An interesting coincidence, a week ago I read this article about hearing, a few days ago I did not hear a mosquito and decided to buy earplugs. So in this article there is also about the noise from the car window
What was your prep for today?
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An interesting coincidence, a week ago I read this article about hearing, a few days ago I did not hear a mosquito and decided to buy earplugs. So in this article there is also about the noise from the car window
My prep for today was shoulder stretches.
One day not that long ago I was watching my son's young dog and we were playing fetch in front of his garage. You know the drill, dog runs fast to retrieve toy, runs back with toy, repeat. Well this one time I tossed the toy and the dog runs, scoops up toy and keeps running in one motion. She had tried and tried but kept missing, would stop and run back to the toy. But this time, success. In a celebration she ran a lap around the garage. I was standing near the corner facing where she had been when suddenly I'm laying on the concrete driveway. She was running so fast that when she turned the corner it was too late to swirve right or left and she bowled me over like the corner pin that I was.
Eh, I couldn't fuss at the dog. I should have spun around to watch out for her. I did have enough wits about me to reach back with my right arm and cushion the impact enough to not end up with a head impact to the concrete. I fell hard enough that the 'milk bone' dog biscuits in my pocket to give her for dropping the toy were crushed. I had a pocket full of crumbs after that.
Now when she does her celebratory lap I move well away from the corner of the garage and give her plenty of room to move left or right as I stand looking in both directions in case she decides not to complete the celebratory lap and returns from the other direction.
Trouble is, months later it still hurts. Old bone spurs I suppose. The arm circles I do each day cause the shoulder to sound like a bowl of rice crispies after pouring milk is poured onto them. Range of motion is an issue. See, as a human if it hurts to do it we don't do it. That leads to a frozen joint syndrome.
So far the stretches are helping relieve the range of motion issue. At my job a lot of my day is spent behind a computer or arms holding a steering wheel. That has led to cramps in my scapula area at night. The stretches have helped with that too. No more cramped scapula(s). Meaning no more Mrs Fixer saying "you need to see a doctor".
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One day not that long ago I was watching my son's young dog and we were playing fetch in front of his garage. You know the drill, dog runs fast to retrieve toy, runs back with toy, repeat. Well this one time I tossed the toy and the dog runs, scoops up toy and keeps running in one motion. She had tried and tried but kept missing, would stop and run back to the toy. But this time, success. In a celebration she ran a lap around the garage. I was standing near the corner facing where she had been when suddenly I'm laying on the concrete driveway. She was running so fast that when she turned the corner it was too late to swirve right or left and she bowled me over like the corner pin that I was.
Eh, I couldn't fuss at the dog. I should have spun around to watch out for her. I did have enough wits about me to reach back with my right arm and cushion the impact enough to not end up with a head impact to the concrete. I fell hard enough that the 'milk bone' dog biscuits in my pocket to give her for dropping the toy were crushed. I had a pocket full of crumbs after that.
Now when she does her celebratory lap I move well away from the corner of the garage and give her plenty of room to move left or right as I stand looking in both directions in case she decides not to complete the celebratory lap and returns from the other direction.
Trouble is, months later it still hurts. Old bone spurs I suppose. The arm circles I do each day cause the shoulder to sound like a bowl of rice crispies after pouring milk is poured onto them. Range of motion is an issue. See, as a human if it hurts to do it we don't do it. That leads to a frozen joint syndrome.
So far the stretches are helping relieve the range of motion issue. At my job a lot of my day is spent behind a computer or arms holding a steering wheel. That has led to cramps in my scapula area at night. The stretches have helped with that too. No more cramped scapula(s). Meaning no more Mrs Fixer saying "you need to see a doctor".
Got shoulder pain issues?
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Earplugs: Those silicone flanged ones are way nicer than the foam, _and_ you can get "musicians" ones that have a fairly uniform dB cut across the audio spectrum. Going to a concert, you can still hear the way the music should sound, just 20 or 30 dB quieter, so your ears aren't ringing after, but you still get to feel the bass thumping your chest.
