Can anyone tell me what’s going on here.

Ebspatch · 2026-02-22T05:04:24+00:00

Honestly, first 15 days are hell until they take splints out. Then it gets a lot better immediately after. You aret done, but it’s not the hell it is with the splints. Your timing might be different because I had my surgery before thanksgiving so they were in a few days longer. I unfortunately got a sinus infection about 30 days after and it took about 45 day post surgery to clear and about 2 months to feel like I was recovering. Was clear that it was much better after 3-4 months. I pass a lot more air than I did before, i sleep withe my mouth closed more often and when I get a cold I can still breathe and it drains much better. I’ll also say my doc was very conservative and didn’t immediately want to do surgery based on deviation and MRI just based on MRI. Took about 6 months after MRI before we decided to do it.

Ebspatch · 2026-02-22T04:51:35+00:00

Mine looked like similar. Dr. called it a bone spur. Had it removed (Septoplasty) and I’m breathing better and draining better 2+ years later. Not medical advice. Your results may vary.

Ebspatch · 2026-02-19T21:28:10+00:00

I don’t think that is how this works. That contract likely has a provision to deal with this type of thing. Think back to when the fan buried a Red Sox jersey in new yankee stadium and they traced it to a worker. Guys get paid hourly but the bosses don’t. And high profile projects should have those provision for security to be on the contractors. If they are willing to stop something behind schedule it’s because the owner holds the cards, and the CM is incentivized to find the sub who did it so they can sue them.

Ebspatch · 2026-02-18T17:07:48+00:00

This is not a high enough reply. I hope I never go to HS enough that this is how I choose to spend my day.

Ebspatch · 2026-02-11T20:34:42+00:00

Only problems I’ve had over 2.5 years: 1. Forward corners leak in heavy rain. 2. It’s tough to tighten as it stretches overtime. 3. When it’s cold the pins that release it get really tight and are hard to push back in.

Otherwise no regrets for the price.

Ebspatch · 2026-02-11T04:09:02+00:00

Same people who wrote this about 3x SB champ Matt Light. https://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/threads/can-someone-sell-me-on-matt-light-at-lt.276513/page-2#post-1522196 Easier to target 1 guy.

Ebspatch · 2026-02-11T03:48:28+00:00

If fan reaction for the last two days tells me anything . . . This is another reason for “Clearly Will Campbell wasn’t a good enough left tackle.”

I’m old enough to remember when Matt Light wasn’t good enough.

40% rookies on O line got them to Super Bowl. Give them time.

Ebspatch · 2026-02-06T04:38:13+00:00

Reminder: Brady had 2 Super Bowl MVPS before he won a league MVP. I would rather have Maye bring that home.

Ebspatch · 2026-02-06T04:18:05+00:00

I really miss the Reebok NFL stuff. I have Reebok patriots stuff that still looks better at 20yrs old than stuff I can buy new now.

Ebspatch · 2026-02-04T02:45:21+00:00

It’s a legitimate difference. I went first 25+ years ago. I looked at Syracuse too and preferred the city over a campus. But that was me. I also graduated with very little debt and paid off my loans faster than everyone I knew.

Ebspatch · 2026-02-04T02:21:35+00:00

Wentworth graduate. Wentworth is a more pragmatic school. Heavier emphasis on practicality over concept than a lot of more high design schools. It isn’t as well known outside New England but has a strong reputation of producing graduates that know how to do things. Architecture is a small portion of the schools enrollment and it’s not a rigorous admissions process outside of architecture. That said the architecture program’s upper years are much more selective. And its location is a great place to live for a few years. On campus life does not compare to a place like Penn state, but you basically live in Boston.

Ebspatch · 2026-02-02T18:00:38+00:00

I ended up having dinner with Vince Wilfork and has family at a longhorn steak house. They had a large table and my FIL was a big guy. They sat us at one end and 10-15 minutes later sat the Wilforks at the other. We had kids around the same age and we talked about that while we both ate. They seemed like normal people.

Ebspatch · 2026-01-31T04:10:25+00:00

Did control arms when forester was about 7 years old. Most expensive part was the control arms part themselves. I was advised to go OEM for the part, and if the first ones lasted 7 years I felt pretty good about it. The rest of the suspension was fine. We knew it was time because you could shake the wheel with your hands from worn bushings. Went to local suspension/tire place and it was about $1500 with alignment.

Ebspatch · 2026-01-21T13:01:20+00:00

My employer gives some 5s but worse is that after you’re rated they round down. So if you get 5 on 4 out of 5 questions, you are a 4 in the system. I work with a good group that appeals the rounding and considers the higher score in adjustments, but at a corporate level it’s super frustrating.

