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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Michael Bane on December 29, 2015, 10:21:08 PM
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Posted this on my FaceBook page, but wanted to dupe it here:
Lot going on!!!
We decided to open SHOOTING GALLERY this season (Wednesday night) with our 2 part New Zealand hunting trip...we do one hunting trip a season on SG, and John Carter and I really liked how the NZ shows turned out. Dianna & Ryan were great traveling companions! This is SG's 16th season, making it the most successful shooting show ever! What a great team!
We're starting THE BEST DEFENSE. With an episode Imfeel very strongly about, modeled on the Charlie Hebdo terrorists' attack in Paris. I know the whole team -- Mike, Mike, Marty, Producer Jeff Murray and DP Brandon Green -- feel the same way. Everyone who has seen this episode describe it as "scary." In the wake of subsequent events, I strongly urge you to watch this episode! Even if you only learn one little tip, that might be the piece of information that makes all the difference should you be caught in this ring of hell. Please watch.
I did a link a couple of minutes ago on Ed Head's exhaustive and authoritative review on DRTV of the new Ruger American pistol. Ed has been on top of this since the project's beginnings, and although admittedly prejudiced I think Ed has done a magnificent job in chronicling the birth of a new gun.
This week's DOWN RANGE Radio focus on the new Lipsey's/Larry Vickers "Grey Glock," in this case a G19 as spec'ed by one of America's great masters of the pistol. I'm too much of a wuss to have put too many rounds through it in the bitter cold, but I will say unequivocally that it is the best out-of-the-box Glock I've ever shot. The Vickers's/Wilson sights are superb. Listen to the whole thing without fear of my quirky musical taste, since this week my Sweetie, now that we finished our 23rd Christmas together, chose the music!
ALSO ALSO...as I announced a week or so ago, I will be signing autographs, giving away copies of TRAIL SAFE and the novel ALL NIGHT RADIO and generally B-S'ing at the TACTICAL SOLUTIONS booth at SHOT this year. We will have day, time & booth information here on DRTV when it's finalized!
Michael B
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I saw both of those episodes. Both were very good. I think the day businesses will have to have some type of auto locking device to "beep you in" isn't that far away. Especially for newspapers and the like. On a lighter note, you really looked wore out climbing up that mountain in New Zealand! What was the altitude, (ASL), when you got to the spot you took the Stag at? Nice shot by the way. That thing dropped like it was hit by a freight train.
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Kinda like this Glock :) ?
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff372/StuartCowley/P1010760%20-%20Copy_zpsj8shvhfl.jpg)
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They are nice Glocks, aren't they? I was talking to my old pal Ken Hackathorn last week, and he brought up that he had snagged one as well and wanted to know my opinion. After I told him, he unequivocally agreed. BTW, I've seen some of grey frames for sale here and there…if I can get a good price on one, I might grab it for a future build.
BillT…wasn't the elevation (3-4000 feet), but the many hours long steep climb, like giant stairs. We couldn't take the obvious way up because we'd be in the open. There were points when I thought my knees were going to explode. To train I'd done a lot of hiking over broken ground with weights (which, of course, is just super deluxe for knees anyway), but the unrelenting bone-on-bone grinding pain in the knees just wore me down. Somewhere about 3/4 of the way up was when I decided to get the knees replaced ASAP. LOL! Thanks on the shot. Swaro made a huge difference…like magic in low-light.
Michael B
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I can imagine how you felt. It was the first thing I thought of while watching. I've got 2 bad knees myself. One, (left), I blew out back in 1972. I had full reconstructive surgery done on it, and it's never been the same since. Really bothered me back in the cold damp climate of Illinois.
The other was done in 2000 with orthoscopic repair. It's not much better. 7 minutes a day on the treadmill at full incline at 2.5 MPH is about all they can take. I doubt I could have kept up with you guys. It's hell to get old!
