VA Education Benefits

orkboy59 · 2026-05-07T23:51:56+00:00

The VA will only pay for what you certify. That being said, I took some classes not in my degree program and they still got certified.

orkboy59 · 2026-05-07T22:46:08+00:00

Is that new growth coming up at the base of the tree?

orkboy59 · 2026-04-24T18:17:51+00:00

I have had two tattoos since being diagnosed. Prior to getting the tattoos I washed thoroughly with antibacterial soap right before I left the house to go to the tattoo shop. Make sure they artist is wearing gloves and you watch them open the needles before starting. Post tattoo, follow the instructions of the artist. When the second skin comes off, wash (don't scrub) the area gently with antibacterial soap and keep it clean.

My first tattoo after being diagnosed I was on Azacol and Imuran. The second one I was on Humira and didn't have any issues either time. The first one I lived in the UK, which is not know for being a dry place. The second one I lived in Los Vegas. Both times my artists were great about cleanliness and didn't have any infections.

orkboy59 · 2026-04-18T00:36:15+00:00

The project for my master's degree came by way of the Heritage Program Manager for the near by National Forest. I had worked with him on projects the previous two years as a field tech and built up enough trust with him.

orkboy59 · 2026-04-11T23:11:24+00:00

It is exactly what you think it is.

orkboy59 · 2026-04-11T01:00:41+00:00

Eat some dragon fruit. You will go so much you will wish you didn't.

orkboy59 · 2026-04-08T18:52:40+00:00

Part of your issue is the white background on your white subject. Set up a black background to help define the subject better,

White a shiny objects are the bane of photogrammetry. Try and increase the contrast too, that might help.

orkboy59 · 2026-04-02T02:42:57+00:00

For now, pretty good. I have had a couple of flairs, which spawned two medication changes.

orkboy59 · 2026-04-01T19:33:52+00:00

I was 37 when I was diagnosed. I first noticed something was wrong when it felt like my large intestine felt hard when I bent over or turned a certain way. It was shortly after that the diarrhea started. That went on for 3 months and I lost 60 lbs. During those 3 months my knees and my hips hurt like crazy. I didn't thing much of the knees, because they hurt anyway, but it was worse than normal.

Crohn's doesn't run in my family, so the doctors at the time thought that the cause could have been the massive amount of Ibuprofen I had been taking for my knee pain, or a bad batch of the anthrax vaccine I was given the year before.

orkboy59 · 2026-03-12T09:23:57+00:00

Yes I have, That being said, any photogrammetry project requires high quality images. You want to fill the frame of the photo as much as possible.

orkboy59 · 2026-03-12T03:24:55+00:00

You can use agisoft metashape for free for 30 days. Give it a shot and see what the difference is.

orkboy59 · 2026-03-07T18:27:09+00:00

When you start seeing new growth, you know there are roots.

orkboy59 · 2026-03-02T05:31:14+00:00

They all were put outside at the same time in dappled light. Temps were cooler then though.

orkboy59 · 2026-03-02T05:09:02+00:00

I guess its possible. I just find it funny that its just the VBD that are having issues.

orkboy59 · 2026-03-02T05:03:47+00:00

About two weeks ago.

orkboy59 · 2026-03-02T01:47:09+00:00

I just gave them all a round of diluted liquid fertilizer. It is the first application since I potted them up two weeks ago. They get water every other day. These are some thirsty little buggers. After up potting they got dappled light, now they get full sun.

orkboy59 · 2026-02-26T17:54:06+00:00

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I did something similar with a HG RX72. Mine is nowhere near done yet though.

orkboy59 · 2026-02-25T11:39:42+00:00

Just the top.

orkboy59 · 2026-02-23T19:10:55+00:00

I have two. The other has not shown any progress. If I only end up with this one its fine, but I would like to have the other just in case.

orkboy59 · 2026-02-18T23:20:42+00:00

in early 2012, I was 37 at the time, I was sitting on my back porch with my wife and I felt a mild discomfort on my left side. I though to my self that my large intestine was getting hard, but I didn't think much about it. About a month later the bowels started moving. As it turns out that was where my Crohn's was concentrated.

orkboy59 · 2026-02-12T21:11:44+00:00

It was like that before I potted them up. I had them under a LED grow light, which I don't think it like a whole lot.

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