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BBP - 28-3-2015 at 12:32

One of the things Sacks describes in his book that one nasty thing about migraine is there's no medication, and that if you cure one symptom, the patient might/will get another. He describes that he's seen two male patients getting migraine from ejaculation. That's one for the category "it could've been worse".

Very interested in what your neurologist could tell you.

aquagoat - 28-3-2015 at 20:53

"getting migraine from ejaculation" ???? wow, poor guys.:umm:

BBP - 29-3-2015 at 13:14

Among the alleviating actions he does list vomiting, and a power nap. Some of his patients never get a headache if they go to sleep by the time they see the swirls.

BBP - 29-3-2015 at 14:13

Just read the updates on Philo's thread...
dear god...

polydigm - 31-3-2015 at 09:46

At least I have a significant chance of being cured of my difficulties. Recently had a relative die of cancer - it was not pretty at the end.

polydigm - 2-4-2015 at 00:03

Saw the neurologist yesterday. He's convinced that my Migraines are just that and definitely not some type of epilepsy. The type of my Migraine is Migraine with Aura, one of the less common types.

BBP - 2-4-2015 at 01:21

That's good. I had a blackout at the funfair last year (and looking at video footage of the ride is something I really shouldn't do) and I hope it never ever happens again.

KAPTKIRK - 4-4-2015 at 10:42

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

I remember thinking some time ago that he was a bit of a redneck so I'm pretty sure your objections would have been political. I can't remember exactly what bothered me about him but his opinions are a bit like pedro's only maybe not as backward. He seems like a nice enough guy but I probably couldn't be real world friends with someone like that without arguing all the time.

KUIII's a nice guy but brought up like a "good ol boy". He's also a concert going friend of mine, we've shared rooms, gas and all that. His political views are like Poly sez... redneck, but not like Pedro's! I'm tryin' to change KUIII's perspective and he's receptive to new ideas. Not your ordinary redneck. He's a seeker, that was raised and educated in a place not fit for seekers of the truth. It makes him very frustrated that he can agree with us but we can't disagree with him. He doesn't even see it, ya know?

I'm so sorry for all the deaths in your family Poly, but at our age, it's to be expected. It doesn't make it any easier. I lost my last really close friend last year and there's a big hole in my heart, fer sure. Hate it! I miss her!
I got me. Thats it. You still have young family around.

I haven't had any relations alive for years now. Sorta nice that way, they don't die. They already have.
What I wouldn't give for a non judgemental friend right now close by or at my side.

Sorry, I forgot to ask about you Agua, how are you and things doing now?

And a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to BONNY! The real pride and joy @ zappa.com! May your goose never be cooked! :wink:

aquagoat - 4-4-2015 at 13:29

Quote: Originally posted by KAPTKIRK

Sorry, I forgot to ask about you Agua, how are you and things doing now?

I'm fine, feeling much better since I moved in my new home, there's lots of stuff to do in here, that keeps me busy.

BBP - 4-4-2015 at 18:27

Thanks Kirk!

Glad you're feeling better Aqua! {hug}

KAPTKIRK - 5-4-2015 at 00:15

Quote: Originally posted by aquagoat

Quote: Originally posted by KAPTKIRK

Sorry, I forgot to ask about you Agua, how are you and things doing now?

I'm fine, feeling much better since I moved in my new home, there's lots of stuff to do in here, that keeps me busy.

That sounds great Aqua, glad to hear it!

BBP - 5-4-2015 at 19:52

Hope you're all having a great Easter!

BBP - 8-4-2015 at 12:24

That was a fun Easter. Sadly ruined by my sister's absent-mindedness. She lost her traffic card and we couldn't find it in time, so now we're searching all over the house for it.

BBP - 9-4-2015 at 21:42

Hmmm... apparently research indicates that plucking out hairs may stimulate hair growth. :bald:

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/apr/09/bald-truth-pl...

aquagoat - 10-4-2015 at 15:18

ha, too late, I've just shaven mine again.:umm:

BBP - 11-4-2015 at 20:48

:bouncing:

Did my route today. Spring is really coming up!

polydigm - 12-4-2015 at 15:58

Thanks for your thoughts Kirk.

I'm still struggling a bit healing from my surgery. I've missed a lot of tutorials and the associated benefit, but luckily now we're on mid semester break. Two weeks to catch up on lecture recordings and exercises and hopefully by the end of that I'll be ready to return to the fray.

