In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Nice.
I got the electric all installed.
I was originally just going to pre-install it now so the tight screw down would act as a clamp to hold the plates in place to the unit with the glue until it totally dries, but trying to install electric backwards like this is a major pain in the rear and I'm not going to take it down only to do it again after I paint everything. I'll just use some painter's tape to protect it during the caulk/paint phases.
Using a plug in lightbulb to test that both boxes worked and that the GFCI was working properly really made me kind of want to add light to this thing too, but that's work I really don't want to do now because I have more important things to be doing that messing around with this thing forever.
Plus, it's not exactly going to be showcasing anything special like it was probably originally designed to. It'll have some knicknacks for character on it, but it's really just a place to put the phone and electronics, my keys and other "pocket" things, some paperwork and the pile of mail before I go through it.
It will be cool to be able to charge all of those closet LED lights of sight with their own dedicated spot for it now. I'll also be able to use that spot below to charge my AA/AAA batteries for my flashlights too.
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Quote:Salt is neither acidic nor basic, it's neutral. (In the simplest definition of acids and bases, acids have free H+ ions, bases have free OH- ions, and salt has neither.)
I'm interested in more info about the blood chemistry. Is it just a PH balance issue? Conductivity issue? Do some functions of the blood require salt, or get triggered or catalyzed by salt? Do some other parts of the blood build on the salt?
Is there a simple test for salt level? Like a litmus paper type thing?
Salt is needed for nerves and muscles to function properly: they exclude sodium from their interiors but concentrate potassium in their interiors; to fire correctly they allow sodium in and potassium out. Without enough sodium your muscles may cramp up, and your heart may beat irregularly. Long-term, sodium less than about 1500mg (1.5g) per day is associated with heart failure.
But it's also needed for proper kidney function. Your body has certain tools to maintain proper sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2, calcium, magnesium, and other mineral levels. Some of these tools are called mineralocorticoids. And they're invoked to try to maintain adequate mineral levels. But they can only do so much, and trade-offs have to be made. For example, if your body is trying to hang onto sodium because it's too low; it will throw away potassium. If it's trying to get rid of water it will throw out sodium to do that. Without adequate levels of sodium, mineralocorticoids will be invoked that will sacrifice other minerals to maintain sodium levels.
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The rain is back and I am off to meet a friend for Christmas present exchange.
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Quote:Nice use of that curio cabinet, SIX! I bet things will be real tidy once that's in place!
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Nice.
I got the electric all installed.
I was originally just going to pre-install it now so the tight screw down would act as a clamp to hold the plates in place to the unit with the glue until it totally dries, but trying to install electric backwards like this is a major pain in the rear and I'm not going to take it down only to do it again after I paint everything. I'll just use some painter's tape to protect it during the caulk/paint phases.
Using a plug in lightbulb to test that both boxes worked and that the GFCI was working properly really made me kind of want to add light to this thing too, but that's work I really don't want to do now because I have more important things to be doing that messing around with this thing forever.
Plus, it's not exactly going to be showcasing anything special like it was probably originally designed to. It'll have some knicknacks for character on it, but it's really just a place to put the phone and electronics, my keys and other "pocket" things, some paperwork and the pile of mail before I go through it.
It will be cool to be able to charge all of those closet LED lights of sight with their own dedicated spot for it now. I'll also be able to use that spot below to charge my AA/AAA batteries for my flashlights too.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Out in the dry in a bit. Hoping to get one last present then get all of it into the post by the weekend. That's the plan anyways.
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Quote:I didn't see this.
SIGNYM:
Think I managed to sort out ONE of my health problems ... possibly not enough salt!
Erratic heartbeat. Blood pressure jacking up and down. Profound lack of energy and depressed mood. Rapid weight loss. Spoke with Dr today and she told me to aim for AT LEAST 1500 mg/ day. I know I wasn't anywhere near that, so I'm aiming for 1/2 teaspoon (1200 mg) plus one Powerade Zero. Anything more is to the good
I hope this works.
The funny thing is, hubby went thru the same thing about 30 years ago. They did all kinds of sophisticated tests on him and tried all all kinds of meds, but I was the one who dxd and fixed the problem.
I think JSF thinks salt is poison, but someone should tell him it's a vital electrolyte required to maintain blood volume.
JSF: I don't think salt is poison.
But I know sucralose is poison, and you said you are going to drink it.
... Sucralose is designed, engineered, created, and manufactured to be a poison, a pesticide, to kill living things. And you have announced that you are going to drink it. Are you trying to kill yourself? I have gotten many friends to clear up their health issues (and cancel surgeries) just by getting off sucralose.
I don't like salt. I don't like the taste. When I was a kid, we salted everything. Cantelope, corn on the cob (salt plus melted butter), scrambled eggs (plus pepper and ketchup) and lots of other stuff that I cannot recall now. But too many food places oversalt their food, so I really got tired of it. Biggest violators are gravy, dressing/stuffing, soups, mac&cheese, cooked/steamed beef.
I don't have salt in my house/kitchen much, and avoid it in my cooking. I use garlic salt for boiling pasta. I accidentally bought Lemon Pepper because I like lemon and (black) pepper flavoring - but it seems to be mostly just salt. I destroyed some really nice meat the first (and only) time I tried that in my cooking.
I'm interested in more info about the blood chemistry. Is it just a PH balance issue? Conductivity issue? Do some functions of the blood require salt, or get triggered or catalyzed by salt? Do some other parts of the blood build on the salt?
Is there a simple test for salt level? Like a litmus paper type thing?
