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Reply #100 - 06/24/22 at 19:32:23
 
Hey DD,

Good therapy for your arm, plus your doing something that will sound good.

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Reply #101 - 06/25/22 at 00:33:36
 
You're right, Joseph, I need to use my arm.
I have been, but over the past few days my son and I have been gathering barbecue wood, sawing, splitting and stacking it.

I have overdone using my arm by a fair margin this week and some swelling has come back.

Sitting at a bench, using a soldering iron instead of a chainsaw, sledge hammer and maul sounds like a good plan for a few days. Just doing a light something I know a tiny bit about for a while should be fun.
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I have never heard one of these old Fisher receivers, so I have no idea if I am just playing around with junk or if I am actually rebuilding something worth having.

I have enough Irish in me to not trust luck to far, but I have also learned that luck can run both ways.
Finding something for free can be exciting, even if it needs a nip and a tuck here and there.

But then again, most turds are also free.
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Reply #102 - 06/27/22 at 06:14:47
 
Got my order for parts in today. I got it all cleaned up inside.

Just to be most clear for everyone, this new project of mine is not the highly regarded and desirable Fisher 400 receiver from the '60s built around tubes, but rather a '70s version of a similar thing, Model 401, made using transistor technology.

I'll get the power supply working again and then see where I am with this old soldier. It has been well cared for throughout its existence. It's pretty.
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Reply #103 - 06/28/22 at 14:57:30
 
I changed up my sound a bit this morning. Went down early, woke up early. Goofed with cabling while sipping coffee.

I had all my speakers in parallel running things via dual mono SE84s. System took it and it sounded OK. I don't play loud.

This morning I removed my second set of 15s, floor slam facing, from the mix and now I am only powering the 8" and one 15" per side with the dual mono amps.
More favorable impedance load, for certain. I'm back to just under a 4 Ohm load on the mono'ed SE84Cs. 8 ohm JBL+Visatos 6 ohm (this is how they reach imaginary efficiency ratings to publish. Still like the drivers, though)

I definitely lost some air movement in the low end by almost halving my cone radiating area in the lower range. I listened in stages with music and (I am unusually familiar over many years of over exposure - I know which one Pink is. He's the tool) pink noise. I am only afraid of noise that I did not create, otherwise I can deal with it and use it.
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BUT, I have now added my McIntosh, using the out from the SE84Cs (made up the speaker out to input adapter many years ago) and I am using the floor slam driver as a sort of subwoofer, still same "L" shaped baffle, still connected mechanically at the magnets. Still receiving the same/coherent power signal. Still need to rebuild the baffle in solid hardwood, etc.
But the floor slam has considerably more power available, now.

These FAT and flat-ish 15" drivers measure 8dB down at 500 Hz, in part because I tried to build them to do this and got close. I would love if the high drop off began a bit lower.
I am trying to avoid adding a crossover. I have a spare Crown, which publish measurements at 1/10th the distortion compared to the other items in the system, except for the preamp.

I gave in and I am trying out the crossover on the "floor slam sub woofer."  ... all open back, still.

The lower 15 is still wide open on the bottom end, no safety high pass of any sort in the system, but rolled off up top now beginning around 45hz. Still tweaking that number, but for now it seems to be an improvement in low authority, but also clarity and definition to the whole overall sound.
Taking some of the burden off the two Mono amps surely adds something to this improvement.

Having "half" my lows pointed downward has definitely changed the shape of the typical bi-directional cardiod pattern you expect with an open back system.

I haven't tried to put my 60 degree mic on anything yet and determine patterns, but just walking in the room things are different.
Sitting and listening, things feel better, regardless of what piddling with mics could possibly tell me later. It feels better.

I'm going to keep trying and listening to things with this set up for a while longer. First impressions are positive. Still going to measure at some point, but not today.
Today and for a while I am just going to listen and maybe play with the crossover and the McIntosh toward the best balance with the uppers.
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Reply #104 - 06/29/22 at 21:53:27
 
First impression after a day is that this might be the way to go if I keep the quad 15" set up going.

Obviouosly, I need WAY MORE mass than this wimpy, double ply particle board mock up has to offer. Just setting six paver bricks on the bottom panel helped a lot, even considering it restricted airflow and openess. Needs more mass!

