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So nice to go sockless in the dead of winter...looks odd juxtaposed to leafless trees. Here in the Granite Coast, we have ~2" of snow that just fell - and two days ago it was 60º, I was outside in shorts and the bird bath unfroze enough that the cheap solar pump floating in it turned on - and startled the crap outta me.
 
granitestateofmind said:
So nice to go sockless in the dead of winter...looks odd juxtaposed to leafless trees. Here in the Granite Coast, we have ~2" of snow that just fell - and two days ago it was 60º, I was outside in shorts and the bird bath unfroze enough that the cheap solar pump floating in it turned on - and startled the crap outta me.
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yeah - it was barely able to make it up to 40 this past week after a day or freezing rain, but was 57 yesterday and we're supposed to have snow tomorrow night.
 
granitestateofmind said:
So nice to go sockless in the dead of winter...looks odd juxtaposed to leafless trees. Here in the Granite Coast, we have ~2" of snow that just fell - and two days ago it was 60º, I was outside in shorts and the bird bath unfroze enough that the cheap solar pump floating in it turned on - and startled the crap outta me.
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Fwiw, the trees are mostly leafless - except for the Live Oaks and the Pines. And most of the green is Winter Rye grass I planted so our yard wouldn't be dirt/mud until May.

(But I was wearing shorts most of the afternoon until the sun dipped and the breeze made it a little cool.)

But, yeah, it's a warm winter.
 
Psyop said:
I have a very similar smoker that I’ve had a long time. Has a gas section on the far end, lately I’ve been mostly using a Trager but I still fire up the off set sometimes
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I had an offset like this one years ago but I couldn't get the hang of it or bring myself to sit still long enough to really work it, so I gave it to a neighbor when we moved.

I had a friend really get into smoking and he gave me some pointers and inspiration to try again.

Picked this one up off Facebook for cheap about a year ago. It was pretty beat up. But some welding and scrounging around for a few parts has made it serviceable enough.

I'll run this as long as I can (or until I don't feel like fixing it anymore) and then probably buy a much newer one with a lot bigger fire box.
 
Been having panic attacks like a mo fo. Every time I have a hard time breathing through my nose, I feel like I can't get any air. Had such a good day yesterday, and today's been some what of a disaster in comparison.
 
The Warrior said:
Been having panic attacks like a mo fo. Every time I have a hard time breathing through my nose, I feel like I can't get any air. Had such a good day yesterday, and today's been some what of a disaster in comparison.
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Sorry to hear that panic attacks are awful. If you haven't talked to a doctor and/or therapist, I'd encourage you in that direction.

And I'm not sure of your current insurance situation - which may only be adding to the problem.
 
DunkEm said:
Sorry to hear that panic attacks are awful. If you haven't talked to a doctor and/or therapist, I'd encourage you in that direction.

And I'm not sure of your current insurance situation - which may only be adding to the problem.
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I'm sure I'll be going back to the doctor before too long, for a follow up. A lot of times, I know my panic attacks are due to me thinking too much. All I can do, is concentrate on my breathing., instead of focusing on "normal" life.

I recently obtained insurance through the affordable care act. It's not much, but better than nothing I guess.
 
I will be changing departments and shifts at work moving from plumbing to emergency maintenance and going to night shift I have always been a night owl. EM doesn't do the heavy stuff. $3.35 more, and no on call. I will go from pushing a big tool box around most of the time, to a condor pocket organizer with small tools and an iPad most of the time . Anything major we call in one of the trades
 
The Warrior said:
I'm sure I'll be going back to the doctor before too long, for a follow up. A lot of times, I know my panic attacks are due to me thinking too much. All I can do, is concentrate on my breathing., instead of focusing on "normal" life.

I recently obtained insurance through the affordable care act. It's not much, but better than nothing I guess.
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Especially if something goes catastrophicly wrong. Just as my wife and I were getting married, when I was in my indestructible early 20s, I had a friend fall off a short ladder and end up with $20,000 worth of surgery and work on his ankle. No telling how much it would be now, but it would have wiped us out for years and years then. So we got a policy with a crazy high deductible that was sort of reasonably priced just in case. Now, years and years later, work set me up with a ridiculously expensive policy with a crazy high deductible. (Probably higher than that first one was for 10x the price.) But now I'm older and way more destructible. The idea of hitting that deductible in any given year seems WAY too possible.
 
DunkEm said:
Especially if something goes catastrophicly wrong. Just as my wife and I were getting married, when I was in my indestructible early 20s, I had a friend fall off a short ladder and end up with $20,000 worth of surgery and work on his ankle. No telling how much it would be now, but it would have wiped us out for years and years then. So we got a policy with a crazy high deductible that was sort of reasonably priced just in case. Now, years and years later, work set me up with a ridiculously expensive policy with a crazy high deductible. (Probably higher than that first one was for 10x the price.) But now I'm older and way more destructible. The idea of hitting that deductible in any given year seems WAY too possible.
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You were also destructible in your 20's - though perhaps you would have bounced less hard. I spent 30 years in the trades and no amount of insurance will bring my body back into compliance for re-entry into that line of work; I am facing some radical life changes/choices as I turn 60...insurance - and more importantly, the use of it to get care, is one of the toughest of them. I'm trying not to make things worse, physically or economically, but having trouble getting a job because of health problems that I can't afford because I'm having trouble finding a job...is the Kobayashi Maru of my existence.
 
Catching up on this thread now. It’s shitty and I’m sorry you guys are all going through this health/health care related bullshit. There’s no easy answers but I hope everyone gets better and gets peace of mind soon.

I am in the health care business; run a VEBA plan for a union and negotiate medical benefits for over a million municipal workers and their families.

The state of health care in this country is a travesty. It’s a big business with everyone looking to make money off of the patient. The hurdles to access and treatment are downright reprehensible. Only federal legislation and some form of a single payer system will change it.
 
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