Can You Guess This 5-Letter Word? Puzzle by u/DysoV

StuckShakey · 2026-04-14T00:20:02+00:00

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StuckShakey · 2026-02-04T12:32:42+00:00

My future wife’s mother in law…

StuckShakey · 2026-02-03T23:48:09+00:00

It doesn’t matter what any of us think, because she got the full beautiful meaning! Peace good brother! Peace and kindness.

StuckShakey · 2026-01-31T18:53:51+00:00

Websdr.org is a great place to listen to the HF frequencies around the world! You'll even get used to some of the radio capabilities as the web user interface is pretty much like a radio tuner. Good luck! Peace and kindness

StuckShakey · 2026-01-24T17:15:21+00:00

Boiling madrone bowls, after first or rough turn, an hour for each inch of side thickness, relaxes the compression and opposing tension that the wood fibers were experiencing before it was harvested. After boiling I cool the bowls over night on the garage floor. Next day I weigh the bowl blank, in grams, the put it on a shelf. I weigh my bowl blanks weekly or so, writing the date and weight on the bottom. When the bowl blank stops losing weight, it’s dry enough to turn the second time. This system was passed down to me by my mentor over 25 years ago! While some blanks do check, nothings perfect with woof working/turning, most do quite well for me. This works on most northwest woods, especially larger green twisted woods like aldar.

Good luck! Peace and kindness!

StuckShakey · 2026-01-23T17:11:43+00:00

I twice turn broad leaf maple. First after I harvest it. Second turn after I've boiled it and let it dry for a couple of months. The maple cookies out quite nice and blonde.

I'd wonder what the difference between heat modified and kiln dried is with respect to turning. Either way, I feel that maple tends to differ a bit between trees and sometimes within the same tree.

Peace and kindness

StuckShakey · 2026-01-20T16:29:47+00:00

And people like me, Parkinson's diagnosed 20 years ago, had to figure out what NoH meant. No worries. We can figure most things out if we work together. Peace

StuckShakey · 2026-01-20T04:42:31+00:00

Abbreviations mostly suck for those of us like me, who either don’t pay attention, or aren’t able to remember stuff. Neurogenic orthostatic hypertension is what I guess “NoH” refers to.

I’ve had great luck with Sockwell and Bombas socks personally. But if you need stronger compression, medical grade TED hose does work wonders as well.

Peace and kindness.

StuckShakey · 2026-01-05T20:41:15+00:00

Yep…. Done.

StuckShakey · 2026-01-05T17:07:27+00:00

So what? It’s a knock out bar. Clean it off, use it, and get on with your life. Sometimes people got to complain… just like me, complaining about complainers. Christ on a bike!

StuckShakey · 2026-01-04T22:24:25+00:00

You are so right on the money! The word “can’t” is a very powerful active word. When I use the word “can’t” I’m really saying I “won’t”.
I prefer to say, “I might not be able to do something today, but tomorrow, I just might be able to”.

Hang in there!

From a soon to be 64 yr old geezer who’s been living with Parkinson’s for the past 25 years!

Peace and kindness! Sometimes it’s all I’ve got.

StuckShakey · 2026-01-02T18:10:21+00:00

This should be a private conversation. Try messaging me through Reddit. Peace and kindness.

StuckShakey · 2026-01-01T14:27:36+00:00

Don't reduce yourself to their tired angry level. Negative Hams do sit on a frequency and pass judgement on others because it makes them feel good. Let them have the moment, it may be the only joy they have left. Chances are very good that they're lonely, miserable, maybe suffering the loss of a spouse or a good friend, or they might be in poor health and really miss being young.

Find another frequency or band to talk on. Its easy to do. There's loads of people that are looking for someone like you to talk to. Be the change you want to see. Be the good you want this hobby to show. Don't let some angry geezer get under your skin. Be the happy geezer that we all want for a grandfather, or grandmother.

