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1 hour ago, teaman said:
Best wishes and prayers to everyone in this thread, seems life isn't perfect for any of us. Every day as boring and laid back or busy and frustrating it can be is always better on this side of the soil. I have had a rough ten years myself. From losing my mom to a PE in 07 to losing my stepson ( I have been his dad since he was 18 months old) to suicide a couple of years back, life is always throwing us curve balls. My health has been a roller coaster ride and I had the scare of lymphoma a few years back that really put everything in perspective. Life is fragile, enjoy it while you can. Make the most of your time with loved ones because you never know when tragedy can strike.
I appreciate all of the wonderful people i have met in the forums, both in here and in the Emotiva forum. I spend most o my time in here since I work from home. Most of my friends are still back in Canada and I rarely see them, if at all....even though it is only a forty five minute drive. People without kids rarely want to see people with kids, or so it seems. I chatted with a couple of forum members here yesterday in regards to an online auction, and i have to say it is awesome that some of you....or most of you seem to have friends or family to rely upon. My only living relative is my sister back in Canada and she is a life long addict. She nearly died before Christmas because of horrible infections and pneumonia. Her lungs were filling up with fluid as fast as they could drain them. She had been serving a 90 day jail term for third offence drug distribution. Had she not have been in jail she would probably have died at home. In her cell the guards noticed her erratic breathing while she slept and sent her to get checked out. Not only did they find her lungs closing up on her but she has pieces of her kidneys floating around in her urine due to the borax, rat poison and everything else people cut cocaine and crack with. After spending nearly the whole two months of her sentence in the hospital she was released and at least to this point, she has been clean. My dad passed way back in 90 from a massive heart attack, on the first day of his vacation. My inlaws all live in Florida or Virginia and we barely see them. Most of my neighbors are in competition with each other and I cannot be bothered with the selfishness I witness daily. In a nutshell, With two teenage girls I kind of have my hands full. My sixteen yr old knows more than everyone else and is putting us through the ringer right now. She is hitched to the wrong friends and is undergoing counselling to try to straighten her life out. When she was younger I always felt content that she was going to turn out perfect, she always knew right from wrong and did a lot of teaching to my younger daughter as they grew up together. She seems to be in seclusion now and has very few friends, no good ones to speak of. My 13 yr old on the other hand was a terror when she was younger, and I feared her growing up and out of control. Now the 13 year old is on a good path, lots of friends and very social. Funny how things change.
I count on my interactions and online friendships I have made here in the forums to help me on my way. I have more fun here than anywhere else and I appreciate the friendships and fun interactions i have with you all.
Tim.
Well said and received Tim.
Man, you have been through some shite my friend and far more than I. For that I am truly sorry. Sounds like things are coming around though. I wish you the best.
I guess if I did a ten year recap I have a few things. Just life though.
Started with losing my Mom. Then being diagnosed with high blood pressure and Sleep Apnea.Then comes the PD in late 2015. Then three days after the PD diagnosis I roll sprained my left ankle and tore some shite up. I am a Water Operator in our City and I did it responding to a call-out on Standby. Tried to work on it for almost a year(stubborn, old-school Bastard I am). On 12/29/2016 I could no longer walk nor tolerate the pain, through my hands up and have been off work since that time. My right ankle is now screwed up as well due to compensatory injuries.
Anyway, just had the first of four scheduled(two weeks apart)ankle surgeries on 06/23 with the last one scheduled for 08/11. It will take five months of recovery and rehab from the last surgery to light duty at work so I am most likely looking at January for the left ankle. The right ankle will require surgery as well. Just don't know how extensive yet.
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17 minutes ago, JJkizak said:
All I know is the one that is supplied in this area is pretty crappy. Don't know about this particular model.
JJK
It just seems like something I may be able to live with. IDK.
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Thought this would be a good topic to pull out of the other thread once I saw how many folks have sleep issues.
I had a sleep study done at the suggestion of my Doctor about 8 years ago. I was quickly diagnosed with severe Apnea. Do not remember the numbers but recall thinking, how in the Hell is that even possible to stop breathing that many times?
Got a ResMed CPAP, mask, etc. The hose comes out the bottom of the mask where the nose is. I am a stomach sleeper of sixty years and cannot/will not change that. I have NEVER been able to wear the damn mask more than 20 minutes. I rip it off my face and throw it on the floor and go to sleep. I want to use the machine and fully grasp the benefit but I cannot.
I recently ran across the mask at the link below and am thinking of trying it because the hose comes out the top.
What do you folks think?
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I would like to start a separate thread about Sleep Apnea. I was diagnosed 7-8 years ago via a Sleep Study with severe Apnea. Problem is I cannot use my ResMed CPAP and could use some advice.
Anyone object?
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"I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted".
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12 minutes ago, minermark said:
It's ALL good my man
Trust me, hang in here, you will do well.
None of us is going anywhere too soon.
Keep your weight down eat any gd dam thing you want.
