I didn't think I did either. But I did the sleep study and they said I did, and after several months of hating the mask I grudgingly admitted that it helps.
mikey wrote:
David wrote:
Mine covers my mouth and nose. The most annoying thing about it is high pressure air escaping around my nose and blowing into my eyes. Second most annoying is the straps going right across the tips of my earlobes.
Do you have the kind with an adjustable forehead brace? My older mask has one and it stopped that around the eyes leakage. I have major problems with the new one that does not so I don't wear it.
I have a newer one that is nose-only and has a forehead brace. I tried it for a few nights and hated it more than the other one, so I switched back.
mikey wrote:
David wrote:
This morning, my bladder woke me up at 4:30 and I found that I had already taken the mask off. No idea when. It's happened before. My apnea is not severe enough that I worry about dying in my sleep, but it does help (some) with being awake during the day.
I have been pretty lucky in that I get about 6 to 6.5 hours sleep before my bladder wakes me up too, but then I can't go back to sleep so I just get up. Your mask could be coming off when you roll over if you don't lift your head enough, it may not be a fixable thing unless you crank down on the straps. As for the earlobes mine must be different as my straps sit below mine.
I sleep in a recliner, so I don't roll over. And when I say I had taken it off, I mean I detached the hose and put the mask in my lap like I do first thing in the morning.
Mike wrote:
[something about books falling off a shelf, and then something else about books falling off a shelf]
Double post!
MAGIC wrote:
Wow! Look at all the open space in that engine compartment. Don't see that on cars these days.
[insert edit]
Had a fairly nice weekend. Saturday, went to the museum for the rules review and safety meeting (where we learned details about our new Crossing Failure Hotline, which, in a major concession by the FRA to our being a museum, goes to voice mail instead of a live person 24/7). Also, the ABS system is out of service east of the depot and we are using manual block dispatching for a couple of weeks; they expect to turn it back on by the time we're running more than one train at a time, whether or not the need for it to be off is taken care of. Then I went over to the museum itself (the above took place at the church one mile due west of us across a field, half of which we own) and found the streetcar over the inspection pit, so I stopped in to see what was up. Just annual inspection and maintenance. Drain and fill the oil in the air compressor and (I think) traction motors. Make sure everything else is okay. I took a few pictures underneath; maybe I'll post them. Also watched the poles being reinstalled on a car that had had its roof replaced. Guys had to climb up on the roof for this, making sure the power was turned off on that segment of the trolley wire first. Was planning to go out with a friend that night and get home very late, but he was sick, so that didn't happen.
Sunday, since I had not stayed out late, I went back out there and learned informally how to run the North Shore car. It's pretty much like the streetcar, except it has trainline air instead of direct air, so the brakes reach a bit slower. I wasn't the only learner, so I only got to run it for one trip, but it was educational (as was running under manual block rules). Seeing the signals dark was weird.[/edit]
Winning!
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Yeah Mikey that is back in the early days of electronic ignition so it has an ECU (electronic control unit) with a ballast.....I had many ECU croak on me over the years but if I get the more expensive version it lasts longer but it is a good idea just to have a spare one in the glove box if you go on a long drive since it can quit as you are driving and you just coast to the nearest pull over spot or it will not start at all.
I remember the first time it happened I didn't know about how it works so I cranked it over until the battery went dead.
Fairly cheap part and takes just 5 minutes to replace.
Yes David there is so much extra room under the hood compared to my 1999 Chrysler 300M which has the biggest engine and it is wall to wall engine and I have no idea how to repair or work on it.
But my 1976 Power Wagon I can sit up on the front on the radiator and put a foot on each side and do things you can't do on ANY modern car or truck.
I actually sat up there once back in the 80's when I cracked a cylinder head and removed and replaced the head and intake manifold and carb and head gaskets in the parking lot in a town 35 miles away.
There is so much room that I almost put a 426 Hemi in it back in my younger days ......glad I didn't do that though.
The 318 with the high-rise intake and the new chrome Edelbrock 4-barrel is plenty and gets ok gas mileage.
I hope the sun stays another day or more so I can get her back out for more clean-up and maybe fresh belts and radiator hose so it is ready for summer.
Had to spend today on a drive over to the city (in my Chrysler 300M) for an MRI........I must have fell asleep after they gave me the ear-plugs because it seemed like it only took 15 mins but I guess it was over an hour.
