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by OriginalAZ
Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Work Status Update
Replies: 980
Views: 65882

Re: Work Status Update

Well it’s finished! Got the new job! Will be a huge step up in quality of life and will allow me to call my own shots. A different role than the previous on but one that will allow me to use all my skills. As I’ve posted here’s this has been several months in the making, and I’m not looking back. P...
by OriginalAZ
Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:18 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: (M) Game 12, Arizona vs UCLA (2020-2021)
Replies: 37
Views: 934

Re: (M) Game 12, Arizona vs UCLA (2020-2021)

Crappy weekend of games. Not sure why both were televised on ESPN. Are we even relevant nationally anymore?
by OriginalAZ
Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Random Thoughts Thread
Replies: 2143
Views: 519785

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

dovecanyoncat wrote:Heh heh heh, when youse guys start in on your pubes it'll warrant its own thread.
haha
by OriginalAZ
Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Random Thoughts Thread
Replies: 2143
Views: 519785

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Just took a really good hard look in the mirror and holy shit I’m starting to go grey in my late 30’s. Haven’t lost a follicle; so thats not a concern but damn at this rate I’m going to be sporting a Lute by 50. Anyone else have this happen before 40? Yup. I'm 43 and my beard is getting very gray. ...
by OriginalAZ
Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: News of the weird
Replies: 834
Views: 92246

Re: News of the weird

azgreg wrote:

This is disturbing.
by OriginalAZ
Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Moving
Replies: 32
Views: 1546

Re: Moving

Just sold my house in Phoenix (Ahwatukee). It sold in 2 weeks but didn't get multiple offers. Sold for a little less than we listed it for. Still happy with the final price. Already got the keys to the new house. So need the money from the house sale which isn't finalized yet. So the appraisal for ...
by OriginalAZ
Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Venting Thread
Replies: 2505
Views: 918250

Re: Venting Thread

Fuck You Cox Internet!!!!! Do I have any other choices for high speed? 4 outages in 3 weeks... I had Cox Gigablast at my old house paying $120/month but just got Century Link fiber Gigabit for $65/month at my new house. So far so good. I am getting around 900 mbps download speed over Wifi. I did ha...
by OriginalAZ
Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Venting Thread
Replies: 2505
Views: 918250

Re: Venting Thread

The house we bought is 40 years old but I can honestly say I trust more about the guts inside and how it is built than some brand new construction. I agree with you. Builders now promise a lot but in the end just want to cut costs and do things quickly. Some of the baseboards in my new house look t...
by OriginalAZ
Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Venting Thread
Replies: 2505
Views: 918250

Re: Venting Thread

So I just got the keys to my new build house 12 days ago. We haven't even moved in yet but yesterday while visiting tje house I notice the carpets are wet in the master bedroom and closet. Also water leaking out the side of the house. Plumber comes out and has to cut the stucco and finds a stucco s...
by OriginalAZ
Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: News of the weird
Replies: 834
Views: 92246

Re: News of the weird

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-centr ... of-charges" target="_blank

"inside the 700-square-foot home. However, officials located 90 dogs inside."


WTF!
by OriginalAZ
Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Venting Thread
Replies: 2505
Views: 918250

Re: Venting Thread

So I just got the keys to my new build house 12 days ago. We haven't even moved in yet but yesterday while visiting tje house I notice the carpets are wet in the master bedroom and closet. Also water leaking out the side of the house. Plumber comes out and has to cut the stucco and finds a stucco s...
by OriginalAZ
Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
Replies: 350
Views: 21943

Re: Depression and Anxiety Thread

dovecanyoncat wrote:I gotta ask: aside from Scum getting his house, is fucking anything good happening lately?
I just got a brand new house and already had a water leak. F U 2020
by OriginalAZ
Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Venting Thread
Replies: 2505
Views: 918250

Re: Venting Thread

So I just got the keys to my new build house 12 days ago. We haven't even moved in yet but yesterday while visiting tje house I notice the carpets are wet in the master bedroom and closet. Also water leaking out the side of the house. Plumber comes out and has to cut the stucco and finds a stucco st...
by OriginalAZ
Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Moving
Replies: 32
Views: 1546

