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  1. Similar story, I didn’t even have a primary care doctor. I would just go to the convenient care every couple of years when I had a major sinus infection and get a shot and never went to the doctor other than that. BP always ran high (140/85 or so) when I would check it or when I would go to the eye doctor and they checked it but I didn’t worry about it. I ate well, was in reasonable shape, had no major issues, etc so a doctor was a waste of time. Then I had a couple of issues where I went to a convenient care a couple of times in a 6 month period and both times it went up into the 230/130 range. The first time it dropped within a couple minutes, the second time it didn’t which is when they wanted to call the ambulance. Wife convinced me to go see a primary and that led to the cardiologist referral. Now I see him twice a year and do a stress test, ultrasounds, and cardiac MRI’s every other year. I think I’ve been poked more in the last 4 years than the previous 40 combined, but it’s made a difference.
  2. That’s another crazy number that was put up.
  3. It’s the Olympics, most of these people don’t make millions and do have to work shitty jobs to pay their bills outside of the top names. I have zero issue with them using their platform to take on issues. It’s what people with an audience do and this is their shot to take on shitty policies, shitty prejudices, and shitty people in general. In case you missed it, go back and listen to the shit the Venezuelan triple jumper deals with. The world is a screwed up place. As far as the overall Olympics, we have watched every night and I rarely watch TV or sports. Swimming and track and field have both had great stories coming out of them and ultimately that is what the Olympics are about. It’s the stories of the teenagers that do the unexpected, the old guard like Allyson Felix making one last stand, people like Finke coming out of nowhere and going double gold, the epic 400M hurdles final, etc. I don’t understand people like Helo that come in and post how happy they are for a team to lose. The women’s soccer team has dealt with some shit over the years while being one of the most successful US teams ever really, they have earned the right to take their stand.
  4. Send me your address and I’ll ship you this book for your kids I saw the other day.
  5. No, it’s not. He clearly wasn’t doing well, he clearly quit on his team to do a reality show, and his agent clearly was pushing him the direction of personality over player. Sure he probably could have taken a low level job, but the agent was pushing him towards the other opportunity because it was better financially and a better fit with his personality. There is an explanation that you should be fine with and you can move on. I’m not sure how you’re stuck on this and not the dog getting killed in the first episode as potential plot problems, but you do you. If you cannot move on, can you at least shut the fuck up about it? It’s a comedy and a pretty good one in comparison to other things on TV. If you need more realistic sports, I would like to refer you to watch actual fucking soccer.
  6. When I went to one and my BP registered that high on 2 separate readings, they immediately called an ambulance. I told them I wasn’t going to the ER, so they made me sign a release and get a ride before I could leave the clinic. I have a note from cardiologist on my phone now in case it registers high. He also put an EKG readout with it because it shows an anomaly that makes it look like a heart attack. I learned a lot from my issues and the main thing was go to a legit cardiologist if your BP does odd things. If it’s high, it’s high but if it varies high there could be other issues. My primary put me on high dose BP medication which the cardiologist immediately took me off. He said if I stayed on it for any length of time it would back me into a corner on what could be done down the road to control the issues. I take some very low dose BP medication and heart rate medication now which gives me plenty of options as time goes on if things change.
  7. I had a similar BP issue and my doctor recommended me seeing a cardiologist after seeing it hit that level on two straight visits. That was the best recommendation I’ve had from a doctor. Cardiologist ran me through a full battery of tests and discovered a defect where every time my heart rate increased it squeezed one of my arteries and cut off blood supply which pushed my heart rate and blood pressure higher. I take a pill now to keep my heart rate below a certain level and have had zero issues since. It has made working out different but I’m not dead which is a positive.
  8. Shhhh, don’t be sending people to my spot. We’ve had a house on the west end of Sanibel for several years. Everything from Anna Maria south is so much better than the Destin area in my opinion. That is after spending a couple of weeks a year on 30A for 20 years and also looking to buy there when we ended up buying on Sanibel. We spent a couple of weeks a year in both places and it ended up not being a hard choice to buy on Sanibel. However, it’s been a lot busier this summer than prior summers. Luckily, we’re in a small neighborhood bordered by nature reserves on both sides so at least our beach is always empty. The original Goatfeathers location closer to Blue Mountain Beach was always easier to get in and out of than the other.
