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#1381
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Ben
Time to not put yourself through hell anymore.
I spent 9.5 hours yesterday, and 11 hours on Friday in the heat. This makes life much better, and can be used for BBQ, picnics , or just sitting in the shade..
A canopy and fan will change your life immensely. Anytime I work on the brick, or my other vehicles, the 24" drum fan and pop up canopy go into effect. They now sell the 36" and 48" drum fans. It's like working in 70 degree temps
Tractor supply, home cheapo, northern tool, global industrial supply all have them.
Time to not put yourself through hell anymore.
I spent 9.5 hours yesterday, and 11 hours on Friday in the heat. This makes life much better, and can be used for BBQ, picnics , or just sitting in the shade..
A canopy and fan will change your life immensely. Anytime I work on the brick, or my other vehicles, the 24" drum fan and pop up canopy go into effect. They now sell the 36" and 48" drum fans. It's like working in 70 degree temps
Tractor supply, home cheapo, northern tool, global industrial supply all have them.
Edwin
#1382
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A note of caution about working in the heat with a fan on. Be sure to drink plenty of water and some gatorade while you're at it. I worked a day in a hanger with a big fan on me and got severely dehydrated. I had to spend the night in intensive care because of it. Not Fun.
Edwin
Edwin
#1383
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That's good advice for anyone...I'm 72 and have diabetes plus a stent propping one artery open...I have to be aware of how I feel at all times to prevent another low blood glucose episode like the one that cost me my previous truck...It was 94° again today with 80% humidity...The RealFeel number was 103°...I got all the exposed wiring under my truck cased in split loom, then wired in new relays in the console for my new front lights...I ran the new wiring from the console to the left front headlight bucket...All that in 20 minute shifts with plenty of water and rest breaks...I'll try to finish up tomorrow...I need a nap......Ben
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nonrev (07-08-2019)
#1384
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And now back to our regular programming....
My youngest daughter....16 now....loves old vintage stuff, fashion, decor etc and wanted an older car for her first vehicle. I found a 79 Mercury Zephyr we drove 10 hours round trip to go look at but it turned out to be in pretty rough shape compared to the pics and info I was given. So continued the hunt and eventually found a 1988 Aries K car with a 2.5L motor, auto, A/C, buckets and am/fm WITH cassette!! One owner car, always garaged and said to have 183K original KM's.....but I think it's only 83K by the condition of the car. Car was almost 10 hours from me but had a friend who lives close by go look at it for me....said this thing is still brand new and worth the slightly higher asking price.
So loaded up patches and hooked to the trailer we made the trip down to go get it. It was everything it was touted to be so the purchase was made!
Original owner and the car...
Pics oft he car....
She tossed in the pillows for free....
My youngest daughter....16 now....loves old vintage stuff, fashion, decor etc and wanted an older car for her first vehicle. I found a 79 Mercury Zephyr we drove 10 hours round trip to go look at but it turned out to be in pretty rough shape compared to the pics and info I was given. So continued the hunt and eventually found a 1988 Aries K car with a 2.5L motor, auto, A/C, buckets and am/fm WITH cassette!! One owner car, always garaged and said to have 183K original KM's.....but I think it's only 83K by the condition of the car. Car was almost 10 hours from me but had a friend who lives close by go look at it for me....said this thing is still brand new and worth the slightly higher asking price.
So loaded up patches and hooked to the trailer we made the trip down to go get it. It was everything it was touted to be so the purchase was made!
Original owner and the car...
Pics oft he car....
She tossed in the pillows for free....
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Blue Goose (07-14-2019)
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Blue Goose (07-14-2019)
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Loaded up and at hotel for the night....
Patches made the drive home with no problems, we did 1517Km's in two days and about 18 hours of driving for me.....Pulling the loaded trailer home I got 16.5 mpg through the mountains!
Only issue I had was leaving a lot and pulling out onto the road the trailer jack got bent backwards..... Oh well there are worse things that could have happened so i will take this with a shrug and figure out how to repair it later.
Patches made the drive home with no problems, we did 1517Km's in two days and about 18 hours of driving for me.....Pulling the loaded trailer home I got 16.5 mpg through the mountains!
Only issue I had was leaving a lot and pulling out onto the road the trailer jack got bent backwards..... Oh well there are worse things that could have happened so i will take this with a shrug and figure out how to repair it later.