BBP - 13-4-2015 at 22:23

Sorry to hear that Poly, hope you'll recover soon!

A man was shot dead in Eindhoven last night, possibly a liquidation. His name and age check out - it seems like I went to school with him. He was a year younger than me but we've been in a combined group a few years.

punknaynowned - 15-4-2015 at 21:22

xox for yer lovely elegant elephant :lol:

BBP - 16-4-2015 at 01:43

Happy birthday Dad!

aquagoat - 16-4-2015 at 16:32

Happy birthday DED.:bouncy:

polydigm - 17-4-2015 at 10:41

Ditto DED!!

BBP - 17-4-2015 at 16:30

He's now suffering old record love since the Earth & Fire drummer died.

punknaynowned - 18-4-2015 at 19:28

Happy (belated) Birthday, Ed!

BBP - 19-4-2015 at 17:59

PSV Eindhoven is football champion of The Netherlands. Town centre is erupting.

BBP - 21-4-2015 at 23:15

The party atmosphere died down sooner than expected. An amateur football team from Nuenen became champions in their league the day after and were celebrating by riding a party bicycle. That's basically a large table that is pedalled by the people sitting on the sides of it (usually hooked up to beer) and a driver in front. The party bicycle got trapped on a railway crossing and the unfortunate team had to run for their lives. One had an injury and didn't make it.

Had to search for one for three years (since my visit to Paris), but I've finally got a baguette baking form!
Unfortunately the form won't stand heat over 200 degs and all the recipes I've found so far (I'm looking for recipes in French as I don't want anything that could even remotely be contaminated by Dutch "taste") require hotter ovens than that.

BBP - 22-4-2015 at 21:30

Heard today of an Eindhoven couple who found a dead mouse in their bread. Saw photos and video, shouldn't have done that. Showed it to my father, and now he doesn't feel well either.

BBP - 25-4-2015 at 11:23

Aaaanyway... another day, another batch of papers awaiting delivery...

aquagoat - 26-4-2015 at 05:48

yeah, I want my papers, quick, so I can start a fire and cook sausages for lunch..

DED - 26-4-2015 at 11:21

Wasn't around here for a while, but thanks for your congrats regarding my b-day. To store our wacky bicycles on the ceiling i asked for years for a bycycle lift. Then suddenly BBP came home with one. For over 6 months it was stored in in the box, BBP was complaining. He was asking for it for years and now he has one, and he won't use it. In december BBP was clever and wrapped the lift in as an end of year (Sint Nicolas) present. In april 4 monts after Sint Nicolas it was still in the box. My wishlist no1 was a Bicycle lift (Joke). But the other daughter misunderstood this and bought 2 new ones. I have 3 now and finally mounted the first one.

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BBP - 27-4-2015 at 15:44

Baked baguettes today. Got slight burn out of it but the bread's great!

BBP - 27-4-2015 at 21:01

And here's what it looks like!

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aquagoat - 28-4-2015 at 16:52

lunch tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!!!!!!!!!!!!

BBP - 28-4-2015 at 21:01

Oh dude that bread was SO good! Totally worth the hand pain from kneading!

DED - 29-4-2015 at 16:11

The zither I bought on a auction togeher with a radio, box camera's and an extra radio/turntable combination. had a nasty crack. Today I repaired it. You can see the crack just left of the name and on the right sight a little above.

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aquagoat - 29-4-2015 at 17:40

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Oh dude that bread was SO good! Totally worth the hand pain from kneading!

ha, I'd like to try that one day, making my own bread, I've already made my own pasta , my own pizza but I've never tried to make bread.

BBP - 30-4-2015 at 11:58

I used this recipe:
http://www.meilleurduchef.com/cgi/mdc/l/fr/recette/baguette-...

aquagoat - 30-4-2015 at 19:18

I'll have to try that as soon as I've got my own oven, thanks for sharing BB.

polydigm - 1-5-2015 at 09:41

Quote: Originally posted by DED

... BBP was complaining. He was asking for it for years and now he has one, and he won't use it.

Don't tell me, you always wanted a son ...

Quote: Originally posted by DED

... My wishlist no1 was a Bicycle lift (Joke). But the other daughter misunderstood this and bought 2 new ones. I have 3 now and finally mounted the first one.

That's too funny for words.

BBP - 1-5-2015 at 21:35

That may be true but with that "he" Dad was referring to himself.

