What did you do today? 2019 version.

[aja8888]

Hot dog!!! AT LAST you have decent internet. You sure have been waiting long enough.

Look for tons more posts going forward from "you know who"!

 

[MRG]

Gym day for me, then groceries. Tried to find what happened to my prescription that was lost. Finally got it this afternoon.

Spring is starting, our local swan came back for the summer. When I came home a wild turkey was walking around the yard and toward the canyon. I don't know what it was doing walking around in a couple feet of snow. I'm sure it knows more than me. A couple days ago there was a beautiful fox that crossed the road ahead of me.

 

[albireo13]

Colonoscopy day for me today .... Yay!!!

 

[braumeister]

Colonoscopy day for me today .... Yay!!!

Glad to hear that things are looking up!

 

[Dawg52]

Yesterday played 9 holes of golf and then started pressure washing my driveway. Bought a Greenworks Pro 2300 electric washer and boy does it do a good job. My driveway looked almost black in spots but now looks brand new. Finished 2/3 of it yesterday and will knock out the rest today. Got the house trim to tackle but will do that later in the Spring.

 

[Carpediem]

Got the house trim to tackle but will do that later in the Spring.

What type of cleaning solution do you use for the house trim? We're in the Gulf coast region as well and I have not been able to find anything that works on the trim.

 

[braumeister]

A most interesting day today. DW had surgery to repair the torn meniscus in her knee. The surgeon (who did her other knee some years ago) is one of the most incredible people I've ever seen. In the first place, he talks faster than anyone I've ever known -- so fast it's hard to keep up with him, despite his diction being perfect.

He's just as fast as a surgeon. They said he had 24 surgeries today and that wasn't even close to his record. DW's surgery took about ten minutes, and the cool thing is that I could watch. They have an observation room with a glass wall where I was just about ten feet from the operating table, and it also has a monitor that shows the same view he is looking at during the procedure. I also had a nurse in the observation room with me, explaining exactly what I was seeing on the monitor.

He fixed the meniscus and cleaned up some arthritis while he was in there. All within ten minutes. Just incredible to see him wielding those tiny laparoscopic instruments with such skill and speed.

Tomorrow we'll go back to get the dressing changed and he'll give us his rundown. I remember this part well from the last time and I plan to have the recorder going on my phone -- there is no way anyone could remember his spiel going at a mile a minute!

Just a fascinating bit of the incredible world of modern medicine.

 

[Ronstar]

Done snowbirding. On the road from Az to Il. Bearing down on Las Cruces, NM. Loaded down like a Conestoga wagon.

 

[Breedlove]

Remember a few years ago I had a surgeon like that . I visited him and he gave his spiel . I guess I looked like a deer in the headlights . He slowed down and asked me what I did for a living . I told him Oil patch he said Ok ( Your Right Kidney needs to come out and soon ) He did the surgery I wake up around 6:00Pm at 9:00 PM he comes by and pulls me out of bed to walk around . A nurse commented that he is known as an army of one. All In All We love the guy !

 

[Bestwifeever]

Bought a car when our 2004 Acura MDX bit the dust over the weekend with piwer steering issues—now we have a 2019 Acura RDX, preowned by the upscale dealer with 7800 miles on it, used as a complimentary loaner. So considered a used car, with a warranty for 60k miles. We financed half of it and will pay the rest off next month. A pleasant experience except for the unbelievable really really hard sell by “the finance guy” for a $2400 extended warranty to stretch the 60k miles warranty to 90 miles. We declined and he turned up the pitch with scare tactics because it’s a used car, and said service might be declined without it , and asking how much we would pay for the coverage (as DH knows well, the price of something has never stopped me if the item actually has value) and blah blah blah, lie lie lie. We declined again, and I made him wait while I read every single word of every single document—and my first name was misspelled in every case so I laboriously corrected it and kept asking him to correct it. Which he finally did, but first said I had a very unusual spelling (I don’t—it’s like Diane vs Dianne, although that’s not my name). We let the sales staff know how bad he was and I certainly hope we get a survey about the experience as we usually do. But we love the car

 

[Dash man]

Started the day funding a NFCU CD @ 3.25%. Closed up the Florida condo and have started my trek up north. Settled for the night in Savannah. DW is already up north caring for her dad and setting up appointments for his cancer battle. Been a tough month and I’ll be glad to get home.

 

[W2R]

But we love the car

Wonderful! You'll enjoy having that car long after you have forgotten the finance guy at that dealership forever. After reading your post I looked at that model online, and it looks like a great choice. Congratulations.

 

[NW-Bound]

Any large ship would have two engines. I wonder how the Viking Sky got both engines disabled...

I got my answer. Somebody did not check the engine oil. Heads are gonna roll.

Lars Alvestad, the head of Norway's Maritime Authority, said Wednesday that low oil levels were the "direct cause" of the engine failure that stranded the Viking Sky on Saturday.

