Really, Really Mundane!

[sterling3]

Its still winter like here in the real northeast U S ,but a relief from the horror winter of last year when we got feet of snow instead of inches and its not been overly cold either for a change ,spring is trying to force its way in but having a tough time right now but it will win shortly as the days grow longer starting sunday with daylight savings time starts

[WingZephyr]

I'm posting this from work. I would really love to have my fav AW girls be our weekend dancers here some time. (I work at a casino)

On another note I love my job!

[devonian2]

Wow. I appreciate lakto's observation on current speech patterns.
"Like" was big when I was in High School in the mid-'60's & it drove me nuts then.
Recently; I was watching .... maybe it was on "X-Hamster"... a shoot about some Russian, yes, Folks: Russian, schoolgirls.
Now, truthfully, guys, I don't know any more Russian than "da" and "nyet"; but i would swear these chicks were speaking Russian with an American accent.
Un-believable? Sure seemed that way. Snippy, nazal intonations et al.

[WingZephyr]

Holy s**t! On the subway tonight, 2 college aged girls were yapping away and I swear....every freakin' sentence was "like" and "like" and "like". I just hope these girls weren't actually going to university, because anyone who goes to an institute for higher learning to study should be embarrassed to be talking like that! How does this kind of lingo start???? It sure wasn't around when I was going to school!

From the valley, thats why we call them valley girls.

[laktor]

"Like" was big when I was in High School in the mid-'60's & it drove me nuts then.

That's when I went to high school and I didn't hear kids talking like that, and this was in L.A.!

[Dekoda]

Saying "like" seems more to have been predominant in the 80's and 90's. My daughter was in school then and everyone, including her, used like all the time. Oh, and yes, it's used excessively by valley girls, which, like WingZephyr mentioned, is why they are called valley girls. Valley girls use it to excess which makes it easy to point them out.....amongst other things.

[laktor]

Uh, oh, I was going to try and add to the song name thread...haven't been there in awhile...but Arianna has me stumped with her latest post of Ruby Tuesday by the Rolling Stones, and I can't think of any songs with either ruby or Tuesday in the title! Somebody help, please!

[timbo83]

Uh, oh, I was going to try and add to the song name thread...haven't been there in awhile...but Arianna has me stumped with her latest post of Ruby Tuesday by the Rolling Stones, and I can't think of any songs with either ruby or Tuesday in the title! Somebody help, please!

I got one but it's a real stumper, but I sent a text to my buddy thats been a DJ for 8 years, he'll know somthing

[laktor]

I got one but it's a real stumper, but I sent a text to my buddy thats been a DJ for 8 years, he'll know somthing

Thanks timbo. I almost thought it was going to be the end of that thread!

[kylie_h]

I have a cold, one of those horrible ones that rumble when you breathe. Anyone know how to stop my throat from drying out at night? (I have to sleep with my mouth open at the moment)

[Frans]

I have a cold, one of those horrible ones that rumble when you breathe. Anyone know how to stop my throat from drying out at night? (I have to sleep with my mouth open at the moment)

If you weeze and cough when breathing it might be a lung infection, which needs a GP (antibiotics). Keep your nose clear/unblocked, with something like this (kruidvat/trekpleister stores (=Boots) have it) , note the 'menthol' part.



And keep fever down with paracetamol, fever makes you very tired. Warm/hot showers help to, the steam esp.

[mrpinkeyes]

I have a cold, one of those horrible ones that rumble when you breathe. Anyone know how to stop my throat from drying out at night? (I have to sleep with my mouth open at the moment)

And everyone else in the house with earmuffs

Sorry to hear your sick Kylie... Hopefully Frans suggestion works wonders and you are feeling better in no time.

Pinky...

[ariannaAW]

I had a fight with this weirdo at the bank, and almost beat him up

He had the NERVE to jump in front of me, then tell me I'm jumping in front of him, and try to push me out the way! :O ridiculous!

If people can't pay attention to what's happening, they should at least be less ignorant about it. Because when I tried to explain that I'd been in the line for ages, he wasn't listening and tried to push in front of me anyway, Like a little kid. What a retard.

Then I saw him 10 minutes later in TESCO ...and was with my big muscly fwend.

