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I'm interested in more info about the blood chemistry. Is it just a PH balance issue? Conductivity issue? Do some functions of the blood require salt, or get triggered or catalyzed by salt? Do some other parts of the blood build on the salt?
Is there a simple test for salt level? Like a litmus paper type thing?

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Nice.

I got the electric all installed.

I was originally just going to pre-install it now so the tight screw down would act as a clamp to hold the plates in place to the unit with the glue until it totally dries, but trying to install electric backwards like this is a major pain in the rear and I'm not going to take it down only to do it again after I paint everything. I'll just use some painter's tape to protect it during the caulk/paint phases.

Using a plug in lightbulb to test that both boxes worked and that the GFCI was working properly really made me kind of want to add light to this thing too, but that's work I really don't want to do now because I have more important things to be doing that messing around with this thing forever.

Plus, it's not exactly going to be showcasing anything special like it was probably originally designed to. It'll have some knicknacks for character on it, but it's really just a place to put the phone and electronics, my keys and other "pocket" things, some paperwork and the pile of mail before I go through it.

It will be cool to be able to charge all of those closet LED lights of sight with their own dedicated spot for it now. I'll also be able to use that spot below to charge my AA/AAA batteries for my flashlights too.

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SIGNYM:
Think I managed to sort out ONE of my health problems ... possibly not enough salt!

Erratic heartbeat. Blood pressure jacking up and down. Profound lack of energy and depressed mood. Rapid weight loss. Spoke with Dr today and she told me to aim for AT LEAST 1500 mg/ day. I know I wasn't anywhere near that, so I'm aiming for 1/2 teaspoon (1200 mg) plus one Powerade Zero. Anything more is to the good

I hope this works.

The funny thing is, hubby went thru the same thing about 30 years ago. They did all kinds of sophisticated tests on him and tried all all kinds of meds, but I was the one who dxd and fixed the problem.

I think JSF thinks salt is poison, but someone should tell him it's a vital electrolyte required to maintain blood volume.

JSF: I don't think salt is poison.
But I know sucralose is poison, and you said you are going to drink it.

... Sucralose is designed, engineered, created, and manufactured to be a poison, a pesticide, to kill living things. And you have announced that you are going to drink it. Are you trying to kill yourself? I have gotten many friends to clear up their health issues (and cancel surgeries) just by getting off sucralose.

I don't like salt. I don't like the taste. When I was a kid, we salted everything. Cantelope, corn on the cob (salt plus melted butter), scrambled eggs (plus pepper and ketchup) and lots of other stuff that I cannot recall now. But too many food places oversalt their food, so I really got tired of it. Biggest violators are gravy, dressing/stuffing, soups, mac&cheese, cooked/steamed beef.
I don't have salt in my house/kitchen much, and avoid it in my cooking. I use garlic salt for boiling pasta. I accidentally bought Lemon Pepper because I like lemon and (black) pepper flavoring - but it seems to be mostly just salt. I destroyed some really nice meat the first (and only) time I tried that in my cooking.

I'm interested in more info about the blood chemistry. Is it just a PH balance issue? Conductivity issue? Do some functions of the blood require salt, or get triggered or catalyzed by salt? Do some other parts of the blood build on the salt?
Is there a simple test for salt level? Like a litmus paper type thing?

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Out in the dry in a bit. Hoping to get one last present then get all of it into the post by the weekend. That's the plan anyways.

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Nice.

I got the electric all installed.

I was originally just going to pre-install it now so the tight screw down would act as a clamp to hold the plates in place to the unit with the glue until it totally dries, but trying to install electric backwards like this is a major pain in the rear and I'm not going to take it down only to do it again after I paint everything. I'll just use some painter's tape to protect it during the caulk/paint phases.

Using a plug in lightbulb to test that both boxes worked and that the GFCI was working properly really made me kind of want to add light to this thing too, but that's work I really don't want to do now because I have more important things to be doing that messing around with this thing forever.

Plus, it's not exactly going to be showcasing anything special like it was probably originally designed to. It'll have some knicknacks for character on it, but it's really just a place to put the phone and electronics, my keys and other "pocket" things, some paperwork and the pile of mail before I go through it.

It will be cool to be able to charge all of those closet LED lights of sight with their own dedicated spot for it now. I'll also be able to use that spot below to charge my AA/AAA batteries for my flashlights too.

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Nice use of that curio cabinet, SIX! I bet things will be real tidy once that's in place!

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Out in the dry in a bit. Hoping to get one last present then get all of it into the post by the weekend. That's the plan anyways.

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I'll be happy just to get my Xmas cards out tomorrow! Good on you BRENDA! You know how to stay on track!