I have laughed at some speaker systems for having multiple drivers for LF and only the one closest to the mid range driver had anything but lows on it. All of it makes sense, especially if you don't mind eighty nine crossover parts in the power path.
They call them 2.5 Way instead of 3Way or 2Way designs.

I suppose I have made one of those for myself.
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Reply #105 - 06/30/22 at 15:26:09
 
After a month w/out my stereo system, due to some renovations, she is all back in place and singing to me. Boy did I miss listening to LP's and Qobuz via Roon these last few weeks. It felt like I was on a hunger strike.

Anyway, spirits are high and the capacitors should be fully charged in a few days. Looking forward to some extended listening sessions over the July 4th weekend.

BTW took 3 hours to get everything in place, level the TT, get cabling connected and position the speakers. Lugging the ZMA around is no easy chore 🤣😂.

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Reply #106 - 06/30/22 at 19:20:30
 
HockessinKid wrote on 06/30/22 at 15:26:09:
After a month w/out my stereo system, due to some renovations, she is all back in place and singing to me. Boy did I miss listening to LP's and Qobuz via Roon these last few weeks. It felt like I was on a hunger strike.

Anyway, spirits are high and the capacitors should be fully charged in a few days. Looking forward to some extended listening sessions over the July 4th weekend.

BTW took 3 hours to get everything in place, level the TT, get cabling connected and position the speakers. Lugging the ZMA around is no easy chore 🤣😂.

HK


Three hours is not a bad "reset" time.
Your hunger strike is what I call a "Music Desert."  We have to cross them sometimes, but man is it ever great to find an oasis.
But a month is rough. I hope the renos turned out the way you expected!

I listen as much as I can, but from the time my two kids were too old to share a bedroom, I have not had my own room. They are now drinking age, living in Dad's home, and we have a larger more modern home. No more pulling everything out when I get a chance and putting it all away, after.
All is good!
It took about a month to get things going again after we moved.

It's good to hear, HK!
I hope everyone enjoys some easy time during the July 4th week end!
Seems like we all try to pack too much into one of the biggest holidays of the year. Take some time for fun.

My wife starts her vacation tomorrow, so we are starting our week end right on time. Cool
Guys at her work are mad, "How did YOU get Friday off!??!"
Well, she put in for it last July after some time on a waiting list!
Grin

Total cliche, but I just started a brisket marinating which I'll get started smoking very early in the morning.
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Reply #107 - 06/30/22 at 19:34:37
 
DD,

You're doing brisket, I'm smoking a pork butt. Pulled pork & fried chicken on the July 4th menu, with some good music thrown in. Have a good one.

HK
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Reply #108 - 07/05/22 at 13:42:28
 
HK, I saved my pork butt for Independence Day.
Turned out great. Dutch Oven baked beans (I cheated - started with canned beans, saves about six hours) spiced up, smoked up, delicious.
Having my wife's vacation start Friday, we made a bigger deal of family time this week end than we were able in times past.

Hope your "butt" came out great! Mine was awesome. My grilles have not cooled down until last night late.

Back to reality with stuff in the mail today.
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Reply #109 - 07/05/22 at 17:08:20
 
Glad your butt turned out well. Mine, well it was porkalicious. Everybody has a smile on their face.

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Reply #110 - 08/16/22 at 15:04:25
 
Figured I should just drop this in a thread I started that has already been all over the map so as to not derail another productive thread.

Anyway, rough weekend here. My wife came home early from work on Thursday last week, sick. She was throwing up and thought she had a flu.

Friday mid day, I wanted to take her to the ER, because of the "violence" she was experiencing and her inability to even keep down water. But she is every bit as stubborn as I am about stuff like this, just handling things as they come.

I had her convinced, almost, that if Saturday does not show a marked improvement, we're going to the hospital. She seemed a lot better Saturday morning (probably faking it) so I was relieved a little.

Literally minutes after I made my last post last Saturday, she came to tell me we are going to the hospital in the morning.
An hour later, I had bullied her into the car and arrived at the ER.

She has a history of ulcers and I thought this was "all that" again, but nope, she is having some trouble with kidney stones. Very large trouble it turns out.

SO, since Saturday afternoon I have been quite busy with real life distractions.

