OT - What are you doing right now?

Ybabpmuts · July 25

@billt01

Had a bumload of dental work done in the last two years, including 6 crowns (3 of which required root canals) and 2 implants. Since I have a bone disease, they couldn't tell me if the implants would even work, whether my bone would "grow" around the insert or not. The first one was a $5,000 experiment. The dentist packed the hole with "extra" cadaver bone, hoping that would help. We also waited longer than the few months to give the bone extra time to graph. I've had that implant in for about a year now and it seems to be holding up so far. When I had a core decompression of my right knee about 12 years ago (trying to save me from requiring a knee replacement), after coring it out with a drill, they packed it full of bone powder, hoping I would grow enough internal bone structure that I wouldn't require a knee replacement right away, as I was recovering from two very recent hip replacements at the time, so they were trying to buy me time between operations. What grew looked like a spider web of bone, and literally disintegrated as soon as the surgeon sent a needle into it. Obviously it wasn't a success and a few days later I was in for a full knee replacement, regardless of my recent hip replacements. In the long run it worked out, but it was really painful.

Hope your insert works out. 😬

Ozzie_Isaac · July 25

Botch said:

Campbell2N said:

Botch said:

Just gave a large, slightly-limp carrot to my next-door-neighbor's pot-bellied pig, who now weighs 385 lbs (not a sentence I expected to write in my lifetime).
He seemed to be happy, wagged his tail; do pigs do that like dogs when they're happy?

When the Lidocaine wore off last night (after my gum butchering), I had no pain/bleeding at all. Slept very well last night, and no pain this morning (in fact I missed one of my 6-hr ibuprofin doses today). Made a pan of my Mom's goulash (public-school cafeteria version, not the real Hungarian stuff), nice and soft, so I should be fed for the next four days.

I’m happy to see your mouth is healing well! What did you do for the goulash? I’ve had a million variations as a Hungy. My grandma (from the old country) made the only one I’ve ever liked though

'Murican goulash is just a lb of ground beef, browned, some diced onion, 3-to-4 cups of tomato juice, 2 cups of macaroni (boiled/drained), 1 Tblspn chili powder, 1/2 tsp oregano, salt-n-pecker to taste, stirred together and baked at 350º for an hour (not "Hungarian" whatsoever). For me its Comfort food, filling, easy, and.... soft.

I was on board until the Salt-n-Pecker. Not a seasoning I would recommend.

lousubcap · July 25

Not seeing @Ozzie_Isaac's post from 2:48 PM??

paqman · July 25

👀

DoubleEgger · July 25

ColbyLang · July 25

It was touch and go for a while. I kept seeing Stumps post

ColtsFan · July 25

Tomatoes and cukes in full swing…..and IYKYK

Ozzie_Isaac · July 25

Buffalo almost burned down my entire self-worth and identity!

Campbell2N · July 26

ColtsFan said:

Tomatoes and cukes in full swing…..and IYKYK

Salt and pepper on sliced garden fresh tomatoes…buttered toasted bread with some Kewpie. Can anyone refute that sandwich?

Buckwoody Egger · July 26

Campbell2N said:

ColtsFan said:

Tomatoes and cukes in full swing…..and IYKYK
Salt and pepper on sliced garden fresh tomatoes…buttered toasted bread with some Kewpie. Can anyone refute that sandwich?

https://bsgeneralstore.com/products/the-tomato-sandwich-t-shirt

No refuting here, all celebrating. A bacon tomato biscuit is heaven. Little pepper helps and mayo is optional. A bagel (any but preferably potato) toasted with hummus and tomato is great. I don't toast the bread for a tomato, bacon tomato, or bacon egg mayo sandwich.

Campbell2N · July 26

Buckwoody Egger said:

Campbell2N said:

ColtsFan said:

Tomatoes and cukes in full swing…..and IYKYK
Salt and pepper on sliced garden fresh tomatoes…buttered toasted bread with some Kewpie. Can anyone refute that sandwich?

https://bsgeneralstore.com/products/the-tomato-sandwich-t-shirt

No refuting here, all celebrating. A bacon tomato biscuit is heaven. Little pepper helps and mayo is optional. A bagel (any but preferably potato) toasted with hummus and tomato is great. I don't toast the bread for a tomato, bacon tomato, or bacon egg mayo sandwich.

Ugh add good bacon to any of the above and forget about it. Thanks for the link, might get that for a Christmas present!

WeberWho · July 26

John Michael Montgomery

DoubleEgger · July 26

It’s tough watching the news about Jasper in Canada. One of my favorite places on the planet.

dbCooper · July 26

Wondering what other vocations I'm unaware of . . .