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Eating salt.

I was thinking that eating salt, having salt in the GI tract, would cause, via basic osmosis, the water to be drawn out of the body, into the GI. That would be dehydration, I conjured.
Is that wrong? What am I missing there?

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Originally posted by 1KIKI:

And you two are doing Christmas cards already!

Well, for whatever reason, October, November, and December are always a crunch for me ... maybe because I'm dealing with medicare and all the other various insurances, and a train of birthdays and holidays ('Eating season' begins in October with a birthday early in the month, and doesn't end till Easter!), plus I'm completing my record-keeping and 'accounting' for the year.

And this year has been somewhat busier than usual with some additional things to do.

So ... sigh ... once again my Christmas cards will be late. At least I get them done at some point.

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SIX: Yeah. Everything is a huge mess now. That thing kind of played a pretty important role in my day-to-day activities, and with it pulled out from the wall in the living room with the doors off and the drawer out and everything it used to hold had to have a new temporary home, my first floor is kind of in shambles. Even worse since all of my tools were moved down to the basement and the pantry is now largely filled up with stuff that was once in the cabinet, so any tools I've been using are all over the kitchen floor instead of constantly taking them back up and down when I need them.

(Yanno... I can probably at least clean a lot of that up now. I think I'm pretty much done except for paint now unless I notice any spots I still want to fix after the primer goes on).

Stuff's out of the way so I'm not tripping over anything, but it will be nice to get that done finally.

Today I at least finally got all the wood putty sanded down, and then I caulked everything. I doubt I'll get to primer today though.

My goal is to get this finished before my brother comes in town for a week. Since I've also got other obligations in between now and then, I'd better make the most of whatever down time I've got.

If I can at least get everything painted so I can put stuff back in it I'll be fine. It's alright if I clean up the old hinges and door clasps for spraypainting while he's here. We've got a few days in the 50's still coming up, so it will be nice to be able to do that in the garage.

That's got to be done while he's here no matter what though. I got that can for that purpose, and also to do some touchups to the poles for the lazy susan cabinets I never did since I ran out back then. What's leftover I'm going to be using on a new keyboard/mouse platform for my brother's desk since his old one broke. He bought some nice wrist wrests we're going to attach to it. It's perfect timing there because instead of doing that while he wasn't around I want him here to let me know where he feels everything is the most comfortable, and the next time I go down to visit him I'll install it for him and see if we need to buy any new hardware for it.




The nice thing is that except for that can of spraypaint, I haven't spent any money working on this, and the paint is going to serve two other purposes so that $9.00 doesn't go to waste.

In fact, all of the interior work I plan on doing to keep be busy until spring shouldn't cost me any more money since everything I plan to do was already purchased before. The only thing that I think I might possibly have to pay for at some point is some more primer depending on how far what I have in the reserves lasts me. I've got 10 gallons of various paint for various tasks in the colors I plan to use sitting in my coat closet on stand by.

Next step probably is the coat closet, since that is just an easy paint job and adding one bracket in the center of the shelf. After that I'll work on the pantry so I don't have to use all of my kitchen cabinets for things that don't belong there like all my spare lightbulbs, 3 years worth of toilet paper and paper towels and large bulk purchases like my coffee and cereal supply.

The pantry might end up being a project though. I haven't decided if I want to just keep it simple shelving like it is now or put a little more effort and creativity into it.


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Back in from the rain and all is accomplished for today.

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Yeah. It will.

He didn't come in last Christmas, so the last time he was in was in May of last year. My Grandma's memory isn't what it used to be, and she can't believe she hasn't seen him in nearly 2 years now. I'm going to make sure we get to visit with her and my aunt at least twice while he's in.


I actually did end up doing a lot of priming after making that post that day. It takes a LONG time to paint cabinetry like that by brush, so I only got to the cabinet itself and didn't do the drawers or the doors.

It looks like I had some caulk shrinkage/cracks in 3 spots that were pretty deep (and I should have probably used some backer rod on), but there is primer on top of it for more caulk to stick to, so I'm going to hit that real quick and prime everything else and hopefully at least get the first coat of paint on it today.



I know I haven't been posting in here much, so I can't remember if I ever put any status updates on the house flippers that bought the foreclosure behind me recently. They were getting work done, but then the city tied them up on permits for about a month and a half.

Well a few weeks back they poured a beautiful new concrete driveway, so no more weed garden there anymore.

And just Tuesday they put the posts in for the new privacy fence and I think today they'll finish it. It's BEAUTIFUL. And they installed it right and I got the "good" side. (I'm so glad I have before/after pictures of this).

