What did you do today?

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21 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Trina and I have been together 10 years. 

Don't you think it's about time to make it official?

[ebinmaine 73,472]

46 minutes ago, rjg854 said:

Don't you think it's about time to make it official?

 

We ARE official..... as we're gonna get for now.  

 

Neither of us is religious. 

Neither of us gets a financial benefit from a piece of gov't paper 📃. 

We're already bound financially and by Last Will. 

 

In another 8 to 11 years when I retire we'll rethink the situation.  

 

 

[ebinmaine 73,472]

54 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

 

I heard on one of them sciency-stuff podcastamajigs earlier this year that the way medical science is going if you make it through the next 5 years your chances of living to 100 are going to increase dramatically.

 

I've seen similar.  There are many scientists who are extremely excited to see the medical advances coming up relatively soon.  

 

HEALTH span is what's important to me. 

 

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1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

We ARE official..... as we're gonna get for now.  

 

Neither of us is religious. 

Neither of us gets a financial benefit from a piece of gov't paper 📃. 

We're already bound financially and by Last Will. 

 

In another 8 to 11 years when I retire we'll rethink the situation.  

 

 

 

Just make sure the rest of your paperwork is in order to protect either of you in the even something happens to either of you. Make sure both of your names are on all major assets, with language that specifies rights of survivorship.

[ebinmaine 73,472]

2 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

 

Just make sure the rest of your paperwork is in order to protect either of you in the even something happens to either of you. Make sure both of your names are on all major assets, with language that specifies rights of survivorship.

 

 

Done to the best of our abilities. 

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2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I've seen similar.  There are many scientists who are extremely excited to see the medical advances coming up relatively soon.  

 

HEALTH span is what's important to me. 

 

 

Good point - here, we have discussed our wishes if our health declines to the point of not being worth staying alive for, and being a burden on others.  

 

Regarding medical advances, yes, I'll bet we've yet to see some pretty amazing stuff in our lifetimes.  What really bothers me is all the natural and maybe some human-derived treatments/cures that have been suppressed, outlawed, or bought by Big Pharma and locked up, so they could keep selling expensive medications that don't cure anything but keep you taking them and giving them big $$$.

 

Wacky conspiracy theory?  It's not wacky if there really is a conspiracy.  To anyone who thinks there never are any, here's a lollipop, have a good day. 

(I used to work for a pharmaceutical company.... )

 

Edited Wednesday at 01:26 AM by davem1111

[ebinmaine 73,472]

7 hours ago, davem1111 said:

 

Good point - here, we have discussed our wishes if our health declines to the point of not being worth staying alive for, and being a burden on others.  

 

Regarding medical advances, yes, I'll bet we've yet to see some pretty amazing stuff in our lifetimes.  What really bothers me is all the natural and maybe some human-derived treatments/cures that have been suppressed, outlawed, or bought by Big Pharma and locked up, so they could keep selling expensive medications that don't cure anything but keep you taking them and giving them big $$$.

 

Wacky conspiracy theory?  It's not wacky if there really is a conspiracy.  To anyone who thinks there never are any, here's a lollipop, have a good day. 

(I used to work for a pharmaceutical company.... )

 

 

To everyone: 

 

I'll not delve into anything too deeply here. There are more appropriate places...

 

But please consider this. The human species in the Western Society is in its current state - our SEVERE increase inobesity - for a reason. 

There's also "Big Food". The largest companies can pay for the best MARKETING which is why we have so many health issues as a mass society in today's world. 🤔 

 

The Food Pyramid was never meant to be followed. 

 

Do your own research. Ask your own questions. Follow people or channels or networks that have differing opinions. 

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2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

To everyone: 

 

I'll not delve into anything too deeply here. There are more appropriate places...

 

But please consider this. The human species in the Western Society is in its current state - our SEVERE increase inobesity - for a reason. 

There's also "Big Food". The largest companies can pay for the best MARKETING which is why we have so many health issues as a mass society in today's world. 🤔 

 

The Food Pyramid was never meant to be followed. 

