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Start here => What's your crime? Basic Discussion => Topic started by: Gopher Gary on April 03, 2015, 08:43:33 AM
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I had an idea around last Christmas, to throw small pieces of candy around the room landing it in people's cubes. Do you think I could get away with doing something like that without people ever knowing it's me? :orly:
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IQ, do you know how to best clean a clogged Rotring Isograph pen?
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You can try the ultrasonic method mentioned here, or soaking.
http://www.the-spine.com/2013/07/an-idiots-guide-to-unblocking-cleaning-and-ruining-rotring-isograph-nibs/ (http://www.the-spine.com/2013/07/an-idiots-guide-to-unblocking-cleaning-and-ruining-rotring-isograph-nibs/)
Some other tips:
https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=57885.0 (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=57885.0)
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Thanks. :)
Have to get an ultrasonic cleaner. The usual methods fail.
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You can try the ultrasonic method mentioned here, or soaking.
http://www.the-spine.com/2013/07/an-idiots-guide-to-unblocking-cleaning-and-ruining-rotring-isograph-nibs/ (http://www.the-spine.com/2013/07/an-idiots-guide-to-unblocking-cleaning-and-ruining-rotring-isograph-nibs/)
Some other tips:
https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=57885.0 (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=57885.0)
I want one of those pens now I always liked the look and feel of liquid ink , and I already have an ultrasonic cleaner in case it gets clogged :2thumbsup:
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Rotring pens are awesome, far better than most alternatives.
I have to get an ultrasonic cleaner. :GA:
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I had an idea around last Christmas, to throw small pieces of candy around the room landing it in people's cubes. Do you think I could get away with doing something like that without people ever knowing it's me? :orly:
Seriously, do you think people would like something like that, or would it be something really annoying? I just let another awesome candy holiday pass by without doing it because I don't know if it would go over badly, and if it does go over badly and anyone does happen to find out it's me then Jack will be mad at me for pelting people with candy. :GA:
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I had an idea around last Christmas, to throw small pieces of candy around the room landing it in people's cubes. Do you think I could get away with doing something like that without people ever knowing it's me? :orly:
Seriously, do you think people would like something like that, or would it be something really annoying? I just let another awesome candy holiday pass by without doing it because I don't know if it would go over badly, and if it does go over badly and anyone does happen to find out it's me then Jack will be mad at me for pelting people with candy. :GA:
You need to come to the Netherlands. St. Nic comes with trowing of small candy and ginger-nut like stuff.
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I had an idea around last Christmas, to throw small pieces of candy around the room landing it in people's cubes. Do you think I could get away with doing something like that without people ever knowing it's me? :orly:
Seriously, do you think people would like something like that, or would it be something really annoying? I just let another awesome candy holiday pass by without doing it because I don't know if it would go over badly, and if it does go over badly and anyone does happen to find out it's me then Jack will be mad at me for pelting people with candy. :GA:
Mmmmm candy. :drool:
I would like something like that.
Unless of course we're talking about black liquorice. Yuck. :P
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OK, big problem with the 0.7. When unscrewing the cap the top half of the nib remains firmly attached to the cap, leaving the fine needle protruding from the base and cartridge. I think the ink has dried in all the wrong places and formed a glue of some kind. :GA:
Should I try to simply place all of it in the ultrasonic thingy?
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Would left-handers have a problem using these pens? Smearing, smudging, etc.
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The ink dries quickly but I have to admit I don't really know.
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I had an idea around last Christmas, to throw small pieces of candy around the room landing it in people's cubes. Do you think I could get away with doing something like that without people ever knowing it's me? :orly:
Seriously, do you think people would like something like that, or would it be something really annoying? I just let another awesome candy holiday pass by without doing it because I don't know if it would go over badly, and if it does go over badly and anyone does happen to find out it's me then Jack will be mad at me for pelting people with candy. :GA:
Mmmmm candy. :drool:
I would like something like that.
Unless of course we're talking about black liquorice. Yuck. :P
Yeah, I think most people like candy, but if I wanted to give out nice docile anonymous candy I could just leave it by the coffee pot. I just don't know if most people would still like candy if it were unexpected crazy flying projectile candy, especially if it hits them in the head or knocks over something on their desk. :zoinks:
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OK, big problem with the 0.7. When unscrewing the cap the top half of the nib remains firmly attached to the cap, leaving the fine needle protruding from the base and cartridge. I think the ink has dried in all the wrong places and formed a glue of some kind. :GA:
Should I try to simply place all of it in the ultrasonic thingy?
Not sure if this will help or not.
1. Flush with water (fill and empty with plain water several times) first*.
2. Leave pen filled with water. Get a jar or glass with something soft in the bottom like kitchen paper or sponge. Gently, place pen nib down on soft material and fill so there is enough water to reach up to just below the threads. Leave overnight.
3. Flush a few more times.
4. Rig up something so you can suspend only the nib in the ultrasonic cleaner. Chopsticks and elastic bands are your friends. Use only clean water in the ultrasonic, no additives are necessary. With the pen still filled with water, give it a blast for about 10 minutes.
5. Flush a few more times. More ink will come out now.
6. If you have ammonia solution**, now is a good time to flush with this a few times. Finish by flushing with water. If it doesn't come out clean, repeat step 4.
Your pen should now be ready to fill with ink and write. Don't forget to let a few drops out after filling as the act of re-tightening the piston sucks up the excess ink into the reservoir.
* if the piston is stiff, you'll need your pen servicing. For this you will need a special tool to remove the nib so it's not a job you can do yourself. You may as well stop now because the repairer will clean everything as part of the service.
Some suggest leaving it in the ultrasonic for up to 3 days if need be.
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You need to come to the Netherlands. St. Nic comes with trowing of small candy and ginger-nut like stuff.
It's a place of business, not freaking romper room. :M
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You need to come to the Netherlands. St. Nic comes with trowing of small candy and ginger-nut like stuff.
It's a place of business, not freaking romper room. :M
Washington DC is the romper room capital, maybe free candy would help. :zoinks:
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You need to come to the Netherlands. St. Nic comes with trowing of small candy and ginger-nut like stuff.
It's a place of business, not freaking romper room. :M
The days before St. Nic, you'd very likely get away with that in a business place. St. Nic is about gentle pranking, teasing poems, simple presents, surprises and airborne candy.
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It's a place of business, not freaking romper room. :M
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It's a place of business, not freaking romper room. :M
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Maybe you need to go in on a day Jack stays home. :zoinks:
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It's a place of business, not freaking romper room. :M
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Maybe you need to go in on a day Jack stays home. :zoinks:
I could touch her special pens and move everything an inch to the right. :zoinks: She does let me keep my sunflower seeds on her desk and I babble about their story to people who care to know. :thumbup:
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This is an awesome thread.
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Do sea turtles get barnacles? I was looking at a fresh water turtle today and noticed the algae growing on its shell. I think if I were a turtle algae on my shell would bother me, and I wondered why he wouldn't try to get it off. Then I realized I've never seen a photo of a sea turtle with barnacles, so I wonder what they do to keep the barnacles off, and if they even get them at all. It makes sense they might get them, but I don't know if it's common for sea turtles to have barnacles and clean them off somehow, or maybe there's some sort of PR bias against showing photos of them with barnacles.
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Do sea turtles get barnacles? I was looking at a fresh water turtle today and noticed the algae growing on its shell. I think if I were a turtle algae on my shell would bother me, and I wondered why he wouldn't try to get it off. Then I realized I've never seen a photo of a sea turtle with barnacles, so I wonder what they do to keep the barnacles off, and if they even get them at all. It makes sense they might get them, but I don't know if it's common for sea turtles to have barnacles and clean them off somehow, or maybe there's some sort of PR bias against showing photos of them with barnacles.
They do get barnacles... and other things.
Sea turtles may carry: barnacles, crabs, shrimp, algae, bryozoans, oysters, bristle worms, polychaetes, brittle stars, and other organisms on their shells. Most of these organisms derive the benefit of transportation from the relationship .
http://www.seaturtleguardian.org/parasites (http://www.seaturtleguardian.org/parasites)
I think it's a bias thing, they're definitely not too photogenic.
(http://www.rufford.org/files/Turtle%20with%20Bannacles.jpg)
Sometimes they will wash ashore weighed down by them as they did one year in Dubai, and they with get cleaned by being placed in fresh water for awhile, so that the barnacles fall off.
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/turtles-covered-in-barnacles (http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/turtles-covered-in-barnacles)
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That first link makes it sound like it's very common, and yeah, people might be going through a lot of trouble to get photos of turtles that have no barnacles. The second link makes it sound like it's not common for them to have quite so many though, some weird outbreak happening in that part of the world. I think I've always thought of whales as having barnacles, but not killer whales. I've never seen photos of killer whales or dolphins with barnacles either, so maybe some more bias going on there too.
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OK, big problem with the 0.7. When unscrewing the cap the top half of the nib remains firmly attached to the cap, leaving the fine needle protruding from the base and cartridge. I think the ink has dried in all the wrong places and formed a glue of some kind. :GA:
Should I try to simply place all of it in the ultrasonic thingy?
This has happened to me a couple of times . Once I was able to get the parts back together. The second time I broke the wire/needle, but since it was 0.13 the pen worked anyway.
I wouldn't put the part with the needle in the ultrasonic cleaner because there is too much danger of it getting bent. That was how I broke the second one - trying to bend it so it would go back into the pen.
My guess is that since all the solvent is gone you just have gummy pigment left. Since technically that's made of fine particles, the ultrasonic cleaner should be able to break it up.
Pyraxis used to use technical pens for drawing and she got them clogged fairly often. I have never had an ultrasonic cleaner. I just put the pens in cleaning solution on top of the refrigerator or shook the jar myself - both worked.
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Is there a way to get rid of mold/lintscum around the top of a washing machine? Also is there a way to do it that doesn't involve using chemicals that will stain the next load(s)?
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Is there a way to get rid of mold/lintscum around the top of a washing machine? Also is there a way to do it that doesn't involve using chemicals that will stain the next load(s)?
Top loader.
You can try the white vinegar/baking soda method...which is probably the safest, but may or may not be totally effective. (My 10 yr old top loader gets pretty funky since we have hard water, so I normally have to go with the bleach soak/vinegar rinse for it to be 100%)
http://www.diynatural.com/how-to-clean-a-washing-machine/ (http://www.diynatural.com/how-to-clean-a-washing-machine/)
This is normally the method I use with mine, except I only use 2 cups of bleach (asthma), and let it sit overnight with the bleach, and follow with the vinegar the next morning:
http://www.theslowroasteditalian.com/2013/11/how-to-clean-your-top-load-washing-machine.html (http://www.theslowroasteditalian.com/2013/11/how-to-clean-your-top-load-washing-machine.html)
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Is there a way to get rid of mold/lintscum around the top of a washing machine? Also is there a way to do it that doesn't involve using chemicals that will stain the next load(s)?
Top loader.
You can try the white vinegar/baking soda method...which is probably the safest, but may or may not be totally effective. (My 10 yr old top loader gets pretty funky since we have hard water, so I normally have to go with the bleach soak/vinegar rinse for it to be 100%)
http://www.diynatural.com/how-to-clean-a-washing-machine/ (http://www.diynatural.com/how-to-clean-a-washing-machine/)
This is normally the method I use with mine, except I only use 2 cups of bleach (asthma), and let it sit overnight with the bleach, and follow with the vinegar the next morning:
http://www.theslowroasteditalian.com/2013/11/how-to-clean-your-top-load-washing-machine.html (http://www.theslowroasteditalian.com/2013/11/how-to-clean-your-top-load-washing-machine.html)
Thanks! I will have to give it a shot when I next have the time and ambition.
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How might one go about reducing the amount of heat that builds up during the course of a workday in a small, windowless room?
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OK, big problem with the 0.7. When unscrewing the cap the top half of the nib remains firmly attached to the cap, leaving the fine needle protruding from the base and cartridge. I think the ink has dried in all the wrong places and formed a glue of some kind. :GA:
Should I try to simply place all of it in the ultrasonic thingy?
This has happened to me a couple of times . Once I was able to get the parts back together. The second time I broke the wire/needle, but since it was 0.13 the pen worked anyway.
I wouldn't put the part with the needle in the ultrasonic cleaner because there is too much danger of it getting bent. That was how I broke the second one - trying to bend it so it would go back into the pen.
My guess is that since all the solvent is gone you just have gummy pigment left. Since technically that's made of fine particles, the ultrasonic cleaner should be able to break it up.
Pyraxis used to use technical pens for drawing and she got them clogged fairly often. I have never had an ultrasonic cleaner. I just put the pens in cleaning solution on top of the refrigerator or shook the jar myself - both worked.
Going to see if I can have it in a cleaning solution for a while.
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How might one go about reducing the amount of heat that builds up during the course of a workday in a small, windowless room?
sledgehammer.
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My friend has a small fan that she puts on her desk and the breeze from that makes a bit of difference.
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My friend has a small fan that she puts on her desk and the breeze from that makes a bit of difference.
I find it just kicks hot air around. :/
How might one go about reducing the amount of heat that builds up during the course of a workday in a small, windowless room?
sledgehammer.
Believe me, I've considered it. :-\
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My friend has a small fan that she puts on her desk and the breeze from that makes a bit of difference.
I find it just kicks hot air around. :/
How might one go about reducing the amount of heat that builds up during the course of a workday in a small, windowless room?
sledgehammer.
Believe me, I've considered it. :-\
If the door is allowed to be open, put the fan so that it blows air out of the door. It won't work if the air outside the room is the same temperature as in the room.
The other alternative is to get an evaporative air conditioner. They're cheap and often have a small footprint. They have regular portable air conditioners (no window required in some cases) but those start at about $300.
I've been researching this because I live in what used to be an attic and I can't open the windows because the diesel fumes from nearby trains aggravates my asthma. My window cranks open so there's no fitting it with a kit either.
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If you have a ceiling fan make sure the switch is down for summer to better circulate the air.
You can try a fan at the doorway if you're able to leave it open to suck the hot air out...they have corner fans that will mount at the top of the doorway that might work best on the general principle that hot air rises and cold air falls.
Portable air conditioner is probably out...unless you have a window in the hall or next room close enough to vent it.
You can try a homemade swamp cooler...which is basically a fan blowing over a block of ice, there's a couple of DIY swamp cooler tutorials using a 5 gallon bucket on youtube, gives you a general idea.
http://youtu.be/5NZ-2KcAF_0 (http://youtu.be/5NZ-2KcAF_0)
http://youtu.be/aHbQYajfGqM (http://youtu.be/aHbQYajfGqM)
*Typing this up while Wolfish was posting...basically echoing what he said. :LOL:
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Looks like I have about five jars of preserves that Pyraxis isn't going to eat on her toast and I am not going to use for cookies. There are about 3 of raspberries and one of blueberry and another of blackcurrant. There's probably more - the kitchen at the old place was packrat heaven.
The thrift store in Florida took sealed food but I'm pretty sure they won't take it here.
What could I use it for?
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I could not grow a garden in Florida because of the heat and cost of making a greenhouse. But I still have all the seeds. One of the seeds from 2012 has sprouted. How long are these things viable? I planted some Perilla seeds but they are from 2002.
All the rest are from 2010 to 2012. There are about 20 packets of edible flowers, herbs and vegetables. And tomatoes.
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My friend has a small fan that she puts on her desk and the breeze from that makes a bit of difference.
I find it just kicks hot air around. :/
How might one go about reducing the amount of heat that builds up during the course of a workday in a small, windowless room?
sledgehammer.
Believe me, I've considered it. :-\
If the door is allowed to be open, put the fan so that it blows air out of the door. It won't work if the air outside the room is the same temperature as in the room.
The other alternative is to get an evaporative air conditioner. They're cheap and often have a small footprint. They have regular portable air conditioners (no window required in some cases) but those start at about $300.
I've been researching this because I live in what used to be an attic and I can't open the windows because the diesel fumes from nearby trains aggravates my asthma. My window cranks open so there's no fitting it with a kit either.
Been thinking of buying one but have gotten the feedback that it may not be allowed, which would make it a potential waste of a couple hundred bucks.
I'm wondering how much the lighting, computer, air purifier and (today) fan may be ADDING to the heat by being on.
And leaving the door open isn't OK during sessions and then between sessions it invites people to come socially interact with me so it's not an ideal solution. :autism:
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My friend has a small fan that she puts on her desk and the breeze from that makes a bit of difference.
I find it just kicks hot air around. :/
How might one go about reducing the amount of heat that builds up during the course of a workday in a small, windowless room?
sledgehammer.
Believe me, I've considered it. :-\
If the door is allowed to be open, put the fan so that it blows air out of the door. It won't work if the air outside the room is the same temperature as in the room.
The other alternative is to get an evaporative air conditioner. They're cheap and often have a small footprint. They have regular portable air conditioners (no window required in some cases) but those start at about $300.
I've been researching this because I live in what used to be an attic and I can't open the windows because the diesel fumes from nearby trains aggravates my asthma. My window cranks open so there's no fitting it with a kit either.
Been thinking of buying one but have gotten the feedback that it may not be allowed, which would make it a potential waste of a couple hundred bucks.
I'm wondering how much the lighting, computer, air purifier and (today) fan may be ADDING to the heat by being on.
And leaving the door open isn't OK during sessions and then between sessions it invites people to come socially interact with me so it's not an ideal solution. :autism:
You see clients in a windowless room? Poor you, and poor buggers having to go in there.
Is it allowed, work health regulations wise, to be working in a room without daylight all day?
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In my country ... Yes :(
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And clients get rid of their depressions by therapy in tube light lit rooms?
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Would it be allowed to go outside to a park, or just go for a walk during a therapy session?
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Looks like I have about five jars of preserves that Pyraxis isn't going to eat on her toast and I am not going to use for cookies. There are about 3 of raspberries and one of blueberry and another of blackcurrant. There's probably more - the kitchen at the old place was packrat heaven.
The thrift store in Florida took sealed food but I'm pretty sure they won't take it here.
What could I use it for?
A local food pantry might be less picky.
...I mix it into plain greek yogurt a lot.
Crumble squares (gluten free)...haven't tried these yet, but I've tried a few recipes from this site and they've been pretty good.
You can sub any flavor jam for the chia seed jam she uses.
http://ohsheglows.com/2014/09/09/raspberry-chia-seed-jam-oat-crumble-squares-vegan-gluten-free/ (http://ohsheglows.com/2014/09/09/raspberry-chia-seed-jam-oat-crumble-squares-vegan-gluten-free/)
The seeds I would try...really depends on how they were stored. I've had seeds that wouldn't grow after 2 years, then I found seeds my mother collected 6+ years ago that grew just fine.
And clients get rid of their depressions by therapy in tube light lit rooms?
Elle, that would suck, I feel trapped without windows for some reason. :P No skylight even?
I had one therapist that didn't have a window but did have a skylight, she had some very nice silk palms and greenery + a small tabletop fountain...wasn't a window, but did make me feel more relaxed than I would have been otherwise.
My MIL's house is like walking into a tomb, with dark heavy drapes everywhere...I have to suppress my urge to rip the drapes down every time I go there. :GA:
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I have wallpapered a significant portion of my walls with calendar photos of islands and beaches and rainbows (my version of hatchmarks on the cell wall, lol). My goal is eventually to have no wall showing beneath a certain point on the walls.
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I have wallpapered a significant portion of my walls with calendar photos of islands and beaches and rainbows (my version of hatchmarks on the cell wall, lol). My goal is eventually to have no wall showing beneath a certain point on the walls.
How many hours a week do you spend without daylight during the day?
Can imagine it totally fucking up your system.
Artificial SAD, due to conditions at work?
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I have wallpapered a significant portion of my walls with calendar photos of islands and beaches and rainbows (my version of hatchmarks on the cell wall, lol). My goal is eventually to have no wall showing beneath a certain point on the walls.
How many hours a week do you spend without daylight during the day?
Can imagine it totally fucking up your system.
Artificial SAD, due to conditions at work?
Maybe, come to think of it.
I spend nearly all of my hours every day during the week without daylight. Weekends are a little better.
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How long does it take to gain muscle, and how long does it take to lose it?
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I read something in an article on Facebook about losing muscle and now I can't find the article, argh. But it did say it takes 2 weeks to start to lose muscle, more time to gain it back.
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Talked to a personal trainer last year. She said about a year to develop a muscle. Seemed long to me.
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Pyraxis says the cantaloupe is bad because it went dark. It's not growing anything and not smelly, just a darker orange than it was. It looks waterlogged but tastes fine, but I said I would ask before eating any more.
So if it doesn't smell or taste bad and it just looks a little weird, can I eat it?
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Pyraxis says the cantaloupe is bad because it went dark. It's not growing anything and not smelly, just a darker orange than it was. It looks waterlogged but tastes fine, but I said I would ask before eating any more.
So if it doesn't smell or taste bad and it just looks a little weird, can I eat it?
I would still eat it.
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I have wallpapered a significant portion of my walls with calendar photos of islands and beaches and rainbows (my version of hatchmarks on the cell wall, lol). My goal is eventually to have no wall showing beneath a certain point on the walls.
How many hours a week do you spend without daylight during the day?
Can imagine it totally fucking up your system.
Artificial SAD, due to conditions at work?
Fixable, if so. She should get one of those daylight rigs that are supposed to wake people up in the morning using blueish light.
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Pyraxis says the cantaloupe is bad because it went dark. It's not growing anything and not smelly, just a darker orange than it was. It looks waterlogged but tastes fine, but I said I would ask before eating any more.
So if it doesn't smell or taste bad and it just looks a little weird, can I eat it?
I would still eat it.
It sounds like it's just over-ripe.
Whole, Uncut Cantaloupe
Uncut cantaloupe stays fresh at room temperature for two to four days, depending on its ripeness, and up to 10 days in the refrigerator. Near the end of those time periods, soft, squishy areas with dark bruises or splotches indicate that the cantaloupe passed its prime. A strong, unpleasant odor even before you cut it is also a sign of spoilage.
Cut Melon Pieces
After three to four days in the refrigerator, cantaloupe can spoil. Signs of spoilage include a whitish, slimy film that you can see and feel on the surface of the flesh, soft sections of flesh that also appear whitish instead of orange, and an excess of liquid in the container holding cut-up, sliced melon. Throw away the entire cantaloupe if you see these conditions.
Read more : http://www.ehow.com/how_8190637_tell-cantaloupe-gone-bad.html (http://www.ehow.com/how_8190637_tell-cantaloupe-gone-bad.html)
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I have wallpapered a significant portion of my walls with calendar photos of islands and beaches and rainbows (my version of hatchmarks on the cell wall, lol). My goal is eventually to have no wall showing beneath a certain point on the walls.
How many hours a week do you spend without daylight during the day?
Can imagine it totally fucking up your system.
Artificial SAD, due to conditions at work?
Fixable, if so. She should get one of those daylight rigs that are supposed to wake people up in the morning using blueish light.
They're full spectrum lights.
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Is there a way to get rid of mold/lintscum around the top of a washing machine? Also is there a way to do it that doesn't involve using chemicals that will stain the next load(s)?
Top loader.
You can try the white vinegar/baking soda method...which is probably the safest, but may or may not be totally effective. (My 10 yr old top loader gets pretty funky since we have hard water, so I normally have to go with the bleach soak/vinegar rinse for it to be 100%)
http://www.diynatural.com/how-to-clean-a-washing-machine/ (http://www.diynatural.com/how-to-clean-a-washing-machine/)
This is normally the method I use with mine, except I only use 2 cups of bleach (asthma), and let it sit overnight with the bleach, and follow with the vinegar the next morning:
http://www.theslowroasteditalian.com/2013/11/how-to-clean-your-top-load-washing-machine.html (http://www.theslowroasteditalian.com/2013/11/how-to-clean-your-top-load-washing-machine.html)
UPDATE: It worked! Vinegar and baking soda, and hopefully more elbow grease than I'll have to use in the future if I keep up with it better. Thankyouthankyouthankyou!
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If an LED and a halogen bulb have the same number of lumens, would the halogen burn hotter? We have halogen and tried an LED bulb but it seems to be just as hot.
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If an LED and a halogen bulb have the same number of lumens, would the halogen burn hotter? We have halogen and tried an LED bulb but it seems to be just as hot.
The halogen would be hotter, the LED still can put off a good bit of heat, but not as much...and consumes less power.
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I have a Beretta Airlight (I used to collect knives) that was wounded in Florida. It looks like corrosion from the acid humidity down there. Most of it I can polish out but some of it is on the part of the blade that has a matte finish.
Apparently they don't make the orange one anymore - 94.50 on feebay to replace it. I could pay $60 for the updated model. This one is second to my Kalashnikov in favorites so I'd prefer to get the spots off than to replace it.
Any ideas?
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I have a Beretta Airlight (I used to collect knives) that was wounded in Florida. It looks like corrosion from the acid humidity down there. Most of it I can polish out but some of it is on the part of the blade that has a matte finish.
Apparently they don't make the orange one anymore - 94.50 on feebay to replace it. I could pay $60 for the updated model. This one is second to my Kalashnikov in favorites so I'd prefer to get the spots off than to replace it.
Any ideas?
I would try letting it soak with a good penetrating oil for 24 hrs before touching it.
I am a pro at screwing up the matte finish on anything from over zealous cleaning...the less I touch it, the better off normally I am I've found. :facepalm2:
For polishing the blades, and vintage metal I have always used Simichrome with very good results, but many recommend Flitz now because some say it's less abrasive....and of course some say it's not. ::)
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/343386-Simichrome-Polish-vs-Flitz (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/343386-Simichrome-Polish-vs-Flitz)
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I have a Beretta Airlight (I used to collect knives) that was wounded in Florida. It looks like corrosion from the acid humidity down there. Most of it I can polish out but some of it is on the part of the blade that has a matte finish.
Apparently they don't make the orange one anymore - 94.50 on feebay to replace it. I could pay $60 for the updated model. This one is second to my Kalashnikov in favorites so I'd prefer to get the spots off than to replace it.
Any ideas?
I would try letting it soak with a good penetrating oil for 24 hrs before touching it.
I am a pro at screwing up the matte finish on anything from over zealous cleaning...the less I touch it, the better off normally I am I've found. :facepalm2:
For polishing the blades, and vintage metal I have always used Simichrome with very good results, but many recommend Flitz now because some say it's less abrasive....and of course some say it's not. ::)
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/343386-Simichrome-Polish-vs-Flitz (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/343386-Simichrome-Polish-vs-Flitz)
I found this for Fitz:
https://www.gfs.com/sites/gfs.com/files/930555.pdf (https://www.gfs.com/sites/gfs.com/files/930555.pdf)
I was thinking of using my diatomaceous earth to make a polish but I think aluminum oxide might be finer. I have jeweler's rouge as well, but I think that is less fine. I use the rouge for finishing the nibs of fountain pens after grinding them to EF size.
But now I am wondering how they get that matte finish in the first place and if that could be a DIY project.
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I got some bad lobster from the IGA but don't have the spoons to return it. It's not food poison bad, just frozen thawed frozen mushy when I cooked it.
Is there anything I can use it for?
We left all the cats in Florida. Didn't think Canada would appreciate us bringing in a load of ferals.
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Any tips on making veggies taste good, using as little sodium as possible?
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Any tips on making veggies taste good, using as little sodium as possible?
Got one for broccoli for you.
Bring broccoli florets to the boil, (by throwing them in boiling water) for just a few minutes. Drain and let it wait till you're finished with the rest.
Gently heat some thin sliced garlic and a thin sliced red chili in a bit of oil (olive, rapeseed, something like that). Add some (roasted) cashew-nets. Stir them through. Then add the broccoli and warm through till most of the liquid is gone.
Gives a completely different taste to the broccoli.
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I got some bad lobster from the IGA but don't have the spoons to return it. It's not food poison bad, just frozen thawed frozen mushy when I cooked it.
Is there anything I can use it for?
We left all the cats in Florida. Didn't think Canada would appreciate us bringing in a load of ferals.
Our refrigerator effectively dehydrates everything left open so the lobster is now firm, but since we got no response we are going to err on the side of safety and throw it away. We have to wait for garbage day because we seem to have acquired a cat that likes to spray in our garden.
Any ideas for keeping a cat away from the flowers?
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Sorry, still fighting the cold/allergies from hell the last few days. :zombiefuck:
The lobster...yep, you probably could have made a dip from it...but I'm really weary of any seafood that just doesn't seem "right" texture or taste wise. I'd rather err on the side of caution and pitch it normally.
Any tips on making veggies taste good, using as little sodium as possible?
I like most of my veggies roasted, instead of steamed...they just have more flavor that way to me.
Asparagus, broccoli, I normally melt butter and add some lemon juice to make a simple lemon-butter sauce. Potatoes I will add a little butter, onion, garlic, and some cheddar cheese and roast in foil.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sweet-and-Spicy-Green-Beans/
Both the kid and the veggie hating SO will eat these....I use the low sodium, gluten free soy sauce.
Spaghetti Squash...cut in half lengthwise, clean out the seeds and pulp in the middle, put a little pat of butter in each half, sprinkle with garlic powder, and ground pepper...wrap each half in foil and bake at 350 cut side up, until tender (approx. and hour or so depending on the size of the squash), shred insides with fork, and sprinkle with parm cheese....this is my favorite.
