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Mariah ✅

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August 26, 2026, 12:47:13 PM
Sorry to hear they messed up your dinner, but glad you got to go out for your dinner on your birthday. Hugs
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Gina P

#821
August 27, 2026, 07:30:16 AM
Regarding your dilating schedule to regain depth... definitely if you can go back to a more frequent
schedule ... my suggestion is at least every other day if possible and you may need to go back
to a daily schedule for a time... also gradually increasing dilator size could be a key to improvement.

HUGS, Danielle [Northern Star Girl]
 
Thanks for the advise Danielle, I will try daily for a while and see if that helps. I have stuck with the largest one and been doing twice a week. At first went from 1 dot showing to 2 dots, then 3, now, 4. I'm getting worried. The doc said try a smaller dilator and get depth, then go larger. Problem is I packed the dilators away and can't find them. 
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tgirlamg

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August 27, 2026, 09:41:09 AM
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment" ... Ralph Waldo Emerson 🌸

"The individual has always had to struggle from being overwhelmed by the tribe... But, no price is too high for the privilege of owning yourself" ... Rudyard Kipling 🌸

Let go of the things that no longer serve you... Let go of the pretense of the false persona, it is not you... Let go of the armor that you have worn for a lifetime, to serve the expectations of others and, to protect the woman inside... She needs protection no longer.... She is tired of hiding and more courageous than you know... Let her prove that to you....Let her step out of the dark and feel the light upon her face.... amg🌸

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Gina P

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August 29, 2026, 07:38:43 AM
  My moods have been a bit better this week. I cut my estradiol dose down by .05 last Sunday. I also have my diet back on track and lost the weight that I had gained plus a little more. I baled the hay and put the bales under an overhang on the front of the shop, out of the rain. I tried to maneuver them into position by hand and found I had not the strength to budge them. Granted the round bales are over 1,000 lbs but...(girl muscles!) One rolled down the hill in the field and came to rest against a tree. It took a bit to recover it but I managed with the help of my backhoe loader.
  House, Drywall guys are on the final coats of spackle and should be finished end of next week. I am running out of things to keep me busy. Ran the gas lines for the stove and doing the dryer run next. Tied all the electric wires in to the main box. All the AC/heating ducts are now run. Guess its time to buy paint and flooring.
  Went to daily dilating to see if that helps with my debt issues. Looked for my dilator set, to no avail. Did find many things I have been looking for though.
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ChrissyRyan

#824
August 29, 2026, 08:27:55 AM
I hope you find them Gina.

Always stay cheerful, be polite, kind, and understanding. Accepting yourself as the woman you are is very liberating.  Never underestimate the appreciation and respect of authenticity.  Help connect a person to someone that may be able to help that person.  Be brave, be strong.  A TRUE friend is a treasure.  Relationships are very important, people are important, and the sooner we all realize that the better off the world will be.  Try a little kindness.  Be generous with your time, energy, wisdom, and resources.   Inconvenience yourself to help someone.   I am a brown eyed, brown haired woman. 
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ChrissyRyan

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August 29, 2026, 08:28:33 AM
1,000 pounds of almost anything may be hard for most people to budge.
Always stay cheerful, be polite, kind, and understanding. Accepting yourself as the woman you are is very liberating.  Never underestimate the appreciation and respect of authenticity.  Help connect a person to someone that may be able to help that person.  Be brave, be strong.  A TRUE friend is a treasure.  Relationships are very important, people are important, and the sooner we all realize that the better off the world will be.  Try a little kindness.  Be generous with your time, energy, wisdom, and resources.   Inconvenience yourself to help someone.   I am a brown eyed, brown haired woman. 
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ChrissyRyan

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August 29, 2026, 08:29:17 AM
Glad to hear of your progress on the construction.

Will you have like 400 amp service?

Will you need another electrical meter?


Chrissy
Always stay cheerful, be polite, kind, and understanding. Accepting yourself as the woman you are is very liberating.  Never underestimate the appreciation and respect of authenticity.  Help connect a person to someone that may be able to help that person.  Be brave, be strong.  A TRUE friend is a treasure.  Relationships are very important, people are important, and the sooner we all realize that the better off the world will be.  Try a little kindness.  Be generous with your time, energy, wisdom, and resources.   Inconvenience yourself to help someone.   I am a brown eyed, brown haired woman. 
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Gina P

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August 30, 2026, 07:37:13 AM
Quote from: ChrissyRyan on August 29, 2026, 08:29:17 AMGlad to hear of your progress on the construction.

Will you have like 400 amp service?

Will you need another electrical meter?


Chrissy

400, what am I running a factory? Try 100amp. Most everything is gas, so that's plenty. Remember, I have free gas! Crazy the way they ran the electric here. The feed comes into the apartment basement, where they have a 100 amp breaker in that box for the house. An underground wire feeds the house. So my house panel box is technically a sub panel box, requiring the commons and grounds to be separated.
  Just got a new Fall sweet bra in a smaller size. Amazing pushup results. All my bras are getting loose and ridding up, from the weight loss. Feels good to have a correct fit again. This bra is padded add 2 cup sizes. If anyone is looking for a great look, this thing is amazing.
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ChrissyRyan

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August 30, 2026, 07:39:37 AM
Quote from: Gina P on August 30, 2026, 07:37:13 AM400, what am I running a factory? Try 100amp. Most everything is gas, so that's plenty. Remember, I have free gas! Crazy the way they ran the electric here. The feed comes into the apartment basement, where they have a 100 amp breaker in that box for the house. An underground wire feeds the house. So my house panel box is technically a sub panel box, requiring the commons and grounds to be separated.
  Just got a new Fall sweet bra in a smaller size. Amazing pushup results. All my bras are getting loose and ridding up, from the weight loss. Feels good to have a correct fit again. This bra is padded add 2 cup sizes. If anyone is looking for a great look, this thing is amazing.



