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    Quote Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX View Post
    I read technical manuals for fun, which I guess makes me a weirdo. Everybody has their "thing" I guess.

    I'm actively reading with pencil and paper, just like I did back in school, learning new things. Sometimes I review old stuff or get other books on topics I already know. In my opinion, if you have only one book on a particular topic that you're "supposed to know" in your area of expertise, then you could be missing out on something that another author might cover, or another author could cover better, if it's information you learned in another author's book. I've got a pretty big personal library. I like to have at least three books on the various topics that I'm "supposed to know" as a mathematician. On stuff I really enjoy, I tend to have more. I have six Differential Equations books, and believe it or not, they're not all the same (differential equations is a pretty active area of research), whereas I have three Calculus books, and they pretty much say the same thing between all three of them (Calculus hasn't changed in over 200 years), although they present things differently in their layouts. I also have Physics books, various types of engineering books, and a bunch of computer programming books, mostly in the C family of languages (C, C++, C#), although I do dabble in Python and R as well.

    Believe it or not, I have a bunch of investing/trading books, except they all seem to say the same thing, if they're any good.

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    It sounds like they're trying to sound like 'Kill 'Em All'. I'm not quite sure they understand the actual meaning of the title of their own song.


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    And we got a tough draw in the 1st match in the knock out round, we've got the Netherlands.

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    I just saw that they're remaking another classic film: Bullitt

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    its criminal that there are only 6 episodes of police squad... that show was brilliant

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh_Janus View Post
    its criminal that there are only 6 episodes of police squad... that show was brilliant

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    Crud, just found out how bad my cholesterol is today Shouldn't be a surprise since it runs in the family, but last time I had bloodwork my GP said "you're too young to worry, I'll only call you if it's really bad."

    Well it turns out her definition of really bad was clearly generous. After a few years of pestering to get my labs for my wife to read herself, she finally convinced me to get it re-checked and it is indeed terrible... my LCL is 6.3 (Canadian measurement is different from the US but it's bad, anything over 1.99 is concerning) Starting on statins right now and got a referral to a really good specialist, but wish I had 5 years ago. Most of my cousins and family on my dad's side are in the same boat and their levels really improved on drugs so I'm not too worried, but it does suck to get that news when I eat well and exercise and generally try to be fairly healthy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Godfather View Post
    Crud, just found out how bad my cholesterol is today Shouldn't be a surprise since it runs in the family, but last time I had bloodwork my GP said "you're too young to worry, I'll only call you if it's really bad."

    Well it turns out her definition of really bad was clearly generous. After a few years of pestering to get my labs for my wife to read herself, she finally convinced me to get it re-checked and it is indeed terrible... my LCL is 6.3 (Canadian measurement is different from the US but it's bad, anything over 1.99 is concerning) Starting on statins right now and got a referral to a really good specialist, but wish I had 5 years ago. Most of my cousins and family on my dad's side are in the same boat and their levels really improved on drugs so I'm not too worried, but it does suck to get that news when I eat well and exercise and generally try to be fairly healthy.
    High blood pressure runs in my family. My dad was on medication for half of his life, my brother's on medication, and I'm on medication. I remember when I was first told that I'd have to go on medication for it. I was so bummed. I knew it was a possibility, but I always hoped that I could have avoided it. No such luck. Oh well. It was years ago. I don't even think about it anymore. Just do what you have to do and don't torture yourself about it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Godfather View Post
    Crud, just found out how bad my cholesterol is today Shouldn't be a surprise since it runs in the family, but last time I had bloodwork my GP said "you're too young to worry, I'll only call you if it's really bad."

    Well it turns out her definition of really bad was clearly generous. After a few years of pestering to get my labs for my wife to read herself, she finally convinced me to get it re-checked and it is indeed terrible... my LCL is 6.3 (Canadian measurement is different from the US but it's bad, anything over 1.99 is concerning) Starting on statins right now and got a referral to a really good specialist, but wish I had 5 years ago. Most of my cousins and family on my dad's side are in the same boat and their levels really improved on drugs so I'm not too worried, but it does suck to get that news when I eat well and exercise and generally try to be fairly healthy.
    Here's my test results from just a couple of weeks ago. The wife was always worried that mine would be awful because I really don't eat a terribly healthy diet I'm pretty happy with my results all things considered. A couple of readings slightly above optimal levels, but other than that, pretty normal.


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    Hey no flags, that's great! Mine has flags for total and LDL

    My wife tells me diet changes aren't really going to do much, but I still cleaned out my treat drawer a bit today and am going to try and make a more improvements at least until I talk to a specialist.



    Quote Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX View Post
    High blood pressure runs in my family. My dad was on medication for half of his life, my brother's on medication, and I'm on medication. I remember when I was first told that I'd have to go on medication for it. I was so bummed. I knew it was a possibility, but I always hoped that I could have avoided it. No such luck. Oh well. It was years ago. I don't even think about it anymore. Just do what you have to do and don't torture yourself about it.
    This is good advice, I've been beating myself up the last 48 hours eating salads and exercising harder than ever but I think the anxiety will ease in a week or two.

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