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Unhappy. Pupper this morning does not want to get up, does not want to eat. We're going to the vet soon.
Headed up to the house at lunch to watch the HVAC get finished up.
Otherwise, nada, zilch, nothing interesting to report.
Exciting day. If the brown truck does what the 1Z number says. I will be updating the 1” fork on my trainer bike. Have had the the 1”threaded fork and slammed quill stem on it since 96 or 97.
Pretty jazzed to have my bars a little higher.
Built the frame for one of the walls of the Bong Shed over the weekend. I'm "renovating" an old existing shed, replacing things as needed, and one thing needed was the front wall as I'm putting in a new door, a huge window, and making it taller. Yesterday I had a buddy come over and we moved the frame (which I built in my garage) in place and stood it up... and it's 1/2" off in width. It's fixable, and the funny (to me) thing is that I know why it's 1/2" off. I'm tying in to the old frame, and one side wall frame overlaps the front wall frame so I accounted for that by minusing 3-1/2" from the width of the front frame i.e. overall width of the thing minus the width of the wide wall frame. Well, that frame is so freaking old, the 2x4s are actually 2" x 4" and yes I should have actually measured the lumber instead of assuming dimensional but whatever. Like I said, it's fixable (fairly easily actually) and kinda funny to me.
Got up at 5:00, fed the dogs, went back to bed until 7:30, and arrived late to work. Good morning so far.
Ugh. We have a global IT project going on here and our group is being managed by an engineer.
Phase one of the project has come and gone before the project manager here gathered us all for the kick off meeting. So now we have days and not weeks to finish the first phase. Great start there bud.
Phase one of the project has come and gone before the project manager here gathered us all for the kick off meeting. So now we have days and not weeks to finish the first phase. Great start there bud.
this pretty much sums it up: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/downtown-residents-flee-home-protest-fears-1.6341652
What a political failure. Call in the national guard, tow the trucks, then auction them off in the next province over. Set an example for the next batch.
My son has been dealing with a fairly extreme flare of eczema recently. Not sure if any of you are dermatologists, but it seems like eczema is part real and part voodoo, and the treatments range from MOAR lotion to sacrificing lambs. I am at a loss as every time we see improvement, we see it flare back up. It's like one step forward 3/4 step back. Anybody been through this? I called the doctor but the nurse there told me to try a bleach bath, which didn't help. Will be calling again this morning and hoping I can get him in soon for an appointment, but he's not old enough to help take care of it himself and the treatments I do don't seem to be making a significant impact....
I like getting up at 0500 on tue and thur vs 0315 MWF. its 35F going up into the 70s today I think I will take a pair of EMS shorts with me today.
The fuck are these asshats doing with Trump flags? He's not running for President of Canadiastan.
"iTs nOt AboUT rAcE, eh!" -Canadian Brian, probably.
That is an unfortunate failure. I feel allowing the idiots in this country to over run our capitol(with little problem during and after) has empowered this shit.
I'm not bitching about politics. this is where I live. these clowns have been poisoning my life for almost two weeks now, with no signs of them going away. my son has some pretty deep seated anxiety. he asked us the other day if he would be assaulted for wearing his mask at school. my wife is a visible minority, whom they have been openly harassing and even assaulting. Even I'm not comfortable going out at the moment. we haven't been able to get out to any of our sports and activities since they got here because I can't get back home because of bridge closures and traffic. and for what?
They say they want an end to all public health measures. Problem is, the federal government can't change mask and vaccine mandates (beyond federally-controlled employees - pretty much the army and civil servants, and people who cross international borders): that's the provinces jurisdiction. they're barking up the wrong tree. but in reality, these are the same people that were part of the yellow-vest movement. it's just a rehashing of the same old shit. if they want change, it has to happen at the ballot box, not in the street. at least in a democratic society.
Someone posted a meme of a trucker ranting that he's mad because the world isn't as simple as they need it to be. it's floating around on the monkey somewhere. and that pretty much sums it up. but myself and my neighbours are the ones paying the price for their simpleness.
Didnt read it, you have me confused with someone who gives a shit, I dont do politics/religion/or any other drama you guys finger fuck each other with in the 20 other political threads on these bike forums. I come here for the jest and light hearted bike content.
Vitamin D can help regulate over active immune systems and can be in short supply during dark winter months. Probably worth a shot, it helps my psoriasis.
Diet can definitely contribute to skin issues. No good studies behind this, just anecdotes, but you might try restricting sugar and vegetable oil (so all processed foods) for a week, and having him eat beef or fish. (Farm raised chicken and pork have high ratios of omega-6s so wouldn't be ideal.)
Edit: also vitamin D a la Westy, and maybe add in a fish oil capsule per day.
/me is working today. Someone's out sick but we're trying to scrape by with covering only 1/2 of the missing slot, which will work but only by having it fall harder on the shoulders of those here. Like me.
Hmmm. My kid will eat none of those things. Perhaps this is the problem. Diet is pretty much all sugar and processed foods. Little shit won't take a bite of real stuff.
not to be a dick, but that would be a problem even without the skin issues. my wife's sisters kids are the same way. but its so bad her oldest kid (5 or 6) has already had several baby teeth pulled because she had so many cavities.
both of our kids had it to varying degrees when they were younger. taking one of them off dairy for a while seemed to help; we also use dye/perfume free laundry detergent. we did try slathering on aquaphor, etc. not sure how much that actually helped, but worth a shot maybe? and yeah try a lot of simple, real foods - you'll find something they like . . .
OH yeah we had to do that too.
also fragrant free soap. we use plain dove bars of soap now.
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no bitching about tri bikes this morning
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you must have sammich ignored, dont worry, it resembles a bunch of polyester clad geezers listening to talk radio.
Left thirty minutes early yesterday and everything was fucked up when I got here today.
I know why I am paid not to leave.
I know why I am paid not to leave.
This whole thing is silly, on so many levels. It sucks.
I could ask questions, but there are no answers.
well fuck you too I guess?! I wasn't talking politics, just that my life is shit and being ruined by a bunch of assholes. Go back to playing with all your toys and keeping all your shit from floating away in the river.
that light-hearted enough for ya?!
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Now a personal attack, nice. FYI, you cant let someone else ruin YOUR life.
@Sandwich my daughter started to get a nasty case of eczema and we used Mustella brand cream. It's some fancy French shit that costs $27/tube (can buy on Amazon), but that worked wonders.
A friend from high school was that way. He'd pretty much only eat pizza, chicken nuggets, and French fries. Never touched vegetables, seldom fruits. He's still alive and not morbidly obese yet, which is a small miracle.
Seems the health nuts die early and the pickled smoker/drinker types live till 99+, just ignorant observation, not math.
To be fair, he doesn't really have a choice in the matter, with what's going on in Ottawa right now.
And those wankers pissed on the tomb of the unknown soldier - that's the type of people he's dealing with.
If you'd read it, you'd know how other people are ruining my life. but it's not important enough for you to "waste" 10 minutes of your life reading an article, so yeah... I stand by my comment.
i knew a guy like that in high school. he is now morbidly obese.
Jeebus peeps, I dont care, current events, politics, blah blah blah, The only person that can be offended is yourself.