Re: Moving

Just sold my house in Phoenix (Ahwatukee). It sold in 2 weeks but didn't get multiple offers. Sold for a little less than we listed it for. Still happy with the final price. Already got the keys to the new house. So need the money from the house sale which isn't finalized yet.
by OriginalAZ
Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Work Status Update
Replies: 980
Views: 65882

Re: Work Status Update

I like my job. I’m respected in group and in my community I don’t like my boss. This person is stuck in the past, was supposed to step down in the summer but like Trump, is holding on “for continuity during Covid health system operations” Leadership asked us to come up w a department 5 year strateg...
by OriginalAZ
Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:30 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Lute
Replies: 148
Views: 10079

Re: Lute

RIP Lute. I graduated in 99 but never got to meet you. I regret missing out on that. I always admired you from afar. Love reading all these stories.
by OriginalAZ
Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Campus Aerial Imagery
Replies: 13
Views: 441

Re: Campus Aerial Imagery

Wow that is crazy. I graduated in 99 and haven't been back to Tucson in about 6 years. Seeing those pictures brings back memories of what used to be there. Carls Jr, Jack in the Box, Subway. Losbetos, etc.

My 4 years at U of A were the best time of my life even though I was broke.
by OriginalAZ
Thu Aug 20, 2020 6:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why I Own The World
Replies: 866
Views: 61742

Re: Why I Own The World

scumdevils86 wrote:On my way to get the keys to the house!
Congrats! That's a great feeling to finally have your own place.
by OriginalAZ
Thu Aug 20, 2020 6:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why I Own The World
Replies: 866
Views: 61742

Re: Why I Own The World

Buy yourself a bad ass new grill. That was my first new house purchase. Closing on my new house in 3 weeks. I'm thinking of getting a pellet grill. I have had pretty every kind of smoker, and without a doubt, my pellet smoker is 10 times as useful as any of my other smokers. Just set it, and forget...
by OriginalAZ
Thu Aug 20, 2020 1:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why I Own The World
Replies: 866
Views: 61742

Re: Why I Own The World

CalStateTempe wrote:Buy yourself a bad ass new grill.

That was my first new house purchase.
Closing on my new house in 3 weeks. I'm thinking of getting a pellet grill.
by OriginalAZ
Wed Jul 22, 2020 8:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why I Own The World
Replies: 866
Views: 61742

Re: Why I Own The World

What a whirlwind. This real estate market is insane, truly makes me wish I was selling. It is 100% beneficial to sellers. But the true story here is that my wife and I had our offer accepted on a house tonight. We have been officially shopping for 6 days and we're already going all in on a house. I...
by OriginalAZ
Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Venting Thread
Replies: 2505
Views: 918250

Re: Venting Thread

I’m so sorry OAS, that sucks It isn’t cerner is it, that program sucks (what we have/use) No its something called Axiom. We use Cerner at my other hospital which we started about 3 years ago. I hated it at first but now really like it. Unfortunately that hospital is gonna switch again soon to somet...
by OriginalAZ
Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Venting Thread
Replies: 2505
Views: 918250

Re: Venting Thread

They started a new EMR at one of the hospitals I work at. So I get to spend like 5 extra hours today just trying to put in notes and orders on patients on some backwards ass electronic medical record system because the hospital is too cheap to pay for a legit system.
by OriginalAZ
Thu Jul 16, 2020 3:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why I Own The World
Replies: 866
Views: 61742

Re: Why I Own The World

Wife and I are debt free minus her federally subsidized student loans. Just were pre-qualified easily for our max budget on a house. Feels pretty good. Of course we don't want to spend that much. And the economy is tanking. And the last time I bought a house was 2005 and that turned out to be a hor...
by OriginalAZ
Wed Jul 15, 2020 5:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Twitter Hack
Replies: 29
Views: 1575

Re: Twitter Hack

People just aren’t all that bright. Just read about some woman who didn’t realize she was being scammed until she showed up in Nigeria expecting to get married. Yup. I had a patient once who went to the Philippines thinking he was getting married. He came back to the US and became suicidal. Another...
by OriginalAZ
Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Work Status Update
Replies: 980
Views: 65882

Re: Work Status Update

Just got this email from HR: Employer Matching Contributions Effective August 1, 2020, ATDC will discontinue the Employer Matching contribution to the 401(k) plan due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Our intention is to resume the match as soon as economically feasible. Automatic Enro...
by OriginalAZ
Mon Jul 13, 2020 3:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Work Status Update
Replies: 980
Views: 65882

