Rcpilot
Addicted to LPS
Me too. I'm in Colorado, have had 3 major back surgeries, and currently sport over a dozen pieces of stainless steel in my lower back. Bolts, rods, spreaders and cages. I'm a walking weather vane. Also turns out I'm highly allergic to narcotics. I had never taken prescription drugs like that until I hurt my back. You don't walk into a surgical facility and get a lumbar cage overnight, so doctors were trying to manage my pain while we waited for a surgeon and operating room. It took 15 months to get the surgery. They kept prescribing all these high level pain pills and I kept ending up in the emergency room. Almost died from the Hydrocodone. I get deathly sick on Percocet, Oxycodone, Oxycontin, Demerol, Hydrocodone etc... and who the heck wants to pop morphine pills on a daily basis? Not this fat kid!! I needed pain relief but ibuprofen wasn't cutting it. I started gardening indoors in 2017 and it's been a lifesaver. My mom taught me how to tend plants when I was a small boy. She and I grew a very large vegetable garden together, for decades. I find my indoor garden to be quite cathartic. It's my Zen place to sit and relax and pet the dogs. They enjoy the heat from the lights. Wish my Mom could see it. She'd be shocked, but proud I think. I do quite well with the plants. Sadly Mom passed in 2013 before I ever started growing my own medicine.
Other hobbies:
Guns:
They're like shoes and purses for women --- too many? Hahahaaa NEVER!!!
RC airplanes:
I used to fly radio control airplanes (see username) but I gave it up in 2014 during a divorce. I love airplanes. They make my soul sing and my heart pitter patter. I haven't flown a plane in over 5 years and I miss it terribly. My wife has been encouraging me to take it up again, but it's just so expensive. You guys think reef tanks are expensive? Not even close to a nice 100cc plane with all the digital servos and other gear required. I'd feel guilty about having 3 very expensive hobbies. (guns, airplanes and fish tanks) The garden is cheap. She is so kind and loves me more than I deserve. I'm truly blessed. She said to get a couple planes, build them over the coming winter and start flying again next spring.
Fishing:
We both like fishing and have been looking at aluminum fishing boats. We want a Starcraft Fishmaster 210 dual console with a 200hp engine. They're expensive though. We'd have to save for a year and then probably finance the other half of it.
Hunting:
When I met my wife, she already had 3 handguns and a concealed carry permit. We both like shooting sports (punching paper mostly). I bought her a Savage Lady Hunter 7mm-08 bolt action with a 4x16 x 50mm scope for her birthday in 2017. She's quite a shot. That rifle was expensive, but seeing her get used to it and learn to shoot it has been very fun and rewarding to watch. She went from being intimidated by it, to OWNING it. She can hit a coffee cup sized target at 300 yards.. every shot. She's like a machine when she gets that rifle in her hands. I would not want to be in her scope sights.... ever. :D
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