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Also, obligatory, "I hate Tennessee Nazis"
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Did he raise much of a furor?
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Does this kind of thing happen in "rich" school districts?
I am also curious how this sort of thing goes down on the construction side of things for big SD projects.
I can see bribery as a problem but for the most part all of those large GC's are pretty much the same as far as quality subs and management personnel. Most of the contracts are management fee, OH, and the cost plus rather hard bid. If the required bribes are outrageous, I could see the GC's jacking up the sub numbers and getting some kickbacks to make up the difference. If the jobs are run legit once the contracts are awarded, then this is not a big a problem as we are making it out to be.
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If at first you don't succeed, quit and get tanked. -Steve Dallas.
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23 minutes ago, Armybrat said:
About all I can manage is doing the stationary recumbent bike three or four times a week - 40 minute sessions each. Better than nothing, but then again anything more generates chest pain for me. That can suck major league donkey calls.
Of course there is a caveat for age and existing health issues. That being said, I bet you could find some of your old weights laying around and do some work.
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15 hours ago, Sbbruin said:
I am celebrating my 53rd lap around the sun today. 7 days/week of dedicated exercise is unsustainable for people like me. I work out 4 days/ week, and each time it is some weights and 30 mins of cardio (elliptical due to a bad ankle). Coupled with better eating, I'm down 10 lbs this yr. But if I tried to make it 7 days a week I would probably bail out. This seems sustainable.
A program I was on advocated for something similar (for exercise-diet was a whole other thing entirely) , although it was not age specific. It was surprising how little you had to do to actually be in really good shape. I will write it out below, but before anybody freaks out, the exercises are able to be scaled. For example, if part of your workout call for 50 push ups, you would not necessarily have to do 50 normal push ups. Depending on your starting ability and strength you could start doing something as easy as wall push up and progress to normal push ups. From a strength perspective, once you are able to do the strength workout below 2 times per week, you will have been able to develop ~90% of your genetic functional strength without having to concentrate or overdo it developing that last 10% for say, a specialty sport or something.
Moving: 3-5 hours per week of moving around slowly: (yard work, walking, housework, shopping, casual recreation(fishing, hiking, hunting, playing with the kids) Everything counts.
Strength: 2 X per week: 12 pull ups, 50 push ups, 50 air squats, 2 min forearm plank hold. Repeat these with reverse grip on pull ups for the second round. (takes about 30 min with minimal rest in between to catch breath)
Sprint: 1 X every 7 to 10 days: 8-12 all out max effort sprints of 10-15 seconds duration with ample recovery in between sprints. Could be running, cycling, swimming, elliptical etc.
Once you are able to do the above, you can upgrade to more difficult variations, but there is no need to. And again, there are easier exercises that you do with the same sets/reps to work up to the above.
So as you can see you are working out only 3 days per week max and there is no gym membership required. I did this for about 3 years at age 45-48, and with proper diet was able to go from 200lbs to less than 175lbs...and that last 10 lbs was slow to come off as I was bumping up against ~10-12% body fat, but was simply able to add about an hour more of walking/week to get there.
My regimen was interrupted by injury as I progressed on my squat variations to pistol squats (10 per leg not 50) which injured my groin. I was able to get back on it once things healed up and things worked just fine. I have not been able to keep to it regularly after I took up rock climbing, as I have been doing different exercises and dealing with various injuries, but it is always something I turn back to when I need it and it still works now even at age 53.
I would also say that, since this is an old farts thread, I would take any strength/sprint training very slowly, and spend a good amount of that 3-5 hours per week of moving slowly on mobility exercises.
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21 hours ago, Deej said:
No Jimmy the Neck?
I think he is over on NPR.
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On 3/1/2020 at 10:57 PM, ImissWallyPryor said:
My wife had shoulder surgery about 12 years ago. She developed a “frozen” shoulder. Even though her damage and repair wasn’t as significant as yours, the scar tissue was no fun.
I tore my rotator cuff playing football on Freshman Field (a.k.a. Jester Field) in 1979. I didn’t have surgery, but for years it would dislocate doing everything from diving in the water to rolling over in bed. I could eventually lift weights fine, but I couldn’t throw worth a shit. Then the opposite thing happened when I started playing catch with my son. Starting out easy before throwing harder and further allowed my shoulder to strengthen. I could eventually throw a football 30 yards on a rope, or that’s what it felt like after years of throwing like a pussy.
The only thing is I would still need to warm up before I could make a full throwing motion. One time I was coaching first base for my son’s Little League team, and I had to retrieve a foul ball by the fence behind me. Let’s just say that my cold shoulder throw back to the pitcher was legendary.
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4 hours ago, Thrawn said:
Not a huge fan either, but something just feels right about it when I go to the beach. Maybe it will warm up enough tomorrow to hit a spring training game, then end the day at the tiki bar on the beach with more than a few Coronas. Sounds better than hanging out on the lanai with a bottle of bourbon. Though that is plan B at this point.
FYI. Went with Bud Light...the devil you know and all that.
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51 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:
Guess what is trending right now? #38% of Americans. Oh and #TrumpLiesAboutCoronavirus is at #4. He's in for a rough day.