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At least I've known for a long time that it was coming…first "shot knees" diagnosis was after the Big Sur Marathon in 2003…you expect your knees to be cooked after a marathon, but the swelling just wouldn't go down. Ironically, I had 3 days of Janich knife training after the marathon, and afterwards I was a hurting puppy. After all the imaging, that was when the orthopedist told me he'd Google'd me, and what did I expect? LOL!
Probably should have moved on it sooner, but you know how the song goes. The collagen injections work sort of, but running — the way I always kept the weight off — was out of the question. And it didn't stop the pain, just throttled it down. Over the last few years, it's been collagen with cortisone injections, which scares the hell out of me, given cortisone's awful side effects.
After 15 weeks of rehab, my destroyed right knee is now stronger than the left, which was always "the bad one." Hurts like a screaming m-f, but my PT person, who has had similar surgery to mine, says that, basically, I'm back to "baseline," bones in both knees rubbing on bones. I gotta keep stretching the right quad where it's been reattached to the kneecap (squats), but every squat Right knee replacement surgery is Monday after SHOT. Left knee "ASAP," probably early November is best case given production schedules. Hoping the left knee and me can handle one more round of collagen/cortisone.
Not whining…just is what it is. I figure I can start back shooting 3-Gun maybe in April…have a boar hunting trip in the Smokies planned for May with the .458 SOCOM…with luck!
mb
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Michael said:
"They are nice Glocks, aren't they? I was talking to my old pal Ken Hackathorn last week, and he brought up that he had snagged one as well and wanted to know my opinion. After I told him, he unequivocally agreed. BTW, I've seen some of grey frames for sale here and there…if I can get a good price on one, I might grab it for a future build."
Yeah, love it. I am going to put a Ghost Rocket 3.5lb connector, that I have around here, in it though to see if it helps with MY ongoing "not letting it reset" problem :)
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Mike,
I lunched my left knee pushing my car out of the snow. (Yet another reason I moved to Arizona). I had my ass on the trunk, and my foot up against a lamp post. When I gave it all I had, I could hear everything rip. It almost immediately filled with blood from all the internal tearing. I made it to the hospital, and the doctor told me he would have to operate. They did 2 days later. I thought it would be a cake walk. Boy, was I ever mistaken!
I was in the hospital for a week, and on narcotic pain meds for almost 2-1/2 months. Off work for 3. I couldn't run for almost a YEAR! Then, if that wasn't enough, I had adhesions. (The skin healed and stuck to the bone). I had to go back into the hospital, be put under again, and have "closed manipulation" done to break it free. It was without question, the most painful experience I've ever been through. I don't know how some of these NFL players do it?
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RE NFL players, I don't either! The first couple of weeks set a new baseline for pain (and I had a couple of doozys!).
That old joke about "Take care of your knees; you're going to miss them when they're gone," wasn't so much of a joke after all…
mb
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Missed both recording (the old fashioned way VCR!) SG and TBD twice Wed. because our stupid cable co TW added a feature where the box shuts off to save energy unless you are there to keep that from happening! Called to ask how to shut it off and they couldn't tell me using the remote we have!!!!! Bummer.
Richard
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RE NFL players, I don't either! The first couple of weeks set a new baseline for pain (and I had a couple of doozys!).
That old joke about "Take care of your knees; you're going to miss them when they're gone," wasn't so much of a joke after all…
mb
NFL players have better health care.
From the time of injury, within 24 hours, they've had an MRI and a team of physicians looking into the injury. Within the next 48 hours they've already had the surgery to correct the issue and don't get the opportunity for the joint to seize up. Afterward they have 24 hour therapy to get them back on the field... After all, they're cattle...nothing more!
When I blew out my knee, it took me two weeks to find a doctor to treat me and another 6 weeks to get an MRI done to see what kind of damage I'd done. In the meantime, my knee atrophied into a 30 degree angle that only removal of the meniscus could correct.
With the exception of my kidney stones, the pain was as bad as I've felt in my lifetime the first time the therapist bent my knee back to 90 degrees. Full motion took another 10 visits...