Any ideas for keeping a cat away from the flowers?
They have repellants that work, but some of them like "shake away" (fox urine) smell worse than cat pee. Most (not all) don't like the scent of citrus, like orange or lemon. There is also the diversion tactic of planting catnip at the other corner of the yard, and letting them have that in hope they will stay away from the flowers.
If they spray your steps/porch, whatever you do, just don't clean it with an ammonia based cleaner (it actually seems to attract them more). Orange oil/lemon oil based spray seems to help deter them, either soap and water or bleach to clean. My former neighbor had a ton of cats and they just loved my porch. :P
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Feel better soon.
We're going to try putting mulch down. Our ferals stopped spraying and started sleeping in the flowerbeds when I put some mulch down - it was still in the bag and they slept on it. It didn't stop Chewy from eating my portulaca, though.
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Is it OK to cook in a rusty pot? We have a pan on which the porcelain coating has deteriorated and it's got something on it that looks like rust. We don't put raw stuff in, we just cook in it. But it occurs to me that it might not be safe.
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Is it OK to cook in a rusty pot?
OMG!! I hope she tells you no. :GA:
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Rust will not hurt you, unless it is flaking rust. Seriously, rust is just iron oxide and is not harmful if you ingest it, unless you are eating large quantities of it or have really high iron levels.
I would worry more about ingesting any of the porcelain coating, if it's flaking, pitch it.
I won't even go into the horrors of Teflon, I gave all mine away and only kept one because the SO pouts if I bust the yolk on his fried eggs. :P
http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/24786/eating-food-from-a-slightly-rusting-cast-iron-dutch-oven-is-it-safe
My favorite skillet is a vintage cast iron one, sometimes I'm not as careful as I could be with it, sometimes it rusts, but I scrub it, re-oil it, and it's as good as new.
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Is it OK to cook in a rusty pot? We have a pan on which the porcelain coating has deteriorated and it's got something on it that looks like rust. We don't put raw stuff in, we just cook in it. But it occurs to me that it might not be safe.
If you cook acidic stuff in it, you may get a higher intake of iron. The advise for people with too high iron levels is not to cook in pans that have food get into contact with iron.
So, maybe your pot is just what an anaemic person needs.
There is also this: Lucky-iron-fish (http://lucky-iron-fish.myshopify.com/products/lucky-iron-fish).
They tell not to worry about rust, just brush it off.
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We've tried everything and the rust won't come off. It doesn't seem to be flaking, maybe it just got so think that the rust came through. I pitched it earlier today. Pyraxis might not do well with extra iron.
The problem is that it's an odd size that I have come to love. It fits perfectly in a toaster over but holds a lot of chicken. It's 9x12 if I remember correctly. Haven't been able to find anything like it anywhere.
I cook in cast iron too - I have a griddle, a pan and a dutch oven. The dutch oven is made for cooking outdoors. Two of the utensils are lodge and I don't remember what the third is. I have an omelet pan but that is at my mother's house. I had a two burner griddle but never used it so I put it in the donation box. The round griddle covers just about anything I make.
Since leaving FL I have begun to cook again. BBQ chicken last night and other things like Pad Thai, sweet & sour beef, fried rice and fried chicken. Working my way up to things like pancit and desserts. We did have a sort of apple pie, but even those things are different here.
The speckled pan was a favorite for making chicken. I got it at a thrift shop in FL. Montreal sucks for thrift stores so far.
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We've tried everything and the rust won't come off. It doesn't seem to be flaking, maybe it just got so think that the rust came through. I pitched it earlier today. Pyraxis might not do well with extra iron.
The problem is that it's an odd size that I have come to love. It fits perfectly in a toaster over but holds a lot of chicken. It's 9x12 if I remember correctly. Haven't been able to find anything like it anywhere.
I cook in cast iron too - I have a griddle, a pan and a dutch oven. The dutch oven is made for cooking outdoors. Two of the utensils are lodge and I don't remember what the third is. I have an omelet pan but that is at my mother's house. I had a two burner griddle but never used it so I put it in the donation box. The round griddle covers just about anything I make.
Since leaving FL I have begun to cook again. BBQ chicken last night and other things like Pad Thai, sweet & sour beef, fried rice and fried chicken. Working my way up to things like pancit and desserts. We did have a sort of apple pie, but even those things are different here.
The speckled pan was a favorite for making chicken. I got it at a thrift shop in FL. Montreal sucks for thrift stores so far.
Pad Thai....:drool:
Sounds like the graniteware pan I have sitting in the cabinet. :LOL: I think mine has a wire rack for the bottom...not sure where I picked it up at. I think it was in a box of junk the neighbor gave me. It's a weird size.
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Mine came without a rack. I was trying to remember graniteware - that's what mine was too.
I learned to make Pad Thai from some guys running a Thai restaurant in Amherst, MA. The Thai food in Montreal is from a chain store - Thai Express. It's pretty bad but I will eat it when I don't want to cook. The noodles get soggy after one day. Cooking is so much like chemistry it's hard not to love it.
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So the movers stole some of Pyraxis meds from when she had a root canal. We're hoping it made those jerks pretty sick. They were pretty old. So what happens when drugs get old? Do they make you sick or are they just ineffective? They were from maybe 2007 or 2008. We have some morphine that I could take as an experiment, but I think she would rather I did not.
I found out recently that I have a paradoxical reaction to opiates. They make me agitated, which explains why Dilaudid was so awful. I have a lot left from when I had some broken bones in my back and from when I broke my sternum.
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Not much. Especially if kept dry and dark.
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Not much. Especially if kept dry and dark.
That.
The expiration date is the last day that the manufacture guarantees the effectiveness of the medication. It might lose it's potency over time and eventually do nothing, but it won't make you sick.
A bottle of opiates expired or not has a good street value, which means even non-abusers with sticky fingers will pocket them if given the opportunity.
I found out recently that I have a paradoxical reaction to opiates. They make me agitated, which explains why Dilaudid was so awful. I have a lot left from when I had some broken bones in my back and from when I broke my sternum.
I can't tolerate Tylenol...actually any pain medication containing acetaminophen makes me hyper, shaky, and feeling really nasty.
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Not much. Especially if kept dry and dark.
That.
The expiration date is the last day that the manufacture guarantees the effectiveness of the medication. It might lose it's potency over time and eventually do nothing, but it won't make you sick.
A bottle of opiates expired or not has a good street value, which means even non-abusers with sticky fingers will pocket them if given the opportunity.
I found out recently that I have a paradoxical reaction to opiates. They make me agitated, which explains why Dilaudid was so awful. I have a lot left from when I had some broken bones in my back and from when I broke my sternum.
I can't tolerate Tylenol...actually any pain medication containing acetaminophen makes me hyper, shaky, and feeling really nasty.
Ah, too bad. They made a lot of money stealing from us. They took my class ring, which cost 650 when I bought it and will cost 1187 to replace. I'm torn because I've lost every class ring I've bought - my parents didn't care to get me a high school ring so that was my first, bought with my own savings - lost in a field from off a guitar case. The second one dropped into the basket while I was taking out the trash, and this last one was stolen by the packers. If the trend continues it doesn't make sense to but another one.
If the narcotics don't make them sick maybe the person they sold them to will come back and get them for selling crap.
I'm afraid of acetaminophen after seeing how little it takes to kill someone. I had a client take 12 because she was mad at her boyfriend. She ended up in ICU.
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Should I trust the quack who told me my epi-pen is good even though it's expired? It's for anaphylaxis from bee stings. Had my first ever bee sting at a powwow and the EMTs told me to get one.
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Stop saving expired crap, Wolfish.
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Stop saving expired crap, Wolfish.
He didn't ask you. :hahaha:
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Should I trust the quack who told me my epi-pen is good even though it's expired? It's for anaphylaxis from bee stings. Had my first ever bee sting at a powwow and the EMTs told me to get one.
They will hold their potency for a few years past the expiration date, but I'd still get another, when they are getting too old, or have been stored improperly the liquid viewable thru the window will start to yellow in them.
I still normally insist on a refill.
It's more of a personal security issue, it's probably still good, but it's your ass that will stop breathing, not the doctor's. Personally I feel more secure when stuff like that is not expired. :LOL:
Kid has them too for bee stings, he pushed the mower into a nest of ground bees, ended up getting stung 5 or 6 times and broke out in hives all over shortly after. Dr said keep them on hand, better safe than sorry.
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Should I trust the quack who told me my epi-pen is good even though it's expired? It's for anaphylaxis from bee stings. Had my first ever bee sting at a powwow and the EMTs told me to get one.
They will hold their potency for a few years past the expiration date, but I'd still get another, when they are getting too old, or have been stored improperly the liquid viewable thru the window will start to yellow in them.
I still normally insist on a refill.
It's more of a personal security issue, it's probably still good, but it's your ass that will stop breathing, not the doctor's. Personally I feel more secure when stuff like that is not expired. :LOL:
Kid has them too for bee stings, he pushed the mower into a nest of ground bees, ended up getting stung 5 or 6 times and broke out in hives all over shortly after. Dr said keep them on hand, better safe than sorry.
Mine are only a few months out of date. I don't really trust the doc who said I didn't need them. For other things like narcotics that aren't as important to me, I don't mind letting them expire, but when I got the bee sting my arm turned funny colors and I got a little out of breath so like you I don't want to take chances. We are going to find another doctor who is more careful.
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I wouldn't dare using them, me. :-\
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I am considering going off of Retin-A (tretinoin) topical cream, which I've been on for years and years for acne. It's expensive, not totally effective, and I suspect it's contributing to how easily read my face gets. BUT, I think it does help some with the acne, and I believe it's supposed to slow skin aging (something I increasingly care about)?
The annoying thing is if I go off of it and decide I want to go back on it, there's this awful adjustment process where my skin will be a miserable peeling mess for awhile.
Any advice?
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I await what the advice will be too. I use Differin cream mostly on my chin area, have done for about three years, and now it looks like I have broken capillaries there which I now cover with makeup. I have cut back on the cream, using it only every second day. Too afraid to cut back completely, lest I get acne again.
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I am considering going off of Retin-A (tretinoin) topical cream, which I've been on for years and years for acne. It's expensive, not totally effective, and I suspect it's contributing to how easily read my face gets. BUT, I think it does help some with the acne, and I believe it's supposed to slow skin aging (something I increasingly care about)?
The annoying thing is if I go off of it and decide I want to go back on it, there's this awful adjustment process where my skin will be a miserable peeling mess for awhile.
Any advice?
Everything I've read is saying about the same thing.
Make sure your face is completely dry before applying, because any moisture will increase irritation.
They also say for the first few weeks, to ease your skin back into the routine so to speak. Applying the cream every third night for the first two weeks, every second night for the next week or two...and so on, until you can get back to the nightly routine.
They also recommend using a good moisturizer every day.
http://fashionista.com/2013/07/the-retinoid-uglies-what-they-are-and-how-to-get-rid-of-them
That said, I use the over-the-counter retinol eye gel and cream (although I haven't been using the cream lately). I can definitely tell a difference after applying the eye gel underneath my tired 48 yr old eyes. I've used it under one eye and not the other just to see if I was seeing things...I wasn't. I've also done the vitamin c serum thing...so far. :thumbdn:
Although, I may give that another trial, I haven't been completely fair with it I think.
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I rely on my natural beauty. :LMAO: :rofl:
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I rely on my natural beauty. :LMAO: :rofl:
Me too.
Sunscreen I will use, sometimes will cleanse my face with rosewater, with the usual bit of water.
And I take L-Lysine, to keep inflammations down. When that will not be enough, it will be back to another half year of anti-biotics.
Looks like I have acne, despite my reading glasses, people still think I am way younger than I am. :orly:
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I rely on my natural beauty. :LMAO: :rofl:
Me too.
Sunscreen I will use, sometimes will cleanse my face with rosewater, with the usual bit of water.
And I take L-Lysine, to keep inflammations down. When that will not be enough, it will be back to another half year of anti-biotics.
Looks like I have acne, despite my reading glasses, people still think I am way younger than I am. :orly:
The hair dye and anti-aging product manufacturers are relying on my continued support. :zoinks:
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I am considering going off of Retin-A (tretinoin) topical cream, which I've been on for years and years for acne. It's expensive, not totally effective, and I suspect it's contributing to how easily read my face gets. BUT, I think it does help some with the acne, and I believe it's supposed to slow skin aging (something I increasingly care about)?
The annoying thing is if I go off of it and decide I want to go back on it, there's this awful adjustment process where my skin will be a miserable peeling mess for awhile.
Any advice?
Everything I've read is saying about the same thing.
Make sure your face is completely dry before applying, because any moisture will increase irritation.
They also say for the first few weeks, to ease your skin back into the routine so to speak. Applying the cream every third night for the first two weeks, every second night for the next week or two...and so on, until you can get back to the nightly routine.
They also recommend using a good moisturizer every day.
http://fashionista.com/2013/07/the-retinoid-uglies-what-they-are-and-how-to-get-rid-of-them
That said, I use the over-the-counter retinol eye gel and cream (although I haven't been using the cream lately). I can definitely tell a difference after applying the eye gel underneath my tired 48 yr old eyes. I've used it under one eye and not the other just to see if I was seeing things...I wasn't. I've also done the vitamin c serum thing...so far. :thumbdn:
Although, I may give that another trial, I haven't been completely fair with it I think.
Is it consistently anti-aging? I feel like a dipshit for caring, but, well, I do. :/
And, I am moisturizing, which has helped a lot. Still working on figuring out the best combo of products to minimize acne. I live in an area with variable weather including humidity, which means I can't have just one routine all year, so it's ongoing trial and error.
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Is it consistently anti-aging? I feel like a dipshit for caring, but, well, I do. :/
And, I am moisturizing, which has helped a lot. Still working on figuring out the best combo of products to minimize acne. I live in an area with variable weather including humidity, which means I can't have just one routine all year, so it's ongoing trial and error.
Yes.
It's the Vitamin A.
http://www.realself.com/question/what-anti-aging-ingredients-should-look-wrinkle-cream
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/fashion/30skin.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Pa can be like living in an arid deep freeze in the winter, and a polluted tropical jungle in the summer. Women around here seem to age before their time, I'd like to hold it off some.
I bump into people that are 10 yrs younger than me that look 20 yrs older, that I don't even recognize until they open their mouth and start talking.
Call me vain, call me silly...but I care. I don't feel old, why should I feel content to look it? :laugh:
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Elle and Ren, is it really acne, bothering the two of you?
There is lots of stuff that looks like acne, but isn't. And when you are over 30 it could easily be something else than acne. And in that case it might need a different approach.
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Elle and Ren, is it really acne, bothering the two of you?
There is lots of stuff that looks like acne, but isn't. And when you are over 30 it could easily be something else than acne. And in that case it might need a different approach.
How do I tell if it's acne or just acne impersonations?
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Looking back on photos, I always seemed to have a pimple or two on my chin all the time. I tried antibiotics and they didn't work, a cream called Eryacne and that didn't work either. Now I have Differin and that does work. If I do get pimples now, they aren't as bad and they don't last very long. But I wonder if Differin is doing me damage now.
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Elle and Ren, is it really acne, bothering the two of you?
There is lots of stuff that looks like acne, but isn't. And when you are over 30 it could easily be something else than acne. And in that case it might need a different approach.
How do I tell if it's acne or just acne impersonations?
Visit to the doctor, or other person who knows about skin, alas. Though if you have no or barely no comedones (black or white heads) the chance that it is acne that is bothering you is slim.
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Elle and Ren, is it really acne, bothering the two of you?
There is lots of stuff that looks like acne, but isn't. And when you are over 30 it could easily be something else than acne. And in that case it might need a different approach.
How do I tell if it's acne or just acne impersonations?
Visit to the doctor, or other person who knows about skin, alas. Though if you have no or barely no comedones (black or white heads) the chance that it is acne that is bothering you is slim.
Where are you getting your info from, hyke? What shows up for me looks and acts exactly like cystic acne, and the occasional pimple.
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Every month like clockwork my face would break out.
It's only starting to stop now in the last 2 years or so.
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Elle and Ren, is it really acne, bothering the two of you?
There is lots of stuff that looks like acne, but isn't. And when you are over 30 it could easily be something else than acne. And in that case it might need a different approach.
How do I tell if it's acne or just acne impersonations?
Visit to the doctor, or other person who knows about skin, alas. Though if you have no or barely no comedones (black or white heads) the chance that it is acne that is bothering you is slim.
Where are you getting your info from, hyke? What shows up for me looks and acts exactly like cystic acne, and the occasional pimple.
I treated my skin for acne. But it only got worse over the years. After a while it hurt so much that I went to see a doctor about it. So, my info is from personal experience, the GP and his suggestion to browse the internet for rosacea.
I skipped the first stage of the reddened skin, went for pimples and deeper inflammations right away.
If I look at images of cystic acne, it looks like my face, when inflamed, with occasional pimples with it. Doctor told me that it is the look closer up that made it clear to him that mine was no acne. Because of the lack of the blackheads. And because of my pores becoming wider.
Cousin of mine has a similar skin on her face, her condition is yet another one.
Cystic acne is caused by bacteria. My skin suffers from non-bacterial inflammations.
It needs different treatment.
When you are past the age of thirty, there is a fair chance that your acne isn't just acne. And if you want to treat it, it may be good to know what it is you are treating.
Hormones affect my skin as they did when I was younger and did have just acne.
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If an LED and a halogen bulb have the same number of lumens, would the halogen burn hotter? We have halogen and tried an LED bulb but it seems to be just as hot.
The halogen would be hotter, the LED still can put off a good bit of heat, but not as much...and consumes less power.
Much hotter, apparently. The landlord installed our washer/dryer yesterday and I had to take out the bookcase behind the door. This meant that the door was touching the halogen light. The handyman that came along smelled awful - body odor and cigarette smoke. Turns out it wasn't cigarette smoke.
The landlord graciously accepted blame for it since they left the light on while they were working. I left the light on while I went to the dollar store (landlord's recommendation) to find the vent tube I needed. When I came back there was acrid smell but no smoke. Took me a little while to find the problem.
(http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/photos/Montreal/burnedDoor_600.jpg)
(http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/photos/Montreal/burnedDoor2_600.jpg)
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Yikes. :zombiefuck:
That light seems like it's in a very strange place.
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It is in a weird place. I am guessing that they ran out of wiring to put it in the right place which would be directly over the sink. Either that or it's what I am coming to know as good old Canadian "no child left behind" incompetence. In our bathroom the light is to the right of the sink, which puts it behind the door. It's a track light with three halogen bulbs. If they had put it over the sink there would not have been an issue since the door doesn't reach that far.
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Elle and Ren, is it really acne, bothering the two of you?
There is lots of stuff that looks like acne, but isn't. And when you are over 30 it could easily be something else than acne. And in that case it might need a different approach.
How do I tell if it's acne or just acne impersonations?
Visit to the doctor, or other person who knows about skin, alas. Though if you have no or barely no comedones (black or white heads) the chance that it is acne that is bothering you is slim.
Where are you getting your info from, hyke? What shows up for me looks and acts exactly like cystic acne, and the occasional pimple.
I treated my skin for acne. But it only got worse over the years. After a while it hurt so much that I went to see a doctor about it. So, my info is from personal experience, the GP and his suggestion to browse the internet for rosacea.
I skipped the first stage of the reddened skin, went for pimples and deeper inflammations right away.
If I look at images of cystic acne, it looks like my face, when inflamed, with occasional pimples with it. Doctor told me that it is the look closer up that made it clear to him that mine was no acne. Because of the lack of the blackheads. And because of my pores becoming wider.
Cousin of mine has a similar skin on her face, her condition is yet another one.
Cystic acne is caused by bacteria. My skin suffers from non-bacterial inflammations.
It needs different treatment.
When you are past the age of thirty, there is a fair chance that your acne isn't just acne. And if you want to treat it, it may be good to know what it is you are treating.
Hormones affect my skin as they did when I was younger and did have just acne.
Thought #1: That does seem a bit like my skin problems.
Thought #2: It also looks like they're confusing symptoms of rosachea with symptoms of chronic alcoholism fucking your face up. :P
Question #1: Does retin a make rosachea worse?
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If an LED and a halogen bulb have the same number of lumens, would the halogen burn hotter? We have halogen and tried an LED bulb but it seems to be just as hot.
The halogen would be hotter, the LED still can put off a good bit of heat, but not as much...and consumes less power.
Much hotter, apparently. The landlord installed our washer/dryer yesterday and I had to take out the bookcase behind the door. This meant that the door was touching the halogen light. The handyman that came along smelled awful - body odor and cigarette smoke. Turns out it wasn't cigarette smoke.
The landlord graciously accepted blame for it since they left the light on while they were working. I left the light on while I went to the dollar store (landlord's recommendation) to find the vent tube I needed. When I came back there was acrid smell but no smoke. Took me a little while to find the problem.
(http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/photos/Montreal/burnedDoor_600.jpg)
(http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/photos/Montreal/burnedDoor2_600.jpg)
Your lucky you didn't have a fire.
While they do get hot CFLs and LEDs don't normally get hot enough to trip the temperature circuits in
recessed lights when they are covered in insulation even when they are not rated to be covered so I don't think they would give you this problem if used instead of halogens
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With all the stuff you find have you ever considered selling at a flea market?
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pmselle - alcohol consumption worsens rosacea, so the two can easily be linked.
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pmselle - alcohol consumption worsens rosacea, so the two can easily be linked.
Everything that increases bloodflow worsens rosacea. :P
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Oh, and with men the chance that rosacea fucks up the shape and colour of the nose is bigger than with women. Men with a typical rosacea nose often get flak for drinking too much, even when they are a teetotaller.
Elle, could be something else too. Seeing a GP, dermatologist, or other skin-specialist is what can give you some certainty.
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With all the stuff you find have you ever considered selling at a flea market?
Considered it, set up quite a bit with my dad when we weren't there to buy. Used to go every Sunday.
Sunday's now however usually find me without wheels, a kid, and all my lawn equipment missing.
SO and the kid are cutting grass at his bar and an elderly customer of his up the road. Stuck with yard sales, the local ads, and craigslist for now.
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We have been invaded by a mouse, possibly mice.
Why are they squeaking? You'd think they wouldn't want to announce their presence. At first we thought the nosies were from Minecraft (because after all woofy likes to dig), but I am grading papers so the game isn't on in the background.
Also, it is humane to catch them and put them outside in the middle of a city? I no longer have a car so I can't drive him out to the country where he'd be eaten immediately by predators.
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We have been invaded by a mouse, possibly mice.
Why are they squeaking? You'd think they wouldn't want to announce their presence. At first we thought the nosies were from Minecraft (because after all woofy likes to dig), but I am grading papers so the game isn't on in the background.
Also, it is humane to catch them and put them outside in the middle of a city? I no longer have a car so I can't drive him out to the country where he'd be eaten immediately by predators.
If you want to catch it alive and put it outside, the mouse will manage just fine. It managed to sneak inside your house, and it will find another convenient place. A mouse can live on just a few drops of water and some soap if need be.
If you like to relocate it somewhere alive, do let it run free a pretty wide distance from your own house. If you transport it "blindfolded" the distance does not have to be more than half a mile. Too close a distance, and you will have it back in your house in no-time.
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Yep, they are like homing pigeons unless you take them a good distance.
Hate to say it, but normally when you hear noise like that it means they have little ones.
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arg. I was afraid of that.
I wonder what Pyraxis will think of my trapping mom and dad....
Unfortunately there is also a bad smell in the house since yesterday which means someone didn't make it.
The mice seem to be living behind our stove or refrigerator. I'm guessing the plastic bags and styrofoam they ate didn't sit well with them. They did get a bit of Py's lindnt bunny which she was boycotting.
does chocolate poison mice the same way it does cats? That would explain the smell.
I did run into a bat in my mine and the sound was indistinguishable. I've heard some interesting stories about where they got the mob sounds but I don't have to guess about that one.
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Living behind the stove may mean that they go in your stove at night to find crumbs and such.
My mother placed traps in the oven, whenever mice were roaming the kitchen, instead of ransacking cupboards only. She did catch a few in the oven.
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Living behind the stove may mean that they go in your stove at night to find crumbs and such.
My mother placed traps in the oven, whenever mice were roaming the kitchen, instead of ransacking cupboards only. She did catch a few in the oven.
I removed any source of food. Not sure if they're gone. Nothing's been chewed in a while.
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I bought some olives and artichoke hearts at the salad bar. I put them in the refrigerator right away, but now one of the olives has tiny white spots. Is this from dehydration? I put wine vinegar on it and they went away, but now I am wondering if that was mold. Haven't eaten it yet.
An associated question: why isn't it OK to eat mold? I imagine the acid in my stomach would kill anything (but I do know about heliobacter) so why could I eat moldy cheese but not moldy olives?
I did eat moldy olives once - months and several visits to a neurologist later, I found out that essentially the mold had poisoned me and given me amigranous migraines. Those are migraines with interesting symptoms like my hands turning blue or losing sensation in my right leg. I managed to get to one appointment during a migraine and the neurologist stuck a six inch needle into my thigh. He hit bone after a few inches, but I felt nothing. I've avoided olives with no seeds since then.
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I bought some olives and artichoke hearts at the salad bar. I put them in the refrigerator right away, but now one of the olives has tiny white spots. Is this from dehydration? I put wine vinegar on it and they went away, but now I am wondering if that was mold. Haven't eaten it yet.
An associated question: why isn't it OK to eat mold? I imagine the acid in my stomach would kill anything (but I do know about heliobacter) so why could I eat moldy cheese but not moldy olives?
I did eat moldy olives once - months and several visits to a neurologist later, I found out that essentially the mold had poisoned me and given me amigranous migraines. Those are migraines with interesting symptoms like my hands turning blue or losing sensation in my right leg. I managed to get to one appointment during a migraine and the neurologist stuck a six inch needle into my thigh. He hit bone after a few inches, but I felt nothing. I've avoided olives with no seeds since then.
The white spots are probably olive oil, setting because of the cold. If you keep a bottle of olive oil in the fridge, it will start look just like those white spots.
I have had that happen more than once, after putting olives in the fridge the moment I got home.
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Oh, a mould is a fungus. Like mushrooms, there are poisonous and non poisonous moulds.
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How do I spray paint (or otherwise best paint) furniture in my apartment without dying or destroying the apartment? I have a sliding glass door in my living room, so ventilation could hypothetically be about as good as it gets without no longer being strictly indoors.
Oh, and the furniture has metal, plastic, and painted wood parts, so fuck if I even know what paint will stick to it.
If you can't answer this one don't feel bad; I've been mulling over it for like half a decade and never got around to figuring it out properly.
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How do I spray paint (or otherwise best paint) furniture in my apartment without dying or destroying the apartment? I have a sliding glass door in my living room, so ventilation could hypothetically be about as good as it gets without no longer being strictly indoors.
Oh, and the furniture has metal, plastic, and painted wood parts, so fuck if I even know what paint will stick to it.
If you can't answer this one don't feel bad; I've been mulling over it for like half a decade and never got around to figuring it out properly.
Lowes sells really big rolls of plastic for painting - that will protect your walls.
I'm willing to bet that Icequeen knows which paints will stick to which things given which treatment (you might have to do some sanding and/or priming). It's likely that the plastic will give you the most trouble. I'm a fan of duck tape for such things.
I suck at spray painting so I can't tell you how to do that.
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Wouldn't taking the furniture outdoors to do the painting resolve the issue?
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How do I spray paint (or otherwise best paint) furniture in my apartment without dying or destroying the apartment? I have a sliding glass door in my living room, so ventilation could hypothetically be about as good as it gets without no longer being strictly indoors.
Oh, and the furniture has metal, plastic, and painted wood parts, so fuck if I even know what paint will stick to it.
If you can't answer this one don't feel bad; I've been mulling over it for like half a decade and never got around to figuring it out properly.
Water based acrylic paint is good to keep you from dying. The smell of it is gone very soon, and it dries really quick too. (You can often apply a second layer an hour after you put on the first layer, with acrylic paint) There are primers to put on plastic, before you apply the layer of paint you want. Those primers do exist in acrylic versions too. I never painted on plastic, but apparently it can be done without a problem.
Water based acrylic paint can be used on top of a terpentine based alkyd paint, but not the other way around. So if you want to paint stuff that has been painted before, water based acrylic paint may be the way to go.
I never used spray paint, just a roller or a paint brush. Old newspapers on the floor kept my environment free from paint. Ex of mine always uses spray paint. Old newspapers and painters tape are what he uses. He uses aerosol-cans, and sprays from not too far a distance. His house is free of paint stains. And he has painted most of his furniture by now.
Before you start to paint it is important to get what you want to paint really clean, especially clean from fat. So, using a good fat removing detergent, or ammonia to clean first. And sanding is important too. It makes it easier for the paint to attach to where you want it.
