I got a new hip

[gsdx]

^ I used one for years to try to level myself out. It was just over a half-inch thick. I don't need it anymore now that my pelvis is parallel to the floor.

 

[Kulindahr]

Did some carrying supplies around today; now I've got an ice pack on to counter the little bit of swelling.

 

[DonQuixote]

Neil,
I thought your legs were of slightly different lengths, too - so I thought maybe a thin lift might help.

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Kuli,
Your definition of "take it slow and easy" and the docs' may be "slightly" different.

 

[gsdx]

Neil,
I thought your legs were of slightly different lengths, too - so I thought maybe a thin lift might help.

They used to be, and that was part of the cause of my back and right hip problems. When I had the left hip replaced, the surgeon measured my right (shorter) leg and made the left (longer) leg the same length. As a result, my legs are now the same length and I am about 2 cm shorter than I was before I went into the hospital on that fateful day.

 

[Kulindahr]

They used to be, and that was part of the cause of my back and right hip problems. When I had the left hip replaced, the surgeon measured my right (shorter) leg and made the left (longer) leg the same length. As a result, my legs are now the same length and I am about 2 cm shorter than I was before I went into the hospital on that fateful day.

They supposedly did that for me, too, but it didn't work out -- unless the right leg is going to shrink a bit over the next several weeks.

 

[LeicsDom]

And a former physical therapist friend told me not to actually count the difference until all the swelling has gone down.

Yeah, but you can always add or subtract lifts as you return to normal

 

[Kulindahr]

Yeah, but you can always add or subtract lifts as you return to normal

I keep wondering if there's a way to add a lift to a bare foot.

 

[DonQuixote]

Duct Tape! (I know, technically the foot wouldn't be bare then . . . work with me!)

 

[LeicsDom]

I keep wondering if there's a way to add a lift to a bare foot.

I have just accepted that walking around barefoot (unless son a beach etc) is a thing of the past

 

[Kulindahr]

Duct Tape! (I know, technically the foot wouldn't be bare then . . . work with me!)

Not Shoe Goo?

 

[DonQuixote]

Can't say as I've ever heard of that - but EVERYONE knows that Duct Tape has over 1000 uses.

 

[Kulindahr]

Can't say as I've ever heard of that - but EVERYONE knows that Duct Tape has over 1000 uses.

 

[Kulindahr]

I've been getting the outside kitchen wall ready for replacement siding -- first time I've ever done demolition type work while sitting.




Sitting, and sweating -- the sun reflects off the house and the deck and the garage, so it's like a sauna except outdoors.

 

[DonQuixote]

With dirt and grime.

 

[Kulindahr]

With dirt and grime.

LOL

Well, yes.

 

[DonQuixote]

Kind of changes the whole, "Spa" experience.

 

[frankfrank]

Can't say as I've ever heard of that - but EVERYONE knows that Duct Tape has over 1000 uses.

Yes, 1001. I think there's a book about it. There are much better ways to patch ducts, though.

 

[DonQuixote]

It's more for joining/sealing them
than patChing them. And there are many different qualities available. Most of the big box stuff is relatively low tack.
I've seen the book. i have the Duct Tape Bible - a KJV in "duct tape back".

 

[gsdx]

There are much better ways to patch ducts, though.

Indeed. In fact, patching and sealing ducts is the one thing duct tape should not be used for. It was created by the US military in WWII as a temporary 'fix-all' from patching leaky canteens to mending boots to sticking a bumper back on a jeep. It has 1001 uses, but patching ducts isn't one of them.

 

[Kyanimal]

Probably until my late teens, I thought it was this ...

http://www.duckbrand.com/