And now what did you do TODAY?

[swt61]

Got a chance to use some of the new tools working at the boss' house.

[swt61]

[n_maher]

@swt61 - how’s the hand healing up, Steve?

[swt61]

It's doing really good. I'm guessing another few weeks and I can lose the bandage.

[blessingx]

Had outer stitches removed from my neck today due a hole made recently extracting a growth. Not sure if it was ever really in doubt, but was tested and a simple epidermal inclusion cyst, thus benign. One of those I never felt in danger, but still felt strangely giddy when the expected test results came back. 

[mikeymad]

good to hear Ric.

but.....

 

 

{please don't}

[n_maher]

7 hours ago, blessingx said:

Had outer stitches removed from my neck today due a hole made recently extracting a growth. Not sure if it was ever really in doubt, but was tested and a simple epidermal inclusion cyst, thus benign. One of those I never felt in danger, but still felt strangely giddy when the expected test results came back. 

Excellent news. 

[Craig Sawyers]

Woohoo - that must be a weight off! Great news Ric.

Been there recently so I know exactly the nervousness waiting for the result.

Mine took a bit longer to heal than expected because the bone headed nurse that took the stitches out, left a fragment in and that got infected, which was not fun.

[swt61]

Finished up the fence/gate job at my boss' house.

The wall now reaches down to the top of the planter.

[swt61]

On 4/5/2022 at 12:59 PM, n_maher said:

@swt61 - how’s the hand healing up, Steve?

Sorry in advance to any squeamish heteros. I really don't remember how to hide photos.

New skin growing in quickly. I had an eye exam yesterday at Marin Clinic. The Dr. asked why my finger was bandaged. After telling g her the story she insisted on having one of the general physicians look at it. After looking at it he said it looks like it's healing well, and said that I was doing everything right, other than not seeing a Dr. about it at the time. He commented that it was lucky it wasn't a worse outcome. I then showed him several pictures I took right after it happened. He about fell on the floor. He told me that I'm an amazing healer. That has always been the case, and I'm glad to see that age hasn't slowed down that process for me. 

Oh yeah, my eyes are great too. 

[morphsci]

Delivered a signed copy of IRS form 8879 to our CPA and then made a small donation to the U.S. Treasury 

[n_maher]

I submitted my donation on Sunday night.  Did not feel good. 

[swt61]

Removed the bandage from my finger. Realized that this latest accident actually removed the long scar from where the Dr. had sewn the finger together from the first accident. 

[Augsburger]

Tried teaching my neighbor's dog not to poop on my lawn. It did not go well.  The second one hiding at 9 o'clock was much larger and totally unafraid of me. We parted company acknowledging it would be better not to test each other.

 

 

[n_maher]

It is sightings like that, and similar ones that have occurred in my neck of the woods, that have me thinking that something like a bean bag shotgun wouldn’t be the worst thing to have around.  

[luvdunhill]

I helped a turtle cross the road

[morphsci]

51 minutes ago, luvdunhill said:

I helped a turtle cross the road

 

You call that a turtle? This is a turtle …

[Voltron]

Why did the turtle want to cross the road?

[luvdunhill]

31 minutes ago, Voltron said:

Why did the turtle want to cross the road?

Probably to get away from this carnage. I have couple piles of mulch here and there now.

 

[EdipisReks1]

Spending my first night at home in a few days. My mother was okay today and yesterday (at least what passes for her after surgery), but there was a bad reaction to tramadol the day before which ended in agitated hallucinatory delusions for about 18 hours.

It was rough. 

[Augsburger]

 

 

Imagine this crawling across your foot at night while you sit in the dark on your computer.

 

 

[n_maher]

No. Nope. Nuh uh. Not gonna do it. 

[swt61]

All you need is a little Drew Barrymore type...

[Augsburger]

The thought has crossed my mind I will say.

[Craig Sawyers]

Actually last week walking in Orkney and Shetland. Orkney is flat with wet pools and quite boring geographically, Shetland is much hillier and nicer to walk. Weather was uncharacteristically superb; the whole area is known for torrential rain and gale force winds, often together.

Jarleshof is a Viking trading post on Shetland. The Old Man of Hoy is a famous 450 feet sea stack, and is notoriously difficult to climb. Scara Brea is a stone age settlement on Orkney. Note the stone sideboard! Real Flintstones. And two pics of us.