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Since Blackhawk asked: November of last year I decided to lose weight. I was about to turn 70 and objectively my obesity was (had been) affecting my quality of life. I talked to my doctor at my annual physical and we discussed my 10+ year half-assed attempt to shed pounds. I had been at 225 +/- 10 pounds for about 15 years and I had just gotten used to it. BUT Getting old sucks, and getting old while fat is fucking suicide. I was at 234 this time last year. I am at 150 today (well, day after Thanksgiving maybe more) I began Zepbound (terzepitide) early February. Please refer to Dave K's posts and Carlos's posts on that shit so I won't bore you. Started on 2.5 mg and have never titrated up. I committed to the task and just. stopped. eating. A sad side effect is that my predilection to daily alcohol consumption dropped to near zero. Not a beer a month; rum maybe twice a month. Not a planned thing, just don't think about it anymore. I was forced to stop taking my BP meds due to hypotension. Stopped taking omeprazole. I will evaluate my cholesterol meds at next physical. Everything I say about weight loss would just be a rehash of cliches, so I will not go further except to say my dick looks bigger. It probably isn't, but it looks like it. Bonus!

If you quickly get them on ice, the ER can sew them back on.

Anybody do any indoor rock climbing as a form of workout? I was invited by my Brother in law, his wife and nephew and niece a week ago and really enjoyed the challenge.

Food noise, food distraction, food to solve other problems, alcohol desire….ALL GONE! Congrats Phillip. This February it will be 2 years I’m on Zepbound 15mg. Don’t see myself ever getting off. Nor the desire. I’m maintaining 170 easily. Started at 312’ish.

not like anyone ever reads it anyway, but yeah.. I’m seriously thinking about making a copy of that work order part of the package they get when they take the tour of my dealership before signing…

LOL. So it makes you more full-of-shit than normal? Got it.😆

Says the guy with MASSIVE calf muscles!!

I see you brought extra fuel for the trip. 🤣🤣🤣 Now I know you can make it to NeXXT with that thing.

So damn useful. I've found a reason/need to strap people things down in the bed nearly every day for the last week.

Why hot water outside? Quick oatmeal? Special effects with steam? Lots of uses, but in our case, the greatest concern is washing New York State brine and salt off the vehicles so they don't look like standard New York State vehicles, without turning hands and fingers into frozen nubs. Although I'm in Pennsylvania, travel through NY is inevitable for work and shopping. So I put my beleaguered mind to work. I've considered several options, starting with a hose running from the drain on my natural gas water heater to installing a dedicated outdoor water heater. But having a couple excellent experiences with instant water heaters, I thought I'd investigate that option. Can they heat outside? How to power? How many connections and how to run them? So many choices. Well, my database is slim, so to get data, have to try something. Amazon offered up an 18 liter per minute instant hot water heater powered by a tank of propane and lit off by a couple of D batteries, so that's simple. On sale, too, although this week with Black Friday sales it is $7 cheaper. A couple days later an obscenely oversized box shows up on my doorstep. So large, in fact, that I was concerned to open it, as the heater I ordered was less than 1/4 the size of this box in actual dimensions. No worries though, standard Amazon packaging with an item accompanied by a 3 square foot piece of crumpled brown paper in a great big box. It took a couple days to plan this out and go through my stockpile of supplies. I shrewdly checked the size of the connections before ordering, and cleverly also ordered the adapters to be able to connect to a garden hose. The big day came, all assemblies were thought out and it was warm enough outside to attempt the experiment. Supplies and tools were gathered and the plan was explained to all to ensure their cooperation in the effort. All except one. Part of the assembly involved removing the hose from the existing hose bit, and dissimilar metals being what they are, these two devices were reluctant to relinquish their mutual grip, and a de-stucking device was employed in the form of an 18" pipe wrench. Although capable of generating significant torque, the nature of a pipe wrench is that it is non-selective and merely targets the weakest portion of an assembly, which unfortunately in this case was the corroded copper pipe feeding the hose bib. Fortunately this breach of containment was both readily identifiable and locatable as the gush of water from behind the siding of the house immediately caught my attention. Only 10 or so gallons of oxidane were lost to the basement floor before emergency shutdown procedures could be initiated. It (the basement) has seen much worse. (to be continued)

