Topic: Little things that make you happy

[johngenx]

The dramatic rise in self-confidence of my daughter after having lived away from home for not even two months.  Not that she had issues previously, but her new found "spring in her step" is amazing to see, and her ideas about life and career have moved even farther from "mainstream."  She's found her "tribe" and they're showing her that she's not a unique oddball that has lost her way.  It's not only living independently, but it's where she's living that's made such a difference.

[ktm525]

Healthy men frequently die after shoveling snow...so I have a snowblower for health precautions!   

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-30119410

I can tell when my HR is elevated and I can safely say it's never been very high when shoveling snow.  The article is confused about a healthy person really is.   I don't find even shoveling the largest dumps all that taxing.

I agree.  Warmed up by carefully doing the path before the drive. Alert for any signs, shortness of breath etc.  Most important I think is that I don't attempt to hurry.  I know what I can do and I am aware that the rate at which I can shovel is much lower than it was even 12 years ago when I retired..I accept that.  My doc says that I am healthy for a 72 year old sedentary  overweight guy who takes no exercise and eats all the wrong stuff.

 

[Scaerio]

Awesome - it's always nice to find your "tribe," especially if you've always been a bit of an outsider.

[johngenx]

Awesome - it's always nice to find your "tribe," especially if you've always been a bit of an outsider.

Yeah, she's always been a bit of a square peg in a round hole.  It's never really bothered her, but finding an entire community of people that feel like she does about leading an unconventional and adventurous life has been great.

[Solstice2006]

Someone came to look at the 6 yesterday, sent me a $500 etransfer deposit.  Going to have it certified on tuesday.  Agreed on $14k.  Buyout is $14,734.  So I avoid making 11 months of lease payments, and another year of insurance, and worrying about a place to park it. 

[johngenx]

Someone came to look at the 6 yesterday, sent me a $500 etransfer deposit.  Going to have it certified on tuesday.  Agreed on $14k.  Buyout is $14,734.  So I avoid making 11 months of lease payments, and another year of insurance, and worrying about a place to park it.

 

[Railton]

Someone came to look at the 6 yesterday, sent me a $500 etransfer deposit.  Going to have it certified on tuesday.  Agreed on $14k.  Buyout is $14,734.  So I avoid making 11 months of lease payments, and another year of insurance, and worrying about a place to park it.

Boss!
What's next?
Railton

[johngenx]

Buick, of course, what else?

[Hannibalsmith]

Someone came to look at the 6 yesterday, sent me a $500 etransfer deposit.  Going to have it certified on tuesday.  Agreed on $14k.  Buyout is $14,734.  So I avoid making 11 months of lease payments, and another year of insurance, and worrying about a place to park it.

Boss!
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Railton

So who is on the hook for those 11 payments? Is that the buyout amount as of now or when the lease comes up?

[rrocket]

Healthy men frequently die after shoveling snow...so I have a snowblower for health precautions!   

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-30119410

I can tell when my HR is elevated and I can safely say it's never been very high when shoveling snow.  The article is confused about a healthy person really is.   I don't find even shoveling the largest dumps all that taxing.

Not morbidly obese is the new healthy.

I'd also say Jon isn't the normal. Clearly he's used to high exertion in frigid temperatures due to his hobby.

It would be like those ultra marathon guys running in desert temps saying heat stroke isn't real because it doesn't bother them LOL

[johngenx]

I agree that I'm not representative of what the typical person should do in terms of fitness/training.  But, I think that what people think is "healthy" now is pathetic.  Just pathetic.  One of my climbing partners is a lawyer and works in a high rise office building.  One day we came back from having lunch and there was some sort of elevator control system malfunction, so none of the elevators were working.  No problem, up the stairs we go.  Well, holy hell, 99% of the people were gasping for air after one flight.  You'd think they'd just scaled some Himalayan peak, and they'd gone a few steps.  These weren't huge people - normal looking kinda folks, they're just pathetically weak.  No muscular strength and no cardio-vascular capacity.