If you only want to paint parts of your furniture, covering what you do not want to paint with newspapers or plastic and painter-tape will give you good edges. If you do use painter tape, make sure to remove it after a day or two at the most. Then it still goes really easy. After that it will get more and more attached to where you stuck it on. After a few weeks it may be almost impossible to remove it without lots of hassle.
If you have never painted before, searching some youtubes on painting techniques may be helpful. Some DIY chains do provide youtube information on almost everything.
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Wouldn't taking the furniture outdoors to do the painting resolve the issue?
And get dust, sand, leaves and insects stuck in the drying paint?
Would give it an artistic look. :apondering:
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Wouldn't taking the furniture outdoors to do the painting resolve the issue?
And get dust, sand, leaves and insects stuck in the drying paint?
Well, I didn't recommend rolling the freshly painted item around in the dirt, or doing it in a windstorm :) Put it on the sidewalk on a calm day and it shouldn't be an issue.
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Wouldn't taking the furniture outdoors to do the painting resolve the issue?
And get dust, sand, leaves and insects stuck in the drying paint?
Would give it an look. :apondering:
Bloody wordfilter.
Would give it an artistic look. :apondering:
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Duct tape the suckers.
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Wouldn't taking the furniture outdoors to do the painting resolve the issue?
I don't have access to an outdoor space for this kind of thing. I live in an apartment complex. I have a teeny little porch that doesn't have enough room that I feel assured that wind won't blow paint everywhere, let alone blowing shit into the paint. Everything else outdoors is shared. I don't want to piss my landlord or my neighbors off.
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Wouldn't taking the furniture outdoors to do the painting resolve the issue?
I don't have access to an outdoor space for this kind of thing. I live in an apartment complex. I have a teeny little porch that doesn't have enough room that I feel assured that wind won't blow paint everywhere, let alone blowing shit into the paint. Everything else outdoors is shared. I don't want to piss my landlord or my neighbors off.
I vote what hyke said. I've tried spray paint several times and made a mess of it because it works best from a distance I can't figure out. For me brushes are more forgiving - I favor natural bristle brushes with foam being my second choice. Natural bristle makes nice smooth strokes, foam is cheap and does an adequate job, and plastic bristles hate me.
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Just home from vacation. :zoinks:
I can't spray paint at all indoors, triggers my asthma every time. If you can set up a fan sucking the fumes out, tolerate the fumes, and have room to lay down some plastic though, give it a go.
Rustoleum makes some great metallic spray paints that are almost true to color if you are changing the finish of something from say...shiny brass to oil rubbed bronze. I've used them on everything from metal stands to doorknobs (doorknobs are still holding up well going on 3+ years). I like to prime first if possible, several light coats are always better and prevent runs, and let the paint cure (I like to let things set for 3 days - week, depending on how much handling it will see.
Krylon makes some nice spray paint for plastic, just make sure to sand with a fine grit sandpaper around say 220 to scuff the surface up, especially if it has a gloss to it or it will flake off in no time.
Wood if it has veneer I like to sand the veneer, but otherwise have gotten away with just giving it a good couple coats of primer, I use Klitz (latex, I can't tolerate the fumes with oil) and either a roller or a foam bush, sand after priming and I like the Rustoleum painter's touch stuff (latex) and finish with a couple coats of minwax paste wax in the yellow can.
Normally I drag everything out in the yard and do it here, but latex isn't too bad. They make latex spray paint, but the color choices are limited and they don't carry it around here. Never tried it to see about durability.
https://youtu.be/dGkPRN-tzHs
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Oh, for sanding plastics, using waterproof very fine sandpaper, and sanding it wet will prevent fine plastic dust filling your room. With wood I would not recommend wet sanding.
Elle, if you are completely new to painting, you could buy something cheap you like the shape of in a thrift-shop, and practice on that.
About preparation, proper preparation will make paintwork look lots better, and will make it last longer too. But when I see Dutch bikes parked at a station, lots of them have been brightly painted with barely any preparation, and the paint holds for years and years. Some have been spray painted, others with a brush, most with "regular" paints, not something especially for metal. Only if they forgot to de-grease the surface, you will see gaps in the paintwork appear quickly.
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Welcome back, Icequeen - we missed you!
OK, so what am I doing wrong with spray paint?
If I spray from a distance paint goes everywhere except on the item. If I get closer, then it runs and drips and makes a gooey mess even if I use a brush afterwards. The last thing I tried was a wood advent calendar (blue) - ended up throwing the bloody mess away. Before that I successfully spray painted a small tabletop black (did that one outside and wasted a lot of paint). Can't figure out why that one worked and the other didn't. Both cans came from the same store, both Krylon. Only the color was different.
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Welcome back, Icequeen - we missed you!
OK, so what am I doing wrong with spray paint?
If I spray from a distance paint goes everywhere except on the item. If I get closer, then it runs and drips and makes a gooey mess even if I use a brush afterwards. The last thing I tried was a wood advent calendar (blue) - ended up throwing the bloody mess away. Before that I successfully spray painted a small tabletop black (did that one outside and wasted a lot of paint). Can't figure out why that one worked and the other didn't. Both cans came from the same store, both Krylon. Only the color was different.
Learning distance is hard, you want to be close enough to mist it, but not too close, I'd estimate about 7"- 8", the first two coats should be light enough to still let you see the original color peaking through. Shake the can really well, and when you're painting keep the can in constant motion back and forth. I get my best results outside, on a sunny warm days (80-85 degrees F), and waiting time can be as short as 6-10 min between coats on a nice warm day (seems to help bake the finish).
Hold the can upside down and spray to clear the nozzle if you don't use up the whole can. I also have a cheap re-useable trigger grip that I love, saves your index finger on large projects.
(http://archive.makezine.com/images/tools/sprayhandle.jpg)
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If you use primmer first, adding a little bit of the colour you want can sometimes save you a layer of paint, because the primer then already carries a bit of the colour, and is less likely to shine through in an irritating way.
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Do we have opinions on paints that have the primer already in them?
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Wasn't aware that they existed. If so, are they lots more expensive, both in volume and in use?
A separate primer is way cheaper than the final paint. You could skip the primer, but it would take more of the final paint. If I repaint my baseboards, I do not apply primer, just clean and sand the old layer till it is ready for a new layer. On new wood, that will suck in paint like a sponge, a primer works great to fill the pores. If you do not prime new porous wood, you might need a few extra layers of your expensive paint.
The primer fills the pores, and covers the background well. The finishing paint is there for colour, durability strength and the kind of shine you want. A primer often is not so good in holding it's colour. A primer often is less of a pleasure to use too, because of the structure it has to have to fill those pores.
Don't know if I would try a two in one solution.
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Welcome back, Icequeen - we missed you!
OK, so what am I doing wrong with spray paint?
If I spray from a distance paint goes everywhere except on the item. If I get closer, then it runs and drips and makes a gooey mess even if I use a brush afterwards. The last thing I tried was a wood advent calendar (blue) - ended up throwing the bloody mess away. Before that I successfully spray painted a small tabletop black (did that one outside and wasted a lot of paint). Can't figure out why that one worked and the other didn't. Both cans came from the same store, both Krylon. Only the color was different.
Learning distance is hard, you want to be close enough to mist it, but not too close, I'd estimate about 7"- 8", the first two coats should be light enough to still let you see the original color peaking through. Shake the can really well, and when you're painting keep the can in constant motion back and forth. I get my best results outside, on a sunny warm days (80-85 degrees F), and waiting time can be as short as 6-10 min between coats on a nice warm day (seems to help bake the finish).
Hold the can upside down and spray to clear the nozzle if you don't use up the whole can. I also have a cheap re-useable trigger grip that I love, saves your index finger on large projects.
(http://archive.makezine.com/images/tools/sprayhandle.jpg)
I bet it was the humidity that screwed me up. The paint would take days just to get tacky.
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I bet it was the humidity that screwed me up. The paint would take days just to get tacky.
That will do it.
We painted the kids busted up lion that he bought at an estate sale for $1 a couple of weeks back (patched up the chips, and cracks and made him into a panther)...really shouldn't have painted him that week, but he was impatient. Took most of the week to dry properly. :P
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OK, I have given up on the idea that spray painting will be feasible. :P
I think I just want to start by making my computer desk- which has a grayish top- have a black top instead. That seems like a big enough project. It's a genuinely tiny surface to cover (one side), all pre-painted, albeit years ago.
Main concern isn't durability of the paint- if it chips or something, NBD- it's the potential enduring tackiness/stickiness of it. Have seen this be an issue with what were probably ill-informed paint jobs other people have done. Seeing as I will be putting electronics on this thing, AND generally eat at least breakfast on this thing (if not other meals), it needs to remain a non-sticky surface.
Looked this up:
http://www.californiapaints.com/Project-Guides/Painting-Basics/Before-You-Begin/Choosing-Paint-Type.aspx
It looks like latex paint is probably ideal for my project?
Hyke: When you say water-based acrylic paint, did you mean latex, or something else (or more specific)?
Also, looking at the weather forecast: It looks like this week (which is a week I took off, which is why the heightened interest now) is about the worst possibly week for painting. Hot and humid as fuck. Damnit.
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The mice are orphans. If the mouse is bold enough to walk around when I am making noise then it may be bold enough to bite me.
The kids will likely die - lots of tiny squeaks last night, but nothing today so far.
I'm hoping they will eat each other as they die so that there isn't a really bad smell that requires moving the stove.
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Hyke: When you say water-based acrylic paint, did you mean latex, or something else (or more specific)?
The the language gap comes in sight. I do not mean latex. But a proper paint that can be used on furniture and windowsills, or even baby cribs. I have no idea what it would be called in English.
Maybe that is where you can start looking for. Fast drying paint suitable for baby cribs. Little kids bite everything, so paint suited for that has to be non sticky, and non toxic.
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Hyke: When you say water-based acrylic paint, did you mean latex, or something else (or more specific)?
The the language gap comes in sight. I do not mean latex. But a proper paint that can be used on furniture and windowsills, or even baby cribs. I have no idea what it would be called in English.
Maybe that is where you can start looking for. Fast drying paint suitable for baby cribs. Little kids bite everything, so paint suited for that has to be non sticky, and non toxic.
Latex is actually supposed to be less toxic than acrylic. Sometimes hard to find anything else in the stores anymore here.
http://www.differencebetween.net/object/difference-between-acrylic-and-latex-paint/
*Remembers helping my dad paint the basement floor with some toxic government surplus stuff when I was 10.
Had a headache for a week, and the stuff would not come off my skin.
Probably lead based, which would explain a lot. :autism:
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Could be language gap again.
Here latex is what is used on walls. It rubs off a bit if you try to rinse a spot.
What is called water based, or acrylic paint here is what professional house painters are now obliged to use if they work indoors, and often also when working outdoors, because there were too many cases of painters disease. (brain damage because of years and years working with paint with more aggressive solvents).
Former neighbour of mine is a bit batty and incoherent because of all the solvents he inhaled in his job as a painter too.
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The mice are orphans. If the mouse is bold enough to walk around when I am making noise then it may be bold enough to bite me.
The kids will likely die - lots of tiny squeaks last night, but nothing today so far.
I'm hoping they will eat each other as they die so that there isn't a really bad smell that requires moving the stove.
the mice didn't die, apparently. they did take a piece of chocolate out of the other trap without setting it off.
should i just take apart the stove and get their nest? would that discourage them?
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Discourage them from what? :lol1:
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I would try to get the nest if I could get to it easy enough, just because they can make some massive nests...and maybe give the stove a good visual check while I was at it, because they will chew wiring.
The only thing that will discourage them is lack of food though. I am totally freaky paranoid and have so many glass jars for food storage it isn't funny. Quite a few neighbors at the old house had rats, one two houses down said he woke up one morning with one the size of a kitten sitting on his chest.
Used to laugh at my grandmother who went nuts breaking out the vacuum every time a crumb hit the floor...but after seeing the rats running down the alley going to the next house when my kid was a toddler I became the same way.
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When I was born, we lived in a garage converted into an apartment. Mom said she could live with the rats climbing in my crib to get at the milk bottle, but when we had a flea infestation, she called, "MOVE".
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Is all-purpose ammonia the same a non-sudsing ammonia?
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I would try to get the nest if I could get to it easy enough, just because they can make some massive nests...and maybe give the stove a good visual check while I was at it, because they will chew wiring.
The only thing that will discourage them is lack of food though. I am totally freaky paranoid and have so many glass jars for food storage it isn't funny. Quite a few neighbors at the old house had rats, one two houses down said he woke up one morning with one the size of a kitten sitting on his chest.
Used to laugh at my grandmother who went nuts breaking out the vacuum every time a crumb hit the floor...but after seeing the rats running down the alley going to the next house when my kid was a toddler I became the same way.
I grew up in a house that had mice in winter. In the middle of the woods.
Couple of years ago I had a mouse infestation here. And, I turned into my mom. All my storage ended up in big plastic crates with lids and locking system. My mom does it more fancy though, everything is in old big tins. The tin she had cookies and other sweet stuff in was a massive old rat poison tin.
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Get a cat
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Get a cat
When my house was infested a few years ago, out of the blue, probably because of a very dry season, so finally the mice could tunnel, my cats caught what was in the attic. The caught a few that were on the second floor. The ones down-stairs, I caught, barehanded. The mice did not like any of my traps.
I googled a lot about mice that year. Found out they can live and breed, only having access to a bit of water and a bar of soap. Any other food makes them even more prolific. Also was intrigued by this system:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-whjmxFI49Q
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Get a cat
My cat that goes outside seems to have some sort of deal with the mice that live in my shed only rarely going after them and concentrating on the birds especially cardinals. I have to put dryer sheets and moth balls in all the drawers of my tool boxes or I find mice in them when I open them
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pyraxis is allergic to cats.
i used to catch them too, but I was taught to stomp them, not catch them with my hands. i can't afford a bite so i can't even try that.
there are too many places here for the mice to hide so i think i am going to just keep breaking their necks with the traps.
we do store everything in glass or plastic. I managed to import my collection of classico jars in spite of py's aversion to my clutter. we do have a cabinet that i will have to check more carefully - no sign on any infestation in there but i haven't pulled everything out yet.
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pyraxis is allergic to cats.
i used to catch them too, but I was taught to stomp them, not catch them with my hands. i can't afford a bite so i can't even try that.
there are too many places here for the mice to hide so i think i am going to just keep breaking their necks with the traps.
we do store everything in glass or plastic. I managed to import my collection of classico jars in spite of py's aversion to my clutter. we do have a cabinet that i will have to check more carefully - no sign on any infestation in there but i haven't pulled everything out yet.
D-Con?
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pyraxis is allergic to cats.
i used to catch them too, but I was taught to stomp them, not catch them with my hands. i can't afford a bite so i can't even try that.
there are too many places here for the mice to hide so i think i am going to just keep breaking their necks with the traps.
we do store everything in glass or plastic. I managed to import my collection of classico jars in spite of py's aversion to my clutter. we do have a cabinet that i will have to check more carefully - no sign on any infestation in there but i haven't pulled everything out yet.
D-Con?
Better than poison cleaner than neck breaking traps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D47P1TgZ7ZE
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That's a good one but a little too big and we don't want to kill them if we don't have to. However, that one led me to the plastic bottle mousetrap which I think we will try. No waste of a bucket and a reusable trap. We thought the kids were all dead but we saw one on the stove and it didn't even try to run away. Just not sporting to kill it like that.
It moved so slow I thought it would die but just a couple of days ago saw a lively one near my office.
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That's a good one but a little too big and we don't want to kill them if we don't have to. However, that one led me to the plastic bottle mousetrap which I think we will try. No waste of a bucket and a reusable trap. We thought the kids were all dead but we saw one on the stove and it didn't even try to run away. Just not sporting to kill it like that.
It moved so slow I thought it would die but just a couple of days ago saw a lively one near my office.
It takes just a few weeks for the young to be fertile. They may be mating already.
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That's a good one but a little too big and we don't want to kill them if we don't have to. However, that one led me to the plastic bottle mousetrap which I think we will try. No waste of a bucket and a reusable trap. We thought the kids were all dead but we saw one on the stove and it didn't even try to run away. Just not sporting to kill it like that.
It moved so slow I thought it would die but just a couple of days ago saw a lively one near my office.
It takes just a few weeks for the young to be fertile. They may be mating already.
so the peanut butter of death trap may be the best option. I'll put a nice deep bucket on the list for home depot and post pics if I drown any mice.
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That's a good one but a little too big and we don't want to kill them if we don't have to. However, that one led me to the plastic bottle mousetrap which I think we will try. No waste of a bucket and a reusable trap. We thought the kids were all dead but we saw one on the stove and it didn't even try to run away. Just not sporting to kill it like that.
It moved so slow I thought it would die but just a couple of days ago saw a lively one near my office.
It takes just a few weeks for the young to be fertile. They may be mating already.
so the peanut butter of death trap may be the best option. I'll put a nice deep bucket on the list for home depot and post pics if I drown any mice.
Remember to grease the top 2 inches or so of the inside of the bucket. Mice can be tricky and just may crawl out despite your best efforts.
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Turns out the mice had pets.
We take out our garbage twice a week and compost most of our organic materials.
Nonetheless today I opened the trash bin to find it teeming with ten or so maggots. I warned Py since it's her job to take out the trash. So during my seminar I look over and it's more likely that there were a hundred or so when she took out the bag.
How the heck did we get maggots? The house has been sealed for the air conditioner and I vacuumed up all the flies early last week.
I always thought of maggots as a slow, writhing mass of worms. Ours weren't. As soon as they got out they went racing for cover - under the baseboards, under our last large moving box - I had to run after them.
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Yuck, that brings back horrible memories. Me coming home from a vacation, and my flatmate had forgotten to take out the trash (plastic bags) for two weeks, she had thawed the freezer and thrown all the meat out before that. The bags were on the balcony, in the blazing sun. :zombiefuck:
Blowfly pops everywhere in the apartment, where there was something like carpet, or possibility to crawl away, there they were.
When I came back, she had just left for her vacation. Spend an awful lot of time cleansing the place, and the balcony. Did not want to sleep there till it was all clean again. Kept a few pops in a glass jar with a lid on it, to see what critters it were.
We had no mice.
When it is hot and humid, there will be maggots. I'm a vegetarian, but in summer, they will be outside in my green trash bin. (probably not blowflies) There is no way to prevent them. I do have all my "edible" trash in a bin outside, away from my house. (There is a small bin I clean everyday in the house, in summer I empty and rinse it more than once a day) Never ever do I want a maggot infestation in my house again.
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Did I shock the gopher?
:zoinks:
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:aff:
Did I shock the gopher?
:zoinks:
SO/EX left bags of trash in the bed of his truck with the cap closed on it for a week in 90+ heat. (His mother took care of all the banking and bills at his business and refused to pay extra for trash pickup, telling him to bring the bags of trash home to put out...he forgot to take them out).
I didn't know and had to borrow the truck to haul something for my mom.
Couldn't figure out what the smell was coming from, thought he hit something, we were looking all under the truck. When we opened the cap and the tailgate we finally figured it out.
The bed was full of them, we opened the tailgate on the hill...while standing behind it...I went totally fucking nuclear.
I still cringe thinking about it. :P
They had trash pickup the next week.
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It's one of those memories with a lasting impact. :evillaugh:
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They had trash pickup the next week.
A happy ending after all. :zoinks:
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:aff:
Did I shock the gopher?
:zoinks:
SO/EX left bags of trash in the bed of his truck with the cap closed on it for a week in 90+ heat. (His mother took care of all the banking and bills at his business and refused to pay extra for trash pickup, telling him to bring the bags of trash home to put out...he forgot to take them out).
I didn't know and had to borrow the truck to haul something for my mom.
Couldn't figure out what the smell was coming from, thought he hit something, we were looking all under the truck. When we opened the cap and the tailgate we finally figured it out.
The bed was full of them, we opened the tailgate on the hill...while standing behind it...I went totally fucking nuclear.
I still cringe thinking about it. :P
They had trash pickup the next week.
My brother is like that he refused to pay for trash pick up and would drive around with it in the back of the pick up till he worked on a house with a dumpster, at times it got pretty ripe :zombiefuck: Now at least he lived with his girlfriend and she will not put up with that :green:
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Yuck, that brings back horrible memories. Me coming home from a vacation, and my flatmate had forgotten to take out the trash (plastic bags) for two weeks, she had thawed the freezer and thrown all the meat out before that. The bags were on the balcony, in the blazing sun. :zombiefuck:
Blowfly pops everywhere in the apartment, where there was something like carpet, or possibility to crawl away, there they were.
When I came back, she had just left for her vacation. Spend an awful lot of time cleansing the place, and the balcony. Did not want to sleep there till it was all clean again. Kept a few pops in a glass jar with a lid on it, to see what critters it were.
We had no mice.
When it is hot and humid, there will be maggots. I'm a vegetarian, but in summer, they will be outside in my green trash bin. (probably not blowflies) There is no way to prevent them. I do have all my "edible" trash in a bin outside, away from my house. (There is a small bin I clean everyday in the house, in summer I empty and rinse it more than once a day) Never ever do I want a maggot infestation in my house again.
arg
OK, not complaining anymore. We never had them in Florida; wonder if the central air kept it too dry in there. We left the trash for 10 days when we went to Hawaii (albeit a very small amount of trash) and the only issue when we returned was a minor odor.
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We have had maggots. The flies are attracted to the leftover cat food in the bin. We leave the back door open for the cats to come in and out while we are home and that is how the flies get in. We (Kayleigh and I) are considering getting a cat door fitting so no flies get in. They are expensive though.
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Bought a window air conditioner (for double hung windows) and thought it would be easy to find instructions to install it in my casement window. Instead every site has people who respond by telling the OP to go out and buy a casement air conditioner or a portable air conditioner. Most of the OPs had no option to do so.
Found a couple of posts about how to install in a sliding window, and finally one that said take the window apart.
The air conditioner is 16 inches wide and without the screen the opening is a little over 17 inches wide. There is a wide sill on the outside but the inside is weird. It has about 4 inches on one side of the window and maybe 2 on the other and then there is wall (yes, I live in a garret - but it's a nice garret).
I'm thinking maybe to put a 2x4 under it and bolt the air conditioner to that, and then another piece of wood where the window is supposed to hold it. Since there isn't much clearance on the sides I can use insulation. For the top part of the window I was thinking maybe plastic corrugated since I already have a piece.
OR
maybe I should sell my collection of hawaiian shirts and go buy a casement air conditioner from pall-mart.
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It would work about the same way as putting it in a sliding window.
Most of the time I see something similar to this around here...only a lot less stable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPuAN0a7d_k
or this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSg7UlfV-Ss
almost the same thing, just a little neater...
http://www.instructables.com/id/Mounting-a-Standard-Air-Conditioner-in-a-Sliding-W/
Never had casement windows but, I think I would end getting one of the portable AC units on wheels and seal off 98% of a small window except for the vent hole rather than fight with one of these installing it.
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How's your big ole truck?
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I don't have the amount of clearance on the window to do the second one. The first one won't work since mine is a true casement window.
I am going to see how hard it is to remove the window and the crank. We've plenty of wood to build up the sill inside and out. The real issue is that there's one inch of clearance - the air conditioner is 16 inches wide without the window kit, and the window is 17 inches.
We have a portable but it's huge. It was originally intended for my room but it's 'way heavy and has a big footprint. We have that one installed in the living room with corrugated plastic in the rest of the window.
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How's your big ole truck?
My 94 Chevy S10 is still going great.
I'm now up to 45,000 miles.
If I keep it up I should hit 90,000 in only 20 more years.
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OK, meds last, but what about supplements and herbs in a house that in the summer reaches 90+ degrees?
My mother is giving me all these things she hasn't used and I am going to throw them away. I used to keep them in case I might need them but that's happened maybe two or three times in all the dozens of things she's given me.
I should think that something like turmeric wouldn't last being in that house for two or more years. But that's a long term benefit thing so there's no way of telling.
What about shitake mushroom extract? We eat those so I am throwing them out because the maker put all kinds of filler in the capsules. We can get the powder at the market
Or Ashwaganda? I like this stuff but if it's not fresh will it work less or not at all? This one is short acting so I am trying that too. No difference so far.
The cocoa powder with ashwaganda in capsules doesn 't seem to be doing anything either. It's a year and a half out of date.
What should be my limit? A year out? Six months?
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OK, meds last, but what about supplements and herbs in a house that in the summer reaches 90+ degrees?
My mother is giving me all these things she hasn't used and I am going to throw them away. I used to keep them in case I might need them but that's happened maybe two or three times in all the dozens of things she's given me.
I should think that something like turmeric wouldn't last being in that house for two or more years. But that's a long term benefit thing so there's no way of telling.
What about shitake mushroom extract? We eat those so I am throwing them out because the maker put all kinds of filler in the capsules. We can get the powder at the market
Or Ashwaganda? I like this stuff but if it's not fresh will it work less or not at all? This one is short acting so I am trying that too. No difference so far.
The cocoa powder with ashwaganda in capsules doesn 't seem to be doing anything either. It's a year and a half out of date.
What should be my limit? A year out? Six months?
Roots and bark they say 1 to 2 years (if stored properly).
6 months to a year with everything else.
Personally I find most of them kind of start losing their effectiveness after about 6 months or more.
Vitamin and mineral supplements normally a year past the expiration date or longer (if stored properly).
The 90 degree heat factor would probably make me pitch them. They won't make you sick, but I doubt they will do anything.
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OK, so the next one is butter. Not sure when I left it in there but it's been in the freezer for maybe 8 months or so. My mother would start yelling if I bought new butter, so I used it. It tasted like freezer but otherwise seemed OK.
I've thrown out most of the supplements from between 2011 and 2014. Clearly she wasn't using them so no loss - she will think they went to good use, and they did - I used the empty bottles to manage the supplements I do want. She did make one recommendation that has some clinical support, but otherwise, what she was giving me was stuff that her naturoquack had prescribed for her.
Tomorrow I will do another purge and keep only what's in date or 6 months out.
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OK, so the next one is butter. Not sure when I left it in there but it's been in the freezer for maybe 8 months or so. My mother would start yelling if I bought new butter, so I used it. It tasted like freezer but otherwise seemed OK.
I've thrown out most of the supplements from between 2011 and 2014. Clearly she wasn't using them so no loss - she will think they went to good use, and they did - I used the empty bottles to manage the supplements I do want. She did make one recommendation that has some clinical support, but otherwise, what she was giving me was stuff that her naturoquack had prescribed for her.
Tomorrow I will do another purge and keep only what's in date or 6 months out.
Your butter should be OK.
Maybe you can cut/scrape the outer layer away, and thus remove the freezer taste. Oxidation still happens in the freezer, at a very low speed. It starts at the outside of the butter. If the outer layer clearly is darker than the inside, just cut it away.
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OK, so the next one is butter. Not sure when I left it in there but it's been in the freezer for maybe 8 months or so. My mother would start yelling if I bought new butter, so I used it. It tasted like freezer but otherwise seemed OK.
I've thrown out most of the supplements from between 2011 and 2014. Clearly she wasn't using them so no loss - she will think they went to good use, and they did - I used the empty bottles to manage the supplements I do want. She did make one recommendation that has some clinical support, but otherwise, what she was giving me was stuff that her naturoquack had prescribed for her.
Tomorrow I will do another purge and keep only what's in date or 6 months out.
Your butter should be OK.
Maybe you can cut/scrape the outer layer away, and thus remove the freezer taste. Oxidation still happens in the freezer, at a very low speed. It starts at the outside of the butter. If the outer layer clearly is darker than the inside, just cut it away.
It's all the same color. I buy high fat butter. Maybe fat has a slower oxidation speed? This stuff is Danish stuff called Lurpak. My mother buys Horizon because it's organic but it also gets that darker layer around it. I buy my own and hide it in her freezer.
Remember all those science experiments in my fridge? My mother is a thousand times worse. She eats things even I would not eat. Or she heats them up and asks me to try them.
She has a very good toilet.
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OK, so the next one is butter. Not sure when I left it in there but it's been in the freezer for maybe 8 months or so. My mother would start yelling if I bought new butter, so I used it. It tasted like freezer but otherwise seemed OK.
I've thrown out most of the supplements from between 2011 and 2014. Clearly she wasn't using them so no loss - she will think they went to good use, and they did - I used the empty bottles to manage the supplements I do want. She did make one recommendation that has some clinical support, but otherwise, what she was giving me was stuff that her naturoquack had prescribed for her.
Tomorrow I will do another purge and keep only what's in date or 6 months out.
Your butter should be OK.
Maybe you can cut/scrape the outer layer away, and thus remove the freezer taste. Oxidation still happens in the freezer, at a very low speed. It starts at the outside of the butter. If the outer layer clearly is darker than the inside, just cut it away.
It's all the same color. I buy high fat butter. Maybe fat has a slower oxidation speed? This stuff is Danish stuff called Lurpak. My mother buys Horizon because it's organic but it also gets that darker layer around it. I buy my own and hide it in her freezer.
Remember all those science experiments in my fridge? My mother is a thousand times worse. She eats things even I would not eat. Or she heats them up and asks me to try them.
She has a very good toilet.