She went in to surgery yesterday to install shunts for her kidneys, until they can get the infections under control and get her electrolyte balance back to normal. Doing bloodwork every hour at first, now every three hours. Eventually, more surgery to remove the big ones.
They say she'll be fine, but with a lot of DOING to get her there.

The specialist really took us to kidney stone school this weekend. I had no idea that over half the population has kidney stones, but most don't even know it and never develop symptoms. WOW!


All fun is on hold and I have not made any progress on my F15 baffles (or even had a chance to sit and listen) after rounding the sides and sanding some of the saw marks out.

Troubling week end!


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Reply #111 - 08/16/22 at 15:30:31
 
DD, my best wishes for your wife's speedy recovery and the resumption of "fun" for you both.
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Reply #112 - 08/16/22 at 15:39:17
 
DD, sorry to hear about your wife. Praying for a speedy recovery.
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Reply #113 - 08/16/22 at 15:54:46
 
Sorry to hear and I hope she has a speedy recovery.
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Reply #114 - 08/17/22 at 01:04:22
 
Lon, Jec and EB,
Thanks for the well wishes.
She looked great today and she may come home tomorrow night, until time for the big surgery next week to end this.

I wanted to explain my sudden absence, lest again conjecture that I had gotten mad and left in a huff, as with when I accidentally deleted my previous account.
I seldom get mad and I never run away, let alone in a huff. Me in a huff, usually makes me want to throw a tomahawk, then retrieve it, but not run away.

Just wanted my associate adventurists to not expect much online in the way of responses for a bit.
I just realized, I should hold back on many of the details of her procedures from now on. Don't want to buckle any more knees than mine.

I still don't know where the "GodDamnIt"  came from, before. But I think it's funny.

Thank you guys!

I'm going to sit down with some Chopin in a while, once the kids have calmed down.

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Reply #115 - 08/17/22 at 01:16:52
 
Just saw this DD, so sorry your wife is ill.
I sent you a pm a few days ago, check your messages when you have a chance.
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Reply #116 - 08/17/22 at 02:03:09
 
Great to hear better news DD.
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Reply #117 - 08/17/22 at 08:03:04
 
Best wishes to you and your wife, DD. As someone with a chronically ill spouse, it is no fun watching someone you love suffer. And hospitals are helpful but not enjoyable places to be.

Sending good thoughts your way. Scott
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Reply #118 - 08/17/22 at 13:25:31
 
Sorry to hear about your wife DD. Hope all is well and she has a speedy recovery.
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Reply #119 - 08/18/22 at 16:03:38
 
Effluviography, JBzen, BicycleJoe, Thank you guys.

She is home for a week with a bunch of drugs to take in preparation for the "big" surgery, possibly next week. And she's able to eat some. Daily visits still and more bloodwork every day.

During our release consultation we found just how close to death she really was and why they were doing bloodwork on the hour and half hour at first. Daily, now.
The specialist admonished us at length that had we waited another day to get her care started, they may not have been able to save her life. He said that 75% of the people who show up in the ER in her condition do not survive.
She's a strong, muscled blue collar worker (for UPS, a lot of grunt work) and that fact seemed to give her an edge, but it was still close.

That is the reason I am putting this out here, folks. If one of our loved ones is sick all day with vomiting, fever and can't eat or drink, take it very seriously! It might not be just another flu, but something much more complicated.

I said I would hold back on some of the details, but NOTE that she had been toughing this whole thing out for a while, on her own, until she got very ill.
Stubborn as a mule, tough as nails, stronger than most, but not immortal.
Lots more to get through still, but the worst of the drama is over for now.

Thanks for reading folks. We are "happy" here, within the circumstance.

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Reply #120 - 08/18/22 at 16:07:59
 
Wow. Great that you got her to the ER when you did. Here's hoping for a fast and full recovery, and I know you each appreciate each other--a real blessing rarer than it should be.
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Reply #121 - 08/18/22 at 16:15:39
 
Glad to hear there is a care plan in place and pre-op meds are getting her stabilized to take the next step.

Sending {{{{{{{{GOOD VIBRATIONS}}}}}}}}
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Reply #122 - 08/19/22 at 23:41:43
 
Yeah, Lon, another good day in the bag. Infusion therapy has gone well and bloodwork is close to normal.
Things seem to be going our way, now.

Played some Barbra Streisand today for her and then, Kenny G.
Roll Eyes

Kind of showing my toughness, now, right?