Sigh. All the efforts in my 20s to preserve hearing, and then around 30, ISSHL more or less took out my right ear. Well, positive way to look at it is at least the other ear has as good sensitivity as possible for my age. "prep"/survival-wise, it does make me nervous not being able to locate sounds very well. If they're really loud, the other ear will pick up, which leads to the weird effect of passing cars (on the wrong side) "switching" sides of my head when they get close enough.
My electronics preparedness effort for April is to go through my large collection of power banks and run a discharge(self discharge check)/charge-discharge(capacity) test/80% charge (or maybe 100% then discharge 10-20% if I don't catch it). One old one started out fine, but after a cycle started swelling a bit. When opened, I didn't see any spicy-pillow look to the LiPo, but I discharged it down to millivolts through a 10 ohm resistor and recycled it. One 18650 based one was down to like 70%. Not bad, but I have enough no need to keep a worn out one, esp. since it's one of the old 5V 1A units. I'm thinking of giving away anything that tests good that doesn't have USB-C output, much less ones that can't deliver 5V 2A USB-A.
I also still have some flashlights with "original" 18650s... from back when CR123 was the standard and 18650s were the hot new thing. Two old ones tested fine for capacity (1800 and 2000mAh) and charge retention, but IR was up to 200-250mohms (yeah the MC3000 test isn't trustworthy, but it can tell 50 from 200). Not sure what to do with ones like that. Flashlight duty, on high, is clearly not so good, and just from age, I should probably get them out of the house.
Sigh. All the efforts in my 20s to preserve hearing, and then around 30, ISSHL more or less took out my right ear. Well, positive way to look at it is at least the other ear has as good sensitivity as possible for my age. "prep"/survival-wise, it does make me nervous not being able to locate sounds very well. If they're really loud, the other ear will pick up, which leads to the weird effect of passing cars (on the wrong side) "switching" sides of my head when they get close enough.
My electronics preparedness effort for April is to go through my large collection of power banks and run a discharge(self discharge check)/charge-discharge(capacity) test/80% charge (or maybe 100% then discharge 10-20% if I don't catch it). One old one started out fine, but after a cycle started swelling a bit. When opened, I didn't see any spicy-pillow look to the LiPo, but I discharged it down to millivolts through a 10 ohm resistor and recycled it. One 18650 based one was down to like 70%. Not bad, but I have enough no need to keep a worn out one, esp. since it's one of the old 5V 1A units. I'm thinking of giving away anything that tests good that doesn't have USB-C output, much less ones that can't deliver 5V 2A USB-A.
I also still have some flashlights with "original" 18650s... from back when CR123 was the standard and 18650s were the hot new thing. Two old ones tested fine for capacity (1800 and 2000mAh) and charge retention, but IR was up to 200-250mohms (yeah the MC3000 test isn't trustworthy, but it can tell 50 from 200). Not sure what to do with ones like that. Flashlight duty, on high, is clearly not so good, and just from age, I should probably get them out of the house.
I recharged a dozen eneloops/duraloops and five power banks.
During the past week I topped off a number of 18650's in lights that are just lying around the house.
During the past week I topped off a number of 18650's in lights that are just lying around the house.
Cleaning out the trunk of my car that was fully loaded with about 12 years of stuff. Still an on-going process. Will take me a few more days to sort everything. What's going in the trash, what's going upstairs to my home, and what is going back in the trunk. So far, that last category is a compact, collapsible snow-shovel with a narrow head. Fantastic item I bought almost 20 years ago at a deluxe car-wash. Can't find it anywhere now.
In the end, it'll free up a massive amount of space in my trunk for more essential preparedness items.
In the end, it'll free up a massive amount of space in my trunk for more essential preparedness items.
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Picked up a couple fire extingushers >>
can't seem to find the one in my garage, sooo
Picked up a couple fire extingushers >>
can't seem to find the one in my garage, sooo
Kidde Pro 210 Fire Extinguisher, 4lb, 2-A, 10-B:C, 2 Pack - Walmart.com
Arrives by Mon, Apr 24 Buy Kidde Pro 210 Fire Extinguisher, 4lb, 2-A, 10-B:C, 2 Pack at Walmart.com
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