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Michael A. Terrell

Jan 1, 1970
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Lord said:
Does this work only on the individual wires or could a complete CAT5
cable be run through?

There was a large copy machine by the building dumpster yesterday
as luck would have it. I thought of ripping the motor(s) out but didn't get
around to it.

When I wired this office I'm sitting in now, I created four five foot high
piles of CAT5 that were probably 15 feet in diameter, from the removal
of the old wiring. I'm sure it was good money to someone that could
strip it.


It will, but it would probably take several passes. One to remove the
jacket, and another to strip the twisted pairs. I would cut it into
short pieces so that a single strand could be run through at a time, so
that it doesn't crush the copper into tiny bits. Six feet is usually
short enough to separate in a few seconds per pair. My design was for
electrical wire, but it can be scaled up, or down for other sizes.

BTW, I have been trying to arrange some oral surgery for a long
time. If I don't get it soon, I probably won't be around much longer.
The antibiotics run out tomorrow morning, and every oral surgeon in my
area has taken one look at the xray and refused to even attempt to
remove the infected teeth. The Florida State Dental school wants $110 a
tooth for emergency extractions, then they play a lousy lottery game
with their potential patients every day. It's a 90 minute trip for me
to get to the college. You have to be there before 7:00 AM, then after
everyone has registered, they draw names of those they will treat, that
day. That means that i have to find someone willing and able to take a
day off from work, until i finally get treatment. Also, they only do
one tooth per patient, per day.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
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Lord Garth

Jan 1, 1970
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BTW, I have been trying to arrange some oral surgery for a long
time. If I don't get it soon, I probably won't be around much longer.
The antibiotics run out tomorrow morning, and every oral surgeon in my
area has taken one look at the xray and refused to even attempt to
remove the infected teeth. The Florida State Dental school wants $110 a
tooth for emergency extractions, then they play a lousy lottery game
with their potential patients every day. It's a 90 minute trip for me
to get to the college. You have to be there before 7:00 AM, then after
everyone has registered, they draw names of those they will treat, that
day. That means that i have to find someone willing and able to take a
day off from work, until i finally get treatment. Also, they only do
one tooth per patient, per day.


Can the VA help you?
 
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Michael A. Terrell

Jan 1, 1970
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Lord said:
Can the VA help you?


Not anymore. Our wonderful CONgress has passed a law making it
illegal for the VA to do dental work, unless it is directly service
connected, or until a Veteran has been homeless in excess of 60 days.
They are allowed to do it, at exorbitant rates, and will take it out of
my next pension check(s). If I pay their price, I will be homeless. I
have 11 teeth left, but two are so bad that I wake up screaming in pain.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
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jasen

Jan 1, 1970
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25 feet? you would have freaked out of 16 feet of brand new 200
pair, or the thousands of feet I've salvaged over the past 40 years. In
fact, I have salvaged and reused entire 1A2 key phone systems, both five
and ten line, which used 50 pair.

when I was in primary school I scored 20m of 5O pair cable (in 5 pieces)
it lasted me (and friends) a until I finished university.

among other things I soldered many pieces together and I used it for the
intercom I built (if you use 20V you can go hands-free with the carbon
microphones and speakers from old phones)

Bye.
Jasen
 
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Michael A. Terrell

Jan 1, 1970
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jasen said:
when I was in primary school I scored 20m of 5O pair cable (in 5 pieces)
it lasted me (and friends) a until I finished university.

among other things I soldered many pieces together and I used it for the
intercom I built (if you use 20V you can go hands-free with the carbon
microphones and speakers from old phones)

Bye.
Jasen


At one time I had a full, 1000 foot spool of 25 pair cable and a half
dozen new 66 series blocks donated to the Christian TV station where I
worked. I used it to install wiring for telethons and to allow
emergency telephones to be plugged into the office and studio phone
lines in case of an emergency, when no AC power was available. It saved
a lot of time over the previous method of running whatever you needed
that day with 4 conductor "Station" wire.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
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Lord Garth

Jan 1, 1970
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Michael A. Terrell said:
Lord Garth wrote:


Not anymore. Our wonderful CONgress has passed a law making it
illegal for the VA to do dental work, unless it is directly service
connected, or until a Veteran has been homeless in excess of 60 days.
They are allowed to do it, at exorbitant rates, and will take it out of
my next pension check(s). If I pay their price, I will be homeless. I
have 11 teeth left, but two are so bad that I wake up screaming in pain.

A friend had an infected root in a molar. I took him to the dentist on a
weekend. The x-ray showed just how much bone loss was involved.

The dentist deaden the area then simply drained it by using a probe to
pierce the gum. This virtually ended the pain and allows the bone to
heal. Antibiotics help with the infection if you can get them.

A crown is required but that can wait a while.
 
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notbob

Jan 1, 1970
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heal. Antibiotics help with the infection if you can get them.

If you don't get them, the dentist is incompetent. I had one fail to
give me antibiotics and actually sealed up the opening in the tooth
....twice!. It reinfected both times. He then went on vacation and
hung me out to dry. I had to find another dentist and have it done
properly ...antibiotics and left open to drain. If I ever run across
the first SOB in a dark alley, he's gonna need a dentist.

nb
 

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