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Do you know if it's a dedicated microphone port or a combination headphones/microphone port..? Sometimes they aren't compatible
dedicated microphone port on the back and in the troubleshooting section of the PC it indicated that there was no microphone plugged in, which there was
 
dedicated microphone port on the back and in the troubleshooting section of the PC it indicated that there was no microphone plugged in, which there was
Besides stating that sometimes that last 1/16" or so is sometimes a bit resistant to being fully inserted, I assume you can plug in a microphone. I would check what device manager has to say, making sure any audio devices aren't having issues.
 
You are a very wise person. I don't mean that in as a joke or anything like that, I mean that you have a very good understanding of what life is all about and you phrase your statements in a way that really puts that into perspective. I need to figure out how to rewire my brain to think the way you do about the Ironman and your current recovery path and apply it to my daily life.

Sandy.
Thanks, but I have to confess there have been some temper tantrums and pity parties along the way too. I also have really supportive people around me (family, friends, my boss) that are making this as smooth as it could be.
 
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Besides stating that sometimes that last 1/16" or so is sometimes a bit resistant to being fully inserted, I assume you can plug in a microphone. I would check what device manager has to say, making sure any audio devices aren't having double
double checked to make sure it was pushed in fully. They said that their download fix would show up in a window so that I could click on it and run it. That was 3 hours ago and nothing so far has shown up. :mad:
 
double checked to make sure it was pushed in fully. They said that their download fix would show up in a window so that I could click on it and run it. That was 3 hours ago and nothing so far has shown up. :mad:

Is 'they' the microphone vendor? Is the download in your downloads folder, and you maybe just need to initiate the install..?
 
First followup since surgery. All hardware looks good (and there is a lot of it, yikes) and bone bits are in the correct positions. If I play nice with no load bearing for 5 more weeks I should have a good hip to start PT with. Ribs and collarbone are all looking on the way to good also.

Unfortunately, as the rest of the pain and swelling has deminished it’s become clear something is wrong in my left knee also. Everything is consistent with a torn meniscus. Near term, the treatment course is the same, rest and anti-inflammatories. If that doesn’t work then a shot, and if that doesn’t work surgery on the knee. That would suck, but it isn’t a shattered hip, so I’ll deal with that if and when the time comes.

Its becoming increasingly likely my long course triathlon days are over as even in the best recovery case 40+ mile running weeks are going to wear the hip out quickly given the cartilage damage that nothing can be done about. However, all the doctors tell me that they see no reason I can’t return to 7-10k mile years on the bike again, just need to get through the rest period. Given how things have gone, baring a setback (knee surgery), I may still be able to race the L’etape this July. My goal will certainly change from top 10% to “just stay in front of the sag wagon”, but I may still get my alpine race.

I also now have all the x-ray and CT scans before and after...WOW! It is amazing what a skilled surgery team can rebuild, and also, I'm never getting through a metal detector again.

Edit: Note that I'm actually really happy with this visit. My fear going into this was the hip wasn't healing properly, and it is healing properly. Everything else is a relatively minor problem.
No pics? LOL
 
Is 'they' the microphone vendor? Is the download in your downloads folder, and you maybe just need to initiate the install..?
no windows support. and yes I found the setup file in the download manager section thanks for telling me about that so I clicked on the setup and it said installing Windows 10 and that was about an hour ago and it's at 85% now.
 
Thanks, but I have to confess there have been some temper tantrums and pity parties along the way too. I also have really supportive people around me (family, friends, my boss) that are making this as smooth as it could be.
If you recognize that what you need is to indulge in a bit of self-pity and then move on, as long as you indeed move on, there's nothing wrong with that either.
 
Thanks, but I have to confess there have been some temper tantrums and pity parties along the way too. I also have really supportive people around me (family, friends, my boss) that are making this as smooth as it could be.
You'll be well on your way to recovery by the time the TX Shootout happens. That'll have to be a goal for you ;)
 
Went Crabbing with my new crab pot off Trinidad pier in No. California! Pot caught six keepers and one of my hoop nets caught another. We ate well last night! 🦀🦀🦀
 

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Yesterday put down weed mat on the front garden beds and shovelled two cubic meters of mulch onto it. I was dead at the end of the day. Will tidy up from that today.
A book I just read demonstrated the authors' lack of life experience in a number of ways. I think the most egregious was where a 30-40-year-old white collar lab director with no obvious fitness habits dug a hole big enough to hide a body. At the end, their hands hurt.

No, Author, their everything would hurt.
 
clicked 5 clicks on each of the 240 pictures in my Imgur photo account to download them onto my PC , on page 17 of 50 (60 per page)
 
Yesterday, I was near the town I grew up in and recalled that there was a submarine very close to where we were eating. The area has changed a ton but I found what is left of the USS Ling so I could show it to my kids. This was a museum when I was a kid and I toured it a couple of times. Now this WWII sub is stuck in the silt, has some holes in the hull, and is more or less abandoned but too heavy to move anywhere (and the river has filled with silt). The Ling was put in this location right around the time I was born so has sat there for more than 50 years. It is a shame to see it's unfortunate condition since it is one of the few remaining examples of this class of submarine from that era.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ling
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Random side note: The father of a friend of mine, a high ranking navy officer in Germany, recognized the name of my home town because he had visited the USS Ling (this came up while we were sailing on his boat outside the town of Bremerhaven, Germany << shockingly small world sometimes).
 
spent all of last night with Windows support group only to have them tell me at 6:30 this morning that they couldn't fix the problem with my computer not recognizing that there was a microphone plugged in , then got 2 hours of sleep, then back up again and started in on other problems with it 🤬 still not finished with it. it's a real love-hate relationship with these things.
 
watched a YouTube video on how to take an iPhone and transfer the music to your pc. It actually worked, well almost as it did 3400 songs out of 3682. :mad: More battling today with trying to get the SDR going for the ham radio part.
 
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