USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Foxfyre]

The pork loin is looking good! The smoker is plugging away at 175-200 degrees and we should have some fine eatings about 6 PM. That benefit is tomorrow night at Doc's, so I'll be a bit busy.

Dog! Don't they have urgent care clinics up your way? Most around here are closed up by midnight, but you're almost always out in under an hour.

Those around here all close up shop by 6 p.m. and then you HAVE to go to the E.R.

 

[Foxfyre]

Thinking about Mr. and Mrs. Ringel on their moving day today. Hoping all has gone smoothly. I am guessing they'll probably overnight here in Albuquerque.

 

[Ernie S.]

I made a special treat while the pork is in the smoker. I smoked about a cup of coffee beans. Costa Rican Terrazu smoked with pecan is amazing!

 

[Foxfyre]

I made a special treat while the pork is in the smoker. I smoked about a cup of coffee beans. Costa Rican Terrazu smoked with pecan is amazing!

I want some.

 

[Ernie S.]

Every one does. I may just put on some more. I know my friend Jim is salivating for some too.

 

[Ernie S.]

I put a couple more cups in the smoker.

 

[saveliberty]

Looks like we will break into the 70s about May.

BBD found a soap box? Wonder where he was keeping that?

Sherry is thinking about "mushrooms"?

Did Ringel end up in Texas?

How bad does your NCAA bracket challenge look?

 

[gallantwarrior]

Dramamine knock me out cold. I've found those wrist bands that operate on a specific pressure point work well, and I remain conscious an enjoy the trip more.

I haven't taken it in years, but it didn't affect me that way when I was a kid. I have a weak stomach too. I get car sick if I'm in the back seat of a standard. My tummy doesn't like it at all. Lol.

For some time, I had to fly in small airplanes to get to "work". Unfortunately, I get horribly airsick (that's why I had to quit flying lessons). Fishing trips were another challenge because I usually did more chumming than fishing, frequent head dips from the bow helped, but did not relieve the condition. Wrist bands did the trick to alleviate air/sea-sickness.

What are these wrist bands you speak of?

They are elastic bands with a plastic button that is held pressed against a pressure point on your wrist. I'll see if I can find more info later. I'm using a tablet right now and it has some limitations.

Our daughter has a problem with sea sickness and gets a patch that she wears that she says takes care of it when she goes on a boat. I hadn't heard about the wrist bands but if Hombre and I take another cruise where the seas can get heavy, I think we should look into that for him. He isn't as bad as the daughter but he can get seasick.

There are different brands available, they all look similar to this:

 

[gallantwarrior]

I have to climb up on my soap box this afternoon. Last night at around 9:00 pm I took a friend of mine down to the
Emergency Room because she had fallen in the shower and broke her arm. We got to the Emergency Room about 9:30 pm. We didn't get away from the Emergency Room until 3:00 am. The problem was the waiting room was completely full of people. There were old folks there, young mothers with babies, and everything in between. None of them, and I repeat, none of them appeared to be ill or in any kind of medical distress. The atmosphere was that of a carnival. The kids were running all over playing and doing the things that unsupervised young kids do to pass the time. My friend was finally seen and were got her the treatment she required but she could have been seen much earlier if the Emergency Room was not full of people who did not require that level of medical care.

Wow! That description fits the emergency room in just about any military hospital whenever troops are deployed. Once, I had to escort a soldier of mine because he was experiencing a bout of elephantitis. Same story, loads of people, loads of fun had by many. Too bad a soldier suffering from a very real ailment, had to wait in line behind a bunch of bored wives who just wanted a break from caring for their unruly, undisciplined brats.

 

[gallantwarrior]

I have to climb up on my soap box this afternoon. Last night at around 9:00 pm I took a friend of mine down to the
Emergency Room because she had fallen in the shower and broke her arm. We got to the Emergency Room about 9:30 pm. We didn't get away from the Emergency Room until 3:00 am. The problem was the waiting room was completely full of people. There were old folks there, young mothers with babies, and everything in between. None of them, and I repeat, none of them appeared to be ill or in any kind of medical distress. The atmosphere was that of a carnival. The kids were running all over playing and doing the things that unsupervised young kids do to pass the time. My friend was finally seen and were got her the treatment she required but she could have been seen much earlier if the Emergency Room was not full of people who did not require that level of medical care.

I feel your pain. And hers. When I need to take my aunt or uncle in for emergency treatment, we go by ambulance to avoid the hours and hours of waiting. I was having terrible face pain once and went to the ER. Eight hours later I was in worse pain and nobody had seen me. So I went home and in desperation took some illegal bootlegged Penicillin that my sister had brought back from Mexico. Within hours it was working. My dentist saw me on short notice the next day, couldn't diagnose the pain but guessed it had something to do with an abcess--took me off the illegal penicillin and put me on a legal antibiotic. And I got well.

But it's a sad state of affairs when you have to go to your dentist for healthcare.

Some of ya'll that want to air this more thoroughly than we can do in the Coffee Shop might want to join me here:
Debate Now - An Unhappy Birthday for Obamacare US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum

You know, you can purchase effective antibiotics from just about every mail order house that specializes in livestock supplies? I have quite a selection available.