  9. Seems like it isn’t uncommon for high draft picks to skip the pre draft program. Sucks for him, if he doesn’t sign I assume he is heading back to Vandy as the other options suck. It seems they should basically relegate them to free agents if the team does not sign them at slot value. He’s asking for over slot, but if they offered slot and he didn’t take it then it’s on him. If they never offered slot, then he should have better options available.
  10. A lot of it is probably related to where you ride. I spend most of my time on a smaller lake where most everyone that is out has a house on it. There are always outside people at the beach, but it’s just never come up. For the last 15 years I’ve had kids with me 99% of the time and prior to that we usually always had 5-6 other people always with us, so it’s not like I’ve been looking. I’ve also always been the one with the boat outside of last summer, so I haven’t been looking for rides either. Another thing to add to the list of shit I’ve missed out on since I got married and had kids earlier than most everyone else. Ready to get back out and see if I can get the boat turned over to double digit hours. It has done way too much sitting this summer.
  11. You’re going right through the middle of fuck everybody land. FL has been slam packed all summer. We’ve been at our place since school let out and I’ve never seen so many people down this far. It also hasn’t been the usual crowd we normally deal with, it’s been a little more rough around the edges.
  12. I know I’ve said it before, but these are just things that would have never occurred to me in life. Catching a ride on someone’s boat or taking on a boat full are things I have never thought about on the water. I’m going to have to keep my eyes open for selective additions now that I know it’s a thing and my kids are at the ages they aren’t always with us on the water any more. I’ve seen some random ass people show up at the lake house wanting to go out, but they have always been attached to someone I knew.
  13. Just booked fall break at DLR, luckily the weather should be good so we’ll survive.
  14. Agreed on Great Southern, really all of the places in Seaside are decent including the food trucks. That place will be an epic clusterfuck of teenagers next week with school getting ready to start back up.
  15. Took my kids (15/12) this afternoon to get round 1, so they can get round 2 right before school starts up. We would have done it sooner, but we’ve been out of town. The doctors I work with all have vaccinated their kids, so we didn’t think much about it and just scheduled it. It helped that both kids had done their own reading and wanted to get the shots even though we live in an area where they are in the vast minority in their age group. I think some of the bs they read online about fertility issues and other things definitely concerned them, but they were smart enough not to get caught up in it. My mother expressed her displeasure with it and my oldest basically told her that it was her decision and she didn’t need her approval. The fucking nutjobs are going to be the end of all of us.
  16. Pretty sure I can get you more information on it if interested. My plane, pilots, and management company are based there and may actually have this one brokered. If not, the main guy will likely know it as he manages quite a few planes based there. We’re looking at moving up the time line on getting a CJ. The Baron works great for short hops with 1-2 people, but longer flights or more people make it a lot less comfortable. I think we may end up trying to partner on a group of 2-3 planes that each owner can then use the plane that works best for the trip.
  17. F this season, Turner and Yelich hitting the COVID list on the same day is great. I can’t even field a complete team again with the other IL’s and DTD’s. Injuries have been a bitch this year.
  18. To be fair I saw one this afternoon when we were crossing the bridge out to where our house is. It was hauling ass down the ICW with a full load of people and looked like a nice ride. I was expecting a couple hundred thousand considering there are $90k in Yamahas on the back of it, but $300k for a 2 year old one with 150 hours on it just seems like a lot.
  19. For anyone looking to drop $300k on a used pontoon, here is your boat. https://www.marinamikes.com/inv/2019-Bennington-30-QSRFBWAX2-LMM-N45526A/
  20. Ended up going with the blue face over the silver.
  21. The mutt doing his favorite thing. I think he would be content just sitting in a car all day every day.
  22. Gotcha, the last one went really well for a while although both are back on track now it looks like. Cole had to remember how to pitch without the sticky stuff
  23. Something I haven’t figured out how to do that I need to work on. I get away plenty, but I still end up working most of it just not sitting in the office. Getting a couple hours in fishing several afternoons a week is a positive right now, but I keep telling myself I’m going to put in some full days and just don’t do it.
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