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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Kriegsspiel » Fri Oct 16, 2020 6:10 am

Phew, no follow up post from Smithers about how he's looking for a vein for his concoction.

The intervention seems to have worked, and this crisis has bean squashed.
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Post by Hal » Fri Oct 16, 2020 7:13 am

Kriegsspiel wrote:
Fri Oct 16, 2020 6:10 am
Phew, no follow up post from Smithers about how he's looking for a vein for his concoction.

The intervention seems to have worked, and this crisis has bean squashed.
You saved him. He's in the custody of the Pumpkin Police now. No more Pumpkin Latte's for Smithy....
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Post by Smith1776 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 7:16 am

Found the solution to my pumpkin spice woes.

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4 bucks for a few dozen cups worth of flavouring to my at home coffee. As good as the "real thing" from Starbucks? No. But good enough and definitely a better value s̶t̶o̶c̶k̶ coffee.
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Post by dualstow » Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:47 am

Dude, that's a liquid mooncake. Run away! O0
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:51 am

Smithers, here's my most recent morning go-to:

1 scoop whey (ON double chocolate)
1 heaping spoon of instant coffee (Aldi)
1 Splenda
1 TBL cream

Heat up the water maybe half as long as you usually would for a piping hot mug of coffee, or else the whey will clot up and be gross. This will be a lukewarm mug of delicious cafe mocha except that it has protein so your muscles don't fall off.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:14 pm

Kriegsspiel wrote:
Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:51 am
Smithers, here's my most recent morning go-to:

1 scoop whey (ON double chocolate)
1 heaping spoon of instant coffee (Aldi)
1 Splenda
1 TBL cream

Heat up the water maybe half as long as you usually would for a piping hot mug of coffee, or else the whey will clot up and be gross. This will be a lukewarm mug of delicious cafe mocha except that it has protein so your muscles don't fall off.
Noted and will try. I have that exact same flavour of protein powder lol.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:14 pm

dualstow wrote:
Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:47 am
Dude, that's a liquid mooncake. Run away! O0
Lol if that was the actual flavour I'd be doubly enticed!
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Post by Smith1776 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:16 pm

Found a cool picture.

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Post by dualstow » Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:49 pm

Love it
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Post by Xan » Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:59 pm

Reminds me of Richard Hammond's story about disappointing a little boy at the airport when he had to admit he wasn't Iron Man.
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Smith, your favorite animal is featured on the homepage of wikipedia today. The U.S. page, anyway.
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Post by Smith1776 » Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:40 pm

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Smith, your favorite animal is featured on the homepage of wikipedia today. The U.S. page, anyway.
I saw! I want one. ^-^
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Post by Smith1776 » Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:28 pm

Still no contact with Kerry. Super proud of myself. I also started going to the gym again!

A little setback: my brain, trying to sabotage me as usual, has been giving me dreams about her the past few nights. Grrrrr. Been waking up feeling kind of melancholy in the mornings.

I am doubling down on the vocal lessons lately. I will share some videos of my singing adventures soon.
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Post by Smith1776 » Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:03 pm

Finally pulled the trigger on minoxidil as I found a cheap source for it here in Canada. This along with my dutasteride regimen and I should be good for life I figure.

The window to restore or maintain hair follicles really starts to close after just a couple years of noticing hair loss from what I understand. I figure it's worth a shot. The dutasteride has been great at halting further progress (and even a bit of recovery), but full restoration has been elusive. We'll see what this yields.

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Post by Tortoise » Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:59 pm

My 3-month-old baby girl is starting to laugh and squeal at things. So cute to see her little personality develop before my very eyes!
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Post by vnatale » Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:48 pm

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My 3-month-old baby girl is starting to laugh and squeal at things. So cute to see her little personality develop before my very eyes!
Thanks for bringing back some humanness here and which all of us can share in your precious gift and the job she brings to you.