So I didn't get much done today........did buy another hummingbird feeder on the way home so now we have 7 feeders and around 100 H-Birds
.....I am about to fall asleep........must have that magnetic field around my head still
.did buy another hummingbird feeder on the way home so now we have 7 feeders and around 100 H-Birds
You don't use 'red' food for them do you? They did a study and found the red dye means nothing to them as far as finding the food, but it is killing them internally. They even pee red!! The new thing is to only use pure cane sugar and regular water. I asked about Stevia and other stuff like that and the lady told me they need the calories of the full sugar, so no sugar substitutes.
.did buy another hummingbird feeder on the way home so now we have 7 feeders and around 100 H-Birds
You don't use 'red' food for them do you? They did a study and found the red dye means nothing to them as far as finding the food, but it is killing them internally. They even pee red!! The new thing is to only use pure cane sugar and regular water. I asked about Stevia and other stuff like that and the lady told me they need the calories of the full sugar, so no sugar substitutes.
Nope, never used that *red* stuff they sell at the store in a tiny box.
I have been doing this here for over 30 years so that would have been thousands of those lil boxes of red dye mix.
I have to buy 25lb bags of sugar to feed my semi-tame hummingbirds and even up here in the NW I have some all winter too (ANNA hummingbirds)
About 200lbs of sugar each year.
But the first week in March the other types show up here since they know right where to fly and get free food all the way from Mexico.
But I don't mix mine the way some "experts" say.........my feeders each have about 2 cups sugar and the rest water.
They will be real bummed out the day I am no longer here to feed all of them.
5 feeders at the livingroom window facing the pond and one in the front window and one outside my bedroom window and it takes about a day and a half to empty all of them.
Today we have a quail out eating with the mallards and all the other seed eaters.
Hummingbirds, Peregrine Falcons, and Bald Eagles are my favorite birds. :-)
I like the Bald Eagles since so far they haven't swooped down to eat any of my other creatures but the red hawks are on my $%#@! list for murdering innocent Robins and maybe today the Quail that was out at my finch/chickadee/nuthatch feeder.
The hawks around here eat the neighbors chickens and probably farm ducks and probably attack my local mallards babies in the nests.
I don't mind if they do that some where else but not on my property.
Right now all the mallards are fighting each other over the cracked corn I gave them today.
My hummingbirds are so used to me that they land on the feeders to eat while I am holding it.
Scott wrote:I snore, but I
I didn't think I did either. But I did the sleep study and they said I did, and after several months of hating the mask I grudgingly admitted that it helps.
I have a newer one that is nose-only and has a forehead brace. I tried it for a few nights and hated it more than the other one, so I switched back.
I sleep in a recliner, so I don't roll over. And when I say I had taken it off, I mean I detached the hose and put the mask in my lap like I do first thing in the morning.
Double post!
Wow! Look at all the open space in that engine compartment. Don't see that on cars these days.
[insert edit]
Had a fairly nice weekend. Saturday, went to the museum for the rules review and safety meeting (where we learned details about our new Crossing Failure Hotline, which, in a major concession by the FRA to our being a museum, goes to voice mail instead of a live person 24/7). Also, the ABS system is out of service east of the depot and we are using manual block dispatching for a couple of weeks; they expect to turn it back on by the time we're running more than one train at a time, whether or not the need for it to be off is taken care of. Then I went over to the museum itself (the above took place at the church one mile due west of us across a field, half of which we own) and found the streetcar over the inspection pit, so I stopped in to see what was up. Just annual inspection and maintenance. Drain and fill the oil in the air compressor and (I think) traction motors. Make sure everything else is okay. I took a few pictures underneath; maybe I'll post them. Also watched the poles being reinstalled on a car that had had its roof replaced. Guys had to climb up on the roof for this, making sure the power was turned off on that segment of the trolley wire first. Was planning to go out with a friend that night and get home very late, but he was sick, so that didn't happen.
Sunday, since I had not stayed out late, I went back out there and learned informally how to run the North Shore car. It's pretty much like the streetcar, except it has trainline air instead of direct air, so the brakes reach a bit slower. I wasn't the only learner, so I only got to run it for one trip, but it was educational (as was running under manual block rules). Seeing the signals dark was weird.[/edit]
Winning!
