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fade said:
I forgot how much I generally dislike the Jeep community. Or the off-road community in general. There's this attitude that if you don't have their car, you're trash. If you have the stock version of their car, you're slightly less trashy, but still trash. Only those who have truly ascending into modification heaven (ascension required to enter the cabs of their macho Jeeps) are worthy allies. There's this idea that nothing can really go off-road except their particular build.

Bull.

Look, my dad was a mechanic most of his life, and flipped cars for fun on the side (as in fix up and resell, not actually flip--though we've done that, too). He used to counter-rant against these people, and put his money where his mouth was. We've towed a small boat down a rutted, homemade dirt path using a Renault LeCar. Repeatedly. The car would be at 30+ degrees side to side in places. He still uses a modified 3 cylinder Geo Metro as a tiny pickup truck. Most of this just to prove you don't need a 400 HP 4x4 to drive through some mud. Hell, in real redneck fashion, we used to have a Pinto with no body on it that we drove around a horse field as a giant go-cart. Okay, you'd have more trouble these days doing these things with a small car, since manufacturers have changed the gearing to decrease strength and increase speed and MPGs. But I still wager you could go pretty far off-road in a Chevy Cruze or a Yaris, much to this Jeep crowd's chagrin.
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Gared

Gared

fade said:
I forgot how much I generally dislike the Jeep community. Or the off-road community in general. There's this attitude that if you don't have their car, you're trash. If you have the stock version of their car, you're slightly less trashy, but still trash. Only those who have truly ascending into modification heaven (ascension required to enter the cabs of their macho Jeeps) are worthy allies. There's this idea that nothing can really go off-road except their particular build.

Bull.

Look, my dad was a mechanic most of his life, and flipped cars for fun on the side (as in fix up and resell, not actually flip--though we've done that, too). He used to counter-rant against these people, and put his money where his mouth was. We've towed a small boat down a rutted, homemade dirt path using a Renault LeCar. Repeatedly. The car would be at 30+ degrees side to side in places. He still uses a modified 3 cylinder Geo Metro as a tiny pickup truck. Most of this just to prove you don't need a 400 HP 4x4 to drive through some mud. Hell, in real redneck fashion, we used to have a Pinto with no body on it that we drove around a horse field as a giant go-cart. Okay, you'd have more trouble these days doing these things with a small car, since manufacturers have changed the gearing to decrease strength and increase speed and MPGs. But I still wager you could go pretty far off-road in a Chevy Cruze or a Yaris, much to this Jeep crowd's chagrin.
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Come on, everyone knows all you need for true off-road mobility is an Opel Kadett.
 
Squidleybits

Squidleybits

At least it was on here for a while before it went out :)

I have never been happier to own my massive power plank/flash light/car battery booster than I was today. We were proactive and had all of our electronics pre-charged so we only had to use the little power banks, but it was good to know that it was there and ready to go.
 
Cog

Cog

Something weird is happening with my typing today. It's like one hand is suddenly faster than the other. I keep typing wehre instead of where.
 
strawman

strawman

Cog said:
Something weird is happening with my typing today. It's like one hand is suddenly faster than the other. I keep typing wehre instead of where.
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I, uh, hate to be "that guy" but sudden changes in one side of the body compared to the other are signs of a stroke. Apparently lots of people have mini strokes, assume they are something else, and many symptoms are temporary for these tiny strokes. However they can be more long lasting or permanent, and fast action can prevent the longer term issues.

But more importantly, diagnosing a mini stroke gives you and your doctor some advance warning of the possibility of a much worse stroke.

So it's worth going to urgent care (unless one side of your face is drooping or you're seeing other evidence of a stroke) and having them evaluate you and run some tests so you have some evidence and know for certain what it is.

Either way, this is likely a neurological issue, so even if it's not a stroke it's worth investigating.

I suppose if your arm experienced trauma recently (extended loss of blood flow, slept on it wrong for many hours, etc) that could be the reason.

