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Sometimes the meds do this; space them out evenly and finish the course. Your body's fighting and hopefully you've turned the corner on it. Make sure to eat good protein (eggs - egg whites are the gold standard), fruits and veg (blueberries are a great antioxidant, just don't eat too many) and plenty of hydro, cranberry juice, and ginger ale might help your stomach. Give your body good building blocks right now, and things to detox and flush out the system. Hey, a little nausea is better than an infection ~2" from your brain.
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Then again, some people call it "Ear-gasm." It's akin to the way that itching poison ivy can bring relief for a couple of seconds, but then it hurts even worse because you've ruptured it. Don't use Q-Tips in the ear. Just don't.
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She is... but she has announced that she would be leaving at the start of or shortly after a potential second term begins. You know... so she can have some distance from Obama for when she runs in 2016.
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What was the Scariest , Frightening Moment in Life
UConn James replied to millbank's topic in Off the Wall Archives
Make sure you... well, your mum and sister... talk to the ACO first. It's important to have the first word. We dropped our dog at he vet and I went to the ER. My brother (he lives about 1/4 mioe away and I had been walking back from there before this happened ~ a hundred yards from his house) had called to report the attack right away, and the ACO talked to the dog owner, who claimed that only one dog --- the one who bit me --- had attacked us. Funny... because she didn't come out until five minutes into it. I submitted a statement to the ACO the next day and by that time she had made her whole report which had multiple glaring factual errors, and evidently, her mind was cemented to simply charge for one dog roaming, and she was quarantining at the house, rather than in the pound which is what state law REQUIRES for ALL bites off-property. Note: even the dog owner said that it happened on the opposite side of the street. And yet, we still had to press with the state agricultural commissioner to have it impounded. My family is also on opposite sides in local politics from the ACO, who wears many hats in town govt. I don't see how that has anything to do with anything, but some people are like that.... Does a detective take the word of the suspected rapist to determine charges? Well, that's the corollary of what happened. Was not happy about that. I don't norally wish ill on people, but this ACO apparently has cancer of some sort and I hope it hurts. I would've taken your dog to the vet to have it checked thoroughly by professionals in case something happened that you can't see. Then give them the bill. Make sure the attacking dogs are current on all shots and press for roaming tickets and whatever else you can. People with these type of dogs generally don't seem to get the message very easily that they need to do a much better job controlling and restraining their dog's movement outside. Your peace was violated... and yet in this case w/o any seeming injuries, it doesn't look like much canoe will be done besides a ticket. An incident report might increasetheir homeowner's insurance... if the company even gets wind of it, which they often don't. You want more. You want to say, 'Hey you ing head!! Anything like this happens again to anyone who goes by here and ....' but.... As for the effects, I can tell that it's stayed with my dog in his interactions. Walk around now and he goes kinda apestevestojan when he sees another dog, whining, snorting and going in nervous circles. He will not go down that road again, and I am hardly less ready to myself. -
I just started and finished watching Breaking Bad
UConn James replied to The Poojer's topic in Off the Wall Archives
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One was caught on tape in the Hartford, CT, area as well. Link This should be an automatic 'Go To Jail For Life.' But no. It's catch-and-release with sex offenders. They can be "rehabilitated."
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Dark Knight Rises - Midnight Screening Roll-Call
UConn James replied to ajzepp's topic in Off the Wall Archives
Hey, what the hell!?!!? Didn't I tell you to keep those thumbs out of your ears????!!!! Jeeez.... -
You know, it's WAY over-used, but in this case it applies with how I look at Seinfeld now --- 9/11 changed everything about that show. Whenever I catch a bit of it in syndication, it's like a time capsule now. These four totally narcissistic self-ensconced people. Maybe I would see it differently in 50 years, maybe later generations will be able to appreciate it w/o connecting it to that day and everything that went on... but I doubt it. The city, which was itself a character on that show as much as the Island was a character on LOST, in reality proved that either everything had changed or it wasn't that way to begin with. I can appreciate that they really applied the meta-criticism themselves and accepted the mantle that it was a "show about nothing." But at the same time, it really confined itself to its own very small corner of history.
