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  1. That Pfizer thread reminded me. My daughter was referred from the regular ole optometrist to the ophthalmologist. Her vision declined more than you'd like in a single year. Anyway, doc prescribed low dose atropine. Just a drop in each eye at bedtimes, takes like 30 seconds. A bit of a pain to get as it has to be ordered from a compounding pharmacy that can do eye drops. Not that expensive, ends up being about $1/day and its worked like a charm thus far - no change in 6 months. Of course the crazy thing is that you can get 5% solution at vets for pennies. It almost seems like virtually 100% of nearsighted kids could benefit from this, yet I haven't met any other parents who are aware. Makes me wonder if there is no real profit in it. 

    https://www.ophthalmologytimes.com/ote-articles/low-dose-atropine-myopia-children-two-years-experience

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41433-018-0139-7

    https://www.aao.org/eye-health/news/low-dose-atropine-kids-with-myopia

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  2. There may be some heavy breathing in this audio and I am sure it is not at all because I lifted the expanded steel lid and jumped out of my skin. 

     

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  3. Just outside Mullin, TX in Mills County. Part of my little ranch is the old oak savannah cross timbers. I
     

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  4. tagging on this thread: what age to start lessons? My daughter seems to enjoy the piano lessons* but son is less enthused but has expressed interest in guitar. What age should I let him peel off and switch to guitar? He'll be in second grade. 

    * caveat: no way in hell we can push Age x3 minutes of practice. I can stand firm on things like making every game & practice for a team sport, because its a commitment to the team. But if I made my daughter truly practice for 30 mins each day she'd quit in a heartbeat. I got no leverage, and she knows it! Fortunately they both practice mostly daily, and the instructor seems happy to take our checks. 

  5. Somehow I ended up as recruiting chair for our cub scout pack. Spring JSN is coming up. Funny enough my daughter is in girl scouts and has negative interest in cub scouts despite it now being open to girls. Quoth my 3rd grader ahead our recent spring campout (to which I dragged her along) on the Friday before "all the boys I hate are excited about going." LOL  

  6. Not any drama with AD, I don't care about that. (well, its fun, but not for purposes of this thread)

    I haven't been keeping up with higher education, but with Powers passing it has been on my mind. I know that UT regents and president resisted watering down the flagship, and for that Powers gets a lot of praise. At the time Perry and his crew announced an effort to make college more inexpensive, I was mostly supportive. I haven't really followed things closely. I have kids school age, and it strikes me that I'd like some good public institutions around that they could go to later. Plus good schools are good for Texas, generally. 

    What is the deal with that 25x25 thing? Is A&M's rep backsliding? Is having more & cheaper education incompatible with having more Tier 1-ish public institutions in Texas? What is the reputation of schools like UT-Dallas, Houston, Tech, etc and how is that changing? 

  7. mine was mostly flat ATX, '59. First time since maybe 2008 that was true. Of course the 10% cap finally catches up with me, so it will still feel like it is going up. As much as it stings, its honestly pretty close to accurate. People in my neighborhood complain all the time, but I bet if the put a FSBO sign out for the TCAD number, some Californian would offer a briefcase of cash by the end of the day. 

  8. I am into those scale 4x4s. Recently sold my gmade but may get back into the hobby. Kinda miss it. They are great with kids, because they don't go fast and therefore don't shatter into a million pieces. And in terms of crawling and trail running, its more of a laid back intellectual exercise than fast twitch. 

  9. re: OPs barndominium - any thought to putting up plywood on the externals walls before the metal panels? I also did steel to steel for my casita, and I wonder how much of a pain it will be if I ever have to replace the walls. Not sure what the life span for those walls would be... 20, 30, 40+? I hope I don't regret not having an under layer. 

  10. I find Zyrtec makes me a little bit sleepy - well, not actually sleepy like a full on benadryl nap, but oddly unproductive and listless at work. But allegra (fexofenadine) works on my better than claritin. I do mostly okay with Cedar, but Oak is hell. 

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