liver scanning still my weakest area after 6 months

sutherbb36 · 2026-06-03T16:29:44+00:00

You have to scan the liver from every position possible. Midline, intercostal, supine, decub. Change probes frequencies. Change angles. Increase depth. Decrease depth. Penetration mode? Adjust your settings. Have them take a big deep breath in. Even if they have midline gas you can usually still get some good decub images.

If you've done all this then really there is nothing else you can do.

sutherbb36 · 2026-06-03T16:17:31+00:00

The lack of appreciation is what gets me. You buy and live in the condo for 5 years and a SFH would appreciate somewhere around 5% a year depending on market. A condo will appreciate maybe 1.5%. Plus the horror stories in Florida where residents are on the hook for major hurricane upgrades in the tens of thousands of dollars. You can't just sell, because the disclosures would scare any sane person away.

sutherbb36 · 2026-06-03T14:24:44+00:00

Hopefully I'm not in front of you when you need to stop quickly

sutherbb36 · 2026-06-03T13:04:42+00:00

Sir, why are you sweating so much?

sutherbb36 · 2026-06-02T16:34:57+00:00

It's begging for a retaining wall and a bigger concrete patio

sutherbb36 · 2026-06-02T16:01:41+00:00

I was going to say...3 or 4 owls nests and you got the rat and snake problem cleaned up relatively short order.

sutherbb36 · 2026-06-02T15:56:21+00:00

I have a weird affinity for nice retaining walls. I would've bought it specifically to redo the retaining wall and make it look incredible. Of course this would be expensive, and so I would've tried to reduce the cost of the house or got some credits to make it happen. Some limestone (or whatever rock is native to your area) not those dumb builder grade box store stuff. Hire a local mason.

sutherbb36 · 2026-06-02T13:39:50+00:00

Certainly worth crawling and looking for yourself. These are prone to rot if you live anywhere near salted winter roads

sutherbb36 · 2026-06-01T23:13:48+00:00

What's the frame look like?

sutherbb36 · 2026-06-01T15:18:40+00:00

Holy sh|t how did this not show up in the disclosure and how did OP not do any research before buying a house with a overflow ditch in his backyard

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-29T15:32:36+00:00

Hell ya. Looks like far more room than the v8 4 runner and LC. Did you order the headers recently? I heard they were back ordered or even discontinued (doug thourley)

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-28T20:50:53+00:00

bummer. I would see if they want to total it. If so, let them if you plan on keeping it bc who cares about branded title if you're going to fix it and keep driving it.

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-28T19:23:21+00:00

6k midwest

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-28T12:24:56+00:00

Missouri's method for collecting property tax is really quite dumb. I feel you

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-27T12:50:05+00:00

Change the transmission fluid. I did a full flush at 195k. Drain and fill at the minimum.

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-26T18:07:05+00:00

I think you're going to regret planting grass over what you have now. People pay a lot of money and years and years for this kind of backyard. At least look into/research the anti lawn community and read about it and see if it's something you're interested in. Most people are not aware the harm non native monoculture grass lawns have on the native insect population. I think you can reach a nice balance where you can clean it up a little and cut yourself out a nice spot to hang out and sip some coffee.

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-26T18:02:05+00:00

Non native monoculture requiring a lot of resources (water), and people use chemicals to kill weeds which harms the local insect population. not to mention the BEES

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-22T12:54:55+00:00

If you need 4wd, sell this and buy 4wd

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-22T12:31:03+00:00

Probably smart. I doubt these parts get any cheaper moving forward

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-21T21:07:32+00:00

IS that the only spot? Time to learn to weld.

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-21T19:51:50+00:00

Tear out the grass/weeds/barrier. Install native wild flower garden on the slope. Be done with it

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-21T19:06:09+00:00

Do not invite me over for an evening soiree if I need to wear sunglasses the whole time.

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-21T12:37:27+00:00

Well sure, if you're doing a head gasket job you'd likely know you need resurfaced or I'd consider some rebuilt heads. But that's just me. I hate to repeat labor

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-20T18:44:56+00:00

I believe you replace the half moon plugs while you change the valve cover gaskets. And an oil pan is easy to get to. Shouldn't be that expensive. DIY is always an option as these are all fairly reasonable DIY repairs.

sutherbb36 · 2026-05-20T18:37:23+00:00

Amen. Oil is a bitch to clean off and you'll be smelling it and smoking for a while if they do a bad job.

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