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[QUOTE=Giantone;1285189]"self checkout".......................:smashfreak:[/QUOTE]


Im a big fan of self checkout. I partially blame my kid for walking away after placing her phone down. Her third phone in three years. The other two drowned. [emoji1750]

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[quote=punch it in;1285192]Im a big fan of self checkout. I partially blame my kid for walking away after placing her phone down. Her third phone in three years. The other two drowned. [emoji1750][/quote]

My Grandson is very much the same way, he's fourteen also .He's on # 4 and I know three of his also drowned. God it must be the age!

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[quote=punch it in;1285192]Im a big fan of self checkout. [emoji1750][/quote]

Not me, I think if I'm helping the Company keeping cost down I.E. less employee benefits I should get a discount.

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Ouch that sucks punch. Def. sucks that you can't put something down for that short a period of time and it will get swiped. Good learning lesson though.

And thanks for the kind words about the sciatica. Gotta go find me an orthopedist soon and hopefully get on with some physical therapy.

Mred I watched that video you recommended and did the exercises - no joke I literally believe it made it worse lol. The pain in my leg is much more intense since I did that on Thursday. I had a friend send me some more exercises she did to get over her sciatica, so we'll see. But I'm still gonna go see an ortho to see what they say. I'm not opposed to physical therapy just because I did 6 weeks for my fractured wrist earlier this year and it's back to normal now.

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[quote=mooby;1285048]Think I have a pinched sciatic nerve - gears literally grinded to a halt. The pain in my leg is so intense. I've tried every "home remedy" in the last two months and nothing has worked. Was kinda hoping it would just pass on its own but nope. Even sitting down and my leg and my hip throbs.[/quote]

You doing any better?

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[quote=mooby;1285199]Ouch that sucks punch. Def. sucks that you can't put something down for that short a period of time and it will get swiped. Good learning lesson though.

And thanks for the kind words about the sciatica. Gotta go find me an orthopedist soon and hopefully get on with some physical therapy.

Mred I watched that video you recommended and did the exercises - no joke I literally believe it made it worse lol. The pain in my leg is much more intense since I did that on Thursday. I had a friend send me some more exercises she did to get over her sciatica, so we'll see. But I'm still gonna go see an ortho to see what they say. I'm not opposed to physical therapy just because I did 6 weeks for my fractured wrist earlier this year and it's back to normal now.[/quote]
Did you ever check out a Chiropractor?

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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1285355]You doing any better?[/quote]

Working on it. I had a phone appt. with an ortho on Saturday, he gave me an imaging order for an MRI. Gotta set up the MRI now and wait for the results to come back.

I slept on the floor last couple of nights, it seems to help as the pain in my leg isn't as intense. Might do another night or two just to see, I think my lumpy mattress isn't helping. On the bright side though I called in the warranty on it and they approved the claim so in 3-4 weeks I'll have a new mattress, but COVID is fucking up the mattress industry so I gotta wait lol.

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[QUOTE=mooby;1285357]Working on it. I had a phone appt. with an ortho on Saturday, he gave me an imaging order for an MRI. Gotta set up the MRI now and wait for the results to come back.

I slept on the floor last couple of nights, it seems to help as the pain in my leg isn't as intense. Might do another night or two just to see, I think my lumpy mattress isn't helping. On the bright side though I called in the warranty on it and they approved the claim so in 3-4 weeks I'll have a new mattress, but COVID is fucking up the mattress industry so I gotta wait lol.[/QUOTE]


Damn Mooby keep us posted. You better be ready for week one! We need you.

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[quote=mooby;1285357]Working on it. I had a phone appt. with an ortho on Saturday, he gave me an imaging order for an MRI. Gotta set up the MRI now and wait for the results to come back.

I slept on the floor last couple of nights, it seems to help as the pain in my leg isn't as intense. Might do another night or two just to see, I think my lumpy mattress isn't helping. On the bright side though I called in the warranty on it and they approved the claim so in 3-4 weeks I'll have a new mattress, but COVID is fucking up the mattress industry so I gotta wait lol.[/quote]

My Wife's back is a nightmare but in short we have a "Tempur Pedic" bed and it's amazing! My back has never been as bad as hers but this thing is amazing! They are not cheap but well worth the money .We are on our second ,first was a Queen and we upgraded to a King we still have both.. A Doctor can even prescribe one it helps.

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[quote=mooby;1285357]Working on it. I had a phone appt. with an ortho on Saturday, he gave me an imaging order for an MRI. Gotta set up the MRI now and wait for the results to come back.

