Where's Sobo??

[sobo]

Awwwwwwww, you's guys are so sweet an' all. I'm touched...

Truth be told I was crashing on a work deadline the week before Christmas (really got down an' dirty on it late in the week, about a week before Christmas), and finally got 'er dun late on the 22nd. Then blew outta town on the 23rd and threaded the needle between snowstorms over Snoqualmie Pass on my way over to Poulsbo to be with the young'uns for Christmas. Then threaded the needle between snowstorms again coming back over Snoqualmie Pass on the 29th on my way back to Maison Sobo. Then had to shovel out my damned driveway when I finally got home Wednesday night! Then it snowed again on Thursday and had to do it allover again! It ain't no fun and it certainly isn't very efficient shoveling snow with one arm and leaning on a cane with the other arm, and my driveway is on about a 30% grade, too! So it took a little while to clear it all off, to be sure...

So yeah, I've been busy and away for a while. Gonna be hittin' it hard again come Monday, so don't be looking for a whole lotta snark and sarcasm out of me any time soon, folks. Sorry, but them's the breaks, and I gotta do sump'n to keep the lights on around here...

 

[SrMachoSolo]

I found this on the internet. The internet must think you're sweet too...

You must know some powerful people, or have some good drugs.

-Robert

 

[Mikej]

Well it was @Lilhigbee that was all worried like the mother of a teen girl an hour after midnight.

 

[Flopsweat]

I see the Great @sobo has graced us with his presence again, finally. Apparently he disappears for a couple of weeks near the end of each year and then Tom Sawyers us to see how many came to his funeral. Glad you're back!!

Hasn't been back 5 minutes and higbee is picking on him again. Good times, good times.

 

[Jasonanddeonna]

Awwwwwwww, you's guys are so sweet an' all. I'm touched...

Truth be told I was crashing on a work deadline the week before Christmas (really got down an' dirty on it late in the week, about a week before Christmas), and finally got 'er dun late on the 22nd. Then blew outta town on the 23rd and threaded the needle between snowstorms over Snoqualmie Pass on my way over to Poulsbo to be with the young'uns for Christmas. Then threaded the needle between snowstorms again coming back over Snoqualmie Pass on the 29th on my way back to Maison Sobo. Then had to shovel out my damned driveway when I finally got home Wednesday night! Then it snowed again on Thursday and had to do it allover again! It ain't no fun and it certainly isn't very efficient shoveling snow with one arm and leaning on a cane with the other arm, and my driveway is on about a 30% grade, too! So it took a little while to clear it all off, to be sure...

So yeah, I've been busy and away for a while. Gonna be hittin' it hard again come Monday, so don't be looking for a whole lotta snark and sarcasm out of me any time soon, folks. Sorry, but them's the breaks, and I gotta do sump'n to keep the lights on around here...

Maybe we could all chip in a few dollars to help Sobo:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DQlwTckILTaE&ved=2ahUKEwi88r7g0ZT1AhWiIDQIHSHSBxwQo7QBegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw3qpqjfSX0nJGXYvH_Ga9ew

 

[sobo]

Maybe we could all chip in a few dollars to help Sobo:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DQlwTckILTaE&ved=2ahUKEwi88r7g0ZT1AhWiIDQIHSHSBxwQo7QBegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw3qpqjfSX0nJGXYvH_Ga9ew

You may think that's funny, but I'm here to tell ya that a weedburning kit doesn't work worth a sh!t on snow and ice in my driveway... FACT!!!

 

[Jasonanddeonna]

You may think that's funny, but I'm here to tell ya that a weedburning kit doesn't work worth a sh!t on snow and ice in my driveway...

...in the immortal words of Tim "The Toolman" Taylor..."More Power!"

 

[Flopsweat]

You may think that's funny, but I'm here to tell ya that a weedburning kit doesn't work worth a sh!t on snow and ice in my driveway... FACT!!!

I used to recommend plane tickets. If you order the right ones they are very effective. They're more difficult to use lately though.

 

[Ura-Ki]

I used to recommend plane tickets. If you order the right ones they are very effective. They're more difficult to use lately though.

Got that ( Mostly) solved, jump in the Super Cub and vanish! Even Nevada and upper Aridzonia are frickin Cold, gotta go further east like Florida for some Sandy Beaches and freedom!

 

[Alexx1401]

You may think that's funny, but I'm here to tell ya that a weedburning kit doesn't work worth a sh!t on snow and ice in my driveway... FACT!!!

I have seen a few using those large torches to kill weeds. Watching them do it looked to me like it was so much work it had to be for those with way too much time on their hands to me. I had seen ads for the things claiming they not only were great for weeds but for deicing your walk way and stuff. I was again thinking this has got to be for those who have all day to kill and nothing to do. Seemed like it would take forever and just make a mess as the ice melted and then froze again. Roundup and Icemelt for me. I am both too lazy and have far too many better things to do

 

[sobo]

I have seen a few using those large torches to kill weeds. Watching them do it looked to me like it was so much work it had to be for those with way too much time on their hands to me. I had seen ads for the things claiming they not only were great for weeds but for deicing your walk way and stuff. I was again thinking this has got to be for those who have all day to kill and nothing to do. Seemed like it would take forever and just make a mess as the ice melted and then froze again. Roundup and Icemelt for me. I am both too lazy and have far too many better things to do

My weeds drank Roundup like it was happy hour. My propane-fired weedburner works hella wonders on 'em, though. But no joy on ice/snow.

And I ruined my driveway using "safe for concrete" icemelt. Phuq'd up a nice $5,000 driveway renovation that was only 5 years old...

