3 Positive Things Part 6

[David Baxter PhD]

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Well done, @GaryQ!

I had my annual CT scan for the Cancer Center Tuesday morning. Mostly that involves getting to Radiology and sitting in the waiting room drinking some sort of dubious solution intended to enhance contrast or something, then about 10 minutes doing the scan and getting the IV solution that makes you feel hot and like you are about to pee, and finally another 5-10 minutes waiting for them to make sure I don't have an allergic reaction to anything.

Then it's get home, eat something, take some Tylenol, drink fluids, nap, and hope the nausea from the dubious solutions doesn't increase (it didn't much and I was okay by the time I woke up).

Such is my social life the past few years.

 

[Daniel E.]

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1. For less than the cost of gas to the nearest bird vet, an online bird vet (at JustAnswers.com) chatted with me and let me know what is mostly likely infecting my Brahma chicken's respiratory tract, e.g. Mycoplasma.
2. If the chicken does not continue to get better, antibiotics for livestock are available at feed stores over the counter.
3. Having fun with my masters research projects.

 

[Daniel E.]

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BONUS: After doing a poultry-centered, solution-focused analysis, we successfully injected the antibiotic this afternoon and the chicken did not mind at all. (We just have to throw away her eggs for a while, if she lays any.)

BONUS #2: Neither of us got accidentally poked with the needle.

 

[GaryQ]

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Neither of us got accidentally poked with the needle.

It's antibiotics... so if you got poked by the needle you'd technically have saved needing to get a shot of antibiotics it needle wasn't sterile

 

[Daniel E.]

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Of course, my hand has more nerve endings than chicken breast

 

[GaryQ]

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1 - I've had my 58" Toshiba 1080p LED TV I bought refurbished for 610$ (all fees and taxes and free delivery included) for 4 years now and still going strong.

2 - As some f you know I've Been itching for a 4K UHD TV for a while now. Didn't want a "smart" one (I'll pretend they are and play along LOL) and wasn't really finding anything at a price I would be tempted that also had HDR. And I'll need something to sooth the pain the dentist (especially the bill) will cause me!

So, Being bummed out and an RCA was on sale at Best Buy "today only" I went and ordered this. it's scheduled delivery so not getting it till the 22nd. Hope it's not a DOA I really hate dealing with returns. it's 2" bigger but weighs only half what my current TV weighs (roughly 40lbs vs 80lbs) Now I need a good 4K movie with nice scenes to test it. avatar was awesome to test the picture quality when I got the 58" in 1080p. All included it comes to 650$ CAD (and to the door)




3 - I get 2 weeks to make room for it and I guess I'll have a 58" in my bedroom. Don't want to get rid of it in case the cheap RCA dies suddenly and wind up with no TV at all

 

[GaryQ]

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1 - I cancelled above stated purchase based on RCA recent quality and service negative reputation. hopefully it will be cancelled and credited promptly. If and when I opt for a 4K Tv I'll wait for a great deal on a reputable quality brand.

2 - Found out (actually surprised) a bit earlier today that we've entered daylight saving time which means sun should be higher in the sky when I go for my MRI next Saturday. Not fun driving west for over 1.5 hours with the sun under your sun visor so that's a big bonus and it should still be light out driving home after.

3 - We never got ANY of the 20 to 40cm of snow they were predicting for yesterday

BONUS: It's supposed to warm up with highs just above freezing this week(well technically at least, I don't really trust the weather forecast past the current temperature LOL)

 

[Daniel E.]

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Grateful for the following websites/services:

1. HP Instant Ink -- Ink is automatically delivered to my door before running out. (Plans in Canada start at $3.99 a month.)

2. Pep Boys -- Offers lifetime alignments for $150. (Like Sears but more likely to stay in business.)

3. Resume.io -- Not free but easy/fun to create/update a nice-looking resume. (And they are very affordable by getting a 7-day trial as needed.)

 

[GaryQ]

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HP Instant Ink -- Ink is automatically delivered to my door before running out. (Plans in Canada start at $3.99 a month.)

I guess that's great for inkjet printer users. I switched to laser years ago. Ink doesn't clog up in the nozzles when not used frequently. I barely ever print anything anymore and when I would the dang cartridge was having problems.

Pep Boys -- Offers lifetime alignments for $150. (Like Sears but more likely to stay in business.)

Curious but too lazy to google that one LOL Alignments of what?????​

 

[Daniel E.]

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Of a vehicular nature.

 

[GaryQ]

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Are you saying that you can get lifetime wheel alignments for $150$?

Holy bat crap Batman! That's the cost of a one off here in Canada

 

[Daniel E.]

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Exactly.