 

[ckelly78z]

Bought a Cub Cadet 1250 with a snow blade for $200. I got it running, but did figure out that I will need to change out a relief valve to get it to move in reverse. Also stopped at my Dad's house, and found a mower/sub frame for the tractor. I am getting this ready for my daughter to mow her place rather than borrowing ours all the time. Also bought a pair of new 16x6.50x8 tires for the front.

 

[Bestwifeever]

I got my answer. Somebody did not check the engine oil. Heads are gonna roll.

I read about that—they did say (perhaps elsewhere) that the oil levels were in the acceptable level range but the rocking and rolling from the stormy seas sloshed it back and forth in the tanks so it wasn’t consistently reaching the valves (all would have been fine in smooth seas, sounds like), so the engines all shut down. I also read the experienced captain decided to continue the route into the coming storm—I’d put the blame there. I do predict some great sales (if not sails haha) coming from the cruise companies!

 

[SnowBound]

Watched wife and son work on flower beds in front of the house. Also realized that I worked completely through John while I have been broken legged. Now well into Acts...

 

[W2R]

F wants to go by Good Will with our donations today or tomorrow, so I have mine piled up at the door. It's amazing how much stuff we have but don't need.

 

[Souschef]

I read about that—they did say (perhaps elsewhere) that the oil levels were in the acceptable level range but the rocking and rolling from the stormy seas sloshed it back and forth in the tanks so it wasn’t consistently reaching the valves (all would have been fine in smooth seas, sounds like), so the engines all shut down. I also read the experienced captain decided to continue the route into the coming storm—I’d put the blame there. I do predict some great sales (if not sails haha) coming from the cruise companies!

I have had a couple of experiences where we went dead in the water, but NOT during a storm. On one the geniuses were feeding both engines from one tank. The tank had water in it, so they had to blow all the fuel lines clear to get the engines going again.

 

[steelyman]

F wants to go by Good Will with our donations today or tomorrow, so I have mine piled up at the door. It's amazing how much stuff we have but don't need.

You can say that again! Or type it if you like. After a reduced amount of trips to the thrift store over winter, I’m ready to resume.

Downsizing/decluttering/simplifying is not so bad if you can do it at a non-pressured pace.

My shredder has been one of my most-valued pieces of office equipment for months and there are a couple of commercial-quality file cabinets that will hopefully find their way into someone else’s home.

 

[Christine]

Totally knackered! Spent the whole day at the hospital again with my mum. They eventually got her fibrillation sorted. And booked a specialist appointment to see if minor surgery can stop this eventually.

Any large ship would have two engines. I wonder how the Viking Sky got both engines disabled.

I got my answer. Somebody did not check the engine oil. Heads are gonna roll.

I find this strange. Two separate engines for security but only one shared tank for engine oil? The extra cost of having two oil tanks could not have been that huge when already forking out for two separate engine systems?



An US-UK couple described how they experienced the whole ordeal. found it interesting:



https://www.reddit.com/r/Norway/com...r_of_the/?_branch_match_id=639471017141287809

 

[NW-Bound]

I find this strange. Two separate engines for security but only one shared tank for engine oil? The extra cost of having two oil tanks could not have been that huge when already forking out for two separate engine systems?

Or more likely, the mechanics overlooked the maintenance of both engines, and let the lube oil get low. They said the oil was for lubrication, not for fuel.

I don't know how these large humongous diesel engines are built, but each of them may have a crankcase to hold oil for lubrication just as diesel motors of land vehicles.

Here's the photo of one such ship engine. They appear to be two engines of a V16 design.

I just found out some ships have 4 main engines, plus 2 smaller gas turbines.

 

[NW-Bound]

I read about that—they did say (perhaps elsewhere) that the oil levels were in the acceptable level range but the rocking and rolling from the stormy seas sloshed it back and forth in the tanks so it wasn’t consistently reaching the valves (all would have been fine in smooth seas, sounds like), so the engines all shut down. I also read the experienced captain decided to continue the route into the coming storm—I’d put the blame there. I do predict some great sales (if not sails haha) coming from the cruise companies!

Saw the above post just now.

OK, that's a bit better I guess. The fault then is not with the mechanics for overlooking the engine maintenance.

PS. The captain of the ship can now join this ER forum.

 

[Nemo2]

The fault then is not with the mechanics for overlooking the engine maintenance.

But who would design/build a ship that can only sail in an indoor pool?

 

[NW-Bound]

But who would design/build a ship that can only sail in an indoor pool?

Me! I get seasickness easily.

 

[Christine]

But who would design/build a ship that can only sail in an indoor pool?

And who has a pool large enough for a ship like Viking Sky?


Would be popular among the neighbourhood kids I guess.

PS. The captain of the ship can now join this ER forum.

All is well that ends well