 

[Flopsweat]

My weeds drank Roundup like it was happy hour. My propane-fired weedburner works hella wonders on 'em, though. But no joy on ice/snow.

And I ruined my driveway using "safe for concrete" icemelt. Phuq'd up a nice $5,000 driveway renovation that was only 5 years old...

Man that sucks about the driveway.

As I have 4WD and AWD, I almost never shovel the drive anymore. Putting that DGAF to good use.

 

[sobo]

Man that sucks about the driveway.

As I have 4WD and AWD, I almost never shovel the drive anymore. Putting that DGAF to good use.

I'm CDO, so I have to shovel my driveway, even as crippled-up as I am right now.



It's actually OCD, but if ya got it, it might as well be alphabetical

 

[Flopsweat]

I'm CDO, so I have to shovel my driveway, even as crippled-up as I am right now.



It's actually OCD, but if ya got it, it might as well be alphabetical

So you don't really have to, you just can't not do it.

 

[sobo]

So you don't really have to, you just can't not do it.

Bingo...

 

[sobo]

Some of y'all may remember when this happened last March...



Well, it expires this month, so I filed the paperwork with my PCP to get another temporary tag.
I got the call from my doc's staff today to come pick up the signed paperwork and the doc's authorization.
I pick it up, drive straight to the drive-thru DMV, and pull up to the window...

I hand the paperwork over to the gal at the window, and she looks it up and exclaims in a cheery voice, "Looks like you're getting an upgrade!"
Sobo asks, "Upgrade? Whaddaya mean?"
Her: "You're getting a blue placard!"



Now, this is quite disconcerting to me. For those that know the difference between the two colors of tags, you will understand.
For those of you that don't know, a red tag is a temporary tag, good for only one year.
A blue tag is essentially a permanent tag, and are renewed every 5 years.This is not a good sign to me...

I asked for the paperwork back to see it, and there in the box marked "Reason Patient Requires Placard" box, my doc had typed, "Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of lower left extremity." For those that are familiar with CRPS, that was my chief worry last year when this whole business started.
I need to call my doc tomorrow and ask him if he did that just for the convenience of getting a longer-term placard, or if that's the real deal and I'm not going to ever totally heal. It was a shock to read that, to be sure...

To be continued...

 

[MarshalChillN]

Good luck @sobo... I hope it's just for convenience & not a permanent diagnosis !

 

[BBQ Guy]

Some of y'all may remember when this happened last March...

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Well, it expires this month, so I filed the paperwork with my PCP to get another temporary tag.
I got the call from my doc's staff today to come pick up the signed paperwork and the doc's authorization.
I pick it up, drive straight to the drive-thru DMV, and pull up to the window...

I hand the paperwork over to the gal at the window, and she looks it up and exclaims in a cheery voice, "Looks like you're getting an upgrade!"
Sobo asks, "Upgrade? Whaddaya mean?"
Her: "You're getting a blue placard!"

View attachment 1157012

Now, this is quite disconcerting to me. For those that know the difference between the two colors of tags, you will understand.
For those of you that don't know, a red tag is a temporary tag, good for only one year.
A blue tag is essentially a permanent tag, and are renewed every 5 years.This is not a good sign to me...

I asked for the paperwork back to see it, and there in the box marked "Reason Patient Requires Placard" box, my doc had typed, "Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of lower left extremity." For those that are familiar with CRPS, that was my chief worry last year when this whole business started.
I need to call my doc tomorrow and ask him if he did that just for the convenience of getting a longer-term placard, or if that's the real deal and I'm not going to ever totally heal. It was a shock to read that, to be sure...

To be continued...

It's time to break that foot off in his azz.

 

[Mikej]

Some of y'all may remember when this happened last March...

View attachment 1157011

Well, it expires this month, so I filed the paperwork with my PCP to get another temporary tag.
I got the call from my doc's staff today to come pick up the signed paperwork and the doc's authorization.
I pick it up, drive straight to the drive-thru DMV, and pull up to the window...

I hand the paperwork over to the gal at the window, and she looks it up and exclaims in a cheery voice, "Looks like you're getting an upgrade!"
Sobo asks, "Upgrade? Whaddaya mean?"
Her: "You're getting a blue placard!"

View attachment 1157012

Now, this is quite disconcerting to me. For those that know the difference between the two colors of tags, you will understand.
For those of you that don't know, a red tag is a temporary tag, good for only one year.
A blue tag is essentially a permanent tag, and are renewed every 5 years.This is not a good sign to me...

I asked for the paperwork back to see it, and there in the box marked "Reason Patient Requires Placard" box, my doc had typed, "Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of lower left extremity." For those that are familiar with CRPS, that was my chief worry last year when this whole business started.
I need to call my doc tomorrow and ask him if he did that just for the convenience of getting a longer-term placard, or if that's the real deal and I'm not going to ever totally heal. It was a shock to read that, to be sure...

To be continued...

Last year when I had my yearly with he doc to re-up my (well controlled) BP meds I had decided I WANTED the old man card. He gave me the blue card. I never related to the two colors. It's not a necessity for me but I do have a bum knee. I don't use it if I can get a reasonably close spot, or take the last parking place in the bank. I'm happy to have that option though. I only have a certain amount of continuous walking time with out pain. My card does not get used just because I can. I need and appreciate the privilege and don't abuse it. I appreciate getting the exercise of walking too. If you have pain walking you deserve to use it too.

 

[SonicBlue03]

Keep it as long as you can. You can drive around western Washington with that, and they'll just assume you're one of them. It's Democrat Camo.