I'm not drinking Powerade Zero anymore. Instead I'm literally dosing myself with salt: three 1/4 teaspoons per day in my mouth, followed by a half liter or so of water, 2 liters per day total.
My explanation for myself about salt is more mechanistic than KIKI's, altho hers is more correct.
Your blood needs a certain amount of sodium in it. (All of the minerals - sodium, potassium, calcium, etc are tightly regulated by your kidneys.)
But you lose sodium every day, in urine, feces, and sweat. If you lose too much sodium, you will dump water just to re-concentrate the sodium, but when you dump water your blood volume drops. When your blood volume drops, your body goes thru all kinds of gyrations trying to maintain blood flow: heart speeds up (100 BPM or more) , initially blood blood pressure drops, you feel faint when standing up etc: all the classic signs of dehydration.
If it goes on long enough, your heart starts to stutter, blood vessels clamp down, blood pressure shoots UP (like, 160/90 or more) and your heart really starts to labor, you feel exhausted ... I can tell you from experience it's not a fun time!
I don't like the taste of salt either. I rarely cook with salt, I've been eating mostly non-salty things, and I don't salt my food. It just kind of slipped out of my diet which is how I wound up where I did.
As I mentioned, the funny thing is, hubby went thru exactly the same thing 3 decades ago. His blood pressure was jacking up, and down, his heart was stuttering, his legs were weak and he would tire very easily .. we used to play tennis with a stethoscope and blood pressure cuff. At times, I could not find a steady beat in there anywhere. Considering his mom had heart failure an
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Quote:I'll be happy just to get my Xmas cards out tomorrow! Good on you BRENDA! You know how to stay on track!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Out in the dry in a bit. Hoping to get one last present then get all of it into the post by the weekend. That's the plan anyways.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Nice use of that curio cabinet, SIX! I bet things will be real tidy once that's in place!
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Nice.
I got the electric all installed.
I was originally just going to pre-install it now so the tight screw down would act as a clamp to hold the plates in place to the unit with the glue until it totally dries, but trying to install electric backwards like this is a major pain in the rear and I'm not going to take it down only to do it again after I paint everything. I'll just use some painter's tape to protect it during the caulk/paint phases.
Using a plug in lightbulb to test that both boxes worked and that the GFCI was working properly really made me kind of want to add light to this thing too, but that's work I really don't want to do now because I have more important things to be doing that messing around with this thing forever.
Plus, it's not exactly going to be showcasing anything special like it was probably originally designed to. It'll have some knicknacks for character on it, but it's really just a place to put the phone and electronics, my keys and other "pocket" things, some paperwork and the pile of mail before I go through it.
It will be cool to be able to charge all of those closet LED lights of sight with their own dedicated spot for it now. I'll also be able to use that spot below to charge my AA/AAA batteries for my flashlights too.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Yeah. Everything is a huge mess now. That thing kind of played a pretty important role in my day-to-day activities, and with it pulled out from the wall in the living room with the doors off and the drawer out and everything it used to hold had to have a new temporary home, my first floor is kind of in shambles. Even worse since all of my tools were moved down to the basement and the pantry is now largely filled up with stuff that was once in the cabinet, so any tools I've been using are all over the kitchen floor instead of constantly taking them back up and down when I need them.
(Yanno... I can probably at least clean a lot of that up now. I think I'm pretty much done except for paint now unless I notice any spots I still want to fix after the primer goes on).
Stuff's out of the way so I'm not tripping over anything, but it will be nice to get that done finally.
Today I at least finally got all the wood putty sanded down, and then I caulked everything. I doubt I'll get to primer today though.
My goal is to get this finished before my brother comes in town for a week. Since I've also got other obligations in between now and then, I'd better make the most of whatever down time I've got.
If I can at least get everything painted so I can put stuff back in it I'll be fine. It's alright if I clean up the old hinges and door clasps for spraypainting while he's here. We've got a few days in the 50's still coming up, so it will be nice to be able to do that in the garage.
That's got to be done while he's here no matter what though. I got that can for that purpose, and also to do some touchups to the poles for the lazy susan cabinets I never did since I ran out back then. What's leftover I'm going to be using on a new keyboard/mouse platform for my brother's desk since his old one broke. He bought some nice wrist wrests we're going to attach to it. It's perfect timing there because instead of doing that while he wasn't around I want him here to let me know where he feels everything is the most comfortable, and the next time I go down to visit him I'll install it for him and see if we need to buy any new hardware for it.
The nice thing is that except for that can of spraypaint, I haven't spent any money working on this, and the paint is going to serve two other purposes
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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:I'll be happy just to get my Xmas cards out tomorrow! Good on you BRENDA! You know how to stay on track!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Out in the dry in a bit. Hoping to get one last present then get all of it into the post by the weekend. That's the plan anyways.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
My Christmas cards are done but then I don't mail many anyways. Just a couple to England, one to Alberta and anything else I hand deliver.
Got the last present, now I just have to get the envelope addressed and it can be posted tomorrow. Yay! me.
I just keep plugging away at it a little at a time. I find that is best for me.
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And you two are doing Christmas cards already!
Well, for whatever reason, October, November, and December are always a crunch for me ... maybe because I'm dealing with medicare and all the other various insurances, and a train of birthdays and holidays ('Eating season' begins in October with a birthday early in the month, and doesn't end till Easter!), plus I'm completing my record-keeping and 'accounting' for the year.
And this year has been somewhat busier than usual with some additional things to do.
So ... sigh ... once again my Christmas cards will be late. 
At least I get them done at some point.
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