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[Zee09]

Fighting words!!! I love dogs. Way more than most people.

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It's just chihuahuas who I impugn. And certain inbred GSDs. Maybe chihuahua dachshund mixes, too...

Chimmie doesn't bark and is very calm and a nice dog. I guess the owners training is the reason why.

 

[4wd]

My wife wasn't a nurse, HIM specialist (Masters Degree). She has plenty of empathy. "You're NOT going to die!!" being a statement example.

Or: do you know where my keys are?
Wherever you left them

 

[Zee09]

Chimmie doesn't bark and is very calm and a nice dog. I guess the owners training is the reason why.

Rescues like him are always great dogs

 

[ripcord]

Chimmie doesn't bark and is very calm and a nice dog. I guess the owners training is the reason why.

I think that's a big part of why toy breeds often behave so badly. They are so small as puppies, they can't really hurt you so people let them get away with acting badly and don't train them the way you do with normal sized dogs.

I think very often chihuahuas are just scared of everything, which makes them act out.

 

[Zee09]

I think that's a big part of why toy breeds often behave so badly. They are so small as puppies, they can't really hurt you so people let them get away with acting badly and don't train them the way you do with normal sized dogs.

I think very often chihuahuas are just scared of everything, which makes them act out.

Up until I was around Chimmie i hated small dogs. I had several aunts that had them and as you say they were loud and out of control and a total nuisance due to poor owner interaction and training...

I didn’t even want to visit, it was that bad and they would bite too...

Chimmie was about 2 years old when my gf got him. A widow lady 88 years old owned him in Florida and passed away in the house and wasn't found for about a week.

The neighbors called the police when they looked in the windows and seen her on the floor dead.
Chimmie was curled up next to her.

And that's his story...

 

[Pablo]

Or: do you know where my keys are?
Wherever you left them

You connected to Alexa?

 

[Pablo]

I think that's a big part of why toy breeds often behave so badly. They are so small as puppies, they can't really hurt you so people let them get away with acting badly and don't train them the way you do with normal sized dogs.

I think very often chihuahuas are just scared of everything, which makes them act out.

Exactly why we had to get Juno in check and now. She's a love bug, but people don't see a love bug.

My wife wants some small dog as a buddy for her, I don't want a poorly trained yapper.

 

[Patman]

I was just wandering around in Costco and spotted this blast from the past! They are selling it for $879 ($623 US)

 

[ripcord]

I was just wandering around in Costco and spotted this blast from the past! They are selling it for $879 ($623 US)View attachment 308672

If I had a quarter for everyone my brother plopped into one of those, I could buy enough Snickers bars to keep the Hulk from getting angry every again.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Gathering info and software to clone the SSD in my laptop. Not too bad of a procedure once you get all the pieces of the puzzle together. The 512GB SSD that came in the laptop has hiccuped a few times and making me nervous. Going to clone it to a Western Digital Black 1TB SSD. I already added 8GB of RAM to it a few years ago, so know how to get the back off without breaking anything. Once the back is off it's not bad to work on.

 

[Patman]

Testing my blood pressure with my new monitor

 

[ripcord]

Testing my blood pressure with my new monitor View attachment 308801

My wife bought one of those for her mother. When I tested it on myself, it gave wildly varying results, but maybe I was doing it wrong or something.

 

[Pablo]

My wife bought one of those for her mother. When I tested it on myself, it gave wildly varying results, but maybe I was doing it wrong or something.

Same here. 148/82. 127/69. 138/72.

I think even the mean would be meaningless.

I gave up searching for a decent BP machine.

 

[Patman]

My wife bought one of those for her mother. When I tested it on myself, it gave wildly varying results, but maybe I was doing it wrong or something.

I will double check it at my girlfriend’s mom’s house on the weekend. She is a medical technician and has a very accurate blood pressure monitor.

 

[Patman]

Also keep in mind that your actual blood pressure can vary significantly from one reading to the next. I have been in the doctors office and had three readings done and gotten three different results as well.

 

[Faawrenchbndr]

Waiting on that 10 point……….

 

[Pablo]

Also keep in mind that your actual blood pressure can vary significantly from one reading to the next. I have been in the doctors office and had three readings done and gotten three different results as well.

Kinda my point, not so much to put your new machine down.

I'm irked because doc takes one reading. Spot on, good health. Two seconds later, ooooh high, take pills.........

 

[Patman]

Kinda my point, not so much to put your new machine down.

I'm irked because doc takes one reading. Spot on, good health. Two seconds later, ooooh high, take pills.........

So true! And some people (myself included) suffer from “white coat syndrome” and get so nervous at the doctors office that they have elevated blood pressure when they’re in there. But when they calm down the pressure is more normal. That’s why I like getting my blood pressure checked by my girlfriend’s mom, I don’t feel nervous when she checks it but I know she is using accurate equipment. Her husband has had two strokes so she has to keep a very close eye on his blood pressure.

 

[ZeeOSix]

My last physical this past Oct the doc measured 109/61 with a heart rate of 80. I've always had good BP.

 

[CleanSump]

Looking at my thumb and thinking I could have stitched it one handed better myself.