I pushed his shopping cart and called him an asshole, because he'd been SO rude and aggressive with me at the bank, telling me to shut up just because I was trying to speak to him like an adult. how immature of him, so I lost control when I saw him at the store.

When I pushed his cart, he said, you're lucky you're a woman! Or else, I'd whoop your ass!

So I said, hey... but I got a man with me, wana deal with him instead?...Then he shut up...and walked away repeating the ''It's because you're a woman line''

Reminded me of this clip.

Big guy. Big Ego. Small penis obviously.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4MfMZ8arBM&list=FLRmpZI-AKUCyypW9YO29u6w&index=4&feature=plpp_video

[Forbid]

I had a fight with this weirdo at the bank, and almost beat him up

He had the NERVE to jump in front of me, then tell me I'm jumping in front of him, and try to push me out the way! :O ridiculous!

If people can't pay attention to what's happening, they should at least be less ignorant about it. Because when I tried to explain that I'd been in the line for ages, he wasn't listening and tried to push in front of me anyway, Like a little kid. What a retard.

Then I saw him 10 minutes later in TESCO ...and was with my big muscly fwend.

I pushed his shopping cart and called him an asshole, because he'd been SO rude and aggressive with me at the bank, telling me to shut up just because I was trying to speak to him like an adult. how immature of him, so I lost control when I saw him at the store.

When I pushed his cart, he said, you're lucky you're a woman! Or else, I'd whoop your ass!

So I said, hey... but I got a man with me, wana deal with him instead?...Then he shut up...and walked away repeating the ''It's because you're a woman line''

Reminded me of this clip.

Big guy. Big Ego. Small penis obviously.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4MfM...ure=plpp_video

should have pulled some Hong Kong shit on the dudes chin bone.

that video made me laugh.

[kylie_h]

If you weeze and cough when breathing it might be a lung infection, which needs a GP (antibiotics). Keep your nose clear/unblocked, with something like this (kruidvat/trekpleister stores (=Boots) have it) , note the 'menthol' part.

And keep fever down with paracetamol, fever makes you very tired. Warm/hot showers help to, the steam esp.

Urgh... beginning to think it's a lung infection. But weirdly everyone else at work who was ill is better now, DAMN YOU WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM! Shoulda eaten more dirt as a kid...

And everyone else in the house with earmuffs

Sorry to hear your sick Kylie... Hopefully Frans suggestion works wonders and you are feeling better in no time.

Pinky...

Well, Marcus is sick too so it's just Masie, Mr Masie and Poppy who are suffering from the noise. Poor things.

[Frans]

Well, Marcus is sick too so it's just Masie, Mr Masie and Poppy who are suffering from the noise. Poor things.

Yeah, it's not like the Chins listen to anything else you say Well, Chell anyway.. ;-) Lung infections are easily diagnosed, just get a GP, takes approx 10 minutes. You def. want to get to the GP *before* the coughing gets worse, the useless coughing kind which keeps you awake. It sucks.

Don't know where you can get an upgrade for your immune-system, sorry.

Random pic to cheer you up;

[timbo83]

Shoulda eaten more dirt as a kid...

worked for me

[Kapital]

Providing it's nothing more sinister than a bad cold I also have a few ideas. Herbal teas are great for drying up a runny nose. Lemon and ginger an especially good variety. Hot liquid foods with chilli/curry good for nose and for sweating it out of the system. Sadly lovely people you maybe suffering for no reason at all. Some years ago I was looking after a patient whilst I had a sniffle and he remarked to me that he had a friend who had discovered a cure for the common cold and had sold the patent to a major drug company in Australia. You know what they did? Locked it in a safe and left it there. These corporations sell a wide range of products dealing with cold sympton management; lozenges, nasal sprays, tablets and drinks with various drug combinations. They're a lucrative part of the industry and a stable, guaranteed revenue stream. If a cure for the common cold were ever to be acted upon the shareprices of these multinational pharmaceutical companies would plummet globally. So my advice is to stick with the natural remedies and some paracetemol as Frans said, because unfortunately our health is much less important than the bottom line. Grrr

[kylie_h]

Yeah, it's not like the Chins listen to anything else you say Well, Chell anyway.. ;-) Lung infections are easily diagnosed, just get a GP, takes approx 10 minutes. You def. want to get to the GP *before* the coughing gets worse, the useless coughing kind which keeps you awake. It sucks.