BBP - 5-5-2015 at 07:14

Have a temporary job building at the book fair. Fun but painful.

polydigm - 5-5-2015 at 15:33

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

That may be true but with that "he" Dad was referring to himself.

I read it again and now it makes sense.

BBP - 6-5-2015 at 21:37

Job at the book fair has left me injured - very painful wrist. At one point I damaged a fingernail that's now bleeding and quite a bit about it is breaking off. The combination meant I had to give up shifting books and I got to start sweeping. Typing, piano, knitting are all hard.

BBP - 9-5-2015 at 18:44

Wrist is still troubling...

polydigm - 11-5-2015 at 11:51

Has anyone ever referred to you as accident prone Bonny? Hope it gets better soon.

I'm getting better but I've ended dropping out altogether this semester. I ended up missing too much to be able to catch up. The good news is that I can still proceed with my second semester courses, so at least it's not setting me back an entire year. I still have access to course notes and I'm continuing to work on stuff that will be good preparation for what comes next.

I've been taking the opportunity to spend more time on my music and I've been working hard at the piano as well as the guitar.

BBP - 11-5-2015 at 18:43

Sorry to hear about that, Poly, hope you're in good health now...

My wrist is feeling a little better, the swelling has decreased but it's still cracking a little.

punknaynowned - 13-5-2015 at 15:33

I washed dishes for about 5 years last decade. Lots of constant rotary motion for my wrists. Lots of quick motion and activity picking up multiple dishes bewteen my fingers, loading up glass racks, etc. Soon after I started, my wrists started audibly cracking.

It never hurt. But they did feel tight. So off work and while there I was constantly rotating my wrists as if I was undoing the rotary motion that generated the tightness. All day they'd get wound and the rest of the day I'd unwind them til that became unsconscious. Especially my right hand. After I quit washing dishes in time the sensation lessened. It's not ever gone away completely but it's also never hurt exactly. With my luck it's probably primed me for arthritis or since I drink so much coffee for gout.:duh:

Sorry to hear about your pains. I would think that your time at playing video games might prepare you for what you're doing now.

punknaynowned - 13-5-2015 at 15:33

AT&T said the new hookup was ten times faster and blahblah

Today it is slow and hiccups, with delays before posting and then double posts. Same sort of glitches even with gmail.:umm:

BBP - 13-5-2015 at 19:27

It even hurt when I typed or used the touchpad. But it's entirely gone now.
Two days ago I recorded the sound of my wrist moving. It sounds like footsteps in fresh snow.

All of The Netherlands had web loading issues today. It even was on the news.

punknaynowned - 13-5-2015 at 23:29

Nice poetic description. My back would make sounds like that when I stretched. Still does. Glad to hear you're feeling better.

And oh, interesting. I was thinking AT&T the server here was throttling speeds on the internet. I expect them to at some point even though there is legislation passed to prevent that.

polydigm - 14-5-2015 at 16:53

I have a permanent break in my right wrist. The lump that sticks out at the end of the smaller of the two forearm bones is broken clean through. I can make audible clicking noises with it so I do it every now and then to prove that I can but it's unpleasant so I generally avoid it. It's been like that since I was thirteen after a nasty accident. The repair of my wrist was bungled by a couple of local medical incompetents who believed they didn't need the help of an orthopaedic surgeon. I didn't discover this until over ten years later when my wrist swelled after working in a woollen mill for a while. I was completely gob smacked when the doctor showed me my xray which demonstrated various anomalies that had been perplexing him since he'd first seen it himself.

BBP - 14-5-2015 at 20:59

If you're talking about that bump below the pinky - the one on my left hand is split in two as well. I am accident prone, as you rightly noted- when I was a kid rollerskates were the thing and I had the tendency to be conquered by gravity. My left wrist is the one that I bruised a lot.

Breaking my ankle taught me I'm not immune to broken bones, and now I wonder if injuries that I sustained as a kid were actually more serious than I thought.

BBP - 19-5-2015 at 08:00

Hm, five days without posts... should try better, sorry.

BBP - 21-5-2015 at 22:42

Eurovision time... unfortunately today I got a bad sensitive response from Israel in that it was too much flashing. Head still hurts.

