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angryhampster posted:Reflux/acid in your throat sucks. I used to get it so bad as a teenage I would nearly throw up. Yeah I've been to the ER probably five times in the past ten years because it got bad and scared the poo poo out of me, but it's always the same thing. It just really doesn't feel very good and I really want it to go away forever
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May 1, 2015 16:28
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I feel like I'm going through a particularly bad bout of depression lately. This constant sense of foreboding, of doom, won't leave my mind hardly at all. I'm constantly thinking morbid thoughts, of my eventual demise, that of my parents, that none of it matters, etc... I think it's being caused by the death of my grandpa last month (we weren't close), my father retiring last week from the job he's had since I was a kid, and some minor gastric-related health problems of my own these past few weeks. I can't seem to shake the depression though. It's making me tired and cranky and generally just really unhappy. Any advice? I need a tune-up guys I just can't seem to snap out of this funk. CornHolio fucked around with this message at 14:25 on May 6, 2015 |
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May 6, 2015 14:21
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leica posted:Go see a therapist and get some exercise every day for at least a half hour. I've been doing the latter, and even been working on signing up at the local gym, but it hasn't been helping lately. I've felt a bit like a hypochondriac lately - my symtoms are generally chest pains, shortness of breath and heartburn/acid reflux, and I've been to the ER about four times in the past eight years because it scared the poo poo out of me, and it's always gastric in nature. I've had a heart sonogram done, chest X-rays, bloodwork, and I'm perfectly healthy though I continually feel like poo poo. I'm having an abdominal ultrasound on Friday to check my stomach and gallbladder. I think whatever gastric issues I have, whether it's GERD or some kind of food intolerance or something is helping to drive my depression (it's possible, apparently). A friend recommended me some (cough, pricey) probiotics from Tree of Life - are these hippie snake oils or does anybody here take them and swear by them? They're supposed to promote digestive health and might be what I need. I could probably use a therapist, too. Hard to find the time as a father of young childen, a full-time worker and an owner of continually-broken vehicles.
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Scrambles posted:I spent the better part of a week in the hospital a few years ago due to what can only be attributed to stress. My systolic blood pressure was over 200 when I was admitted. They ran every test ever and there was absolutely nothing wrong with me. Your brain doesn't always listen to you and depression/anxiety are tenacious enemies. The combination of anti-depressants (lexapro), therapy and my wife being awesome have stabilized me for the most part but I still have random weeks where I connect uncorrelated dots and think I'm dying, it's great! At my physical earlier this week, I weighed in at 205 lbs (lost about ten pounds lately), 120/80 BP, good pulse, heart/lungs all appear perfectly healthy. I don't feel stressed normally, though I'm certain my kids give me pretty high anxiety. I can see why people drink.
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May 6, 2015 15:45
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We all need to simplify, then add lightness. 
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May 6, 2015 16:38
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Siochain posted:
I usually go for a half hour walk after I eat lunch at work, and for some reason feel like poo poo for about an hour afterwards. It really makes me not want to walk, and I don't know why I feel so bad. I'm thinking most of my problems stem from something I'm eating (various of those 'healthy' steamer tray things, fruit cups, applesauce, gatorade... wtf?) or not eating (maybe not enough protein?), I don't know.
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May 6, 2015 17:03
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Tide posted:fruit sauce, applesauce and gatorade have a pretty decent amount of sugar in them. With fruits, it's about minimizing the...fructose? that's in it. And with fruit cups, they have sugar / HFCS added to it to make it taste better. Sounds like you're getting a crash after the sugars wear off. Maybe that's what it is. We usually make dinner every night (though sometimes, like last night, it's one of those gyro kits that comes with prepackaged sauce and meat and pitas, though I add olives and cucumbers and feta), but there usually isn't enough left to bring to work. By the time I get home from work, help my kids with their homework, bathe them, bathe myself, exercise (sometimes) and do whatever else I need to do, it's hard to find the time to cook a healthy lunch for the following day - that's so far in the future it may as well be next year's food. I think I'll try cutting out that sugary stuff, I never thought that'd have that much sugar in it.