Don't know where you can get an upgrade for your immune-system, sorry.

The Chins are getting much better behaved, presumably because they have "carpeting" now as opposed to straw flooring, they're moving up in the world, learning manners and such. Makes it easier to see their poops too, so I can swoop in and clean them up faster. Hehe, but they have been good, they're both learning not to bite me anymore, although Chell occasionally forgets her manners, GLaDOS will happily climb onto my shoulder, but she's still learning to just find a comfy place and sit still - right now she attempts to climb down my body or jump on top of the cage.

Still not been to a GP, but I've had lung infections before and this seems more like a phlegmy cold.

Awww that kitty is adorable, I think if I didn't have Chins I'd be considering getting a kitty cat - despite my allergies, I do love the little buggers. If I can't get a big dog, like an Alsatian, I'd want a little cat. Not really fond of smaller dogs for some reason. They're obviously adorable, but I find it hard to imagine bonding with them like I do with big dogs.

worked for me

Strangely I was a bit of a fussy kid. Dad was all for the idea of me nomming on dirt to boost my immune system. He also used to do things like throw me in the surf at the age of 3 to see if I could swim. Mum was displeased to say the least...

Providing it's nothing more sinister than a bad cold I also have a few ideas. Herbal teas are great for drying up a runny nose. Lemon and ginger an especially good variety. Hot liquid foods with chilli/curry good for nose and for sweating it out of the system. Sadly lovely people you maybe suffering for no reason at all. Some years ago I was looking after a patient whilst I had a sniffle and he remarked to me that he had a friend who had discovered a cure for the common cold and had sold the patent to a major drug company in Australia. You know what they did? Locked it in a safe and left it there. These corporations sell a wide range of products dealing with cold sympton management; lozenges, nasal sprays, tablets and drinks with various drug combinations. They're a lucrative part of the industry and a stable, guaranteed revenue stream. If a cure for the common cold were ever to be acted upon the shareprices of these multinational pharmaceutical companies would plummet globally. So my advice is to stick with the natural remedies and some paracetemol as Frans said, because unfortunately our health is much less important than the bottom line. Grrr

I'm not great with spicy foods, but I'll certainly give that a go tonight. See if I can blast it out of my system! Keeping myself warm at night, drinking LOTS of water and tea (although with milk in, because I prefer it). Is it true that milk increases mucus production or not? I've been told that, but it doesn't seem likely, considering I'm already "producing at maximum capacity" right now.

I generally don't buy cold & flu stuff because I'm a tightarse and I don't get colds all that often. Just since coming to Europe, actually. But if I can cure it with water, tea, warm blankies and will-power, then I will!

[sterling2]

A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As
she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his
stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest.

After a moment or two, the vet
shook his head and sadly said,
"I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed away."

The distressed woman wailed,
"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead," replied
the vet..

"How can you be so sure?" she
protested. "I mean you haven't done any testing on him.
He might just be in a coma or
something."

The vet rolled his eyes, turned
around and left the room. He returned a few minutes later
with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner looked on
in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his
front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from
top to bottom. He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and
shook his head.

The vet patted the dog on the
head and took it out of the room. A few minutes later he
returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also
delicatelysniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat
back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and
strolled out of the room.

The vet looked at the
woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most
definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck."

The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and
produced a bill, which he handed to the woman..

The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!" she
cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!"

The vet shrugged, "I'm sorry. If you had just taken my word for it,
the bill would have been $20, but with the Lab Report and the
Cat Scan, it's now $150."


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[wolfgangbuster29]

Hey, Dekoda, I remember reading way back that you were prescribed CPAP therapy for sleep apnea and I was wondering how you are coming along with that after all these years. This interests me because I recently have begun CPAP therapy because not only am I known for snoring, I have found by looking at the charts my CPAP machine records that I tend to stop breathing as I sleep quite a few times a night due to my condition of sleep apnea.