BBP - 23-5-2015 at 08:15

On Whit Monday (that's next Monday) it'll be open day in most castles in this region. Looking forward to it and am deciding whether to go to Geldrop or Asten. Asten is further away and more expensive, but as it's a ruin it can only be visited with a tour guide for safety reasons. It got damaged in WW1 (not sure how) and attempts to restore the castle were definitely shattered when a phosphor bomb burnt down most of the 12th century building.
http://dutchcastles.blogspot.nl/2012/05/kasteel-asten-noord-...

It has quite a history to it: the booming age of the castle came in the 1500s when Bernard van Merode became lord of Asten. He developed the building and enlarged the area - at the cost of the people living around him, who he arrested for witchcraft and tortured and even killed in his dungeon.

punknaynowned - 24-5-2015 at 01:20

This is fascinating B! Of course I love all things from 14-1500's. But I love these 'portraits' of specific places. Little details allow me to imagine what it must have been like.

polydigm - 25-5-2015 at 13:11

Sorry about the five days plus. I'm a little caught up in that all stars band thing at zappa.com. It's been an amusing distraction during a period when I need a few. I'm seem to be healing pretty well but I'm feeling a bit flat, I'm sure I'll snap out of it soon enough.

BBP - 25-5-2015 at 13:44

Great to hear that Poly!
Ended up feeling a bit too tired to go castle tripping. Besides I have 2 days left to prepare for the Diru concert! (is totally stoked)

BBP - 30-5-2015 at 17:08

Diru was awesome but I did come down with a cold.

aquagoat - 31-5-2015 at 06:50

i often get a cold when I go to shows, I drink too much alcohol, get excited, end up going outside in t-shirt, etc, and then go back home with a sore throat and a cold, happens almost everytime. lol.

BBP - 31-5-2015 at 11:00

Not me: I don't drink, but I did sit and talk with German girls who had a cold.

BBP - 1-6-2015 at 17:42

Weirdest thing happened!
Went to the second-hand shop, was browsing through books that I probably was all going to put back, when I heard someone playing piano.
A familiar tune: I listen closer and can't believe it:
There's a woman in the second-hand shop in Geldrop PLAYING ZOOT ALLURES!!

Talked to her. She's from Helmond, used to play in a Zappa-coverband and she took down my name and number, in case she ever needs a bassist.

aquagoat - 1-6-2015 at 18:10

that's pretty cool.

BBP - 2-6-2015 at 11:13

Unbelievable! And I was so feverish I almost didn't leave home...

BBP - 2-6-2015 at 15:55

Found this a very interesting read:
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/tsa-screener-...

BBP - 3-6-2015 at 12:08

Cold is still there. And getting worse rather than better.

aquagoat - 3-6-2015 at 16:45

Some motherckufer hacked my credit card to himself a few things, including a trip to the USA, fortunately this the bank reacted fast enough, but I'm pretty pissed.:swear:

BBP - 3-6-2015 at 17:08

Sorry to hear that Aqua... did he do much damage?

aquagoat - 3-6-2015 at 19:43

BBP - 4-6-2015 at 10:36

Sorry to hear that bud, that blows...

Just spent some time browsing other people's photos of De Effenaar. Found one that probably has me in it.

Primus is in 2 weeks, will I still have some pep left by then?

aquagoat - 5-6-2015 at 15:11

Last night I won a free ticket from a local radio to go to a show of bands I absolutely didn't know, went there alone, met lots of people, had fun, listened to cool music, drank all the money I had on me so I couldn't eat anything today, came back home at around 2 AM with a few phone numbers and a red wine stained white shirt, my last white shirt. All in all, a pretty good night.

BBP - 5-6-2015 at 20:05

That's great Aqua!

BBP - 5-6-2015 at 21:15

Guy has just been found dead in his home this morning, on one of the streets where I'm delivering tomorrow. Creepy.

aquagoat - 6-6-2015 at 08:18

Oh! my! god! what did he die from? natural cause or something more violent?

BBP - 6-6-2015 at 10:12

Violent. His friend who was taken to the hospital has been arrested. The neighbors in the same house who lived above them, didn't hear a thing.

BBP - 6-6-2015 at 14:51

Boyfriend who was taken to the hospital has now been arrested. Neighbours saw it coming as they fought a lot. And used drugs.

Went there today, there was one of those white tents in the front yard and a police truck parked outside. There were some police cars out in the neighborhood. A lot of kids were taking a peek at what was going on.

aquagoat - 6-6-2015 at 17:08

ha, that kind of situation really sucks.

aquagoat - 7-6-2015 at 07:59

went to the restaurant with ex-girlfriend yesterday evening, that was pretty ok, the food was excellent, but we were both tired so it didn't really take off, nice warm evening nonetheless.

