Team USA

[VCheng]

Today was National Residency Match Day, when over 37,000 applicants found out where they would train:

http://www.nrmp.org/press-release-t...cian-applicants-celebrate-nrmp-match-results/

 

[Gomig-21]

Today was National Residency Match Day, when over 37,000 applicants found out where they would train:

http://www.nrmp.org/press-release-t...cian-applicants-celebrate-nrmp-match-results/

Booooorrrrrriiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnggggah! How about something a lot funner for Team USA: St. Patrick's Day in Boston where everything has to have a little green in it to celebrate the Irish and to roast like the Irish and to drink like an Irishman now that is fun!

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Booooorrrrrriiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnggggah! How about something a lot funner for Team USA: St. Patrick's Day in Boston where everything has to have a little green in it to celebrate the Irish and to roast like the Irish and to drink like an Irishman now that is fun!

I saw big leprechaun characters covering firehydrants.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Monday March 19th. 18 degrees out. Snow forecast later this week....

 

[Gomig-21]

Monday March 19th. 18 degrees out. Snow forecast later this week....

Hey at least it was sunny and supposedly 6 degrees warmer than the day before. And we're getting another fun storm tomorrow loool.

Bro, I had a crazy experience yesterday at Home Depot, lol. What made me think of posting it was your clever signature, lol.

I was in the lumber section loading up a cart with 2x4s and I was grimacing a bit because of my tendinitis in my shoulders (I'm 52 and the body is breaking down slowly but surely, bro, ugh) anyway, and a short, older guy with sleek silver hair and a tough disposition looks at me and asks what's the matter? I said "shoulders, my friend." He asked me if I had other pain or was it just the shoulders I told him it takes me 1/2 hour every morning to straighten out and un-stiffen the old corpse lol. I told him yeah man, the knees and the back of the knees hurt every once is a while from all the years of hard, physical work which now I don't really do as much, more so point my finger and have others do it but still, there's pain everywhere TBH.

So the guy says to me "do you want this pain to do away right now? The pain in your shoulders?" I looked at him with a bit of trepidation and said uuuhhmmm, yeah? He goes "right now?" Sure. He asks me if he can put his arms on my shoulders. I'm a bit bigger than him and I wasn't sure if he was gay, looking to cop a feel or whatever but shoulders are ok and he did ask politely plus now I'm really intrigued!

So he puts both hands on my shoulders and starts to pray: "Lord Jesus, please remove all the pain from (me)'s shoulder and make it disappear forever. Lord Jesus, please help (me) get back all his shoulder mobility without any of the pain and I command this body to rid itself from the pain of the devil and to return to what it should be, free of pain and full of the love of Jesus Christ and give (me) the power to continue to be productive without pain and suffering Lord Jesus I thank you for your love and all that you've done for humanity and I command all pain in (me)'s body to remove itself immediately in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ the savior!"........................he just stood there holding my shoulders for about 10 seconds with his eyes closed. I'm looking around to see people's reactions and everyone is smiling and laughing quietly and here I am, lol, not sure what to do so I said "Amen!"

He backs off and asks me "how do you feel?" I move my arms aroun and of course nothing has changed LOL but I have no choice, gotta play along here so I said "hallelujah! I feel great man, thanks!" I'm also thinking I gotta get outta here" and as soon as I said that he gets on his knees and grabs both of my knees and repeats the whole thing!!! This was much more awkward lol. But hey, bless the guy for having a good heart and meaning well and believing what he believes.

I didn't have the heart to tell him that we don't share the same concept of Jesus Christ as in Christianity and that just based on that alone, this might not work and would be a waste of his time but I didn't and just went with it.
I must admit this was a new one for me. lol

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Hey at least it was sunny and supposedly 6 degrees warmer than the day before. And we're getting another fun storm tomorrow loool.

Bro, I had a crazy experience yesterday at Home Depot, lol. What made me think of posting it was your clever signature, lol.

I was in the lumber section loading up a cart with 2x4s and I was grimacing a bit because of my tendinitis in my shoulders (I'm 52 and the body is breaking down slowly but surely, bro, ugh) anyway, and a short, older guy with sleek silver hair and a tough disposition looks at me and asks what's the matter? I said "shoulders, my friend." He asked me if I had other pain or was it just the shoulders I told him it takes me 1/2 hour every morning to straighten out and un-stiffen the old corpse lol. I told him yeah man, the knees and the back of the knees hurt every once is a while from all the years of hard, physical work which now I don't really do as much, more so point my finger and have others do it but still, there's pain everywhere TBH.

So the guy says to me "do you want this pain to do away right now? The pain in your shoulders?" I looked at him with a bit of trepidation and said uuuhhmmm, yeah? He goes "right now?" Sure. He asks me if he can put his arms on my shoulders. I'm a bit bigger than him and I wasn't sure if he was gay, looking to cop a feel or whatever but shoulders are ok and he did ask politely plus now I'm really intrigued!