Legume · July 26

Looks like The Wolf has franchised. Missed opportunity with that vanity plate.

Gulfcoastguy · July 26

This Cloud Flare mess is acting up again. I think that the left wants us to upgrade from Vanilla to Pumpkin Spice.

DoubleEgger · July 26

Got the vacation trifecta

Covid, strep, and bronchitis.

Legume · July 26

No stds?

Ozzie_Isaac · July 26

I was friends with an Apartment maintenance manager. He had stories that would make you glad to have these guys in your Rolodex. Apparently people kind of melt into fabric.

GrateEggspectations · July 26

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Campbell2N said:

Botch said:

Just gave a large, slightly-limp carrot to my next-door-neighbor's pot-bellied pig, who now weighs 385 lbs (not a sentence I expected to write in my lifetime).
He seemed to be happy, wagged his tail; do pigs do that like dogs when they're happy?

When the Lidocaine wore off last night (after my gum butchering), I had no pain/bleeding at all. Slept very well last night, and no pain this morning (in fact I missed one of my 6-hr ibuprofin doses today). Made a pan of my Mom's goulash (public-school cafeteria version, not the real Hungarian stuff), nice and soft, so I should be fed for the next four days.

I’m happy to see your mouth is healing well! What did you do for the goulash? I’ve had a million variations as a Hungy. My grandma (from the old country) made the only one I’ve ever liked though

'Murican goulash is just a lb of ground beef, browned, some diced onion, 3-to-4 cups of tomato juice, 2 cups of macaroni (boiled/drained), 1 Tblspn chili powder, 1/2 tsp oregano, salt-n-pecker to taste, stirred together and baked at 350º for an hour (not "Hungarian" whatsoever). For me its Comfort food, filling, easy, and.... soft.

I was on board until the Salt-n-Pecker. Not a seasoning I would recommend.

It’s worse if you include the “to taste”.

GrateEggspectations · July 26

@Gulfcoastguy

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/electric-battery-project-umicore-ontario-1.7276431

Closing due to "significant worsening of the EV market context and the impacts this has on the entire supply chain."

Still just “intellectual laziness”?

Hook_emHornsfan_74 · July 26

Enjoying an old fashioned and officially starting Vacation after being on call for almost 2 months straight. Flying to Mexico tomorrow. Then looking for a new job when I get home. I plan on staying LEO for the week. My liver and I had a nice chat today.

DoubleEgger · July 26

GrateEggspectations said:

@Gulfcoastguy

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/electric-battery-project-umicore-ontario-1.7276431

Closing due to "significant worsening of the EV market context and the impacts this has on the entire supply chain."

Still just “intellectual laziness”?

According to a report recently released, half of EV buyers will not buy another one. That’s very telling.

DoubleEgger · July 26

IMO, Governments should have directed funds towards building out the EV charging network rather than providing tax rebates for the car itself.

JohnnyTarheel · July 26

Things used to be a lot nicer around here....

lousubcap · July 26

I read the same in terms of returning EV buyers.
IMO Government should have nothing to do with promoting the required EV infrastructure. When the mode of transportation moved to automobiles the petroleum industry provided the source for the fuel.
I will have to do some research (not happening on a Friday night) but I have read where the EV industry is net negative given the energy to mine the metals for the batteries and then assemble them for the power units.

GrateEggspectations · July 26

@lousubcap

I have heard the same. Mining is reportedly a very environmentally-impactful industry.

@DoubleEgger

Many major manufacturers are diverting funds away from EV production and development at present. Hybrid seems like the emerging market that many didn’t expect.

Botch · July 26

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:
Enjoying an old fashioned and officially starting Vacation after being on call for almost 2 months straight. Flying to Mexico tomorrow. Then looking for a new job when I get home.

Can't remember if you posted it, what do/did you do? I'm guessing not IT as the week's Microsoft fiasco probably wouldn't allow you to vacation...

TechsasJim · July 26

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

Enjoying an old fashioned and officially starting Vacation after being on call for almost 2 months straight. Flying to Mexico tomorrow. Then looking for a new job when I get home. I plan on staying LEO for the week. My liver and I had a nice chat today.

Dude are you at the airport or bar? If bar, please tell me which one. I’ll be there within the next 2 weeks

kl8ton · July 26

LG has an EV battery plant expansion going on near me. Several construction workers are/were guests of mine. They have been getting laid off and being sent home or moving on to different projects. The last guy to get laid off today told me "Biden pulled our funding." The company he worked for had a $27M contract to fulfill (all government funded) and "the government" is pulling out of the project. Construction was supposed to end in 2027 and now we are hearing that they are not finishing it.
Note: I have done none of my own research and this is just what I hear from the crews that pass thru.

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