Some old Photos for your enjoyment
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KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
Cell phones have changed things so much. It is the new Swiss Army knife. And that's fine with me, they make my life so much easier. Once I get a few $$ ahead I plan to upgrade my iPhone to one that is new enough that I can use it to read my Freestyle Libre sensors (so I won't have to carry a reader as a separate device) and use electronic point of sale payments (instead of a credit card). Right now I have an iPhone 6, one generation too early to have these features.
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
I never trust another individual to give me all pertinent info on my medical condition or my meds. Always do my own research into medical conditions, symptomology, meds, interactions and potential side-effects.
If you are not well informed, how do you know what questions to ask your doctor?
EDIT: or pharmacist.
If you are not well informed, how do you know what questions to ask your doctor?
EDIT: or pharmacist.
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Ian
Notorious member
One HUGE problem is that the majority of physicians were never pharmacists. I always get suspicious when I get prescribed something I don't think I need but saw a big cardboard display for on a side table in the waiting room. I've been prescribed medication that was contraindicated for my condition and against other meds I was taking and even argued about it with the doc at the time because I read the prescribing information beforehand...and she evidently didn't. I had a friend die a horrific, slow death from toxic epidermal necrolosis in the burn unit because his doctor prescribed a medication that reacted with his lupus meds and caused his skin to die....and it was a KNOWN interaction!
Like Smokeywolf and Keith said, BE PROACTIVE when it comes to your own health. Doctors don't know everything and can accidentally kill you or neglect you to death if you aren't being your own watchdog and diagnostician. Most docs I know appreciate the self-vigililance and aren't threatened by it, others are jealous or scoff at patients who look out for themselves and use their doctors as an aid to their own, self-motivated quest for optimum health.
The gun question is part of obummercare and has deep roots as a backdoor information databasing campaign related to the eventual plan for gun control/confiscation. That's all I'm gonna say about that.
Like Smokeywolf and Keith said, BE PROACTIVE when it comes to your own health. Doctors don't know everything and can accidentally kill you or neglect you to death if you aren't being your own watchdog and diagnostician. Most docs I know appreciate the self-vigililance and aren't threatened by it, others are jealous or scoff at patients who look out for themselves and use their doctors as an aid to their own, self-motivated quest for optimum health.
The gun question is part of obummercare and has deep roots as a backdoor information databasing campaign related to the eventual plan for gun control/confiscation. That's all I'm gonna say about that.
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462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
I wrote about this back in May, or so, in another thread, but X-rays showed that my hobbling round for most of a week was due to osteoarthritis and general wear and tear of the right knee, and the knee doc prescribed Celebrex to reduce the swelling and associated pain. I bought the few tablets he prescribed, but after reading up on its use and side effects, both the printed material that CVS provided and the Internet, decided to live with the discomfort till it went away.
Never been asked about guns, though did leave the Glock in the trunk's safe when I saw my new primary doc Friday.
Never been asked about guns, though did leave the Glock in the trunk's safe when I saw my new primary doc Friday.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
It's not the Dr's playing CYA for ME that bothers me, it's the Dr's playing CYA for the LAWYERS that bothers me. If a Dr thinks a test is a good idea because of something he is trying to figure our, fine by me. If it's a Dr calling for tests because protocol dictated by the lawyers...that's another thing. Lawyers and $ are probably half the problem with the cost of healthcare!
As far as meds, my family has one member that takes one little pill every morning and that one pill makes our lives bearable. we live in a wondrous age in many ways.
As far as meds, my family has one member that takes one little pill every morning and that one pill makes our lives bearable. we live in a wondrous age in many ways.
JWFilips
Well-Known Member
Another Old One from Shorpy.com:
July 1940. Door County, Wisconsin. "Wife of Farm Security Administration rehabilitation borrower in her kitchen." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon.
Scary looking pressure cooker &
I'm a bit worried about the can of motor oil by the stove however!