Re: Work Status Update

Just got this email from HR: Employer Matching Contributions Effective August 1, 2020, ATDC will discontinue the Employer Matching contribution to the 401(k) plan due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Our intention is to resume the match as soon as economically feasible. Automatic Enro...
by OriginalAZ
Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Darwin Awards
Replies: 180
Views: 21153

Re: Darwin Awards

Merkin wrote:
I was at Mather Point with my kids back in March. Amazed me how many people who climbed over the rails and were out walking on ledges. I am actually surprised this doesn't happen more often.
by OriginalAZ
Tue Jun 09, 2020 7:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Random Thoughts Thread
Replies: 2143
Views: 519785

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

So I've been wanting a high end laptop for a while. I finally got the new Microsoft Surface Book 3 a couple weeks ago. Yeah I know its overpriced but I really like the detachable screen turns into a tablet. But I am disappointed in the battery life and watching 4K video isn't quite up to par. I am r...
by OriginalAZ
Wed Jun 03, 2020 4:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ancestry
Replies: 79
Views: 4044

Re: Ancestry

I did 23 and me a few years ago and I'm 98.9% Central and South Asian and 0.5% Western Asian and North African. My initial results a few years ago said 2% European and 0.8% Finnish. I was excited about that but a few years later now it's gone. I am very disappointed in my ancestors for not being mor...
by OriginalAZ
Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: TOS Discussion
Replies: 1390
Views: 84956

Re: TOS Discussion

Wow this brings back a lot of memories. I think I started back in Cat Tracks. I didn't post all that much but have a lot of memories. I think I was more active on the political forum and battling it out with Taylor. For some reason that Sixers article still sticks in my head. Also didn't Ben Hansen ...
by OriginalAZ
Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dinner Tonight
Replies: 3586
Views: 187664

Re: Dinner Tonight

Just wait till you kid connects “lamb” with “lamb” I fear I have a culinary greta Thunberg on my hands... Yup. I tried to explain to my 7 year old son that the bone he was gnawing on was from a lamb that had been killed. He was very confused. When my daughter was 5 I took her out to Home Depot do b...
by OriginalAZ
Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dinner Tonight
Replies: 3586
Views: 187664

Re: Dinner Tonight

Rack of lamb from Costco. I'm not a Costco member because my wife goes into a panic when she walks inside. I like Costco, and I love a Costco sheet cake. As a young man I thrived on their frozen seafood. And I don't know where else I'd have bought all my luggage. I wish I could buy their cheap gas,...
by OriginalAZ
Sun May 31, 2020 8:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dinner Tonight
Replies: 3586
Views: 187664

Re: Dinner Tonight

Rack of lamb from Costco.
by OriginalAZ
Sat May 30, 2020 5:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
Replies: 350
Views: 21943

Re: Mental Health in the age of Covid-19

I can’t play with a four year-old anymore. I’ve been doing it all day every day for six weeks without a break. There’s nowhere to take her. She doesn’t want to go back to the park again and stand around in the 100 plus degree heat near the playground we can’t touch. I honestly have no idea what to ...
by OriginalAZ
Sat May 30, 2020 3:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
Replies: 350
Views: 21943

Re: Depression and Anxiety Thread

Thanks, OAZ. You don't have to read it but I'm talking about, for example, pp. 230-33: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Alternative-medicine-and-common-errors-of-Beyerstein/7e30f8ea4b78ed8302105a63403a19ed438ac08e" target="_blank[/quote] I'm a big believer in medication when necessary and have ...
by OriginalAZ
Sat May 30, 2020 3:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
Replies: 350
Views: 21943

Re: Mental Health in the age of Covid-19

I can’t play with a four year-old anymore. I’ve been doing it all day every day for six weeks without a break. There’s nowhere to take her. She doesn’t want to go back to the park again and stand around in the 100 plus degree heat near the playground we can’t touch. I honestly have no idea what to ...
by OriginalAZ
Sat May 30, 2020 12:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
Replies: 350
Views: 21943