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May 6, 2015 18:41
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BraveUlysses posted:You have a crockpot right? that's the secret to having a quick meal ready to go when you get home. But don't use it to cook lean proteins like chicken breast or pork tenderloin. I do...   
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May 6, 2015 19:14
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Taco Box posted:My wife had the identical symptoms. Diagnosis? Late-onset celiac disease. Headaches, bloating, severe intestinal distress, skin problems, depression, acid reflux, joint pain, shortness of breath, pleurisy type symptoms/lung pain. All of that poo poo from the glutens. She cut them out for two weeks and she was like a whole new person. What's hosed up is my Mom got late-onset celiac too. Her symptoms are all the gastric stuff along with wheat-triggered rheumatism. No wonder when I eat bread my knees tell me to go gently caress myself, because that poo poo runs in families Good god, I have those symptoms to a T. I've even had this weird skin problem on my face but I thought it was because our water softener is broken. Maybe I do have late-onset celiac. Is there a test they can run for that, or is it a case of "stop eating gluten for a few weeks and see what happens." edit: Although, if I have bread or pasta or something gluteny, I don't feel like poo poo afterwards. Not that I can remember, anyway. Nobody in my family has it that I know of, maybe that's what it is though. Fo3 posted:How's your sleep? Plus what do you do, eat or drink before it and how lovely is the situation (bed/mattress, noise, partner etc)? I get a minimum of 7 hours of sleep a night, typically about nine. It feels like a good sleep, though I'm not a morning person and hit my snooze button several times. My pillow is old and flat and I need a new one pretty bad. If I sleep on my back it has a tendency to trigger episodes of sleep paralysis (and seriously, gently caress that poo poo), but I never get them if I stay off of my back. I avoid food for at least an hour before I go to bed, sometimes I'll have a drink or two in that hour. Rarely though. Occasionally I shower right before bed. Usually the half hour before I go to bed I'm showering and trying to corral the kids into their beds, clean up their messes downstairs, turn all the lights off that they left on, yell at the kids to go to bed again, bring the cats inside (they hang out in our sunroom, it isn't outside-outside), yell at the kids again to go to bed... I never feel stressed out, but I'm sure my kids cause me a certain amount of anxiety and that may also be driving some of the symptoms. CornHolio fucked around with this message at 14:22 on May 7, 2015 |
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May 7, 2015 14:02
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ssjonizuka posted:Not quite the same routine, but drat does it sound familiar and make me feel like a jackass to my eldest (he'll be 3 in sept). I know the feeling. I have a 7-year-old and a 4-year-old and me and the wife both work full time, then come home and it's mostly making sure the oldest gets her homework done, they get fed, bathed, etc... And they're very good and not doing those things, so sometimes there's just "NO. DO YOUR HOMEWORK. NOW." or "I SAD GET IN THE TUB. NOW." Though I do get "best dad ever" notes sometimes so I must not be that big of a prick dad. quote:
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May 7, 2015 14:37
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leica posted:When my son doesn't want to do homework he has to sit in his room and read or do nothing until he's ready to get back to it. Personally, I feel that homework for kids in elementary is loving ridiculous, I didn't start getting homework until I was in middle school. And don't even get me started on Common Core, gently caress everyone that supports it. I felt the same way until I sat down and went through it and realized it's the exact same way most cashiers count change back to you. It looks difficult on paper, but it's far easier to do in your head. I felt pretty bad because I have a degree in aeronautical engineering and couldn't remember how to borrow when subtracting big numbers. I've relied on my calculator for far too long and forgot some really basic poo poo in the process
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May 7, 2015 14:54
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Seat Safety Switch posted:
Yeah my biggest problem with common core is that they all teach to the standardized tests and pretty much nothing else. I make sure to take my kids to museums and aquariums and zoos and stuff so they get more than just that, but it's still frustrating.
