u/300suppressed

If you see me in my 2001 Patriot Blue in north Georgia and you are expecting a wave, you must provide any of the following:

1. You must be driving a TJ, YJ, or CJ
2. You must be driving any Jeep with hard top off or soft top down.

End of list.

JKs don’t wave generally but are somewhat more likely to if there are no ducks on the dash. JLs don’t wave at all. Gladiators also don’t wave at all. I will no longer wave at any JK or JL unless they wave first OR you’re riding open air. Open air jeeps are much more likely to wave. TJs don’t always wave but most do. Nearly all YJs and CJs wave, shout out to them.

Thanks.

Mowed this morning in the Georgia heat with Scag SWZT 36 and parked it for about an hour on a slight incline while I string trimmed in the shade to cool off.

Went to fire it back up and three pulls and no start. I can’t remember if I pulled the choke out or not. This unit starts on the first pull every time since I’ve had it, whether or not I choke it.

It’s got the Kawi FS481V - I pulled the plug out and it started on the first pull, so I cleaned the plug, put it back in and it again started on the first pull.

Was it flooded and starting it without the plug cleared it? That has gotten my chainsaw started before. Thanks

Mowed this morning in the Georgia heat with Scag SWZT 36 and parked it for about an hour on a slight incline while I string trimmed in the shade to cool off.

Went to fire it back up and three pulls and no start. I can’t remember if I pulled the choke out or not. This unit starts on the first pull every time since I’ve had it, whether or not I choke it.

It’s got the Kawi FS481V - I pulled the plug out and it started on the first pull, so I cleaned the plug, put it back in and it again started on the first pull.

Was it flooded and starting it without the plug cleared it? That has gotten my chainsaw started before. Thanks

Low carb diet seems to be the most popular diet in this sub based on people who reply to posts about nutrition. Through my decades of studying nutrition, low carb diet began to grow in popularity in the late 90s when Bob Atkins had a popular book.

I’ve been overweight most of my life (with fluctuations to healthy weight) and tried low carb myself in the early 2010s when I reached my highest ever weight and didn’t like it, nor did it work for me. I began to check my blood sugar regularly around this time as DM runs in my family.

I am a nutrition clinician for work (RD) and around the same time I began to read less about diets and nutrients and more about metabolism…

I have always been free of disease and don’t get acute illnesses so have never spent much time with doctors, but ended up with a diagnosis of melanoma 2b when a mole on my shoulder turned wonky. 2 years ago, in the process of diagnosing, a CT scan revealed fatty liver when searching for metastasis. Two doctors (a surgeon and a dermatologist said nothing to me about the fatty liver (I was not surprised).

Around this time I went even further with diet modifications than ever. I quit drinking alcohol, got even tighter with seed oil avoidance, and replaced even more desserts (my favorite foods, my wife enjoys baking) with fruit. I have always eaten a high fiber diet from breakfast cereal, vegetables, and fruit. I have always been a lover of food, one of the reasons I chose nutrition for a career.

I’ve been 68” and 200# for at least 8 years, I’m 45 years old. I used to lift weights from college to about age 32. I’ve always been active in different ways. Competitive sports through high school, gym and club sports in college, gym and outdoors stuff in my 20s, and weights and property maintenance after getting married. Currently with my five acres of wooded property I spend a lot of time on weekends with mowing, trimming, tree work, firewood, and taking care of most house work, as my wife has late stage ovarian cancer.

With further cleanup of diet, I expected mild weight loss, but got nothing.

Finally last July I decided to get a full panel of labs from an online vendor, trying to look for clues about how to fix the fatty liver.

I have had elevated ALT for years, first revealed during a screening for work when I was in my low 30s, and labs last July showed that to still be the case.

My fasting Glucose has been mid 90s for years, and random HbA1cs are always 5.2, so I suspected I have some measure of insulin resistance.

Fasting insulin July 2025 was 17.3, not terrible but not good either.

This motivated me to do an experiment, albeit a simple one. My studies have shown me very clearly that insulin resistance is not a problem of dysregulated glucose metabolism. It is FIRST a problem of dysregulated fat metabolism, with glucose metabolism problem as a secondary condition.

Really fucking long story short, I cut fat intake in every way I could reasonably, increased carbohydrate intake in every way I could reasonably, and kept protein the same.

Ten months later, as of a couple weeks ago, my fasting insulin is now 8.6. Though there isn’t an official recommendation for it, some say you want it less than 5.

I drink Arnold Palmer or fruit juice daily, eat any portion of pasta, bread, potatoes, or rice I want, eat any amount of fruit I want, and drink milk every day, a minimum of 16oz. This is a significant increase over my previous carb intake because I am not in the business of being hungry, and dropping fat intake means I had to make up those calories with something else. Carbs are my preferred option, as I’m trying to retrain my body to use them most optimally, plus I prefer starches and sugars to larger amounts of meat, for multiple reasons. I eat meat every day, twice a day, and my portion is no less than 8oz each time.

So to recap:

Found out I had fatty liver.

Found out I had suboptimal fasting insulin level.

Wanted to drop it because insulin resistance and fatty liver tend to go hand in hand.

Tested fasting insulin in July 2025 - 17.3

Started low fat, much higher carbohydrate diet.

Fasting insulin went down by half in ten months.

*in a case study of one, low fat, high carbohydrate diet improved insulin resistance in an active, 45 year old male with fatty liver*

Thanks for reading, let’s discuss.

If I’m unable to find a junkyard unit from another ranger are there any other manuals that are good options? Thanks

I’ve been in north GA a couple years and I see vehicles with front license plates and bumper stickers with 96 rock (and many times it’s upside down)

Obviously this was a radio station that people miss, but why so often is it upside down?