30 years ago I took a bad fall skiing. I tore my rotator cuff. It was a seriously miserable experience all the way from the sled ride down the mountain to all the physical therapy and months of recovery. But, guess what I remember as the worst part. In the hospital they fed me the worst hospital food I've ever had. It was atrocious macaroni and cheese, which I specifically selected because it would be so easy to make even a cave man could do it. Apparently, they found the one cave man who couldn't do it. Boil, drain, add milk and butter and serve. How could they have messed that up?
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.