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In another thread we are talking about missing others, and how this place is a great fit for like minded folk. Lookie hear at the drift!
I can show you the exact move in football that did both my knees in. Right one locked up in May 1984, and I had the left done as a preventative measure before I destroyed it like the right. When the right one was done the surgeon told me that it would need replacing within 25 years. I have not pampered it, I have not had it replaced, but I do have several warnings that the day is coming.
Surgeon I had was the ortho surgeon for the Minnesota Vikings, and he listed three things that could cause mine. Number one he listed was the move that did it.
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Skiing at 11 and 20 years (or more) of black diamond mogul runs...at least two of those years were AFTER my meniscus was removed! I got back into skiing at 47 for two seasons before my crash pretty much ended my skiing future.
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With the exception of my kidney stones, the pain was as bad as I've felt in my lifetime the first time the therapist bent my knee back to 90 degrees. Full motion took another 10 visits...
God, don't remind me of that. I used to cringe when the guy from "therapy", would come into the room pushing the empty wheelchair for me to get in. For the next hour I would welcome death. I remember afterward laying in my bed sweating, waiting for the nurse to come in with a hypo full of Demerol.
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From the time of injury, within 24 hours, they've had an MRI and a team of physicians looking into the injury. Within the next 48 hours they've already had the surgery to correct the issue and don't get the opportunity for the joint to seize up. Afterward they have 24 hour therapy to get them back on the field... After all, they're cattle...nothing more!
When I blew out my knee, it took me two weeks to find a doctor to treat me and another 6 weeks to get an MRI done to see what kind of damage I'd done. In the meantime, my knee atrophied into a 30 degree angle that only removal of the meniscus could correct.<snip>
Mike,
I lunched my left knee pushing my car out of the snow. (Yet another reason I moved to Arizona). I had my ass on the trunk, and my foot up against a lamp post. When I gave it all I had, I could hear everything rip. It almost immediately filled with blood from all the internal tearing. I made it to the hospital, and the doctor told me he would have to operate. They did 2 days later. I thought it would be a cake walk. Boy, was I ever mistaken!
I was in the hospital for a week, and on narcotic pain meds for almost 2-1/2 months. Off work for 3. I couldn't run for almost a YEAR! Then, if that wasn't enough, I had adhesions. (The skin healed and stuck to the bone). I had to go back into the hospital, be put under again, and have "closed manipulation" done to break it free. It was without question, the most painful experience I've ever been through. I don't know how some of these NFL players do it?
Gee you guys are making me cringe about all of that knee stuff. Thankfully, mine aren't a problem. I used to do stairs 12-15 hours a day offshore but that only lasted 10 -11 years. However, all of this extra weight I wear due to an office job is beginning to wear on my knees when I get up and down.
Keep talking about all of the blood and gory meniscuses and things and your guys are gonna make me lose weight.
Naw,...probably not.
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Keep talking about all of the blood and gory meniscuses and things and your guys are gonna make me lose weight.
Do it! Between the knees and low back I wish I had dropped another person long ago. Of course, this is being said by a guy who just finished frying up 7 pounds of wings and coating them with Hooters 3 Mile Island sauce ;D
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Yeah, I just wolfed down a little more than a 1/2 pound of sausage.
Maybe I'll do the no carbs thing for a while....tonight sounds good. ;)
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Yeah, I just wolfed down a little more than a 1/2 pound of sausage.
Maybe I'll do the no carbs thing for a while....tonight sounds good. ;)
Low carbs works....don't need to eliminate them all...... since September, I'm down 40 lbs.
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Low carbs works....don't need to eliminate them all...... since September, I'm down 40 lbs.
WOW. Congratulations. Maybe that's just the motivation I need to cut back some.
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WOW. Congratulations. Maybe that's just the motivation I need to cut back some.
Shut Up and pass the bacon!
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Low carbs works....don't need to eliminate them all...... since September, I'm down 40 lbs.
Details please!
