The Not Happy Thread

I think that everybody has their own misery, which sucks. But, I guess that is what makes us human, in a sense. I lost my brother, who held my whole family together back in 2009... and I have yet to fully recuperate from that loss. Honestly, I think that loss is what makes it so difficult to make any truly secure relationships. I hate to think you have to go to bed with any level of misery, nobody deserves that. I honestly hope you can find some form of comfort, some form of release, to feel some relief from the pain you are feeling.

 

I have, but there is really only moving forward. (And the miniscule chance something horrible will happen
to one of those overly happy people).
I know what you mean about loss. But while the last three years claimed three people I was close to.
Loss just sucks in general, but it reminds us just how fragile we are as a species.

Honestly I have no comfort to speak of, but I know that eventually I will be gifted by someone, one day.
And if not, then well, who cares.

 

I'm on drugs that suppress my immune system. This stuff is nothing to fool around with.

24 hours of the right antibiotic and my nasal drainage went from yellow to clear which it what it is supposed to do when the bacterial infection clears. I'm still coughing but that will take a few more days to clear up.

 

We took the wife's car to the shop for some engine work. While following her over there the check engine light on my car came on. Oh joy, now we have to fix that too.

 

I used to have a Chev whose engine light used to come on randomly. Turned out it was the fuel I used to have to get at the one gas station in town would dirty up the exhaust 02 sensor, but there was literally nothing wrong with the car. I'd have to go the mechanics, though to get it checked out just in case and it would cost around 50-75$ just for them to hook up their machine to read and clear the code to turn the light off. Eventually I just picked up an OBDII reader off ebay for about 25$ so I could check the codes and do it myself and that way if there was something seriously wrong with it I would at least know generally what it was so the mechanic would have a harder time trying to screw me over. That little code reader has probably saved me over a few thousands dollars since I got it.

 

My Saturn SW2 and my dad's Hyundai Sonata had similar issues. The O2 sensor would trip the check engine light, especially after refueling. The mechanic suggested tightening the gas cap a few extra turns, though that didn't help. As long as the car's in good shape and you're up on the maintenance, you might just let it go a few days and see if the light goes off by itself.

 

The wife's car is getting a new throttle body. Maybe after we recover from that investment we'll take a look at my car. I need two new tires as it is. One has a nail in an unrepairable spot and the other has a slow leak of an unknown nature. I fill them up once a week. No big chore. It's good for now.

 

There are times when I don't miss having a car.

Not that my bicycle doesn't pick up punctures in its tires and pop spokes like there's no tomorrow, but those are thirty dollar repairs, and I get transport money which covers the problems.

 

Have you tried...

Slime Tube 700X28 32C Presta
£6.00
?

 

The body reacts to stress with adrenaline. The human body can't handle extended periods of stress. I've seen super healthy people collapse due to damage from stress.

You have to handle the stress to allow your parasympathetic autonomic nervous system to take control and give your vital organs some rest.

Loss of appetite occurs because of that constant "on guard"/"fight or flight" response that your body goes into when you are stressed.

If there's any method you've used in a past to examine and evaluate your stressors, I would recommend it. -Or something that helps you get temporary reprieve from them.

Personally I read and I smoke hookah.
If you're feeling sore and fatigued I'd say the one thing to avoid is physical exercise as a stress relief.

-Hope this helps!

 

Love the hookah, although I'm back to my little Egyptian with the disintegrating grommets because the... hose port(?) on my Econo-Mya Dervish broke off.

Piece of junk, never getting one of those again.

 

I like my khalil mamoon. I recently started using an inverted bowl to avoid the over-saturated taste.

 

Hookah tobacco

 

I dunno 'bout those guys, but I just use herbal shisha -- which is basically flavoured sugar cane. Licorice flavoured is my favourite.

 

Shisha- Just flavored Tobacco for me. Al Fakher is my favorite brand.

 

Dessicated moose.

 

If Iain thinks I'm going to ride a bike, 20 miles to work in an Ohio winter, I think it's something reeeeeaaaallllll exotic.

 

We don't make for good smoking. Tastes like old fish.

 

That reminds me of Robin Williams' comment on marijuana as a performance-enhancing drug for ski jumpers in the Winter Olympics.

"The only way it's a performance-enhancing drug is if there's a big fucking Hershey's bar at the end of the runway!"

 

I wish Amazon had one neck, so that I could cut it.

 

As a non-book customer. More fuckery regarding Wrey's failed care package.