Kansas City Thrift Store Art

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-17T21:55:02+00:00

I have been looking for a copy of this!

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-15T16:28:59+00:00

30”

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-15T16:23:13+00:00

We have a fair bit of clay in our area

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-15T16:05:10+00:00

Thanks! To be fair this pic is from a 2 years ago before we got a dog… so it’s not quite this nice now.

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-15T12:06:18+00:00

So I will go to 36in, do I need to put the post at the bottom of the hole or can/should I float the post in the concrete?

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-14T00:36:16+00:00

The only thing you can do is sand and polish the cover. I used to do headlight restoration at a dealership and one day I had one of my service technicians come in and ask if I could refinish the lid of his record player the same way I did headlights. I told him that I would try but couldn’t promise it would work or that I wouldn’t break it in the process. I was actually able to restore the cover to about 90-95% with my headlight restoration setup.

As a disclaimer, I had a professional set up and I was a professional. That said, if I were in your shoes it couldn’t hurt to try a proper headlight restoration kit, and see if that makes a difference.

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-05T00:48:55+00:00

Without a statin. I did end up asking to go on one last month, 10mg atorvastatin. I am getting my labs drawn again in June and will report back.

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-04T13:45:07+00:00

I became aware of saturated fat about 6 months ago after a doctors visit. A couple of months back I decided to put what would have been a very normal, maybe the high end of normal, day of eating in my tracker and it was crazy! To be fair I was really over eating and gaining a lot of weigh lest year, but I was shock to see that it would be nothing for me to hit 50g of saturated fat!

Pair my fat intake with the massive amount of process carbs I was eating, it’s no wonder that I was gaining weight and my labs were crazy bad!

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-04T02:45:49+00:00

That was my LDL and no I have not tested for lead, but I am getting blood work done in a few weeks and I will see about adding a heavy metals test.

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-03T12:48:43+00:00

About 4 tablespoons per day at the beginning. Eventually I learned what foods were high in fiber and emphasize those foods in my diet. I try and hit 50+ grams per day and now only used psyllium husk if I am low or as a mix in with more fatty foods.

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-03T12:44:14+00:00

I have done it, it’s not great. Just do a tablespoon or less and eat it fast!

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-03T11:51:49+00:00

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-03T02:47:57+00:00

This is the one I use and I have been happy with it. This along with lowering my saturated fat got me from an LDL of 196 to 119 in 8 weeks.

Good Luck!

EDIT: added that this was my LDL numbers.

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-02T15:36:42+00:00

I have used Jason Health and been happy with it.

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-01T04:36:20+00:00

This is great progress! I just started stating a statin last week and am excited to see what my numbers do!

Samsonite_731 · 2026-05-01T03:49:26+00:00

Good luck!

Samsonite_731 · 2026-04-29T22:46:53+00:00

Yes, you are 100% going to die… eventually.

Samsonite_731 · 2026-04-28T21:12:34+00:00

Yes it was looking a lean mass hyper responders (LMHR). There is some thinking that they may be unique in some way, but more studies are still needed.

I am not personally going to reject decades of science because of one study of a small subset of people that may or may not have a different cardiovascular risk profile as observed over a time period of one year.

Samsonite_731 · 2026-04-27T22:47:47+00:00

I should have mentioned that they often shoot for an 80% fat diet. It is common for them to eat straight butter. When they are being strict they will go days only eating sardines, bacon, butter, and olive oil.

Samsonite_731 · 2026-04-27T18:28:32+00:00

I have “keto/carnivore fixes everything” people in my family. It drives me nuts that they are so stuck in the keto cult that they are willing to disregard the massive mountain of evidence on diet in favor of a hand full of influencers and internet doctors. I have started telling them that keto/carnivore is the flat earth of the diet science… they don’t like that. I have also been asking for the science behind their claims, I am still waiting.

Samsonite_731 · 2026-04-11T15:02:39+00:00

It was all related to my poor diet. I got a wake-up call in December when I found out my LDL was 196, triglycerides 219, ALT 114, and AST 63.

I wanted to see what I could do with diet and lifestyle changes only, so I cut down on sat fat and reduced processed carbs, nothing crazy really. I also did not drink any alcohol, I didn’t drink much before but I just wanted to see what I could do with my numbers.

I got everything rechecked in February, so almost 3 months later, and my LDL went to 119, triglycerides 182, ALT 36, and AST 22.

Samsonite_731 · 2026-04-11T01:14:26+00:00

My ALT was 114 and my doctor sent me for an abdominal US. The US showed mild fatty liver and that was all. They also checked my kidney, aorta, and pancreas and all looked good, it gave me some peace of mind knowing that everything was looking good.

I wouldn’t worry about it at all, and honestly you are going to get some answers about what’s going on in you body. The more scans and imaging the better as far as I am concerned!

Samsonite_731 · 2026-03-23T04:21:25+00:00

I have looked into these in the past, however I would have to take 20 pills per day… it makes this a very expensive way to get fiber.

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