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03-22-2017, 04:55 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Mar 2016
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Happily assembling my Bob Latino ST120 vacuum tube amplifier kit for the garage stereo.
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03-22-2017, 05:46 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: San Diego
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I did a bunch of little stuff... but it seems like I was busy all day.
Up at 0-dark-30 and took the boys to the bus stop for school... My friend met me at the bus stop and we went to the beach for a 2+ mile walk with the pooch. Rushed home because I had an 8:15am swim/fitness class at the local park & rec pool. I'm liking this class - my old (free) class was canceled because attendance had dropped off because the instructor was less than wonderful.... this one costs $3/class but is a better workout.
After that came home, did laundry, went back to the pool when I realized I left my rash guard in the locker room. Went to the library. Had lunch (never had time for breakfast) then left to get the boys from school. Tonight I'm walking with a friend who used to co-coach the FLL robotics team with me. Her daughter's FTC robotics team is super successful and going to the Houston competition... can't wait to here about it. (Vs. my son's FRC team that only made it to the quarter-finals of the local competition 2 weeks ago.)
I expect to collapse in bed tonight wondering where the day went.
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03-22-2017, 08:00 PM
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#923
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Des Moines
Posts: 1,389
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What makes a good retiree day? No alarm clock, coffee and sit around time, yoga, then lunch out with my hubby. I worked a bit this afternoon at home, then I watched my granddaughter for a couple of hours. We went to my parent's house and played a game of Sorry. A very nice day for me.
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03-22-2017, 08:26 PM
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#924
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
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Got up late... took a walk with friend... puttered around the house a bit... then in the afternoon went to spend a couple hours with another friend who had knee replacement surgery last week and has been having a tough time but seems to be doing ok now... so his DW could have a couple hours of respite.
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Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
Slow and steady wins the race.
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03-23-2017, 09:31 AM
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#925
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 11,078
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Day two of metoprolol. 
BP is sitting around 120/80 my RHR in the 70s. The pulsatile tinnitus is barely noticeable. Oh I feel like a human again. 
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03-23-2017, 09:49 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,500
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I love metoprolol. It keeps my BP and RHR both in line with what they are supposed to be, and has done so for years. I have had zero side effects, too. Plus, it's generic so it is cheap.
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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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03-23-2017, 12:49 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
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Had an appointment with the oncologist this morning. He said the PET scan showed no sign of any remaining melanoma. We are of course elated. 
We would have gone out to lunch to celebrate but DW is still sick with a cold so we'll do that later on.
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When I was a kid I wanted to be older. This is not what I expected.
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03-23-2017, 12:57 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,021
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Numbers is hard
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03-23-2017, 01:31 PM
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#929
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 8,368
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Originally Posted by REWahoo
Great news, Walt!
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The Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare
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03-23-2017, 01:34 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicagoland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
Great news, Walt!
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03-23-2017, 01:42 PM
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#931
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Good news!
I still find it surprising that the doctor ordered a PET scan. It appears to me that the small cancer Walt had was just Stage 1 or Stage 2, hence not all scary. Of course it does not hurt to check.
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"Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man" -- Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
"Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities" - Voltaire (1694-1778)
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03-23-2017, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NW-Bound
I still find it surprising that the doctor ordered a PET scan. It appears to me that the small cancer Walt had was just Stage 1 or Stage 2, hence not all scary. Of course it does not hurt to check.
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I suppose it was out of an abundance of caution, which is better than being cavalier about it. It'd be a bear to have skipped the test, then find out later there was still some left....
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03-23-2017, 02:11 PM
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#933
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Apr 2013
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Great news Walt. You should take the rest of the day off. 
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03-23-2017, 02:37 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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Woo-hoo, Walt! 
It's a stunningly gorgeous day here in Louisiana, so I think Mother Nature is celebrating Walt's good news as well.
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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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03-23-2017, 03:49 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 17,774
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
Great news, Walt!
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Yes! I have been thinking about you!
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03-23-2017, 04:27 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Illinois
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Way to go Walt! If your DW is too sick to go out for lunch, just order a big pizza for yourself for dinner.
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03-23-2017, 04:33 PM
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#937
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: No. California
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Wonderful news, Walt.
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03-23-2017, 04:57 PM
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#938
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Great news, Walt!
Another busy day:
- Walked dogs and got kids to school
- spent 3 or 4 hours cutting, splitting and stacking firewood so I could tarp it up ahead of tonight's downpour
- Cleaned up sawdust mess and squared away the yard for bad weather
- Fiddled with taxes
- baked bread
- Now working on dinner, roasted goose with giblet gravy and roasted root vegetables.
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Ezekiel 23:20
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03-23-2017, 05:15 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Santa Paula
Posts: 4,076
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Great News, Walt!
Today I finished cleaning the louvers of the FAU furnace cover. I then installed the new metal latch and put the cover on the FAU Done! 
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03-23-2017, 08:40 PM
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#940
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
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Great news Walt !
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