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There may still be a chance that the PC is fine if I replace these lower-cost parts, and if I find out that it's still bad they'll all be things I'd need to buy with a new PC anyhow and if I buy the right PSU it should be compatable with a newer mobo if I have to buy a new one.

Once again.... fingers crossed.

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Exactly this situation with electronics, for a company, not an individual, was covered in the comics:

Repair or Replace

Just make sure all your friends and family are out of the car, or that you've made backup friends and family at home.
https://xkcd.com/2033/

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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I wish hubby could take a look at if for you. But heat ... yeah, now that it's summer if your 'puter has an air circ problem it will definitely show up now!

The first thing hubby would do is look at how your PC was physically put together. Dust is the most common cause of heat buildup, but "bad build" is the #1 root problem. When we put PCs together (dear daughter and I do the assembly, he supervises!) he is EXTREMELY careful to pick cases that breathe, breathe, breathe; total air exchange once per second. So typically, there are at least five fans in each case. He is also EXTREMELY careful how to route all of that internal wiring... ties the wires together well up and out of the way so that internal airflow is not impeded. Not only must the CPU be well-ventilated, but also the northbridge, southbridge, and hard drives."Hot spots" can get up to 200-300 F.

We had two Dells in the lab that "came with" instruments (instrument manufacturer's choice) and when I told him about them he just kind of rolled his eyes and commented that they would probably die in a year because Dell at the time was stuffing everything into teeny-tiny cases, with the hard drive in a corner somewhere with no air circulation. Sure enough, within a year one failed, and the other failed one month later (hard drive failures).

You really need that paste.

Oh, also 14C is not realistic.

EDITED TO ADD Hubby says don't rely on the internal thermometer. They're highly non-linear. Also, what temp was that? The CPU core temp? Or the CPU die temp? 14C is a ridiculous reading, you might get that right after startup but if that's what you're reading when you're running forget it: Your thermosensor is dead. Use your "digital thermometer" (your finger). Touch the heat sink near its base ... if it's uncomfortably hot to leave you finger on, it's too hot.

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"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

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I went to the Canadian version of an active fire mapping website and found there were over 1,000 fires burning in BC - though I didn't drill down to size or total acres. I hope you all get a nice deep drink of rain.

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Finally got off work.

On the agenda this week:

1. Put the final touches on a project I've been working on for my brother on and off in my free time for over a year.

2. Fix my computer (hopefully).

3. Install new brake pads and rotors on the car.

4. Replace fuel line for gas weed wacker my step-dad gave me when they moved. (He said it worked great for one season, but he left gas in it and now it won't start).

Assuming I get that massive to-do list out of the way and I'm feeling super productive, I've also got a backpack-style leaf blower he gave me that isn't working that I'd like to tinker around with. I've already got a good leaf blower though, but my crappy electric weed wacker broke last year, so that's on the bottom of the list.

Would be awesome getting that thing to work again before fall though. Even though mine works great and is super powerful, it still takes me about 3-4 hours to do my yard and I get minor "tennis elbows" from carrying the minor weight the whole time.


Don't imagine I'm going to be saving any more money the rest of the year with taxes and my car insurance coming up along with my teeth and all these other expenses, but I've made my peace with that. After driving to work and back all week with the new tires and windshield that doesn't leak a drop of water inside when it rains and not having to fill the oil anymore I can tell that my stress levels have gone down dramatically.

A few steps closer to living that stress free life I've always dreamed about.

You can't put a price on that.


EDIT: Oh yeah... almost forgot. When I get the weed wacker working I can take care of all of the weeds and my place won't look like hillbilly trash lives here anymore. :)

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Almost 9:20pm and the air that is coming into my place I can smell smoke.
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On Tuesday evening, all of B.C. was facing moderate to very high health risks from the poor air quality, according to Environment Canada. Wednesday is expected to bring high health risks to most of the province, including Victoria, Kamloops, Prince George and Vancouver. The situation isnt expected to improve until at least Thursday, when rain showers are forecast to arrive.

Wildfire smoke continues to choke Western Canada

"I think for a lot of people, they are feeling kind of gloomy about it because it feels as though our summer has come to such an incredibly abrupt end," said Christa Mullaly, executive director of the Canadian Mental Health Association in Kamloops, B.C.

In some cities, like Prince George, street lamps remained lit hours after sunrise because of how dark the streets were under the layer of heavy smoke.

