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Re: iPhone FLIR Camera Accessory
« Reply #15 on: August 01, 2014, 08:09:12 AM »
Thanks Edouard! Glad to hear you've joined us other ole timers in the 21st Century. Started using Bluetooth calling back in 2008, I think. Bought a 2008 Prius with navigation & already had an iPhone. Paired 'em up and I've been using the cell in the car hands free ever since. Current version is a Venza with navigation. It works even better than the Prius did.



With these cars, you have to register the phone with the car radio before it will work. There is no chance that someone might hijack your number and use it through the Bluetooth radio.
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« Reply #16 on: August 01, 2014, 09:29:47 PM »
Dear Blick, Herb, and WeatherCat automotive technology enthusiasts, . . .

Great minds think alike. I did the same thing with my trusty old iPhone 3Gs. Works great.

Thanks Edouard! Glad to hear you've joined us other ole timers in the 21st Century. Started using Bluetooth calling back in 2008, I think.

 ;) . . . . . Awe shucks!!  I upgraded as fast as I could!  There wasn't a Bluetooth capable stereo that looked correct in my trusty wagon until last year! . . . . .  [biggrin]

After all, I do have my priorities!!

Latest project, upgrading the headlights!

Bought a 2008 Prius with navigation & already had an iPhone.

 ;) . . . . . . . AHHHHHHHH!!!  Don't mention that car!  :o

Around here, the roads are literally crawlin' with 'em.  You can't swing a dead cat without hitting one!!
(apologies to Stu and Grand of course!)  ;D

It is getting to the point that a respectable, but mature, Buick Special station wagon can't show her face in public no' mor'!! . . . .  [biggrin]

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

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« Reply #17 on: August 02, 2014, 01:56:08 AM »
You can't swing a dead cat without hitting one!! (apologies to Stu and Grand of course!)
Ha ha ha! Thanks for the laugh! I need it. I am sitting in a cafe in Moab, Utah, where it is 91 F in the shade at 19:00.
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« Reply #18 on: August 04, 2014, 07:12:22 AM »
So Blick, you just down from the mountain checking out Summertime? Getting a taste, so to speak? It must feel like an Italian kitchen, compared to what you're used to! Well, at least the humidity is low, I'm guessing. [tup]

I know what you mean, Edouard. When I bought my Prius, I thought I was a trend setter. Not many people in Michigan were driving them. It was a weird looking little car to the people I worked with. One person even called it a spaceship looking car. LOL! I was giving one guy a ride to the credit union one day. We went out and hopped in the car. Before he got his seat belt fastened, I had pressed the start button, flipped it into reverse and we were backing up with no starter noise and no engine sound. He threw his hands up and shouted, "Whoah! Don't you have to start this thing? Where's the key?"

I'd probably still be driving it, if I hadn't had problems with a trapped nerve at the C7 vertebrae. I couldn't adjust the seat positions in it to relieve my stress. Went over 6 months unable to drive any further than to the grocery store, in pain the whole way. I finally decided that I had to have a car with more seat adjustments than slide forward and back and tilting the back cushion, if I was ever going to get any relief. I was having the same issue with my New Tacoma truck, too. Traded them both for the Venza, and have been cruising ever since.

I found out after buying the Prius that they had already been available in the US for 10 years. Most were sold in California. By the time I left Michigan in 2010, they were everywhere! Not a novelty anymore. But you know? The car did get incredible gas milage! I was averaging 48 mpg most of the time, except in extreme heat or cold, then it would drop to around 42 mpg. Still not bad.

Other than the adjustable seats, my favorite thing about the Venza is the all wheel drive with 24 mpg average. This past Winter, my neighbor's pickup couldn't even get out of the driveway after an all day sleet storm. I was going anywhere I wanted to go with full control. I was even going into his driveway to pick him up, and getting back on the road, up hill, without any noticeable slipping. Best car I've ever had, and I've had quite a few! [rockon] What can I say? It's a wagon!

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« Reply #19 on: August 04, 2014, 02:14:07 PM »
Herb:

Your post hit a nerve. But in my case, C6. I am having it blocked today by a pain management anesthesiologist. If it works, I may get my life back. If it doesn't, it hurts so bad to be at a keyboard, I may have to give up keyboarding as a sport.
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« Reply #20 on: August 04, 2014, 06:25:59 PM »
Blick, I'm saddened to hear that. I know how stressful and debilitating it can be. One can tolerate a lot of pain, but it's effect on normal activities are life changing.

Everyone's situation calls for individualized treatment options, but if I may share my experiences it may have some correlations that might be helpful. The C7 is the joint in the neck where the nerves going to the upper extremities pass out of the spine. Holding my head up straight to drive was causing the nerve to my right arm to be compressed. This is no longer the case, as my self styled physical therapy seems to have worn away the arthritic bump that was causing the issue. It was a problem for about 8 months before disappearing.

