Recent content by kirks5oh

There’s a big difference between what i put on the kids’ Greenlight card, compared to what it takes for them to feel comfortable with living at one household compared to another. Every situation is different.

It still sucks when the ex makes $35k per year but is driving an Escalade. But once the kids are teens and have friends, etc.—if there’s a huge discrepancy between how the kids live at each household it becomes embarrassing for the kids. Last thing I want to do is **** my kids up over money...

There’s a very big difference in the way kids live (and resources they have access to) between a household income of $50k and $500k+. There shouldn’t be, but the reality is that there is. The court is trying to narrow that discrepancy. In theory, it’s fair to the kids. It’s impossible to...

Was married for ten years and got out without paying a dime of alimony, and 50/50 custody. So it could have been worse. Even with all that, she wants more. I understand the concept of child support. The court sees the divorce as damaging to the kids and community as a whole. So many...

Imagine paying that every year.

Crazy in the bed, crazy in the head You’re making the right move. Get out now and don’t look back. It’s gonna get a little worse before it gets better (maybe not), but whatever you do, don’t lose your cool. Be prepared for her to go after anything you care for (car, personal items, etc)...

Some crazy stories in here. Shit. I had tons of crazy stories as well leading up to my divorce and the first few years after. Best move ever was moving 30 minutes away. I’m counting down the last 2.5 years of payments (even though we have 50/50 custody). It’s been an obscene amount of...

That’s the correct way to repair the meniscal root tear—as opposed to simply removing it, or using darts or staples to fix it. If you’re comfortable with the doc, I’d proceed with surgery. I hate to minimize the complexity of any surgery, and people are always entitled to get multiple...

All that gets fixed with the knee replacement, my man. Just keep in mind there’s no giving you the knee you had when you were 20. As long as you work hard with therapy, and have realistic expectations, you’ll do fine

You need a second opinion, likely. This is an mri that shows some possible tears, but might be non-surgical. It’s a crappy read by the radiologist. Don’t know your age, or injury that you had—but repairing a PCL injury is not common, unless you had a major injury. And PCL injuries that need...

Sorry for being a dick, it sounds like you are just trying to make an informed decision. She will need surgery to hopefully repair the tear, pick a fellowship trained sports doc and ask how many meniscal repairs he does in a year…it should be at least 50. Good luck with everything, PM me if...

If you can’t trust the person tasked with possibly saving your life, who can you trust? Yes, she needs surgery—unless you don’t like your daughter Yes, this is a surgery I do every day for the past 20 years Yes, I can spend endless hours talking your ear off about the surgery, recovery, long...

Had minimal issues with my bendpak 9000 in the 15 years I’ve owned it. Had to replace the cylinder when I moved two years ago, due to a bad design from bendpak. Customer service was horrible, never ended up getting them to understand why the lift design was flawed (at max height, a part of...

I’m your guy for reattaching fingers when you cut one off. Saw stop gets my vote. Obviously.