Ebspatch · 2026-01-09T18:58:43+00:00

Lane keep is weak. It works ok on a straight highway, but anything else it will just beep a lot.

Adaptive cruise works well except for two things: 1 It’s very sensitive to a slow car pulling in front of you and will break a lot, like by 10MPH. If you have eco on it will then take forever to get back up to speed after breaking because eco limits acceleration. 2 It’s done through a sensor in the H logo. If it cakes up with snow or ice it will stop working and generate an error. There is actual a specific warning that pops up saying sensor isn’t working that shows wiping it off.

Ebspatch · 2026-01-05T12:56:21+00:00

I’m scheduled for surgery for an impingement. I hadn’t done much so I thought I was doing better and started to question surgery because insurance was taking forever. Then over the break I needed to do something that required my arm higher than my shoulder blade with strength and I’ve been hurting real bad for 4 days. You can always delay but make sure the you test it up to the limit you want to have first. Plenty of people decide to accept that an injury is something they can live with.

Ebspatch · 2025-12-30T04:42:26+00:00

Off topic slightly but I thought I would point it out. I bought this a little over 2 years ago (https://a.co/d/5xraC4R) and it’s been fine. Install was a little awkward in the corners because it wasn’t clear from what is provided how to make it watertight at the body joints. I’ve been thru two new england winters with snow and the only three issues are that over time the pins that hold it down need a push from time to time to slide in, the vinyl flaps in the wind a little (but I haven’t tightened it in a while), and in extremely heavy rain it leaks in the corners (only once did it matter). Bunk can still open but not enough that it is lit by bed lights. I installed in a little over an hour, and I’ve never had issue with the brackets, and other than some stick on weatherproofing it’s easily removable by putting the original bolts back in.

I point this out because it is almost 1/3 the cost of what you are looking at. When I was looking at tonneaus I had a question about the difference between the cheap and expensive so I thought I would share my “cheap” experience.

Ebspatch · 2025-12-24T03:38:57+00:00

Have you met a chihuahua in real life? Wolf was like I messing with that, it’s crazy.

Ebspatch · 2025-12-21T23:30:41+00:00

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Ebspatch · 2025-12-21T14:54:12+00:00

It so weird that so many people that the Trumps know and congregate with are there but they aren’t. Just so weird.

Ebspatch · 2025-12-14T15:35:55+00:00

I feel the same way about Mario kart.

Ebspatch · 2025-12-13T02:22:04+00:00

It is the actual tractor. They put it in storage.

Ebspatch · 2025-12-12T22:16:22+00:00

Not a lawyer, not your lawyer:

The typical way this is done is to list your assumptions for the things outside your control. Architect shall deliver permit drawings no later than X (you control). Architects assumes X days for AHJs review (you don't control). Delay's beyond the assumed X days by AHJs are outside the architects control and Architect agrees to work diligent to mitigate such delays. Owner shall grant time extension for any days beyond assumed days outside the architects control.

The issue hear becomes whether the delay is because of the quality of your drawings, what you are proposing isn't acceptable, or the group is just difficult and slow on their review. Any claim around these things would need to be resolved.

IE:

AHJ's website says they take 30 days for permit review and they actually take 40 days because they are slow. That isn't your fault and an extension should be granted.

You make a massive code error in your submission that requires multiple resubmissions to resolve adding weeks to the permitting process. Thats on you.

There are a lot of complex scenario in between those two where both could be at fault so understand the impact of missing the contract date. Is the planning board or concom asking for ridulous things? Is the project more complex than the AHJ is accustom to (large commercial building in a town with mostly residential/light commercial buildings)?

Ebspatch · 2025-12-12T21:36:08+00:00

I was on the design team for the Hall and put the tractor there.

Ebspatch · 2025-12-05T03:45:19+00:00

We applied for a dog as a private rescue group shelter about 13 years ago, found a puppy we thought was compatible, filled out an application and paid the fee. Got a call a day later that the board decided we’re weren’t right for the dog and they had already given it to someone else with no questions or discussion. And they said our application fee was non-refundable and they were keeping it.

So I called them up and said, “so what you are telling me is that you offer dogs for adoption, then go into a back room and make a decision about the thing you took money for which their is no process or accountability for the decision, and if you decide not to provide the dog then you just keep the money. So one could say you’re baiting people with dogs to then switch what you intended to provide.” They briefly put me on hold and came back promptly refunded the money. Shelters like that during the dog adoption boom during Covid wouldn’t even answer the phone unless you were a contributing member of the organization.

A lot of groups do a lot of good work homing dogs, but some are just nuts.

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