My father used one of those for a while, and I think it had questionable reliability. He later discovered he wasn’t celiac after all and had a different issue (EPI). The symptoms are virtually identical.
There are definite limitations, which was part of my hesitation to buy one. It sounds like it’s pretty reliable for what actually ends up in the test capsule (there are limitations of what can go in there), but that particular pea-size amount isn’t necessarily reflective of the entire dish.
250 antique bricks. I’m going to use these to make two small areas for my wife. One by where she goes to feed the squirrels, and one in an area we are cleaning up now for her to put up a hammock and a bench.
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just ordered some new running shoes. Current ones are from January, and while I had a couple of months of not much running, they are showing some wear that tells me it’s time before they get too bad.
yeh I’m up for new running shoes hopefully tomorrow. inserts so most of the work for me. My current shoes are worn right through at the back and the sole is almost smooth, there’s piles of black rubber behind the treadmill where the shoes have worn off. it’s really time now.
I need a Flood Light. While changing out the old one I lost the electrical wire (No way to get into the space above the porch where it is hooked up to). Now I cannot get to the electrical wire. So Solar it is.
Still in full-on weed-killing mode. A quart of Roundup concentrate is $32. Tractor Supply will sell me a gallon of 41% glyphosate for $40. So I’m buying that tomorrow. Also got some Tordon, which is maybe the absolute nuclear option, but it’s nasty stuff and I’ll have to be careful where I use it and how much.
How about some goats(real ones not Tom Brady)?
Saw a story on TV the other day about this park with overgrown weeds. They didn’t want to use pesticides so they brought in some goats. 
Then you keep one and do goat yoga. Apparently that’s a thing now. What would they think of next!
In some places you can rent goats for this purpose! I haven’t looked here. But I need to be a little more selective, if goats are the flowers my wife would never let me live it down.
These things are so invasive, I’ll cut them down and poison the little stumps, then some of them will grow back. I’m doing the kitchen sink approach, killing really small ones (or trying) with combination triclopyr and glyphosate, cutting the larger ones and poisoning the stumps, then covering the area with cardboard to block sunlight. I’m about to switch to black plastic to see how they like no light and 130° temps under this stuff.
Has anyone tried goat yoga? I had no idea that you could rent the goats.
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And passing down my computer audio to my son for something different. A small amp and some Sony 3-way bookshelf speakers
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New shoes. Last time I bought some $60 Nikes and was not a fan, I used to like Nike but the quality these days sucks I guess. So I went back to Brooks, they were $150 but the last pair I had were super comfortable and lasted over a year.
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Brooks are pretty solid. I’ve been doing Hoka for a while and like those too.
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A new mini computer. Got a BeeLink from Amazon, recommended here in another thread iirc. This should be a good replacement for the dinosaur PC tower that I have now. That thing is probably 15 years old and it just can’t keep up with the newfangled technology.
Um, what? I have that exact wallet, and the exact same amp and set of speakers in the basement.
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Good minds think alike I guess…
ChargePoint Home Flex EV charging station. Now time to think about an EV.
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Prime day find - headless travel guitar. Just something I can take along with me on trips that won’t take up much space that I can tinker with.
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Elaborate?
I’ve got a friend who collects watches. I feel like that’s something I would find interesting.