Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[korhun]

I hope Tcoat is having good time, and that's why he is not around..

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by korhun

I hope Tcoat is having good time, and that's why he is not around..

He was on line this morning.

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

My daughter got her first pump at age 12. They have come a long way since then, and insulin too. They really gave my daughter more freedom, and made her more in control, which is huge. Her A1c has been fantastic for years. In high school she could go out like a normal kid and eat a burger and shake at the McDonald's like every other kid. Just tell her pump. Priceless.

Yeah, I understand that but it's the idea of something plugged into me that weirds me out. I have the picture in my head of climbing through a fence on a farm and having this tugging sensation as the pump gets caught on a strand of barbed wire.


But that's just me. I understand, intellectually, the benefits a pump can bring.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Yeah, I understand that but it's the idea of something plugged into me that weirds me out. I have the picture in my head of climbing through a fence on a farm and having this tugging sensation as the pump gets caught on a strand of barbed wire.


But that's just me. I understand, intellectually, the benefits a pump can bring.

I understand. If you have a system that works for you, why change.

[Sapphireho]

The motor looks excelent! I see where I went wrong last time I serviced it. I just need a couple cans of electrical cleaner and back together she goes. This baby will be good for another 40 years of slicing. So excite.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

The motor looks excelent! I see where I went wrong last time I serviced it. I just need a couple cans of electrical cleaner and back together she goes. This baby will be good for another 40 years of slicing. So excite.

OK, was something wrong with it or was your service preventative maintenance. OR, did you do an @Ultramaroon and pull it apart just for the hell of it? -


humfrz

[Will BRZ]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

iirc very limited of their wheels (in 5x100) are 38. Freeform have em in 38 (17x8 +38). If you do buy em lmk, cuz I'm still interested to see how flush they are.

I think the Hypergram was the one offered in 18x8.5 +38. But I actually was going for the Freeform. In 18 most likely though

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

OK, was something wrong with it or was your service preventative maintenance. OR, did you do an @Ultramaroon and pull it apart just for the hell of it? -


humfrz

I never take perfectly good things apart. Well, a lot less since I was a kid.

When I got the slicer years ago, it was dirty, and the bump stops were gone, so I took it apart. I didn't realize I was missing a motor seal. It slowly leaked all the tranny fluid out. It uses the same fluid our cars use in the tranny and rear end.

The bump stops are gone again, and this time I found a motor seal. The slicer is a 1978, so parts are getting hard to find, and Hobart does not like to sell to "do it yourselfers" . They are used to dealing with restaurants, not regular people. Their manuals tell you very little.

I am so pleasantly surprised that the motor and gears still look great, I got new bump stops and motor seal, and new fluid.

I am hoping I got rid of my tranny leak, and should be good for many more years.

[Will BRZ]

Originally Posted by korhun

Yea, because it's the worst design ever.

Never let this die lol

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

I'm sorry to read that.


I believe you.

It took me a long time to accept/be comfortable with diabetes. I did some damage to my eyes during my rebellious years but thankfully good control reversed that damage.
Seriously, the glass syringes that had to be sterilised each morning was a pain but not nearly as painful as the huge, veterinary sized needles at the time. The needles would be used over and over again until they got blunt then they would be resharpened. *shudder*

The concept of pumps scares the crap out of me. There is no way I could go that route and the few people I've spoken to with pumps and patch/"continuous" blood glucose monitoring have all had higher HbA1c readings than me.

Now days I sum it up like this: the worse thing about diabetes is that there is never a holiday from it. The best thing is I don't have something far worse.

my dad's a type 2. he's started looking into a pump/monitor due to drastic fluctuations at work. he's crashed a couple times now due to stress/weather--last time, it was stress on a job that we couldn't get answers for within a completely unrealistic time frame, the time before, he dressed for working outside on a lift in 40 degree weather, it turned out to be an extremely cold windy 60, so he sweated it all out, but never noticed because of the wind, fire department got called for that one... it terrifies me every time.

as long as you've got it under control, there's really no reason to look into a pump.

just remember-- even superman had his kryptonite

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by korhun

I hope Tcoat is having good time, and that's why he is not around..

my personal theory is a specially trained rogue group of ninja bananas broke into his work and home, taking only the computer keyboards.

they left a note that they had warned him not to eat their cousin, and now he has no choice but to face the consequences. any attempt to replace the keyboards have been foiled through long forgotten inter-office politics, and oddball credit card reader failures.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I never take perfectly good things apart. Well, a lot less since I was a kid.

When I got the slicer years ago, it was dirty, and the bump stops were gone, so I took it apart. I didn't realize I was missing a motor seal. It slowly leaked all the tranny fluid out. It uses the same fluid our cars use in the tranny and rear end.

The bump stops are gone again, and this time I found a motor seal. The slicer is a 1978, so parts are getting hard to find, and Hobart does not like to sell to "do it yourselfers" . They are used to dealing with restaurants, not regular people. Their manuals tell you very little.

I am so pleasantly surprised that the motor and gears still look great, I got new bump stops and motor seal, and new fluid.

I am hoping I got rid of my tranny leak, and should be good for many more years.

So, is that your secret to your tasty, sliced roast beef sandwiches?




humfrz

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

OK, was something wrong with it or was your service preventative maintenance. OR, did you do an @Ultramaroon and pull it apart just for the hell of it? -

Quit smoking yet?

[NoHaveMSG]

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