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Details please!
Sorry about the thread drift, MB......well, not really...it IS what we do best. ;D ;D
#1 thing is eliminate sodas. Drink more water. I still drink sweet tea, but cut way back on the "Georgia Standard" sugar content (one cup per gallon instead of two, so a 12 oz glass is around 70 calories) and only drink a couple of glasses per day.
#2 thing is very limited potatoes.... NO fries, NO chips....I still eat the occasional baked potato or potato salad (my wife makes killer potato salad, so I gotta have that from time to time).
#3 thing was switching to whole wheat bread for sandwiches.
Smaller portions of stuff like meat, and make up the difference with vegetables.
An example of some of the things we eat (wife is doing the same thing, not so much a 'diet' as just making a decision to eat better, and has lost 16 lbs):
-Grilled chicken breast or lean burger (cooked on a George Foreman or cast iron skillet with no oil) on wheat.
-Stir fry chicken or steak (lean sirloin, a 12oz split between us) with loads of onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms (low calorie, big flavor).... we found a low sodium soy substitute that tastes really good and sometimes we throw in some of our homemade salsa.
-Smoked chicken quarter with green beans and cabbage
-Salad with grilled chicken breast.... you can load it up with onion, tomato, peppers....we use low sugar/low fat/low sodium dressings (I was amazed at how much better tasting low-cal salad dressing is now compared to what it used to be)
Apples or oranges between meals.
We still eat some of the stuff we've always eat, just less frequently. For example: I'll get an Arby's roast beef sandwich, but leave off the fries..... still eat chilli dogs from a local joint, just no fries.... 6" Subway turkey sandwich on Italian or wheat (only about 350 calories)....and every couple weeks we still go to an area seafood restaurant we like.
And, the Wednesday night shows ROCK, MB!!!! 8)
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Damn! I thought you bring something that I didn't already know!
I already do most of what you've suggested... Guess I just gotta move more and keep doing the same!
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Check out Dark Pumpernickel bread.
I've found it has better numbers and I prefer the taste over other breads.
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Damn! I thought you bring something that I didn't already know!
I already do most of what you've suggested... Guess I just gotta move more and keep doing the same!
I've weighed the same for ten years with no change up or down......so I postulated that if my daily calorie intake, with no exorcise (too painful), sustained without gain or loss, then shifting calorie intake downward (even by a small percentage) should equate to steady weight loss....and so far it has.
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Fruits, vegetables, this bread and that, no potatoes, smaller portions (I almost couldn't even type that one), ...
The first person who says cut back on alcohol or starts talking like a valley girl complaining about retaining water, I will personally strap you to the brass pole and force feed you bacon, chocolate cake, and poor Hararittas down your throat >:(
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Is this what you guys call a Fatwa? ;D
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Fruits, vegetables, this bread and that, no potatoes, smaller portions (I almost couldn't even type that one), ...
The first person who says cut back on alcohol or starts talking like a valley girl complaining about retaining water, I will personally strap you to the brass pole and force feed you bacon, chocolate cake, and poor Hararittas down your throat >:(
I still eat the good stuff....just not like a hog. I've never been an over-eater, but I gained about 75 pounds over the year and a half that I was stuck in a wheelchair/learning to walk again...followed by ten years of a sedentary lifestyle that has basically kept my weight static (which I guess is better than a continuing gain, as I've seen in others).
I consumed at least half of a 12 layer chocolate cake over the course of the week after Thanksgiving and still lost three pounds.
Had a slab of baby-backs just a few days ago.....roast........steak....all in moderation.
I quit alcohol fourteen years ago.
Low sodium and sugar is the key....... excess salt and empty carbs causes bloat.
Is this what you guys call a Fatwa? ;D
I thought fatwa was a large person crying. ;D
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Thinking about Rastus' thread on reminiscing about the "forum of old" makes me chuckle at this thread.....
Again, apologies to MB!!
But.......
The absolute thread drift going on here just feels like old times. ;D