I slept on the floor last couple of nights, it seems to help as the pain in my leg isn't as intense. Might do another night or two just to see, I think my lumpy mattress isn't helping. On the bright side though I called in the warranty on it and they approved the claim so in 3-4 weeks I'll have a new mattress, but COVID is fucking up the mattress industry so I gotta wait lol.[/quote]

I had sciatica like symptoms for over a year.
Went in for an MRI and found out I have spondylolthesis.

I did all the stretches, saw a chiro, and had little asian girls walk on my back but it never improved until I started strengthening my core.

Took about 3 months but the pain was finally gone for a while.
When covid hit, I stopped doing core exercises and the pain came back a few months later. I have to keep up core exercises.

Good luck on the MRI results!

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[quote=jamf;1285363]I had sciatica like symptoms for over a year.
Went in for an MRI and found out I have spondylolthesis.

I did all the stretches, saw a chiro, and had little asian girls walk on my back but it never improved until I started strengthening my core.

Took about 3 months but the pain was finally gone for a while.
When covid hit, I stopped doing core exercises and the pain came back a few months later. I have to keep up core exercises.

Good luck on the MRI results![/quote]

This is very interesting - I could def. do with going back to the gym as I stopped after fracturing my wrist last year - and then as soon as that healed it was barely 2 months later and now sciatica is bothering me. Appreciate the tip jamf. Definitely something to look into while I wait.

Things that grind my gears: Doc sends over imaging order for MRI, I call Inova to schedule it and have to wait on hold 10 minutes just to talk to someone this morning who takes down my info and then tells me a scheduler will call to set it up. Wait all day and finally get a call at 5:30 while I'm at the grocery store and the paperwork is at home. Call them back as soon as I get home and she says first available date is July 17th. Normally I'm not one to complain but I've been living with this pain for 6 weeks now and idw wait another 3 just to get an actual diag before a plan for treatment is made. So I bitch and the scheduler says if I call my doc back maybe they can work with my insurance to schedule a same/next day appt. So now gotta do that tomorrow.

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I was getting these severe pains in my shoulders, wrists, basically every joint. It would wake me up all night. I started working out at home with this online gym and some dumbbells and the pain went away almost instantly. It can really do wonders for you for sure.

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[quote=mooby;1285366]This is very interesting - I could def. do with going back to the gym as I stopped after fracturing my wrist last year - and then as soon as that healed it was barely 2 months later and now sciatica is bothering me. Appreciate the tip jamf. Definitely something to look into while I wait.

Things that grind my gears: Doc sends over imaging order for MRI, I call Inova to schedule it and have to wait on hold 10 minutes just to talk to someone this morning who takes down my info and then tells me a scheduler will call to set it up. Wait all day and finally get a call at 5:30 while I'm at the grocery store and the paperwork is at home. Call them back as soon as I get home and she says first available date is July 17th. Normally I'm not one to complain but I've been living with this pain for 6 weeks now and idw wait another 3 just to get an actual diag before a plan for treatment is made. So I bitch and the scheduler says if I call my doc back maybe they can work with my insurance to schedule a same/next day appt. So now gotta do that tomorrow.[/quote]

That is definitely frustrating.

To be honest no one really has a “cure” for back pain. You could very well be over it by 7/16. 6 to 8 weeks is the normal lead time for it to heal.

I know when mine is getting better by how far up my leg the pain is. The closer the pain is too your spine / ass / lower back the closer you are to it being healed.

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If I can add in one more time. Checkout your bed situation and if you go foam , don't go cheap, Tempur Pedic is the best...seriously.

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I priced out mattresses a while ago and you can basically get a nice used car for the price of a tempur-pedic. I have no doubt they are nice but $5k for a king? Get the F outta here.

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Memes or internet postings about how waiters/servers are only paid $2.33 an hour.

They dont make $2.33 an hour. They get paid $2.33 an hour by the restaurant/bar then they get tipped on top of that. Unless you work at a real slow crappy place, id guess servers make well over $15 an hour. If a servers tips plus the $2.33 dont = min wage, the restaurant has to make up the difference.

My ex on good nights would come home with $300-400 cash for 6 hours of work .. that wouldnt be taxed. Other nights not so much but it all evened out to a really good paying job that requires no college education.

Served do not want a fixed "living wage" pay .. they want to be able to land those big tips.


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I got a Nectar mattress for like $900 and love it.

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[quote=SunnySide;1285523]Memes or internet postings about how waiters/servers are only paid $2.33 an hour.