Re: Depression and Anxiety Thread

I have been fighting depression and anxiety for over 5 years. Friends and family could not tell as I hid it pretty good. I had a friend who was talking about depression and anxiety and he mentioned a doctor he saw. I went to see this doctor and he put me on a small dosage of sertraline. After about...
by OriginalAZ
Sat May 30, 2020 10:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
Replies: 350
Views: 21943

Re: Depression and Anxiety Thread

I have been fighting depression and anxiety for over 5 years. Friends and family could not tell as I hid it pretty good. I had a friend who was talking about depression and anxiety and he mentioned a doctor he saw. I went to see this doctor and he put me on a small dosage of sertraline. After about...
by OriginalAZ
Thu May 28, 2020 5:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
Replies: 350
Views: 21943

Re: Depression and Anxiety Thread

You may not need to go split. My wife and I sleep different and have different preferences, but both slept really well. My wife and I have never both loved a bed until we got our Purple. Which Purple do you have? the regular, hybrid, hybrid premier 3" or 4"? So many options. I don't mind paying ext...
by OriginalAZ
Tue May 26, 2020 8:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
Replies: 350
Views: 21943

Re: Depression and Anxiety Thread

Just ordered a purple mattress, will add this meditation. Hopefully that helps. I don't really have a lot of trouble sleeping. I have trouble sleeping through the night without pain. Let us know what you think. I been thinking about trying Purple. I have tried Nest and Loom and Leaf mattresses but ...
by OriginalAZ
Mon May 25, 2020 10:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dinner Tonight
Replies: 3586
Views: 187664

Re: Dinner Tonight

Phylek wrote:I love the instapot. That and the air fryer. I'm constantly learning new stuff to use the air fryer for. It's amazing.
I been using the Ninja Foodi 5 in 1 indoor grill and air fryer.
It makes cooking easy.
by OriginalAZ
Mon May 25, 2020 5:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
Replies: 350
Views: 21943

Re: Depression and Anxiety Thread

I just found this thread and it is amazing. I have been following this board in its various forms for probably around 20 years now. I had some occasional posts but never felt like I had anything significant to post. I have gone through a lot in those 20 years and somehow ended up being a psychiatris...
by OriginalAZ
Fri May 22, 2020 1:18 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona vs. Alabama
Replies: 19
Views: 550

Re: Arizona vs. Alabama

Super excited for this.
by OriginalAZ
Tue May 12, 2020 6:28 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: let's talk '20
Replies: 1709
Views: 124968

Re: let's talk '20

I haven't seen anything on BWill. Is he done a la Ray Smith?
by OriginalAZ
Sat May 02, 2020 10:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Digital Photography
Replies: 55
Views: 3350

Re: Digital Photography

Lynda.com should get you access to Photo and Software tutorials for $25 monthly Adobe Lightroom is $10 monthly I don't mind paying for something if it's good. Doing a google search there are so many companies offering photography classes online. Not sure which are legit. I will look into this. Thanks
by OriginalAZ
Sat May 02, 2020 2:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Digital Photography
Replies: 55
Views: 3350

Re: Digital Photography

Does anyone have any suggestions on learning to use my camera? I have a Canon 7D with a couple of lenses. My camera has been sitting for a few years and I would like some direction on the best way to learn to use the manual functions. I also want to learn to use Photoshop or similar photo editing so...
by OriginalAZ
Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Random Thoughts Thread
Replies: 2143
Views: 519785

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Tomorrow is May 1st and I remembered the May Day Mystery in the Daily Wildcat. I haven't thought about it in many years but remember reading about it on the old board many years ago. For a while I really followed it closely.
Such a bizarre thing that is still going after so many years.
by OriginalAZ
Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
Replies: 350
Views: 21943

Re: Mental Health in the age of Covid-19

As someone who works in mental health I have definitely seen this effect my patients. As for my own mental health I have been taking the kids for walks and hikes in my neighborhood. I have also started reading books for fun again. Something I had stopped doing for a long time. I also notice that my ...
by OriginalAZ
Sat Mar 07, 2020 1:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Venting Thread
Replies: 2505
Views: 918250

Re: Venting Thread

I was going to take 2 of my kids to Disneyland this week for spring break. I already took the time off from work. Now my wife is freaked out and made us cancel our trip because of coronavirus. Trying to figure out what to do with the kids for a week.