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Yeah, that damn near confirms it. How does your 'I have a high pain tolerance' sound now, in hindsight?
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Go to the doctor or clinic. Tell them you think you have an ear infection and it's starting to hurt. They'll look with an otoscope and see what's up. If it hurts to any degree inside the ear, my guess is it's infected; and it'll hurt more at its own pace, but that gets exponential fast, and any pain in the face isn't something you can just forget about. If it is, they'll probably write you an Rx or give you a sample of something like drops and/or a Z-pack and suggest a warm water bottle (you know... the red rubber ones) to take the edge off a little. Whether it happened because of the sea water [James shrugs and says "Meh"] or it's something that's been brewing for awhile and you're mis-attributing it, I would start wearing wax or silicone earplugs in the water. And don't use Q-Tips.
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Medal-winner in Mitt Romney veep stakes won't be known until after Olympic Games : Ohio Sen. Rob Portman (3:1) and ex-Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (8:1) head list of likely running mates Probably will be Portman.
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To wit: Q-Tips of Mass Destruction by Rod Moser, PA, PhD.
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After which, you gently flush it with lukewarm water with one of those ear bulb syringes. The water combining with the peroxide... uhmmm... well, it's been awhile since chemistry class... but it deactivates/neutralizes the peroxide. And no, this isn't bad. Using peroxide every so often to fizz away wax buildup is fine. But don't mistake, wax in the ears is a good thing. It should fall out naturally in small bits/balls --- that is the sign of a healthy ear. I don't know whether it would help with "salt in the ear" tho, if that is the OP's actual problem. A trip back out through the ear canal and/or Eustacean tube drainage probably should have taken care of any sea water before it evaporated and left salt deposits.... Don't f'ing use a Q-Tip. They are the root cause of many ear infections. The skin inside near the eardrum is like paper-thin. Even being "gentle" you irritate that, it becomes red and damaged and prone to infection taking hold. This is straight from ENT doctors.
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What was the Scariest , Frightening Moment in Life
UConn James replied to millbank's topic in Off the Wall Archives
I don't remember the exact course, but during the settlement, their insurance company pointed that out and the judge basically like 'What the ---- does that matter? The dog attacked and bit them.' The owners destroyed the dog about two months after the incident. I wrote socialized by the Facebook pictures they had of it with people and other dogs; I get that this isn't a diagnosis but it's just a judgment call. Allowing the dogs to be in a situation so as to come across the road at us was pretty stevestojanny, but I get the impression that they weren't terrible owners otherwise. My father was an ACO for 20 years when I was young and I often went along, just to qualify. My opinion of pit bulls / cane corsos / fighting breeds has definitely been imprinted. I don't see why anyone would want one other than to show off how tough they think they are. And all too often, even if they are trained and such there come moments where they are too much dog for the owner to handle. You see the papers and read about kids and even adults being mauled and killed. I respect your beliefs, as I've read numerous times here. But as I wrote, until you've been on the business end of an attack by one of these, you're talking theory. I normally hate gov't intervention like soda bans, etc. but I think these breeds ought to be ordered out of the genepool. Familiar breeds might bite at similar rates or whatever the statistics are, but the thing is that when a Golden or a poodle or a lab bites, it's usually quick and a nip. When pit bulls and fighting breeds bite, they don't let go. More like... Tom would go all Hannibal Lecter vs. 'Multiple' Miggs, and calmly coerce the lad to swallow and choke to death on his own tongue. -
I just started and finished watching Breaking Bad
UConn James replied to The Poojer's topic in Off the Wall Archives
Thinking about it the other day, and with the S4 finale ending as it did, with everything tidied up, all the operations ceased, and what appeared at the time like a clean break and that Walt and Jesse could go their separate ways --- to me, that just ensures that we're not going to have that kind of finale where these characters just walk away, b/c we've already seen that. I would probably end the series --- the final scene --- with Walt Jr. watching a breaking news story about whatever had just happened in the denouement (the penultimate scene having left some questions that are answered by the story). That would just seem like a great way to end it all. Because we all watch these stories every night and there's rarely, if ever, any kind of extrapolation or closer look into the nitty-gritty. Just would be a great point in how all we (the everyday American) get is a sanitized view. -