So he puts both hands on my shoulders and starts to pray: "Lord Jesus, please remove all the pain from (me)'s shoulder and make it disappear forever. Lord Jesus, please help (me) get back all his shoulder mobility without any of the pain and I command this body to rid itself from the pain of the devil and to return to what it should be, free of pain and full of the love of Jesus Christ and give (me) the power to continue to be productive without pain and suffering Lord Jesus I thank you for your love and all that you've done for humanity and I command all pain in (me)'s body to remove itself immediately in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ the savior!"........................he just stood there holding my shoulders for about 10 seconds with his eyes closed. I'm looking around to see people's reactions and everyone is smiling and laughing quietly and here I am, lol, not sure what to do so I said "Amen!"

He backs off and asks me "how do you feel?" I move my arms aroun and of course nothing has changed LOL but I have no choice, gotta play along here so I said "hallelujah! I feel great man, thanks!" I'm also thinking I gotta get outta here" and as soon as I said that he gets on his knees and grabs both of my knees and repeats the whole thing!!! This was much more awkward lol. But hey, bless the guy for having a good heart and meaning well and believing what he believes.

I didn't have the heart to tell him that we don't share the same concept of Jesus Christ as in Christianity and that just based on that alone, this might not work and would be a waste of his time but I didn't and just went with it.
I must admit this was a new one for me. lol

Lol!
I’ve got to bring my 10yr old MacBook Pro to your HomeDepot now. It’s in a lot of pain!

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Hey at least it was sunny and supposedly 6 degrees warmer than the day before. And we're getting another fun storm tomorrow loool.

Bro, I had a crazy experience yesterday at Home Depot, lol. What made me think of posting it was your clever signature, lol.

I was in the lumber section loading up a cart with 2x4s and I was grimacing a bit because of my tendinitis in my shoulders (I'm 52 and the body is breaking down slowly but surely, bro, ugh) anyway, and a short, older guy with sleek silver hair and a tough disposition looks at me and asks what's the matter? I said "shoulders, my friend." He asked me if I had other pain or was it just the shoulders I told him it takes me 1/2 hour every morning to straighten out and un-stiffen the old corpse lol. I told him yeah man, the knees and the back of the knees hurt every once is a while from all the years of hard, physical work which now I don't really do as much, more so point my finger and have others do it but still, there's pain everywhere TBH.

So the guy says to me "do you want this pain to do away right now? The pain in your shoulders?" I looked at him with a bit of trepidation and said uuuhhmmm, yeah? He goes "right now?" Sure. He asks me if he can put his arms on my shoulders. I'm a bit bigger than him and I wasn't sure if he was gay, looking to cop a feel or whatever but shoulders are ok and he did ask politely plus now I'm really intrigued!

So he puts both hands on my shoulders and starts to pray: "Lord Jesus, please remove all the pain from (me)'s shoulder and make it disappear forever. Lord Jesus, please help (me) get back all his shoulder mobility without any of the pain and I command this body to rid itself from the pain of the devil and to return to what it should be, free of pain and full of the love of Jesus Christ and give (me) the power to continue to be productive without pain and suffering Lord Jesus I thank you for your love and all that you've done for humanity and I command all pain in (me)'s body to remove itself immediately in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ the savior!"........................he just stood there holding my shoulders for about 10 seconds with his eyes closed. I'm looking around to see people's reactions and everyone is smiling and laughing quietly and here I am, lol, not sure what to do so I said "Amen!"

He backs off and asks me "how do you feel?" I move my arms aroun and of course nothing has changed LOL but I have no choice, gotta play along here so I said "hallelujah! I feel great man, thanks!" I'm also thinking I gotta get outta here" and as soon as I said that he gets on his knees and grabs both of my knees and repeats the whole thing!!! This was much more awkward lol. But hey, bless the guy for having a good heart and meaning well and believing what he believes.

I didn't have the heart to tell him that we don't share the same concept of Jesus Christ as in Christianity and that just based on that alone, this might not work and would be a waste of his time but I didn't and just went with it.
I must admit this was a new one for me. lol

So April 1st...
Nice warm day out. Raked up the remnants of last years leaves, hooked up the garden hose, and spread some of this stuff:

Wife yells out to me "hey you know it's going to snow tomorrow".

https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2018-04-01-april-snowmakers-rockies-plain-midwest-northeast​

 

[Gomig-21]

So April 1st...
Nice warm day out. Raked up the remnants of last years leaves, hooked up the garden hose, and spread some of this stuff:
View attachment 463126

Wife yells out to me "hey you know it's going to snow tomorrow".

https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2018-04-01-april-snowmakers-rockies-plain-midwest-northeast​

lol, I hate it when that happens. It's like washing your car and cleaning the rims and buffing the windshields then it rains an hour later.

 

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lol, I hate it when that happens. It's like washing your car and cleaning the rims and buffing the windshields then it rains an hour later.

It says snow this afternoon. It’s April 6th...wtf? Is this going to end?

 

[Gomig-21]

It says snow this afternoon. It’s April 6th...wtf? Is this going to end?

IKR. At least yesterday was opening day @ Fenway Paaahk which is always a welcome sign that spring is really really really around the corner! And just how much fun is the whole aura of Fenway and this day when it arrives every year?