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May 7, 2015 15:40
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leica posted:Do you have kids? It's not nuts to not want my 7 year old in first grade to be all stressed out about homework and the dumbass common core tests. It takes him over an hour each day to do his homework....Again, FIRST GRADE. Yeah, my daughter is in second grade and has homework every night. Only the daily worksheet, 20 min reading, and 1 min each of doing word reading and math problems is required, but to do her "four-star homework" she also has to write a math problem, write a paragraph about what she read, do some online math problems, do some online reading problems, and play outside. We don't get home until after six and we rarely have time for more than the minimum required homework. Second grade, man. Second grade.
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May 7, 2015 16:00
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Another thing that I found crazy was that my math teacher roomie said that 12 year old kids can't do basic addition and subtration until he puts a dollar sign in front of all the numbers. Then they can magically do it. My seven-year-old is really good at math. Large-number addition, subtraction, multiplication. They haven't gotten to complex division yet. She loves to read, too. A lot of times I have to make her put a book down to do her actual homework. When I bought my house, the school district we wanted was the primary factor in deciding where. Most of her free time is spent perusing youtube though. She's on my account and continually tells me that if I upload more videos I could have more followers! She also wants a webcam so she can do the same. So it begins. Edit: also, trip report. Had three cheese sticks and a gluten-free beef merlot healthy choice steamer for lunch, and a cup of water. Took my prevacid and one-a-day vitamin, and my D3 supplement. Went on a 40-minute decently brisk walk. Feeling more or less OK. For what that's worth. CornHolio fucked around with this message at 19:06 on May 7, 2015 |
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May 7, 2015 19:04
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ssjonizuka posted:Welp. That sucked. 
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May 8, 2015 02:05
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Had a gut ultrasound this morning, got to see my kidneys, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, who knows what else. The nice lady says everything looks OK so no chestbursters or anything, so now on to the gastroenterologist on Monday to see what the hell keeps giving me terrible acid reflux and stuff. Anybody know anything about Clonzepam? It's something for anxiety/panic disorders and doubles as a muscle relaxant. I was prescribed it to help me sleep. I decided that instead of the evening, yesterday I'd take my half-dose in the late morning, and I felt great all day. Does that mean I have high anxiety and that medically lowering it makes me OK? CornHolio fucked around with this message at 16:00 on May 8, 2015 |
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May 8, 2015 15:57
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:It means benzos/benzodiazepines feel hella awesome to take any time of the day. Be very careful with it - they're addictive as gently caress especially if you're prone to anxiety normally. Yes, they can help with that but personally I'd stay away unless really, really needed ie "I have to give a presentation to the whole company and am terrified of public speaking" I heard they were addictive, and that's why I'm taking half-doses. My prescription is for a whole dose. I think they're like .5mg pills so it's tiny. I almost wonder if the effect they're having is strictly placebo, actually.
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May 8, 2015 18:39
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Read a few pages in the Benzo TCC thread before you start taking it. They are addictive as poo poo. I've been on it for a few months. Only .25mg a day though, which is half the dosage I'm prescribed and even that's a fairly small dosage. I'd thought about doubling it (so I'm taking what was prescribed) but you guys have scared me against even doing that. The only change I made was instead of taking it with dinner I'm not taking it during lunch. I think it's helping though. Between my kids, my job and everything else going on, I must have either high anxiety or a legitimate anxiety disorder of some sort. I feel actually able to do things now. I'm kinda hoping once I get into a decent workout routine, I can stop taking it, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there.
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May 8, 2015 20:34
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Joined a gym today. Aww yeah. Went to Red Robin last night. Dammit.