Maybe the high-fat is the reason. Don't know. I know that if I buy cheaper butter it gets darker on the outside way faster than when I buy the more expensive brands. The wrapping around the more expensive brands is more solid, so I guessed that that was the reason.
I like butter, but I am the only one eating it in this household. So, I cut it in pieces, and then freeze most of it. Sometimes I forget that I still have butter in the freezer. It always was good.
Read a bit on it, because of your question. Lots of different results. The most scientific one said it was not a problem at all to store it long term in the freezer.
Made sense to me. In Europe there used to be very cheap X-mass butter in theseventies, to empty the freezers of the European Economic Community.
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My mother bought too much food and now expects me to eat it. I have gotten away with tossing the spoiled stuff when she isn't looking. She's forgetful, too, so when she bought something I actually like (shrimp) she left them on the table for a few hours. I socked them in the freezer when I discovered it.
The odor is slightly off, but I put garlic and onion an spices, oh, my. The shrimp aren't sticky, slimy or stinky. They just smell a little odd. I left 2/3 marinating in spices, soy sauce and lemon juice while I cooked and ate 1/3 of them.
Just wondering what the limit is. I don't have the energy to get far enough to any grocery store so I am kind of at her mercy. Today I am eating hot food for the first time because I managed to get the heating done while she was on the phone. Otherwise she comes along and pulls the plug so it doesn't waste electricity (or successfully heat my food).
I might be able to cook the shrimp on the stove - I did last night's meal while she slept. Otherwise she would tell me to put it in the toaster oven. With shrimp, that means it will be over or seriously underdone. I don't know how to cook shrimp in the oven.
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never mind. the shrimp were not ok. at least i think it was the shrimp. it could have been the cucumbers. I thought i had tossed all the soft ones, but i was so hungry i might had missed some. I did eat a lot of rotisserie chicken skin, but that was relatively fresh from 2-3 days ago. in any case, i'll wait before i eat the rest.
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Py can't have sulfites - not that anyone would want to, but because I cook with wine and because our neighbors think a bottle of wine is the cure for anything, I now have 3 bottles of white wine with sulfites and nothing to do with them.
I could drink them if I could turn them into port. My autistic sensibilities won't allow me to drink any wine other than port and champagne. Everything else except the occasional taste of sake, I cook with.
Too bad I can't use them for the mice, which went on holiday somewhere but now are back. I'm getting some mousetraps today and maybe will build the one parts suggested, or some out of plastic bottles. It will soon be too cold here for catch and release to be humane. Hm, though - drunken mice falling into a bucket of water. I'm trying bacon in the traps first.
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Py can't have sulfites - not that anyone would want to, but because I cook with wine and because our neighbors think a bottle of wine is the cure for anything, I now have 3 bottles of white wine with sulfites and nothing to do with them.
I could drink them if I could turn them into port. My autistic sensibilities won't allow me to drink any wine other than port and champagne. Everything else except the occasional taste of sake, I cook with.
Too bad I can't use them for the mice, which went on holiday somewhere but now are back. I'm getting some mousetraps today and maybe will build the one parts suggested, or some out of plastic bottles. It will soon be too cold here for catch and release to be humane. Hm, though - drunken mice falling into a bucket of water. I'm trying bacon in the traps first.
Mice falling in a bucket of wine? Drinking away their sorrow during their demise?
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Py can't have sulfites - not that anyone would want to, but because I cook with wine and because our neighbors think a bottle of wine is the cure for anything, I now have 3 bottles of white wine with sulfites and nothing to do with them.
I could drink them if I could turn them into port. My autistic sensibilities won't allow me to drink any wine other than port and champagne. Everything else except the occasional taste of sake, I cook with.
Too bad I can't use them for the mice, which went on holiday somewhere but now are back. I'm getting some mousetraps today and maybe will build the one parts suggested, or some out of plastic bottles. It will soon be too cold here for catch and release to be humane. Hm, though - drunken mice falling into a bucket of water. I'm trying bacon in the traps first.
Use peanut butter to bait. No pest can resist.
Every fall we have trouble with rodents of all sorts. We buy these little disposable traps to place around the "attached" garage. You can catch them, drive them ten miles out into the woods and dump them - fairly humane. Last week I had two chipmunks in one trap.
I feel that dumping somewhere near a huge soy farm is better than allowing them to stay ubtill i discover them eating our catfood and attend to them with my old .22 rifle with ratshot loaded up. (completely legal to use ratshot, btw)
But honestly? Do you guys not live in Florida? Winter - Teh Dead of teH worst Florida winter since the Ice Age would not put off a rodent. They will be safe if you just dump them somewhere. Millions of years of evolution will work as an advantage.
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Py can't have sulfites - not that anyone would want to, but because I cook with wine and because our neighbors think a bottle of wine is the cure for anything, I now have 3 bottles of white wine with sulfites and nothing to do with them.
I could drink them if I could turn them into port. My autistic sensibilities won't allow me to drink any wine other than port and champagne. Everything else except the occasional taste of sake, I cook with.
Too bad I can't use them for the mice, which went on holiday somewhere but now are back. I'm getting some mousetraps today and maybe will build the one parts suggested, or some out of plastic bottles. It will soon be too cold here for catch and release to be humane. Hm, though - drunken mice falling into a bucket of water. I'm trying bacon in the traps first.
Use peanut butter to bait. No pest can resist.
Every fall we have trouble with rodents of all sorts. We buy these little disposable traps to place around the "attached" garage. You can catch them, drive them ten miles out into the woods and dump them - fairly humane. Last week I had two chipmunks in one trap.
I feel that dumping somewhere near a huge soy farm is better than allowing them to stay ubtill i discover them eating our catfood and attend to them with my old .22 rifle with ratshot loaded up. (completely legal to use ratshot, btw)
But honestly? Do you guys not live in Florida? Winter - Teh Dead of teH worst Florida winter since the Ice Age would not put off a rodent. They will be safe if you just dump them somewhere. Millions of years of evolution will work as an advantage.
At the bolded bit.
Yesterday kid told that there was the opportunity to go to Köln / Cologne with school, next year in spring. It was allowed for those who had not been there last year, and for those who have Americans. I laughed and said that it sounded as having mice. She answered: "you can catch both with peanut butter". :M
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Py can't have sulfites - not that anyone would want to, but because I cook with wine and because our neighbors think a bottle of wine is the cure for anything, I now have 3 bottles of white wine with sulfites and nothing to do with them.
I could drink them if I could turn them into port. My autistic sensibilities won't allow me to drink any wine other than port and champagne. Everything else except the occasional taste of sake, I cook with.
Too bad I can't use them for the mice, which went on holiday somewhere but now are back. I'm getting some mousetraps today and maybe will build the one parts suggested, or some out of plastic bottles. It will soon be too cold here for catch and release to be humane. Hm, though - drunken mice falling into a bucket of water. I'm trying bacon in the traps first.
I'm more a port person myself, I never cared for white wine much.
Here's some ideas for it though:
http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/952079/top-10-things-to-do-with-wine-besides-drink-it
...and although some may find it tacky...there's always the re-gifting option, just try not to get it mixed up and re-gift it to the same person (I normally put an origin note on the bottle). :zoinks:
DD is right about the peanut butter, it's always worked well for us, trying smearing it on a piece of bacon or a gumdrop too.
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Py can't have sulfites - not that anyone would want to, but because I cook with wine and because our neighbors think a bottle of wine is the cure for anything, I now have 3 bottles of white wine with sulfites and nothing to do with them.
I could drink them if I could turn them into port. My autistic sensibilities won't allow me to drink any wine other than port and champagne. Everything else except the occasional taste of sake, I cook with.
Too bad I can't use them for the mice, which went on holiday somewhere but now are back. I'm getting some mousetraps today and maybe will build the one parts suggested, or some out of plastic bottles. It will soon be too cold here for catch and release to be humane. Hm, though - drunken mice falling into a bucket of water. I'm trying bacon in the traps first.
Use peanut butter to bait. No pest can resist.
Every fall we have trouble with rodents of all sorts. We buy these little disposable traps to place around the "attached" garage. You can catch them, drive them ten miles out into the woods and dump them - fairly humane. Last week I had two chipmunks in one trap.
I feel that dumping somewhere near a huge soy farm is better than allowing them to stay ubtill i discover them eating our catfood and attend to them with my old .22 rifle with ratshot loaded up. (completely legal to use ratshot, btw)
But honestly? Do you guys not live in Florida? Winter - Teh Dead of teH worst Florida winter since the Ice Age would not put off a rodent. They will be safe if you just dump them somewhere. Millions of years of evolution will work as an advantage.
At the bolded bit.
Yesterday kid told that there was the opportunity to go to Köln / Cologne with school, next year in spring. It was allowed for those who had not been there last year, and for those who have Americans. I laughed and said that it sounded as having mice. She answered: "you can catch both with peanut butter". :M
Love this.
:rofl:
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Py can't have sulfites - not that anyone would want to, but because I cook with wine and because our neighbors think a bottle of wine is the cure for anything, I now have 3 bottles of white wine with sulfites and nothing to do with them.
I could drink them if I could turn them into port. My autistic sensibilities won't allow me to drink any wine other than port and champagne. Everything else except the occasional taste of sake, I cook with.
Too bad I can't use them for the mice, which went on holiday somewhere but now are back. I'm getting some mousetraps today and maybe will build the one parts suggested, or some out of plastic bottles. It will soon be too cold here for catch and release to be humane. Hm, though - drunken mice falling into a bucket of water. I'm trying bacon in the traps first.
Use peanut butter to bait. No pest can resist.
Every fall we have trouble with rodents of all sorts. We buy these little disposable traps to place around the "attached" garage. You can catch them, drive them ten miles out into the woods and dump them - fairly humane. Last week I had two chipmunks in one trap.
I feel that dumping somewhere near a huge soy farm is better than allowing them to stay ubtill i discover them eating our catfood and attend to them with my old .22 rifle with ratshot loaded up. (completely legal to use ratshot, btw)
But honestly? Do you guys not live in Florida? Winter - Teh Dead of teH worst Florida winter since the Ice Age would not put off a rodent. They will be safe if you just dump them somewhere. Millions of years of evolution will work as an advantage.
We moved to Montreal, Quebec in March. We had mice, then rats for a little while in Florida, but they stopped coming in. Could be that colony of feral cats we started feeding, but I like to think the king sized roaches must have defeated them in the competition for attic space. Anything our neighbors had would commute to our house periodically. The worst was when they put in new pipes. The new set of pipes was set down outside our house and we saw roaches flying out of them. They looked like tiny bats.
Here all we have is the mice. Ours seem to like chocolate and chicken. I might see if Py has some peanut butter candy to spare.
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Py can't have sulfites - not that anyone would want to, but because I cook with wine and because our neighbors think a bottle of wine is the cure for anything, I now have 3 bottles of white wine with sulfites and nothing to do with them.
I could drink them if I could turn them into port. My autistic sensibilities won't allow me to drink any wine other than port and champagne. Everything else except the occasional taste of sake, I cook with.
Too bad I can't use them for the mice, which went on holiday somewhere but now are back. I'm getting some mousetraps today and maybe will build the one parts suggested, or some out of plastic bottles. It will soon be too cold here for catch and release to be humane. Hm, though - drunken mice falling into a bucket of water. I'm trying bacon in the traps first.
I'm more a port person myself, I never cared for white wine much.
Here's some ideas for it though:
http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/952079/top-10-things-to-do-with-wine-besides-drink-it
...and although some may find it tacky...there's always the re-gifting option, just try not to get it mixed up and re-gift it to the same person (I normally put an origin note on the bottle). :zoinks:
DD is right about the peanut butter, it's always worked well for us, trying smearing it on a piece of bacon or a gumdrop too.
Peanut butter and bacon - yum. I know about peanut butter but we don't have any. We just have bacon that made us sick. But the peanut butter posts made me remember that Py eats peanut butter candy so I might get some that way, unless I can find some at the dollar store. Stuff's expensive up here. $3.50 just to catch a mouse means finding a different solution.
I don't know anyone else who drinks wine. And I don't know if this wine is any good. But the non-edible solutions seem reasonable - especially the disinfectant. That was how we discouraged the mice before. Maybe they won't like the smell of the wine, either.
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But honestly? Do you guys not live in Florida?
Not any more. :headbang2: Got my dream job and got the hell out.
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But honestly? Do you guys not live in Florida?
Not any more. :headbang2: Got my dream job and got the hell out.
Good for you and yours!! :thumbup:
Sorry for not keeping up better. I feel embarrassed.
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Py can't have sulfites - not that anyone would want to, but because I cook with wine and because our neighbors think a bottle of wine is the cure for anything, I now have 3 bottles of white wine with sulfites and nothing to do with them.
I could drink them if I could turn them into port. My autistic sensibilities won't allow me to drink any wine other than port and champagne. Everything else except the occasional taste of sake, I cook with.
Too bad I can't use them for the mice, which went on holiday somewhere but now are back. I'm getting some mousetraps today and maybe will build the one parts suggested, or some out of plastic bottles. It will soon be too cold here for catch and release to be humane. Hm, though - drunken mice falling into a bucket of water. I'm trying bacon in the traps first.
Use peanut butter to bait. No pest can resist.
Every fall we have trouble with rodents of all sorts. We buy these little disposable traps to place around the "attached" garage. You can catch them, drive them ten miles out into the woods and dump them - fairly humane. Last week I had two chipmunks in one trap.
I feel that dumping somewhere near a huge soy farm is better than allowing them to stay ubtill i discover them eating our catfood and attend to them with my old .22 rifle with ratshot loaded up. (completely legal to use ratshot, btw)
But honestly? Do you guys not live in Florida? Winter - Teh Dead of teH worst Florida winter since the Ice Age would not put off a rodent. They will be safe if you just dump them somewhere. Millions of years of evolution will work as an advantage.
We moved to Montreal, Quebec in March. We had mice, then rats for a little while in Florida, but they stopped coming in. Could be that colony of feral cats we started feeding, but I like to think the king sized roaches must have defeated them in the competition for attic space. Anything our neighbors had would commute to our house periodically. The worst was when they put in new pipes. The new set of pipes was set down outside our house and we saw roaches flying out of them. They looked like tiny bats.
Here all we have is the mice. Ours seem to like chocolate and chicken. I might see if Py has some peanut butter candy to spare.
Hilarious, really. The part bolded cracked me up.
I grew up in the far southern tip of Texas. I am quite familiar with the Giant, flying fucking cockroaches.
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But honestly? Do you guys not live in Florida?
Not any more. :headbang2: Got my dream job and got the hell out.
Good for you and yours!! :thumbup:
Sorry for not keeping up better. I feel embarrassed.
It's my own damn fault, I haven't talked about it much. But yes, we're up in the frozen northland now. (Horror of horrors!)
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How good would the white wine be to make an infusion (or whatever they call it) of herbs? I tried this with my port and it seems to work well. I have the herbs in both powder and crushed leaf form. The port stuff is awesome.
The herbs are used for making something called Essiac tea. It kills a cold within days and isn't full of antioxidants. I made some successfully with vodka, but is was hella powerful. There's this stuff called everclear, and I used that. Deadly.
Remains to be seen if the port stuff works as well as the vodka stuff, but if it does, I could try the white wine for it. Py doesn't use essiac and the sulfites don't bother me.
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But honestly? Do you guys not live in Florida?
Not any more. :headbang2: Got my dream job and got the hell out.
Good for you and yours!! :thumbup:
Sorry for not keeping up better. I feel embarrassed.
It's my own damn fault, I haven't talked about it much. But yes, we're up in the frozen northland now. (Horror of horrors!)
No fault. We tend to keep certain personal things to ourselves.
So, you are now back home, living in an igloo again. Sounds "cool." :laugh:
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How good would the white wine be to make an infusion (or whatever they call it) of herbs? I tried this with my port and it seems to work well. I have the herbs in both powder and crushed leaf form. The port stuff is awesome.
The herbs are used for making something called Essiac tea. It kills a cold within days and isn't full of antioxidants. I made some successfully with vodka, but is was hella powerful. There's this stuff called everclear, and I used that. Deadly.
Remains to be seen if the port stuff works as well as the vodka stuff, but if it does, I could try the white wine for it. Py doesn't use essiac and the sulfites don't bother me.
I'm thinking more a tincture since that's stronger? It would work, the higher the alcohol content usually the better, but you can make a tincture with vinegar even, it just doesn't keep as long.
You can definitely make infused wines.
http://mountainroseblog.com/diy-herbal-infused-wines/
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so if I have a charger plugged in and nothing charging, is it still using electricity? If it is, how much does it increase if I plug in a phone to charge?
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Anyone know any good stretches for neck/back and/or exercises to improve posture? My posture's terrible anyway and the sedentary job makes it worse. Also I fucked something in my back up yesterday and it's still a bit fucked up today.
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On a different note, something I've been meaning to query for a bit- know of any decent compendium of descriptions or videos of what people look like on various kinds of substances/differential "tells" for substances? There's no way this doesn't exist.
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so if I have a charger plugged in and nothing charging, is it still using electricity? If it is, how much does it increase if I plug in a phone to charge?
"Cell Phones use approximately 2 to 6 watts when charging, while a charger left plugged in without a phone will consume 0.1 to 0.5 of a watt. Charging an iphone or android phone under normal use conditions will typically cost under a dollar for a full year."
http://energyusecalculator.com/electricity_cellphone.htm
Main page where you can select any appliance or device to calculate your usage/cost.
http://energyusecalculator.com/calculate_electrical_usage.htm
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Anyone know any good stretches for neck/back and/or exercises to improve posture? My posture's terrible anyway and the sedentary job makes it worse. Also I fucked something in my back up yesterday and it's still a bit fucked up today.
https://youtu.be/pyFNz8zJSdw
For lower back pain the ones I like best are the cat pose/stretch 7:16 and the pigeon pose 11:40.
Don't stretch yourself like a pretzel trying to achieve the perfect form, just until you feel the stretch. When I mess myself up well it normally takes about 3 days until I start noticing something for the better.
On a different note, something I've been meaning to query for a bit- know of any decent compendium of descriptions or videos of what people look like on various kinds of substances/differential "tells" for substances? There's no way this doesn't exist.
I will hunt around.
I will say personally with someone on opiates it can be very hard to tell unless they are out of pills...sometimes the eyes will give it away, sometimes not.
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Anyone know any good stretches for neck/back and/or exercises to improve posture? My posture's terrible anyway and the sedentary job makes it worse. Also I fucked something in my back up yesterday and it's still a bit fucked up today.
Had horrible posture in youth, and experiencing severe pain by early twenties. Wore a simple light-weight posture brace for almost a year. It doesn't look like much, but it kicked my ass. Had to start off using it briefly each day and slowly working up to wearing it all day until psychologically trained to no longer need it. Posture probably still isn't the best, but haven't had upper back pain problems since. It was similar to this:
(http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mNEJ32q6zMpuUsBTPgNeAqg.jpg)
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On a different note, something I've been meaning to query for a bit- know of any decent compendium of descriptions or videos of what people look like on various kinds of substances/differential "tells" for substances? There's no way this doesn't exist.
I will hunt around.
I will say personally with someone on opiates it can be very hard to tell unless they are out of pills...sometimes the eyes will give it away, sometimes not.
Lol, what people look like on opiates is one of the things I'm least questioning (the eyes really are a decent giveaway). One example is I've heard that I'm less sure on but makes sense is that powder cocaine has more subtle tells than crack (one you're a little fidgety, maybe a coke jaw, the other you can't hold still).
As someone who's on the therapist side of a lot of drug addicts but stays the fuck away from that in my own life, I can see through bullshit pretty easily, especially over time, but diagnosing in real time exactly what cocktail someone's on is something that's a lot easier for people who have "lived experience." Not that it ends up mattering all that much- you come *into* therapy fucked up enough that you can't hold still or are nodding out or smell like a college dorm or a bar or whatever it is, you've got a drug problem- but I'd be curious to know if there's resources out there that are any good.
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Anyone know any good stretches for neck/back and/or exercises to improve posture? My posture's terrible anyway and the sedentary job makes it worse. Also I fucked something in my back up yesterday and it's still a bit fucked up today.
Had horrible posture in youth, and experiencing severe pain by early twenties. Wore a simple light-weight posture brace for almost a year. It doesn't look like much, but it kicked my ass. Had to start off using it briefly each day and slowly working up to wearing it all day until psychologically trained to no longer need it. Posture probably still isn't the best, but haven't had upper back pain problems since. It was similar to this:
(http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mNEJ32q6zMpuUsBTPgNeAqg.jpg)
What does "kicked my ass" mean?
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What does "kicked my ass" mean?
It means it was a whole new world of hurt in the beginning. That pain between the shoulder blades, that's nothing compared to what that little strap of fabric is going to inflict. Sitting and standing up straight is painful when one isn't accustomed to doing it. Even when reaching the point of being able to endure wearing it for six to eight hours, it took forever before being able to wear it while driving. It was a long time ago, so can't really remember how long it took before it stopped huring, but kept wearing it for quite a while after that. Do remember it was about a year before feeling as if no longer needing it. They're inexpensive, so if it doesn't work out no huge loss.
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On a different note, something I've been meaning to query for a bit- know of any decent compendium of descriptions or videos of what people look like on various kinds of substances/differential "tells" for substances? There's no way this doesn't exist.
I will hunt around.
I will say personally with someone on opiates it can be very hard to tell unless they are out of pills...sometimes the eyes will give it away, sometimes not.
Lol, what people look like on opiates is one of the things I'm least questioning (the eyes really are a decent giveaway). One example is I've heard that I'm less sure on but makes sense is that powder cocaine has more subtle tells than crack (one you're a little fidgety, maybe a coke jaw, the other you can't hold still).
As someone who's on the therapist side of a lot of drug addicts but stays the fuck away from that in my own life, I can see through bullshit pretty easily, especially over time, but diagnosing in real time exactly what cocktail someone's on is something that's a lot easier for people who have "lived experience." Not that it ends up mattering all that much- you come *into* therapy fucked up enough that you can't hold still or are nodding out or smell like a college dorm or a bar or whatever it is, you've got a drug problem- but I'd be curious to know if there's resources out there that are any good.
Over confidence on coke, is what I heard. Once was on a business network day, and someone advised me to take a closer look towards that. Don't know if he was right, or that too much cockiness is part of wannabee big business people by default.
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@ Elle,
You could ask people to draw self-portraits. (http://bryanlewissaunders.org/drugs/) :orly:
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so if I have a charger plugged in and nothing charging, is it still using electricity? If it is, how much does it increase if I plug in a phone to charge?
"Cell Phones use approximately 2 to 6 watts when charging, while a charger left plugged in without a phone will consume 0.1 to 0.5 of a watt. Charging an iphone or android phone under normal use conditions will typically cost under a dollar for a full year."
http://energyusecalculator.com/electricity_cellphone.htm
Main page where you can select any appliance or device to calculate your usage/cost.
http://energyusecalculator.com/calculate_electrical_usage.htm
Cool
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Anyone know any good stretches for neck/back and/or exercises to improve posture? My posture's terrible anyway and the sedentary job makes it worse. Also I fucked something in my back up yesterday and it's still a bit fucked up today.
Had horrible posture in youth, and experiencing severe pain by early twenties. Wore a simple light-weight posture brace for almost a year. It doesn't look like much, but it kicked my ass. Had to start off using it briefly each day and slowly working up to wearing it all day until psychologically trained to no longer need it. Posture probably still isn't the best, but haven't had upper back pain problems since. It was similar to this:
(http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mNEJ32q6zMpuUsBTPgNeAqg.jpg)
What does "kicked my ass" mean?
They're not all ass kickers. I wear one with magnets when I am in pain. I put it on to humor my mother and since then I have worn it whenever I need support. I've got 10 crushed/broken vertebrae. I wore it out (it's now held together with safety pins and duck tape) and I have tried to get another without success. They don't make them for man sized backs, even though mine is missing 3 inches. I have one of the smaller ones and will be using my mad sewing skills to make it into a large size one.
They sell these online in every shape and size (for women). Is it possible that more women than men have bad posture? Why would that be?
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Anyone know any good stretches for neck/back and/or exercises to improve posture? My posture's terrible anyway and the sedentary job makes it worse. Also I fucked something in my back up yesterday and it's still a bit fucked up today.
Had horrible posture in youth, and experiencing severe pain by early twenties. Wore a simple light-weight posture brace for almost a year. It doesn't look like much, but it kicked my ass. Had to start off using it briefly each day and slowly working up to wearing it all day until psychologically trained to no longer need it. Posture probably still isn't the best, but haven't had upper back pain problems since. It was similar to this:
(http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mNEJ32q6zMpuUsBTPgNeAqg.jpg)
What does "kicked my ass" mean?
They're not all ass kickers. I wear one with magnets when I am in pain. I put it on to humor my mother and since then I have worn it whenever I need support. I've got 10 crushed/broken vertebrae. I wore it out (it's now held together with safety pins and duck tape) and I have tried to get another without success. They don't make them for man sized backs, even though mine is missing 3 inches. I have one of the smaller ones and will be using my mad sewing skills to make it into a large size one.
They sell these online in every shape and size (for women). Is it possible that more women than men have bad posture? Why would that be?
Or is it that women care more about their bad posture?
Can imagine that the difference in physical jobs for women and men can be part of this too. Lots of labour requires a good posture, and will improve posture too. According to my physiotherapist my body would have benefited from a manual labour job like being a mason. (Though physically, lots of masons are worn out physically before the age of 60) Lots of women doing physical labour work with people, patients to take care of. That does overall not improve posture, because of the angles you have to work in. Hairdressing is pretty bad for posture too. Both nurses and hairdressers often have used up their body at an early age too.
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Sometimes there are two heavy things in front to hold up. I used to have such bad posture in my teens that by my 20s I couldn't stand up straight.
I went to a chiropractor who gave me a few different exercises to do. Simple ones. Now I can stand straight. Sitting is a different story though. I still slouch badly.
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Sometimes there are two heavy things in front to hold up. I used to have such bad posture in my teens that by my 20s I couldn't stand up straight.
I went to a chiropractor who gave me a few different exercises to do. Simple ones. Now I can stand straight. Sitting is a different story though. I still slouch badly.
Where's the emoticon for "Duhhh?"
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Sometimes there are two heavy things in front to hold up. I used to have such bad posture in my teens that by my 20s I couldn't stand up straight.
I went to a chiropractor who gave me a few different exercises to do. Simple ones. Now I can stand straight. Sitting is a different story though. I still slouch badly.
Those two things are there too, indeed.
And when they are heavy, they are a burden to recon with. Would be better for posture if they were placed at the back, but it does not work that way.
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They sell these online in every shape and size (for women). Is it possible that more women than men have bad posture? Why would that be?
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m30id28kbr1rtne4jo2_1280.png)
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Over confidence on coke, is what I heard. Once was on a business network day, and someone advised me to take a closer look towards that. Don't know if he was right, or that too much cockiness is part of wannabee big business people by default.
Lol yes that message I got. Though sometimes it's hard to tell what's drugs and what's just plain people being whacko.*
*may or may not be a clinical term
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What does "kicked my ass" mean?
It means it was a whole new world of hurt in the beginning. That pain between the shoulder blades, that's nothing compared to what that little strap of fabric is going to inflict. Sitting and standing up straight is painful when one isn't accustomed to doing it. Even when reaching the point of being able to endure wearing it for six to eight hours, it took forever before being able to wear it while driving. It was a long time ago, so can't really remember how long it took before it stopped huring, but kept wearing it for quite a while after that. Do remember it was about a year before feeling as if no longer needing it. They're inexpensive, so if it doesn't work out no huge loss.
My worry isn't the money, it's fucking my back up even more. :/
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What does "kicked my ass" mean?
It means it was a whole new world of hurt in the beginning. That pain between the shoulder blades, that's nothing compared to what that little strap of fabric is going to inflict. Sitting and standing up straight is painful when one isn't accustomed to doing it. Even when reaching the point of being able to endure wearing it for six to eight hours, it took forever before being able to wear it while driving. It was a long time ago, so can't really remember how long it took before it stopped huring, but kept wearing it for quite a while after that. Do remember it was about a year before feeling as if no longer needing it. They're inexpensive, so if it doesn't work out no huge loss.
My worry isn't the money, it's fucking my back up even more. :/
Can't see how correcting posture could make a back worse, but yes probably best practice anyway to get a doctor's approval when considering fixing one's one physical problems.
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@ Elle,
You could ask people to draw self-portraits. (http://bryanlewissaunders.org/drugs/) :orly:
That was good.
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If your SSN or ID number is stolen.
Not meaning to hijack Iq's thread, but this seemed to be the most logical place to post this. I'm sure other countries have similar problems, so just modify it as you need. If you can't afford LifeLock or other credit protection companies...............
You can take the steps that follow yourself, steps that are necessary to manage your compromised SSN. If you choose this route, you need to get busy.
•Contact one of the three major credit-reporting bureau Equifax (888-766-0008), TransUnion (800-916-8800), or Experian (888-397-3742) to place a fraud alert on your credit file. That bureau will contact the other two. Make sure that you renew the fraud alert every 90 days until you’re satisfied the matter has been settled. It could take years*.