Keeping to a regular routine, continuing to exercise — but indoors — and spending time with friends can help, she told Shelley Joyce, the host of CBC's Daybreak Kamloops.
Smaller fires also erupted in urban parts of B.C. on Monday. One broke out in the afternoon near the West Vancouver waterfront, while another brought firefighters to an area near a university campus in Abbotsford a few hours later.

"The contradiction right now is that we are being told to stay indoors and part of what that creates for folks is social isolation," Mullaly said.
In Prince George, B.C., which was listed as a moderate risk, city councilor Garth Frizzell said residents were really hopeful that forecasts showing rain arriving later this week would be borne out, allowing the air to clear.

"If people can get out of their houses and get to a place indoors with other folks, that helps to improve our mood certainly."

"On a serious note, there are a lot of people who are triggered by the smoke. If people are feeling as though this isn't just, 'oh, I'm having a grumpy day,' they need to reach out for help," she emphasized.

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Almost 9:20pm and the air that is coming into my place I can smell smoke.
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Wow, that's terrible. So, like KIKI, I looked it up ...

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BC wildfires prompted unprecedented second state of emergency, Horgan says



On Tuesday evening, all of B.C. was facing moderate to very high health risks from the poor air quality, according to Environment Canada. Wednesday is expected to bring high health risks to most of the province, including Victoria, Kamloops, Prince George and Vancouver. The situation isnt expected to improve until at least Thursday, when rain showers are forecast to arrive.

Wildfire smoke continues to choke Western Canada

"I think for a lot of people, they are feeling kind of gloomy about it because it feels as though our summer has come to such an incredibly abrupt end," said Christa Mullaly, executive director of the Canadian Mental Health Association in Kamloops, B.C.

In some cities, like Prince George, street lamps remained lit hours after sunrise because of how dark the streets were under the layer of heavy smoke.

Keeping to a regular routine, continuing to exercise — but indoors — and spending time with friends can help, she told Shelley Joyce, the host of CBC's Daybreak Kamloops.
Smaller fires also erupted in urban parts of B.C. on Monday. One broke out in the afternoon near the West Vancouver waterfront, while another brought firefighters to an area near a university campus in Abbotsford a few hours later.

"The contradiction right now is that we are being told to stay indoors and part of what that creates for folks is social isolation," Mullaly said.
In Prince George, B.C., which was listed as a moderate risk, city councilor Garth Frizzell said residents were really hopeful that forecasts showing rain arriving later this week would be borne out, allowing the air to clear.

"If people can get out of their houses and get to a place indoors with other folks, that helps to improve our mood certainly."

"On a serious note, there are a lot of people who are triggered by the smoke. If people are feeling as though this isn't just, 'oh, I'm having a grumpy day,' they need to reach out for help," she emphasized.

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It seems the smoke is depressing a lot of people. I know it depresses me!




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Pity would be no more,
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"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

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Hey, you should come over here, you'd feel better!

Between trying to line up all the health insurance after hubby's retirement, cooking, shopping, taking care of dear daughter and lining up contractors for window replacement and other renovations, walking the dog (and hour a day) and otherwise taking care of her, getting all the broken household shit fixed and minding hubby's and my health and helping him out with his projects ... the yardwork has dropped down into Xth place.

On the bright side, I did learn that there's a natural sequence to these things ... first water, THEN weed. After than, prune, trim, mow, and/or edge. After THAT, rake. And after THAT, sweep. (I have a leaf-blower that I refuse to use.) Not all in one day, of course!!

But then, that's if I have time. Which lately I haven't, so the weeds and grass (the little I have left in the backyard) have been growing and leaves have been piling up, and sooner or later I KNOW I have to get to them.... just not now!

And, the water-heater has kept working so I guess it's just a keypad thing. so YAY! for that fix, anyway!

*****

Say SIX, which each improvement in your life you set the bar higher for what you consider "acceptable", which is a GOOD thing until it causes stress and becomes a BAD thing. So keep in mind that you may top out on the things you can accomplish; and stay realistic about what's next on the "list of things to do".

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Hey, you should come over here, you'd feel better!

Between trying to line up all the health insurance after hubby's retirement, cooking, shopping, taking care of dear daughter and lining up contractors for window replacement and other renovations, walking the dog (and hour a day) and otherwise taking care of her, getting all the broken household shit fixed and minding hubby's and my health and helping him out with his projects ... the yardwork has dropped down into Xth place.

