OSUT 257: Spring is Finally Here. Bring on the Outdoor Fun and Grilling Season!

[klausm]

got the yard mowed last night, should be good for a week

 

[klausm]

need to Kroger today and see about getting pontoon to the lake. Hope it all works, ah the joys of buying old stuff

 

[klausm]

need to start stocking the camper for the trip in June

 

[OneBadV8]

Have not seen KG1 for a while either

Hope @KG1 is doing ok too

 

[klausm]

glad I remembered, went to USPS and stopped my mail

 

[GregD]

Hope @KG1 is doing ok too

KG1 and Jaybird and Sylain are andjr are the ones I miss.

 

[BeDome]

looking for neuropathy, real big issue if you lean towards diabetes

Yep.
I've been borderline Type II for 25 yrs at least.
Nothing I do changes that mark on their scale.

My wife actually has a degree of neuropathy from a bad kidney thing last year, led to sepsis and we almost lost her.

They do more than just poke at her feet to assess progression. They tickle her all over and (being middle sis with five brothers) she HATES being tickled!

 

[greg]

GM… Happy Carb Day and Friday!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Mornin' klaus and greg!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Guess I'll go ahead and go to Kroger. If the plumber calls, I'll have at least 30 minutes to get back home, and Susan is up now.

 

[BeDome]

Howdy, Greg

 

[OneBadV8]

Morning greg

 

[klausm]

a friend's wife has neuropathy very bad that she got from chemo

 

[GregD]

Howdy BD

 

[BeDome]

Hey GregD

 

[Expat]

looking for neuropathy, real big issue if you lean towards diabetes

i would hvae trimmed my toenails if I had known to expect that. i mean they werent ridiculously long but...

 

[Expat]

Hello COOP, klausm, BD

 

[BeDome]

We have a new tree, placed in the city easement by the city.

Not sure where they had the things shipped in from. Everything here is as green as May can make it, but this baby tree does not even have fully opened leaves yet.

It's about 1&1/2" at waist level, a little over 8ft tall. Wife says they planted a green Q-tip out there.
I thought it was a silver maple at first, color of the trunk, but closer look is a complete covering of gray/silvery lichen.

More hope, the immature leaves are more uniform than silvers.
More like a Canadian flag, whereas silvers usually have one lobe elongated or fat and often another lobe with a split.
These leaves are all "maple" looking.

I was really hoping for a bigger tree, regardless!

 

[BeDome]

Hey Expat, Coop

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Back from Kroger. Still no word from the plumber. I wish they could've given me a "window" at least, instead of "sometime today". I still need to go to Aldi and to Walmart.