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GottaB

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  1. I’ll jump in this thread. I’m mid 40s and my A1C got me scared. Before getting another medication to manage it, I thought I’d actually make an effort on changing my food and workout. At my highest I was 230lb. My first steps were to stop sugar sweat tea and Dr.P as my source or hydration and switched to splenda sweetened tea and Flavored sparkling water. I switched cereal from kids crap to cheerios. I switched candy snacks to granola bars. I used LoseIt to count calories and restarted using my stationary recumbent bike to burn some calories (30min 4-5x/ week. And I made an appointment with a nutritionist. There was a two month delay between making the appointment and having the appointment. During that time I lost 20 lb. I thought I was doing great. then the nutritionist took a look at my food bible and made three quick points: I eat too early in the day. I needed to wait until 12 hours after dinner to eat breakfast. I cannot have cereal for breakfast like I had since I was 5. Eggs and Fruit. I cannot have artificially sweetened drinks. I need water. Lots of water. so all three of my changes were crap changes. Hopefully these bring better results. she also directed me to some good recipes and added more vegetables to my routine. Outside of dietary changes she suggested I add weight training, especially the larger muscles in my legs. I now work out 6 days a week with some form of weight training on 3 to 4 of those days. since then I have lost another 20 lb and should be going back to the doc for an A1C check soon. Fingers crossed.
  2. Can’t find on tapa. I has confuse.
  3. My dolphin is powering on but not moving much. What’s the usual cause and solution to this. It’s only 2 years old.
  4. Twisted Metal was way more enjoyable than expected. I played TM 1 and 2 for hours so I am the target audience. They even manage to pull off Sweettooth into a character that was more than just a gag. I am looking forward to season two.
  5. Arrived today. Its a good feeling watch. I like it. I would buy again. I did like the fact that the bracelet has screws for link adjustment and they included the screwdriver needed. I’m still pissed I have ditched OEM bracelets on my Seiko Monster as the pin came out of the collar at the worst time more than once.
  6. Yeah. It seemed like Seiko had the spot well covered. They had pretty good automatic options that a lot of people would get on their way nicer alternatives. and they let it go to persue a different price point. Seems like they could have done both. A lot of people were customizing their popular models. I never met anyone that kept their Seiko stock. They replaced the bracelet, the bezel or the glass. LIW jumping in with models that use the same parts makes but improved options makes a lot of sense to me. Now it’s up to Seiko to make something else better and make us want it. We’ll see. I ordered the white one.
  7. For ~$300-350 you get a seiko movement, solid link bracelet, good glass and plenty of lume. Anyone purchased one of his models?
  8. I’ve scrolled back a year and did not see a mention of it so I’ll drop it here. Long Island Watch is making watches now. Apparently this is not new. I used to watch a lot of his videos but I guess my interest in watches waned and lost track of his changes. When I was watching his stuff he was focused on showcasing other brands and mods of Seikos. Now He’s basically releasing homages or near copies of models that Seiko has stopped making. I assume he had all the customization options (bezels, glass, bracelets, etc) he decided he could have someone mix and match and rebrand as Islanders. I scrolled his offerings and videos of his releases over the last few years. I definitely missed out on some runs that I would have bought. I saw these and would be happy to own any
  9. Each line usually has low, mid and high end tools. Just because it’s dewalt, there are crappy low end tool and high end buy it for life models. A lot of the cheap stuff comes out as great buys around Christmas and Father’s Day. At some point or another I had makita 18v and 10v, Milwaukee 18v and 22v , ridgid 18 v and 12v , ryobi 18 v and 8(?) V, Bosch 12v and 18v. I’ve sold most and paired it down to three battery systems. The ridgid battery warranty sounds great but if you want to get a warranty replacement you have to bring in all tools/batteries/chargers that were warrantied with the set you bought. How are you supposed to keep all that organized? It wasn’t worth it. My three: Milwaukee 12v, Bosch 12v and Ridgid 18v. Bosch 12v makes great small compact tools but don’t have the variety of Milwaukee 12v. Both make impact drivers and drills that will do almost anything you could need them to do and they are light. If I need a power tool it’s a 90% chance it’s a 12v. For every thing else, it’s a ryobi.
  10. Bailey and Luna. Both are animal shelter rescues. And absolutely awesome.
  11. After being told “Wednesday is full” twice, I mentioned it when bowling yesterday and the gal at the counter said there were a couple teams with vacancies. Long story short, I am on a team. Thanks all.
  12. That was blacklab. I assume he found out the time of the appt when he shows up 35 minutes early.
  13. I don’t know the model names. Three are different colors of the same model. The green and bluish ones are released from SwissBianco who did limited runs of alox scales. I’m unsure if they still do. These are ten years old.
  14. I’ve had the opposite experience. Every time we buy the hydroponic, they look like picture perfect strawberries leaving the store spoil within days.
  15. Shocked/s
  16. I don’t carry these often enough but I still like them.
  17. I have a few alox victorinox. If I remember I’ll snap a few pics when I get home.
  18. Thanks. I went by on Sunday. The Wednesday 6pm league is full. I saw the short seasons that are about to start up and the times don’t really work with family schedules. For now I think I’m planning on going Sunday mornings and just practice until fall. Maybe I can build some better habits.
  19. Here’s my Luna. I handle all vet appt.
  20. Nutty and Buffman. The glory days of DT comics.
  21. You mean a musical, like the original. Yeah, never saw that coming. I that it was way better than the Depp version and on a scale of Depp to Wilder, closer to Wilder.
  22. I’m getting the itch to bowl more frequently. I was in a league years ago with friends and had a 150 average. I’m currently a mostly straight bowler with a baby hook, but I want to develop my hook a little more. YouTube has a fuckton of videos on trying to show the right way to bowl. I feel like I’m in the weeds. Living in pflugerville, Spare time is my closest but the oil really seems to prevent much of a hook. And the league seems to eat up all the lanes on Wednesday nights. I’d join but the league is full. So I only get to bowl about half the time I show up. It’s kind of frustrating. Apparently there are lanes at Bass Pro and Austin Park and Pizza I could try but I don’t expect much better conditions for either of those. I even tried tried to get a lane at Pinstack(?) on tech ridge but it also had a huge wait on a weeknight. I feel like my best bet is to drive a little further back into town at Highland Lanes. How easy is it to get into the leagues at Highland as a solo?
  23. Shadow 2. Yes. My favorite gun.
  24. They do make 9mm 1911. Sounds like blasphemy to the 1911 purists, but 9mm is a whole lot cheaper than .45. I have a Rock Island model that I have bought, sold and bought again. And there are higher end 9mm models like the DW here. Speaking of CZ Brat, you can get replacement grips to gussy up the gifts this summer. The green ones are aluminum but there are plenty out there.
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