Bud Baker

Good morning, everyone! It sounds like you had a great trip, Judy. It's 41 degrees with a steady rain, here. The forecast high is 48. Not much excitement going on here. It's back to the work grind for me, and chemo day for Rose. Have a great day, all!

Good morning, everyone! It's 35 degrees this morning. It's supposed to finally be sunny today, but still cool, with a high of 51. I'm doing some work on my lure making molds this morning. I'm planning on spending a few hours fishing after it warms up a bit. I overdid it at work yesterday, then still spent the evening sorting through my lure building stuff, and arranging things on my garage shelves. My back is talking to me this morning, and I think I'll ease the pace for the weekend. Have a great day, all!

Good morning, everyone! TGIF! It was 42 degrees and cloudy when I got up this morning, but the rain had finally stopped. I thought I was going to ride to work, but when I spun the bike's rear wheel, I noticed a wobble. Checking closer, sure enough, a spoke was broken. That's the second Friday in a row that I've found a broken spoke on that wheel. I guess I'm either going to have to put myself on a diet, or get a rear wheel with a higher spoke count. I didn't have time to fix it before work, so I just drove to work. Have a great day, all!

... so what would happen if I ended up getting pig lungs? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healt ... loser.html The use of pig lungs in transplants into humans has moved a step closer with a medical breakthrough. Scientists in Melbourne, Australia, used a ventilator and pump to keep the animal lungs alive and "breathing" while human blood flowed in them. Experts estimated the work could lead to the first animal-human transplants within five years. Dr Glenn Westall, who helped conduct the experiment, said: “The blood went into the lungs without oxygen and came out with oxygen, which is the exact function of the lungs. "It showed that these lungs were working perfectly well and doing as we were expecting them to do. “This is a significant advance compared to experiments that have been performed over the past 20 years." The breakthrough came after scientists were able to remove a section of pig DNA, which had made the pig organs incompatible with human blood. Previous attempts to combine unmodified pig lungs and human blood ended abruptly two years ago when blood clots began forming almost immediately, causing the organs to become so blocked no blood could pass through. Human DNA is now added to the pigs as they are reared to reduce clotting and the number of lungs which are rejected. The full results of the research are due to be announced in Vancouver in August. The issue has prompted an ethical debate about the use of animals for human transplants. Medical ethicist Professor Nicholas Tonti-Filippini said: “It is basically a human-pig, a hybrid, or whatever you want to call it. “It is about whether the community is prepared to accept a part human, part animal."

Good morning, everyone! Sorry to hear that you're having a tough week, Judy. It's been nothing but rain and 40's here since yesterday morning. This is turning out to be the rainiest winter I remember here. My week is busy, like usual. I spent the last two evenings building garage shelves. Rose accused me of thinking I'm 21 again yesterday, after I worked all day, then came home and spent 3 hours in the garage working. I'm hoping the rain ends tonight and lets me ride tomorrow. Have a great day, all!

Happy birthday, Judy!

That's great news, Muriel! Congrats!

Good morning, everyone! It's almost noon here, so I figure we can now switch from Monday's Air to Tuesday's Air. It was 40 degrees with a light mist here when I got up this morning. The roads were pretty much dry though, so I rode my bike the 12 and a half miles to work. It's supposed to get into the low 50's this afternoon. Of course, the weather people have been saying that since Sunday, and it hasn't come close yet. It was still a chilly and damp 44 degrees when I rode home yesterday. Rose's blood counts were just barely high enough for her to get her chemo yesterday. Not much else happening here. Have a great day, all!

Best wishes for a great surgery outcome! I'm betting your youth will serve you well, when it comes to recovering from surgery.

Wow, what a great story! Big congrats to you and your husband on 6 years!

Good morning, everyone! It was 27 degrees with freezing fog this morning as I pedaled my way to work. The forecast high for the day is 53. It's February already. A quick check of my bike journal verifies how cold January was here and how I don't like riding in the cold. I had just 322 miles on the bike for the month. That's the fewest miles I've ridden in a calendar month since April, 2008. I had a better excuse then; I was finishing up three rounds of chemo. Did I mention that I don't like riding in the cold? I'll second Paulette's wishes for great scans for everyone this week. Have a great day, all!

Good morning, everyone! Enjoy your craft fair, Judy. It's 30 degrees here this morning, with a forecast high of 49. It's thick clouds this morning, but is supposed to clear off this afternoon. I'm going to give it a couple of hours to warm up, then go fishing. Have a great Sunday, all!