We, will always be here for Ya, BOXX still pissies me off, he did not confide in us, we may have been able to ride his azz,
and gotten a few more years of wisdom out of him.
not the end of the world, i could have said that long time ago......turn up the tunes.
Thanks Man. I miss BOXX being around.
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9 hours ago, DizRotus said:
Jorjren,
Thank you for sharing this. It helps you and it helps others.
For those who haven't had the opportunity to see your craftsmanship, I've taken the liberty to attach photos of your handy work. I'll toot your horn (pun intended, as always) for you. You're an inspiration in many ways. Thank you.
Wow Neil, I don't know what to say. You are more than kind my friend.
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14 hours ago, dwilawyer said:
Very sorry to hear this. During the many times we have spoken on the phone you have never mentioned it once.
I hope it stays where it is at.
Thank you Travis. Good to hear from you. I have been meaning to call you to let you know how things turned out. I will do that soon.
I did not mention it because my Son is FAR more important than i.
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16 hours ago, minermark said:
Sorry to hear of this.
Knock off the red BS meat products.
Bison is the staple around here and ONLY from meat markets.
Upgrade your you personal Klipsch system, fk what anyone thinks.
Senior members have been there done that, you are on another plane/level than myself.
Brutal i may speak, but im a Nam vet, i know no other way to speak.
Google is your friend and we are here for Ya........
Thanks for the advice Mark. Good advice indeed.
But more than that I sincerely Thank You for your service to me and our country. You have my appreciation and gratitude but most of all you have my respect. I am sorry I have not told you this before now, forgive me.
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9 minutes ago, Full Range said:
My father passed away over 25 years ago in his early 70s
Not much could be done in those days about Parkinson's Desease
He had the condition for over a decade so in his late 50s and progressively got worse
Very sorry to hear that. I lost my Dad on the night of his Sixty-first Birthday in 1981 to a massive heart attack. I was 24. Miss him every day!
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"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people."
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On 6/29/2017 at 10:54 AM, jimjimbo said:
Please PM me if you have a pair of these tweeters avail. Thanks.
Whatcha up to now Jim? The A-55-G's and CT-120's work out OK?
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On 6/29/2017 at 3:20 AM, pzannucci said:
Interesting way of putting it
Been here for almost sixteen years and one thing I have learned is that I can always count on DJK. And I DO mean that as a compliment.
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On 6/22/2017 at 0:20 PM, Mallette said:
The young man followed the wizard into his laboratory. Using various means, the wizard had prepared the young man carefully. The young man had listened attentively and trustingly as the wizard explained his theories of how to transform electrum into waves that could reduce the most resistive person into a slave dependent constantly requiring more. Some very non-threatening or unnerving demonstrations had been used, but nothing to inspire any suspicion about what was to come. He’d been shut inside a room for a few moments and primordial fears of isolation and self-awareness had begun to grow, but the wizard had opened the vault door to the light before these really became alarming. In fact, he’d been gentle, disarming, and quite humorous in fact.
The day had begun when the young man’s priest of the auld religion had offered to introduce him to the wizard. The young man had often served this priest at the weekly rites and trusted him. The priest had told him of this might wizard and his great works, and the stories were mesmerizing. When the priest told the young man that he was a devotee and confidant of the wizard and could get him an audience, he gladly accepted.
The wizard had a fearsome but also disarming visage. However, the eyes pierced and sparkled as if powerful reactions were going on just behind them. However, while a mystery, the eyes only seem to command attention in a non-threatening way. The young man found out later this had been thoroughly rehearsed and practiced successfully on thousands of innocents.
Finally, the wizard bade the young man sit in a lone chair curiously placed in the midst of the laboratory. Without a further word, the wizard stepped to a large console and began adjusting nobs. Moving to other equipment nearby that clearly showed the craft of the ancients, he made a few adjustments there. Then, he activated the system.
The first assault on the young man instantly fixated him and rendered him both unable and uninterested in resisting. While there was something of sadness in the waves that enveloped him, there was also a promise of a joy and satisfaction to come. The waves came in 4 distinct segments, and each took the young man on a journey of love, joy, peace, sadness, self-exploration, and expansion of various centers of the mind.
But the final assault was transformative. The moment it started he knew he’d never be the same but could do nothing but sit, transfixed. Over the next few minutes it seemed to almost toy with him like a woman, moving him so very, very close to a mental climax of some sort then suddenly backing off and coming at him again from another angle. However, eventually the end came. It came in the form of a mighty descending C major scale, but not the same old C major scale the young man had played and heard so many times. And certainly not the most natural and non-threatening C major scale so many engaging and harmless tunes were written in.
This one started as though the young man were hearing the voice of God from on high. Transfixed, he listened as this omnipotent and irresistible voice descended towards him one massive step at a time arriving finally at the fundamental C0 that few had heard before and represented the limit of human ability to perceive. Then, it was over. 8 notes, and they died away what remained were the 8 points the wizard had explained to him patiently during the day which had interested him, but now became his gateway to the world of sonic magic.
