At some point they would have to, I mean how else would they be able to land wheels down.Do the planes you take from Australia fly upside-down?
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Shuttle? LIRR? blech. Train from Newark to Penn is 15 minutes.
I avoid Jersey like the ....-ing plague!!
... seriously.
Yes it's right across the river(airport) but hell naaa for someone like me I'd hIt traffix on the GW bridge...
Edit. I really need to catch up. I'm lost honestly. Plus I'm being mentioned as liked.. what have I missed!
I was shopping with my girlfriend in Walmart.
I picked up a case of beer and put in the cart.
"What are you doing?" my girlfriend asked.
I said, "It's only $10 for 24 cans."
She said, "Well, we can't afford it, put it back."
So I put it back and we continued shopping. A couple aisles later, my girlfriend picked up a $20 jar of face cream.
I said, "What's that for?"
She answered, "It's my face cream. It makes me beautiful."
I said, "Well hell, so does a case of beer and it's half the cost."
That's me lying in aisle 5........
I picked up a case of beer and put in the cart.
"What are you doing?" my girlfriend asked.
I said, "It's only $10 for 24 cans."
She said, "Well, we can't afford it, put it back."
So I put it back and we continued shopping. A couple aisles later, my girlfriend picked up a $20 jar of face cream.
I said, "What's that for?"
She answered, "It's my face cream. It makes me beautiful."
I said, "Well hell, so does a case of beer and it's half the cost."
That's me lying in aisle 5........
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Do the planes you take from Australia fly upside-down?
I don't need to be any sicker, thanks. LOL. I do catch up on movies though. Some airlines have an oldies channel. Gone with the Wind, and Singin' in the Rain...that's five hours dead right there.
L5 is the first vertebrae above the sacrum, so L4-L5 doesn't have much mobility to begin with. Fusing didn't limit my mobility at all from what I can notice. Some people require multiple levels fused and that's where you start to notice mobility loss. Fusion in the cervical spine (neck) is a different story and mobility loss can be more of an issue. As for recovery, that depends on many factors including the materials used in the fusion spacer, the technology in the procedure, the approach of the incision, and if any external stabilizing hardware was used (to be later removed after the bones fuse). I had no external hardware, the most modern materials used in the fusion spacer, and the approach was from the front leaving me with a 2" incision in my belly. I was walking in the first week. The pain sucked for the fist month to 2 months. After three months my pain was at 50%. After 6 months, it was 30% and I started strength training and PT. After a year I was 100%. It usually takes 9 months to 1 year for the bones to totally fuse. I wore a brace for 6 months. As for artificial disk replacement, I don't know of ANY insurance companies covering that. The technology is still emerging and the data is inconclusive on the long-term effectiveness of disk replacement vs. fusion. The only advantage to replacement is that it preserves mobility but the effectiveness is showing to be equal to that of fusion at best provided the diagnosis is proper to begin with. Spinal fusion is one of the most over prescribed surgeries to combat chronic back pain and is often unnecessary. It did the trick in my case because I did a LOT of homework and tried many other options. Since your brother's case is congenital, he's lived with issues most of his life and fusion may have been the best option for him. Disk replacement would not be an option to fix congenital spinal stenosis. Hope this helps clarify. Now back to my Shadowfax.
Love, love, love old movies! I was born in the wrong era I think sometimes. I loved the fashion, hair styles, ladies shapes. They had curves then and were gorgeous. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse (spelling?) too many to mention. Hard to catch those anymore on TV.
I have had a mad crush on Gene Kelly since forever.
Robin, you and I soooooo need to hang out when I come to the USA.
L5 is the first vertebrae above the sacrum, so L4-L5 doesn't have much mobility to begin with. Fusing didn't limit my mobility at all from what I can notice. Some people require multiple levels fused and that's where you start to notice mobility loss. Fusion in the cervical spine (neck) is a different story and mobility loss can be more of an issue. As for recovery, that depends on many factors including the materials used in the fusion spacer, the technology in the procedure, the approach of the incision, and if any external stabilizing hardware was used (to be later removed after the bones fuse). I had no external hardware, the most modern materials used in the fusion spacer, and the approach was from the front leaving me with a 2" incision in my belly. I was walking in the first week. The pain sucked for the fist month to 2 months. After three months my pain was at 50%. After 6 months, it was 30% and I started strength training and PT. After a year I was 100%. It usually takes 9 months to 1 year for the bones to totally fuse. I wore a brace for 6 months. As for artificial disk replacement, I don't know of ANY insurance companies covering that. The technology is still emerging and the data is inconclusive on the long-term effectiveness of disk replacement vs. fusion. The only advantage to replacement is that it preserves mobility but the effectiveness is showing to be equal to that of fusion at best provided the diagnosis is proper to begin with. Spinal fusion is one of the most over prescribed surgeries to combat chronic back pain and is often unnecessary. It did the trick in my case because I did a LOT of homework and tried many other options. Since your brother's case is congenital, he's lived with issues most of his life and fusion may have been the best option for him. Disk replacement would not be an option to fix congenital spinal stenosis. Hope this helps clarify. Now back to my Shadowfax.
PerfectXfoo. Excellent info. Thanks a bunch. Sounds like my bro has a road ahead of him. But then he didn't have a choice. Makes me feel I need to get out and see him. He lives in the middle of Nowhere, WI and is hard to get to...especially in the winter.
You guys shamed me into using an actual photo of me as my avatar. Just so you'll know what the real photo is like when you see the tiny little avatar, here it is full size. I took this photo, so I guess you could say it's a self-portrait.
OK Pap, if you're brave enough to show your face then I can too. Just for tonight though. I don't want to drive the ladies wild.
My issue is I don't vape in front of my girls!!!! I like the family bathroom so I don't freak anyone out with smoke or odors. At sea-Tac now, lots of family stalls
. One more hour till my husband lands then we get picked up.
Bappo, what I do is to take one Vivi Nova to the airport with me about 1/2 full, which is enough for me to vape at the airport and on arrival. I pack 2 or 3 clean empty ones along with my vape gear and juice. I put the juice in separate ziplock bags.
The only time I've had any leaking was when I took some Vivi Novas with juice in them and they got turned upside down in my luggage. That's how I learned to take empty ones plus one with some juice in it that I can vape on.
My issue is I don't vape in front of my girls!!!! I like the family bathroom so I don't freak anyone out with smoke or odors. At sea-Tac now, lots of family stalls
You got me lost April. Have you been at the airport all day?
Got my vape station.Love it!! I put a piece of paper under each compartment that holds the juice with the date that they will be three weeks (after the 48 hr cap off) old. Three weeks for my taste seems a better fit. Before that date..... Not so much. Now I can really see what I am consuming and what I have for future use.
I got the caddy also.
I am going to have to glue up the connecting joints on the station. It is already separating at one corner edge. That's no biggie. I know, I know, it should be good from the get go, but for the price, you get what you pay for.
Yay, happy for you, Robin! I'll have to look around for something locally, or have something made custom (labor's cheap) - I can imagine shipping that thing here would cost more than the box itself.
BTW - Good morning Army!
Update: And a Happy Thanks Giving to you all back there in the States or anyplace else you happen to be celebrating it!!!
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Nope! My husbands meeting us here from Chicago. Does that help? So PHX to Sea, while he's Chicago to Sea Tac. He's been at work. We timed out flights as close as we could so family only makes one trip to the airport.
Oh, and my girls had the day off from school. So they've been with me all day.
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