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May 9, 2015 19:17
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CommieGIR posted:Dr. Thorn admitted that he allowed them some artistic license, but would not allow them to violate the basic laws of physics. When they rendered the black hole, the data was so...good, that they managed to publish two new studies on the physics of black holes just from the rendering of it Yeah, when I was looking for cool Interstellar wallpapers I read a bit about how they wanted the black hole to look as real as possible but had never done anything on that level, and some individual frames from the movie took over a hundred hours to calculate and render. That's pretty drat impressive.
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May 11, 2015 14:20
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Went to the gastroenterologist today. They really want to do an endoscopy to see why I keep getting heartburn and acid reflux. It's a $700 procedure and doesn't sound at all like fun. It requires sedation and everything. I've also started going to the gym, eating healthier and taking probiotics, so I'm thinking if those do the trick, I'll cancel my endoscopy appointment.
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May 11, 2015 18:35
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CommieGIR posted:The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > May Chat Thread: Medical Specialist Appointments and Drug Use ITT Face it, we're all getting old, you're gonna be seeing more of this
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May 11, 2015 19:44
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CommieGIR posted:
So, what do you guys think about the Chevy Equinox 
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May 11, 2015 19:47
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Dammit, Mastodon is staying at a hotel in town on their way to a show in Ohio, and my brother is there hanging out with them. And I'm at work 
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May 11, 2015 21:17
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some texas redneck posted:
This is the perk of living in the midwest, everybody else is too smart to live here which makes nice houses fairly cheap. A year and a half ago, for $150k I got a 2,200 square foot house in an upscale neighborhood complete with a finished basement, a pool, a massive fenced-in backyard (with a flagpole at the back, wtf), sprinkler system, sunroom, 3bd-2.5 bath. It needs some updating (built in '81 and the double-pane windows are original) but it'd be a cool couple mil elsewhere.
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May 12, 2015 14:09
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I got taken the gently caress out a few weeks ago by this weird bout of gastroenteritis or whatever. Out both ends for several days, then gone like it was nothing. I was out for a weekend with it. My daughter had strep throat all weekend. Yeah, there's something or multiple things going around and it all sucks. iwentdoodie posted:Broke my arm when I was 9. Physical therapist caught me by surprise and tried to YANK my arm straight against a table. I punched her in the mouth while, according to my mom, "speaking in tongues or some poo poo" I would imagine "gently caress you you loving gently caress!" counts as speaking in tongues!
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May 12, 2015 17:47
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I just watched the original F&F movie. I got the blu-ray digital hd bundle of the first 6 movies off Amazon for $35. Enjoyed the hell out of it. I will now be the guy yelling 'nobody likes the tuna!' For the next week. I've got that same bundle, need to get around to watching the ones I haven't seen. Which is two thru six 
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May 13, 2015 13:55
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baram. posted:Anyone here know of any issues to look out for in the 08-11 Focus? I believe 2012 was the first year of the new style, 2011 and earlier were the old style that dated back to like 2000. Believe me, you want the newer one. Manual if possible, the autos had issues. edit: corrected years. CornHolio fucked around with this message at 18:43 on May 15, 2015 |
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May 15, 2015 18:41
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Preoptopus posted:Some customer decided to walk their cat outside our shop while waiting for an oil change. There is frantic owner and a cat loose in our shop right now. Im just welding exhaust like nothing is happening. make sure you weld only the cat back!
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May 19, 2015 16:29
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This house is for sale locally. I'd schedule a tour, but I don't think a person could show a second person around. Sorry, came across it today and it won't stop fascinating me.
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May 19, 2015 21:10
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Sigma X posted:Buy it, and build a 6-car garage attached. That's all anyone needs. Pretty sure the fridge is within arm's reach of the toilet, so yep. Optimized design, that.
