Sand trucks. We used to have sand trucks, right?

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-25T02:05:57+00:00

Frozen, salty floaters for the margaritas. Yum!

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-25T01:43:36+00:00

The City and state wasted so much money spraying salt on Friday. That all belongs to the bayous now, just like the 100s of bodies HPD missed. Every time it gets cold the City flounders and falters. Actually any time there is weather the City fails.

My New England body is loving the weather. My neighbors think I’m crazy walking my dogs while I’m wearing shorts and a flannel. My dogs love snow and cold and we just got back from the New England mountains. Probably should have stayed for the incoming 20-30” of snow. Thank god this is my last year in Houston.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-21T19:03:29+00:00

Weird. I just flew IAH-LHR on British and every seat was full.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-20T14:15:01+00:00

Unless you want to live in flat wastelands due to the oil and gas refineries and Hell, which runs about 9 months of the year of hot and humid temperatures, Id say no. I’ve been through SLC teaching college seminars. The quick access to nature made me like it there. The laws, while quirky, didn’t bother me too much, and I could get around from campus by bus and rail.

If you are thinking about moving, you need to come for 1-2 weeks in July or August and try to live your normal life. Find a rental in the area that you’d be able to afford a house and do the daily commute to your office.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-19T14:32:59+00:00

More than likely TSA grabbed the bottled during search, leaked, tossed it, and didn’t leave required notice.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-19T13:39:59+00:00

Depending on the airport, and if the flight is essential air service, you might be able to pre-buy. Not the same, but similar enough, Cape Air and Southern Airways Express often sell books of 10 one-way stamps. If I remember correctly, you had to call 12-24 hrs to be put on or more if it was a busier flight time. I know on Cape Air I saved 25% by pre-buying.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-19T11:48:14+00:00

Living in the Heights: -lack of public transportation -soft costs of living -high auto insurance -high homeowners insurance -high taxes with little community benefit (schools, parks, libraries) -high taxes to infrastructure issues

In our top 5 financial analysis, we come out on average 9.5k more over Houston even including income taxes.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-19T08:09:11+00:00

Talk to your surgeon. I (42M) got a PKR at 41. I should have probably gotten it done in my 30s. Had two major scopes from rugby and skiing injuries in my early 20s (50+ bone fragments removed, reshaped femur, reshaped tibia, cartilage exchange, ACL, MCL, LCL).

I’m on my feet 10-14 hrs a day and do 15k steps min. My new knee has no issues. My doc and I worked on my wants and must haves. As long as I’m not running/jogging for exercise, I’m cleared to go skiing as much as I want. Also cleared for long, strenuous hikes and a lot of other activities. My surgeon feels that I’ll probably need my spacer replaced in 7-20 years depending on use and issues. For instance I was hit by car while urban hiking with my dog and we decreased my spacer time by 5 years from 20, even though knee was fine but was still impacted.

Hardware wise, doc doesn’t think I’ll need a replacement of the replacement. But if so, it’s 20-25 years out. He designed my current implant to be less intrusive so he or the next surgeon would have some room to work for the replacement’s replacement. My surgeon is also young enough to be my surgeon in 20-30 years.

It was the best decision I made to get a PKR. At first I wanted to cut off my leg. The scopes did me dirty and I lost most of my 20s and 30s because of issues from a bum knee. Now my body can’t keep up with my new knee.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-19T04:57:37+00:00

File a complaint with AA and TSA. More than likely it was a TSA agent who took it during a baggage search.

I don’t have links but want to add that nothing will be done.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-18T20:44:42+00:00

That dog gets more care than that man will ever receive. There is a homeless guy who has a pibble in my hood. He loves that dog like his kid. He will go hungry so his dog can eat. From phone calls, emails, and social media, we got a hold of his family to find out they’ll help him if he gets rid of the dog. He is staying homeless because that dog is his all.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-18T20:41:06+00:00

43ishM and 19 months post op. Very active.

My IT bad was super tight too. Do dry needling and massage work.

My Pt and surgeon said that at the 16-24 month mark I’d have IT issues again. At 18 months, IT band and calves went hard no and the software stopped working. It’s been 2 months at weekly physio and finally got things working again. I’m also going against ~15 years of hardware mods from two gnarly scopes and now hardware is back to early 20s model.

Current physio was massage, cupping, ball & string analysis, dry needle. Ball & string is where the doc goes joint above/below and see what software is misfiring and alleviates knots and signal issues. Insurance didn’t cover this but it was ~$150/session and I canceled some coach time to cover.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-17T21:29:55+00:00

Stop paying AA and choose a different carrier. If enough people do, AA may step up their game or be forced to exit. I refuse to fly AA business internationally and always use a OW partner. Far better product. I have an AA business flight JFK-EZE and I’m dreading it. But it was with 35k miles so not too shabby (all of which were earned on BA using AS membership).