They dont make $2.33 an hour. They get paid $2.33 an hour by the restaurant/bar then they get tipped on top of that. Unless you work at a real slow crappy place, id guess servers make well over $15 an hour. If a servers tips plus the $2.33 dont = min wage, the restaurant has to make up the difference.

My ex on good nights would come home with $300-400 cash for 6 hours of work .. that wouldnt be taxed. Other nights not so much but it all evened out to a really good paying job that requires no college education.

Served do not want a fixed "living wage" pay .. they want to be able to land those big tips.


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I got a Nectar mattress for like $900 and love it.[/quote]

Agree…the whining about servers is absolutely bullshit. I’m sure they are reporting all their tips to be taxed properly too.


Grinding gear…people who tip poorly especially for unjust bullshit. 20% always from me on total food bill. Dollar on each drink poured at the bar or 20% on total. I tip delivery drivers for furniture and appliances. 10 for haircuts. Leave money in rooms for housekeeping when traveling

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How about neighbors who cut their grass once a month. That’s awesome how you don’t give a fuck. Also they have had the nerve to complain about mosquitoes and ticks. These are not old but lower 30s year old…lazy af

I want to do doughnuts in their yard after a couple inches of rain. Just turn it into a mud with the truck

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[quote=mredskins;1285399]That is definitely frustrating.

To be honest no one really has a “cure” for back pain. You could very well be over it by 7/16. 6 to 8 weeks is the normal lead time for it to heal.

I know when mine is getting better by how far up my leg the pain is. The closer the pain is too your spine / ass / lower back the closer you are to it being healed.[/quote]

Interesting anecdote mred, because the most severe pain is on my leg just above my ankle.

I still haven't been back to the gym but it's starting to look like my #1 option, my insurance denied my MRI and my doc (who I've only had 1 phone appt. with so far) has his receptionist working on it for over a week now with no update.

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[quote=Giantone;1285409]If I can add in one more time. Checkout your bed situation and if you go foam , don't go cheap, Tempur Pedic is the best...seriously.[/quote]

I appreciate that G1 but I already have a new mattress en route... Brooklyn Bedding honored their 10 year warranty and shipped a new firmer one out to me for free. No new warranty on it but original warranty with 5 years left still applies.

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[quote=mooby;1285652]I appreciate that G1 but I already have a new mattress en route... Brooklyn Bedding honored their 10 year warranty and shipped a new firmer one out to me for free. No new warranty on it but original warranty with 5 years left still applies.[/quote]

That's a sweet deal. MTK is right mattress's are through the roof but in our case it was a have too. The Mrs. had major scoliosis surgery years back that stretched her torso 3ins.Spent two months(summer) in bed and couldn't carry a gallon of milk for a year but never missed one day of teaching .

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[quote=Giantone;1285657]That's a sweet deal. MTK is right mattress's are through the roof but in our case it was a have too. The Mrs. had major scoliosis surgery years back that stretched her torso 3ins.Spent two months(summer) in bed and couldn't carry a gallon of milk for a year but never missed one day of teaching .[/quote]

Yeah I hear ya, I did a lot of research when I bought the original 5 years ago because I know how important a good bed is - you spend a third of your life sleeping so obv. don't wanna cheap out on something like that. Even [URL="http://themattressunderground.com"]found a forum[/URL] where they get super technical about in the ins and outs of buying a mattress (the jist is that Big Mattress is a scam lol).

Sorry to hear about your wife, that sounds like an absolute motherfucker to deal with. Is everything better now?

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[quote=MTK;1285411]I priced out mattresses a while ago and you can basically get a nice used car for the price of a tempur-pedic. I have no doubt they are nice but $5k for a king? Get the F outta here.[/quote]

To me there are two things you don't skimp on in life your mattress and your shoes. You spend to much time in both and bargain basement shoes and mattresses will jack you up long term. Every thing else I buy I will bargain hunt.

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What grinds my gears? Pennsylvania. Rather Pennsylvania engineers. We were in York for a softball tournament last weekend on Saturday it rained. Coming back down I-83 there was a traffic jam because there was a foot of standing water on the road. This is an area with drainage and hills not a coastal area. Then the next day the games were at a different park and there are street signs on the road saying road floods when it rains. It is amazing people can get paid to not do their job correctly. I will gladly take an engineers salary to write reports saying put up signs as the solution.

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[quote=mooby;1285663]Yeah I hear ya, I did a lot of research when I bought the original 5 years ago because I know how important a good bed is - you spend a third of your life sleeping so obv. don't wanna cheap out on something like that. Even [URL="http://themattressunderground.com"]found a forum[/URL] where they get super technical about in the ins and outs of buying a mattress (the jist is that Big Mattress is a scam lol).