People live lives where they get out of a car, get into an elevator, or ride an escalator or moving sidewalk or whatever - self locomotion is increasingly rare.  They don't have to carry things or lift things or move anything other than maybe a computer mouse.

Larry and I were 20-30 or more years older than a lot of the people on those stairs and our biggest challenge in the 24 flights we went up was getting around everyone bent over the railings trying to catch their breath.

[rrocket]

Sure..I get it.

I think most office drones would be horrified at the danger and physical nature of my job.

But I understood it was equal parts exertion and in particular what the cold does to the vascular system that makes it dangerous and more taxing than a workout on a treadmill.

And I also don't think a cardiologist doing a study would call out of shape blobs "healthy".

I'm definitely not a super in shape guy like you (as evidenced from my photos! )...but I'm also not a sedentary blob while I work. I'm usually quite busy at work and it's often quite physical (most everything is large and heavy when working with steel), lots of going to from machines in somewhat heavy steel toe/shank boots (plants are large), etc.

No question you'd leave me for dead on even one of your leisurely runs. But I also wouldn't be remotely gassed taking the stairs.

This is fairly typical activity for a 10 hour shift for me. IQ nursing sometimes walks nearly double in her 12 hour shift...she needs roller skates!

[Solstice2006]

Someone came to look at the 6 yesterday, sent me a $500 etransfer deposit.  Going to have it certified on tuesday.  Agreed on $14k.  Buyout is $14,734.  So I avoid making 11 months of lease payments, and another year of insurance, and worrying about a place to park it.

Boss!
What's next?
Railton

So who is on the hook for those 11 payments? Is that the buyout amount as of now or when the lease comes up?

Buyout as of now

[Railton]

For those that care not to fly Air Canada out of Terminal One for transborder flights - It's about time.
Railton
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[Bubba]

Being able to listen to US-based iHeartRadio stations once again.  No idea why the change of policy, but it's nice listening to KFI-Los Angeles and KFYI-Phoenix.

[johngenx]

There was this $95 backcountry pot set I wanted.  Every day I log into Amazon, and the price drops a bit.  The last couple days it sticks at $42.  Got it - that's half price!  Score.

[BWII]

That my jingle jangling car issue was apparently a stuck starter drive.  Wouldn't suck the starter gear back in.  So they cleaned it and lithium greased it (can't find a starter anywhere and so far it's working) so he said give it a few days and see if it's good.  He'll only write up the bill when we know it's working, or not.  If it starts up again, he's going to have to order a new starter. 

Funny, it's on top of the engine, under the battery tray.  My brain sees starters at the bottom by the exhaust manifold where it's easy and fun to get at...then again I don't exactly spend a lot of time under cars. Wonder if that's something I could then just do myself if it happens again.  Would almost feel guilty not bringing it back to him though...he's gotta eat, and he'll probably undercharge me compared to what someone else would've...conundrums.

[rrocket]

There was this $95 backcountry pot set I wanted.  Every day I log into Amazon, and the price drops a bit.  The last couple days it sticks at $42.  Got it - that's half price!  Score.

Not bad...is that for a full ounce? 

[rrocket]

That my jingle jangling car issue was apparently a stuck starter drive.  Wouldn't suck the starter gear back in.  So they cleaned it and lithium greased it (can't find a starter anywhere and so far it's working) so he said give it a few days and see if it's good.  He'll only write up the bill when we know it's working, or not.  If it starts up again, he's going to have to order a new starter. 

Funny, it's on top of the engine, under the battery tray.  My brain sees starters at the bottom by the exhaust manifold where it's easy and fun to get at...then again I don't exactly spend a lot of time under cars. Wonder if that's something I could then just do myself if it happens again.  Would almost feel guilty not bringing it back to him though...he's gotta eat, and he'll probably undercharge me compared to what someone else would've...conundrums.

RockAuto is your friend.

[BWII]

Yeah, I figured I'd look that up yet...just in case.  So long as it's a genuine Ford part and not some Chinese knock off.  A t-shirt or a purse...sure, but not my starter. (where else might it be made if not China, right?)