Maybe next summer I'll consider getting permits in order and building what little I'd need to fence in my yard on both sides of the garage with a few gates. I've never built a fence before, but I know a person or two who have. We'll see what wood prices are like. I'm only doing it if they're cheap. I've gone 10 years without it already.

It really would be nice to have that done though. The biggest reason I haven't ever gotten a dog is because I've never had a fenced in yard that it could play in. It's a gigantic back yard, so when it does get fenced in properly it will have plenty of space to play.


Sorry to hear about the health issues on your end. :(

I hope you still manage to have a nice Christmas.

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So now you can pat yourself on the back and enjoy being toasty dry!

I don't recall if you like chocolate, tea, or coffee, but a cuppa sounds good about now!

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I'm sure we will. Problems are being addressed. Not sure how successful all will be, but I'm at least doing something.

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So now your house won't be dragged down by the house nearby! Between the two of you, you will have lifted up the neighborhood. Good on you!

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Yup. Curb appeal is up big time on the block.


I ended up painting the first coat of finish paint on the cabinet, doors and drawer.

Almost 4 hours with breaks included, but time well spent. I should be ahead of the game now as long as I stay on track tomorrow.


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I take it the wood is in too bad shape to refinish?

So, since I'm very curious, what color is it going to be? Whatever color, I'm sure it will look great!

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I take it the wood is in too bad shape to refinish?

So, since I'm very curious, what color is it going to be? Whatever color, I'm sure it will look great!

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You haven't mentioned the final color. And will it be gloss, semi, satin, or eggshell?

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I believe it, Brenda. You're probably getting what we got around 10PM through early this morning.

Yesterday, during the day, was a high in the mid 40's, and today is colder. But it got to over 60 degrees around midnight because of winds from the south.

While I was painting last night I heard the thunder settle in and then I heard the city's raid sirens going off, just a little after 10PM. I looked online and there was a tornado warning until 10:30. Strong winds all night.

I suppose I'm going to have to go out and survey the damage.

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I believe it, Brenda. You're probably getting what we got around 10PM through early this morning.

Yesterday, during the day, was a high in the mid 40's, and today is colder. But it got to over 60 degrees around midnight because of winds from the south.

While I was painting last night I heard the thunder settle in and then I heard the city's raid sirens going off, just a little after 10PM. I looked online and there was a tornado warning until 10:30. Strong winds all night.

I suppose I'm going to have to go out and survey the damage.

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I take it the wood is in too bad shape to refinish?
So, since I'm very curious, what color is it going to be? Whatever color, I'm sure it will look great!

SIGNY: You haven't mentioned the final color. And will it be gloss, semi, satin, or eggshell?
Just label me - nosy.

SIX: Oh, sorry. I didn't see that post before.

It probably wouldn't be worth refinishing. The wood wasn't necessarily bad, but there were a lot of issues with it before I did any repairs back in the day. It was also painted with some ancient paint before I painted it out in the garage maybe 6 or 7 years ago.

I also added quite a few more recently when I drilled holes in the sides of the shelf in the lower cabinet with a countersink bit so I could throw screws into the shelf from the outside of the unit to make it rock solid before I caulked it and painted it. The shelf wasn't going to go anywhere, but it was also a bit wobbly. I'd started that with brad nails, but decided that without being able to glue anything they likely wouldn't have held for too many years. All of that damage was filled with wood putty and sanded down before paint. You can't even tell anymore.

I also used a boatload of wood putty last week to fill in all of the tracks that would have been used to guide glass doors that were never part of it since I've had it. Now that they've all been sanded down and painted you wouldn't even know this thing had glass doors at one point.



I'm painting it white, with the high-gloss finish that I used on the kitchen cabinets and that I've used on all of the doors and trim that I've done already. It looks great and it's REALLY easy to clean. 5 months after I've finished the kitchen now and they look just as good as they did when I finished them.

The final coat is going on the cabinet and drawer this morning. I'll need a bit more time to do both sides of the doors, but I can start cleaning up those hinges and the door catches for spray paint during down time.

It just occurred to me this morning I still have half a tub of that stripping agent I used to do the cabinets left, so I'll do that first and clean them up as best I can before I take the copper wire wheel to it.

I tried, in vain, to see if I could find pictures of what that originally looked like. I know I had taken them, because I remember sending the before/after pictures to two people many years back via e-mail. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to locate them, and part of my recovery from alcohol was deleting all of my old emails and starting fresh, so I can't find it that way either.

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Oh, that'll look so fresh, clean, and classic!

What an improvement! It'll look great!

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Are you going to get any of that warm weather we're getting this week, Brenda?

I think it's supposed to get over 60 degrees here on Wednesday.

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