•Tell each of the three bureaus that your SSN has been stolen. They’ll give you free copies of your current credit reports. Go over these reports looking for unfamiliar accounts and unknown inquiries from companies.
•Contact the Social Security Administration to get a replacement of your SSN card.
•Report the theft of the SSN to the IRS. Call 800-908-4490 to do this. That will prevent tax-fraud thieves from filing tax returns in your name—and collecting your tax refund.
•File an identity-theft report with your local police. The police report will be necessary to help clear your records and your name in the future.
•Keep track of, record, report and close all fraudulent accounts by contacting both the companies holding the accounts and the credit-reporting agencies. This will keep your credit as clean as possible going forward.
If several years pass after the theft of your SSN, and the problems arising from the theft continue, you may want to consider applying for a new SSN. But before you do, there are several things to consider: It’s not easy. In fact it is nearly impossible, that’s how rare it is. Even if the administration grants you a new SSN, your old SSN will never go away completely. The Administration never invalidates an SSN once it’s been used.
*My mother's checkbook was stolen when she left it in a store. Some checks were used right away, others popped up about 3 years later. Of course, she closed the account right away, but be prepared for a long term struggle.
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Funny, the BSN number is no secret here at all in my country.
They secure people from abusing the BSN number by not hiring anyone without confirming the ID of the employee. Every job you take, you have to hand in a copy of your ID card or passport, and show the original. So they can be sure it is really you who is connected to the BSN number.
More and more you have to bring your ID card or passport to medical appointments too.
It's a hassle. But at least there is no stress about someone maybe finding out my BSN number.
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Due to some medication I am taking, my sense of taste has been altered. Things that once tasted sweet now taste a little sweet, a little hollow.
Wondering if there is something that can restore my sense of sweet. I made curry goat and it tasted bitter. There's only curry powder and scotch bonnet for flavoring, and there is a tablespoon of ketchup for a whole pot of curry. There is very little sugar in the dish but it makes a difference.
I'm thinking I should add some molasses to my servings (Py doesn't like things too sweet). There's also miraculin and neoculin; they turn sour into sweet by altering the sweet receptors on your tongue. The issue with those would be to know if there is acid in the curry - without acid to activate them, they actually block the activity of sweeteners. The bummer is that they're expensive - a one month supply would be $50.
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@ Elle,
You could ask people to draw self-portraits. (http://bryanlewissaunders.org/drugs/) :orly:
That was good.
Yeah, I agree.
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@ Elle,
You could ask people to draw self-portraits. (http://bryanlewissaunders.org/drugs/) :orly:
That was good.
Yeah, I agree.
Me too. Wow.
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@ Elle,
You could ask people to draw self-portraits. (http://bryanlewissaunders.org/drugs/) :orly:
That was good.
Yeah, I agree.
Me too. Wow.
Trippy ... but Cephalexin is an antibiotic.
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Maybe he's allergic, or simply does too many drugs.
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A former cat of mine reacted hyperactive and hyper-confident on antibiotics. Whenever he was on them, he was the unstoppable male feline from the neighbourhood.
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Is it too late to get your cat to reply here?
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Is it too late to get your cat to reply here?
Alas, yes, it is too late. He is a late cat now.
Awesome critter he was. He was the fierce protector of my daughter, fending off anything he saw as dangerous, and the same time was the soft surface she learned to walk on.
RIP Pius.
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Cats can be awesome.
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Icequeen, were you always a ginger, or did you have a blonde phase as a baby? :orly:
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Icequeen, were you always a ginger, or did you have a blonde phase as a baby? :orly:
I had a blond phase.
I had reddish-blonde hair when I was a baby, which eventually turned more blonde, then morphed into a dark chestnut brown with alot of red in it.
I've been waiting for the gray hair so that I can let it grow out and rock the wild crazy old cat lady look, but my mother at age 65 didn't have alot of gray...and it looks like I will follow suit. I dye it because I have very fair skin and look rather sickly looking with the darker color. I use the lightest shade of blonde I can get, and it just lightens it and brings out the red.
My dad had very dark brown almost black straight hair, my mother dark brown straight hair, both had brown eyes. My grandmother was an Irish red haired curly ginger with green eyes.
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I'm going to a friend's wedding early next month. WTF do I wear/look for if I go clothes shopping? I'm bad at dressing myself. HALP
(I wish this was a parody post, but no. Haven't been to a wedding in like 5 years, I think, and the vibe at that time was different than this vibe will be. HALP)
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I'm going to a friend's wedding early next month. WTF do I wear/look for if I go clothes shopping? I'm bad at dressing myself. HALP
(I wish this was a parody post, but no. Haven't been to a wedding in like 5 years, I think, and the vibe at that time was different than this vibe will be. HALP)
Black....weddings are sad occasions. :LOL:
Nope I may have to field this one, I've attended maybe five weddings in my entire life and one was my own :-[...and according to my MIL I didn't dress properly for that one either. :roar:
The last one I was invited to (and didn't attend) was 3 years ago...it was a come in camo and bring your own bottle redneck affair.
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I'm going to a friend's wedding early next month. WTF do I wear/look for if I go clothes shopping? I'm bad at dressing myself. HALP
(I wish this was a parody post, but no. Haven't been to a wedding in like 5 years, I think, and the vibe at that time was different than this vibe will be. HALP)
Check out wedding videos on yutube? I've been to several weddings and all I've noticed is different dresses.
I think it may depend on the type of ritual involved, like which church, if any, and whether it's formal or casual. I think how close you are to the person who invited you is also a factor. My mother is currently shopping for a dress for a wedding in October - it's my niece. She's been shopping since January, and has been consulting with my niece about it.
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I own one dress... a nice burgundy burnout velvet thing...purchased it for our planned casino night 3+ yrs ago. Tags are still on it. :P
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A second hand clothes shop nearby with a shopkeeper who likes clothes?
I would go to one or two second hand shops nearby, where I know the shopkeeper in one, or one of the employees in the other, likes helping out and get you dressed sharp and stylish for not too much money.
What kind of wedding is it? What time are you invited? Is it the official church/council hall bit? The reception? The night party?
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I wore a jacket-and-skirt combo to my sister's wedding. More recently, I've just worn "nice"
pants and a dressy jacket, and flat shoes. I think it's OK to be less formal nowadays. :tard:
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I wore a jacket-and-skirt combo to my sister's wedding. More recently, I've just worn "nice"
pants and a dressy jacket, and flat shoes. I think it's OK to be less formal nowadays. :tard:
Unless you are closely related to the couple, and they insist on formal stuff, you are right about that.
Think I haven't been to wedding thing with formal clothing in almost 40 years. Last wedding I attended in a long dress was when an uncle of mine tied the knot.
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I wore a jacket-and-skirt combo to my sister's wedding. More recently, I've just worn "nice"
pants and a dressy jacket, and flat shoes. I think it's OK to be less formal nowadays. :tard:
Unless you are closely related to the couple, and they insist on formal stuff, you are right about that.
Think I haven't been to wedding thing with formal clothing in almost 40 years. Last wedding I attended in a long dress was when an uncle of mine tied the knot.
I seriously read that as thong dress. I really need to get those bifocals! :rofl:
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I wore a jacket-and-skirt combo to my sister's wedding. More recently, I've just worn "nice"
pants and a dressy jacket, and flat shoes. I think it's OK to be less formal nowadays. :tard:
Unless you are closely related to the couple, and they insist on formal stuff, you are right about that.
Think I haven't been to wedding thing with formal clothing in almost 40 years. Last wedding I attended in a long dress was when an uncle of mine tied the knot.
I seriously read that as thong dress. I really need to get those bifocals! :rofl:
Indeed.
Thinking about me as an eleven year old with a "thong dress". :zombiefuck:
Unless you meant Australian thongs, I did wear those as a kid, you probably did too.
South Africans call them "plakkies".
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For my sister's wedding a few years ago I wore grey dress pants and a long sleeved pale yellow shirt with silver buttons. And my black Doc Martens. :P
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Black....weddings are sad occasions. :LOL:
Better yet, wear white. Brides love when people do that. :zoinks:
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Black....weddings are sad occasions. :LOL:
Better yet, wear white. Brides love when people do that. :zoinks:
You really aren't fit to go anyplace nice, are you? :zoinks:
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Black....weddings are sad occasions. :LOL:
Better yet, wear white. Brides love when people do that. :zoinks:
You really aren't fit to go anyplace nice, are you? :zoinks:
:lol1:
do gophers wear white to weddings?
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do gophers wear white to weddings?
Yes. Yes they do. :zoinks:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/4960378974_9c3a846fc4_m.jpg)
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:lol1:
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The wedding is for one of my boyfriend's close friends and his long-time girlfriend/now fiancee; boyfriend is one of the groomsmen; I'm a +1 for him (during the ceremony I will (I assume) be sitting with a couple of other friends of his who also aren't in the wedding party). I'm not very close to them but we get along (they are one of those couples that very rarely leaves the house which makes it more logistically difficult to spend time with them, and I also get the impression that she's one of those women who made all the close friends she cares to have in her first two decades).
I assume this'll be a pretty "traditional" wedding, but getting any details from my boyfriend (who would be the correct person for me to get such details from) is like pulling teeth. It took forever to get him to confirm that it's an afternoon wedding. I'm honestly still not convinced he has the right date for the bachelor party, lol. When I asked if there was anything else going on that also ought to be planned for, like a rehearsal dinner, he had no idea. He's getting a final fitting for his suit this week, so I'm guessing he'll have more details then.
And yeah, I can also google this... I'm planning to go to a thrift store sometime this month for this and a couple of other things. I need to figure out if any parts will be outdoor so I know what temperature range to aim for (thus far, what I have been told is "I hope not/I assume not"). I have some clothes that may work anyway.
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Can rice dust cause an allergic reaction? Py's old blanket was filled with packets of rice. It was giving me asthma attacks and when Py dismantled it she had a reaction. I didn't see any mold.
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Can rice dust cause an allergic reaction? Py's old blanket was filled with packets of rice. It was giving me asthma attacks and when Py dismantled it she had a reaction. I didn't see any mold.
Yep, and it can really give off some dust, I have to watch re-filling my rice jar.
Actually right up there with pollen allergies in Japan.
Any grain dust can be an allergen.
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Can rice dust cause an allergic reaction? Py's old blanket was filled with packets of rice. It was giving me asthma attacks and when Py dismantled it she had a reaction. I didn't see any mold.
Yep, and it can really give off some dust, I have to watch re-filling my rice jar.
Actually right up there with pollen allergies in Japan.
Any grain dust can be an allergen.
Any grain dust can be combustion material too. :nerdy:
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The wedding is for one of my boyfriend's close friends and his long-time girlfriend/now fiancee; boyfriend is one of the groomsmen; I'm a +1 for him (during the ceremony I will (I assume) be sitting with a couple of other friends of his who also aren't in the wedding party). I'm not very close to them but we get along (they are one of those couples that very rarely leaves the house which makes it more logistically difficult to spend time with them, and I also get the impression that she's one of those women who made all the close friends she cares to have in her first two decades).
I assume this'll be a pretty "traditional" wedding, but getting any details from my boyfriend (who would be the correct person for me to get such details from) is like pulling teeth. It took forever to get him to confirm that it's an afternoon wedding. I'm honestly still not convinced he has the right date for the bachelor party, lol. When I asked if there was anything else going on that also ought to be planned for, like a rehearsal dinner, he had no idea. He's getting a final fitting for his suit this week, so I'm guessing he'll have more details then.
And yeah, I can also google this... I'm planning to go to a thrift store sometime this month for this and a couple of other things. I need to figure out if any parts will be outdoor so I know what temperature range to aim for (thus far, what I have been told is "I hope not/I assume not"). I have some clothes that may work anyway.
Update: Google has me increasingly convinced that there are a lot of ways to fuck this up even if I don't wear white and don't dress like a ho. >_<
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Update: Google has me increasingly convinced that there are a lot of ways to fuck this up even if I don't wear white and don't dress like a ho. >_<
How so? Would think most any dress that doesn't scream 'look at me' should be acceptable. Do you have any possible choices in mind?
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The wedding is for one of my boyfriend's close friends and his long-time girlfriend/now fiancee; boyfriend is one of the groomsmen; I'm a +1 for him (during the ceremony I will (I assume) be sitting with a couple of other friends of his who also aren't in the wedding party). I'm not very close to them but we get along (they are one of those couples that very rarely leaves the house which makes it more logistically difficult to spend time with them, and I also get the impression that she's one of those women who made all the close friends she cares to have in her first two decades).
I assume this'll be a pretty "traditional" wedding, but getting any details from my boyfriend (who would be the correct person for me to get such details from) is like pulling teeth. It took forever to get him to confirm that it's an afternoon wedding. I'm honestly still not convinced he has the right date for the bachelor party, lol. When I asked if there was anything else going on that also ought to be planned for, like a rehearsal dinner, he had no idea. He's getting a final fitting for his suit this week, so I'm guessing he'll have more details then.
And yeah, I can also google this... I'm planning to go to a thrift store sometime this month for this and a couple of other things. I need to figure out if any parts will be outdoor so I know what temperature range to aim for (thus far, what I have been told is "I hope not/I assume not"). I have some clothes that may work anyway.
Update: Google has me increasingly convinced that there are a lot of ways to fuck this up even if I don't wear white and don't dress like a ho. >_<
Probably sponsored by expensive stores, playing anxiety in people invited for a wedding.
Don't let them get to you.
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Update: Google has me increasingly convinced that there are a lot of ways to fuck this up even if I don't wear white and don't dress like a ho. >_<
How so? Would think most any dress that doesn't scream 'look at me' should be acceptable. Do you have any possible choices in mind?
I have a little black dress that may or may not fit me anymore and would be cold (it's not whorish but it's strapless- I wore it to a wedding before and it was fine), and some skirt options I could pair with a nice blouse. I'm going to go shopping tomorrow and see if I can find anything that would fit a little better with a spring wedding, though. (I'd like a couple of new sundresses anyway- not that I'm aiming for a sundress- and my favorite thrift store is having a sale on dresses that day, so it won't be a wasted trip either way.)
The wedding is for one of my boyfriend's close friends and his long-time girlfriend/now fiancee; boyfriend is one of the groomsmen; I'm a +1 for him (during the ceremony I will (I assume) be sitting with a couple of other friends of his who also aren't in the wedding party). I'm not very close to them but we get along (they are one of those couples that very rarely leaves the house which makes it more logistically difficult to spend time with them, and I also get the impression that she's one of those women who made all the close friends she cares to have in her first two decades).
I assume this'll be a pretty "traditional" wedding, but getting any details from my boyfriend (who would be the correct person for me to get such details from) is like pulling teeth. It took forever to get him to confirm that it's an afternoon wedding. I'm honestly still not convinced he has the right date for the bachelor party, lol. When I asked if there was anything else going on that also ought to be planned for, like a rehearsal dinner, he had no idea. He's getting a final fitting for his suit this week, so I'm guessing he'll have more details then.
And yeah, I can also google this... I'm planning to go to a thrift store sometime this month for this and a couple of other things. I need to figure out if any parts will be outdoor so I know what temperature range to aim for (thus far, what I have been told is "I hope not/I assume not"). I have some clothes that may work anyway.
Update: Google has me increasingly convinced that there are a lot of ways to fuck this up even if I don't wear white and don't dress like a ho. >_<
Probably sponsored by expensive stores, playing anxiety in people invited for a wedding.
Don't let them get to you.
Good point, actually.
Also, one of the store-sponsored montages of "recommended" dresses to wear to weddings featured several dresses that were extremely close to being white, which amused me.
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It's a no win situation Elle.
Men will not notice what you are wearing unless they are checking you out.
Most women will sit with their friends and talk about you no matter what you wear...unless they are secretly also checking you out.
A typical woman at a wedding:
"I wonder how much she paid for that?"
"That dress would have looked so much better if it was another color"
"Really...I think that's too low cut for a wedding"
"She looks like a nun, what was she thinking?"
"She looks like a ho, what was she thinking?"
"I think my boobs are bigger than hers"
"I have shoes just like that at home"
"Isn't this great, they look so much in love."
A typical man:
"I wish they would hurry this up already so I can eat and go home"
"Damn...I wish I didn't have to be here"
"Fools"
Get something you like, something loose enough that you can unzip or wiggle up or down if you need to pee, and something you won't freeze or roast in.
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Update: Google has me increasingly convinced that there are a lot of ways to fuck this up even if I don't wear white and don't dress like a ho. >_<
How so? Would think most any dress that doesn't scream 'look at me' should be acceptable. Do you have any possible choices in mind?
I have a little black dress that may or may not fit me anymore and would be cold (it's not whorish but it's strapless- I wore it to a wedding before and it was fine), and some skirt options I could pair with a nice blouse. I'm going to go shopping tomorrow and see if I can find anything that would fit a little better with a spring wedding, though. (I'd like a couple of new sundresses anyway- not that I'm aiming for a sundress- and my favorite thrift store is having a sale on dresses that day, so it won't be a wasted trip either way.)
The spring colored sundress sounds perfect.
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It's a no win situation Elle.
Men will not notice what you are wearing unless they are checking you out.
Most women will sit with their friends and talk about you no matter what you wear...unless they are secretly also checking you out.
A typical woman at a wedding:
"I wonder how much she paid for that?"
"That dress would have looked so much better if it was another color"
"Really...I think that's too low cut for a wedding"
"She looks like a nun, what was she thinking?"
"She looks like a ho, what was she thinking?"
"I think my boobs are bigger than hers"
"I have shoes just like that at home"
"Isn't this great, they look so much in love."
A typical man:
"I wish they would hurry this up already so I can eat and go home"
"Damn...I wish I didn't have to be here"
"Fools"
Get something you like, something loose enough that you can unzip or wiggle up or down if you need to pee, and something you won't freeze or roast in.
*nod* As long as I can find something reasonable comfortable and I don't elicit the thought "wtf is that bitch wearing to MY WEDDING???" from one of my boyfriend's best friend's soon-to-be-wife, I'll be basically content. And if I can find a way to also not look like shit, that'd be great.
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The last wedding we went to (last March) was PA's grand niece. Held at a "plantation" in the early evening. The PR and I wore long cotton knit sleeveless dresses from Wal-mart (think what you'd wear to a beach) in solid colours. Some guests showed up in t-shirts and jeans. Most of the guests our age wore Easter Sunday outfits.
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A typical man:
"I wish they would hurry this up already so I can eat and go home"
"Damn...I wish I didn't have to be here"
"Fools"
"z z z z z z z ouch! z z z z z ouch! z z z z ouch! grumble"
"Where the hell is the toilet?"
fixed
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Icequeen/anyone: How do I quote the passage I want to sig so it appears in a little purple block? :dunce:
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Actually never did it. :LOL:
Should work like this though:
Find the post you want to quote and hit quote like you're going to reply to it. Copy down the code that appears in the box...and paste it in your signature box in your profile instead, just edit out what you don't want if you don't want the whole post.
[quote author=couldbecousin link=topic=23028.msg1107716#msg1107716 date=1458138504]
[size=11pt][font=georgia]Icequeen/anyone: How do I quote the passage I want to sig so it appears in a little purple block? :dunce:[/font][/size]
[/quote]
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Icequeen/anyone: How do I quote the passage I want to sig so it appears in a little purple block? :dunce:
Copy and paste this into your signature:
[quote author=Icequeen link=topic=23554.msg1107554#msg1107554 date=1457988742]
I managed to swerve, hit the horn, downshift, and flip them off all without losing a drop of my ice cream.[/quote]
Don't quote it, just copy the text inside the box.
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Icequeen/anyone: How do I quote the passage I want to sig so it appears in a little purple block? :dunce:
Copy and paste this into your signature:
[quote author=Icequeen link=topic=23554.msg1107554#msg1107554 date=1457988742]
I managed to swerve, hit the horn, downshift, and flip them off all without losing a drop of my ice cream.[/quote]
Thank you. I tried earlier, but without the and the brackets. :thumbup:[/font][/size]
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Don't copy the code brackets, only the text inside the box I posted.
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There you have it.
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There you have it.
Yes, finally! :laugh: Thank you.
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You're welcome.
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our refrigerator dehydrates everything.
is it ok to rehydrate dried cream cheese with water?
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our refrigerator dehydrates everything.
is it ok to rehydrate dried cream cheese with water?
They don't recommend it, I don't think you'll get the same taste either.
Soft cheese is more of a food poisoning risk, I normally don't mess with it.
I keep mine in the foil until gone, overwraped with plastic, and then either in a storage container or ziploc.
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Found several options and bought all of them (they all have other re-wear value) but I think the best one is a black-and-white print (the internet tells me that those two wrongs make a right); the internet also says pairing it with black shoes and a black cardigan is ideal, which is good because that is all of the shoes and all of the cardigan* I currently own. :laugh:
I actually managed to get a female friend to come shopping with me and she said it doesn't look remotely bridal or upstage-y (none of them do, though another of the options would have to be altered a bit because it does a bit too fabulous a job of showcasing my cleavage as it currently is).
*intentionally not pluralized
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our refrigerator dehydrates everything.
is it ok to rehydrate dried cream cheese with water?
They don't recommend it, I don't think you'll get the same taste either.
Soft cheese is more of a food poisoning risk, I normally don't mess with it.
I keep mine in the foil until gone, overwraped with plastic, and then either in a storage container or ziploc.
hmmm, survey says i should toss it - the survey of course being Py and Elle and IQ.
Forgot to say it's cream cheese spread - I didn't look when buying it and thought it was the real thing.
I have a new tub but it is plain so I will have to add the garlic and chives myself.
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If our refrigerator is broken and running more often than it should, would that cause a big jump in our electricity bill?
Is there a way (besides staying home all day and listening or working out a complicated random sampling schedule) of telling if it's running too much? The only change we've made was to turn it down because scooping ice cream was like scooping brick.
It doesn't immediately start running if we open the door. That would be a dead giveaway.
I am hoping there is an issue I can solve because otherwise I have to entertain skeezy handyman. He smells like booze and hobo brand cigarettes, he's dirty and manages to touch everything. We suspect that once when we were gone for a weekend he came in and entertained himself. There was food missing.
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Refrigerators use a lot of power.
Anecdote.
A few students, sharing a flat, had a refrigerator that kept running. So, during winter, they made a cupboard on the balcony, and stored all their food there, shutting the refrigerator down.
To their surprise their energy bill in winter was lower than it was in summer.
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If our refrigerator is broken and running more often than it should, would that cause a big jump in our electricity bill?
Is there a way (besides staying home all day and listening or working out a complicated random sampling schedule) of telling if it's running too much? The only change we've made was to turn it down because scooping ice cream was like scooping brick.
It doesn't immediately start running if we open the door. That would be a dead giveaway.
I am hoping there is an issue I can solve because otherwise I have to entertain skeezy handyman. He smells like booze and hobo brand cigarettes, he's dirty and manages to touch everything. We suspect that once when we were gone for a weekend he came in and entertained himself. There was food missing.
Yes. But it may not be technically "broken"...check the gasket/seal. Sometimes just cleaning the gasket and the contact area helps.
http://greenlivingideas.com/2014/07/29/check-seal-fridge-oven/
When the gasket started going for the second time on my 21+ yr old double door the power jump was substantial...but I didn't really notice how substantial until I got another fridge...it had started to rust at the bottom of the doors so it wasn't worth replacing the gasket a second time, not that it was too energy efficient to begin with at it's age....it was a tank though.
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If our refrigerator is broken and running more often than it should, would that cause a big jump in our electricity bill?
Is there a way (besides staying home all day and listening or working out a complicated random sampling schedule) of telling if it's running too much? The only change we've made was to turn it down because scooping ice cream was like scooping brick.
It doesn't immediately start running if we open the door. That would be a dead giveaway.
I am hoping there is an issue I can solve because otherwise I have to entertain skeezy handyman. He smells like booze and hobo brand cigarettes, he's dirty and manages to touch everything. We suspect that once when we were gone for a weekend he came in and entertained himself. There was food missing.
Yes. But it may not be technically "broken"...check the gasket/seal. Sometimes just cleaning the gasket and the contact area helps.
http://greenlivingideas.com/2014/07/29/check-seal-fridge-oven/
When the gasket started going for the second time on my 21+ yr old double door the power jump was substantial...but I didn't really notice how substantial until I got another fridge...it had started to rust at the bottom of the doors so it wasn't worth replacing the gasket a second time, not that it was too energy efficient to begin with at it's age....it was a tank though.
I'll try this. It's a second hand double door installed by the landlord. The doors don't hang right but the bill has been consistent until the most recent one. The refrigerator door has rust at the bottom but it hasn't gotten worse since we've been here. I keep an eye on the gaskets which aren't dirty but in true ADHD style I now realize that I never check the bottoms or tops of the gaskets. I just look at the sides. The refrigerator runs for an hour and then 2 -3 hours off depending on if it's opened a lot.
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I made some dehydrated pineapple. I was having trouble keeping it dry so I put it in the refrigerator, where some of it turned rust red. I wasn't sure if it would pass the Py-Elle scientific guinea pig standards, so I just tasted a little bit and spit it out because it tasted a little strange. Highly concentrated, I guess. Anyway, I put another bit in water to see what would happen and it turned back to pineapple yellow. I haven't tasted it because I think at this point I would be advised to avoid it.
But is it really gone bad? It looks fine with the moisture restored.
btw, I dehydrate them on a high shelf in the kitchen and finish them in the refrigerator.
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How can I safely dispose of aerosol cans that still have liquid in them? A few are cans of stuff
I just don't use, like boot-waterproofing spray and hair mousse. A few are cans of Lysol that
don't spray anymore because the nozzle is broken or something. I don't want to throw them out
in the trash and cause an explosion, either in the sanitation truck or in the landfill. What should I do? :tard:
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I made some dehydrated pineapple. I was having trouble keeping it dry so I put it in the refrigerator, where some of it turned rust red. I wasn't sure if it would pass the Py-Elle scientific guinea pig standards, so I just tasted a little bit and spit it out because it tasted a little strange. Highly concentrated, I guess. Anyway, I put another bit in water to see what would happen and it turned back to pineapple yellow. I haven't tasted it because I think at this point I would be advised to avoid it.
But is it really gone bad? It looks fine with the moisture restored.
btw, I dehydrate them on a high shelf in the kitchen and finish them in the refrigerator.
How do you know you don't just have vegetarian vampire mice? :zoinks:
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How can I safely dispose of aerosol cans that still have liquid in them? A few are cans of stuff
I just don't use, like boot-waterproofing spray and hair mousse. A few are cans of Lysol that
don't spray anymore because the nozzle is broken or something. I don't want to throw them out
in the trash and cause an explosion, either in the sanitation truck or in the landfill. What should I do? :tard:
Un-empty they are usually considered as hazardous waste and taken during collection times or at rallies in your locality. They usually tell you that if you can empty them by spraying the contents out, they can go in with the rest of the trash.
That said...before all of this...my mother should have blown up a lot of trash trucks.
*Wonders just how many aerosol cans it takes to blow up a trash truck?* :apondering:
I also remember my dad cutting paint cans open just to see what the rattler was (normally a marble 95% of the time clear and light blue for any of you with inquiring minds that would like to know).
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I made some dehydrated pineapple. I was having trouble keeping it dry so I put it in the refrigerator, where some of it turned rust red. I wasn't sure if it would pass the Py-Elle scientific guinea pig standards, so I just tasted a little bit and spit it out because it tasted a little strange. Highly concentrated, I guess. Anyway, I put another bit in water to see what would happen and it turned back to pineapple yellow. I haven't tasted it because I think at this point I would be advised to avoid it.
But is it really gone bad? It looks fine with the moisture restored.
btw, I dehydrate them on a high shelf in the kitchen and finish them in the refrigerator.
How do you know you don't just have vegetarian vampire mice? :zoinks:
That's an interesting idea. I was careful about skin flakes because I didn't want to wake up with a mouse nibbling my toes.
Have you read Bunnicula? The cartoon sucks as far as I can tell but I thought the book was great enough to keep my worn and battered copy. It's pretty hilarious.
As for the mice, they can/t get to the shelf without being able to jump three feet - I'm willing to bet they tried because the pineapple was fragrant the first day or so. But no mouse signs ever there so it seemed safe.
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I made some dehydrated pineapple. I was having trouble keeping it dry so I put it in the refrigerator, where some of it turned rust red. I wasn't sure if it would pass the Py-Elle scientific guinea pig standards, so I just tasted a little bit and spit it out because it tasted a little strange. Highly concentrated, I guess. Anyway, I put another bit in water to see what would happen and it turned back to pineapple yellow. I haven't tasted it because I think at this point I would be advised to avoid it.
But is it really gone bad? It looks fine with the moisture restored.
btw, I dehydrate them on a high shelf in the kitchen and finish them in the refrigerator.
How do you know you don't just have vegetarian vampire mice? :zoinks:
That's an interesting idea. I was careful about skin flakes because I didn't want to wake up with a mouse nibbling my toes.
Have you read Bunnicula? The cartoon sucks as far as I can tell but I thought the book was great enough to keep my worn and battered copy. It's pretty hilarious.
