Fryday

[Dave Poor]

Jul 22, 2022 12:34:35 GMT -5 billhammond said:

In my labors, I just encountered this classic dangling modifier:

"Timeworn but structurally sound, Mason and Wagner wanted to preserve the design and vintage details of the boathouse."

What's the problem? Sounds like a couple of healthy geezers discussing an outbuilding.

[Dub]

Jul 22, 2022 8:54:33 GMT -5 John B said:

Happy anniversary, Dub and Joy!

On a somewhat related note (in that it also involves a marriage), Erin and I are celebrating 8 years today.

Beat me to it. I just got on today for the first time and wanted to wish you and Erin a very Happy Anniversary.

This makes 10 for us (though we’ve been together for 16).

[Dub]

Jul 22, 2022 10:09:28 GMT -5 brucemacneill said:

Friday, I guess.

No news from the colonoscopy Wednesday so I take that as good news. Got the collapsed deck to Mary's quilt studio fixed up for $200 which was less than expected. Must have been tired because I slept 9 1/2 hours last night and feel pretty good this morning. Did an hour and a half mowing in shaded areas this morning but it's another hot Summer day so that's enough.

Gonna waste the rest of the day if I can, maybe even pick up a guitar.

Congrats to the Anniversary crowd.

Have a good day and weekend if you can.

Jul 22, 2022 11:18:20 GMT -5 Hobson said:

I'm not having fun. Medicare denied the claim for the pre-op visit for my colonoscopy. It has been 11 years since my last one and my grandmother died from colon cancer. I called Medicare and they said it wasn't coded as medically necessary. So a phone call to the medical office, who of course outsources their billing. I've left a message at the billing service. If they don't straighten this out by a few days before my scheduled procedure, they can kiss my @$$ goodbye.

I got the results from my colonoscopy/endoscopy/small-bowel-capsule-endoscopy. They popped up in MyChart medical portal. Of course they’re mostly in medical jargon so I’ll learn more at follow-up appointments where doctors will translate into English. In general, I seem to be like Ford Prefect’s updated entry for planet earth; mostly harmless.

There are some troublesome findings that point to Barrett’s esophagus so I’m guessing that will require remediation.

[Russell Letson]

Just give Barrett back his esophagus and let him deal with it.

[TKennedy]

Jul 22, 2022 8:54:33 GMT -5 John B said:

Happy anniversary, Dub and Joy!

On a somewhat related note (in that it also involves a marriage), Erin and I are celebrating 8 years today.

Wowser! Congrats guys!

Another perfect day here. Lots of shop work but I’ll squeeze in a walk or bike later.

[gbacklin]

Jul 22, 2022 13:52:52 GMT -5 Dub said:

...In general, I seem to be like Ford Prefect’s updated entry for planet earth; mostly harmless.

Jul 22, 2022 8:54:33 GMT -5 John B said:

Happy anniversary, Dub and Joy!
On a somewhat related note (in that it also involves a marriage), Erin and I are celebrating 8 years today.

Congratulations to all !!!

[billhammond]

I'm watching the 3M Open, which is being played at TCP Twin Cities, and getting a little extra enjoyment out of using FlightAware to identify the aircraft whenever I hear a plane fly over in the telecast. The last one was a 1966 Beech Bonanza near the end of its four-plus-hour journey from Billings, Mont., to Lake Elmo, MN. Strikes me as a pretty adventurous flight, and yep, it was nonstop.

Just finished my workweek, and it's time to warm up the Maverick's Whiskey Brisket sammie I bought yesterday. I'll get three meals out of that investment. 

[brucemacneill]

Jul 22, 2022 15:23:00 GMT -5 billhammond said:

I'm watching the 3M Open, which is being played at TCP Twin Cities, and getting a little extra enjoyment out of using FlightAware to identify the aircraft whenever I hear a plane fly over in the telecast. The last one was a 1966 Beech Bonanza near the end of its four-plus-hour journey from Billings, Mont., to Lake Elmo, MN. Strikes me as a pretty adventurous flight, and yep, it was nonstop.

Just finished my workweek, and it's time to warm up the Maverick's Whiskey Brisket sammie I bought yesterday. I'll get three meals out of that investment. 

I'm always surprised at the age of boats and aircraft people use and depend on. Back in '76 there was a flight club organizing at my ELKS lodge in Massachusetts and I joined hoping to learn to fly. They were looking at buying a Citabria that apparently needed recovering but one of the members was a certified aircraft mechanic and 2 others were certified instructors and they had lined up a local field to fly from. The Citabria was in New Jersey and was from '65 or '66 which sounded old to me at the time. The guy who sucked me in was a WWII bomber pilot who liked to rent a Stearman biplane and take his wife for rides, including aerobatics which she didn't enjoy as much as he did. It seemed like mu best chance to learn to fly but in reality, having taken a few lessons in a Cessna 150, my eyesight never would have qualified. Fortunately for Mary I got transferred to Syracuse in '76 and had to bow out. I had to settle with R/C and still my eyesight was a problem. Y'all with depth perception don't appreciate your ability. It took me a year and help from an old one eyed flier to learn to land an R/C plane on the runway.

[TKennedy]

I had some time in a 1966 150 hp Citabria when I was learning to fly. It was really a fun airplane.

[jdd2]

Dragons, arise from your prisons...!