July 1940. Door County, Wisconsin. "Wife of Farm Security Administration rehabilitation borrower in her kitchen." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon.
Scary looking pressure cooker &
I'm a bit worried about the can of motor oil by the stove however!
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Gary
SE Kansas
I'm still using my 4s iPhone. Don't really care if I get dropped or garbled calls, I don't answer most of them anyway.
JWFilips
Well-Known Member
When I was a kid growing up in the 1950's In NEPA My Mom had 2 kitchens! One was in the Basement ( But Still the 1st Floor in that house)
It was just one big room with Kitchen and Living area in one.
Down there she had a simple Side By Side Dickson coal stove / Gas combo ( Ultra Modern for us!) The coal side never went out & there was a teapot and coffee pot on it 24/7! Gas side was for Guests or Family breakfast!
Upstairs she has The Master "Dickson" coal stove & oven! This was her pride and joy ( the Kitchen Aid of her time!) All the holiday meals, Bread baking , pie baking etc was made in that full six burner ( so to speak) stove / oven! The super structure was an area you could place your dough to rise or keep stuff warm. when she made soup it sat there as long as it had to, to finish it! No need to refrigerate the leftovers! They just say in a constant state of warmth until the pot was empty!
It was just one big room with Kitchen and Living area in one.
Down there she had a simple Side By Side Dickson coal stove / Gas combo ( Ultra Modern for us!) The coal side never went out & there was a teapot and coffee pot on it 24/7! Gas side was for Guests or Family breakfast!
Upstairs she has The Master "Dickson" coal stove & oven! This was her pride and joy ( the Kitchen Aid of her time!) All the holiday meals, Bread baking , pie baking etc was made in that full six burner ( so to speak) stove / oven! The super structure was an area you could place your dough to rise or keep stuff warm. when she made soup it sat there as long as it had to, to finish it! No need to refrigerate the leftovers! They just say in a constant state of warmth until the pot was empty!
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
That pressure canner is a beauty, I think it's an All American and something similar is still available today. Wonderful quality, very expensive tools. It's kind of funny how so many people today have a fear of "explosive pressure cookers" yet the same people own modern electric "Instant pots" and things like that which are in fact pressure cookers! Sheesh!
The oil can probably has kerosene in it to start the fire, and that what the newspaper in the ash/wood bucket would be for too. The socks and hand towel drying on the warming shelf look familiar as we use a "mitten rack" for the same purpose over a furnace hot air vent.
I've never really cooked on a range like that, it's a beauty by the way! I've eaten at a lot of Amish households where that's the main cook stove. Gets pretty warm. Most of our Amish also have a kerosene stove and a stove top oven for light duty summer use.
The oil can probably has kerosene in it to start the fire, and that what the newspaper in the ash/wood bucket would be for too. The socks and hand towel drying on the warming shelf look familiar as we use a "mitten rack" for the same purpose over a furnace hot air vent.
I've never really cooked on a range like that, it's a beauty by the way! I've eaten at a lot of Amish households where that's the main cook stove. Gets pretty warm. Most of our Amish also have a kerosene stove and a stove top oven for light duty summer use.
Rally
NC Minnesota
My wife bought seven wood stoves from one estate sale this last summer. The largest was a twin to the one Jim posted here. Couple of the burners were warped but still heavy. The folks we got it from brought it from southern Indiana, and was used by a relative until they purchased it from that relative. Neat stories with a lot of stuff like that stove.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
They go for a lot of money up here. The Amish of course are heavy bidders. We'd love to have one but there's just no room in this house. I have a small wood/coal range with a busted door I've been "going to fix" for more than 10 years. It's junk as it sits now sadly.
blackthorn
Active Member
Our house in Manitoba had two wood/coal kitchen ranges. One in the main kitchen and one in the "summer" kitchen that was a build-on at the back of the house and was used during the hot Manitoba summers for canning and meals. We got electricity in 1948 and Mother then got an electric stove in the main house. The old summer kitchen was then detached from the house and converted to a garage.