And of course the flyover. This year was 4 F-15s from Westover AFB.

And nothing like the opener going into extra innings and ending with a walk-off HR! Just awesome stuff.

https://twitter.com/x/status/982019095305519105

 

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IKR. At least yesterday was opening day @ Fenway Paaahk which is always a welcome sign that spring is really really really around the corner! And just how much fun is the whole aura of Fenway and this day when it arrives every year?

And of course the flyover. This year was 4 F-15s from Westover AFB.

And nothing like the opener going into extra innings and ending with a walk-off HR! Just awesome stuff.

https://twitter.com/x/status/982019095305519105

Hey were you there? I have some friends who skip work every year to go.

Edit: 2:30 and it’s snowing....what the #%^@!

 

[Gomig-21]

Hey were you there? I have some friends who skip work every year to go.

Edit: 2:30 and it’s snowing....what the #%^@!

I usually go to opening day almost every year but didn't make it this time, was too busy.
Also a correction on the flyover, they were 4 F-16s from Vermont NG and not F-15s. That pic I posted was from 2012.
The atmosphere at Fenway is like none other, especially on opening day. A lot of fun.

I think we might start seeing a warmer trend beginning next week. Gotta get out and clean the yard, clean the floater and get it ready to trailer and launch it, dock it at the marina. Need a new coat of bottom paint and a few misc. repairs and maintenance things. Installing a new stainless steel electric bow anchor this year. Gotta fix the flusher on the toilet lol. Check batteries, check all fishing equipment. Gonna try to get a lot of fishing done this year. Planning a couple trips out to Stellwagon Bank. That's always fun on a super warm day and when you get there, lots of boats watching all the humpbacks breaching and many others fishing. A great spot. Gotta be careful with the wales, though. Can't get to close. Some amazing fishing at Stellwagon.

Thinking of also making a trip with some friends to P-Town. That's a much tougher and longer ride but is definitely a blast. We'll have to see how things go before attempting that.

 

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I usually go to opening day almost every year but didn't make it this time, was too busy.
Also a correction on the flyover, they were 4 F-16s from Vermont NG and not F-15s. That pic I posted was from 2012.
The atmosphere at Fenway is like none other, especially on opening day. A lot of fun.

I think we might start seeing a warmer trend beginning next week. Gotta get out and clean the yard, clean the floater and get it ready to trailer and launch it, dock it at the marina. Need a new coat of bottom paint and a few misc. repairs and maintenance things. Installing a new stainless steel electric bow anchor this year. Gotta fix the flusher on the toilet lol. Check batteries, check all fishing equipment. Gonna try to get a lot of fishing done this year. Planning a couple trips out to Stellwagon Bank. That's always fun on a super warm day and when you get there, lots of boats watching all the humpbacks breaching and many others fishing. A great spot. Gotta be careful with the wales, though. Can't get to close. Some amazing fishing at Stellwagon.

Thinking of also making a trip with some friends to P-Town. That's a much tougher and longer ride but is definitely a blast. We'll have to see how things go before attempting that.

How long are typical anchor rodes? I assume you aren’t using a pure metal chain. They still doing the 1/4 thick nylon covering wire or is it all just twisted strand nylon now?

 

[Gomig-21]

How long are typical anchor rodes? I assume you aren’t using a pure metal chain. They still doing the 1/4 thick nylon covering wire or is it all just twisted strand nylon now?

10 feet of chain from the anchor to the start of the rode and then the rode itself is 150 ft. I never anchor in anything over 75 ft, just way too deep and dangerous actually. But yeah, the rode is 5/8 twisted nylon.

I've lost 1 anchor to those dreadful lobster traps that are all over the place lol. Those things are horrible and just plain obstacles to any boating, but they allow them to set up in shallow areas near the coastlines and in harbors which is too bad. They do keep them out of channels which is a good thing but if you ever want to anchor in an area, you have to stay away from them because usually they're many of them that are just daisy-chained to one another with a very heavy line that sits on the bottom. Anchor gets caught in that line and you're pulling up 2 traps that weight a lot! So after losing one anchor, I've added a separate string and foam float that is tied to the front end of the anchor, that way I can pull the front out from being hooked on the line and then reel the anchor in.

 

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So after losing one anchor, I've added a separate string and foam float that is tied to the front end of the anchor, that way I can pull the front out from being hooked on the line and then reel the anchor in.

Ah...smart idea. I have one for your home downspouts to keep them from being clogged with leaves...since you are a fisherman. Get one of your lead weights and tie it to the end of some fishing line. Toss it carefully up at your roofline and try and get to fall into the downspout opening. Once it does ..give it some slack so it can fall through to the bottom. You can then tie some line more stronger to it and pull it back through. Once you do you can tie the ends of the stronger line together and attach something like a little ball that can clear your downspout of leaves. Leave it connected year round. When things get clogged you just pull the ball through.

Was out today on a "little giant" type ladder with the chainsaw cutting half broken branches way up on my peach tree.