 

Do your own research. Ask your own questions. Follow people or channels or networks that have differing opinions. 

 

I agree about there being more appropriate places, but sometimes a touch of inappropriateness is needed to shake people loose from their dream state.

 

My wife and I do not watch much TV, only streaming shows and movies with little or no advertising. We block or ignore advertising on websites. When we do see a commercial, we usually laugh at their attempt to influence us.

We eat mostly organic food. Yes, it's more expensive, but so are health problems.  Wife is gluten intolerant and can't handle much sugar/carbs either, so we don't eat a lot of pasta, etc. Lots of fresh salads, homemade soups, fruit & yogurt. Our sugar consumption is very low and usually it's for a "treat" or special occasion.

 

We avoid pharmaceuticals as much as possible. I take meds for high blood pressure because diet and behavior modification wasn't quite getting it back to a safe level. Which is another thing - they keep changing the numbers so doctors will prescribe more meds. "Normal" BP numbers used to be a little higher, so did cholesterol.  Doctor wants me to take Statins, and I refuse. I got my cholesterol to come down on my own when it started getting higher than their number. 

Yeah, educate yourself, don't always take what doctors say as gospel. They are at least partly motivated by "incentives" from pharmaceutical companies. Plus, they didn't all graduate at the top of their class - some were near the bottom. I've met some that I wonder how they managed to graduate....

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On 9/9/2025 at 5:57 PM, adsm08 said:

 

I heard on one of them sciency-stuff podcastamajigs earlier this year that the way medical science is going if you make it through the next 5 years your chances of living to 100 are going to increase dramatically.

 

Not m, I turned around when I hit 50.  I just celebrated my second 36th birthday!

[ebinmaine 73,472]

@Sparky

 

There's a BBT trying out some sausage patties for Saturday....

 

Mailhot brand. Lovely stuff.  

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On 9/8/2025 at 5:00 PM, Lane Ranger said:

Had a set of 3.50 x 8 tri-rib tires put on s set of old RJ wheels i had.  These 3.50 c 8’s look better on RJs than the 4.50s.

 

 

Also cleaned and painted a front tire i am trying to save from  the 1958 RJ i bought last week.  It had a tube filled with calcium chloride as both fronts were original tires and wheels from the factory 67 years ago.  
 

The tube valve was damaged and leaking and the wheel had two large rust holes do i had to try snd save the tire!  The tire is saved  and i have another wheel to use!  

 

i put a temporary replacement on hhe rj to facilitate working on the tractor!

 

 

 

Looking good. Can you provide some info on those rear tires? Thanks.

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Pushed hard to get my average MPH up and got in almost 23 miles this morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ed Kennell 42,440]

     Take me Home.

[ebinmaine 73,472]

My life is rough sometimes. 

The entire existence of a Large Bear. Just plain difficult. 

The BBT - aka Lead Experimental Cookerer -  is messing about with breads for the Meet n Greet in N Berwick tomorrow. 

Gotta have breakfast sammiches....

 

Experiment # 1 didn't rise. OK. Alright. Whatever. I got this. I'm a helper. I help people. 

I took the piece and choked it down. 

 

It was absolutely phenomenal.  

 

Ployes. People. I have ployes. 

 

@squonk & @stevasaurus I know you both feel my sacrifice right now. 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

     Take me Home.

Yep! 
 Daughter went to West Virginia University…that song was played at every event including her graduation 

[ebinmaine 73,472]

[squonk 44,038]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

What kind of flour? I'm used to a more yellow ploye.

 

[Ed Kennell 42,440]

31 minutes ago, Sparky said:

Daughter went to West Virginia University

My youngest son went to WVU.     I started there but worked for a traveling construction Co. during summer break.   Seems I always ended up someplace new,

York College., Drexel, Lehigh, and Penn State.

[ebinmaine 73,472]

19 minutes ago, squonk said:

What kind of flour? I'm used to a more yellow ploye.

 

 

 

These are a buckwheat flour 

[ebinmaine 73,472]

@squonk

 

Here's the other type she's making. 

 

Regular flour. 

 

 

 

 

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