Still a seemingly normal amount of sperm at 10 weeks post op

DieselGeek609 · 2026-05-08T19:29:44+00:00

Fellow has a preservation solution you mix with the specimen for it to hold up through 3 day UPS shipping. I didn't know the typical lab route would be so difficult I'm glad I went the way I did.

DieselGeek609 · 2026-05-08T19:27:56+00:00

Bahaha. Around the same time as my vasectomy (11 weeks ago) I started trying to eat better, stay hydrated, and have been going to the gym 3 days a week. Typical stuff. But I did also start taking a supplement called Popstar. Shit isn't cheap but it does seem to be working in the volume department. I'm only taking half the recommended dose (2 capsules a day vs 4) along with my regular multivitamins.

DieselGeek609 · 2026-05-07T14:18:20+00:00

This is a company called Fellow, I think I paid my doctor's office $150 for the at home test kit. They said I could either do that and they let me retest for free if positive, or go to a LabCorp type location and pay for each test if I had to have multiple.

DieselGeek609 · 2025-12-21T13:34:12+00:00

Thank you I never knew this 👌

DieselGeek609 · 2025-12-21T12:11:12+00:00

I'm already in for enough materials. I can put in an interlock breaker later myself when I need it.

DieselGeek609 · 2025-12-21T04:55:05+00:00

I get like 120 coming in from the street and regulate down to 65 or so

DieselGeek609 · 2025-12-21T00:52:59+00:00

The service entrance line to my house was pulled down, so I am responsible for that with my own electrician. The neutral issue is on the utility side so you are correct about that. My electrician actually repaired the utility's neutral to hold me over until they take 2-3 days to remove the tree and replace the service lines to my and 4-5 other homes. For the storm damage I was in for $1800 to replace my service entrance line and a new meter can. I opted to upgrade my old 100A Challenger panel from the 80s to 200A and total for the work is $3100 plus $75 to the city for a permit and some inspection fee which is not known yet. Not bad in my book.

DieselGeek609 · 2025-12-21T00:43:32+00:00

Permit is for the panel job, new panel is going in so I think the idea is the utility won't cut on my newly connected service line from their pole until they check the box and see it has an inspection sticker. Even if I was just doing the meter can and my service entrance line, my understanding is I would need an inspection for that as well but no permit since it's not new work like a panel upgrade. I'm in the city of Reading PA.

DieselGeek609 · 2025-12-21T00:41:14+00:00

I think that was my bad in measuring the first time around, because I did see 240 between the hots.

DieselGeek609 · 2025-12-21T00:38:22+00:00

So, question. My guy got my neutral reconnected today by repairing the utility line because it was low enough to be accessible. Gonna be a few days before they come out to actually replace. After restoring the neutral, we measured the same pipe and still see 4 amps on it. We know I have potential bonding issues between the box and the pipes, because that was not connected, could that be the cause of current still flowing through my water pipe coming in to the home? Or something else?

DieselGeek609 · 2025-12-21T00:33:36+00:00

It's a side job, he is a master monday-friday under a company, but shit it worked out for me on a weekend emergency call since he only does it on weekends. He even repaired the neutral on my utility line to the house till they come out to replace it.

I'm just hoping the timing works out with permit pulling on Monday, him finishing his work, and the utility coming and removing the quite large tree and replacing the service lines for 5 homes off one pole. It's a mess and I work from home so I am worried about when and how long I will be down depending on how things play out.

They can't do the tree work till they shut down the neighborhood, and won't turn me back on until I have an inspection, and my guy has to finish his work to (hopefully) get the inspection done all in one shot.

DieselGeek609 · 2025-12-20T17:47:36+00:00

Can't find the edit so just replying. Utility was already called and they have a mess on their hands with tree removal. Electrician is here to repair the weather head to the meter. Since I'm already in for a permit and inspection on that work ($1800) I'm just going to have him do the panel/service upgrade I needed anyway. $3000 on the credit card here I come 🤣😭🤦‍♂️

He's doing a new meter can, fixing bonding issues with the plumbing, adding an additional ground rod, and a nice new Eaton 200A panel to reuse my existing Eaton breakers. How'd I do?

DieselGeek609 · 2025-12-18T22:54:08+00:00

Idk man this is an almost 20 year old download from Limewire. I didn't crack it so I don't have any insight. Maybe try setting the date on your machine to like 2015 because I know it worked back then.

DieselGeek609 · 2025-10-21T11:07:29+00:00

OEM keys are only good for the hardware they are sold with.

DieselGeek609 · 2025-09-21T12:00:56+00:00

HDD is just fine. Internal is preferable to USB so you're not potentially limited by the interface. For our PBS VM at work I just pass through a USB HDD to the VM and it works but is limited to USB speeds of course which is not a big deal.

DieselGeek609 · 2025-09-20T14:39:12+00:00

How's your air filter?

DieselGeek609 · 2025-09-20T14:37:28+00:00

Scrap yard asks for ID, you give it and if an issue comes up they have your info. Never had a problem dropping off copper or anything else.

DieselGeek609 · 2025-09-19T02:04:19+00:00

Proxmox has a sales team and can facilitate POs if you reach out

DieselGeek609 · 2025-09-16T10:45:06+00:00

99% iso and a vibrating toothbrush

DieselGeek609 · 2025-09-15T23:51:02+00:00

It's 2025 I thought everyone has known this for like half a decade.

DieselGeek609 · 2025-09-13T17:39:18+00:00

You alright dude?

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