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Thanks guys Yeah Mikey
Thanks guys
Yeah Mikey that is back in the early days of electronic ignition so it has an ECU (electronic control unit) with a ballast.....I had many ECU croak on me over the years but if I get the more expensive version it lasts longer but it is a good idea just to have a spare one in the glove box if you go on a long drive since it can quit as you are driving and you just coast to the nearest pull over spot or it will not start at all.
I remember the first time it happened I didn't know about how it works so I cranked it over until the battery went dead.
Fairly cheap part and takes just 5 minutes to replace.
Yes David there is so much extra room under the hood compared to my 1999 Chrysler 300M which has the biggest engine and it is wall to wall engine and I have no idea how to repair or work on it.
But my 1976 Power Wagon I can sit up on the front on the radiator and put a foot on each side and do things you can't do on ANY modern car or truck.
I actually sat up there once back in the 80's when I cracked a cylinder head and removed and replaced the head and intake manifold and carb and head gaskets in the parking lot in a town 35 miles away.
There is so much room that I almost put a 426 Hemi in it back in my younger days ......glad I didn't do that though.
The 318 with the high-rise intake and the new chrome Edelbrock 4-barrel is plenty and gets ok gas mileage.
I hope the sun stays another day or more so I can get her back out for more clean-up and maybe fresh belts and radiator hose so it is ready for summer.
Had to spend today on a drive over to the city (in my Chrysler 300M) for an MRI........I must have fell asleep after they gave me the ear-plugs because it seemed like it only took 15 mins but I guess it was over an hour.
So I didn't get much done today........did buy another hummingbird feeder on the way home so now we have 7 feeders and around 100 H-Birds
.....I am about to fall asleep........must have that magnetic field around my head still
Goodnight everyone.
Goodnight everyone. :-)
Back at the top, and WINNING!!!!! :-)
TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
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RE: RE: Mike
Oooops. Mea culpa. My brain is under a viral load at present ..... a small human gave it to me.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: .did buy another
You don't use 'red' food for them do you? They did a study and found the red dye means nothing to them as far as finding the food, but it is killing them internally. They even pee red!! The new thing is to only use pure cane sugar and regular water. I asked about Stevia and other stuff like that and the lady told me they need the calories of the full sugar, so no sugar substitutes.
RE: RE: RE: Mike
Not taking proper precautions, Doc?
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: RE: .did buy another
Nope, never used that *red* stuff they sell at the store in a tiny box.
I have been doing this here for over 30 years so that would have been thousands of those lil boxes of red dye mix.
I have to buy 25lb bags of sugar to feed my semi-tame hummingbirds and even up here in the NW I have some all winter too (ANNA hummingbirds)
About 200lbs of sugar each year.
But the first week in March the other types show up here since they know right where to fly and get free food all the way from Mexico.
But I don't mix mine the way some "experts" say.........my feeders each have about 2 cups sugar and the rest water.
They will be real bummed out the day I am no longer here to feed all of them.
5 feeders at the livingroom window facing the pond and one in the front window and one outside my bedroom window and it takes about a day and a half to empty all of them.
Today we have a quail out eating with the mallards and all the other seed eaters.
Good afternoon everyone.
Good afternoon everyone. :-)
Hummingbirds, Peregrine Falcons, and Bald Eagles are my favorite birds. :-)
TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
Join SETI Refugees
RE: Good afternoon
I like the Bald Eagles since so far they haven't swooped down to eat any of my other creatures but the red hawks are on my $%#@! list for murdering innocent Robins and maybe today the Quail that was out at my finch/chickadee/nuthatch feeder.
The hawks around here eat the neighbors chickens and probably farm ducks and probably attack my local mallards babies in the nests.
I don't mind if they do that some where else but not on my property.
Right now all the mallards are fighting each other over the cracked corn I gave them today.
My hummingbirds are so used to me that they land on the feeders to eat while I am holding it.
RE: RE: RE: RE: Mike
Ah well. A level 4 biohazard suit just ruins the ambience in the consult room alas.
[ Rule #1 of Paediatrics : anything under a metre in height/length is a virus factory. ]
@Magic : you are blessed to have such birds come and visit. You have boosted their prospects for many generations of them.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal