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Thanks Valhalla!

That box truck is looking awesome. Looking forward to your rusted out ford diorama.

Thanks Theo!

Good work, Dave.

Thanks Doc!

I've been living at work lately it seems, but I've got a couple of days off now to hopefully get something done.

Hah, I know that feeling... I'm hoping this weekend brings a change of pace and some hobby time for us all

heh, so much for that. I had to go see the doctor today for a case of Bronchitis. THis sucks.

I get bronchitis, walking pneumonia or full pneumonia every year for the last 17 years (since I got mononucleosis right before our wedding), that ruins your immune system.

oh man.. That sucks. I've never had mono, but growing up around farmland, every. single. time they harvested soybeans and the dust flew, I've had it every single year.

Here you would have up to six weeks worth of paid time away from work...go and visit the good old Germany...




Get better soon

Thanks Vik, I'm all medicated up. Hopefully soon! Both for feeling better AND Universal Healthcare

Get well soon. Just wait until you're old enough to get the nagging soft tissue injuries that take forever to heal.. :( Once you pass the big 40, your body's healing rate slows. It sucks.

Germans... geez. Only 6 weeks. You guys work too hard over there.

I turn 40 next month!


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I can almost deal with the rattly chest and coughing snot out of my lungs with medication, but what I dont understand is how can my sinuses be so thoroughly clogged yet at the same time, my nose runs like a boat with a hole in it and I am sneezing like I have a legion of demons in my sinuses

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I turn 40 next month!


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I can almost deal with the rattly chest and coughing snot out of my lungs with medication, but what I dont understand is how can my sinuses be so thoroughly clogged yet at the same time, my nose runs like a boat with a hole in it and I am sneezing like I have a legion of demons in my sinuses

Papa Nurgle is making nurgle gas like crazy in your sinuses and that's the fun part. It's when you swallow all of that and the other effects kick in where things get REALLY messy.

well...Papa Nurgle is a dick.

I have now pried one nostril completely open through the magic of pharmaceuticals and kleenex. It feels amazing.

Lil tip for getting around clogged sinuses....:

press your index finger on your forehead, just above the nose...while doing so for thirty seconds press the tip of your tongue on the ceiling of your gum (?)...its some kind of acupressure and relieves the bloodswelling of your sinuses...trust me...

lol @Vik, I wish it was that simple. I broke my nose as a young lad, as a result, I have a bit of a deviated septum in my shnoz. I actually have to massage the bridge of my nose, where my glasses sit, it creates a wet cartilage sound like the ALIENS larvae bursting from someone's chest, but it works.

Omg... I hope the other guy back then got it worse...

Well actually the methods described above should work nevertheless, because even with a broken nose your nerves didn't get rewired...

Heh, the other guy was a brick wall, and I'm pretty sure it's still standing 35+ years later

Certain things you just don't pick a fight with. Brick walls and stupid people are kind of at the top of the list.

I honestly dont remember why I didnt or couldnt stop. I dont remember much from elementary School, but I do remember playing Red Rover on the playground and running so fast trying to break the other line's arms that I couldnt stop until my nose hit the brick. I also remember my Social Studies teacher lying to me, and kids were mean. Not much else.

 dsteingass wrote:
I turn 40 next month!

Get off my lawn, kid.

For sinus problems, I 've been using something called SinusBuster. It's capsacin based. It works very well. And no nasty rebound effects like some of the other nasal decongestants out there.

I'm open to actually shoving hot pepper seeds up my damn nose if it works some days. I feel pretty good today, still have an open nostril. my chest and back muscles are so sore today from all the deep coughing though. I find myself quite irritable and cranky today, probably from the cocktail of drugs I've been taking.

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I honestly dont remember why I didnt or couldnt stop. I dont remember much from elementary School, but I do remember playing Red Rover on the playground and running so fast trying to break the other line's arms that I couldnt stop until my nose hit the brick. I also remember my Social Studies teacher lying to me, and kids were mean. Not much else.

In kindergarten I was swinging on the playground and the next thing I remember was waking up with flashing lights going by above me. I got hit with a rock and was knocked out in mid swing, fell off at the top of my arc and landed squarely on my noggin. Rushed by ambulance where my parents met me at the hospital.

In 6th grade I found out the rest of the story. One of the girls in my class had been held back a year (so she was a year older than me). When I was in kindergarten she was in first grade and thought I was cute. She threw the rock to get my attention as she was calling my name, but you realize a playground of 60 or so kids screaming I couldn't hear it. She must of had a good arm, because she hit me square and knocked me out.

we never got together needless to say.

OMG, thanks Theo, it actually hurts my chest muscles to laugh, thanks

I kinda finished something

That is a fantastic job, well done. Even with the Nurgling up your nostril you crank out a beauty like that!

I can see it is not quite finished, (lights etc to put on) may I be so bold as to make a couple suggestions. Tyres are too black, they could easily be new rubber, but think it would look a little better with blue/grey slightly faded tyres. And just because I am horrible, how about a "clean me" written in the dirt on the back door.

Pointing out the tyres feels sacrilegious for some reason, sorry.

Oh big ass truck you got there Dave! and get better soon.

Thanks Cam, yeah, I should hit the tires with some Panzer Aces dark rubber, however, this will all be weathering Powdered up, so it'll all be covered with old dirt and grime anyway. I experimented with blown out tires on one of the SUVs, we'll see how that works. Its harder to do with these smaller rubber tires without much in the way of sidewall material to dig out with a gouging tool. The truck had removable tires too, but big trucks tend to have intact tires unless they have been torn off in onion layers like you see along the highway. Even looking at pictures of old abandoned trucks, the tires are generally intact


@Shaz, thanks! I'm doing better, the coughs are infrequent now, just clearing the occasional crap out the lungs. Antibiotics: 1 Papa Nurgle: 0

Nice work, Dave. Truck looking good.

Get well spread lurgy soon.