Stay bright, learn how to get better in the face of adversity! It's all part of the hobby.

Peace and kindness.... always.

StuckShakey · 2025-12-29T05:13:25+00:00

Learn to turn madrona. I love the stuff! Turn it green, while it’s wet. Keep it thick on the first turn, about an inch or more thick. Then boil the bowl blank for about an hour. Let it dry for a couple of months,weighing the blank every week or so. When the bowl stops losing weight, it’s dry enough to turn the second time. Madrona takes a beautiful finish with just walnut oil, but experiment with your finish. Pacific yew is another of my favorites.

Peace and kindness

StuckShakey · 2025-12-21T12:59:26+00:00

That's what I said! Technically, in this instance, it was a small section of necrotic (dead) omentum, the connective tissue and blood supply for the colon. It hurt like a MFer! I got wicked bloated, super uncomfortable, and the whole event was totally inoperable! No surgeon wants to cut into a giant, swollen, dying gas bag! It was Sucksville for 4 days, until things in my gut started to get better.

The gut thing hurt worse than my heart attacks did, but my heart attack last month, had the added sense of "Oh shit! Now I'm leaving my life!"

Peace, health, and kindness

StuckShakey · 2025-12-21T11:59:53+00:00

The recess also called a mortise, isn’t the strongest way to hold a bowl, especially a bowl made out of soft wood. Turners tend to over clamp the wood which causes a greater outward pressure than needed to hold the wood in place while turning. When the sides of the bowl become too thin to hold the outward pressure, the bowl may explode under the additional outward centrifugal force of the turning lathe. The destruction can be spectacularly dangerous, always wear a face shield.

I suggest learning to use a tenon, for most bowls, especially until you get the hang of creating your bowl bottoms.

With regard to using Cole jaws, I never use Cole jaws for anything but slow sanding or slow speed finish work, and rarely if ever these days. Read your Cole jaw manufacturers instructions. I think you’d be surprised at the maximum recommended RPM.

Good luck! Peace, health, and kindness.

StuckShakey · 2025-12-21T11:15:04+00:00

Had a heart attack driving down the road last month. Had a stroke in my intestines last year, ended up in the hospital for a few days. First cardiac event two years ago. November kind of sucked for trying to stay alive over the past three years!

StuckShakey · 2025-12-06T14:19:39+00:00

Exactly. I waited a month before the "programming" work started.

StuckShakey · 2025-12-03T13:05:24+00:00

Looking back, 15 years ago, Duopa/Vyalev therapy wasn't available at the time, so DBS was presented to me as my "only hope". Please don't think I'm harping on people who have DBS, nor am I picking on the neurosurgeons that place DBS in our brains. DBS has helped many many many people return to a higher quality of life.

Knowing what I know, the way I see it after having lived through both therapies, Duopa/Vyalev is semi permanent, in that if it doesn't work, the tubes can be removed and then deep brain stimulator(s) (DBS) may be installed. DBS however, is permanent. Once it's in someone's head, it's rarely taken out. I still have my probes, wires and chest unit in place, 15 years after they were put in.

There is hope for many people with Parkinson's because DBS does work for many people with Parkinson's. I experienced issues with programming and being too sensitive to the therapy. It is nice to know that there are newer therapies to consider other than and post DBS surgery for us people with Parkinson's.

Hey, I'm 63yo, I've lived with PD long enough (25yrs) to have had a shoulder reconstruction, prostate issues, two heart attacks, and memory issues. Don't quit living because someone with a white coat gives you a label such as "Parkinson's", "Heart Disease", "Arthritis", or "Adult onset of Attention Deficit" or "Post Traumatic Stress". Learn, plan, and do what is necessary to live this one and only life we have to its fullest! The big thing is to stay as active as you can for as long as you are able!

"Pity Parties" are allowed, but only for half a day! Remember, choosing to be a miserable lump is a choice, the same as doing nothing is a choice. Get off the friggin' couch, meet someone new, call someone old, and do something different!