So the first things to fly off the shelves was, of course, masks, hand sanitizer, respirators, disinfectant, tissues etc. But this will be the next thing. I am going to stock up this afternoon and help 'em out a bit. (even though I don't like Corona...beer)
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12 hours ago, bolverk said:
I took this photo on the courthouse square of Llano yesterday but didn't notice any Trump flags between Bee Cave and there. That said, I can guarantee you'd see some further northwest between Llano and Brady on 71.
Notice how the COUNTY GOVERNMENT is being subtle in their support and celebration of the Confederacy (not the battle flag).
From a historical perspective, I can somewhat understand retaining a 100-year-old monument but have no understanding of the thought process which would lead a COUNTY GOVERNMENT to decide that it's okay to fly the Stars and Bars.
Why would Llano County have a statue of Truman Capote?
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20 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:
On the topic of Mr. Money Mustache, I would suggest easing into financial minimalism. For example, if you're eating out 5x per week, perhaps cut it back to 2x instead of 0. You run the risk of rebounding back to bad habits if you cold turkey everything in your life. You still have to live and enjoy life to some extent. Or let Starbucks become the monthly treat instead of the stop during the daily commute. Or instead of cancelling Spotify, SiriusXM, Pandora and Apple Music, keep 1 of them.
You and your wife need to be on the exact same page if you start cutting back. Any spouse will get fed up if they disagree about any spending changes. I don't mean nodding her head that she knows that spending needs to go down. Couples have to be 100% locked in with the plan.
This. In my post I was not suggesting any kind of financial minimalism at all. People who find themselves in these kinds of financial situations can often just take a step back, take a deep breath and really look at what they are buying and go "holy shit there is a lot of waste and stupid bullshit". Kind of like someone who is overweight, who just takes a look at their diet and realizes they are pounding 64 oz of soda per day, eating fast food 10 times per week and consuming 25 craft beers over the weekend....if they just stop and say wtf am I doing and make a few little changes, they can get off of the ledge pretty quickly by getting at that low hanging fruit.
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2 hours ago, Viper said:
try reading the short story it was based off of by Ted Chiang. He has two collections of philosophical short stories like this, though Arrival/Story of Your Life, is the only one involving aliens.
Read the whole collection/book that "Arrival" was in. Great stories. I especially liked the Tower of Babel and the "genetically altered smart guy" story.
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The Alex Honold Signature Spatula.
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When I was a kid we ate a Long John Silver's pretty much every Friday during lent. I loved it back then and I suspect they get a good amount of catholic business even when it is not Lent just from being a creature of habit default. I still go about once a year and regret it each time.
I have seen no mentions of Braum's in the Midwest. Purely shitastic interstate food served with lousy ice cream.
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Others have offered ways to restructure your debt and you are going to have to do something about that sooner rather than later. But..
..others have also said you need to address the root cause of the problem which is spending more than you make. Now if this was because of home expenses or illness or some other thing that you do not see as repeating systemic problem then you are on your way once you do the restructure and payoff. But if not, I would take a look at Mr Money Mustache , a website dedicated to eliminating necessary expenses and changing the way you think about what is and is not really necessary. The site can come off as pretty radical, ridiculously frugal, and tone deaf, but if you do only half of what they recommend, you will get that spending under control and probably change the way you think about money and life in general. Much like losing weight, spending on needs rather than wants takes a shift in thinking and a permanent lifestyle adjustment. Hate to go all Susan Orman on you but that is the issue I see. Good luck, or as longtime AM radio host and money guy Bruce Williams would say, "I wish you well my friend".
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26 minutes ago, pacman said:
Yes! To ChiTown's point, I read an excellent article way back from the late 2000s. It discussed how the 1% pays the next 10% or so just enough to get them voting and speaking up for the 1%, against their own self-interests, but not enough to actually elevate their own family's fortunes. All the while, convincing them to take on more and more debt.
This was similar to FDR's argument he had for the rich/titans of industry around the beginning of the Great Depression. He was able to get the wealthy players to buy in on giving up some things and helping out in order to avoid a full scale revolution. You can a pay a little bit now or a lot later.
In addition, I would also add that another part of our problem is wanton consumerism. For example a primary driver in housing is square footage which has jumped from ~1,200 sqft in the 60's to over 2,200 sqft today. ..and this in addition to all the other complete stupid bullshit we spend money on. The reason we do this is because we are stupid lemmings who have no sense of self worth and must rely on some kind of shopping high to sustain ourselves somehow, all the while we stuff ourselves with crappy food because we don't have time to cook or because we need some kind additional comfort.
Many of these increasing costs act like a hidden regressive tax. The best example I can think of is college tuition. Disregard the truly elite who send their kids to incredibly expensive private colleges without a thought and consider the merely very wealthy who send their kids to great public universities. The high tuition does not bother them in the least as it is not a large % of their income, but has become a disproportionate expense for even the well off as public funding has been reduced.
