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  1. kirks5oh

    Ex Wives

    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.
  2. kirks5oh

    Ex Wives

    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...
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    Ex Wives

    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...
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    Ex Wives

    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...
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    Ex Wives

    Imagine paying that every year.
  6. kirks5oh

    Ex Wives

    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)...
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    Ex Wives

    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...
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    Knee Question - Meniscal Tear

    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...
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    Knee Question - Meniscal Tear

    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
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    Knee Question - Meniscal Tear

    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...
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    Knee Question - Meniscal Tear

    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...
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    Knee Question - Meniscal Tear

    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...
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    4 post garage lift question

    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...
  14. kirks5oh

    Table Saws?

    I’m your guy for reattaching fingers when you cut one off. Saw stop gets my vote. Obviously.
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    Official 2023 College Football Season thread

    Great game last night at Notre dame. They outplayed us the entire game and have nothing to be ashamed of. Osu struggled. Ended up going to the game from Wisconsin. Stadium was bonkers loud and then all of the sudden—silent.
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    I became a meat crayon

    The meniscus is either repairable or not, based on the patient age and location of the tear. It’s harder to repair, which is why some surgeons don’t repair it. That, and the recovery is longer for a repair. But if they can repair it—it’s better for you in the long run You can write a...
  17. kirks5oh

    I became a meat crayon

    Doctors are humans just like everyone else. Some are better than others. Med school doesn’t teach social skills. Acl surgery is never emergency surgery. You’re good to go, for a bit, with a hinged knee brace. Get the swelling down, get your range of motion good, and then get the surgery...
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    I became a meat crayon

    Eh. It’s a torn acl/meniscus. You’re not dying. I hate to be the guy to minimize things but I’d take this injury over most other outcomes from a hard fall on a motorcycle. Depending on your age, activity level, etc, you might do ok without surgery. Or could delay the surgery for several...
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    I became a meat crayon

    Make sure to update the thread when you have the mri results. Lucky to not have broken anything. The knee is likely all soft tissue and would be treated non-surgically. Mcl heals without surgery. Mpfl tear may or may not need surgery depending if your kneecap is unstable. Acl or...
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    Building a house

    Should have never sold it. But was a single dad at the time and had my kids a ton and they were young. Traded it for a new Chevy SS at the time. Didn’t enjoy that car—too slow. So I traded that for a hellcat charger. Loved that car but couldn’t drive it hardly at all in Wisconsin. So I...
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    What does your wife drive

    This is my wife’s first non company car in 20 years.
  22. kirks5oh

    Building a house

    Thanks! Here’s some pics of the garage, etc.
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    Building a house

    Thanks! Yeah, I’d do it over again. Mainly because my wife did 99% of the work. I simply showed up a couple times and then at the end for the big reveal—like extreme home makeover style. Even with Covid prices and Covid supply chain issues our builder was fantastic. Zero headaches...
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    U-DRAG RACE: M8 Competition vs. S550 GT500

    Amg is on my short list. I wanted to get the wife an sq8 a year ago, and just could not find one. So we went with an x5m50. I could not be more impressed. It’s fast, comfortable, and the interior is gorgeous. I’m wanting to try something different than the Audi this time around.

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