[Dekoda]

Hey, Dekoda, I remember reading way back that you were prescribed CPAP therapy for sleep apnea and I was wondering how you are coming along with that after all these years. This interests me because I recently have begun CPAP therapy because not only am I known for snoring, I have found by looking at the charts my CPAP machine records that I tend to stop breathing as I sleep quite a few times a night due to my condition of sleep apnea.

Wolfgangbuster, yes, I do have sleep apnea, and I use my CPAP machine faithfully every night. I love that machine and by using it, I get the best sleep I have ever gotten. It does take a little getting used to, but I didn't mind. When I woke up that first day after using it, I felt like I had gotten the best night of sleep in my life.

Yes, I think that if a person snores, they most likely have some degree of sleep apnea. When you sleep, your soft palette relaxes and closes the airway in your throat. By closing the airway, you can't inhale any air. What ends up happening is that you try harder to inhale and when you do, you snore. The snoring is the result of the soft palette vibrating to allow air to pass by it and go into your lungs. When you use a CPAP machine (Constant Positive Airway Pressure machine), a constant air pressure is forced into your nose/mouth (depending on the type of mask you use), and that air pressure keeps the soft palette from closing. That results in no snoring, and that results in your body getting the proper amount of air it needs, and that results in your body getting the proper sleep that it needs.

As you've noticed, you tend to stop breathing numerous times when you are sleeping. This is dangerous and can kill a person. I have read of people of all ages dying from sleep apnea because they couldn't breathe and end up suffocating. If these people had used a CPAP machine, they'd still be alive. Also keep in mind that when you aren't getting the proper amount of air when you sleep, your body isn't getting a restorative sleep, so your body begins to deteriorate, and over time, that can lead to all kinds of health issues....heart attack, stroke, organ failure, etc.

[wolfgangbuster29]

Dekoda, you are on the right track. Years ago I actually saw how CPAP saved the life of a close friend of mine's father. His sleep apnea was so severe that he found himself falling asleep while driving and that's when he absolutely knew hew had to do something about that as soon as he could and he, as yourself, benefited greatly from the nightly use of the CPAP as he slept and his wife no longer had to send him to the living room couch because the CPAP eliminated his snoring.

Recently I did a fair amount of research on the subjects of sleep apnea and CPAP therapy and was intrigued by that CPAP is a drug-free and natural approach to treating sleep disorders. Then I pursued what it would represent for me to get started with my own CPAP therapy and I would carefully monitor the results each day in the charts as my CPAP machine writes usage data to an SD card that I then upload into software here that lets me look at the charts. Very insightful.

Well I'm still on my first week of therapy and I intend to stick with it because I have seen proof that CPAP is a real life saver.

[Dekoda]

Wolfgang, I don't know what symptoms you had that made you seek out a doctor, where he ended up sending you in for a sleep study test to see if you had sleep apnea, but in my case, I was always tired, and when I woke up each morning, my mouth was so dry that it hurt. When I went in to see my doctor, he asked me if I snored. Since I live alone, I had no way of knowing, so he sent me in for a sleep study and that's where they found out that I had sleep apnea. I was snoring loudly in order to try to get enough air, that's why my mouth was so dry every morning.

It wasn't long after that that I was also diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which I feel also contributed to me feeling tired all of the time. I knew that I'd eventually develop type 2 diabetes since everyone in my family has it, and diabetes has a strong genetic component. I think that it won't be too long before almost everyone eventually develops type 2 diabetes because of the high carb foods that we eat. The average person today eats way too many carbs, and that's only going to get worse what with the terrible advertising that we are flooded with. Foods that are advertised as healthy, aren't healthy....like whole grains, all breakfast cereals (including oatmeal), potatoes, rice, orange juice, apple juice, grapefruit juice, cranberry juice, or any fruit juice, corn, peas, any type of pasta, and the list goes on and on. If a person is eating more than 100 carbs a day, then they are eating too many carbs. (I try to stay under 50 carbs a day.)

Anyway, let me know how you make out with your CPAP machine, and how you feel when you wake up each morning. The mask that I use with my CPAP machine just covers my nose. I wanted a small mask because a small mask makes it easier for me lay on my sides and not have the mask press very hard on my pillow.