Sorry to hear about your wife, that sounds like an absolute motherfucker to deal with. Is everything better now?[/quote]

Thanks. Manageable. It's something she was born with and wasn't bad at all when we got married but child birth and time accelerated the prosses .Take care of it or she becomes a crippled were the choice's .She does ok ,she does laugh when people complain about back problems,....LOL....I know better.

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[quote=BaltimoreSkins;1285675]To me there are two things you don't skimp on in life your mattress and your shoes. You spend to much time in both and bargain basement shoes and mattresses will jack you up long term. Every thing else I buy I will bargain hunt.[/quote]

yes a mattress is definitely worth spending some money on, but there's some middle ground between bargains and $5k. At a certain point you're just paying for the name and marketing.

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[quote=MTK;1285688]yes a mattress is definitely worth spending some money on, but there's some middle ground between bargains and $5k. At a certain point you're just paying for the name and marketing.[/quote]

In some case's yes but all I will say is that it is a necessity for my wife .As I said before we actually got a prescription for the Bed from her surgeon and it was discounted about $500 but we were allowed to write off a portion .(not all).

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Bee stings.

There I was just cutting the grass with a self propelled Honda this morning…little did I know I just ran over a ground nest of yellow jackets. A first for me. Well, I didnt need that second cup of coffee cause that sting got me woke.

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[quote=Chico23231;1285736]Bee stings.

There I was just cutting the grass with a self propelled Honda this morning…little did I know I just ran over a ground nest of yellow jackets. A first for me. Well, I didnt need that second cup of coffee cause that sting got me woke.[/quote]

Oh good God, chico is a woke trumpette!!!!!







..........admit it, it's a little funny!;)

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[quote=Giantone;1285737]Oh good God, chico is a woke trumpette!!!!!







..........admit it, it's a little funny!;)[/quote]

Too my neighbors…yes

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When you work in an office with 2 attorneys. And you've known them for a long time. And they both quit within 2 weeks of each other.

Yay 2 new bosses basically simultaneously that I don't know.

I'm happy for them. But damn, this is a huge change for everyone else in the office.

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2 things:

1. A grown ass man with a little man-bun type thing buying a 12 pack of Truly's.

2. Sean Penn

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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1285903]2 things:

1. A grown ass man with a little man-bun type thing buying a 12 pack of Truly's.

2. Sean Penn[/quote]

Those truly lemonades are kind of money, just say'n

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[quote=mredskins;1285917]Those truly lemonades are kind of money, just say'n[/quote]

Lol. I'm sure they're OK. But a man-bun with a 12 can combo-pack? He can't have both. He got greedy.

Note - I didn't mention the combo pack in my original post

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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1285919]Lol. I'm sure they're OK. But a man-bun with a 12 can combo-pack? He can't have both. He got greedy.

Note - I didn't mention the combo pack in my original post[/quote]

the bun is the worst.

I have been beered out of late.

I drink alot of 7&7 with limes, great poolside drink.

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[quote=mredskins;1285920]the bun is the worst.

I have been beered out of late.
[B]
I drink alot of 7&7 with limes, great poolside drink.[/B][/quote]

Definitely. This would be in the opposite of grinding my gears.

Is the opposite, priming the pumps lol?

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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1285922]Definitely. This would be in the opposite of grinding my gears.

Is the opposite, [B]priming the pumps[/B] lol?[/quote]

That is a whole other thread, and i can't help you with that.

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[quote=mredskins;1285923]That is a whole other thread, and i can't help you with that.[/quote]

Haha. I'm 38, I remember my main chore was to mow the lawns when I was growing up. Our lawnmower had that little red button on the side. It started way easier if you hit that button. That served me well later in life. Always prime the pumps!

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Do you know what grinds my gears?

The paralegal who sits right outside my office door who has just decided to start speaking in religious tongue for the past 10 minutes.

Never thought I would say this but I much prefer her going to back to playing religious sermons, singing loudly, house searching and talking to her friends .. which she does every minute she is here.

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When your dog is not great around other dogs in the condo complex, so you walk her later at night, and then she makes a night-time dump. You go for your poop-bag container that is usually hooked to her leash and it's not there. So you take a picture on your cell phone to know exactly where it is. Then you have to walk her back, and leave her by herself, to grab a bag and go find it.

Positive - Technology is great. I did find it and put it in the appropriate receptacle. I scooped and scored.