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Title: That's the last time I let THAT happen
Post by Bob Greenwood on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 5:32am

My wife told me 2 days ago to call for a new tank. I said "na, I have plenty" ......YA RIGHT! :D
I ran out of O2 in the middle of a doosie at 3 o'clock this morning. So I had to deal with it the old way, take a treximet, rock back and forth, swear, wanting to run head first into a brick wall.

Next time I'M GONNA LISTEN TO MY WIFE ::)

Title: Re: That's the last time I let THAT happen
Post by Brew on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 7:35am

How long you been married, son? You should have learned THAT one early on....

Title: Re: That's the last time I let THAT happen
Post by DennisM1045 on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 7:48am

We all need to relearn this lesson every once in a while.

I never go into a weekend without 3 e-tanks and at least half an m-tank.

Oh, you thought I was talking about listening to my wife? That's one I never quite learn. It gives her endless opportunities to say "I told you so" ;D

-Dennis-

Title: Re: That's the last time I let THAT happen
Post by Bob Greenwood on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 7:48am

LMAO 8 years. I know, I shoulda known :)

Title: Re: That's the last time I let THAT happen
Post by Brew on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 7:57am

Once you've cracked open your last tank, you call for refills. This is your new mantra.

I've taken that to the n^th degree. I use M tanks at home (one in the living room, a full one in the closet), E tanks at the office (one under the desk, 5 or 6 full ones in the closet), and D tanks in the car (one on the floor, 5 or 6 full ones in the closet). Each of the active ones has a regulator and a mask, ready to go.

I am fortunate in that my insurance company covers 100% of the cost of durable medical equipment - all I have to do is call Apria.

Your wife is a wise woman. Do well to listen to her you will. ;)

Title: Re: That's the last time I let THAT happen
Post by Bob Greenwood on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 9:27am

My insurance only covers one M tank at a time as far as I know. I'll have to check into it.

Title: Re: That's the last time I let THAT happen
Post by Brew on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 9:45am

If they give you any guff, tell them in no uncertain terms that you CANNOT run out, therefore you must have a backup to which you can switch.

Title: Re: That's the last time I let THAT happen
Post by Bob Greenwood on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 10:08am

I'll do that. Thanks for the tip.
I don't EVER want to run out again, it sucks.

Title: Re: That's the last time I let THAT happen
Post by Marc on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 10:33am

In the spirit of gross overkill, I keep two 9,600 liter "T" tanks in my garage and use them to fill my small tanks. Haven't gotten even remotely close to running low since I went this way.

Each T tank gives me over 4.5 hours of breathing time, and I only need O2 for 4-6 minutes for each hit. That's 45+ CH's per tank at my 35 lpm average flow rate.

It costs me $19. to refill each Mother Ship with welding O2, so I do it when one gets near 20% and the other still with 1200 psi. The wasted $3.80 is cheap insurance.

I'm really not a total nut job (Brew will challenge that), I just want to have a supply in case I can't get any for awhile for any reason.

It's super effective for me at very high flow rates and it's dirt cheap.

Makes no sense for ME not to do it this way.

Marc

Title: Re: That's the last time I let THAT happen
Post by Guiseppi on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 10:47am

Been there....done that....ouch. :'( And after 29 years.......yeah...the listening to the wife thing! ;)

Joe

Title: Re: That's the last time I let THAT happen
Post by Brew on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 10:54am

Marc wrote on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 10:33am:

I'm really not a total nut job (Brew will challenge that)

Nah. You're just one of the few I can mess with who'll mess with me right back.

Title: Re: That's the last time I let THAT happen
Post by Bob Greenwood on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 12:47pm

OK, I just got a new tank delivered and the driver told me NO MATTER WHAT TIME IT IS , call them and they will have someone on call to bring a full tank. He said they should of told me that before, and couldn't understand why they didn't.
Personally I think it's because they don't understand how much we ABSOLUTELY need it, but I could be wrong.

Title: Re: That's the last time I let THAT happen
Post by Guiseppi on Jul 16^th, 2009 at 4:38pm

Well damn, that's good news! :)

Joe