Good morning, everyone! When I got up, it was 26 degrees with a howling north wind and a predicted high of 38 degrees for the day, so I decided to just tinker around the house and enjoy the great indoors today, and go fishing tomorrow, when it's supposed to be a little warmer with a little less wind. Have a great day, all!

Good morning, Judy! Good morning, everyone! TGIF! It's 36 degrees here with a steady rain. It's only supposed to get colder during the day, but the rain is supposed to end. It's iffy right now whether it will still be raining when it gets down to 32 degrees. Not much going on here. I'm hoping to go fishing tomorrow, but it's going to be pretty chilly out. Have a great Friday, all!

Good morning, Judy! Good morning, everyone! It was 55 degrees when I drove to work this morning, and not supposed to get much higher than that as the rain and cold front move in. Most forecasters are thinking the icy stuff will stay north of us, but say it will be close as temperatures here drop near freezing tomorrow just as the rain moves out. I'm just sitting here in my dungeon cubicle on my morning break, having a banana and a granola bar (I call them granny bars, since Rose makes them). Have a great day, all!

Good morning, everyone! It was 49 degrees and cloudy here when I got on the bike and headed to work this morning. The temperature had actually risen from 44 degrees since midnight, with the clouds and humidity moving in. The forecast high is 63 degrees, then we're supposed to get serious rain tomorrow. It's just another day working in the dungeon here. Have a great day, all!

Good morning, everyone! I hope your back is feeling better by now, Judy. It was 29 degrees this morning, with a forecast high of 64. I rode the bike to work again. Other than that, not much happening here, just another day in the salt mine. Have a great day, all!

It's a lot easier to not fall into a funk when you feel good. When I don't feel well, I'm not as good at staying out of a funk as many here are. I do think my riding is a big part of why I usually feel good, though. Here's a photo of my cool morning riding outfit, showing my new handlebar mitts. I would have posted it this morning, but I can't access photobucket from work. Look Ma, it's the Ninja Nerd!

Good morning, everyone! Hope you're feeling better today, Judy. The strange thing about the real estate market is how home values depreciated so badly for some homes in some areas, but not for other homes in other areas. I took advantage of that by selling a house that hadn't lost too much value, and buying a newer one which had. It was 30 degrees when I got on my bike this morning, with a forecast high of 62. 30 degrees has been cold enough to give me real trouble keeping my fingers warm, but my fingers were toasty this morning. Those handlebar mitts are the cat's meow for someone with Raynaud's, like me. I should have discovered them sooner. It's chemo day for Rose and support group day for me. Have a great Monday, all!

Good morning, everyone! Well, I got up yesterday morning with intentions of stopping by here, then going fishing, but ended up doing neither. My bismuth came in the mail, and I spent the rest of the day making my first lead free crappie jigs. I had found a good deal on 12 pounds of bismuth, but it was just one big chunk, and after it arrived, I realized I had no way of melting something that big. It was way too big for my electric melter. I briefly considered using one of Rose's pans to melt it on the range, but figured that I've already survived lung cancer for two years; melting metal in one of Rose's prized pans might really be pushing my luck. The other options were to go buy a designated melting pan, or saw the chunk into smaller pieces. Walmart on a Saturday didn't sound like fun, so I sawed instead. In retrospect, the trip to wally world would have probably been faster. Anyway, I melted it, poured it into smaller ingots, figured out how much tin to add to enough bismuth ingots to fill the melter, and poured jigs. It really pours well, even better than lead. I poured 50 jigs without a single bad pour. Now I think research is required, so I'm going fishing to test out some jigs. Have a great day, all!

What great news, Cat! Congrats!

Big congrats, Geri! NED is our friend.

Sorry you're having such a tough time. I didn't have nearly that much trouble, but I only lost one lobe. I never had any gurgling or bubbling. I would definitely ask your doctor about that. The only thing I noticed was that my breathing was a lot louder after surgery (it still is). Best wishes and keep us updated! It does help sharing this stuff with others.

Good morning, everyone! TGIF! It was 46 degrees this morning, with a forecast high of 75 degrees this afternoon. I rode my bike to work. Considering how busy I was this week, I was glad to have managed to ride to work three of the days. Next week is supposed to be a little cooler, but still not too bad. Have a great Friday, all!

Good morning, Judy! Good morning, everyone! It was 49 degrees with a stiff west wind as I rode to work this morning. It's supposed to get up to 69 degrees this afternoon. Judy, until Tuesday, I had one house too many, too. But I was making payments on both of mine. I am taking what I cleared from the sale of that house and putting enough with it to pay off my new house. So I'll go from two house payments to none. Sounds like a good excuse to retire and go fishing, don't you think? Have a great day, all!