On the bright side, I did learn that there's a natural sequence to these things ... first water, THEN weed. After than, prune, trim, mow, and/or edge. After THAT, rake. And after THAT, sweep. (I have a leaf-blower that I refuse to use.) Not all in one day, of course!!

But then, that's if I have time. Which lately I haven't, so the weeds and grass (the little I have left in the backyard) have been growing and leaves have been piling up, and sooner or later I KNOW I have to get to them.... just not now!

And, the water-heater has kept working so I guess it's just a keypad thing. so YAY! for that fix, anyway!

*****

Say SIX, which each improvement in your life you set the bar higher for what you consider "acceptable", which is a GOOD thing until it causes stress and becomes a BAD thing. So keep in mind that you may top out on the things you can accomplish; and stay realistic about what's next on the "list of things to do".

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Yeah... I was looking at that list and it seemed a little ambitious after I made it.

I actually did all of it so far except for the weed wacker and the weeds though. :)

I might try out JSF's sea foam suggestion first on that one, then dump the rest of the bottle in my car for good measure.

In the process of a deep clean of my house. I found a whole bunch of clothes I forgot I had after I'd packed them away when I got fat. Got a whole bunch more shirts for work now. :)



I finally set up an appointment about my teeth. That call didn't go the way I'd hoped though. It's possible that I've lost too much bone for the dentures. I didn't think that that was a thing. Implants weren't even around before I was born. What did people do back then?

Going to get a new scan done to see how bad the damage is at this point, and then I'm going to have to go see a doctor to have some tests done. They're pretty convinced that I've got diabetes or something worse to cause that amount of bone loss at my age. I told them I was a drunk for years with a crap diet, no vitamin intake and very little sunlight.

They can't diagnose me over the phone, so I just got to go through the motions now and hope for the best.



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Hey, you should come over here, you'd feel better!

Between trying to line up all the health insurance after hubby's retirement, cooking, shopping, taking care of dear daughter and lining up contractors for window replacement and other renovations, walking the dog (and hour a day) and otherwise taking care of her, getting all the broken household shit fixed and minding hubby's and my health and helping him out with his projects ... the yardwork has dropped down into Xth place.

On the bright side, I did learn that there's a natural sequence to these things ... first water, THEN weed. After than, prune, trim, mow, and/or edge. After THAT, rake. And after THAT, sweep. (I have a leaf-blower that I refuse to use.) Not all in one day, of course!!

But then, that's if I have time. Which lately I haven't, so the weeds and grass (the little I have left in the backyard) have been growing and leaves have been piling up, and sooner or later I KNOW I have to get to them.... just not now!

And, the water-heater has kept working so I guess it's just a keypad thing. so YAY! for that fix, anyway!

*****

Say SIX, which each improvement in your life you set the bar higher for what you consider "acceptable", which is a GOOD thing until it causes stress and becomes a BAD thing. So keep in mind that you may top out on the things you can accomplish; and stay realistic about what's next on the "list of things to do".

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Yeah... I was looking at that list and it seemed a little ambitious after I made it.

I actually did all of it so far except for the weed wacker and the weeds though. :)

I might try out JSF's sea foam suggestion first on that one, then dump the rest of the bottle in my car for good measure.

In the process of a deep clean of my house. I found a whole bunch of clothes I forgot I had after I'd packed them away when I got fat. Got a whole bunch more shirts for work now. :)



I finally set up an appointment about my teeth. That call didn't go the way I'd hoped though. It's possible that I've lost too much bone for the dentures. I didn't think that that was a thing. Implants weren't even around before I was born. What did people do back then?

Going to get a new scan done to see how bad the damage is at this point, and then I'm going to have to go see a doctor to have some tests done. They're pretty convinced that I've got diabetes or something worse to cause that amount of bone loss at my age. I told them I was a drunk for years with a crap diet, no vitamin intake and very little sunlight.

They can't diagnose me over the phone, so I just got to go through the motions now and hope for the best.



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They are right that they can't diagnose you over the phone and I think getting these tests done is a good thing. It will help with your over all improvement if you know how your health is. With the results in hand you can get going on your dental work and if you are diabetic it is better to know now and start treating while you are young. You don't also want to loose the use of your kidneys or worsen your eyesight. It can and will do both of those things.

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They are right that they can't diagnose you over the phone and I think getting these tests done is a good thing. It will help with your over all improvement if you know how your health is. With the results in hand you can get going on your dental work and if you are diabetic it is better to know now and start treating while you are young. You don't also want to loose the use of your kidneys or worsen your eyesight. It can and will do both of those things.

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I'm 99% positive it's not diabetes.

That diagnosis would actually explain some other issues I've had for a few years, but there is zero history of it in my family and I just got my most recent eye exam back in November and they told me I didn't have it. I don't know if that's a hundred percent when the eye doctor says it, but supposedly the eye doctors are the ones who find it early.

I'm actually more concerned of finding out I have something worse. My plan was never to see a doctor for the rest of my life and just hope for the best now that I'm living healthy. Can't very well do that if it means I'm going to be unable to talk in public and have to eat baby food for the rest of my life once these teeth really start falling out.

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Is it too late to sign up for dental insurance?

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SIX, how do you feel about a three-month round of antibiotics, or a year of high-dose vitamin D and calcium? ? I guess what I'm saying is ... a bone infection or bone thinning is not a "cosmetic" problem, it's a medical one. Even if you can't get dentures or implants, if there's something going on with your bones that's only going to get worse and worse, you might want to think about medical treatment.

I'm sorry to say that the last three people who worked for me all had terrible/ missing teeth, and nobody (certainly not "society") gave a shit. I don't know about where you live, but here you'd be just one of a million. Literally.

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hey Jack

One of the people I work with had a chronic bone infection for years in his upper jaw that caused a lot of bone loss. It was working its way into his maxillary sinus, from there the next stop would have been his eye socket.

Anyway, I don't know if you're eligible for Medicare, or if you have a philosophical objection to it. But a bone infection in your jaw might be covered. https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coverage/MedicareDentalCoverage/index.htm
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"I have TWO bacteria infecting my sinuses, one of which is resistant to what I'd been given." You know me - I'm nosy. If you care to share which ones I'd be very interested.

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I was just going to ask about that. I hope the rain is helping to put out those fires!

It's interesting BRENDA, you speak so often about the rain (and the snow) that you obviously hate it. But I guess you're not the only one, since that article that I posted made it very clear that a LOT of people there find eternal gloom to be pretty depressing, and that one of the biggest impacts of the fire was the smoke, because the smoke blotted out one of the few times that you might actually see some sunshine. Is that about right?

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I had a woman from Finland working for me - I may have mentioned her before - but when she got a fantastic opportunity back in Finland she left with obvious regret. The impression that I got was that she hated leaving sunny Santa Monica for dark, cold, depressing winters. I grew up in an area that had a lot of winter weather ... not the bright sparkly kind but endless days of cloudy gloom ... I thought it was OK back then! I wonder how I would fare if i had to move back!

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"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

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Nothing to do with that except cooking ... I really like to share tastes of food and recipes with people at work. Maybe I'm recipe-challenged, but most times I can get a recipe but just not imagine how it's supposed to taste. So it's good to be able to share the actual dishes. Things are often FAR better in real life than I think they'll be. For example - I can't believe how many YEARS late I was in discovering the heavenly tastes of mashed and riced cauliflower.

You'd think that would be a natural thing for people to get together over - that there would be clubs, groups, gatherings of people with a mutual interest in home cooking. But no. At least, not around here. There are hiking clubs and gardening clubs and book club and foodie let's-go-to-restaurant clubs and wine tasting clubs and beer brewing clubs and horse riding clubs --- but no home cooking clubs. Though there are plenty of people offering to take chunks of your money to 'teach' you how to cook.

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"All that being said, you could probably find groups online for cooking enthusiasts. Maybe there'd even be enough locally by you to meet face to face instead of trading recipes over the internet." Been there. Done that. Sigh. To no avail.

My health is also what got me started cooking. Have I mentioned that for my entire life I have had almost no sense of smell? So I used to make very indifferent - but nutritious! - pots of soup that would sit in the frig while I scrounged everything but. It took me over a year to realize that as little a sense of smell that I have, some food still tastes better and some food still tastes worse TO ME. And that if I was going to eat nutritious food, it would have to be something that tastes good TO ME. That's when I decided I needed to learn how to cook. And I can proudly say I'm now a good home cook! And even better, OTHER people like my cooking as well!

And ...

CONGRATS! on the computer fix!

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Nothing to do with that except cooking ... I really like to share tastes of food and recipes with people at work. Maybe I'm recipe-challenged, but most times I can get a recipe but just not imagine how it's supposed to taste. So it's good to be able to share the actual dishes. Things are often FAR better in real life than I think they'll be. For example - I can't believe how many YEARS late I was in discovering the heavenly tastes of mashed and riced cauliflower.

You'd think that would be a natural thing for people to get together over - that there would be clubs, groups, gatherings of people with a mutual interest in home cooking. But no. At least, not around here. There are hiking clubs and gardening clubs and book club and foodie let's-go-to-restaurant clubs and wine tasting clubs and beer brewing clubs and horse riding clubs --- but no home cooking clubs. Though there are plenty of people offering to take chunks of your money to 'teach' you how to cook.

Is there any such thing up where you live Brenda? Groups of people who get together to share food and recipes? Am I just in the wrong subculture? Or does this seem like a weird idea that nobody in their right mind would be interested in pursuing?

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Oh, I hate cooking. And I'm the family cook! And since I lost my sense of smell (since at least last Thanksgiving; before that I had an EXCEPTIONAL sense of smell) cooking decent meals has become very difficult. Is this food spoiled, or safe? Is this too much seasoning, or not enough?

The only reason why I even bother is because of hubby... he has such a list of aches, pains, and disabilities that it's hard for him to enjoy anything anymore. Plus, he has diabetes, so it's not like he can just eat fancy food whenever he wants. So the challenge is to make food that fits into a diabetic lifestyle (lower carb) AND that tastes good. I've cooked everything from Japanese to Argentinian to German to Italian to Indian. I think he should be able to at least look forward to breakfast, lunch, and dinner! The challenge is that he and dear daughter are somewhat picky eaters; it's just that they're picky about different things!

But. Did I mention that I hate cooking? It's truly a labor of love.

******

Awake at stupid o'clock because of aches and pains. I've been trying to keep the yard at least somewhat presentable, and have been digging/spraying weeds and pulling dead plants and digging up the landscape cloth that one of my previous gardeners convinced me would be a great idea. Yesterday I finally got around string-trimming the back lawn (I don't have enough of a lawn to warrant a lawn mover), raking up piles of avocado leaves (They are seasonally confused! They usually lose their leaves in the spring, but this year they got so much mite damage that when I rescued the trees with successive hosing, spraying, and biological control; and drenching the roots, the trees went Oh hey! It's safe to make leaves again! so they're dropping most of the set fruit and most of the damaged leaves and replacing them with nice healthy shiny new leaves.), and sweeping up. It was a marathon (for me) gardening event. The backyard looks much better, but I'm stiff and sore. Not in a good way; more like in an old-lady kind of way. I hestitate to take ibuprofen because it REALLY interferes with my kidneys, and hesistated to take even aspirin because of some interaction with levaquin, But the cahes and pains go too much, so I looked it up and decide What the hell, I need my sleep Right now, I'm waiting for the aspirin to take effect.

But, I do have to say .. the yard REALLY does look better.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

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Anybody here have any experience with Coconut Oil? Either just cooking or for other uses?


My old man was talking to somebody he knows that has some chronic health issues and was mentioning my teeth problems. He swears by "Oil Pulling", which is a process that involves swishing coconut oil in the mouth between 10 and 20 minutes per day.

It seems relatively cheap, although a bit more expensive than the canola oil. I figured I might give it a try and even cook with it on occasion.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Oh... btw... amidst all of my health drama I think I glossed over what the fix to my computer was.

Turned out all I needed was a new power supply to it. Since this one was actually designed for the board I have and not an older one that technically worked but wasn't designed for it, it's running better than it ever has before now. This PSU has a 24 pin and 8 pin connector for the board, where both of the old ones that got jacked up were relics that only had 20 pins and 4 pins.

So with the cost of the PSU, thermal paste, canned air and a new set of surge protectors, after I get the rebate on the PSU it will have all cost me $50 to have a computer that works even better than it had the first 5 years I owned it. That's a hell of a lot better than paying $700-$800 to put together a new one, even though it would be sweet to have the newest ram and finally have my OS load up instantly on a SSD. This one is way more than enough for my needs at the moment though. I really don't know what I'm missing.