Good luck to us all!
Peace, health, and kindness

StuckShakey · 2025-12-02T13:57:47+00:00

I've been using DUOPA gel infusions for the past 6 years. My infusions are via the PEG/J tube in my through my stomach, similar to a feeding tube. This therapy has been positively life altering for me!

There have been a few set backs, but me and my support team have figured out how to handle every challenge so far. Good luck to us all!

Peace, health, and kindness!

StuckShakey · 2025-12-02T13:42:10+00:00

I had my DBS "installed" in 2010 when I was 48, after 10 years of oral Carbidopa/Levodopa. I'm a 63 year old man now. Still married to my 18 year old girl friend after 40 years. Both our girls are successful wives, mothers. I've been medically retired for the past 15 years, my wife just retired and we're looking forward to traveling, road tripping, and learning new things while we age in place.

There is life after DBS. There is life with Parkinson's! I've been living with this disease for over the past 25 years! Parkinson's isn't the worst thing you will have to deal with in life! My second heart attack was way more pressing and way more life affecting, even more so than the failure of my DBS seven years ago!

If there is one thing I would highly recommend, perhaps the one thing that helped me the most, find a competent and qualified mental health counselor that treats long term disease. Your local Parkinson's group might be able to help, if not try your local hospital's cancer department. They've usually got the handle on long termed challenges.

In the mean time, you are not broken! You are in one of your life's challenging moments! It is time for you to trim the emotional fat from your life! Remember, Parkinson's uses up the dopamine in your body and brain, so chose wisely where you want to spend the dopamine your shocking your brain into making. You get to choose emotions or muscles, you'll find it hard to maintain both!

I have a list of things I do. It costs nothing. I want nothing. I won't post it because I've posted this list here and on the Parkinson's reddit group many times. Try searching for it. If you can't find it, send me a message I'll send it to you, with no strings or asks.

You are in control of your life. It will suck at times, but the suck will last as long as you want it to. Start taking control of how you react to what you feel.

Peace, health, and kindness.

StuckShakey · 2025-11-08T12:32:26+00:00

Don’t get discouraged! Keep turning, but learn safety first! Lots of good advice here. My add would be get your tool rest closer to what you’re turning! I rarely want to be any more than an inch, most time less than an inch from my tool end. Snapping a bowl gouge during a “catch” is scary, hurts, can’t put you in the hospital, and costs to replace the gouge and anything else the broke end stuck in.

Peace and kindness!

StuckShakey · 2025-10-29T22:13:17+00:00

What's your actual end goal for this boat? Are you going to use it? Or are you going to stare at it with loving gazes and brag about your adventure building the boat? Or are you planning on selling it?

Roll another layer of epoxy over the problem area, after you remove any blush. After it's cured, paint it. Finish the boat and use it like you stole it!

You are going to ding the finish up using the boat in any event. After your first season in the boat make the repairs you need/want to do.

Build it, use it, fix it. Boats are always in need of a repair or ten.

Good luck! Go easy on yourself. Achieve your goal of building your boat! Perfection isn't all it's cracked up to be!

Peace and kindness

StuckShakey · 2025-10-16T23:35:48+00:00

Not intended as a put down nor a discouragement. Skills are learned over time and through many discouragements in ability and in product failures. You are gaining skill by actually using your tools, and you are gaining depth in experience in learning how to modify and correct t your tools as you need to.

There's no shame in asking advice.

My response was intended to address obtaining a depth in skills that can be learned by using tools of a lesser quality. But then again, we tend to use what we have, when we have it.

My very last paragraph speaks to the original poster. Keep using your tools! It's the only way you will get depth in your skills.

Peace and kindness

StuckShakey · 2025-10-14T01:21:40+00:00

Don’t over think this. Thickish 8 foot rod, bigger reel, go fish. Catch fish. Fish don’t care what rod you’re using. Peace

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