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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.

Jstas wrote: »

Also, Milwaukee's 18V Framing Nailer is no joke!

Heavy as hell when compared to pneumatic but it went toe to toe with a Porter Cable pneumatic and did not fall behind at all. One 5.0 High Demand battery lasted this entire project too.

I'm also not a Milwaukee ****. I was gifted an 18V driver/drill combo back in 2010/2011 and that married me to the battery form factor. I've been lucky in that ever tool I've needed that came in that 18V form factor has exceeded my expectations. I'm just relating my experience.

Modern Milwaukee M18 stuff is fantastic.

The 12ah batteries are amazing.

My cabin is off grid, so power tools have to be battery powered.

I built a "bathroom" in the cabin this summer, so I picked up the miter saw, and the brad and finish nailers. The miter saw ran on the 12ah battery, hundreds of cuts and it only lost 1 bar. Ran the nailers and drills off 8ah and 6ah batteries. No issues.

I'll be getting the table saw next.

For most home owners, the M12 is plenty. Go M18 if you're doing big projects, or a professional.

Okay, it's not that bad but....as I handful of you may remember, I mentioned going under the knife for minor surgery, removal of torn meniscus, but I think those bastages beat on me while I was under.

I'm two weeks post-surgery, got my four stitches out today and a large syringe full of something that just shouldn't have been in there.....observe, and no one make fun of my boxers....







Note the size of that thing, this aint your grandmas syringe....but I digress, my stability has improved, I'm still one crutching it and phys therapy is a good thing.