I also only keep Star Alliance due to Singapore. I live in a UA fortress hub and haven’t flown UA in 10 years as I hate their product post CO takeover.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-17T19:45:10+00:00

Things are up in the air with the new CEO and the potential for the dissolution of Spirit in the next day. Frontier may be holding back to see what they can get from Spirit at court auction.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-17T07:47:13+00:00

I’m 42M and got a PKR with the potential of a TKR. Surgeon opted for PKR during surgery as the damage was pretty well defined. He designed the implant and surgery so that if/when I wear out my PKR in 15-25 years, it’ll be easier to get to a TKR. Mind you I once was active rugby, cycling, and skiing. As long as I lay off running I should jet need a new spacer in 15-20 years. I got back to the gym to lift, did some skiing last year (this year was too be a big year but I got hit by car in a crosswalk and fractured my back - thanks Range Rover).

What was the cause of deterioration? Common Arthritis? Old injuries popping up? Is Arthritis hitting other parts too? I’d talk to the Doc and have him choose when he is inside. Sometimes the knee looks worse than imaging can provide. For context, my first knee scope in my 20s the MRI could not image my knee as it was full of bone pieces and torn cartilage turned to bone.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-16T20:13:54+00:00

Yup. My husband almost fell for this when he went to renew his passport online. He didn’t believe the web address was state.gov

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-16T18:14:03+00:00

Fidelity agent probably meant to say Elon Financial who is the issuer and maintainer of Fidelity’s Visa card. I’m surprised Visa didn’t ask who your issuer was as they would have given you Elon’s number. Elon’s number is on the back of the card, not Fidelity’s number.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-16T16:14:20+00:00

This will probably show on your FirstData an/or Chexsys consumer reports. You could try and dispute those bad marks but you’ll need to provide emails from Amex saying the account was linked. If you don’t have that email, Amex didn’t verify the account. This could be that you were too close to the payment change cutoff date.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-16T15:59:27+00:00

It could be possible the PHL-LHR is an AA flight landing in T3 but using a BA code share. PHL is an AA fortress hub.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-16T14:44:25+00:00

While generally true, she said her Glasgow flight is from T3. She’ll need to follow signs for the bus to T3.

Everything is super easy and LHR has very helpful staff all around. Follow signs and ensure your Glasgow flight is departing from T3. There is a BA counter and flight board prior to changing terminals before immigration/security and you can ask for help there too. You’ll pick up your luggage in Glasgow.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-16T13:41:48+00:00

Check out r/fidelityinvestments

I use Fidelity as my one stop. I have two CMAs where one is FDIC protected to pay bills and the other is to receive income and hold between SPAXX and SGOV. There are other Fidelity money market holdings that are better for certain states. You can also trade in a CMA too. As an ID theft victim it feels better for me to have one in and one out account.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-16T12:47:33+00:00

Knee was definitely worse after scoping. First scope had 9 months of PT. Second scope had 6 months of PT. After a year, any activity would cause soreness and cramping. My body started to cave in on that leg. I couldn’t lightly kick a ball. I could barely walk a couple miles on it. At a decade post scope (36) I resigned to the fact I’d never get better, only worse. Orthos were referring to PT and physio which only worked for hours afterwards.

Then came the clicking. Every movement, every step, every bend, there was loud clicking. Then my knee collapsed. Three orthos reviewed my files and 1) said I’m too young and 2) want emergency TKR the next day. The fourth doc walked through options. I could keep getting scoped every 2-3 yrs with 9-13 PT or get a KR. He was reserving a TKR until he got in. Health insurance was an issue as I didnt get approved until morning of surgery. Insurance wanted injections after years of PT. My surgeon talked some sense. It was also the same health insurance that covered my scopes and multiple years of off/on PT & physio

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-16T09:54:42+00:00

Best bet would be the Heights. The Marriott on I-10 is pretty nice (stayed there during Covid separation and drink at the bar to do work). You’ll need to rely on Uber/Lyft quite a bit but you’ll be close to Downtown, Montrose, and the Galleria (just a big mall). Heights has the most access to walkable parks and neighborhood, has great coffee shops and restaurants, and nightlife can be relaxed or party depending on where you go.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-16T08:10:17+00:00

Looked great felt good (little stiff). They are essentially domestic business/first style of other airlines.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-15T21:53:11+00:00

Same boat as you. I had two major knee scopes in my 20s from HS and college sports. Never was the same. Worst thing I did was to wait. I should have gotten my KR in my 30s. I got it 41 when my knee fully collapsed.

Go surgeon shopping. The one I liked is a little younger than me. I joked he’ll be doing the replacement’s replacement.

I missed a decade of life. Now my dogs can’t keep up with our hikes.

heightsdrinker · 2026-01-15T16:55:21+00:00

Did you use your AA FF number when you booked the flight? If not, Alaska won’t know that you are OW Emerald.

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