But with all that's going on in your life, and the associated stresses, stroke is a possibility that shouldn't be ignored - better to take extra precautions and prevent an unlikely but much worse outcome later. Keep yourself in good health!
 
Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I have that typing issue, but mine is totally related to my severe nerve damage in my right arm. Unfortunately, I know a lot about arms and nerves.

I bring this up because when Stienman mentions the part about sleeping on your arm funny, that is what the specialists told me is one of the most common causes of temporary nerve damage that causes symptoms like that. If you're only noticing the difference in speed between your two hands and it didn't last long, I'm hopeful that it was caused by weird sleeping and things will get back to normal soon :)
 
Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I came here to whine about Winners.

Winners: Have an Adults section and a Girls section please. This Young Adult crap being mixed in is killing me. They had these nice neon pink hoodies and they looked small so I bought an XL. That should more than fit me, but no...it fits nicely everywhere except across the chest where I can just barely zipper it. Thanks Winners. What a waste. It's actually the right length and the arms and shoulders fit.
 
Sparhawk

Sparhawk

Squidleybits said:
I came here to whine about Winners.

Winners: Have an Adults section and a Girls section please. This Young Adult crap being mixed in is killing me. They had these nice neon pink hoodies and they looked small so I bought an XL. That should more than fit me, but no...it fits nicely everywhere except across the chest where I can just barely zipper it. Thanks Winners. What a waste. It's actually the right length and the arms and shoulders fit.
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According to my wife, clothing designers hate women with boobs. That is all.
 
Dei

Dei

I always end up with the opposite problem, because my chest has always been smaller in proportion to the rest. Standard sizing is for suckers.
 
IronBrig4

IronBrig4

So I finally prodded Canterbury and asked about the job search. They thanked me for my time but had already picked someone else. I'm downgrading this from a rant to a whine because I made the first cut in a foreign country with a heavy dose of protectionism. While I'd much rather have heard something positive I'm just going to classify this as a learning experience.
 
Squidleybits

Squidleybits

It's important to keep the regular pencils and watercolor pencils separate.

I got a really nice graphite set of each and I'm drawing a rose and I went in with the paintbrush to blend in a layer of under painting and ..... it's important to keep them separate.

Hopefully I can hide my mistakes.
 
Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Mistakes more or less hidden in relation to the pencil mixup :)

I erased the crap out of part of the page and I think I hurt the paper.

One day, I will grow up and draw something start to finish without mangling it.
 
fade

fade

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Squidleybits said:
Mistakes more or less hidden in relation to the pencil mixup :)

I erased the crap out of part of the page and I think I hurt the paper.

One day, I will grow up and draw something start to finish without mangling it.
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I get the desire and all, but I think you'd be the first artist ever to do so.
 
Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I'm not asking for mistake free, just mangle free. I'd really like to not have to do first aid, Blanca to mistake hiding or corrective colour on my next project.
 
Celt Z

Celt Z

Tinwhistler said:
Wife stars a month of overnight shifts tonight

Cold and empty bed :(

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Dei said:
Whenever if husband has to work out of town, I swear I sleep in 3 layers of clothes because the temperature under the sheets just drops so dramatically.
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Bleah, don't remind me. Mr. Z has a bunch of traveling coming up for work, and I'm not looking forward to it.

It's funny; as comfortable as we are doing our own thing once Li'l Z's off to bed, I hate sleeping alone. With how cold it's been the past 2 weeks, it's going to feel even worse...well, mentally/emotionally, yeah, but also because I'll have to rely on my own ineffectual, crappy, zombie-like body heat to keep me warm.

Hey @Emrys, can you spare some Doomies? I promise to look the other way when they clearly use my home to scope out territory for the eventual Scampering.
 
Sparhawk

Sparhawk

In a way, I love it when my wife is out of town, I get to turn off the television and sleep in the dark and silence. She likes the tv on to cover any outside sounds.
 
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