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May 19, 2015 21:15
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Man, I still can't shake this funk. I just feel so... listless lately. I always feel better after lunch after I take my half-dose of klonopin, but every day it seems between about 9:00 and 12:00 I'm just blindsided by a severe depression that really just sucks. What's weird is that yesterday I forgot to bring my klonopin (and took it with dinner instead of lunch) but I still felt better after lunch, as if I had taken it. It was noticeable. Usually my nihilism balances out my depression but lately it seems the depression has been overpowering it, and that's something. And I feel that as I get older it's only going to get worse.
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May 20, 2015 15:27
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Cage posted:That must be exhausting. I think maybe I should try hiking across the country.
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May 20, 2015 15:31
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Taco Box posted:Still eating gluten? Sounds like you fell off that wagon at red robin a few days back. It takes a while of consistently not eating that stuff. I don't know that I'm gluten intolerant. I don't feel bad after eating the stuff. Last week I did meet with a gastroenterologist that has a hard-on for giving me an endoscopy, to the tune of $700. I don't really have reflux symptoms anymore since I've been taking a probiotic and watching what I eat more (ie less sugary stuff, no spicy stuff, etc) and taking my prevacid when I should (an hour before meals rather than with meals). I'm currently scheduled for an endoscopy but am probably going to cancel (maybe reschedule as a 'routine' endoscopy, which I think is covered by my insurance 100% ). I feel physically better than I was, but mentally going off the rails it seems. It makes no sense, I enjoy my job and it pays well, I don't really have anything to be depressed about save from the general human condition, it's just a real legitimate depression without any triggers or warnings about when it'll strike. edit: I don't regret Red Robin, that poo poo is the bomb. edit edit: sorry, I'm just kinda whining without a point. CornHolio fucked around with this message at 15:54 on May 20, 2015 |
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May 20, 2015 15:51
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CommieGIR posted:Get the loving endoscopy and let the gastroenterologist do his job. I don't really have any symptoms of anything, though. It'd be a $700 procedure requiring a day off of work for no real reason at this point.
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May 20, 2015 16:03
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CommieGIR posted:If the reflux isn't going away, it could do real damage to your esophagus and be far more costly to treat down the road. It did, though. That's my point.
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May 20, 2015 16:08
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Sigma X posted:So basically you had stress-induced acid reflux, thought you might be gluten intolerant, went to a gasro, the AR went away, and you're still loving with the gastro? I don't know if it was stress-induced. It may have been. I think I also had a really bad stomach bug that was making it bad. I don't want to gently caress with the gastro anymore really, which is why I'm considering cancelling my endoscopy. I don't see a reason for it anymore, unless my symptoms come back. I think I do get a free routine endoscopy (a free routine colonoscopy as well, aw yeah) per year, which this wouldn't be. I may reschedule it as a routine, I need to check a few things though. My appt isn't for another month. My big complaint right now is just a great big near-crippling case of ennui or something similar. An endoscopy sure isn't going to help much with that.
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88h88 posted:I saw in in 3D and feel like I missed details but I guess that depends on how good the projectors are at the joint you're going I suppose. Make sure they crank the sound too because it's glorious. I've seen one movie in 3D (Abe Lincoln, Vamp Hunter) and didn't like the 3D aspect of it. Seems gimmicky. Nothing I'd pay extra for, that's for sure. CommieGIR posted:Getting back into coding and microcontrollers. Maybe this is what my problem is. I haven't had any time for a good hobby in a long time. Between raising young kids and a full-time job and a large house with a large amount of upkeep, plus the financial issues getting resolved, finding time and money to do something I actually enjoy has been on the back burner for as long as I can remember. I don't even remember what some of my hobbies even were. User Error posted:I had to get up early to take my girlfriend to the airport and had some time to kill before work, so I went to Waffle House. Hash browns covered and peppered, eggs over easy, bacon, a biscuit, and a waffle for like 8$. Waffle House rules. :drool: edit: how is there not a drool?  then.
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Also for what it's worth, this exists. Not sure how I feel about that, but I guess it would appeal for some that want the mystery behind Fury Road's world explained.
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