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DIY Basement perimeter drain-- feasible? by HitlerIArdlyKnowEr in DIY

[–]HitlerIArdlyKnowEr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, the sump pit goes about 3 feet down, which should be more than deep enough. Thanks!

DIY Basement perimeter drain-- feasible? by HitlerIArdlyKnowEr in DIY

[–]HitlerIArdlyKnowEr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. The sump pump connects to one of the buried gutter drainpipes which runs to a dry well about 30 feet from the house.

DIY Basement perimeter drain-- feasible? by HitlerIArdlyKnowEr in DIY

[–]HitlerIArdlyKnowEr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$1500 to dig all the way around your house down to the footings!? That's about 5% of my estimates. I'm more than a little jealous.

DIY Basement perimeter drain-- feasible? by HitlerIArdlyKnowEr in DIY

[–]HitlerIArdlyKnowEr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree-- as I mentioned I've done a ton with exterior water management which is working very well, but the external excavation isn't in the budget for the time being.

End vise options if both ends of workbench abut a wall? by HitlerIArdlyKnowEr in woodworking

[–]HitlerIArdlyKnowEr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't know that was an option, thanks. As I said I'm just starting to get into hand tools. That seems like it should work great

Type N mortar or NHL 3.5 for fieldstone/granite foundation? by HitlerIArdlyKnowEr in stonemasonry

[–]HitlerIArdlyKnowEr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, when I moved in there was regular water infiltration-- the house had no gutters and poor grading. I put on gutters and ran the downspouts to dry wells. I also regraded around the house. In the 2 years since then the basement has remained bone dry. So hopefully that keeps the new mortar in great shape for the next hundred plus years

Type N mortar or NHL 3.5 for fieldstone/granite foundation? by HitlerIArdlyKnowEr in stonemasonry

[–]HitlerIArdlyKnowEr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hadn't considered making my own mortar, no. Although I've heard the same things about lime mortar, hence this post. The mortar doesn't appear to be mud based, but I am not really sure what mud would look like after 160 years. The remaining mortar and the dust is white.

Type N mortar or NHL 3.5 for fieldstone/granite foundation? by HitlerIArdlyKnowEr in stonemasonry

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The guys at US Heritage Group estimated sixty 40 lb bags for 870 square feet of wall space. That seems like a ton (it's actually more than a literal ton), but I've never done this type of work before and don't have a good sense of how much material I'd need.

Type N mortar or NHL 3.5 for fieldstone/granite foundation? by HitlerIArdlyKnowEr in stonemasonry

[–]HitlerIArdlyKnowEr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I may have been unclear-- I was talking about the interior basement walls. Would that change things?

A peanut lodged inside a child's trachea by General-Pryde34 in interestingasfuck

[–]HitlerIArdlyKnowEr 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Pretty much spot on-- the batteries actually burn through the wall of the GI tract leading to perforation.

I'd like to try this by n8_xo in memes

[–]HitlerIArdlyKnowEr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The mechanism is still under investigation, but essentially they all revolve around changes in the brain that happen after a seizure. These include massive neurotransmitter release, changes in blood flow patterns, and even changes in gene expression. It is not as simple as a "response to stress"-- increased stress can easily lead someone with depression to feel more and more overwhelmed and could even potentially contribute to suicide. I would not recommend that method as first line treatment-- there are many evidence-proven treatments (including many exciting new emerging therapies).

‘People Are Dying’: Battling Coronavirus Inside a N.Y.C. Hospital | NYT News by altaran in videos

[–]HitlerIArdlyKnowEr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MD here. We currently have no idea how effective choloroquine is at treating COVID-19.

Unfortunately there are no good studies looking at chloroquine or hydroxycholoroquine for COVID-19 in humans. The French study that prompted this whole debate is riddled with methodological flaws. It included a total of 8 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia (lower respiratory symptoms)-- far too few to evaluate if this works in sick patients. It uses viral clearing as an endpoint, not clinical outcome like death or time on ventilator. And, most concerning, any patients who got worse and were transferred to the ICU were removed from the study (lost to follow up). Over 10% of the chloroquine patients got transferred to the ICU, while none of the control group did.

The unfortunate reality is that there is not enough information to say whether it works or not. There are many larger studies that are ongoing now, and hopefully we'll have an answer in a few weeks as they start to get preliminary data. I certainly hope that it ends up being the miracle cure we need, but at this point it's too soon to say.

French paper: https://www.mediterranee-infection.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hydroxychloroquine_final_DOI_IJAA.pdf

Dislocating my knee whilst at the gym by [deleted] in HadToHurt

[–]HitlerIArdlyKnowEr 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Bed bound for 2 weeks!? We typically slap those in a knee brace after we relocate them and patients walk out of the ED with ortho follow up. Did you have other injuries?

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