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  1. On 7/2/2025 at 7:15 PM, SurlyGator said:

    You sure it's not The Gout?

    But seriously, that sucks.  I hope Kris Stockton is a foot & ankle specialist orthopedic surgeon and not a podiatrist.  Please don't go see a podiatrist.  Think chiropractors with scalpels.

    This is correct. The number of post-podiatry disasters we saw...

  2. On 7/2/2025 at 5:11 PM, GhostOfTomJoad said:

    How long did my fellow old farts wait to address arthritis in your big toe(s]?

    My left one is pretty sore at the end of the day (I try walk a lot/stand as much as a white collar job allows; 12,000 steps a day is common). Flexing it upwards can result in a sharp pain. And when I get in bed at night sometimes the pressure of the covers causes it to flair up. It almost never bothers me during the day & I'm still one of the fastest walking SOBs you'll ever find (it's a running joke at work).

    I'm thinking it might be time to go see Kris Stockton like my wife did. He fileted her left big toe to remove a bone spur & clean up stuff, but she's definitely on the arthritis train. Our favorite moments are our daily walks & easy/moderate nature hikes. I shudder at the thought of losing that ability.

    I was a PA for a foot & ankle ortho surgeon for 5 years. It's been a minute, but I might still remember some stuff.

    If the arthritis is within the IP joint (joint within the toe), you can fuse that and immediately weightbear as tolerated in a post-op shoe.

    Generally, it's in the MTP joint, where the toe meets the foot, and is called hallux rigidus. Unless things have changed dramatically since 2018, you DO NOT want to do a joint replacement. It will likely fail and fusion becomes much more difficult. Fusion requires I believe 4 weeks entirely off the foot and an additional 4 weeks in a post-op shoe. It takes some adjustment, but I believe most people are able to return to most activities.

    Sometimes you can just shave off bone spurs, as your wife had done. Also, a carbon fiber insert can help limit motion, and thus pain, through the joint. Stiff-soled shoes will be your friend regardless of the route you choose.

    OTOH, pain with covers touching is a hallmark of gout, but if you have significantly limited dorsiflexion, along with pain, that's almost certainly arthritis.

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  3. 21 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

    Sorry for not being up on what a sex offender map looks like.  I've never had a reason to look for one so please forgive me.

    Tell me you're not a suburban mom without telling me you're not a suburban mom.

  4. I only caught the last set, but Sinner's groundstrokes are insane. Anyone other than Alcaraz wouldn't have even touched half those shots. Who is going to be the next non-Big 3? (Djokovic wouldn't shock me if he got one more if dodges the top 2)

  5. I've never played on anything but a hardcourt. Playing on clay or grass would be incredible. And after my initial surge of play during my wife's maternity leave with our first, I've been out maybe twice in the last three years. I need to correct that.

  6. 7 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

    See if you can guess what I did yesterday.

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    Texas national championship game, Olympic 100M final and a day at Wimbledon would probably be my top 3 bucket list sporting events. That must have been an incredible experience.

    And before I get any shit, I was a poor senior who didn't luck out in the lottery and had a grad school interview the following day for the '09 game.

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  7. 10 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

    I’d be happy to move over by the Broadmoor and the houses are way bigger than what the same money buys in Austin.  What didn’t she like about it?

     

    I think a lot of the crowd she grew up with turned into kind of deadbeats, and she felt she was going to be stuck if she stayed. She was also one of the few non-whites at her school, which was not easy as a kid. Going back as an adult, she definitely appreciates it more.

  8. On 7/4/2025 at 4:04 PM, Nigel Tufnel said:

    Would love to hear thoughts and suggestions.  

    Going up end of July early August for a week.  Thinking Crested Butte, Beaver Creek, RMNP (Estes Park/Grand Lake) or a combination of two of these.  Family of 4, son 19, about to go back for fall camp (football) and daughter, 18, about to go to UT.  

    We will do light/moderate hiking, son and I will fish.  Otherwise, we want a great place to hang when not doing those things.  Read through the thread and it has been helpful and much appreciated.

    See you in CB! I'll be there visiting my wife's sister with the family for a few days the end of July. I've only ever been in the summer to see her family, and now we've got a 3 year-old and 9 month-old, so our hikes are somewhat limited, but it's a gorgeous place.

    And to hop on the thread derail, my wife is from Colorado Springs. She doesn't have the fondest memories growing up there, but her older brother and his longtime gf are due with their first child at the end of the year. I am not attempting to dissuade her from moving back to CO sometime in the next few years. I could be outside for hours every day, especially out there.

    Doesn't hurt that in addition to her sister's place in CB, their family has 100 acres and a cabin they're fixing up just a bit north of Waunita Hot Springs. I get to check out that property for the first time on this trip too. Coming back to Round Rock afterward is going to sting.

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  9. 1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

    I hear it's going pretty well.  They ordered a new shitstick from Pottery Barn.  It's artisanal.

    Can we send @Mitch Cumsteen's wife to the original cabin? I'd love too see what happens when utilitarian meets the opposite of that.

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  10. 2 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

    She's truly awful and hope she reaps what she sows.  However,

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    You could fit two Tom Selleck mustaches between her upper lip and nose. Pass.

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  11. 1 minute ago, DDD Dad said:

    As I recall, the language of the EO was only prospective in nature (at least at this point) (presumably to protect Barron, the cyber).

    OK, that was my understanding as well. Just never know what's coming down the pike with that fucking reptile Miller trying to create a white America.

  12. Wife. She was born in the US, so I don't know if she technically gained citizenship through birthright or through some other means at the time of adoption.

  13. My wife was born in the US to a Korean non-citizen who was in the US for school, then immediately adopted. We live in Texas. Can anyone tell me how concerned we should be?

  14. 1.2 million acres today (plus weakened protections of 58 million additional acres with the rescinded roadless rule), NWRs, NFs and NPs tomorrow.

    I think anyone who lives in Texas and gives the tiniest shit about the outdoors would agree that more federal lands is preferable to our situation, where over 96% of the land is privately held. 

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