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Oh, I hate cooking. And I'm the family cook! And since I lost my sense of smell (since at least last Thanksgiving; before that I had an EXCEPTIONAL sense of smell) cooking decent meals has become very difficult. Is this food spoiled, or safe? Is this too much seasoning, or not enough?

The only reason why I even bother is because of hubby... he has such a list of aches, pains, and disabilities that it's hard for him to enjoy anything anymore. Plus, he has diabetes, so it's not like he can just eat fancy food whenever he wants. So the challenge is to make food that fits into a diabetic lifestyle (lower carb) AND that tastes good. I've cooked everything from Japanese to Argentinian to German to Italian to Indian. I think he should be able to at least look forward to breakfast, lunch, and dinner! The challenge is that he and dear daughter are somewhat picky eaters; it's just that they're picky about different things!

But. Did I mention that I hate cooking? It's truly a labor of love.

******

Awake at stupid o'clock because of aches and pains. I've been trying to keep the yard at least somewhat presentable, and have been digging/spraying weeds and pulling dead plants and digging up the landscape cloth that one of my previous gardeners convinced me would be a great idea. Yesterday I finally got around string-trimming the back lawn (I don't have enough of a lawn to warrant a lawn mover), raking up piles of avocado leaves (They are seasonally confused! They usually lose their leaves in the spring, but this year they got so much mite damage that when I rescued the trees with successive hosing, spraying, and biological control; and drenching the roots, the trees went Oh hey! It's safe to make leaves again! so they're dropping most of the set fruit and most of the damaged leaves and replacing them with nice healthy shiny new leaves.), and sweeping up. It was a marathon (for me) gardening event. The backyard looks much better, but I'm stiff and sore. Not in a good way; more like in an old-lady kind of way. I hestitate to take ibuprofen because it REALLY interferes with my kidneys, and hesistated to take even aspirin because of some interaction with levaquin, But the cahes and pains go too much, so I looked it up and decide What the hell, I need my sleep Right now, I'm waiting for the aspirin to take effect.

But, I do have to say .. the yard REALLY does look better.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

Anybody here have any experience with Coconut Oil? Either just cooking or for other uses?


My old man was talking to somebody he knows that has some chronic health issues and was mentioning my teeth problems. He swears by "Oil Pulling", which is a process that involves swishing coconut oil in the mouth between 10 and 20 minutes per day.

It seems relatively cheap, although a bit more expensive than the canola oil. I figured I might give it a try and even cook with it on occasion.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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I've read about oil pulling but have no information or experience either way. Coconut oil is said to have special antiviral and antibacterial properties, but unfortunately, I can't say anything about it from personal experience, one way or the other. It seems like it would be a cheap thing to try ... my questions would be how long do you give it and how can you tell if it's working?

But speaking of your poor mouth - at what point will you consider it a crisis that NEEDS to be addressed? I was thinking about that CT scan. What can it tell you? Can it be used to diagnose an ongoing infection (which is serious in my book)? I think it would be in your best interests to schedule whatever tests there are that could tell you if you have a bone infection, and just shell out the bucks. If no, then you can be reassured. If yes, then sign up for government assistance and get it taken care of.

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Originally posted by Brenda:

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
Nothing to do with that except cooking ... I really like to share tastes of food and recipes with people at work. Maybe I'm recipe-challenged, but most times I can get a recipe but just not imagine how it's supposed to taste. So it's good to be able to share the actual dishes. Things are often FAR better in real life than I think they'll be. For example - I can't believe how many YEARS late I was in discovering the heavenly tastes of mashed and riced cauliflower.

You'd think that would be a natural thing for people to get together over - that there would be clubs, groups, gatherings of people with a mutual interest in home cooking. But no. At least, not around here. There are hiking clubs and gardening clubs and book club and foodie let's-go-to-restaurant clubs and wine tasting clubs and beer brewing clubs and horse riding clubs --- but no home cooking clubs. Though there are plenty of people offering to take chunks of your money to 'teach' you how to cook.

Is there any such thing up where you live Brenda? Groups of people who get together to share food and recipes? Am I just in the wrong subculture? Or does this seem like a weird idea that nobody in their right mind would be interested in pursuing?

THUGGER admits it's not about RUSSIA !!! and is, in fact, a witch hunt. "Trump better be innocent of any wrong doing, anywhere, anytime."

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I don't know Kiki. There is a program for sharing recipes with kids that is out of my senior's centre.

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Have you looked into that Raspberry Computer, or The Slice?

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