 

[gallantwarrior]

I have to climb up on my soap box this afternoon. Last night at around 9:00 pm I took a friend of mine down to the
Emergency Room because she had fallen in the shower and broke her arm. We got to the Emergency Room about 9:30 pm. We didn't get away from the Emergency Room until 3:00 am. The problem was the waiting room was completely full of people. There were old folks there, young mothers with babies, and everything in between. None of them, and I repeat, none of them appeared to be ill or in any kind of medical distress. The atmosphere was that of a carnival. The kids were running all over playing and doing the things that unsupervised young kids do to pass the time. My friend was finally seen and were got her the treatment she required but she could have been seen much earlier if the Emergency Room was not full of people who did not require that level of medical care.

I feel your pain. And hers. When I need to take my aunt or uncle in for emergency treatment, we go by ambulance to avoid the hours and hours of waiting. I was having terrible face pain once and went to the ER. Eight hours later I was in worse pain and nobody had seen me. So I went home and in desperation took some illegal bootlegged Penicillin that my sister had brought back from Mexico. Within hours it was working. My dentist saw me on short notice the next day, couldn't diagnose the pain but guessed it had something to do with an abcess--took me off the illegal penicillin and put me on a legal antibiotic. And I got well.

But it's a sad state of affairs when you have to go to your dentist for healthcare.

Some of ya'll that want to air this more thoroughly than we can do in the Coffee Shop might want to join me here:
Debate Now - An Unhappy Birthday for Obamacare US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum

You know, you can purchase effective antibiotics from just about every mail order house that specializes in livestock supplies? I have quite a selection available.

 

[Ernie S.]

Hint when walking into an emergency room: Say the words, "Chest pain" and they see you right away.

 

[Sherry]

Looks like we will break into the 70s about May.

BBD found a soap box? Wonder where he was keeping that?

Sherry is thinking about "mushrooms"?

Did Ringel end up in Texas?

How bad does your NCAA bracket challenge look?

 

[Ernie S.]

Yeah, right....

 

[Ringel05]

Okay........ We're not getting out of here tonight, the movers just finished about a half hour ago and we still have stuff that wouldn't fit in the moving van so tomorrow morning we get up early, I finish loading the truck and car, put what we can't take in the garage and come back to pick it up in a week or two. Cleared it with the landlord so we're good there. I'd get a small trailer but we have to be in El Paso before 6pm to sign the lease and pick up the keys and the Uhaul place doesn't open here till 9am.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Okay........ We're not getting out of here tonight, the movers just finished about a half hour ago and we still have stuff that wouldn't fit in the moving van so tomorrow morning we get up early, I finish loading the truck and car, put what we can't take in the garage and come back to pick it up in a week or two. Cleared it with the landlord so we're good there. I'd get a small trailer but we have to be in El Paso before 6pm to sign the lease and pick up the keys and the Uhaul place doesn't open here till 9am.

Good luck, dude. The stress must be oppressing. Just keep in mind, this too will pass and you will soon be settled into your new digs.

 

[ChrisL]

Looks like we will break into the 70s about May.

BBD found a soap box? Wonder where he was keeping that?

Sherry is thinking about "mushrooms"?

Did Ringel end up in Texas?

How bad does your NCAA bracket challenge look?

Cool! How did you do that, you tricky chicky?

 

[Montrovant]

Hint when walking into an emergency room: Say the words, "Chest pain" and they see you right away.

At the least, they are forced to take it somewhat seriously. That's what multiple ER nurses have told me as well.

 

[Ringel05]

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Okay........ We're not getting out of here tonight, the movers just finished about a half hour ago and we still have stuff that wouldn't fit in the moving van so tomorrow morning we get up early, I finish loading the truck and car, put what we can't take in the garage and come back to pick it up in a week or two. Cleared it with the landlord so we're good there. I'd get a small trailer but we have to be in El Paso before 6pm to sign the lease and pick up the keys and the Uhaul place doesn't open here till 9am.

Good luck, dude. The stress must be oppressing. Just keep in mind, this too will pass and you will soon be settled into your new digs.

Right now it's just utter exhaustion. I have the laptop on a TV tray sitting on a folding chair, the wife is soaking in the tub. Have already loaded some stuff in the vehicles so tomorrow morning it's up at 0-dark-thirty, run to the gas-mart for coffee, take the bed apart and load it in the back of the truck with a few other items, finish loading clothes, food and cleaners in the vehicles, toss the cats in their carriers load them an head down the road, hope to get out by 8am at the latest. We're taking the short route, I 25 to 84 south to 54 all the way into El Paso through Alamogordo. Cuts about 45 minutes off the trip if one is going all the way down I 25.

 

[saveliberty]

Looks like we will break into the 70s about May.

BBD found a soap box? Wonder where he was keeping that?

Sherry is thinking about "mushrooms"?

Did Ringel end up in Texas?

How bad does your NCAA bracket challenge look?

Why should you not feel innocent about mushrooms?