We are on schedule to end this next week.


Thanks, Joe for the good vibes!
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Reply #123 - 08/20/22 at 00:35:17
 
More good news! I hope next week is so much better. I'm rooting for you guys. I've been there with a spouse and I know how hard it hits. But it seems as if all is going well. Enjoy the weekend as much as you can.
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Reply #124 - 08/22/22 at 22:49:53
 
Yes, good news indeed, Lon.
Thanks.

All seems to be going well. Diet she can keep down is huge. She hates most every bite, but it seems to be working.

This whole thing should be all over and done soon. Boss Doc put off the surgery until next week; wasn't satisfied with the level of infections still at the last visit. A bit too messy still for his liking.

SO, next week assuming continued progress.

We've been listening to music together this week more than in a year or so. Our tastes are dissimilar, but to see her enjoy something for a change is Large. Movies, too. Fun stuff.

Our little lives have been hectic for a while, but now we can sit and enjoy some things together.
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Reply #125 - 08/23/22 at 03:17:35
 
Enjoy the week ahead and I hope the infections subside and the operation is a big success. I'm rooting for you two kids! Wink
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Reply #126 - 08/24/22 at 19:25:52
 
Thank you.
Still going OK, here.
She is sleeping well for a change. Down for a nap right now.

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Reply #127 - 08/27/22 at 23:31:10
 
This somehow slipped by me, DD. So sorry to read about these recent events with your wife. Sounds like things are getting better and I am glad to hear that. Sending positive thoughts your way.
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Reply #128 - 08/28/22 at 00:05:41
 
Same old DD glad to hear the wife is able to rest I’m sending this to the both of you I think you’ll find it interesting
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Reply #129 - 08/28/22 at 01:21:08
 
Manny, Joe, thanks!

We still go in for daily bloodwork. She is running out of veins!

When we first got to the hospital, they had bags going into both arms and both legs, taking blood every few minutes, changing to different bags every few minutes ... etc. Later we found out it was touch and go and they had not fully diagnosed her condition yet. She was too sick to take the time to run her through a machine at that point.

New drugs, some infusion sometimes still with every daily visit. We were done with dailies for a few days, but not yet, it seems. Every day, now, again.
Things are looking up!
Just her getting some solid rest is the best thing I've seen since that ugly Thursday when she came home sick.

Still looking at the "big" surgery some time this coming week. They tell us it is "run of the mill" work and nothing more to worry about.

Thanks for all the positive energies!
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Reply #130 - 08/29/22 at 19:29:59
 
The inconsistency at the hospital astounds me.

So today was a drive through, final check before Wednesday with the BIG surgery.

We pull up in our car and an attendant with no mask and no gloves gives us paper work to confirm and approve by signing while we sit in the car. OK.

We drive forward to the next station where my wife gets out of the car, sits at a small table for a couple of minutes to have blood taken by another attendant wearing just gloves and scrubs.

Then at the final station, she had to have a Covid test and that attendant was wearing a 100% coverage vinyl hazmat looking suit, gloves pulled up over her sleeves to the elbows, even a sealed helmet with a breathing apparatus attached just to swab my wife's sinus cavities.

I am sure they have had some false positives and negatives due to contamination of the testing processes, but honestly, we had already contaminated two other stations and BEEN contaminated by two other attendants before the "carefully" taken sample.
What is the point of the hazmat suited nurse for the test after us holding a clipboard in our car moments before and the unmasked nurse taking blood already?

It seemed stupid, but I can only imagine that the final nurse must live with some high risk family members and is just protecting them from the public.
Still, the impression left was not one of confidence for us.

Surgery happens on Wednesday assuming another negative Covid test.

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Reply #131 - 08/30/22 at 13:53:32
 
It feels like I am doing a blow-by-blow, but I suppose I am.
All the latest tests have gone well.

My wife is checked in to the hospital, now. A day of bags full of super hydration, electrolytes and another infusion of that long named 'cillen stuff and the surgery happens early tomorrow.

Most of these things are done as outpatient services, but the severity of her condition ruled out the quick fixes.

Light at the end of the tunnel!

