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Horn of Gabriel

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  1. Thanks - tell me more about your experience. I’m about to enter week 2.
  2. Day 4/5 update... Got worse before i got better. Day 4 took a big dip in terms of every and nausea. Was probably in bed for 16 hrs. Something as simple as getting to the bathroom and back to bed was really draining. Sleep is really fucked up because you’re so drained you HAVE to be in bed, but you’re in bed so much that you are uncomfortable no matter how you’re positioned. Finally on Thursday night I was able to get some real sleep. Woke up today and felt a lot better. Cough is down 80%, but still there. Aches are down 60% but no pounding headache. Appetite is coming back. My energy is probably only 30-40% of normal. Seems like these symptoms come in waves so one day you’re up and the next you’re down.
  3. We're still alive! Days 1-2 I couldn't tell you much about, because I basically slept. Seriously I slept almost 24 hrs from Monday around noon and work up Tuesday at 11am. I was up for a few hours Tuesday but really drained. Full body aches, headache, low-grade fever, dry cough, nausea, diarrhea. The worst though I just feeling like you got run over by a truck. Now today, Wednesday, my cough is less but my energy is just shit. Just getting out of bed to sit at my desk and browse surly I can only do for an hour or two before I need to lay down again. I'm not out of breath or have any issues there but I have low appetite, and no energy. It's hard to sleep at night because of the aches and when you're in bed 16 hrs a day you get uncomfortable. But...better today than day 1. Wife is 3-4 days ahead of me in terms of symptoms - she's got some energy back, still low though. She's also lost her taste and smell.
  4. Welp the wife (no pics) and I tested positive today. We both feel really achy, sore, small cough, headache. She has a Lo grade fever and diarrhea, I don’t yet. We’re both early 40’s, no underlying for her...I have hashimoto’s thyroidosis and type 1 diabetes. My blood sugars have been bad today, really high, which happens when I get sick. Any ideas what we are in for from here?
  5. According to VintageAir it's a Sanden compressor, people refer to it as rotary but it's actually axial 🤷‍♂️
  6. ‘Cuda update! Engine installed back into the bay, vintage air compressor installed. New pullies, brake lines are in, FI tech is on but not yet configured, new master cylinder installed, new fuel pump and filters installed. Still waiting on steering box.
  7. nm, I found the CarPlay2Air USB device...unfortunately doesn't support the 2020 GMCs yet.
  8. Cameras look amazing, one of my favorite features. This thing has something like 10 cameras - forward facing on the hood, both side mirrors have forward and rearward facing cameras, one facing down on the bed, one facing the hitch, one looking rearward. It can use all that to give you a "tops down" eagle eye view of the truck which is useful as you're getting into and out of tight spots. One annoying thing is that the system locks down when you're driving, so you can't flip around the cameras as you drive, because, safety? The HUD at night is super bright and visible. You can also customize what you see on it and it's multi color. It's not the gimmick HUD of a few years back, it's actually really nice when you're in traffic to see speed and not have to take your eyes off the road.
  9. Are you talking about a new aftermarket radio or some addition to the OEM system to allow for wireless CarPlay? Link?
  10. One other thing: it doesn’t have wireless CarPlay. This is totally unacceptable; it has this awesome wireless charging pad for the phone but you have to hardwire in to get CarPlay. Just dumb. Supposedly it will come in the 2021 model maybe....
  11. Wish I had a big list to give you but I really like it. My biggest complaints so far: The center console is huge and just a big pit unless you spend another $100 to get an organizer for it (I have one on order) The touch screen is (relatively) small as compared to competitor trucks, if that matters to you. It's big enough for me #thatswhatshesaid I love the HUD, get it. But if you're wearing polarized sunglasses it's hard to see. The metal is soft, I got a shopping cart ding @ home depot that was way bigger than it needed to be - but the PDR guy took it out so well I can't find it now. Maybe that's all new vehicles now Shifter on the column; some people hate that some like it - it doesn't bother me It's a 2020 engine, meaning it's totally computerized and covered in plastic, and crammed in there. You're not doing the maintenance yourself, you're taking it in - but again, true for any modern vehicle. I found the acceleration to be a little underwhelming, then again it's a big heavy truck and I'm coming from a sports car. OTOH I used to have a Cummins Ram in 2006 and when I mashed the pedal it would ***GO***. However this truck is a lot more efficient. I didn't get it to drag race so I'm OK with that tradeoff.
