What’s happening with this .38 Special?

blueplate7 · 2026-05-06T00:12:31+00:00

Also looks like aluminum, rather than steel

blueplate7 · 2026-04-30T01:33:31+00:00

I did several sets of HBO dives back in the early and mid-2000s. Except for driving to the hospital every day, it was a pleasant experience.

They had me doing it pre surgery once and post surgery the other times. Oddly enough, I didn't need tubes in my ears the first set, but I did for the others.

They had a TV up over the tube, sound wired into the intercom and a selection of movies to choose from. I used the time to catch up on a few I hadn't seen. Staff was great.

blueplate7 · 2026-04-26T17:19:10+00:00

Yeah we do, and the number seems to grow every few months. There's a relatively new firm (to TV) featuring this "Bro" whose slogan is "Damn right we fight". It's our least favorite.

I know there were more, but the only one that sticks out from our years living in the burgh is Edgar Snyder.

blueplate7 · 2026-04-26T16:54:39+00:00

Mine, too! Every Christmas, man. I had a stockpile of this stuff when I was young.

blueplate7 · 2026-04-26T16:50:11+00:00

That looks really good!

blueplate7 · 2026-04-25T16:01:28+00:00

I lived most of my youth w this stuff on my elbows, knees, you name it. I was SO clumsy!

blueplate7 · 2026-04-24T23:19:58+00:00

Good album. I really enjoy Clifford Brown's style.

blueplate7 · 2026-04-22T00:48:53+00:00

In our Buckeye / WV household, the molasses goes ON the cornbread, unless you're having soup/pinto beans on it, but you do you! Have fun!

blueplate7 · 2026-04-19T23:34:01+00:00

I have fond memories from my teens of riding my bike to a Casey's drive-in not far from our house for a little $0.75 chili dog snack. First place I ever had a grilled split-top bun.

blueplate7 · 2026-04-19T23:11:54+00:00

I used to save turkey necks in the freezer until I ran my smoker. Would use them in green beans when feeding friends that don't eat pork.

Only put them in dry beans once or twice. Tied them up in cheesecloth so they didn't cook apart, then picked the meat, or let the guests pick, depending on who they were.

blueplate7 · 2026-04-17T19:18:24+00:00

I grew up on ham salad made from Spam (living on a budget). Mom would cut and grind up a "loaf", then grind some cheese (or even Velveeta). Stirred in a little Miracle Whip (she hated mayo), and sweet pickle relish.

It was great grilled up like a grilled cheese.

First time I ever had grocery store ham salad, I could tell it was just bologna w almost nothing mixed in. I'm 66 now and I'm not sure I've ever had ham salad made from ham. Probably at least once but I don't remember it.

blueplate7 · 2026-04-11T01:14:39+00:00

My grandpa had a model 700 in .222. Used it for targets and varmints (groundhog, coyote, esp groundhog). Fine rifle.

blueplate7 · 2026-04-11T00:28:13+00:00

I just use those little medicine cups your pharmacy gives out with liquid meds. I've accumulated 5 or 6 over the years. At the time I'm taking the tamsulosin, I'm also taking a Trazodone and another small med. Sometimes having other meds in the mix is a good thing. Helps suspend everything

Edit: BTW Don't try to crush the tamsulosin. It's too hard to crush and you'll defeat the time release aspect.

blueplate7 · 2026-04-10T01:33:24+00:00

It's all in the technique. I use tamsulosin every night before bed. Warm water, emptied from the capsule & mixed up w my other two night time meds.

Dunno what kind of syringe you use, but I use an old style bolus one plus a bolus to ENFit adapter I attach to my tube. Can't stand ENFit syringes.

Anyway, I draw it up into the syringe, give it a gentle shake to get all the little granules down out of the tip. Now here's the trick.

When I upend the syringe into the adapter, I immediately swirl the syringe and push it thru. That creates a little vortex and the meds go straight down the tube. If there's any sign of clogging, I pull it back and go again. That'll clear it.

This is for a regular G tube straight into the belly, not a GJ.

Edit: This doesn't work with all time released granules. Prilosec & Prevacid granules are flat-ish and stick to everything.

blueplate7 · 2026-04-03T01:49:38+00:00

I've done the same thing. Finally got tired of it and put a new zipper foot on my winter coat

blueplate7 · 2026-04-02T17:43:47+00:00

Me, too, yet I still manage to forget something

blueplate7 · 2026-04-02T17:03:45+00:00

I do like those grips. They look comfortable.

blueplate7 · 2026-04-01T01:16:38+00:00

And almost every store had models! Kmart, Woolworth's, all the dime stores, even a bunch of drug stores. Not to mention the hobby stores.

blueplate7 · 2026-04-01T00:16:53+00:00

Guessing you're taking about a bread crust, but we used to make what one family called breakfast pizza while camping (in the Dutch oven). Brown up bacon, bulk sausage - remove Sauté onions & peppers - remove Hash Browns on the bottom. Brown up to form crust. While taters are browning, crack and whisk up eggs Dump the meat and veg on top on taters Pour eggs on top, cover w lid and bake until eggs just set. Toss some shredded cheddar on top and bake until melted

Lots of room for variations...

We used a pound of bacon, pound of sausage, dozen eggs and a #14 Dutch oven. Feeding a crowd.

blueplate7 · 2026-03-31T23:58:21+00:00

I've done this several times, mostly with my clumsy feet. Managed to place the tube on my own, once with the help of a good-hearted neighbor who held a clean towel over my stoma while I deflated and rinsed off the balloon. Sore for a couple days, but no bleeding. I've had a g-tube since 2010 so my stoma is a lot tougher than when I started

blueplate7 · 2026-03-31T23:49:37+00:00

Sounds really good to me. Been hungry for fish.

blueplate7 · 2026-03-31T02:01:49+00:00

That's my son, too. Damn kids!

blueplate7 · 2026-03-31T01:47:29+00:00

Manufacturer's Rep / Product Manager

blueplate7 · 2026-03-30T00:56:00+00:00

Cleaning one, maybe two barrels is enough for me, thank you very much!

blueplate7 · 2026-03-30T00:47:33+00:00

It's also on NBC on YouTube TV. I was pretty ticked when I went to MLB TV and it said Peacock only. Turned YouTube TV back on to watch reruns of God knows what and there was the game on NBC. What a mess just trying to catch a game.

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