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Reply #132 - 08/30/22 at 13:56:35
 
All the best and a fervent hope for a very successful surgery and a quick-as-light recovery!
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Reply #133 - 08/30/22 at 14:03:41
 
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Reply #134 - 08/31/22 at 00:44:49
 
Thanks guys.
It's going to be tough to just twiddle my thumbs for the next twelve hours.
I just tried music and it does not even sound like music to me.

I managed to rid myself of the past ten hours with a grocery stop, cleaning and disinfecting every surface of the house again. Kids helped some.
Dog thinks it's all a new game to figure out.

Time to get my feet up for a bit.

It will all be over soon!
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Reply #135 - 08/31/22 at 01:46:54
 
Prayers for you, DD 🙏🙏🙏

And a speedy recovery.

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Reply #136 - 08/31/22 at 04:37:32
 

Everyone at DECWARE is pulling for her!
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I came to this page late. I have begun my Prayers.
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Reply #138 - 08/31/22 at 08:24:16
 
Sending good thoughts to you and your wife. Hopefully, you'll be back to "enjoying" Kenny G with her again soon. Smiley

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Reply #139 - 08/31/22 at 11:10:14
 
DD,

I hope all goes well with your wives surgery, such a traumatic experience you both are going through. Sending calming thoughts and prayers🙏🙏. Hope she has a speedy recovery too.

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Reply #140 - 08/31/22 at 18:59:08
 
My thoughts are with you and your family.
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Reply #141 - 09/02/22 at 17:33:47
 
Everything went well!
There were some complications, but the doctors and staff got it done and she is home in recovery mode. Sleeping now.

No way I can express my gratitude for the caring I've been shown.

The reason for my exposing this on a public forum is partly to allow "my friends" to have a heads up Holy Moly moment, but MAINLY to illustrate just how incredibly fast a fever that won't drop with a few doses of those little pills we all have in our medicine chests can escalate into something life threatening.
It happened really fast.
Suprised the Hell out of me!

But now, we know a bit more about what to watch for. I hope everyone gets this.

All your kind thoughts, prayers and well wishing positive energies have helped us through this. My thanks to every one of you!

The worst is finally over for now.
I thank you all!

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Reply #142 - 09/02/22 at 17:51:08
 
Fantastic, fantastic news! I'm so happy she is home and resting!

Yes, we need to be vigilant, more so every year. And we need to act with and for our loved ones the way you have done. A fantastic job husband! All the best for you both going forward this weekend and week!
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Reply #143 - 09/02/22 at 19:26:48
 
Praying for her speedy recovery!
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Reply #144 - 09/02/22 at 23:18:15
 
Great news. I hope she has a rapid and uneventful recovery. Try to get some rest too.

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Reply #145 - 09/03/22 at 03:25:28
 
I am very glad for the good result.

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Reply #146 - 09/08/22 at 10:55:07
 
Thanks, guys!

She is looking great, up and around and getting back to normal.
We had lunch outside on the patio yesterday. I made burgers.

She is planning to return to work at her rough and tough job next week. She is determined to "finish" the next two years. She will be able to retire with full pay when she makes it through that.

I tell her we should just "call it!"  Take it from where we are and we'll figure out how to make it work as we go. She's having none of that talk! She's going to finish over there and earn her full retirement.
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Reply #147 - 09/08/22 at 12:22:38
 
GREAT NEWS!
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Reply #148 - 09/08/22 at 16:18:03
 
DD,

I failed to display encouragement for the misses during her ordeal. I was rooting for her with every post. But, superstitious reserve kept me from comment. I had a good friend that had a similar experience but not a good outcome.

Great news on her recovery!

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Reply #149 - 09/08/22 at 20:12:41
 
INDEED, LON!!

I can't help but notice that she even looks younger than she did a month ago. Neither of us are "sprang checkuns" to say the least. But to see her just snap back after such an ordeal is very uplifting.
She has been earning positive kharma most her adult life, in my view.

We often shop together and in line before us a few months back was a young mom whose card was declined and she began putting things she wanted back so she could get just the stuff for her kids.
My wife asks her if she could help a little. Then paid her entire bill, which was actually modest for two kids for a week. I just shook my head and smiled.
This is who the woman I married so long ago has turned into. We were never so slim, but, there were times when our own mothers had to be careful with spending. My lovely wife enjoys paying forward, helping others, even strangers.

I do believe that encouraging thoughts carry forward with far more weight than the thought took to make.

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