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I have IBS and GERD. Instant coffee does not upset my stomach anywhere near as bad as brewed or drip coffee. The amount of acid in instant is remarkably lower.
@RickiTarr Along the lines of Nicola, but somewhat different...in an era when girls were forced to take homemaking in highschool while guys took shop, I attempted to register for shop class, and got turned down. Then the school esablished a ham radio club, and I joined...over loud protests. Mind you I'm straight--but I always found the activities designated "guy stuff" including automechanics to be of higher and more adventurous interest...which was regarded irrational at the time. No regrets.
@claralistensprechen3rd@RickiTarr Back in the early 70s when I was in shop, the school had us switch with the girls for a short time.. they went to shop and we went to "home-economics", or home-ec. Don't think I learned anything.. we did make some delicious cookies.. that was about it, though I don't remember much about it. Never heard how the girls did.. though it too was probably pretty superficial. Kudos to the forward thinking school (in Idaho) at the time for even considering that.
@RickiTarr@claralistensprechen3rd@Jdnome when i was in 8th (?) grade, everybody had to take both shop AND home ec. i always liked shop better. i still have the small blue tool box i made starting with a piece of sheet metal that we cut, bent, soldered, riveted, etc. pretty friggin' cool.
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Hoo boy.
This one comes to mind and to this day I have no idea why I thought it was a good idea except that I probably thought it would be Funny.
I gave my best friend at the time ( we were 10) a live horseshoe crab for a birthday present at his party.
I brought it up from the Jersey shore, placed it in a big shirt box and put it right in front of him as he said on the floor in a group of the other kids.
I will never forget the look on his face when, expecting a nice baseball ....
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...Jersey he opened the box to an armored aquatic arachnid straight from the Devonian epoch that immediately STUCK IT'S SPINY TAIL UP AT HIM.
His mom shrieked, put her hand over her eyes and ran.
Actually, when the chaos wound down we all had fun playing with it on the lawn and I took it back to the Atlantic Ocean later.
Oddly enough I was never invited back to his parents house and my parents were very much Not Amused when they found out.
@Subumbral@autolycos@RickiTarr I honestly can't even remember why we had it - I HATE the stuff. Maybe we were using it in margaritas, but otherwise, no clue.
@grrrr_shark@autolycos@RickiTarr Another very bad combination is vodka and Gatorade. It makes for the worst rotten-fruity breath imaginable, rendered unimaginable by any ensuing hangover.
@RickiTarr Bought a Citroën DS that had been standing for a year in a field when really I was looking for a van to put my gardening equipment in. New battery, pumped up the tyres and drove it away. Love of my life.
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It was years ago when I was a reporter for a local weekly newspaper in San Diego. Don't worry, the balloon was anchored down. But it was still 200' in the air.
@RickiTarr i guess the time I was so drunk I could barely stand up and my friend and some other guy wanted to do a shoulder punch round competition. I warned that i know karate and I can punch really hard. I missed the first round because of drunkness. Next round hit the guys shoulder and I won. His shoulder had like a 10 x 20 blue-black bruise week after and couldnt use his hand.
@RickiTarr If u know how to punch like karate teaches you, it has some serious power. It isnt difficult basically, but u have to repeat it for few months to do it right.
@RickiTarr I’ve gone through most of my adult life not understanding that I am afraid of the men that I am interested in.
That makes me act very strange. A friend of mine pointed this out yesterday and I am still in shock. Because it’s true. And why didn’t I know this information until now? Did everyone else know but me?
@sashin@RickiTarr Well, long story short, I was in a very dangerous relationship in my early 20s, had a child with that person and had to flee my home with my newborn to not be killed. It took 10 years before things settled. And I never really got over my fears from that period, even though my kid is 18 now.
I think it’s basically a fear of being killed if I let my guard down. I haven’t been rejected that many times, and when it has happened I've almost felt relieved. I am doomed aren't I?
@Mary625@sashin@RickiTarr Thank you so much! And I think you are right. My fears have been proven wrong a couple of times lately, and that made me super surprised…
I got in my car and drove away from my life, sleeping in my car in campgrounds until I asked for advice on Twitter for a place to live with lots of trees and rivers. They suggested Fort Wayne, IN and I started driving from California. Someone told me about a company that was hiring and I pulled over, covered the windows with a towel and submitted a virtual interview.
@RickiTarr I was unsure what to study after school so was drafted into the South African apartheid defence Force. Fortunately it was during the time of change in SA to a free country and the Angola Bush war had just drawn to an end.
I then still didn't know what to study so picked something that I was good at but kind of loathed.
That started me on a journey which ended with me almost killing myself. I still don't know what I would do different if I went back in time.
Also bring 18 and having to make life choices sand your brain isn't even completely formed yet is a bit harsh
@RickiTarr Got fired from a tech job. I was looking for other jobs for a good long while, and faced rejection after rejection. Eventually, I hit my "fuck it" point, and partied for nine months until I went completely broke.
Then, I called up my Dad, moved back in with him for a while, and joined the military. I'm about six months away from getting out finally.
@deadsuperhero A random question popped today into my head seeing a VA services office where I’m staying over the week-end: Will you get to enjoy veteran benefits when you leave service?
@RickiTarr Had to think about this one. I bought into sunk cost and “but I promised” analysis to rationalize staying. Always harkened to how I felt in the final 5 or so miles of a marathon. “I can endure,” I sez.
It all popped like a cheap ballon one night. Heard a big row, then walls banging. My daughter had red twist burns on her arm. It was time for us to go, kokomo. We left everything but her dog.
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