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Blue Goose (07-14-2019)
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Very nice find
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A note of caution about working in the heat with a fan on. Be sure to drink plenty of water and some gatorade while you're at it. I worked a day in a hanger with a big fan on me and got severely dehydrated. I had to spend the night in intensive care because of it. Not Fun.
Edwin
Edwin
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I get horrible leg cramps almost nightly...I never heard of Gatorade being a preventative...I wonder what ingredient is active for that purpose......Ben
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Potassium, Magnesium. And salt imbalance.
.or so I'm told
I all I know is when I get enough , I don't wake up freaking out from the cramps.
Leg cramps can be a sign of a medication you are taking is affecting your nervous system. Drugs for prostate, cholesterol and other common ssues for health maintenance can cause severe cramping.
.or so I'm told
I all I know is when I get enough , I don't wake up freaking out from the cramps.
Leg cramps can be a sign of a medication you are taking is affecting your nervous system. Drugs for prostate, cholesterol and other common ssues for health maintenance can cause severe cramping.
#1392
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That's it TC...keep her in a Mopar. Nice find.
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thrashingcows (07-15-2019)
#1393
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Potassium, Magnesium. And salt imbalance.
.or so I'm told
I all I know is when I get enough , I don't wake up freaking out from the cramps.
Leg cramps can be a sign of a medication you are taking is affecting your nervous system. Drugs for prostate, cholesterol and other common ssues for health maintenance can cause severe cramping.
.or so I'm told
I all I know is when I get enough , I don't wake up freaking out from the cramps.
Leg cramps can be a sign of a medication you are taking is affecting your nervous system. Drugs for prostate, cholesterol and other common ssues for health maintenance can cause severe cramping.
Geez,
and I thought I was the only one falling apart, I get leg cramps, foot cramps all of the time, they get so painful I cannot even get out of bed, when I do I am beating my foot on the ground trying to make it go away,
I get them when I am driving and my daughter sees me pounding my foot on the floorboard trying to make it stop.
The worst one I had was when I was deep inside and MRI that ended up in a painful panic attack.
The only thing that I found even gives relief is Theraworx, a cream you rub on your muscles and it really works.
Its main ingredient is Magnesium Sulfate
Mine got bad from the steroids from all of the epidurals I have had. I have had 16 of them to date and it is one of the side effects of the drug.
Jim
#1394
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Back when I still had some medical insurance my doctor prescribed quinine sulfate which worked well when taken daily...260 grain tablets would cost me about $80 a month now, so I put up with the pain......Ben
#1395
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Geez,
and I thought I was the only one falling apart, I get leg cramps, foot cramps all of the time, they get so painful I cannot even get out of bed, when I do I am beating my foot on the ground trying to make it go away,
I get them when I am driving and my daughter sees me pounding my foot on the floorboard trying to make it stop.
The worst one I had was when I was deep inside and MRI that ended up in a painful panic attack.
The only thing that I found even gives relief is Theraworx, a cream you rub on your muscles and it really works.
Its main ingredient is Magnesium Sulfate
Mine got bad from the steroids from all of the epidurals I have had. I have had 16 of them to date and it is one of the side effects of the drug.
Jim
and I thought I was the only one falling apart, I get leg cramps, foot cramps all of the time, they get so painful I cannot even get out of bed, when I do I am beating my foot on the ground trying to make it go away,
I get them when I am driving and my daughter sees me pounding my foot on the floorboard trying to make it stop.
The worst one I had was when I was deep inside and MRI that ended up in a painful panic attack.
The only thing that I found even gives relief is Theraworx, a cream you rub on your muscles and it really works.
Its main ingredient is Magnesium Sulfate
Mine got bad from the steroids from all of the epidurals I have had. I have had 16 of them to date and it is one of the side effects of the drug.
Jim
I used to get bad leg cramps that would make me scream. I think it was an electrolyte imbalance but I could never get the docs at the VA to track it down. Finding out such things is not standard of care and doesn't make Big Pharma any money.
Eventually I got a set of supplements that works with my meds and I haven't had an episode in years. If you have a doc that will cooperate have ALL of your electrolytes checked and figure out what is wrong.
Edwin
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NJTman (07-15-2019)