Interesting. I've been taking OTC Omeprazole for over a year straight, with only 3-4 3-day breaks. After 2 days, acid indigestion and heart-burn come back. Not horrible, but uncomfortable. No side effects from the med I'm aware of. With acid reflux, sometimes your throat will tighten while you're trying to eat. Very painful for a few seconds. Almost never happens while on this stuff.

Of course I saw it. What good Jew would miss a delicious looking Hebrew national on a martins potato roll with spicy guldens. Duh.

Easy cure for cholesterol problems, just drink more Jose milk. My dad (Jose) went to the doctor for a checkup and was told that his cholesterol was a bit high, dad was a heavy whole milk drinker so of course the doctor told him he needed to drink non-fat or at least low fat. "That stuff tastes like shit." So the doctor told him to try mixing the whole with non-fat at around 50/50 then start reducing it so he could become accustomed to it. On the way home dad stopped at the store to get some non-fat and discovered that they sell it pre-mixed. He was really shocked to find that it was not just tolerable, it was fucking delicious! So then we had to ween him off half & half. I think it was Mikesail that coined the name Jose milk when he had coffee here, it's now become a household name.

You having to give trigger warnings? Those keys on your keyboard would be worn out. 😁

AI is a topic of discussion in the main forum but I thought I'd share a little something I've found personally useful here. I've talked a bit about how I've been weight loss / muscle building focused for about 3 years now. When I started, I was doing nothing but making myself go to the gym and sweat. No real plan, no real focus. Over time - my goals changed and focused changed (2024 was all about finishing fitness events. 2025 all about gym consistency etc) I used to try to use MyFitnessPal to log workouts and track foods and all that. Its been useful but kind of tedious and I never stuck with it. Maybe 8-9 months ago I asked ChatGPT a question about foods / nutrition and it started to become a habit. I voice dictate what I ate for the day - often times on my drive home, and the response back was giving me feedback I found useful. Its sort of become a habit. Its easy, its conversational to do. Its surprisingly good at asking me sharp questions looking at my long term habits. This past summer I entered in my workout routines - stuff I had just gotten in the habit of doing on my own sprinkled with a little Youtube learning. I said I was getting bored with certain exercises and looked for suggestions. I got some feedback for routine changes I wouldn't have come up with without a personal trainer. I started using workout routines I built with AI help. 3 months ago I told it I was frustrated I wasn't getting the visual changes I wanted in my body - my arms are SOOO much stronger but when I let my arms hang down they look skinny and blend into my body. Unexpectedly - the response from ChatGPT was "If you can upload a couple pictures in your workout clothes I can analyze your body and we can build new routines based on your goals" Huh. So it walked me through taking 4 pictures (in my clothes you pervs). Most of what it said I knew - but some of it was unexpected. For example it said your arms are blending into your body at rest because you arent focused enough on shoulder and upper back work. Like my shoulders arent capped enough and I'm basically slouching. In response I shared that I had rotator rebuilds and a labrum repair and had been advised not to do certain things with my shoulders and so had sort of avoided that. It asked 3 pretty sharp questions about my shoulder - how long since the repair, type of injury, any issues etc. Then " Ok - no problem! I can build you a shoulder safe workout routine that will help you achieve your goals" I will say - I was skeptical AF. I initially gave over 2 of my 6 workouts a week to doing only what ChatGPT advised. I had routines for each of those days "locked" in memory. When i start the workout I say "Give me our shoulder day routine" or whatever and I do every bit of it. When I'd get done I'd sort of debrief it - weight, reps but also how my shoulder was feeling. Any issues. I found once that I was doing an exercise totally wrong and it drew me a diagram and precise instructions how to change it. Each day it incorporated my feedback and updated the locked workout for next time. Now I'm doing this with all six days in my gym. The other day it actually asked how Im feeling and am I achieving the visual changes Id hoped for - mostly yes. Then it said - well if you can resend the original 4 pictures we started with and do them again today I can to a visual overlay and highlight the changes in your body over the last couple months. How cool is that? That didnt go perfect or Id share it - but it was enough to really make me see the changes in my upper body. Plus my shoulders have never felt better - even with a lot more intense work. I definitely feel weird spending so much time almost talking conversationally with the app - but damn its really working!