 

[GaryQ]

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That's almost unbeleivable but awesome.

One advantage of frozen from November to May here is there aren't anywhere near as many pot holes to avoid as back east where it thaws and freezes constantly all winter long making more pot holes than actual driving room on some streets. Only times I needed an alignment is when a steering or suspension part was replaced. Think I've had maybe 3 or 4 in 15 years here.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

3 Positive Things Part 5

1. HP Instant Ink -- Ink is automatically delivered to my door before running out. (Plans in Canada start at $3.99 a month.)

I tried the HP Instant Ink program. It seemed like a great idea. But there are things they don't tell you when you sign up.

What I didn't like:

1. Regardless of how much ink you are using, they count the number of pages printed per month and if you exceed a certain amount you have to go to the next price level. Annoying. I started at 3.99 or whatever the lowest was but had to level up twice and at the end I was up to 9.99 a month.
2. If you do a lot of printing, it may save you money. In my case, I don't anymore and after about a year or maybe 18 months (during which time I received only one cartridge replacement) I realized I was spending more on the subscription than I would on cartridges.
3. Then I discovered that if you end the subscription program, HP will no longer let you use the "special" cartridges from the plan, so when you want to quit you need to use up as much of the ink as you can first.
4. They keep track of pages printed but seemingly not specific ink colors, which is dumb. I found I was getting low on a specific color and could not find any way to order just that color. My attempts to contact HP about this just got the response that cartridges are only sent when you need them. Hello? I kinda need it now? That's why I'm asking? And you can’t just go to Staples and buy that specific cartridge because it’s not one if HP’s “special” cartridges so as long as you are on the subscription program you can’t use anything else. It flags the cartridge as invalid and won’t let you print.

In the end, I just quit and chalked up the unused ink in their "special" cartridge to experience.

I guess that's great for inkjet printer users. I switched to laser years ago. Ink doesn't clog up in the nozzles when not used frequently. I barely ever print anything anymore and when I would the dang cartridge was having problems.

I've actually only needed to use my printer occasionally over the past few years and I can't say that I've ever had a clogged printer nozzle. That did used to be a problem years ago (like in the 90s) but they've improved both the printers and the ink and cartridges significantly and really I never hear about that as a complaint by inkjet users any more.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

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That's almost unbeleivable but awesome.

One advantage of frozen from November to May here is there aren't anywhere near as many pot holes to avoid as back east where it thaws and freezes constantly all winter long making more pot holes than actual driving room on some streets. Only times I needed an alignment is when a steering or suspension part was replaced. Think I've had maybe 3 or 4 in 15 years here.

Yes it has been horrible this year in the Ottawa area, compounded by lots of rain or melting so you can't tell the potholes from the puddles. Lots of reports of blown tires and mangled wheel rims as a result, not to mention the inevitable alignment problems.

One local posted a photo of her car on Facebook yesterday. Tire shredded and wheel rim bent all to hell, all from a single pothole filled with water so it looked like just one more puddle on the road:

 

[GaryQ]

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I guess there are some advantages to living in the Arctic wind deep freeze corridor.
I remember mangling a rim in Montreal when I was a poor young man. Don’t miss those days at all.

I did survive the famous ice storm of (think it was in 2000) the damage stopped about 15km from my house and only a brief power flash or two. But everything south of me was a danger zone. Parents were living in a shelter. One friend just at the cut off limit had an over 200 foot long about 30 feet high real live pine fence on his land and it literally took them all down.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

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1998. Yes I remember that. I was without power in my apartment in Ottawa for maybe 2 hours. Others in Ottawa and almost everyone to the south didn’t get power back for weeks in many cases. Massive destruction of trees, hydro poles and lines, water pipes from freezing... that was like the apocalypse.

 

[Daniel E.]

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I tried the HP Instant Ink program. It seemed like a great idea. But there are things they don't tell you when you sign up.

Thanks for the valuable info. I print a lot of color diagrams, research papers, and even PhD theses, so it works for me economically so far with the $9.99 plan of 300 pages a month. Also, I got 2 free months with my printer purchase.

At least I know now to print to the limit before quitting. And it seems it may come to that if they are still having major issues.

 

[GaryQ]

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1 - I just had an intense fulfilling cupcake therapy session (thanks to Miss Muffet)

2 - There were 10 in all and they were chocolate

3 - There was so much chocolate icing on them I had to eat almost as much off of the outside of the paper cup as on the cupcakes.

I'm so stuffed (good thing there wasn't even just one more)
I feel like I'm going to be sick and yet happy as heck at the same time

 

[Daniel E.]

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Seems like healthy muffins with chocolate antioxidants