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Qulevrius

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From nothing more than some 1x4’s and 1x6’s to a nightstand. Not bad for my first woodworking project.

Since you’re using straight up boards and not plywood, try a shou sugi ban finish. You said you wanted a natural look, I’m sure you’ll love the outcome.
 

Tigger

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@Tigger X3 + bougie got it done again this morning. Maybe that extra angle isn't necessary, but I'll be damned if I don't have a high level of confidence in it.
Must be nice to get tubes...

I think I like the regular three more is mostly just that it displaces more tongue with less movement. To me, most of the people who need a hyperanglulated blade also have enourmous tongues, and the narrow profile of that blade is just a slight bit more of a challenge in terms of getting working room.
 

StCEMT

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Must be nice to get tubes...

I think I like the regular three more is mostly just that it displaces more tongue with less movement. To me, most of the people who need a hyperanglulated blade also have enourmous tongues, and the narrow profile of that blade is just a slight bit more of a challenge in terms of getting working room.
I'll go 2 months without just as easily, the year has just been particularly bad so far.

On the other hand, she was a rather large woman with that stereotypical "obese with a short neck". The screen was hitting her chest just to get the blade tip in. I need to do a side by side of the blades though, I never realized there was a difference.
 

GMCmedic

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I'll go 2 months without just as easily, the year has just been particularly bad so far.

On the other hand, she was a rather large woman with that stereotypical "obese with a short neck". The screen was hitting her chest just to get the blade tip in. I need to do a side by side of the blades though, I never realized there was a difference.
I made it out your way tonight. We dont typically go west very often but it was nice to see the St Louis skyline for a change.
 

Jim37F

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Wellp, I just made courtesy calls to the Captains at my top 5 stations of choice to transfer to. (Ok well one of the Captains is out on vacation till next week but still)

I guess this kind of makes it official... gonna have to repeat the process for the other 2 watches, oh and you know, actually submit the form. But now that I've made the calls, cant keep procrastinating on that, maybe actually get a move in the next round of transfers, which should be coming up shortly, within a few months at least, no later than the end of the year at longest haha.

Still waiting on word if I got slotted for that PHTLS class, and still looking forward to that information seminar in a couple more weeks about possibly going to go get my State EMT license as well...
 

PotatoMedic

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Potty training is hard...
 

DragonClaw

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Got a pt for transport. It is a LD of around 6 hours. Didn't have time to ask.

Nurse said pt is has CHF, but " didn't know the EF" (phonetically sounded like E-F) because they didn't do an echo.

What is an EF or what she meant? I'm sure it's ALS stuff but just curious
 

MonkeyArrow

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Got a pt for transport. It is a LD of around 6 hours. Didn't have time to ask.

Nurse said pt is has CHF, but " didn't know the EF" (phonetically sounded like E-F) because they didn't do an echo.

What is an EF or what she meant? I'm sure it's ALS stuff but just curious
The left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). A measure of how well the left ventricle is squeezing, essentially. Some patients with heart failure have a decreased left ventricular ejection fraction.
 

StCEMT

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I made it out your way tonight. We dont typically go west very often but it was nice to see the St Louis skyline for a change.
That's my old stomping grounds, I've been gone from there for almost 3 years. That skyline coming into Missouri from Illinois at night is one I definitely miss though.
 

DragonClaw

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Real quick. I guess laugh at me? I have no idea. Being honest.

Had an LD that's like a 6.5 hour drive one way. On the way back, I was driving. We stopped for dinner. FTO asked if I needed an energy drink or something. I thought I'd be okay but bought 2 just in case. I've never had one before. Got a bang. They said those aren't as crazy as the others.

But I got kinda tired and drank some. Just a few sips. I got a little jittery but I was pretty awake. I started feeling a little tired later on and continued sipping on it.

I got to the point like I felt like I was going to see sounds and hear pictures. My legs felt like something was building up in them and I was shaking my free leg and one arm/hand. RR went up to 50. I'm talking really fast, faster than even my normal and I'm just wired.

Eventually my FTO had me pull over and I could barely walk. Like my legs didn't want to work and my arms were kinda getting like that.

She kept saying over and over again it's all in my head. But I dunno. I was just stuttering and I felt like what I imagined drugs would do to a person.

Is it?

I'm still jittery and have a mild headache, for a second I could feel my BP just surging. But I'm a lot better than I was

I am 50/50 on if it's just me.

I dunno how differently these affect people and I normally don't have any caffeine.

I didn't feel panicked or anything. It's not anxiety. Just felt like I needed to run a marathon or something.

We were past EOS by like 4 hours.

My ADHD isn't as bad as it was, but maybe that's related? Or maybe it's all crap and I did ist psych myself out.

I'm surely hanging myself out to dry by posting this but I'd just like honest answers.

I'm also going to be very careful about drinking them next time
 

Jim37F

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If you're not used to that much caffeine (and the other stuff they put in energy drinks), it can definitely hit you hard the first time.

Me, I was one of those high school kids who didn't think twice about drinking a few sodas a day, and when I was in the Army, there were times we practically lived off of Monsters and Coffee and not much else lol, so I have a tolerance.

Now I can drink an energy drink and hardly feel it (although after about 4 or 5pm I'll have a hard time getting to sleep) but I dont feel particularly jittery or super energized, but enough to not fall asleep (tho if I'm already tired, I'll still feel tired).

But that's only cuz of a long time of being used to caffeine. For others, energy drinks can still smack you upside the head if you don't drink that stuff or even coffee regularly.
 

RocketMedic

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Bang is the water that my preferred Wild Tigers are washed in when they leave the factory!

Where did you go? 6 hours from Houston is a wide arc, so I’ll randomly guess Dallas or Abilene.
 

CALEMT

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My first bang I thought I was in SVT. Didn’t help that I chugged it too.
 
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