As for the mice, they can/t get to the shelf without being able to jump three feet - I'm willing to bet they tried because the pineapple was fragrant the first day or so. But no mouse signs ever there so it seemed safe.
*nod* Read most, if not all, of the series as a kid. It was good times. Didn't know there was a cartoon.
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How can I safely dispose of aerosol cans that still have liquid in them? A few are cans of stuff
I just don't use, like boot-waterproofing spray and hair mousse. A few are cans of Lysol that
don't spray anymore because the nozzle is broken or something. I don't want to throw them out
in the trash and cause an explosion, either in the sanitation truck or in the landfill. What should I do? :tard:
Un-empty they are usually considered as hazardous waste and taken during collection times or at rallies in your locality. They usually tell you that if you can empty them by spraying the contents out, they can go in with the rest of the trash.
That said...before all of this...my mother should have blown up a lot of trash trucks.
*Wonders just how many aerosol cans it takes to blow up a trash truck?* :apondering:
I also remember my dad cutting paint cans open just to see what the rattler was (normally a marble 95% of the time clear and light blue for any of you with inquiring minds that would like to know).
that's the same color as the marble in ramune drinks. Have to cut through a lot of plastic to get them out.
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How can I safely dispose of aerosol cans that still have liquid in them? A few are cans of stuff
I just don't use, like boot-waterproofing spray and hair mousse. A few are cans of Lysol that
don't spray anymore because the nozzle is broken or something. I don't want to throw them out
in the trash and cause an explosion, either in the sanitation truck or in the landfill. What should I do? :tard:
Un-empty they are usually considered as hazardous waste and taken during collection times or at rallies in your locality. They usually tell you that if you can empty them by spraying the contents out, they can go in with the rest of the trash.
That said...before all of this...my mother should have blown up a lot of trash trucks.
*Wonders just how many aerosol cans it takes to blow up a trash truck?* :apondering:
I also remember my dad cutting paint cans open just to see what the rattler was (normally a marble 95% of the time clear and light blue for any of you with inquiring minds that would like to know).
Your parents were badasses! :arrr:
I wish I could donate my cans to the creative dream team of
Walter, Jesse, Mike, and Old Joe from the junkyard. :heart:
(http://guyfy.com/imagesforsite/posts/1397_f.jpg)
Jesse :heart: junkyard dudes :heart: Old Joe :heart: Walter :heart: Mike :heart:
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So I decided that since chemicals are used to keep the pineapple from changing colors, that the red might not be so bad. It only happens with the less fresh stuff so I will be trying it with really fresh pineapple next.
Haven't brought myself to taste the red ones but they seem good otherwise so at some point I will try them.
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So I decided that since chemicals are used to keep the pineapple from changing colors, that the red might not be so bad. It only happens with the less fresh stuff so I will be trying it with really fresh pineapple next.
Haven't brought myself to taste the red ones but they seem good otherwise so at some point I will try them.
Missed that one.
It's the enzymes I believe that make it change color.
I have eaten reddish dried pineapple.
If you store canned pineapple in the fridge and forget about it, it will also turn red...but by then it is bad and the texture (slimy) has also changed. If the texture or smell changes...pitch it.
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So I decided that since chemicals are used to keep the pineapple from changing colors, that the red might not be so bad. It only happens with the less fresh stuff so I will be trying it with really fresh pineapple next.
Haven't brought myself to taste the red ones but they seem good otherwise so at some point I will try them.
Missed that one.
It's the enzymes I believe that make it change color.
I have eaten reddish dried pineapple.
If you store canned pineapple in the fridge and forget about it, it will also turn red...but by then it is bad and the texture (slimy) has also changed. If the texture or smell changes...pitch it.
I probably won't eat a lot of canned pineapple anymore - between Florida and Montreal I am spoiled. It costs between $3 and $5 CDN for a pineapple here. Florida actually was more expensive. The last can I ate was awful.
We have a lot of other fruit but I will be taking the pineapple on hikes. Going to try the red stuff later today.
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Is there a way to repair a hole in a silicone bowl? it's a 3mm hole that was chopped into it by a knife. the smaller part of the hole is on the outside of the bowl. I don't have the pieces.
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Is there a way to repair a hole in a silicone bowl? it's a 3mm hole that was chopped into it by a knife. the smaller part of the hole is on the outside of the bowl. I don't have the pieces.
Duct tape.
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If you had the pieces you might be able to fix it with a food grade silicone adhesive.
That works best for cracks though, I would have my doubts about how it would hold up patching a hole.
When all else fails though...like Elle said...duct tape. :LOL:
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At that point, probably want to weigh cost of repair materials vs. just buying a new bowl.
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At that point, probably want to weigh cost of repair materials vs. just buying a new bowl.
the bowl was one of those fancy fold up things; it came from EMS. of course i got it at a huge discount, i think i paid $4. it costs $16 now on amazon. the food grade silicone would be a good investment. i probably will buy another bowl when i can afford it.
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Spilled tea (no sugar but the tea was made with fruit pieces) on my notebook a couple of weeks ago. For the past two weeks it's been basking in the son. The keys were sticky at first but now aside from making sticking noises they work fine.
The question is, should I take it apart and clean the keyboard? When the tea spilled (about 2 - 3 teaspoons), I flipped it to let the fluid drip out of the keyboard. Part of the time it was drying it was in this position and the rest with the keyboard in the sun.
We live in the house of dust but are going to a hotel which ostensibly should be cleaner. Wondering if I should take it apart and clean it while we are there.
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I, too, live in a house of dust. It mostly collects on the floor in the toilet and bathroom. :dunno:
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Spilled tea (no sugar but the tea was made with fruit pieces) on my notebook a couple of weeks ago. For the past two weeks it's been basking in the son. The keys were sticky at first but now aside from making sticking noises they work fine.
Reading this, I pictured a notebook made of paper. Then you mentioned keys and I was baffled. I'm old. :laugh:
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I, too, live in a house of dust. It mostly collects on the floor in the toilet and bathroom. :dunno:
Dust collects on our stairs daily. If I vacuum, by the next day it looks like I did nothing.
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I, too, live in a house of dust. It mostly collects on the floor in the toilet and bathroom. :dunno:
I, too, live in a house of dust. It mostly collects on the floor in the toilet and bathroom. :dunno:
Dust collects on our stairs daily. If I vacuum, by the next day it looks like I did nothing.
Is it because the houses are so old, or because there is no other place to go for the dust?
My house is not extremely dusty by itself, but since I got hard flooring, I see way more dust, because it doesn't settle in the carpet any more. The tiniest bit of airflow moves the dust towards the dustbunny gathering places, where airflow does not, or barely affect the dust. So, my house looks way more dusty than before. It needs culling bunnies everyday now.
Not the entire house, only the places where the airflow is the lowest, where the dust can settle.
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The amount of dust depends on the heating and cooling system I've noticed. Had oil heat in the last house, left more crap in the ductwork, and we had a lot more dust...filthier dust. Here I get dust, but not as much, and it's like a white powder instead of a gray film.
Keyboard is almost a sealed unit anymore, hard to remove the keys if you need to clean under them. The good thing about them is that they're easy to replace as a unit, and if you dump an obscene amount of water on them, it sometimes won't reach the motherboard or anything underneath (I personally tested out that one not long after getting my hp :P).
You might want to remove the battery if it's external and go around them with a moist q-tip if they are sticking.
Unlike the days when you spilled a whole glass of red wine down the keyboard on your desktop and just popped the keys off the next day and sprayed the whole mess with windex and just dried it off, they can be more problematic in that respect.
Not that I've ever done anything like that. ::) (Twice actually, that I remember :P)
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The amount of dust depends on the heating and cooling system I've noticed. Had oil heat in the last house, left more crap in the ductwork, and we had a lot more dust...filthier dust. Here I get dust, but not as much, and it's like a white powder instead of a gray film.
Keyboard is almost a sealed unit anymore, hard to remove the keys if you need to clean under them. The good thing about them is that they're easy to replace as a unit, and if you dump an obscene amount of water on them, it sometimes won't reach the motherboard or anything underneath (I personally tested out that one not long after getting my hp :P).
You might want to remove the battery if it's external and go around them with a moist q-tip if they are sticking.
Unlike the days when you spilled a whole glass of red wine down the keyboard on your desktop and just popped the keys off the next day and sprayed the whole mess with windex and just dried it off, they can be more problematic in that respect.
Not that I've ever done anything like that. ::) (Twice actually, that I remember :P)
I often clean around my keys with Q-tips dipped in glass cleaner, or with a paring knife dragging paper toweling
through the cracks. Never took out the battery, or even knew there was a battery. Whoopsie. N00b 4 lyfe. :tard:
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I, too, live in a house of dust. It mostly collects on the floor in the toilet and bathroom. :dunno:
I, too, live in a house of dust. It mostly collects on the floor in the toilet and bathroom. :dunno:
Dust collects on our stairs daily. If I vacuum, by the next day it looks like I did nothing.
Is it because the houses are so old, or because there is no other place to go for the dust?
My house is not extremely dusty by itself, but since I got hard flooring, I see way more dust, because it doesn't settle in the carpet any more. The tiniest bit of airflow moves the dust towards the dustbunny gathering places, where airflow does not, or barely affect the dust. So, my house looks way more dusty than before. It needs culling bunnies everyday now.
Not the entire house, only the places where the airflow is the lowest, where the dust can settle.
We have no carpet except for a mat in the lounge room. The rest are vinyl tiles and regular tiles in the toilet, bathroom and laundry. The toilet and bathroom both have exhaust fans in the ceiling and turn on when the lights are turned on. The house isn't old, it was built in 2000 I think. We don't have any heating or cooling.
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I, too, live in a house of dust. It mostly collects on the floor in the toilet and bathroom. :dunno:
I, too, live in a house of dust. It mostly collects on the floor in the toilet and bathroom. :dunno:
Dust collects on our stairs daily. If I vacuum, by the next day it looks like I did nothing.
Is it because the houses are so old, or because there is no other place to go for the dust?
My house is not extremely dusty by itself, but since I got hard flooring, I see way more dust, because it doesn't settle in the carpet any more. The tiniest bit of airflow moves the dust towards the dustbunny gathering places, where airflow does not, or barely affect the dust. So, my house looks way more dusty than before. It needs culling bunnies everyday now.
Not the entire house, only the places where the airflow is the lowest, where the dust can settle.
We have no carpet except for a mat in the lounge room. The rest are vinyl tiles and regular tiles in the toilet, bathroom and laundry. The toilet and bathroom both have exhaust fans in the ceiling and turn on when the lights are turned on. The house isn't old, it was built in 2000 I think. We don't have any heating or cooling.
Then you probably have a "normal" amount of dust in the house, but because of the lack of carpeted flooring, you will see it. If you would beat your mat from the lounge room outside, you'd be shocked to see how much dust gathers in there, despite vacuuming it often.
For some people with allergies carpets are great, because the dust gets caught and can't roam the room anymore. For others they are a disaster, because the dust is trapped out of reach for a vacuum cleaner.
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Yeah we just vacuum the mat. It is too big to take outside and beat.
Another place dust gathers is under my bed. Blech.
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Hardly any airflow under the bed. And both bedroom and bathroom are places where you shed a lot of dust.
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We had our tires changed this weekend and there is black goop all over everything.
What should I use to clean it off? I'm also assuming that it's not a good idea to leave it to dry on the tires either so how to clean those would be helpful too. Never had to do this with my car as I ran all weather tires year round. In Canada by law you have to have snow tires by a certain date and can remove them in March.
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Would salt kill the probiotics in yogurt?
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my dried apricots have tiny white dots on them. i just opened them yesterday. uncharacteristically, i threw them away. expiration date was 2017.
are the white dots mold or crystallized sugar?
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my dried apricots have tiny white dots on them. i just opened them yesterday. uncharacteristically, i threw them away. expiration date was 2017.
are the white dots mold or crystallized sugar?
I would say it was probably the later, but I've seen them mold as well due to extreme temp changes.
I normally store mine in the fridge, can't risk mold with my allergies.
Would salt kill the probiotics in yogurt?
I can't find anything that says that it would. Sea salt is actually used in a lot of yogurt recipes and would probably be your best choice.
my dried apricots have tiny white dots on them. i just opened them yesterday. uncharacteristically, i threw them away. expiration date was 2017.
are the white dots mold or crystallized sugar?
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thanks. i wondered because i use yoghurt to make salad dressing and was wondering if the spices would kill the culture. i take probiotics but it would be nice to get some from a natural source.
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is there a way to make molasses thinner without adding water?
i saw conflicting opinions about using heat.
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is there a way to make molasses thinner without adding water?
i saw conflicting opinions about using heat.
Most sites recommend letting the jar sit in a pot of warm water for awhile.
That's what I do with mine (and honey).
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is there a way to make molasses thinner without adding water?
i saw conflicting opinions about using heat.
Most sites recommend letting the jar sit in a pot of warm water for awhile.
That's what I do with mine (and honey).
That's what I do too.
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sounds good, though since this is canada mine came in a milk carton style container. i want to transfer it to a glass container.
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sounds good, though since this is canada mine came in a milk carton style container. i want to transfer it to a glass container.
Dutch carton containers with molasses can handle the procedure. :nerdy:
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Computer is really slow the past few days. I'm running a full scan with my security software,
and it's taking hours. Internet Explorer keeps becoming unresponsive.
It takes too long to do everything. Computer is 7 or 8 years old. Buy a new one? :tard:
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sounds good, though since this is canada mine came in a milk carton style container. i want to transfer it to a glass container.
Dutch carton containers with molasses can handle the procedure. :nerdy:
What happened when the cow and the chicken were caught in the tornado? They ended up with eggnog in waxed containers (Old Homer and Jethro joke.)
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Computer is really slow the past few days. I'm running a full scan with my security software,
and it's taking hours. Internet Explorer keeps becoming unresponsive.
It takes too long to do everything. Computer is 7 or 8 years old. Buy a new one? :tard:
Is it running XP, Vista, or 7?
Try scanning with Malware bytes anti-malware (see tutorial I linked below, it's a good start), uninstall any toolbars in Internet explorer, or just run the tool (link below) from Microsoft....(better yet, go with Firefox or Chrome).
Repair tool from Microsoft for Internet Explorer (not for Win 10):
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/mats/ie_performance_and_safety
A good tutorial to start with:
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/index.php?threads/vista-windows-7-8-10-malware-removal-cleaning-procedure.139681/
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Computer is really slow the past few days. I'm running a full scan with my security software,
and it's taking hours. Internet Explorer keeps becoming unresponsive.
It takes too long to do everything. Computer is 7 or 8 years old. Buy a new one? :tard:
Is it running XP, Vista, or 7?
Try scanning with Malware bytes anti-malware (see tutorial I linked below, it's a good start), uninstall any toolbars in Internet explorer, or just run the tool (link below) from Microsoft....(better yet, go with Firefox or Chrome).
Repair tool from Microsoft for Internet Explorer (not for Win 10):
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/mats/ie_performance_and_safety
A good tutorial to start with:
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/index.php?threads/vista-windows-7-8-10-malware-removal-cleaning-procedure.139681/
Vista, and thank you for the information. My Trend Micro security software used to work fine,
now it seems not up to the job. The complete scans I've tried to run using it have frozen at around
70% completion, after hours. It's getting on my wee nerves. :P Thank you, I will try this.
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No anti-virus program I've found works 100% against adware and some of the other crap out there.
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finally tasted my fermented pickles. very bitter so i threw them out, but still can't figure out why they got bubbles. the little bit i tasted was fizzy.
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finally tasted my fermented pickles. very bitter so i threw them out, but still can't figure out why they got bubbles. the little bit i tasted was fizzy.
Fizzy is part of the process, especially if you were making dill pickles...like sauerkraut.
http://www.thankyourbody.com/recipe-naturally-fermented-garlic-dill-pickles/
http://www.realpickles.com/process.html
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finally tasted my fermented pickles. very bitter so i threw them out, but still can't figure out why they got bubbles. the little bit i tasted was fizzy.
Fizzy is part of the process, especially if you were making dill pickles...like sauerkraut.
http://www.thankyourbody.com/recipe-naturally-fermented-garlic-dill-pickles/
http://www.realpickles.com/process.html
they were bought sweet pickles. i added red pepper flakes. usually after a few days the pickles are hot, but this was the first time they ever got fizzy. i tossed them because they were really bitter and not sweet at all.
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Fizzy can mean it's spoiled also.
Yep, I would have pitched them also. So many recalls and contaminated food now. I tend to err on the side of caution with anything store bought.
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finally tasted my fermented pickles. very bitter so i threw them out, but still can't figure out why they got bubbles. the little bit i tasted was fizzy.
Fizzy is part of the process, especially if you were making dill pickles...like sauerkraut.
http://www.thankyourbody.com/recipe-naturally-fermented-garlic-dill-pickles/
http://www.realpickles.com/process.html
they were bought sweet pickles. i added red pepper flakes. usually after a few days the pickles are hot, but this was the first time they ever got fizzy. i tossed them because they were really bitter and not sweet at all.
Bitter in the cucumber family is a 'do not eat' signal that should not be ignored.
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Icequeen, my avatar came from your Photobucket account, and now it's invisible.
I love my avatar.
Has there been a change to the account? Can I get my avatar back? :(
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Icequeen, my avatar came from your Photobucket account, and now it's invisible.
I love my avatar.
Has there been a change to the account? Can I get my avatar back? :(
Never mind, it has reappeared! :2thumbsup:
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Two totally unrelated questions.
1 now that it's bug season and we don't have enough screens yet (since woofy has to build them) i get noseeums around me at night even though i have a tiny LED bulb. would it work to put a red mask over it? i quite foolishly abandoned our bug zapper in florida and it's three times as expensive here.
2 according to the paelo diet, which i follow really loosely, both popcorn and potatoes are bad for you. it's the middle of a night following a hot day in which i have already lost a lot of electrolytes, and damnit, tablets and drinks are not as much fun. which would be worse to eat - popcorn or french fries? fat is not an issue since i put 1/4 to 1/2 a stick of butter on the popcorn. at this point i have lost a couple kilos by becoming more active so that's not an issue either.
i know i won't get an answer in time but i am sure this will be an issue tomorrow as it is supposed to be hot again.
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Wolfish -
Wild, uneducated guess. The French fries would be more similar to the original plant food. Corn was originally smaller than a thumb and has been possibly more cross-bred than potatoes. I know you can't have either, but potatoes would be closer to what you couldn't have.
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Wolfish -
Wild, uneducated guess. The French fries would be more similar to the original plant food. Corn was originally smaller than a thumb and has been possibly more cross-bred than potatoes. I know you can't have either, but potatoes would be closer to what you couldn't have.
i opted for succotash. might do the fries tonight if it gets cool again. still feeling the need for salt.
you're right of course about the potatoes. i am sure there has been some modification, but organic potatoes are easier to find than organic popcorn. i realized last night that it was about texture too. what i use needs to be crunchy outside, soft inside, and salty.
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Two totally unrelated questions.
1 now that it's bug season and we don't have enough screens yet (since woofy has to build them) i get noseeums around me at night even though i have a tiny LED bulb. would it work to put a red mask over it? i quite foolishly abandoned our bug zapper in florida and it's three times as expensive here.
2 according to the paelo diet, which i follow really loosely, both popcorn and potatoes are bad for you. it's the middle of a night following a hot day in which i have already lost a lot of electrolytes, and damnit, tablets and drinks are not as much fun. which would be worse to eat - popcorn or french fries? fat is not an issue since i put 1/4 to 1/2 a stick of butter on the popcorn. at this point i have lost a couple kilos by becoming more active so that's not an issue either.
i know i won't get an answer in time but i am sure this will be an issue tomorrow as it is supposed to be hot again.
Red is supposed to be the least attractive color, blue is the best to attract and is used in most of the traps for flies and gnats.
Popcorn is usually the healthier choice and probably easier to digest in the middle of the night. Potatoes are higher in protein and starch.
Fries are my personal weakness though, so I know what would win out in my case.
Spiral fries w/cheese sauce. :autism:
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Wolfish -
Wild, uneducated guess. The French fries would be more similar to the original plant food. Corn was originally smaller than a thumb and has been possibly more cross-bred than potatoes. I know you can't have either, but potatoes would be closer to what you couldn't have.
i opted for succotash. might do the fries tonight if it gets cool again. still feeling the need for salt.
you're right of course about the potatoes. i am sure there has been some modification, but organic potatoes are easier to find than organic popcorn. i realized last night that it was about texture too. what i use needs to be crunchy outside, soft inside, and salty.
Succotash is pretty good, except that it has lima beans in it. I don't eat lima or butter beans. PERIOD.
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Wolfish -
Wild, uneducated guess. The French fries would be more similar to the original plant food. Corn was originally smaller than a thumb and has been possibly more cross-bred than potatoes. I know you can't have either, but potatoes would be closer to what you couldn't have.
i opted for succotash. might do the fries tonight if it gets cool again. still feeling the need for salt.
you're right of course about the potatoes. i am sure there has been some modification, but organic potatoes are easier to find than organic popcorn. i realized last night that it was about texture too. what i use needs to be crunchy outside, soft inside, and salty.
Succotash is pretty good, except that it has lima beans in it. I don't eat lima or butter beans. PERIOD.
what do you use instead? the lima beans here are pretty awful. so far i have only been able to find them canned.
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Wolfish -
Wild, uneducated guess. The French fries would be more similar to the original plant food. Corn was originally smaller than a thumb and has been possibly more cross-bred than potatoes. I know you can't have either, but potatoes would be closer to what you couldn't have.
i opted for succotash. might do the fries tonight if it gets cool again. still feeling the need for salt.
you're right of course about the potatoes. i am sure there has been some modification, but organic potatoes are easier to find than organic popcorn. i realized last night that it was about texture too. what i use needs to be crunchy outside, soft inside, and salty.
Succotash is pretty good, except that it has lima beans in it. I don't eat lima or butter beans. PERIOD.
what do you use instead? the lima beans here are pretty awful. so far i have only been able to find them canned.
I just leave them out and call it corn stew.
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What's a good nail polish brand for someone who's lazy (fuck topcoats) AND cheap? (Prioritize the lazy if you must.)
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...this was the wrong site to ask that question on, huh? :laugh:
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...this was the wrong site to ask that question on, huh? :laugh:
I don't polish my nails, but ask me about my recent brow waxing. :autism:
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...this was the wrong site to ask that question on, huh? :laugh:
I don't polish my nails, but ask me about my recent brow waxing. :autism:
What about your recent brow waxing? :zoinks:
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What's a good nail polish brand for someone who's lazy (fuck topcoats) AND cheap? (Prioritize the lazy if you must.)
I usually go with Sally Hansen or OPI.
Sally is more durable.
Neither is really cheap though, unless you're picking it up for .25 a bottle at yard sales like I do.
Wet n Wild for the cheap stuff or some cool glitter coats.
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does tea affect the silver on spoons? the spoon seemed slightly easier to polish after being in the tea.
i am always experimenting because i have plated spoons that i don't want to ruin in this way.
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does tea affect the silver on spoons? the spoon seemed slightly easier to polish after being in the tea.
i am always experimenting because i have plated spoons that i don't want to ruin in this way.
The more you use silver the easier it is to keep clean, same applies to silver jewelry, if you wear it all the time you won't notice tarnish on it like you would if you leave it sitting in the jewelry box.
Foods that are highly acidic like tomatoes, pineapple can discolor it. You also need to watch things that are high in salt because salt can cause corrosion...silver salt shakers should be stored empty because of that and the reason why when you find a nice gravy ladle it's normally messed up.
I have a few odds and ends of it, grew up using nothing but for many years because my mother loved it, and could spot it a mile away like I can sitting in a yard sale or auction box.
When she got overwhelmed with my father and I... and it was too cold to escape outside to the garden, she drank wine and polished silver. The silver probably saved our lives some days. :zoinks:
You could almost gauge the stress in the house by how shiny the silver was.
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does tea affect the silver on spoons? the spoon seemed slightly easier to polish after being in the tea.
i am always experimenting because i have plated spoons that i don't want to ruin in this way.
The more you use silver the easier it is to keep clean, same applies to silver jewelry, if you wear it all the time you won't notice tarnish on it like you would if you leave it sitting in the jewelry box.
Foods that are highly acidic like tomatoes, pineapple can discolor it. You also need to watch things that are high in salt because salt can cause corrosion...silver salt shakers should be stored empty because of that and the reason why when you find a nice gravy ladle it's normally messed up.
I have a few odds and ends of it, grew up using nothing but for many years because my mother loved it, and could spot it a mile away like I can sitting in a yard sale or auction box.
When she got overwhelmed with my father and I... and it was too cold to escape outside to the garden, she drank wine and polished silver. The silver probably saved our lives some days. :zoinks:
You could almost gauge the stress in the house by how shiny the silver was.
thanks - that's good info about the salt - obvious but i would not have thought it. i used silver until moving here when i got pk a new set of stainless ware. i am going back to the silver at least for my tea.
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...this was the wrong site to ask that question on, huh? :laugh:
I don't polish my nails, but ask me about my recent brow waxing. :autism:
What about your recent brow waxing? :zoinks:
It didn't hurt, and I like the clean crisp new shape of said brows. :eyebrows:
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how long can cooked bacon last in the refrigerator? i have been hoarding it - unintentionally, of course - and this weekend i am going to eat some of it in one of my favorite sandwiches - the blt.
i have some that might be a year old. there might be five packages of two to three strips in there.
none of it is moldy. i used to buy the precooked bacon and eat that a year past the use by date. dunno if fresh bacon cooked is the same way.
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I would like to report back and say, before anyone else had to experience it, that Wet n Wild* nail polish is crap even if it has "gel technology" in it. I understand *fingernails* chipping quickly and for no apparent reason, but when toenails do it, I question the quality of the polish.
Will have to try Sally Hansen or Opi. I semi-impulse-bought in Stop & Shop so the selection was kind of limited. I think I might need to suck it up and actually use a top coat.
*no, I am not making that name up, I swear
What's a good nail polish brand for someone who's lazy (fuck topcoats) AND cheap? (Prioritize the lazy if you must.)
I usually go with Sally Hansen or OPI.
Sally is more durable.
Neither is really cheap though, unless you're picking it up for .25 a bottle at yard sales like I do.
Wet n Wild for the cheap stuff or some cool glitter coats.
Aren't you scared of getting some kind of nail infection doing that?
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What do most people think when they see others kissing?
i ask because i suspect my reaction is not common.
does it depend on who is kissing? so for example, if they see kissing in a cartoon does that have the same effect as kissing between two people in a movie? assume that all involved parties are in love or at least are lusting after each other.
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What do most people think when they see others kissing?
i ask because i suspect my reaction is not common.
does it depend on who is kissing? so for example, if they see kissing in a cartoon does that have the same effect as kissing between two people in a movie? assume that all involved parties are in love or at least are lusting after each other.
I'm not into public displays of affection. I think they're yuck to be honest.
A lot of people do it to show possession instead of affection...I would prefer a cattle brand to the forehead myself.
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What do most people think when they see others kissing?
i ask because i suspect my reaction is not common.
does it depend on who is kissing? so for example, if they see kissing in a cartoon does that have the same effect as kissing between two people in a movie? assume that all involved parties are in love or at least are lusting after each other.
This would make a good thread topic.
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What do most people think when they see others kissing?
i ask because i suspect my reaction is not common.
does it depend on who is kissing? so for example, if they see kissing in a cartoon does that have the same effect as kissing between two people in a movie? assume that all involved parties are in love or at least are lusting after each other.
This would make a good thread topic.
there are a whole host of social things that i don't understand that could go there. like people making loud kissing noises for any reason whatsoever. i would be horrified if someone did that in my ear. i don't get it.
or people who suddenly start talking about some characteristic of mine after noticing me. this is most often related to skin color. don't they get that i heard them change the subject? thank the gods for adhd. i get distracted very easily from such things. i don't get that either? they want my attention? guilt?
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What do most people think when they see others kissing?
i ask because i suspect my reaction is not common.
does it depend on who is kissing? so for example, if they see kissing in a cartoon does that have the same effect as kissing between two people in a movie? assume that all involved parties are in love or at least are lusting after each other.
I'm not into public displays of affection. I think they're yuck to be honest.
A lot of people do it to show possession instead of affection...I would prefer a cattle brand to the forehead myself.
ok, so my reaction is at least not unique. i don't mind seeing people holding hands or a quick peck on the face, but the longer it goes the more gross it seems.
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People kissing is sweet; doesn't really matter who. Full on slobbery makout kissing is a awkward, but smoochey kissing is alright to be around.
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when i was 10 or so i chipped a bone fragment out of my leg jumping over an iron fence. the fragment moved and now there is a slight bump. but recently i was not my best and the bone fragment stood out like a sharp little pyramid.
now it's gone again. i assume that i was badly dehydrated and didn't realize it? what else would cause that?
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I know a couple of gardeners and it occurred to me to look into getting them interesting or unusual seeds. I'd want to make sure they were suitable for the climates in which they live and also not dangerously alien/ecosystem-hurtful. The internet had surprisingly little that looked good to me but I may not have been searching very well. Any thoughts?
