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My dad had a pair of those Advent Heritage back in the day. I always thought they sounded good.

Where is the question mark?

Where is the question, Mark?

Punctuation: It's what's for dinner.

mhardy6647 wrote: »

That caulk stuff can be hard to work with!

That's why I use bleu cheese dressing or toothpaste.

(ASR)

EDIT: Before any of all y'all grammar national socialists start on me -- yeah, yeah, that sentence is a question (albeit a rhetorical one) and thus should probably end with a question mark. Look - I am not too lazy to steal memes, but I am too lazy to edit them.
Work with me here, OK?

@ Geoff4rfc, get well quickly.

I'm sharing your leg pictures with a friend of mine. She had a strained meniscus from too much walking and weights. Fortunately, a shot of cortizone has solved her problem for now. Her orthopedic doctor said he sees meniscus issues in many older folks.

Tore my meniscus last March when I slipped on the ice. Had the damaged area removed in July (partial meniscectomy), no bruising at all, and I'm on Warfarin. Was it arthroscopic? I had no stitches. And barely any swelling.

Never needed crutches or walker, was back walking around the house that day. Full range of motion in 2 - 3 weeks.
Bad news? 6 weeks of PT, did no good for pain. 4 months later I still can't walk more than 1/2 a mile without pain, sometimes less. Just finished 5 weekly injections of Supartz FX for arthritis this week. That never bothered me before surgery. Supposed to wait 4-6 weeks to see if that helped.

If not, new knee. At this point I wish I had just done that right away. I'd be all healed up by now. After talking to others. having any meniscus removed is not something I would recommend.

Did they tell you what that fluid is? I've watched videos where they remove excess fluid before the injections I got, it's always clear.

Hope it goes well for you.

VR3 wrote: »

I'm a huge Simpson Strong tie fan. Expensive as it gets but amazing none the less

Especially the ZMAX stuff. The data sheets on them are impressive, even compared to Simpson's regular galvanized steel plate hardware.

I was going to use the HeadLOK fasteners but the friend who does the custom houses said "Look at the data sheets on them both, Simpson is more expensive for a reason." Not that the HeadLOX stuff is junk or anything but the Simpson stuff is head and shoulders above it. Given that the majority of the porch roof weight is on those posts and it's pushing laterally as well...just, all the help you can get, ya know?

I'll probably cheap out and use HeadLOK stuff when I fix the pool deck, though.