Some are, some aren't...my 2010 Mini Clubman for example and my wifes 2018 Pacifica, tight spaces but not too bad....my 1999 Audi A4 OTOH...anything requiring access to the side of the engine required removing the WHOLE front drivetrain...from beneath...wasn't going to happen outside of a shop environment, at least not for me.
It is an absolute nightmare.... Something like 29 fasteners to remove in order to START the coolant swap.
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I love how excited a crop of new kids can be, reminds me not to be so jadedOrientation today for the new intern at work, including a free lunch. She starts the interesting stuff tomorrow. There is a whole bunch of interns commencing their year with us. Many disciplines, like electronics, mechanical, service, chemists, marketing, all kick off today.
Thai for dinner
I can't like this comment enough. The infusion of unjaded, true-believer energy from the new "kids" (you tend to be around 30 in my field when you finally get out of school and get a job) is the most effective inocculent against giving in to the artificial barriers to actually getting things done.
If a rich, distant relative left me millions, I'd buy one and have every red part painted either metallic royal blue or pearl royal blue. But I'm pretty sure this is the only Ferrari I'll ever own. So it goes. But what the heck, Revell's molding ability and instruction-writing ability isn't too good either. Several parts simply would not go together as they were supposed to. So I'm not too worried about a few bobbles.
so you're not going to be flying all over the world?
Not any more. As much as I loved being a flying crew chief for Kalitta Air, I realized it’s time to be home with the wife and kiddo
Took my mother for a myelogram, got a tooth extracted and a bone graft and stitches put in. 2 hours later, the stitches are coming untied. And, just got the good news, my wife backed into the neighbor's car which is parked on the street due to the tree branches being removed. Oh yeah, and while getting out of the car to go into the dentist's office, the battery pack and signal generator box, taped to my back for the DRG stimulator trial, were nearly ripped clean off by the edge of the car door opening. The thing was basically dangling off my back. Miraculously, it doesn't seem to have pulled on the leads that enter my back and wrap around the S1 nerves. I'm pretty happy this day is just about done.
I've had 2 that were both ok (they gave me Fentanyl and Versed). This was my mom's 2nd one (what a n00b lol), but her first one was excruciating (no sedation) so this time it was at a full blown hospital so they could give her sedation and then some. However, they didn't give her anything, which really pissed her off, but it also didn't hurt at all, so all was forgiven
I've got a scar on my spine in about the same location. I had lumbar stenosis (opening around the nerves being constricted) at L3/L4 & L4/L5 almost 3 years ago. After years of chronic back pain I am now pain free.
The sutures in my mouth came untied so I had to go back to the dentist so he could numb me up again (needles to the roof of the mouth are sooo fun), take out the old sutures and put different ones in, and he added a 2nd knot for good measure. I've had way too many needles since Friday.
I'm glad you got some relief! I've been...less lucky...I had a microdiscectomy at L3/4 many moons ago and got amazing relief from completely disabling sciatica. However that disc kinda disintegrated over the next 15 years. I had L3-4 fused in 2016 but I was too hard on it and developed more sciatica, but it stemmed from L4/5 instead. I had a spinal cord stimulator implanted in late 2020, which helped some, but I then had a decompression surgery about 18 mos ago, but I felt immediately worse, like I was still in the recovery room and I told them I had MORE numbness and MORE paralysis. I think it was a spinal epidural hematoma, but they didn't treat me for it right away. About 6 weeks later, I had the same decompression surgery again. That helped for about a month. This past June I had L4-5 fused. Unrelated to my back problems, I have a nerve condition that causes cold burning in my feet (like diabetic nerve pain, but w/o the diabetes) so this stimulator targets the feet specifically by targeting the S1 nerve roots. I like to say I'm 47 going on 74. I've also had 12 knee surgeries w/one joint replacement and that's sadly not even the end of the list LOLI've got a scar on my spine in about the same location. I had lumbar stenosis (opening around the nerves being constricted) at L3/L4 & L4/L5 almost 3 years ago. After years of chronic back pain I am now pain free.
I believe the official medical term is "hot mess"
Why hasn't some company made a Bourbon flavored anesthetic that you could just swish in your mouth for awhile to numb the gums.