[wolfgangbuster29]

I opted for the CPAP because, number one, I was always waking up in the morning feeling like I sure could sleep for three more hours at least if given the chance but I knew I had to get up and get moving so I can be at work on-time. I need to be there at the office on-time so that the day's broadcasts begin on-time and we have our connections to all of our show hosts and affiliates. And two, I was always feeling terribly sleepy and even fighting sleep later on in the day, around midday. A clear indication that I wasn't getting proper night's sleep.

When I and my ex were still together the subject of CPAP came up in one of our conversations because she knew I was snoring rather loudly each night. She told me that CPAP helped someone else she knew who had snore and sleep apnea issues so that, and me remembering how CPAP had helped my friend's father many years ago, inspired me to look into CPAP therapyfor myself and here I am. Beyond anything any sleep evaluation technician or therapist could tell me, there is no doubt in my mind that I have been suffering with sleep apnea and my charts show that I fall into the 'moderate' category of that. As for the mask, I opted for the full-face mask although a nose-only mask and a nose pillow outfit came in the kit I received with my new CPAP machine.

You make an important and critical point about how diet and the onset of type-2 diabetes can affect how a person feels and the energy level one has through the day, and you are right on-target with that. The modern American diet, and with the help of the Corporate advertising propaganda machine that has been bombarding Americans, as well as folks of other nations, with unforgivable untruths that grains and margerines and carbohydrates in high concentration were good for us, simply because manufacturers of the stuff could make alot of it cheaply and sell for a high profit margin, have unfortunately and effectively re-programmed far too many folks, en-masse, that those things were somehow good for humans, when nothing can be further from the truth. We can even discuss diet & other related health issues over in my Health Fitness and Diet thread that I had opened some time ago, if you like.

But as for my CPAP, I'm getting familiarised with its settings and I'm getting it closer to the settings that seem to work best and are the most comfortable for me. Kind of early in the game still for me to make a solid assessment of the benefits my CPAP will have for me, overall, for my particular condition of sleep apnea and snoring but time is gonna tell.

[Dekoda]

I've had my CPAP machine for about 8 years now, and while it is an older one, it is still an auto-CPAP machine. During the sleep study when they determined that I had sleep apnea, they were also able to determine what I needed the CPAP machine to provide me with. Once I went to their office to pick up my CPAP machine, they programmed it to meet my needs. All I do now is to put on the mask, turn on the machine, and the machine does the rest. I'm sure you know this, but in the event you don't, an auto-CPAP machine automatically adjusts to your breathing needs as you sleep. When you first get into bed, you are still awake, so you need more air, which the machine supplies. As you fall asleep, you breathe shallower, so you need less air, and the machine automatically adjusts to that. If the machine were to keep pumping out the same air pressure that you required when you first went to bed, then, as you fell asleep, the machine would be outputting too much air and the end result would be that the excess air would start escaping out of the sides of the mask and that would wake you up.

There is another device other than a CPAP machine that helps with sleep apnea, and that is a mouth guard type of device that you place in your mouth when you go to bed. That device causes your lower jaw to slightly extend forward, and by doing that, it helps to keep your soft palette from closing. I wouldn't like that type of device as much as I like my CPAP machine because the CPAP machine is blowing air into your face, making it easier to breathe. The mouth guard device doesn't blow air into your face, so even though it opens the soft palette, it doesn't provide you with extra air.

Yes, I too was always tired, no matter how much I slept. I could sleep for 16 hours, get up for a few hours, then go back to bed and sleep for another 10 hours, and I would still be tired when I woke up. I'd fall asleep in the doctor's office waiting to see him. All I wanted to do was to sleep, yet no amount of sleep would satisfy me.....I always wanted more.

[wolfgangbuster29]

I tried one of those mouth guards too but the thing felt too much like it didn't fit and I couldn't keep the dang thing in my mouth for any more than a half a minute, let alone try to sleep with the silly thing in my mouth.

Breath Right strips work well to help open my sinus airways a bit more, in fact I still use a Breathe Right along with the CPAP and it works great and I breathe so much easer at night.

Well, going into my second week of therapy and man am I really noticing the difference. Not only in the way I feel these days but also it's showing in my charts. When I began therapy my AHI was around 20. These days it's 5 or below and this morning my charts show an AHI of 1.4! Proof that this thing works, and ya know last night was a very smooth night's sleep. Something I have to say that I haven't had in years.