Mr Businessman, You Didn't Build Your Business
UConn James replied to 3rdnlng's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Poor Pres. Obama! -
What was the Scariest , Frightening Moment in Life
UConn James replied to millbank's topic in Off the Wall Archives
Pit bull and a boxer attacked me and my pup on a scenic back-road. Really thought they were going to kill him and possibly me. Ended up with hand bites and my dog had some pieces of torn flesh in ~5 minutes before the owner heard the shouting, came outside and pinned them down. And come to find that these were socialized, obedience-trained dogs. Alaska Darin et al. come here and say that they have to be taught to fight or not taught anything. And I used to agree with that. Suffice to say that my view of pit bulls/fighting breeds changed utterly that day. Until you experience the business end of a pit bull or other breed whose instinct, once it's on, is to bite and not let go your opinion is ing WORTHLESS. -
Link No hypocrisy here.... Obama derides Romney for outsourcing when he had stepped away and was CEO in name only, but... he will accept campaign cash from the people at Bain who did the outsourcing post-Romney. Still, I remember a time when damn near every politician said globalization was the cat's breasts. Money in a globalized world is like a beautiful woman --- you need to treat it right or it goes elsewhere. How does the left not get this?
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Actually, I would chalk up last year's win to rattling Brady and that offense. George Wilson completely laid out Edelman with a hit you could hear and that was the tone of the day. Brady was flustered and threw... was it 4 INTs? As Kyle Williams said leading up to the game, 'We may win, we may lose, but by the end, they are going to feel and know they just went through Hell.' That was a defensive victory. Up 'til there, it was always a given that Brady would be throwing for 400 yards and Welker would toast you. Well, as one poster's sig line here reads, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Fitz and the offense was able to capitalize on a horrid Pats* defense, especially their pass D which was last in the league. Looks like they may have reloaded, tho. The game plan should still be to beat them up, take advantage of their OL losses, get to Brady and shake him up. That's how we won, that's how the Giants beat them in the SB.
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It really doesn't matter who is the president. If the military wants to get involved somewhere, we get involved. See: Obama nosing into Libya while we still had two fronts. If the military doesn't want to close GITMO, GITMO doesn't get closed. If the military wants to hold Bradley Manning in solitary confinement, despite every liberal/progressive saying that he's a "hero" then there he is. If the military wants to start using drones more and strike inside of countries like Pakistan, Yemen, etc., then it happens. If the military wants to launch STUXNET, it does. If a president, especially one with no military background, says no to something the rank and file military wants to do... that's dangerous ground. There won't be much of a difference.
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I just started and finished watching Breaking Bad
UConn James replied to The Poojer's topic in Off the Wall Archives
It's entirely possible that Gus will be back via flashback. Spoiler-y (then again, this news was released last month in a Gilligan interview): Next week will introduce a character that is a (now-)former associate of Gus Fring. -
What Has Obama Done to Help the Economy?
UConn James replied to Rob's House's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
He added regulations that took pre-wage/salary costs for employers up to ~$12K per year. He got passage of the ACA, which means that employers with over 10 employees graciously get to pick up the tab for health insurance. I hear that this policy makes businessowners want to stop looking at their spreadsheets and get out there and hire, hire, hire so they can have the privilege of paying for more healthcare. Rather than approve the Keystone pipeline that would reduce fuel and energy costs, Pres. Obama courageously said 'No' because... why would anyone in business want less expensive fuel sources? We can get by for another 50-100 years until alternative energy / fuels are widely available and perform as efficiently as traditional sources... right? And if we get four more years, just imagine how much more he could do for small businesses!!! -
Fan builds lego replica of RWS
UConn James replied to JÂy RÛßeÒ's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Wonder what he's going to do WRT the forthcoming $200M renovation.... -
Hey, no fair!! I had it first!!!!
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I just started and finished watching Breaking Bad
UConn James replied to The Poojer's topic in Off the Wall Archives
OK, but would a direct call to an evidence lock-up warehouse be the same as calling a police department?