After X-rays my diagnosis was arthritis. I was prescribed Methocarbamol 500mg for muscle spasm and Diclofenac 50mg (a 12 hr non-narcotic NSAID, like Ibuprofen) for pain. I was told to take the spasm pill as need and the pain pill to stay ahead of the pain, because it was being used for its anti-inflammatory effect. It was expected that I would have to take these medications for the rest of my life. I don't take them now.

I believe one can help themselves by arming their mind with more knowledge about their condition. You can't suddenly become a doctor, but you can specialize in one issue to the point of making informed decisions when listening to the doctor's explanations and options for treatment. Free software that can help is Essential Skeleton, Essential Anatomy and Google search.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/essential-skeleton-4/id669385000?mt=12
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/essential-anatomy-4/id626264355?mt=12

My efforts and successes have been to maintain and even extend my mobility in the problem joints. I try to perform daily routines to flex the neck joints from side to side, fighting the longer term trend to become more rigid. It seems to be working for now, though I don't know to what age this will be effective. There may come a time when it will no longer help, but for now I'm impressed with the results. The important thing to remember is that it took a long time for the problem to get where it is, and it will take a long time to remove it through therapy. The results, though, are worth the effort. While I still get aches and pains in the joints in my neck, they are easily overcome by flexing and a couple of Ibuprofen every 4 to 6 hours for a day or so to keep down inflammation.

Good luck! Whatever treatment you get, I hope it works for you.
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« Reply #21 on: August 04, 2014, 07:01:08 PM »
Thanks for your kind and informative post, Herb. I appreciate you taking the time to compose and share your thoughts (and encouragement). I have downloaded the skeleton app. My nerve block has been put off for a couple of days courtesy of the Affordable Healthcare Act. Ha ha. Waiting for insurance company to approve. Am entertaining myself with WeatherCat explorations and pondering what you wrote about managing pain.
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« Reply #22 on: August 04, 2014, 09:39:06 PM »
Dear Herb, Blick, and WeatherCat back pain and automobile specialists,

So sorry to hear about your respective vertebrae problems.  This is a very difficult matter and since my sister has never fully recovered from multiple back injuries I'm familiar with how debilitating it can be.  Best of luck to both of you!  [tup]

I know what you mean, Edouard. When I bought my Prius, I thought I was a trend setter.

. . . .

I found out after buying the Prius that they had already been available in the US for 10 years. Most were sold in California. By the time I left Michigan in 2010, they were everywhere! Not a novelty anymore.

Yes indeed, the Prius is not so common that people are looking for something new that is environmentally trendy.  We are seeing more and more Tesla Model-S cars on the roads around here.  Sure is hard to believe that people would drop $100,000 for a car that only has a 200 mile range.  That's where my wagon has been stuck all her life.

Other than the adjustable seats, my favorite thing about the Venza is the all wheel drive with 24 mpg average. This past Winter, my neighbor's pickup couldn't even get out of the driveway after an all day sleet storm. I was going anywhere I wanted to go with full control. I was even going into his driveway to pick him up, and getting back on the road, up hill, without any noticeable slipping. Best car I've ever had, and I've had quite a few! [rockon] What can I say? It's a wagon!

*Sniff*, all this time and money I've spend on my 1965 wagon was to . . . . get something like 24 MPG.  Sure hope someday I succeed!

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

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« Reply #23 on: August 05, 2014, 01:31:31 AM »
Blick, the only time I have problems now is when I forget how old I am and do more physical work than my body wants to allow. Here lately, that's been about every three days. LOL! Lot of stuff needs doing around here. Just got back from the hardware store a little while ago. I was picking up four 60 lb. bags of Quikrete to go with the bag I already have. Over the weekend, I put together a Kobalt portable cement mixer. I'm going to fix a step in the back yard, then work on my walkways. The pour for the step, I estimated (measure-guessed) at 2 cu.ft. As far as I could tell from the totally inadequate documentation, a 60 lb. bag is equivalent to 0.45 cu.ft. The 5 bags should be plenty.

Anyway, it's after such activity that the soreness starts to come back in my neck. It is not the feeling of a direct nerve pain. It's just more like tight muscles and the feeling that the neck joints are starting to get some inflammation in them. That's when I just cool it for a couple of days, taking the Ibuprofen to fight the inflammation and flexing my cervical spine in a side to side motion and sometimes in a head rolling motion. It feels like gravel in the joints, but it doesn't hurt unless I let the inflammation get away from me. Inflammation causes swelling in the joint. Swelling is the real pain starter.

The only neck injury I've ever had was a whiplash back in the early '90s from helping someone stack sheetrock. It wasn't severe, and I never saw a doctor for it until the arthritis issue in 2012.

Edouard, I hope you make it to 24 mpg! Though in reality, I don't know if it's possible to get Detroit iron to 24 mpg. Only reason these new cars can do it is aluminum alloy, plastic, super thin sheet metal and many man-hours of talented engineering. Enjoy that trusty wagon! Driving it makes YOU the trendsetter. I'll bet you're the envy of the neighborhood among nostalgic car enthusiasts!
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