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First if your unsure of your zone:
http://garden.org/nga/zipzone/
The 3 big ones:
https://www.eburgess.com/324-seeds
http://www.burpee.com/
http://www.gurneys.com/category/flower-seeds-and-bulbs
I use eBay a lot anymore for seeds also and I've had great luck with everything I've bought so far, especially if I'm looking for something rare or hard to find.
The best way I've found to search about a particular plant is google...USDA has an invasive plant list but it's severely lacking...trumpet vine for example is very invasive here in Pa. (don't ask how I know that), but necessarily not so elsewhere...pampas grass, lily of the valley (invasive and pretty poisonous too), those are my big 3 I battle with trying to contain every year.
Just google the name of the plant, invasive and your state, that will tell you more than the USDA site ever will...plunk in the plant name and poisonous and that's a quick reference if they have small kids or a lot of plant chewing pets to worry about.
Another link to pass along:
http://www.wintersown.org/How_to_Winter_Sow.html
They also have a facebook group which I am a member of. Can't believe I've never done this before...and I have my containers lined up in the garage for this winter already.
Some of my favorites that I'm always planting seeds for:
4'oclocks
Astilbe
Columbine (lots of different varieties)
Morning glory
Marigolds
Petunia
Pansy
Lupines
Hollyhocks
Coneflowers
There are a ton of others, basically I'll plant anything I get my hands on that won't take over, and some that will to cover certain areas.
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Who made you Queen of the Ice and how does the impact our other Queen's power?
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Who made you Queen of the Ice and how does the impact our other Queen's power?
Actually the SO dubbed me the Icequeen, since I tend to lack empathy at times. :LOL:
Queen Victoria is still the supreme ruler, I am more like the corrupt consultant that can offer bad advice if need be.
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Who made you Queen of the Ice and how does the impact our other Queen's power?
Actually the SO dubbed me the Icequeen, since I tend to lack empathy at times. :LOL:
Queen Victoria is still the supreme ruler, I am more like the corrupt consultant that can offer bad advice if need be.
:laugh:
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my red wine vinegar has developed something that looks like a kombucha scoby.
maybe i shouldn't use it anymore?
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my red wine vinegar has developed something that looks like a kombucha scoby.
maybe i shouldn't use it anymore?
OhEmGee!! :aff: You completely freak me out every time you write something like this. :GA: I'm not even sure if you'd love or hate living with someone like me. I'd throw away all of your rotten food while you weren't looking and replace it with new food. It would either drive you crazy, or you'd never even notice and truly believe everything does last forever. :lol1:
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my red wine vinegar has developed something that looks like a kombucha scoby.
maybe i shouldn't use it anymore?
Mother?
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What do you like about Hillary?
I know I know Donald is a bit of a headcase. But that is not the question. It is not how is Donald bad or how bad is he.
What do you lie about Hillary?
The reason I ask is not a Gotcha thing but genuine curiosity. People tell me how she has great experience and knowledge but whilst I know she has BEEN in positions in the government, I dunno what things she has accomplished or succeeded in while she was there. I understand that Donald is bad, but this seems a point against him rather than a point for her.
I do not like her at all. Its not because she is a Democrat or a woman or Bill Clinton's wife. I just don't like her.
This did not help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kypl1MYuKDY
Just wondering what I am missing out on that other people see?
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What do you like about Hillary?
I know I know Donald is a bit of a headcase. But that is not the question. It is not how is Donald bad or how bad is he.
What do you lie about Hillary?
The reason I ask is not a Gotcha thing but genuine curiosity. People tell me how she has great experience and knowledge but whilst I know she has BEEN in positions in the government, I dunno what things she has accomplished or succeeded in while she was there. I understand that Donald is bad, but this seems a point against him rather than a point for her.
I do not like her at all. Its not because she is a Democrat or a woman or Bill Clinton's wife. I just don't like her.
This did not help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kypl1MYuKDY
Just wondering what I am missing out on that other people see?
It's not a question of liking her, I don't really "like" her as a person, I just think she's the more qualified of the two.
She is cold, professional, and prepared.
Trump is a hot-headed, performance act who is a bit unprepared.
You have two people you don't trust, both are known liars, but unfortunately one of them has to hold the loaded gun...which one would you give it to?
The loud-mouth rich guy or the cold-hearted bitch that did her homework?
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Do I have the option of shooting myself?
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Do I have the option of shooting myself?
Unfortunately not, I asked already...you have kids, like me. ;)
I was hoping for lightening to strike them both actually. :dunno:
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my red wine vinegar has developed something that looks like a kombucha scoby.
maybe i shouldn't use it anymore?
OhEmGee!! :aff: You completely freak me out every time you write something like this. :GA: I'm not even sure if you'd love or hate living with someone like me. I'd throw away all of your rotten food while you weren't looking and replace it with new food. It would either drive you crazy, or you'd never even notice and truly believe everything does last forever. :lol1:
i don't think it's rotten. it tasted o.k.
and actually i wouldn't mind. it's hard keeping up with the refrigerator, especially since the science experiments happen on their own. probably you would have an issue with it, but things dry nicely in there. I dry blueberries and mushrooms all the time.
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my red wine vinegar has developed something that looks like a kombucha scoby.
maybe i shouldn't use it anymore?
OhEmGee!! :aff: You completely freak me out every time you write something like this. :GA: I'm not even sure if you'd love or hate living with someone like me. I'd throw away all of your rotten food while you weren't looking and replace it with new food. It would either drive you crazy, or you'd never even notice and truly believe everything does last forever. :lol1:
i don't think it's rotten. it tasted o.k.
and actually i wouldn't mind. it's hard keeping up with the refrigerator, especially since the science experiments happen on their own. probably you would have an issue with it, but things dry nicely in there. I dry blueberries and mushrooms all the time.
Hmm, my theory is that you're jealous of my superior number of food sensitivities, and you're trying to push your immune system into taking exception to something else :P
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I dunno what things she has accomplished or succeeded in while she was there.
Those things are as easy to find on the internet as negative things about her.
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my red wine vinegar has developed something that looks like a kombucha scoby.
maybe i shouldn't use it anymore?
OhEmGee!! :aff: You completely freak me out every time you write something like this. :GA: I'm not even sure if you'd love or hate living with someone like me. I'd throw away all of your rotten food while you weren't looking and replace it with new food. It would either drive you crazy, or you'd never even notice and truly believe everything does last forever. :lol1:
i don't think it's rotten. it tasted o.k.
and actually i wouldn't mind. it's hard keeping up with the refrigerator, especially since the science experiments happen on their own. probably you would have an issue with it, but things dry nicely in there. I dry blueberries and mushrooms all the time.
You are right Wolfish, Scoby or Mother is what it is. I thought so, because my Bragg's raw apple cider vinegar did the same.
http://www.onetomato-twotomato.com/2014/02/vinegar-and-kombucha-mothers/
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I say kill it with fire. :zoinks:
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Do I have the option of shooting myself?
Unfortunately not, I asked already...you have kids, like me. ;)
I was hoping for lightening to strike them both actually. :dunno:
Speaking of lightning, here's a song for Election Day. :zoinks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWxSGspIv2c
They misspelled her name, it's AMII.
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my red wine vinegar has developed something that looks like a kombucha scoby.
maybe i shouldn't use it anymore?
OhEmGee!! :aff: You completely freak me out every time you write something like this. :GA: I'm not even sure if you'd love or hate living with someone like me. I'd throw away all of your rotten food while you weren't looking and replace it with new food. It would either drive you crazy, or you'd never even notice and truly believe everything does last forever. :lol1:
i don't think it's rotten. it tasted o.k.
and actually i wouldn't mind. it's hard keeping up with the refrigerator, especially since the science experiments happen on their own. probably you would have an issue with it, but things dry nicely in there. I dry blueberries and mushrooms all the time.
You are right Wolfish, Scoby or Mother is what it is. I thought so, because my Bragg's raw apple cider vinegar did the same.
http://www.onetomato-twotomato.com/2014/02/vinegar-and-kombucha-mothers/
do you think a red wine vinegar mother could be used with white wine?
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my red wine vinegar has developed something that looks like a kombucha scoby.
maybe i shouldn't use it anymore?
OhEmGee!! :aff: You completely freak me out every time you write something like this. :GA: I'm not even sure if you'd love or hate living with someone like me. I'd throw away all of your rotten food while you weren't looking and replace it with new food. It would either drive you crazy, or you'd never even notice and truly believe everything does last forever. :lol1:
i don't think it's rotten. it tasted o.k.
and actually i wouldn't mind. it's hard keeping up with the refrigerator, especially since the science experiments happen on their own. probably you would have an issue with it, but things dry nicely in there. I dry blueberries and mushrooms all the time.
You are right Wolfish, Scoby or Mother is what it is. I thought so, because my Bragg's raw apple cider vinegar did the same.
http://www.onetomato-twotomato.com/2014/02/vinegar-and-kombucha-mothers/
do you think a red wine vinegar mother could be used with white wine?
Yep, from what I see. They say white wine takes longer and is a little harder to make. The mother should change color over time, and some say the first batch may have that hint of red also.
https://holybasil.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/word-to-your-mother/
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Going to try it.
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Going to try it.
:thumbup:
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Icequeen has many diverse useful skills. I envision an Icequeen cable TV show about survivalism! :tooledup:
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Icequeen has many diverse useful skills. I envision an Icequeen cable TV show about survivalism! :tooledup:
I owe it all to google, pinterest, and insomnia. :LOL:
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This one grew on a green tea bag. I thought the thermos had water in it so i left it alone - maybe a month, two months?
I wondered if it were viable, but I am not sure I can drink kombucha anymore. it made me more anemic for some reason.
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:GA:
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:GA:
would you feel better if you knew that i disinfected the thermos? Believe it or not I have an alter ego that is bacteria phobic. He's not out very often these days.
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would you feel better if you knew that i disinfected the thermos?
Only if you used fire. :zoinks:
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Yeah, I'd be wary of anything growing on a tea bag for that long. :LOL:
I should have taken pictures of my scoby floating around in its bowl yesterday waiting while I brewed another batch of tea for it.
The gopher would have loved it. ;)
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Does anything metabolically different *really* happen when eating later at night (or closer to bedtime- and does THAT make a difference?), or is there just a myth about that making you weigh more because if you weigh yourself in the morning, more of the food is just plain going to be still inside of you, thereby increasing the weight for that morning?
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Does anything metabolically different *really* happen when eating later at night (or closer to bedtime- and does THAT make a difference?), or is there just a myth about that making you weigh more because if you weigh yourself in the morning, more of the food is just plain going to be still inside of you, thereby increasing the weight for that morning?
It seems to depend a lot on your lifestyle. If you are active and exercise the total amount of calories you burn off will be about the same, and a small protein based snack can actually be beneficial.
You do burn calories at a slower rate while sleeping, and it can cause a decreased glucose tolerance if you are not active through the day. Many of us will crave and eat the wrong stuff at night or eat for the wrong reasons too...like the package of cookies or bag of chips that melts all the stress of the day away bite by bite. *guilty* Then if you have acid reflux...you're miserable period.
Metabolically, if your active, if you make healthy choices, and keep it light, there doesn't seem to be a difference, and sometimes something like a small protein shake is actually good.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/diet-truth-myth-eating-night-causes-weight-gain#1
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/why-eating-late-at-night-may-be-particularly-bad-for-you-and-your-diet/2015/08/24/ad8b85ac-2583-11e5-b77f-eb13a215f593_story.html
https://medical.mit.edu/sites/default/files/late-night-eating.pdf
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Similar question.
Does you body do repair work while sleeping? I always wanted to take meds/vitamins before going to bed because I thought they would work better. Yes, I understand the body works less, but I thought it would not be fighting with daily activity and might work better.
Scrambled thoughts, tough day.
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Yes, it does repairs while you sleep. sigh, i should take heed and go to bed.
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/sdd/why
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Similar question.
Does you body do repair work while sleeping? I always wanted to take meds/vitamins before going to bed because I thought they would work better. Yes, I understand the body works less, but I thought it would not be fighting with daily activity and might work better.
Scrambled thoughts, tough day.
Yep, sleep is when the body does its repair work.
http://www.howsleepworks.com/why_restoration.html
I need to read more on that site now, my sleep sucks. :laugh:
Some meds/vitamins can promote better sleep like magnesium...but some can interrupt your sleep and keep you up at night. I like to google the side effects...but that's not always a given either, you have to see how something makes you feel...one person can take a B12 supplement and bounce off of the walls, another might get sleepy.
You also don't want anything that could literally put you out cold if you have breathing problems like asthma or copd.
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Thank you both. It made sense to me that you'd want to do repair work while a machine is in down time or resting mode.
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What are the recommendations (and research) for when to start/stop using light therapy for seasonal affect?
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What are the recommendations (and research) for when to start/stop using light therapy for seasonal affect?
Am being so obnoxious to answer here. Have read a lot on it lately. And have got some experience too by now.
Begin the moment you notice the darkening of the days starts affecting you.
Then start with two weeks of light therapy. Make sure to do that before 9 am, to not mess up your day and night rhythm. After two weeks you stop for a while and notice what happens.
For some just a few days without light therapy leads already to a major setback. Others benefit for months from those two weeks of treatment. It is a matter of trying, to find out what your dosage should be. There are people who have to use it daily through the autumn and winter.
On average people use it two weeks, then stop till they notice they need it again. So the time to stop comes naturally for them.
If you use anti-depressants, make sure someone else also keeps an eye on you. A manic episode can be triggered by the light in rare occasions. And sometimes the dosage of anti-depressants has to be lowered because of the light therapy.
The triggering into a manic episode hardly ever happens with people who do not use anti-depressants. (Unless they are already prone to manic episodes)
For the rest, what I myself experience from light therapy is pleasant. What I see happening in kid with light is as close to a miracle as can be.
Do make sure to buy a good lamp, if you want to try. The light has to be equivalent to 10,000 lux. Those lamps come in quite bulky but also in really small. Here we have the litebook edge. It is hardly bigger than a cheap cellphone.
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I'm thinking I should try light therapy. :zombiefuck:
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Have you ever used Feliway, or heard about how well it works?
Or do you have other tips on how to get two cats on "speaking terms", when one of them is a new youngster in the house? Had a young male homeless skinny cat on my doorstep last Tuesday. Calling him Lorre. Am trying to make it work with him and Luna.
Now Luna has upstairs all for herself. Lorre has the kitchen. The livingroom is where they meet. Also where they are without the other cat around a few times a day. Lorre is pretty dominant, especially when he thinks food is involved.
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I'm thinking I should try light therapy. :zombiefuck:
Whenever she can, Luna will place herself in such a way that she also gets some of the light on her face.
:lol1:
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When we got Molly from Mum's, all she wanted to do was hide under the bed. Liam is dominant and still has tom behaviours so they didn't really get along at first. After about 6 months, Molly still didn't roam freely about the house and was still seemingly anxious a lot of the time so we tried Feliway. Put the drops in Molly's bed and had the plug-in device just outside my bedroom (which is where Molly sleeps). It didn't work unfortunately. That said, Liam responds to catnip while Molly has no reaction. So there might be something about Molly that doesn't react to pheromones or the active ingredient in catnip.
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I'm thinking I should try light therapy. :zombiefuck:
Me too.
Wintertime days here in Oregon are noticeably shorter than in Cali.
That and I'm working swing shifts where I go to sleep around 4am and get up around noon.
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When we got Molly from Mum's, all she wanted to do was hide under the bed. Liam is dominant and still has tom behaviours so they didn't really get along at first. After about 6 months, Molly still didn't roam freely about the house and was still seemingly anxious a lot of the time so we tried Feliway. Put the drops in Molly's bed and had the plug-in device just outside my bedroom (which is where Molly sleeps). It didn't work unfortunately. That said, Liam responds to catnip while Molly has no reaction. So there might be something about Molly that doesn't react to pheromones or the active ingredient in catnip.
I have heard that some cats are unaffected by catnip. Maybe they're straight edge. :cat:
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Some really love catnip and others could care less about it, I've seen that.
With my two, the female will take anything you've got...dried, fresh, stuffed in a toy...she's like a little crack addict, rolling around higher than hell on the kitchen floor.
The male only wants the fresh stuff. No dried stuff for him, no rolling around in it....he's above all that.
I tried Feliway here too when we first moved in...we had some disputes between the two, maybe the change in the environment. :dunno: thought it might help. Didn't do anything here either.
I'm thinking I should try light therapy. :zombiefuck:
Me too.
Wintertime days here in Oregon are noticeably shorter than in Cali.
That and I'm working swing shifts where I go to sleep around 4am and get up around noon.
My dad used to work that sometimes...said it was depressing as hell in the winter...you no sooner got up and the sun was going down. :P
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Did some further searching myself, and found the product Feliway Friends was on offer. Different pheromones than the regular Feliway.
Plugged it in yesterday. Luna has more courage now, she gets somewhat back to her "normal" behaviour. She does not avoid half of the living room any more. Lorre does not change that much, although he stopped hissing at Luna. So, seems to be effective, a bit.
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Did some further searching myself, and found the product Feliway Friends was on offer. Different pheromones than the regular Feliway.
Plugged it in yesterday. Luna has more courage now, she gets somewhat back to her "normal" behaviour. She does not avoid half of the living room any more. Lorre does not change that much, although he stopped hissing at Luna. So, seems to be effective, a bit.
Time will help too. They may never be really friendly towards one another, but eventually they learn to tolerate each other.
My female was here first...she has always made that known loud and clear to the male. She can be 9 lbs of pure hell-raising bitch, the male is around at least 15 lbs and could do some damage I'm sure if they really ever started fighting, but he's like a big teddy bear.
My heart aches for him, some days she'll just walk over to him and give him a wack upside his head for no reason at all and he just looks at me with these big eyes like he's saying "what did I do??"
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Any decent articles on what it is, biologically, that happens or causes manic and/or mixed episodes? Not just the brain systems involved, but why they go haywire specifically for people with bipolar disorders. Also, any nuances to that whole question.
I'm poking around as well, but figured there's a good chance if I ask here I'll get more. Mostly what I've found so far is lots oa articles doing lots of hand-wringing about "correct" diagnostic criteria.
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Any decent articles on what it is, biologically, that happens or causes manic and/or mixed episodes? Not just the brain systems involved, but why they go haywire specifically for people with bipolar disorders. Also, any nuances to that whole question.
I'm poking around as well, but figured there's a good chance if I ask here I'll get more. Mostly what I've found so far is lots oa articles doing lots of hand-wringing about "correct" diagnostic criteria.
Is this too old? http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v33/n1/full/1301575a.html
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Any decent articles on what it is, biologically, that happens or causes manic and/or mixed episodes? Not just the brain systems involved, but why they go haywire specifically for people with bipolar disorders. Also, any nuances to that whole question.
I'm poking around as well, but figured there's a good chance if I ask here I'll get more. Mostly what I've found so far is lots oa articles doing lots of hand-wringing about "correct" diagnostic criteria.
Is this too old? http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v33/n1/full/1301575a.html
That's awesome, actually. =)
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Any decent articles on what it is, biologically, that happens or causes manic and/or mixed episodes? Not just the brain systems involved, but why they go haywire specifically for people with bipolar disorders. Also, any nuances to that whole question.
I'm poking around as well, but figured there's a good chance if I ask here I'll get more. Mostly what I've found so far is lots oa articles doing lots of hand-wringing about "correct" diagnostic criteria.
Is this too old? http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v33/n1/full/1301575a.html
That's awesome, actually. =)
Good. A Google Scholar search will yield better result than anything found in regular web searches. Though did first read about plasticity cascades and Dr Manji in an unhelpful health news article first, and then took that info to a scholar search to find something better. The only downfall of searching for research papers, is having to dig around a bit to find papers which the full text is free to the public. Sometimes they're hard to find.
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Any decent articles on what it is, biologically, that happens or causes manic and/or mixed episodes? Not just the brain systems involved, but why they go haywire specifically for people with bipolar disorders. Also, any nuances to that whole question.
I'm poking around as well, but figured there's a good chance if I ask here I'll get more. Mostly what I've found so far is lots oa articles doing lots of hand-wringing about "correct" diagnostic criteria.
Is this too old? http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v33/n1/full/1301575a.html
That's awesome, actually. =)
Good. A Google Scholar search will yield better result than anything found in regular web searches. Though did first read about plasticity cascades and Dr Manji in an unhelpful health news article first, and then took that info to a scholar search to find something better. The only downfall of searching for research papers, is having to dig around a bit to find papers which the full text is free to the public. Sometimes they're hard to find.
I was using google scholar, and hitting that exact same problem. Figured I'd try to get you guys to do the work for me. :laugh:
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:laugh: There's also this great site: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed. After entering a search, options appear to the left of the page which enable users to limit the results to only free full text publications, time frames, article types, and so on. Also, changing the dropdown next to the search field from 'pub med' to 'all databases' will yield a result page which not only contains a link for full text literature results, but also a huge variety of other resources. Don't know what extra perks might come along with registering a member account with the NCBI website.
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Used that a while ago. Works nice indeed.
Jack, you are having a nice postcount. :congrats:
* am resisting the urge to plus *
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how would mold get on the inside of a tangerine? the skin was unbroken as far as i could tell. the mold was green and there were little white dots on all the rest of the pieces (jack will be happy to know i didn't try them) so it seemed to be growing.
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(jack will be happy to know i didn't try them)
Jack is indeed happy to know. :M
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how would mold get on the inside of a tangerine? the skin was unbroken as far as i could tell. the mold was green and there were little white dots on all the rest of the pieces (jack will be happy to know i didn't try them) so it seemed to be growing.
Wow, never came across one that was moldy on the inside.
From what I could pull up it is common though. Many say it is probably from a small cut or hole in the skin that allows the mold spores to enter.
Another explanation given is that seeds of fruit can be infected with fungi during pollination.
Looking on diseases affecting citrus trees though lists Alternaria fungus...it starts off as rot in the center and will turn the citrus black and moldy from the center out. Most common following rainy winters or springs...the tree received too much water.
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how would mold get on the inside of a tangerine? the skin was unbroken as far as i could tell. the mold was green and there were little white dots on all the rest of the pieces (jack will be happy to know i didn't try them) so it seemed to be growing.
Wow, never came across one that was moldy on the inside.
From what I could pull up it is common though. Many say it is probably from a small cut or hole in the skin that allows the mold spores to enter.
Another explanation given is that seeds of fruit can be infected with fungi during pollination.
Looking on diseases affecting citrus trees though lists Alternaria fungus...it starts off as rot in the center and will turn the citrus black and moldy from the center out. Most common following rainy winters or springs...the tree received too much water.
i should have taken pics. oddly enough i was so weirded out that i wrapped it in my lunch bag and threw it away as soon as i could.
so on the subject of things i don't want to eat, my mother has sent me carrot juice powder and beet juice powder. can't figure out what to do with them.
any ideas?
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What are some exercises, ergonomics and any other helpful stuff to do for hyperextended knees?
Apparently my knees go backwards a bit. :/
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What are some exercises, ergonomics and any other helpful stuff to do for hyperextended knees?
Apparently my knees go backwards a bit. :/
Yeah! Welcome to the club. I've double jointed knees, hips, elbows and fingers. Not enough to cause many problems, but enough that I notice. AFAIK it's caused by loose/stretched ligaments (tendons?) and can't really be strengthened, fused or shortened by exercises.
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What are some exercises, ergonomics and any other helpful stuff to do for hyperextended knees?
Apparently my knees go backwards a bit. :/
Yeah! Welcome to the club. I've double jointed knees, hips, elbows and fingers. Not enough to cause many problems, but enough that I notice. AFAIK it's caused by loose/stretched ligaments (tendons?) and can't really be strengthened, fused or shortened by exercises.
Yeah, but you can strengthen muscles to avoid putting more strain on the ligaments.
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Hyperextended knee exercises
Two of the most common exercises for hyperextended knee are given below.
Quarter squats
Squat slightly, keeping your back straight.
Stop as soon as you feel pressure or pain in the knee.
Hold for a few seconds before returning and repeating.
This exercise is meant to strengthen the ligaments that hold the knee in position.
Step ups
Place a low stool in front of you with the injured leg on top of the stool.
Step up and down until you are fatigued.
You can even use the bottom stair for this exercise instead of a stool.
Swimming is also considered a good exercise for hyperextended knees.
Apart from injury, there could be a few other reasons for hyperextend knee. For example, there are some people who may have very strong quadriceps muscles, and the integrity of the joint itself may not be bad. Yet, they will have hyperextended knees because the hamstrings are very lose. This could happen because of wrong posture while standing or even jumping and not cushioning the fall by bending the knees. Any exercise that targets the hamstring will benefit here.
http://www.yogawiz.com/articles/715/yoga-exercises/exercises-for-hyperextended-knee.html#continued
Also:
Straight leg raises
Lateral Step up
Wall sits
Quad sets with towel
Hamstring stretch
Exercise bike
Swimming
Hope that helps some.
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Isn't exercise a four letter word?
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Isn't exercise a four letter word?
Some days. :LOL: I miss biking...didn't get a lot of chance to do that last year.
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Biking? Is that where you have to do most of the work yourself? :orly:
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what are the lies trans people tell themselves and how do they hurt others?
this was a comment made by gary in the ridiculously happy thread but too long ago to pursue there.
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what are the lies trans people tell themselves and how do they hurt others?
this was a comment made by gary in the ridiculously happy thread but too long ago to pursue there.
They lie to themselves about who they are, and sometimes also their own sexuality. Living that lie is one thing, but inviting someone else to live it with them is another. Changing gender means changing into someone their spouse isn't physically attracted to, a different person than they married. It's a breach of trust they themselves have established, and at a base level. I guess I could have said they lie to their spouses, but it's my opinion they lie to themselves and have invited someone else to invest themselves in that. :dunno:
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Hyperextended knee exercises
Two of the most common exercises for hyperextended knee are given below.
Quarter squats
Squat slightly, keeping your back straight.
Stop as soon as you feel pressure or pain in the knee.
Hold for a few seconds before returning and repeating.
This exercise is meant to strengthen the ligaments that hold the knee in position.
Step ups
Place a low stool in front of you with the injured leg on top of the stool.
Step up and down until you are fatigued.
You can even use the bottom stair for this exercise instead of a stool.
Swimming is also considered a good exercise for hyperextended knees.
Apart from injury, there could be a few other reasons for hyperextend knee. For example, there are some people who may have very strong quadriceps muscles, and the integrity of the joint itself may not be bad. Yet, they will have hyperextended knees because the hamstrings are very lose. This could happen because of wrong posture while standing or even jumping and not cushioning the fall by bending the knees. Any exercise that targets the hamstring will benefit here.
http://www.yogawiz.com/articles/715/yoga-exercises/exercises-for-hyperextended-knee.html#continued
Also:
Straight leg raises
Lateral Step up
Wall sits
Quad sets with towel
Hamstring stretch
Exercise bike
Swimming
Hope that helps some.
:thumbup:
Though my hamstrings are actually insanely tight and always have been (possibly to compensate?). But maybe that doesn't translate so much to 'strong."
Also the use of what look like disclosure triangles as list bullets for plain ol' vanilla unclickable list items is obnoxious.
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what are the lies trans people tell themselves and how do they hurt others?
this was a comment made by gary in the ridiculously happy thread but too long ago to pursue there.
They lie to themselves about who they are, and sometimes also their own sexuality. Living that lie is one thing, but inviting someone else to live it with them is another. Changing gender means changing into someone their spouse isn't physically attracted to, a different person than they married. It's a breach of trust they themselves have established, and at a base level. I guess I could have said they lie to their spouses, but it's my opinion they lie to themselves and have invited someone else to invest themselves in that. :dunno:
hm, i suppose that could be true. i met one in a practicum and another in another practicum and neither man wanted to be the woman they thought they were. One had been raised female by a family dominated by females. He presented poorly and might not have been lying when he said he just wanted to be a man. he wasn't clear on it and because it was a practicum i referred him out for long term therapy.
the other was without doubt the scariest client i've encountered, including those who threatened me with violence. He thought of himself as a cross dresser and that he was doing it for fun, but it had gotten to the point where his wife was unhappy (even though he wasn't stealing her underwear anymore) and he was unhappy as well, because the person he was cross dressed was spending all his money. He was also afraid that she wanted to take over completely. He asked to come in cross dressed. I consulted with my supervisor and he said OK.
When she came in it was clear that it was a case of dissociative identity disorder. She wasn't wearing that much makeup and she didn't look like him at all. I've only seen this phenomenon in two other people (also hair raising experiences). Even the voice was different. There was no sign of him at all. She talked about how inferior he was and how she deserved more time. She angrily stated her intent to kill him and left while i was consulting with my supervisor. I don't remember what we did about duty to warn but I never saw him again.