Frankly I don't know how some of you can get by. I own my very nice home and my two family vehicles outright. Have no debt. Make a descent living along with my wife. I have put one kid through college and have two more who attend public school. I am self employed and take full advantage of the tax code when I can. We are not even close to being paycheck to paycheck, but if I have no idea how I am going to retire, pay for college for my two youngest, pay for a new car, or deal with a major medical event. We live modestly, garden, cook, road trip on family vacations etc., I have been putting off knee surgery/diagnosis to avoid the hit. I buy my slacks at Costco for god's sake. We are fucked as a country if something doesn't change.
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This is not going to be easy.
I can remember when I was in a sort of similar situation about 20 years ago and I had a lot more going for me than she does.
I was independent with my own place. No health issues. My kid was in soccer and band and lived with his mom and was able to get around. I had a running group that I trained with and was able to get my son to train with us on the days when he was with me and we were actually doing some training( this was actually pretty good, but it occurred more organically)
I had other friends that I could hang out with and my folks were in town and were very supportive.
I did the church thing and got involved with retreats and helping others etc.
I even had some dates from set ups and on line dating in its early years....but....
The one thing I remember was the feeling of loneliness and isolation especially when trying a new group or club or whatever. The desperation was palpable and I never felt like I belonged and I felt worse if I dragged my kid along. None of that stuff worked very well. Even father/son time doing regular stuff seemed a little forced and desperate.
I just ended up doing stuff I liked to do that would put me in contact with people in an indirect way and eventually built up some avenues . Time, a few good girlfriends, and a gradually improving life situation did the rest...but it took several years.
In the short term I would suggest some kind of attention to exercise, sunshine when you can get it and a diet that will help with inflammation etc.
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On 2/21/2020 at 7:40 PM, dingleberryswitzer said:
How old is the OP? Ultimate is a pretty intense sport. You're gonna have to hang it up eventually.
OP is 53. Ultimate is not my sport, I just played it from time to time and can easily give it up. I only mentioned it because it was the activity that immediately preceded my first bout with stiffness/pain, although I do not think it is the cause of the injury. I think ultimate just aggravated it.
I aggravated this injury last week doing some bouldering(rock climbing). I rock climb all off the time, but these boulder problems had some running/jumping starts which were done on a crash pad as a launch, which given its unstable nature was probably a lot like doing some of the moves found in ultimate which, again aggravated things.
As of today, my knee is on the mend after a weekend of rest and Aleve and will probably be back to its pre-aggravation state in a couple of days. I just need to get the underlying problem addressed if I can...so I can do some straight line running and recover my range of motion so I can train for rock climbing and some weight loss maintenance.
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A couple of years ago I was dealing with a finger injury from climbing and in lieu of climbing at my rock gym I availed myself of their fitness classes which were kind of a what I would describe as a "light cross fit" - lots of box jumps, burbees, air squats lunges, pull ups etc. but no hard core Olympic style lifting.
This seemed to be going just fine and I was never called out on form or anything until...I elected to go and play some ultimate Frisbee. I played just fine with no issues until the next day when the back medial side of my knee swelled up and was tight and painful. I had played ultimate quite a bit before my fitness classes and never had an issue, so I am thinking I got into some bad form or mechanics somewhere along the way with the classes. The injury righted itself after a couple of weeks and I stopped the fitness classes. A few months later I tried to to do ultimate again with the same result.
I went to the doctor, they took X rays and did a few range of motion tests and said everything looked just fine and did not order an MRI for the knee. So I have done various rehab and prehab type of exercises over the last few months and avoided the ones that seemed to cause any discomfort. But there always seems to be some discomfort when in an extreme squat position like Kosak squats , pistol squats, or shin box raises (Note: i don't do any of these exercises-I'm just describing the position where pain begins).
So enough background info. Right now it looks like some kind of light MCL sprain and most likely some meniscus damage. I am tired of dealing with this-I need to get an MRI and deal with it from a position of knowledge. Any recommendations for somebody in south Austin (north austin would be ok, just not round rock etc.).
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41 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:
Doctor Car sounds like an 80s knight rider spinoff
..or "ambulance" translated to Korean then translated back into English.
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41 minutes ago, millhouse said:
Former DC Greg Robinson would have made for a much more interesting story.
Did you bust former DC Greg Robinson for weed?
No man.
Well...
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5 minutes ago, pacman said:
Strange timing. Were their any hints he would be doing these things today, or this week?
In my highly optimistic (well, sort of) mind, I am hoping Trump knows he will lose the next election and is getting an early start on blatant corruption and horsetrading.
My guess is deflecting off of Barr or something completely different and unrelated that will break.
Recommend to me a a good south Austin Ortho Doc for Knee
in Can You Help Me With This?
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I ended up going to Dean Chen and had an MRI, which indicated that I need some meniscus clean up. So partial removal of medial meniscus and some hole drilling in some sort of muscular like node that is somehow agitated by the existing meniscus tear.
Since my diagnosis I have reading up on the extremely common procedure/cottage industry and have read a couple of disturbing reports on whether this actually helps anything more than doing doing just a prolonged extended rehab of the knee joint to mitigate the effects of the tear.
Tell me more about your experience and some costs, as I will be paying for this myself since I have really shitty insurance.