its not my job to not offend anyone. Its their job to not be offended. Any reasonable person would have seen no disparagement in what I said. I did it the way that feels right for me and I worked my ass off for it. Still am. I made comments about fitness and strength too. Don’t remember weight loss drugs being relevant to that. My wife is working out but also on Zepbound and its helping her tremendously. Amy is doing nothing but running and thats working well for her. I dont think less of either one of them for not doing things the way I have.

So, the anal probes ARE working. 😂

I'm sure someone here is gonna say "DUUUHHHH" but I learned something new today I figured I'd share. Backstory: I had 3 different CFMoto vehicles come in with major engine fails in the last 4 months. All 3 different models - different engines. Common denominator - customer did their own oil change and used Mobile One oil filters. I pulled the filter off my latest customer failure - my guy IS pissed his brand new $30k machine is already broken. He didnt like it when my tech pointed out the non-OEM oil filter "A filter is a freaking filter and its probably better than the one it came with..." Holding the M1 and the OEM filter in my hands - other than labeling I couldnt see a bit of difference. The engine in his new Highland Pro is a damn nice engine... so I went down a bit of a rabbit hole... Turns out the answer is really simple. Oil pressure. Automotive applications typically run a lower range oil pressure than powersports engines do. Oil filters have a simple spring-operated bypass that opens if pressure builds due to a clogged filter... see where this is going? WIX/FRAM/M1 etc are all built to automotive specs unless its specifically for powersports. In this case -Theres apparently a couple website and owners forums out there saying Mobile One filters are the same as the OEM CFMoto filter - despite there being zero documented cross-reference from Mobile One or any manufacturer. In this particular case my guy got the M1 filter and 10W40 Rotella (SN rated) oil (cause that's what he uses in everything). CFMoto specs 5W40 (SO rated) oil. And yeah - OEM warranty said sorry about your luck. That will be $5500 to repair Mr Customer...

Don't ask don't tell.

But Carlos can't tell us how much longer your dick appears now can he.

I’ve got a Toto Neorest AS 12.

That is fantastic Phillip! Thanks for letting us know not only because it is good news but it also helps motivate others. I started my weight loss back in 2008 because a coworker was losing weight and I saw the benefit of it. Your Blackbird should also be a lot faster now as they used to say around here, 7 lbs. = 1 horsepower. 😊

Still beautiful!

Clearly...you arranged them like a cock and balls. Try to unsee that.

I don't know if you've ever looked at the connectors on my line lights? They come in 45 degree, 90, and straight. You can make the shapes that would allow. I can't say whether Dave's specific kit has all of those, you can buy them as needed. My kits came with some of all of them, but I had to buy a few to make specific shapes. In case it's not obvious to some, this is common in detail and paint shops because the specific hex shape helps show any defects.

LOL. Got this with the heater. New to me. It's been zeibarted, looks like new.

