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      10-23-2020, 04:34 PM   #1277
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This is why they invented cell phone cameras!!! Both light AND magnification


Wait, you can't REMEMBER how to make Koolaid???? Memory is the second thing to go
lol, that's exactly what i did. iphone'd it.

I make koolaid very rarely for the kids. Already too amped up as it is!
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...when you're awake at 2:37 AM for a problem at work...and not last call at a club with your friends.

Going back to bed now that it's fixed. You know that us old farts have to be up at 4:30 AM on the weekend, and that's only two hours away.....
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...when you're awake at 2:37 AM for a problem at work...and not last call at a club with your friends.

Going back to bed now that it's fixed. You know that us old farts have to be up at 4:30 AM on the weekend, and that's only two hours away.....
I swapped on-call this weekend because I hurt my back, but forgot to move the UPS alarms. Stupid wind is blowing here, and I got multiple alerts as the power browned out. Off, oh wait, it's back - no, off aga - ok it's on. I'm trying to take a freaking nap here !!!
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I swapped on-call this weekend because I hurt my back, but forgot to move the UPS alarms. Stupid wind is blowing here, and I got multiple alerts as the power browned out. Off, oh wait, it's back - no, off aga - ok it's on. I'm trying to take a freaking nap here !!!
Oh, do I know that pain! I've got over 50 UPS units across 25+ buildings, and every power blip launches a 10-minute denial-of-service attack against my on-call phone. Our power company poached three of our entry-level network techs away, and I curse them out every time the alarms are flooding in even though they have nothing to do with the transmission/distribution grids.

The small city where I work was the first in the region to have electricity, and the grid was actually installed by Thomas Edison. I swear that some pieces that he installed are still in use, because we get hit daily with drops/sags on one or more feeds in to the grounds. There are feeds from three different substation circuits coming in from separate roads, and they are all as shaky as a rowboat in the ocean.....
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      10-26-2020, 05:07 PM   #1281
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drops/sags
. . . when you're glad he's talking about TECH, not body parts
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      10-26-2020, 05:09 PM   #1282
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. . . when you're glad he's talking about TECH, not body parts
Reminds me of my weekend. Oh the humanity
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... when you say, "My g*d, my brother was that thin??"
(& film was that bad? A Fire Island Life Guard)
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When you can hurt your back while trimming your 'stache. Just standing there clipping a few strays and whack, instant backache.
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      10-28-2020, 10:47 AM   #1285
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When you can hurt your back while trimming your 'stache. Just standing there clipping a few strays and whack, instant backache.
If you had put your spectacles on BEFORE trying to see yourself in the mirror
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If you had put your spectacles on BEFORE trying to see yourself in the mirror
Had them on, plus my mirror is one of those magnifying types. But I can cripple myself just by standing still.
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      10-28-2020, 11:57 AM   #1287
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Well I inured myself in sleep apparently. Feels like bruised heel, hurts to stand.
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...when you have to loop your belt through the pants before putting them on.

Whenever I reach around with my left arm to thread a belt through those center back loops recently, I get a stabbing pain in my arm. I suspect that it is some sort of carpal tunnel thing, from having to type on a notebook keyboard during COVID-geddon and not at a desk with my normal adult-sized keyboard.

On a side note, we did a two-week online-only pause earlier this month at work, because the positive test rate in our county was climbing. As part of the un-pause, *nobody* is allowed to enter the campus unless they have a negative COVID nasal swab test (not a rapid test) on file dated within 7 days of their planned return. Since I'm still 100% WFH, the 7-day thing means that I need three day's lead time to get a test before I can enter the grounds for a critical emergency. All for the better, since it will take me three days to loop my belt! I guess that it's a feel-good thing, since they are asking for a one-time test and not weekly tests.....
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      10-28-2020, 12:35 PM   #1289
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Well I inured myself in sleep apparently. Feels like bruised heel, hurts to stand.
Plantar fasciitis? If so, I can recommend some heel cups for your shoes that will cure that in a week or so.....
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Plantar fasciitis? If so, I can recommend some heel cups for your shoes that will cure that in a week or so.....
First thing I thought of, too. Waking up with sore heel = PF.
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      10-28-2020, 12:58 PM   #1291
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Well I inured myself in sleep apparently. Feels like bruised heel, hurts to stand.
Well, at least you got accustomed to it.
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Probably
These things worked miracles on me about 15 years ago:

https://heelthatpain.com/treatments/htp-heel-seats/

My PF started to appear a few days before I left for a work trip to Washington, DC, that involved a lot of urban walking. I honestly don't know how I made it through that 4-day trip without jumping off a bridge into the Potomac! I went as far as putting the 17mm impact socket for my lug bolts into my shoe to try and support the arch in front of the heel while I was there! When I got home, I was rolling a tennis ball under my heel for several days with no improvement.

My DW ordered a set of the above HTP inserts, and I was pain-free in about a week. Bought a second set about a year later for another pair of shoes, and have been using those two sets for about 15 years now with no pain or replacements. I toss them in the washing machine every month or so, and have never felt the need to replace them every three months like they recommend. Of course, I haven't been doing much walking for the last 5 years due to the ticker issue, but I did 7-10 miles of autox course walks and event management every weekend wearing them before that.

If your pain gets worse over the next few days, these are what did the trick for me.....
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...when you have to loop your belt through the pants before putting them on.

Whenever I reach around with my left arm to thread a belt through those center back loops recently, I get a stabbing pain in my arm. I suspect that it is some sort of carpal tunnel thing, from having to type on a notebook keyboard during COVID-geddon and not at a desk with my normal adult-sized keyboard.

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Suspenders aren't uncool.
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Suspenders aren't uncool.
But you gotta rock them right. Sport coat is a must.
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Suspenders aren't uncool.
They are in New York. Plus, I'm not *that* old yet.....
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...when you have to loop your belt through the pants before putting them on.
If my wife forgets, I have to thread them for her.

Usually costs at least a little pat on the ass when I finish. . .
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