  12. LOL, my electrician might be! Age has given me perspective on which jobs to hire out, and installing heavy lights on swaying poles 20+ ft in the air with live wires is something I'm not interested in at this point!
  13. I have been using Troy Davis at Austin City Hot Rods off of McNeil/Spicewood and 183. Small shop, only a few guys and 2 bays but knowledgeable and good work. They’d rather do it once and do it right. Been happy so far with the work on the ‘Cuda.
  14. First time trailering with the Sierra today. Went pretty well, could hardly tell it had a load on it. Granted it was only about 5-6000lbs, it’s rated for almost 10K.
  15. Headers are Hedman Performance Group, from their Elite line. 1 3/4" tubes, 3" collector, 14g steel w/ ceramic coating. I need to get the exact specs on the cam from the engine rebuilder so we can tune the FI tech system. I told him I wanted something streetable, but I still wanted it lopey and to sound like a muscle car when I got on the gas. Here's the engine dyno report, made 402 ft-lbs torque and 354 hp @4500 and 4800 RPM respectively. https://www.dropbox.com/s/xwj30w9bmdvnn04/20200423_ENGINIS.pdf?dl=0
  16. 'Cuda update! Got the engine back from the rebuilder, put it together with new headers, rebuilt trans, and K member. Repainted correct mopar orange and mounted back into engine bay, which is now sprayed body color. Just waiting on the damn steering box back from FirmFeel and this bad boy will be road ready!
  17. First, there's no discounting. If they feel that way, they feel that way - I just think it's sad due to the history of The Eyes being portrayed as something it isn't today. If we're going to cancel The Eyes on the alter of SJWs, there's plenty more where that came from... Second, you need better reading comprehension. I'll bold the relevant part: "I believe" denotes opinion. Seven decimal points of 9's is clearly hyperbole.
  18. There's an article on ESPN interviewing Lawrence Wright, who (re)popularized the Gator Bait chant in the 1990's at Florida. He says that *he* never took it as racist in any way, and even if it were once racist, that he and his fellow athletes defined a new history for the term. He's also pissed that the UF administration didn't even come to him to talk about it, they just jumped immediately to shutting it down, because woke. The Eyes of Texas is in the same place. Whatever (dubious at best) racist underpinnings were once there have long since been replaced with inclusive feelings - we are ALL Longhorns when we sing The Eyes. If our black students don't feel that way, it's sad, because I believe that 99.999999% of UT students and alumni don't sense any racist intent in the song. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29329250/university-florida-putting-end-gator-bait-cheer-band-performance-due-racist-history
  19. I'm bummed about the ARM move. I think it's mostly a result of I'm not Apple's target market anymore. They want casual users who only care about iMessage and web browsing with some light app usage. Business users can run O365 and spreadsheets fine if they need to. Creatives can use Adobe CC. I'm a fan of the usability of MacOS, but am a power user. There are times when I like to get into the shell and do stuff, and while I use it for work, I like to play games on it too, and Apple has always had a hostile attitude towards gaming on their laptops. They're happy for you to buy their casual iOS games, but I want to play RTS, MOBAs, FPS, other stuff...and while you can find options on Mac, it's really limited. So you're stuck with the choice of maintaining 2 systems, a windows box for gaming and Mac for everything else. It sucks because they supposedly built Metal as the OpenGL replacement to make gaming and coding for their system easier, but it hasn't taken off. I think from their Exec team down, they look down their nose at that use case - even though the hardware is more than enough to support it. Now with the move to ARM there will be even less incentive for any AAA game developer to make a MacOS version. I guess I need to bite the bullet and get a Win10 system.
  20. This is the correct list. Kidd and Nash get deductions for being screen doors on defense. Kidd gets additional deductions for absolutely REFUSING to shoot the damn ball. His game aged really poorly because the defending team could literally drop his defender and dare him to shoot the 3 and he just. wouldn't. do. it. Even wide open. Can't be top tier when you're not a threat yourself. CP3 when he was in his prime was magic with the ball. He had that thing on a string like no one I've seen in years, just an incredible handle and control and court vision. Payton's 1:1 play was unmatched, he might not have been the passer but he could create and defend really well and would be similar to Westbrook in today's NBA. Stockton was really rounded. I think he'd rack up the assists on any modern NBA team, play what passes for defense today, and had enough 3 ball to keep the defense from sagging. Although really any of those top 3 I'd be happy to have as my starting PG.
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