Is High End Audio catchin' up with you all?

Okay, just one more off topic/on topic comment for audiophile/old car guys:

(goes back to the early 90's) The Sunbeam Alpine has solid lifters that sound like a broken Singer sewing machine at cruising speeds.  Then, I remembered I had a can of Acoustical Magic material that I used to dampen the vibrations of turntable platters on hand.  So, I cleaned up the inside of the aluminum valve cover, coated it with this stuff and cured it in the oven for a couple of hours.  

After reinstalling the valve cover and going for a test ride, the exhaust note(s) were louder than the sound of the lifters.  A much improved driving experience.  

And, yes, audiophile/car guys CAN successfully mention audio tweaks AND car tweaks in the same sentence.

@nonoise Must have been somenoise emitted from the exhaust of your project car?  fyi- I used a Webber downdraft for the blow through turbo set up on my Alpine.  Removing the choke, substituting plastic floats for the brass ones (they collapsed under pressure), rejetting, and filling in a few gapping holes did the trick.

@mijostyn all in good fun. Tall sizes hard to come by, we are even. I am from N. Ohio, watched the river burn……twice… And to this day, there are idiots who think we don’t need the EPA…

Jim

@mijostyn , the actual valve is designed like a stent, collapsed until in location.  Then it's 'deployed', expanding and pushing the aortic valves' 'petals' open and taking over the process.  The most annoying part of the whole surgery/recovery was waking with the breathing appliance still in my mouth & throat.

Which was dry, so the damn thing was 'stuck' to the walls of its' location....
Although 'still in the dark' of anesthesia, I was able to point at the device and register my annoyance...

"Oh, he's back with us....we'll have that out in a moment, 'K?"

I think my response got 'interpreted' properly...."Now would be great..."

I think they kept me for an extra day or 2 because I was a 'refreshing change' in the cancer ward they had room for me in.  Most left it covered up entirely...

...and I'm the noise at the end of the hall with a laptop playing Spotify and teasing the aides, RNs', and the parade of specialists and MDs'.
Since I was considered 'young' to receive TAVR (new at the time), I was 'interesting' and considered 'novel'....

...must have been my 'choice of music'...;)

Follow-up surgery for the pacer/defib entailed a nice young lady asking if I'd like to be a part of a study of the Boston Scientific unit, limited to 500 people in the U.S.

100 cardiologists nationwide with 5 patients each, to study the effectiveness of their new device.  The pacer makes 'tiny adjustments' if it registers inconsistencies....the defib likewise will make a more subtle approach to 'kick-start', as opposed to the 'donkey-kick' to the chest....
I like the concept of subtle.... *G*

I live with a bedside device that looks like an early network box.  It has a cell dongle that's in com 24/7/52 with BS, and go in for a 15 min. IRL system check 2x/yr.

They don't advise as to how I'm doing, other than I've not had to be defib'ed up to now...

So I'm partially Borg with onboard Bluetooth.  It is a bit weird to see ones' readouts on a laptop 10' away without the usual wiring and sensors applied.

...I did have a concern over how 'robust' the implant is....

"There's a record on one stopping a .38 bullet at close range.  Does that help? *S*
Oh, and it still worked after impact...."

Small target....2" dia,  Lucky shot...at least for the bearer....

@asvjerry , I think we can avoid testing that. Good that you got the TAVR. I avoid using medical terms when talking to lay people. I think most still get the "donkey kick version" but, I am just a family doc so what do I know. I do not have any of the soft kick versions in my practice. I do have three Bicuspids in the practice that I am watching. They will probably need valves eventually. It is a very common congenital defect like cleft lips. Waking up with an endotracheal tube still in place is considered bad form. Must have been a nurse or a resident running the case. The anesthesiologist bounces back and forth between several rooms making sure things are running well. It is less expensive than running an anesthesiologist in all the rooms. I have been replaced by nurse practitioners. They expect me to be a supervisor, not what I went to medical school for. Anyway, when I had my wrist fused I got screwed at both ends. My throat was sore and raspy for a week and I peed razor blades for three days, residents at both ends. The lesson here is avoid teaching hospitals whenever you can. Unless you have a really uncommon problem stick with community hospitals.