I heard that many houses now have 400 amp service, as people use things like tankless water heaters and electric car home charging.

Chrissy

Always stay cheerful, be polite, kind, and understanding. Accepting yourself as the woman you are is very liberating.  Never underestimate the appreciation and respect of authenticity.  Help connect a person to someone that may be able to help that person.  Be brave, be strong.  A TRUE friend is a treasure.  Relationships are very important, people are important, and the sooner we all realize that the better off the world will be.  Try a little kindness.  Be generous with your time, energy, wisdom, and resources.   Inconvenience yourself to help someone.   I am a brown eyed, brown haired woman. 
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Maid Marion

#829
August 30, 2026, 07:50:18 AM
Lighting protection is important for any structure.  The purpose of the National Electrical Code is to allow insurers to place a bet that your home won't burn down!  There was a time when train stations use to frequently be destroyed by fires caused by lightning. 

The best way to protect something against lighting is a Faraday Shield or metal bird cage.
This is why it is smart to run to your metal car if you are on the beach and a thunderstorm approaches.

The next best thing is to bring all the metal conductors running into a home to a Single Point Grounding Panel.  Then ground the grounding panel with a ground rod driven deep into the soil.
If you have a TV antenna on the other side of the house it is wise to run as much coax as needed to reach the Single Point Grounding Panel to avoid compromising the lightning protection.  Get a TV aerial with a mast mounted preamplifier if the coaxial cable is long.

A SPGP is also important if you get into ham radio and install an outside antenna.

Marion
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Finally Anna

#830
August 30, 2026, 09:00:11 AM
400 amp? 100 amp? That's a lot of current, but is that perhaps on 110 Volts?
Over here we typically have 3*400 Volts mains incoming and then often 16 or 20 Amps mains fuse.
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davina61

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August 30, 2026, 10:04:35 AM
That is totaly different to UK wiring, we have 240V and every socket/light fitting is grounded. We also have breakers on every circuit, 5amp for lights ,15 for ring mains and 30 for heaters and cookers.
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Finally Anna

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August 30, 2026, 10:40:32 AM
Quote from: Finally Anna on August 30, 2026, 09:00:11 AMOver here we typically have 3*400 Volts mains incoming and then often 16 or 20 Amps mains fuse.
I was a bit unclear. The incoming mains are 3*400V with 16/20A fuse.
We then have 240V in grounded sockets, just as in the UK, with 10A or 16A fuse for each circuit. An RCCB covering all the 240V circuits. But the sockets/plugs have different shape compared to UK.
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Gina P

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Yesterday at 07:50:36 AM
Quote from: Finally Anna on August 30, 2026, 10:40:32 AMI was a bit unclear. The incoming mains are 3*400V with 16/20A fuse.
We then have 240V in grounded sockets, just as in the UK, with 10A or 16A fuse for each circuit. An RCCB covering all the 240V circuits. But the sockets/plugs have different shape compared to UK.
Funny how everything overseas is 240v based and in the states its 110v based. We have 440v, but its mostly used in industrial applications. I ran all my house outlets on 12awg wire and 20 amp breakers. Yes, there is more than one breaker! And did 14awg with 15amp breakers for the lighting.
  Went for a trail ride yesterday. Went over to Ohio. As with every outing with my darling wife we wound up fighting. Gets old! 
  They had a trail map posted at the trail head, which I mapped our route on. Only problem was the map had only the horse trails posted. When we rode, we wound up on hiking only and bike trails. You guessed it, we got lost. Found ourselves at the lake. Rather than backtracking our route, we decided to ride the 4 miles back on the road.
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Maid Marion

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Yesterday at 08:01:35 AM
I got into the habit of scouting out places.

Last time I went to the beach I felt I had time to check out the hiking trail that runs through a bird sanctuary.  I got chased away by hordes of mosquitoes at 2 in the afternoon! I swatted over a dozen. I waited until the wind picked up and slipped into my car.  Luckily no mosquitoes followed me into the car!

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Stottie Girl

#835
Yesterday at 08:57:35 AM
Yeah, you Americans do like to be different don't you! 240v is why we can boil a kettle of water in 90 seconds! It's not just the 240v either we use ring circuits instead of radials, our sockets are all switchable, every applicance has a fuse in it's plug, Our plugs are way safer, there are loads of other differences.

I do like to hear about your trail riding exploits. It sounds so peaceful yet adventuous. Do you not have access to GPS on your phone?
A wise man once said don't judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes, that way when you judge him you're a mile away and you have his shoes!

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Gina P

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Today at 07:49:50 AM
I do like to hear about your trail riding exploits. It sounds so peaceful yet adventuous. Do you not have access to GPS on your phone?
 
 I do use a GPS tracking app on the phone. I was not really lost, I still had the option to turn around, and follow our route back. Not a big fan of that option when the trail was a bit extreme. I don't like going down very steep hills. Up is a little different, the horse can run or bound up them Going down they have to slide their rear legs, while I lean way back and hold on to the back of the saddle. Feels like you will go over their head.
Quote from: Maid Marion on Yesterday at 08:01:35 AMI got into the habit of scouting out places.

Last time I went to the beach I felt I had time to check out the hiking trail that runs through a bird sanctuary.  I got chased away by hordes of mosquitoes at 2 in the afternoon! I swatted over a dozen. I waited until the wind picked up and slipped into my car.  Luckily no mosquitoes followed me into the car!

Marion
I used to scout the trails then gave up, as we regularly ride 6-10 miles at a time. Rather than hiking them first, we just ride them.
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