A conservative estimate is 31 days of continuous swelling and pain in my feet. It is most unsatisfactory state of affairs. Getting better? Drs have not been much use. I went through a round of prednisone and that hasn't helped. So, I don't know what to do, I go to work and work until I can't no more. I'm getting close to 7 hours. El Jefe said "don't worry about working OT I'll fix that". So....7 sevens is the goal. Ain't gonna happen. I'm running out of time, things wind down after Labor Day.

How much time do you normally work without the pain?

(08-08-2019, 06:37 PM)jaybreak Wrote: How much time do you normally work without the pain?

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(08-10-2019, 07:08 AM)IainH Wrote:

(08-08-2019, 06:37 PM)jaybreak Wrote: How much time do you normally work without the pain?

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You don't work when you don't have pain? Wut? 

Heh; thrust of the question there. There is no time when he isn't in pain, he says, perhaps missing the point and perhaps dodging it. Iain, how many hours would you be working if your feet didn't hurt?

(08-10-2019, 05:32 PM)Ed Hurst Wrote: Heh; thrust of the question there. There is no time when he isn't in pain, he says, perhaps missing the point and perhaps dodging it. Iain, how many hours would you be working if your feet didn't hurt?

8:00am til closing between 9:30pm to 11:30pm, 7 days a week if, they would let me. I've never been shy to work. Six days a week is a normal schedule due to the fact it's seasonal. Early and late season is less busy. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day it is possible to work 7 days a week if you're special like me. I generally take a day every couple of weeks or so, if I have stuff to do like work on my bike. Riding doesn't bother my feet because the tender part is not touching the pegs. If I had longer feet it would be a problem.

The specialist said it in medilcalese; I'll say it in a language I understand "your foot is screwed and the only way to get it better is to stay off it" ha ha ha. I owe, I owe it's off to work we go.
Done and done, next subject.

NASCAR is dying because in the 90's there was a surge in viewers thanks to exciting drivers like the late great Dale Earnhardt and many more. By the early 2000's the entertaining good ol boys were retired or dead and got replaced by bland, inoffensive types. The casual viewer left. In an attempt to return to the heady days of the 90's NASCAR came up with various schemes to make racing more like mainstream sports. These failed to increase viewers and alienated the traditional race fan, who liked racing because it was different. These traditional fans, like me, quit watching. Now NASCAR is having $ trouble. Good riddance, they got too big for their britches. 
  If you want to see real auto racing go to your local short track or dragstrip on Saturday night, it's cheap and fun. Don't forget your ear plugs.

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(08-10-2019, 01:53 PM)jaybreak Wrote:

(08-10-2019, 07:08 AM)IainH Wrote:

(08-08-2019, 06:37 PM)jaybreak Wrote: How much time do you normally work without the pain?

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You don't work when you don't have pain? Wut? 

That's right they ain't no time when I don't hurt. Translation: I have chronic pain so, I hurt at home, at work and everywhere in between. It only varies in intensity. I might start work at pain level 3 and it increases from there. I stop at 11 regardless of how long I've worked. 
  For whatever reason, when I was assembled, they were fresh out of American built chassis. Not wanting to back up the line, they grabbed one made in China and went on with production. Well, given the shoddy quality of Chinese made parts, I'm falling apart one piece at a time.

(08-16-2019, 06:00 PM)IainH Wrote: For whatever reason, when I was assembled, they were fresh out of American built chassis. Not wanting to back up the line, they grabbed one made in China and went on with production. Well, given the shoddy quality of Chinese made parts, I'm falling apart one piece at a time.

I know that feeling. My whole right side is inferior quality compared to the left.

I didn't realize the ambiguity of the question, since it was clear in my mind. Thanks Ed.

Professional ports, I think, need star folks to spearhead interest. The sport itself is only a part of it; the other part is personalities.

(08-17-2019, 04:25 PM)jaybreak Wrote: I didn't realize the ambiguity of the question, since it was clear in my mind. Thanks Ed.

Professional ports, I think, need star folks to spearhead interest. The sport itself is only a part of it; the other part is personalities.

You right bro, I like motorsports it's personality driven except for my favorite kind of drags; local guys drag racing grudge matches when dudes take their home built street cars and race on Thursday evenings. Even at the professional level, fans are free to walk in the pits and watch the wrenchin'. 
  Golf; another personality driven sport, I really enjoy watching the skill of the pros. I can't play anymore, "darn you, stupid body". Jack Nicklaus was one of my childhood heroes, a man of humility dedicated to his fans.
Last but not least Football, I love football from peewee to pro. Yeah, personalities are big there too but, I don't really pay that much attention to that part, I just love the game.
Other sports, I like going to watch Hickory(NC) Crawdads minor league baseball but, I don't watch it on TV. I prefer listening to games on radio, Atlanta Braves. Having lived in the UK, I like cricket and rugby. Glasgow Rangers and Manchester United for association football then there was my local team the hapless Ayr United. Sports should at it's best teach valuable life lessons like, teamwork and losing gracefully (thank you, Ayr United and Oakland Raiders) winning gracefully is every bit as important "never rub it in, son". After Tom Brady and Bill Belichick said good things about Trump, I stopped hating the Patriots, it was nice to follow a winning team for a change. It beats the dickens out of "aw man, I ain't believing this $?*+". College B'ball UNC Chapel Hill "go heels!"
I have Sportscenter on as I get ready for work mainly because I don't watch news. Mmm...I like sports more than I thought.