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It's a nut kick to fit it in a bag. Not impossible, but if it pops mid-cook, you kind of screw yourself. The oven or smoker method is low risk and fairly easy IMO

This is the way. Join me, brother.

Where do you live?

Approaching day 6 and still no stone. Yesterday was a good day with minimal pain but, today, damn.....terrible. Toradol and Norco barely taking the edge off. I'm going to try and see if I can see a urologist tomorrow to expedite this shit. And I'm so sick of drinking water...

Update. The motherfucker has definitely not passed yet. Another 2 am wake up call with massive back/abdominal pain

This is the worst fucking club ever. Was inducted at 2 AM this morning when I woke up with what I thought were gas pains on my left umbilical region. I rolled around for a few minutes to try and get out a fart....nothing. Figured maybe my stomach was wrecked from the red beans and rice and bourbon I had last night. Went and dropped a deuce and, again, nothing. Just a slow and steady climb from a 0 to a 6 over the span of like 30 minutes. Then, I went and drank some water, stretch a bit and, oh shit, the worst pain ever. Adrenaline kicks in and I'm shacking, writhing in pain in bed, and wake up my wife to tell her I need to go to the ER. We have 2 young kids, so the choice was either call an ambulance, call my folks who are about 20 minutes away, or drive myself. I opted for the more immediate solution and drove myself the 15 minutes to hospital. And man, oh man, if there was any cop on the street around 3 AM, I would have gotten pulled over, because I was hitting curbs and swerving like a mofo trying to drive while being double-over. I finally get to the hospital and check in. I'm one of two people in the waiting room. They take my vitals and put in an IV, all while I'm grunting in pain. They asked for a urine sample and I basically just laugh and say not sure that's going to happen. She asks for a few drops, so I hop in the bathroom and, low and behold, I get a few drops...of blood. I hand it to the triage nurse and, fortunately, she takes pitty on me. She says she'll go back to the doc and ask for some Toradol to take the edge off. It takes about 20 minutes, but I finally get it and....I go from like a 9 to a 5 over 10 more minutes. The problem, I'm stuck waiting in the waiting room for like 2 more hours before they bring me back. By that time, I'm back at a 9 and it's shift change. So I wait another fucking 30-45 minutes to talk to a MD, who of course confirms that it's a kidney stone and says he'll send me for a CT and give me morphine. Huge sigh of relief coming. Except, the shift change fuckery delays the drugs by about 30 minutes. I get it...get the CT...kidney stone confirmed (4 mm -- proximal in ureter) and get told, "here are some pain meds and flomax..it will pass in a day or two weeks..good luck". Discharged around 11 AM. And now, I sit..slightly fucked up on norco, peeing through a filter every 30 minutes with no stone. My pain at least is a 4-5-ish and the spasms are gone. So maybe it's passed. Maybe it's not. Maybe I still have some morphine on board. I don't know. This sucks. That is all

Use CarEdge.com and sign up for the month membership (should be like $10). You'll be able to pull historical pricing for a car by searching for its VIN. I started look this time last year and pulled the trigger between XMas and NY and got a killer, killer deal. About $10-15K off MSRP and still got to take advantage of their dealer perks (1% APR + sprain in liner + $300 credit for dealer accessories). Do your research and, if you can be patient, pull the trigger EOY and get a killer deal.

@UTPhil2006 What do you expect HELOC rates to do here in the short term (i.e. 90 days to 6 months)? Roughly speaking, what rates are you currently seeing?

I'm just trying to figure out how I can write this trip off as a business expense to my boss..

So Ford is doing a 25% discount on accessories up to $1K and I happen to have a little over $200 in points through my vehicle purchase. I'm in the market for a tonneau cover and am wondering if anyone has purchased a dealer one and, if so, what feedback do you have? The ones I'm looking at are below. I can get the hard roll up one for like $700 after all my discounts which seems like a great deal compared to the BAK Revolver X4 one for $1200. F-150 2015-2024 Hard Roll Up Tonneau Cover for 5.5 ft Bed | Accessories.Ford.com F-150 2015-2023 Retrax Embark Retractable Tonneau Cover for 5.5' Bed | Accessories.Ford.com BAK Revolver X4s Tonneau Cover | RealTruck

Anyone know if it's best suited that we buy tickets for the zoo beforehand or can we just show up?

Heading Colorado Springs in a few weeks for a little summer trip with the family (2 & 7 year old). Any must dos? Recs for places to eat?

Funny. I don't remember writing that last post, but plans still stand. I'm looking to potentially do a decent remodel of the backyard with the budget of anywhere between $50-100K. Obviously rates are dogshit right now @UTPhil2006, right? I do have a good amount of equity in the house, but don't want to touch my 3ish% note. What would be the best financing approach for something like this?

This might be a stupid question, but are those covers easy to take on and off?

My first purchase on the truck is probably going to be a tonneau cover. I've never had one so is there anything I should be looking out for/avoiding? I do think I want a hard cover tri-fold. Pros/cons? Any preferred vendors?