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Post by Tortoise » Thu Oct 22, 2020 6:08 pm

vnatale wrote:
Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:48 pm
Tortoise wrote:
Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:59 pm
My 3-month-old baby girl is starting to laugh and squeal at things. So cute to see her little personality develop before my very eyes!
Thanks for bringing back some humanness here and which all of us can share in your precious gift and the job she brings to you.
Sure thing! The political discussions are fun to read and sometimes participate in, but once in a while we need a reminder that we're all human beings and laughing babies are ridiculously cute. :)
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:25 am

A little over a week ago I decided to, as much as possible, never experience the same thing twice. I want to broaden my experience as much as possible.

Everything from not ordering the same drinks I usually order, to not listening to the same podcasts, to not cooking the same stuff, to always watching something new on Netflix.

I've learned so much new shit! From new dietary stuff, to getting into wine, and reading up on some of Hal's interests in history.

An interesting side effect is one I suspected was going to happen: my perception of time slowed down. From what I understand of weber's law and how human experience functions, routine causes us to have an accelerating experience of time. A non-routine way of living has improved this quite a bit.
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Post by vnatale » Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:30 am

Smith1776 wrote:
Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:25 am
A little over a week ago I decided to, as much as possible, never experience the same thing twice. I want to broaden my experience as much as possible.

Everything from not ordering the same drinks I usually order, to not listening to the same podcasts, to not cooking the same stuff, to always watching something new on Netflix.

I've learned so much new shit! From new dietary stuff, to getting into wine, and reading up on some of Hal's interests in history.

An interesting side effect is one I suspected was going to happen: my perception of time slowed down. From what I understand of weber's law and how human experience functions, routine causes us to have an accelerating experience of time. A non-routine way of living has improved this quite a bit.
Please keep us updated on this with as much detail as possible!

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Post by Libertarian666 » Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:11 pm

MangoMan wrote:
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Smith1776 wrote:
Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:25 am
A little over a week ago I decided to, as much as possible, never experience the same thing twice. I want to broaden my experience as much as possible.
Excellent advice to yourself re dating. Don't get oneitis. Better variety, less boredom.
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Post by Hal » Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:20 am

Smith1776 wrote:
Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:03 pm
Finally pulled the trigger on minoxidil as I found a cheap source for it here in Canada. This along with my dutasteride regimen and I should be good for life I figure.

The window to restore or maintain hair follicles really starts to close after just a couple years of noticing hair loss from what I understand. I figure it's worth a shot. The dutasteride has been great at halting further progress (and even a bit of recovery), but full restoration has been elusive. We'll see what this yields.


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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:43 am

I hired a nutritionist/trainer and had my first Zoom meeting with her a couple days ago. I told her that I was fairly well versed in fitness concepts and overall was fairly competent in the area. She showed me how wrong I was.

"So you're pretty good with fitness, hey? How much water do you drink every day?"

"...I don't know..."

"Tisk, tisk, tisk...."
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Post by Mark Leavy » Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:47 am

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"So you're pretty good with fitness, hey? How much water do you drink every day?"

"...I don't know..."

"Tisk, tisk, tisk...."
Fire her. The water thing is bogus. If your pee isn't dark yellow, you're good.
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Post by vnatale » Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:15 pm

Smith1776 wrote:
Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:43 am
I hired a nutritionist/trainer and had my first Zoom meeting with her a couple days ago. I told her that I was fairly well versed in fitness concepts and overall was fairly competent in the area. She showed me how wrong I was.

"So you're pretty good with fitness, hey? How much water do you drink every day?"

"...I don't know..."

"Tisk, tisk, tisk...."
How much did she prescribe that you drink a day?

I am terrible at drinking water. I can go a full day without drinking anything, which is not good.

Thirst is not a sign of when you should be drinking. And, as you age it gets worse in terms of when you feel like you need to drink something.

Recently I've been trying to establish a "good" habit of drinking a quart of water when I do my daily morning sitting at this computer to do certain items. And, then another quart after I eat a huge amount of popcorn in the afternoon (generally my first "meal" of the day). But I can easily "forget" to do either or both. At some point the habit WILL be established for both the same as I could not let myself NOT brush my teeth twice a day.

I can see the results from frequent drinking in terms of the color of my urine.

But I don't like the accompanying constant annoying feeling of needing to get rid of the water and the constant interruptions that necessitates.

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