In his stupor, he asked the wizard how much power he’d been subjected to and the wizard, glancing over at his instruments said “Oh, about 5 watts.”
Well, thought the young man, "I suppose no harm was done" and went on his way imprinted as forever a disciple of the great wizard of Hope.
Nearly 50 years later, still in in the service of the wizard, the same man labored to preserve the works of his master. Wonderful things he felt was his duty to ensure remained for the future. Then he read on a box in the master’s hand:
“Saint-Saens Organ Symphony. Copied from the tape sent me by my ‘slightly dishonest friend.’ This dub made 700823”And it all came rushing back. The careful preparation and reduction of any resistance to the wizard followed by this “tape” that had been made by the wizard just before my arrival. And now, right here in my hands.
Before you dismiss my story as an old man’s fantasy examine your own past. For many of you have likely at some point been subject to this transformative magic spell by one of the wizard’s secretive disciples. Think on it, and tell your story if you dare.
Wow Dave, just WOW! Nicely done to say the least.
The Wizard helped change my life as well in the early 80's having already been a disciple for some ten years. If I recall, seems it was about the time the anechoic chamber in Hope was completed or thereabouts.
My literary skills cannot compete at this level, but I will say this. I learned FAR more from my experiences with the Wizard than just the benefits of using a hand built model train to deliver sodas and beer to the lap pool!
Sometimes I cannot help but feel that because of how highly the Wizard is regarded and revered, we lose sight of his earthly side that truly did have one Helluva BRILLIANT sense of humor!
Hope you appreciate this one Dave. No disrespect intended to you or your efforts as they truly and completely stand on their own merits.
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10 hours ago, CECAA850 said:
Prayers sent for Jorjen and Keith. I wish you both the best possible outcomes.
Thank you Sir for the kind thoughts.
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12 hours ago, Full Range said:
My father was afflicted with this condition
Was not very pleasant
Very sorry to hear that FR. Your Father is no longer with us?
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17 hours ago, BigStewMan said:
sorry to hear this news Jorjen -- i will be praying for you my friend.
No Parkinsons; but, have a heart rhythm issue, asthma, arthritis in my neck and hip, and four herniated disks--but, i haven’t had as much as a cold in five years.
totally understand your statement about wanting to run to time past when we didn’t have these health issues.
Thank you my friend. I am sorry to hear of your troubles and I wish you the best.
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On 6/29/2017 at 0:18 PM, babadono said:
I also am very sorry to hear your news Jordan and like Bruce will pray for you. God Bless you. I do not have it.
Thanks so much my friend! I could not be more pleased that you are healthy.
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On 6/29/2017 at 11:30 AM, dtel said:
Sorry to hear this and good luck, hopefully it takes so long to progress into more that it is never a serious problem.
I don't have it but do have other problems that usually come with being old, overweight and out of shape.
Thanks for the thoughts Eldon. Please tell Christy hello for me as well. She and Travis took the time to help me through something fairly traumatic in my life awhile back which I will never forget.
You two are special folks and I can only hope that we can someday meet.
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On 6/29/2017 at 5:24 AM, Mighty Favog said:
Being told you have something like this is always a kick in the head.
When I was told I have Type I Diabetes, all I wanted to do was run back to the perceived comfort of my past life; friends, home, neighborhood. But the friends weren't there anymore and home wasn't the same. It took years to mentally adjust to where I am now because there were so many other bad things that happened at the same time; no job, evicted from my parents' home, etc.
I work with someone that has slight tremors sometimes and for what we do, that can be bad.
I wish you the best with the Diabetes.
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On 6/25/2017 at 6:12 AM, willland said:
Sorry to hear that.
My mom who is 87, has been dealing with mild symptoms(shaky left hand) for about 25 years which has resulted in her having to teach herself to write with her right hand. She is blessed that it has not progressed any further.
Stay as active as you possibly can.
Bill
Thanks Bill. My thoughts and prayers are and will be with you and your Mom. I am glad it has not progressed. My Mom had Parkinson's as well.
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On 6/24/2017 at 9:18 PM, Gilbert said:
Sorry to hear that jorjen, you're a good egg. No Parkinson's here, just over weight, with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high triglycerides. Other than that, pretty healthy.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk
Thanks Gilbert, good to hear from you Man.
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On 6/24/2017 at 6:44 PM, jimjimbo said:
First of all, for you to share this here is superbly brave, and I applaud you. And, I hope you stay well for a long time.....
Thank you Jim. Much appreciated my friend!
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On 6/24/2017 at 6:42 PM, Marvel said:
I'm sorry to hear this, J., and so far, all I have is a problem with sciatica in my left leg. Don't know your beliefs, but I will add you to my ever growing prayer list.
Bruce
Thank you for the kind thoughts Bruce.
I don't know if you remember, but I was here with you many years ago when you were going through some dark times of your own. My heart went out to you then and it still does but for a different reason. That reason being nothing but happiness for you regarding how well things have worked out.
You are a good man and more than deserve the good things that have come your way since those tough times.
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DCI Drum corps show tonight
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AWESOME!