I've only done it once. It was fun, but I was in much better shape at the time and much of the reason I enjoyed it is because I did very well. Today I'd probably be like my friend, he got a few feet up and spent the next hour+ recovering 😂

I'm not a doctor, but here are my own experiences: I take Pepcid (famotidine) in my morning (whenever I wake up, based on if I'm working or not). It works okay-ish by itself. It would probably work more okay-ish if I didn't always eat my trigger foods. I also like the fact that it is a histamine blocker...we actually use IV famotidine with allergic reactions. I take Nexium (esomeprazole) in my evening (again, based on work schedule). I used to take a second dose of famotidine in my evening, but had been less than impressed with its acid reflux management when supine. The esomeprazole is much better for sleeping, in my experience. Together, they do a decent job of managing my raging GERD....usually. I have been taking this combination for several years. No appreciable/noticeable side effects. The best single GERD medicine that I've personally used was ranitidine. Too bad people developed cancer from it. My two cents...for what they're worth.

As for feel, mine is air over hydraulic so it gives 0 feel. A manual hydraulic will give some feel. That has concerned me a few times when seating something, but I've found it to not be a problem. So far.

Nice to know the breakdown, hate taking supplements that don't have specific levels so they can be 3rd party tested.

All completely false. There are studies that have shown in certain people fasting helps chemo work better. Fasting does not “kill” cancer cells. Dude, you’re fucking out of your mind.

It's attractive, solidly made, and easy to start. There are two flames; the "catalytic" type around the circumference and a normal flame ring with rocks up top. The ring is the primary human heat source. It produces mostly IR heat so you feel it on your skin really well. The top flame is more decorative, but also, certainly does add to the perceived heat. It's convective as you'd expect, not IR. My review is 100% positive, it's nice, does what we want. We're still reconfiguring the space to figure out what works, and will move it around. But it's dealing with this massive bullshit very well. They should put a coffee mug holder on the side to keep it warm. I might make one. Our little dog loves to get on the ottoman and then walk all over us, he's pretty pissed off about not being able to use it any more. I'll work on moving things to see if it can be better for everyone.

A couple days ago I pressed the bearing out of an F-150 hub, biggest one piece bearing I've pressed. The pump started slowing down, the press frame was tweaking a bit, I got scared and stopped. Gave it a few hammer taps, couple more pumps, hammer, nothing. Pulled it out and put some heat on it, still stuck. Finally I said fuck it and stalled out the press while cringing, nothing.....then BANG, it broke loose.

I started taking magnesium -Glysinate for leg cramps and it helped.

Got it yet? Review? Definitely. IR heats things, resistive heats air. Which wavelength of IR also makes a difference. A heat pump with a banjo.

Yeah. What can go wrong? If you have naturally high cholesterol, odds are your body has a counterbalance. My grandmother had high cholesterol her whole life. No cardiovascular disease. In fact, she was allergic to the foods that contributed to high cholesterol.

For me it started with an Explorer, then I upgraded them twice. I kept the 5.0 Explorer longer than most cars I've had, then along came the Excursion. Stupid big, but it does almost everything quite well.

I'll try that next time, tho with a less sketchy spinny set-up. If it works it'll save a lot of time compared to how I've been doing it.

R2 I just might. The yellow looks so damn good !!!!!

During the announcement drug exec collapses. They just gave away all their profit, some of it anyway. Boy he is such a great speaker. https://youtu.be/B7qP8Jms2z8?si=WO36Z8g3pE3z8sJ2

It looks great. We spent a lot of time using my 3D printed parts to hold next to the wrap samples. The badges really pull it together. I need to edit and post the post-badge video. The yellow background on them really looks great with the calipers and wrap. Preview. I don't have any pics in the sun to show them with the other colors in the wrap.

Holy fuck, I haven't seen him try to talk in a few years. Makes Biden look coherent. Anyway, I can't find the actual cost results for the desirable GLP-1 injections. Have you? Everything is "as low as" and "used to cost as much as." So...lies.

Only if they've been selling it everywhere else at cost or below cost. Americans get ripped off when it comes to the price of pharmaceuticals.

Not just for rust prevention....also for crust prevention.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/869286096059833/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

So ghey it hurts. LOL. After doing the rotors make sure to coat everything in Armour All, especially the face of the brake pads.

What I do with my truck is my business. Totally unrelated, for no reason, any idea how I can remove the escape button for the powered bed cover?