The other two were people whose faces clearly changed when they changed personalities. one showed me pics and i had to stop myself from saying that isn't you. the other had changes that looked like even the cheekbones changed, and the voice changed too, and without warning. one day i found myself talking to a six year old. neither person was aware of the differences in appearance or voice.
so trans people lying to themselves i think is complicated. it always feels worse when you're the spouse. you feel betrayed. you feel like the person you thought you knew is gone, and in their place is someone who has been concealing things from you and that maybe you shouldn't trust. you question your judgement. but maybe that person has been trying on the new identity, sparked by something on the news or that they read in a magazine or book that called to them and said, "this is you." there is no way of predicting when that will happen. or if after exploring and testing, they decide it's not them, and the person with whom they thought they would spend the rest of their life, and in whom they invested themselves with is gone.
i am wholeheartedly on the side of the spouse whose SO knew and didn't say so when they got married or partnered or whatever. that's lying. but i think it's hard for both sides when it's a new discovery and they are both still in love and then what? i've heard this story not just about trans people but gay and bisexual people as well. i have to wonder on what the relationship was based if when the revelation is made, the first question (instead of 'wow, that's tough, how are you doing?'), is "how long have you known about this?" which to me is a thinly disguised " should i trust you anymore?"
my cousin came out as gay to his wife after some difficult soul searching. they stayed (sans sex) married and raised a child until he died of AIDS.
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I guess I just have trouble seeing gender identity as something that comes about as some sort of new discovery to anyone. :dunno: I think it's possible I'm being nice by saying they lie to themselves, because I think it's most likely they have no intention of hurting their spouse even though they do, and to say they lie to their spouse would imply some level of intent.
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I guess I just have trouble seeing gender identity as something that comes about as some sort of new discovery to anyone. :dunno: I think it's possible I'm being nice by saying they lie to themselves, because I think it's most likely they have no intention of hurting their spouse even though they do, and to say they lie to their spouse would imply some level of intent.
there are some published cases. this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer) knew when he was 14 after his doctor declared him successfully raised female, but some people buy into the lie of two genders and don't realize there can be other things. there are all kinds of so called anomalies. many have their medical histories hidden from them.
this is from the intersex society of north america's homepage: "Though we speak of intersex as an inborn condition, intersex anatomy doesn’t always show up at birth. Sometimes a person isn’t found to have intersex anatomy until she or he reaches the age of puberty, or finds himself an infertile adult, or dies of old age and is autopsied. Some people live and die with intersex anatomy without anyone (including themselves) ever knowing."
as for intent, again i agree with you. if there is knowledge and an intent to deceive, then consequences are in order. i agree that it does happen, just saying the the other happens as well.
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Now I feel like we're talking about two different things. Sure I can understand how someone's chromosomal gender might come as a new discovery, but I'm not sure what that has to do with gender identity. If anything, that Wikipedia link supports what I'm thinking, and that's gender identity forms in childhood, and I don't think people change their minds about that later. :dunno:
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I have a friend that came out as male only a few years ago.
His mother basically planned his life out for him in high school. I think she only wanted the best for him, she wanted him not to struggle like she had in life...but in a way I think it was a big roadblock for him in coming out. She was too involved in telling him how to live his life, so it took him longer to figure how "he" wanted to live it.
I think some people live in denial, deep in their heart they know, but are way too worried about how it will effect their parents, extended family, friends, job...etc. They are afraid to "disappoint" the people they love, they are afraid they will lose them. So they try to live a lie to please someone else until they are too unhappy with themselves to do it anymore.
You can tell someone that true love is about acceptance...and that it won't make a difference...but it's still has to be an enormously hard step to take. In some families it has to be worse than others. I could just imagine if one of my BIL's had suddenly came out to my dysfunctional narrow-minded in-laws about 10 years ago.
What a shit show worthy of a televised mini series that would have been. :o
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What do you know about spinal curvature, how alterable it is, and how to tell how alterable it is?
My upper back curves forward and has as long as I can remember. It got a lot worse over time (desk job), and has gotten better this last year as I've strengthened my back muscles, and I'm doing some exercises to work on flexibility, but I'm not sure how far that will go. I don't know what is just years of bad posture vs. something like scoliosis (or actual scoliosis), and whether that matters or not anyway.
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What do you know about spinal curvature, how alterable it is, and how to tell how alterable it is?
My upper back curves forward and has as long as I can remember. It got a lot worse over time (desk job), and has gotten better this last year as I've strengthened my back muscles, and I'm doing some exercises to work on flexibility, but I'm not sure how far that will go. I don't know what is just years of bad posture vs. something like scoliosis (or actual scoliosis), and whether that matters or not anyway.
This interests me also. :orly:
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What do you know about spinal curvature, how alterable it is, and how to tell how alterable it is?
My upper back curves forward and has as long as I can remember. It got a lot worse over time (desk job), and has gotten better this last year as I've strengthened my back muscles, and I'm doing some exercises to work on flexibility, but I'm not sure how far that will go. I don't know what is just years of bad posture vs. something like scoliosis (or actual scoliosis), and whether that matters or not anyway.
Thinking this has come up before. Ever discuss with a doctor trying a posture brace?
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Do you really like all those big ass TRUCKS or are you just playing into my hand?
:tard:
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What do you know about spinal curvature, how alterable it is, and how to tell how alterable it is?
My upper back curves forward and has as long as I can remember. It got a lot worse over time (desk job), and has gotten better this last year as I've strengthened my back muscles, and I'm doing some exercises to work on flexibility, but I'm not sure how far that will go. I don't know what is just years of bad posture vs. something like scoliosis (or actual scoliosis), and whether that matters or not anyway.
Thinking this has come up before. Ever discuss with a doctor trying a posture brace?
At the moment I'm using a back stretcher. Well not at the moment, right now I'm posting.
I store stress in my muscles, getting a similar posture. Month ago physiotherapist let me borrow hers, because therapy is not an option right now. Effect of five minutes on that torturing device is big. If I notice there are still some big "knots" in my back muscles I massage them myself, with the help of a hard small rubber ball and the wall.
(Just imagine this bovine rubbing her back against the wall, the rubber ball will be pressed into the sore bits. It will be moving because of the movements I make. In the mean time I train my legs as a side effect.)
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At the moment I'm using a back stretcher. Well not at the moment, right now I'm posting.
I store stress in my muscles, getting a similar posture. Month ago physiotherapist let me borrow hers, because therapy is not an option right now. Effect of five minutes on that torturing device is big. If I notice there are still some big "knots" in my back muscles I massage them myself, with the help of a hard small rubber ball and the wall.
(Just imagine this bovine rubbing her back against the wall, the rubber ball will be pressed into the sore bits. It will be moving because of the movements I make. In the mean time I train my legs as a side effect.)
Correcting posture is a subconscious behavioral reconditioning, and torture is an excellent way to describe it. Though absolutely believe a year's worth of torture spared me from a lifetime of pain.
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I used to have a quite obvious hunchback until I was about 25. Then I went to a chiropractor because I had back pain and pain pills and anti-inflammatories weren't helping. He gave me exercises to do to straighten my back.
The most effective exercise I did was to take a towel and roll it up into sausage shape and lay on the floor with it under my back horizontally where the lowest ribs are. I did this for a few minutes every night before bed. I noticed a difference almost straight away. I will most likely always have back problems but I can stand straight now and I see that as a bonus.
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I used to have a quite obvious hunchback until I was about 25. Then I went to a chiropractor because I had back pain and pain pills and anti-inflammatories weren't helping. He gave me exercises to do to straighten my back.
The most effective exercise I did was to take a towel and roll it up into sausage shape and lay on the floor with it under my back horizontally where the lowest ribs are. I did this for a few minutes every night before bed. I noticed a difference almost straight away. I will most likely always have back problems but I can stand straight now and I see that as a bonus.
Can you find a picture or video of how to do this? I'm not sure I'm understanding the description correctly.
EDIT: Or just clarify: is the "sausage" perpendicular (90 degree angle) to your spine? (Which is what I'm inferring based on subsequent posts)
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I used to have a quite obvious hunchback until I was about 25. Then I went to a chiropractor because I had back pain and pain pills and anti-inflammatories weren't helping. He gave me exercises to do to straighten my back.
The most effective exercise I did was to take a towel and roll it up into sausage shape and lay on the floor with it under my back horizontally where the lowest ribs are. I did this for a few minutes every night before bed. I noticed a difference almost straight away. I will most likely always have back problems but I can stand straight now and I see that as a bonus.
For me the struggle was overcoming the natural instinct. Slumping and slouching were like breathing.
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I used to have a quite obvious hunchback until I was about 25. Then I went to a chiropractor because I had back pain and pain pills and anti-inflammatories weren't helping. He gave me exercises to do to straighten my back.
The most effective exercise I did was to take a towel and roll it up into sausage shape and lay on the floor with it under my back horizontally where the lowest ribs are. I did this for a few minutes every night before bed. I noticed a difference almost straight away. I will most likely always have back problems but I can stand straight now and I see that as a bonus.
For me the struggle was overcoming the natural instinct. Slumping and slouching were like breathing.
Lol, Jack, I know you really want me to have a trainer or brace. I'm hoping for a less extreme alternative so that's what I'm gonna try first. :P
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This might be close. I remember my mom just laying looking up at the ceiling with a towel rolled under her back some days and saying it helped (she had it too).
http://youtu.be/lWGY0fFxmTY
She also had some sort of exercise machine thing... Body by Jake back device they don't make anymore purchased from a late night infomercial that she loved. Really it looked like the ab roller but different...they make something called the ab and back plus now...doesn't look the same. :dunno:
Braces are only recommended for short term pain relief for adults...not like when I was a teenager (one of my best friends had to wear one for years). They still really only help stop the progression, it's not a fix.
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Lol, Jack, I know you really want me to have a trainer or brace. I'm hoping for a less extreme alternative so that's what I'm gonna try first. :P
Stop slouching.
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That first exercise the guy does is right - except I laid flat on my back on the floor on the towel looking at the ceiling.
His exercise is for side to side scoliosis.
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That first exercise the guy does is right - except I laid flat on my back on the floor on the towel looking at the ceiling.
His exercise is for side to side scoliosis.
Having done more research, I think if it's not sideways, it's not scoliosis.
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https://youtu.be/LN4yFG3Hna0
The one I use does not have green rolls but solid wooden "notches". ( Can't think up the translation for "uitsteeksels" right now)
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Do you know of any sources of info to get a better handle on possible discrimination (inc. age discrimination) as well as simple job availability vs market saturation in a particular industry? Am particularly wondering about tech.
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That first exercise the guy does is right - except I laid flat on my back on the floor on the towel looking at the ceiling.
His exercise is for side to side scoliosis.
Having done more research, I think if it's not sideways, it's not scoliosis.
I think it is called kyphosis?
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That first exercise the guy does is right - except I laid flat on my back on the floor on the towel looking at the ceiling.
His exercise is for side to side scoliosis.
Having done more research, I think if it's not sideways, it's not scoliosis.
I think it is called kyphosis?
Yes.
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That first exercise the guy does is right - except I laid flat on my back on the floor on the towel looking at the ceiling.
His exercise is for side to side scoliosis.
Having done more research, I think if it's not sideways, it's not scoliosis.
I think it is called kyphosis?
Kyphosis is an outward curve that causes a hunchbacked appearance. I have a small
degree of that in the neck area, which gives the look of a very slight dowager's hump. :prude:
Scoliosis is indeed a sideways curvature, though in my case it's just a subtle meandering
to one side, not a drastic S-shaped curvature as in more severe cases, like Richard III.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyphosis :nerd!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoliosis :nurse:
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Yep, I too, have both. They're very slight though.
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I have never noticed in any pic I've seen of you ren. You look quite lovely in fact :)
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The PR has very mild scoliosis because of the Cerebral Palsy. Also, her right shoulder is noticeably lower than her left. Clothes often slide off to that side unless the neckline is cup high enough. Bra straps end up halfway down her upper arm.
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is there a good way to fix a cracked rib without wasting time at the ER?
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is there a good way to fix a cracked rib without wasting time at the ER?
Pain meds to make you less miserable, rest, ice, and limited activity for about 6 weeks + depending on how bad.
I'd get it checked though, they can't put a cast on a rib, but if it's broken and not cracked you run the risk of puncturing a lung or something else.
No :hug: but good thoughts and I'll share my chocolate with you.
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chocolate is good. i have an appointment tomorrow and will have them look at it.
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just cracked. the inordinate amount of pain was from having two cracked ribs. the one just below was cracked a month ago and isn't healed yet. i got a nerve block which reduced the pain to tolerable.
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just cracked. the inordinate amount of pain was from having two cracked ribs. the one just below was cracked a month ago and isn't healed yet. i got a nerve block which reduced the pain to tolerable.
Good news...well kind of :P.
Never cracked a rib fortunately. Have had quite a few episodes of costochondritis...my mind was magnifying that pain x10...not pretty.
Take care Wolfish. I hope they heal quickly.
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When Kayleigh and I were messing around quite some time ago, I ended up breaking a rib right near my sternum. It started bothering me a lot a week after I did it, possibly because I was carrying a bag with 3 textbooks in it around uni. I went to the uni doctor where it was confirmed what I had done. It hurt to breathe in especially, and to pick up my bag.
The only treatment was to take Panadol. I did a couple of times but nothing happened so I stopped. It got better after about 5 weeks.
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In September 2015 I fell against the edge of my bathtub and fractured a rib. Didn't even
realize at the time because I also pulled some muscles in my lower back and that hurt a LOT.
It took weeks for the muscle spasms to be gone. :zombiefuck: I found out about the rib a month later.
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*Thinking about all the times I've slam-dunked myself now and what I potentially cracked.
Yes, I'm sure my head's on the list somewhere. :M
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They gave me enough pain meds to knock even lestat out, but i refused half of them. they make me feel odd, which i really don't like. I am hoping the pain will decrease enough for me to skip one refill.
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what would happen if ants ate the diatomaceous earth instead of getting it on their exoskeleton?
I forgot my recipe for ant bait and made this stuff but it seems to be doing a good job of killing them:
honey
peanut butter
diatomaceous earth
the first day I had plenty of customers and the bait was gone overnight. the next one had far fewer customers and it's taking a lot longer for them to eat the whole bait.
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Can you please make my avatar a little fishing hat for the summer? :)
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Can you please make my avatar a little fishing hat for the summer? :)
Hopefully will get this today or tomorrow. Software crashed, finally found the disc to reload yesterday.
Mower breakdowns, car breakdowns, computer breakdowns, and the arrival of a new modem have kept me busy. It always happens at once. :laugh:
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Can you please make my avatar a little fishing hat for the summer? :)
Hopefully will get this today or tomorrow. Software crashed, finally found the disc to reload yesterday.
Mower breakdowns, car breakdowns, computer breakdowns, and the arrival of a new modem have kept me busy. It always happens at once. :laugh:
*wishes all your stuff better!* :goodwitch:
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I used to have a quite obvious hunchback until I was about 25. Then I went to a chiropractor because I had back pain and pain pills and anti-inflammatories weren't helping. He gave me exercises to do to straighten my back.
The most effective exercise I did was to take a towel and roll it up into sausage shape and lay on the floor with it under my back horizontally where the lowest ribs are. I did this for a few minutes every night before bed. I noticed a difference almost straight away. I will most likely always have back problems but I can stand straight now and I see that as a bonus.
Been doing this since you suggested it, btw (after doing some of my own research to confirm this was appropriate, of course). Definite noticeable difference, though it's still a work in progress.
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I used to have a quite obvious hunchback until I was about 25. Then I went to a chiropractor because I had back pain and pain pills and anti-inflammatories weren't helping. He gave me exercises to do to straighten my back.
The most effective exercise I did was to take a towel and roll it up into sausage shape and lay on the floor with it under my back horizontally where the lowest ribs are. I did this for a few minutes every night before bed. I noticed a difference almost straight away. I will most likely always have back problems but I can stand straight now and I see that as a bonus.
Been doing this since you suggested it, btw (after doing some of my own research to confirm this was appropriate, of course). Definite noticeable difference, though it's still a work in progress.
Cool. :) I still do it every now and then when I find myself slouching.
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It's odd, and sad to see Wolfish at the top of this thread. It feels really odd.
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Yeah it's odd, but in happy sort of way for me. But seeing the date there... so recent!
I lost two close friends in the space of 3 months, earlier this year, and that was such a big deal to me that it seems like that was another aeon, back when they were both still alive. So that all feels like forever ago. The date was a shock!
Of course losing wolfie was a much bigger thing for Pyraxis and her life has changed fundamentally, in all sorts of ways, like moving into that new house theirs on her own . We were talking, just the other day, about how big events like that warp your sense of time.
But, anyway, seeing him here same as ever, large as life, that makes me smile.
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How's your knitting going?
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Any tips on reducing over-exaggerated *lower* back curvature (which apparently is called lordosis)?
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Any tips on reducing over-exaggerated *lower* back curvature (which apparently is called lordosis)?
The Wikipedia article for lordosis says stop slouching.
Lower spine disorders occur when lumbar lordosis is excessive (lumbar hyperlordosis), minimal, or reversed into lumbar kyphosis. Lumbar hyperlordosis is commonly called hollow back or saddle back (after a similar condition that affects some horses). These conditions are usually a result of poor posture and can often be reversed by learning correct posture and using appropriate exercises.
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Any tips on reducing over-exaggerated *lower* back curvature (which apparently is called lordosis)?
The Wikipedia article for lordosis says stop slouching.
Lower spine disorders occur when lumbar lordosis is excessive (lumbar hyperlordosis), minimal, or reversed into lumbar kyphosis. Lumbar hyperlordosis is commonly called hollow back or saddle back (after a similar condition that affects some horses). These conditions are usually a result of poor posture and can often be reversed by learning correct posture and using appropriate exercises.
The wikipedia article says there are exercises I should learn. :P
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Any tips on reducing over-exaggerated *lower* back curvature (which apparently is called lordosis)?
The Wikipedia article for lordosis says stop slouching.
Lower spine disorders occur when lumbar lordosis is excessive (lumbar hyperlordosis), minimal, or reversed into lumbar kyphosis. Lumbar hyperlordosis is commonly called hollow back or saddle back (after a similar condition that affects some horses). These conditions are usually a result of poor posture and can often be reversed by learning correct posture and using appropriate exercises.
The wikipedia article says there are exercises I should learn. :P
Maybe there are also exercises for my (very slight) kyphosis as well! :P
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Any tips on reducing over-exaggerated *lower* back curvature (which apparently is called lordosis)?
The Wikipedia article for lordosis says stop slouching.
Lower spine disorders occur when lumbar lordosis is excessive (lumbar hyperlordosis), minimal, or reversed into lumbar kyphosis. Lumbar hyperlordosis is commonly called hollow back or saddle back (after a similar condition that affects some horses). These conditions are usually a result of poor posture and can often be reversed by learning correct posture and using appropriate exercises.
The wikipedia article says there are exercises I should learn. :P
Let me know how that works out. :laugh:
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Any tips on reducing over-exaggerated *lower* back curvature (which apparently is called lordosis)?
The Wikipedia article for lordosis says stop slouching.
Lower spine disorders occur when lumbar lordosis is excessive (lumbar hyperlordosis), minimal, or reversed into lumbar kyphosis. Lumbar hyperlordosis is commonly called hollow back or saddle back (after a similar condition that affects some horses). These conditions are usually a result of poor posture and can often be reversed by learning correct posture and using appropriate exercises.
The wikipedia article says there are exercises I should learn. :P
Let me know how that works out. :laugh:
Hey, it helped the upper back!
"Stop slouching" isn't actually helpful when I don't even know what good posture looks or feels like on me, by the way. (There is no way I'm the only dyspraxic person on here.)
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Any tips on reducing over-exaggerated *lower* back curvature (which apparently is called lordosis)?
The Wikipedia article for lordosis says stop slouching.
Lower spine disorders occur when lumbar lordosis is excessive (lumbar hyperlordosis), minimal, or reversed into lumbar kyphosis. Lumbar hyperlordosis is commonly called hollow back or saddle back (after a similar condition that affects some horses). These conditions are usually a result of poor posture and can often be reversed by learning correct posture and using appropriate exercises.
The wikipedia article says there are exercises I should learn. :P
Let me know how that works out. :laugh:
Hey, it helped the upper back!
"Stop slouching" isn't actually helpful when I don't even know what good posture looks or feels like on me, by the way. (There is no way I'm the only dyspraxic person on here.)
It's just playful harassment because you wont try force, and it's been a couple of years now noticing this topic.
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Any tips on reducing over-exaggerated *lower* back curvature (which apparently is called lordosis)?
The Wikipedia article for lordosis says stop slouching.
Lower spine disorders occur when lumbar lordosis is excessive (lumbar hyperlordosis), minimal, or reversed into lumbar kyphosis. Lumbar hyperlordosis is commonly called hollow back or saddle back (after a similar condition that affects some horses). These conditions are usually a result of poor posture and can often be reversed by learning correct posture and using appropriate exercises.
The wikipedia article says there are exercises I should learn. :P
Let me know how that works out. :laugh:
Hey, it helped the upper back!
"Stop slouching" isn't actually helpful when I don't even know what good posture looks or feels like on me, by the way. (There is no way I'm the only dyspraxic person on here.)
It's just playful harassment because you wont try force, and it's been a couple of years now noticing this topic.
what does that even mean?
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Have at least twice suggested a posture correcting strap, or at least seeking a medical opinion about the use of one.
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The exercise I was told to do (and which worked) was this:
Lean your back against a wall with your feet out on the floor (preferably carpet so you don't slip) at an angle that's comfortable for you. Then pull your stomach in so that you can feel your lower back touching the wall. Then release. Do this exercise for as many times as you feel it's ok, don't hurt yourself!
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The exercise I was told to do (and which worked) was this:
Lean your back against a wall with your feet out on the floor (preferably carpet so you don't slip) at an angle that's comfortable for you. Then pull your stomach in so that you can feel your lower back touching the wall. Then release. Do this exercise for as many times as you feel it's ok, don't hurt yourself!
Thank you!
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Have at least twice suggested a posture correcting strap, or at least seeking a medical opinion about the use of one.
And I've replied that I don't think wearing something that'll pull at my shoulders is a good idea considering I'm putting constant strain on my rotator cuffs by rock climbing and doing stuff like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipbLFTfnrG0
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Also: Anyone have any thoughts/research/experience with using apple cider vinegar to lower general inflammation (or similar, non-med, simple stuff)?
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The exercise I was told to do (and which worked) was this:
Lean your back against a wall with your feet out on the floor (preferably carpet so you don't slip) at an angle that's comfortable for you. Then pull your stomach in so that you can feel your lower back touching the wall. Then release. Do this exercise for as many times as you feel it's ok, don't hurt yourself!
Thank you!
No worries, I hope it helps. I found that it made my lower back a bit stronger. Also my stomach muscles.
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The exercise I was told to do (and which worked) was this:
Lean your back against a wall with your feet out on the floor (preferably carpet so you don't slip) at an angle that's comfortable for you. Then pull your stomach in so that you can feel your lower back touching the wall. Then release. Do this exercise for as many times as you feel it's ok, don't hurt yourself!
Thank you!
No worries, I hope it helps. I found that it made my lower back a bit stronger. Also my stomach muscles.
So, how different are those exercises than twerking?
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Twerking doesn't involve a wall.
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:lol1:
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Had to look up "twerking".
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:lol1:
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I feel like you haven't been here enough, Icequeen. You busy? :orly:
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Twerking doesn't involve a wall.
It can.
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I don't know if I want to see that or not!
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Can you twerk and clean my window at the same time?
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Can you twerk and clean my window at the same time?
Probably. How high is the window?
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Yeah thats a bugger seeing wolfy post like that. Especially connecting the post to me directly like that. As if I'm some sort of reference chart for what it takes to knock somebody out with various things:P Always did like his humor. Miss the guy, although not as much as raxy does obviously. And I have to say, even now, I still hurt for raxy when I think of wolfy's loss, raxy's loss OF wolfy, and all our losses of the bugger. And I care about 'raxy a lot, I always have, and when wolfy died it came as a real stab in the guts and twist of the blade. Still does, when it comes up or I think of them being separated. I know too much what it is like, and how painful it is to be apart from the one true soulmate beyond any measurement standard, somebody you love more than your own life and self, even decades after last seeing them and who you'd still die for if needs called for it to happen for their own life or health in a heartbeat. Its a worse pain than anything physical that can be inficted. Physical pain either will eventually cease, or one will die. That kind of pain, only stops upon death.
And even if I could, I wouldn't, because the love lost, she wouldn't wish me to, nor would she have any respect for me for such weakness. Not her. Not ever.
Too fiery by far:) A trait of my (younger of the two) former fiancee that I loved above almost all others, her being...well...a fundamental force of nature, as basic, as all-reaching all-powerful and omni-present a dynamism made flesh as is the strong and weak nuclear forces mediating atomic binding of subatomic particles into nuclei of elements. Girl was a living gluon, in more ways than one.
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Okay, questionable turkey broth.
It was boiled up from the turkey carcass on Oct 9, then vacuum-sealed into a big stainless steel pot the way WolFish used to do it, by putting on the lid while it was still hot and letting it cool that way. Bones and all, it got stuck at the back of my refrigerator while I proceeded to get overwhelmed by life.
Today I decided I had to deal with it one way or the other and pulled it out. The top was no longer a tight seal, and there was a thick layer of fat congealed across the surface, but no visible signs of mold. I heated it up and it smelled normal as far as I could tell, but my sense of smell seriously sucks. I strained out the bones and veggies and it looks like normal broth.
What do you think? Should I toss it or dare try it? Has WolFish rubbed off on me all the wrong ways?
:hide:
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I would pitch it if especially since the seal wasn't tight. Safe shelf life for fresh in the fridge is only 3-4 days.
I throw mine in the freezer normally.
The mornings have been cold lately and I've been thinking a lot about curry. I think a little bit of WolFish stayed with all of us. ;)
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:( Ok. Maybe next time I do better.
Maybe I should make curry.
I don't think the pot would have fit into the freezer. It's the kind at the bottom of the fridge, with drawers. (I did not choose these appliances, they came with the house.)
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:( Ok. Maybe next time I do better.
Maybe I should make curry.
I don't think the pot would have fit into the freezer. It's the kind at the bottom of the fridge, with drawers. (I did not choose these appliances, they came with the house.)
That's actually the kind of fridge I wanted. :laugh: The only model they had was too fat to fit through the door. I ended up with small side by side and a chest freezer in the basement.
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I have the chest freezer. First time ever to have one, my family never did. Haven't turned it on yet because I figure I should decide what to substantially fill it with first. It wasn't listed on the house offer but I got them to add it.
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I have the chest freezer. First time ever to have one, my family never did. Haven't turned it on yet because I figure I should decide what to substantially fill it with first. It wasn't listed on the house offer but I got them to add it.
I love mine, you can cook double when you feel like cooking and freeze for the days when you don't feel like cooking...throw a couple of bags of ice in it until you get it filled to capacity.
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Oh that's a good idea. Ice is cheap and easy.
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Have at least twice suggested a posture correcting strap, or at least seeking a medical opinion about the use of one.
This is gonna make you very happy-
Any particular brand or models you recommend?
Have been doing strengthening exercises for my shoulders and back, and am at a point where I'm much less concerned about fucking them up from using a posture corrector for a couple of hours every day. I've made quite a bit of progress doing that + stretching and I'm circling back to the question of what else I can do for faster results; thinking the increased body awareness might not be a bad idea at this point.
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The ones I used were simple and lightweight, and looked similar to this. It doesn't look like much, but a couple of hours may be a lofty goal in the beginning. Personally took at least six months to be able to wear it a full workday, maybe nine months or more to wear it all day. Driving was the worst. It was about twenty years ago, so may not be remembering the timeline well. Though do recall it was about a year before believing my subconscious was adapted and it was no longer needed.
(https://img.grouponcdn.com/deal/hw7cqAUdi1LaKySEkNH2/SF-960x576/v1/c700x420.jpg)
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How about this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071FJ2N5R/?coliid=I3W2W7WSE62IYP&colid=27NPQALPY7EMT
I believe the current understanding of how to best use them (if you're using them to correct posture, rather than to rehab from an injury, anyway) is to max out at a couple of hours a day to get the muscle memory in there and to otherwise do the kinds of strengthening and stretching I'm already doing, so you're not over-reliant on the brace. Thought was initially to just wear it in the morning while on the computer and see what that does.
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How about this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071FJ2N5R/?coliid=I3W2W7WSE62IYP&colid=27NPQALPY7EMT
I believe the current understanding of how to best use them (if you're using them to correct posture, rather than to rehab from an injury, anyway) is to max out at a couple of hours a day to get the muscle memory in there and to otherwise do the kinds of strengthening and stretching I'm already doing, so you're not over-reliant on the brace. Thought was initially to just wear it in the morning while on the computer and see what that does.
That looks similar and seems it would do the same thing. Not sure how comparable your slouch is to mine, of if you will have the same struggles, but sitting at a computer could depend on how ergonomically correct the keyboard placement. It's why driving was so difficult. Sitting with the strap, combined with elevated elbows was impossible in the beginning. Could only tolerate it for a few minutes; hurt awful and felt like I couldn't breathe. Maybe had a weak diaphragm muscle.
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Do you sell anything on Facebook marketplace? I have been since March and have noticed something odd, stuff that was up for a few weeks with no interest then all the sudden I get multiple messages all within hours from different people and it sells. This has happened a bunch of times