BBP - 7-6-2015 at 10:35

That's nice!

I still have a cold, can you believe it? It's been over 30 degrees here!

Reminds me it's strawberry season again, need to pick them again today. When it's over 25 degrees they ripe like mad!

aquagoat - 7-6-2015 at 15:17

hooking up with old friends, it's not that easy. :lol:

I often had a cold in summer when I worked with my former workmate, don't worry,i t'll go away, and profit from the strawberries, gal. it lasts so fucking not long...:grin:

BBP - 7-6-2015 at 17:39

The problem is my arms look like strawberries when I'm done with them!

Found a photo of the concert online that has me recognizable on it. It's now my wallpaper!

BBP - 8-6-2015 at 17:29

Dad's just whipped up the first bunch of home-made icecream from home-grown strawberries...
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Best icecream you'll ever have. Seriously!

aquagoat - 8-6-2015 at 18:48

hummm, I wish I could taste that. I love strawberry ice cream.

BBP - 8-6-2015 at 22:12

If you have a large enough freezer, you could get an ice-cream maker. That's a sort of thermos that you can put in a machine with a mixer on top. The thermos has to have been deep-frozen beforehand (you'll have to leave it in at -18 C for at least 24 hours: Dad leaves them in fulltime) and it's not easy to clean it once you're done mixing it; but even simple vanilla icecream is SO good... you have the advantage of being able to make it with fruits instead of syrup, you can use actual vanilla (most store-bought ice creams contain castoreum, which is made of beaver reproductive gland fluid, yes for real) and you can try out exotic flavours.

aquagoat - 9-6-2015 at 15:14

I might buy that thing in the future, home made ice cream must be so good, I already think about some flavours i'd like to taste, like passion fruit, pinapple, etc...

BBP - 9-6-2015 at 16:08

Pineapple's great, we tried that too! Some fruit is better structured for icecream, like avocado or banana: pineapple's a bit wet but it's very good! We've also made a lot of melon icecream. And chocolate, mmm!

http://kotaku.com/ice-cream-can-get-bizarre-in-japan-1508055...

BBP - 10-6-2015 at 10:47

Guy who was found dead OD'd, so they don't think it's murder.

aquagoat - 10-6-2015 at 17:01

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Pineapple's great, we tried that too! Some fruit is better structured for icecream, like avocado or banana: pineapple's a bit wet but it's very good! We've also made a lot of melon icecream. And chocolate, mmm!

http://kotaku.com/ice-cream-can-get-bizarre-in-japan-1508055...

yeah, banana and melon must be really good.

BBP - 10-6-2015 at 18:30

Am covered in white bumps but that's one more pound of strawberries!

punknaynowned - 11-6-2015 at 14:23

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Guy who was found dead OD'd, so they don't think it's murder.

knowing is better than wondering. Still tragic.

OTOH, ice cream is an old summer favorite for me.
Lately I make smoothies with strawberries and bananas and vanilla yoghurt. Just takes a blender! I use whole frozen strawberries makes it cool... yum!

BBP - 12-6-2015 at 11:21

Sounds yummy!
Looks like I brewed up a storm at Zappa.com. Hm.

polydigm - 12-6-2015 at 16:15

I'm not going to say anything about it zappa.com Bonny, but you have my support. I really can't stand JP and I've always thought Galoot was a bit of a dick.

aquagoat - 12-6-2015 at 17:08

What's wrong with the Zappa forum, Bonny?

punknaynowned - 12-6-2015 at 18:14

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

I'm not going to say anything about it zappa.com Bonny, but you have my support. I really can't stand JP and I've always thought Galoot was a bit of a dick.

I feel the same way. G-C is from NY. That's just how they are. You could say they can't help it. People who serve you like waiters and bartenders act the same way. Life is hard, strength is necessary. But they think that being an asshole improves your chances. The fact that being a jerk also improves your chances for getting beat up, mugged and shot, merely proves for them this simplistic view that life is hard.

It's a viscious circle that they follow toward the drain. It's not that they can't see another way. They don't even believe there can be another way. Jpfnk doesn't even realize he's doing it. He got all the kindness beat out of him a long time ago. Thinks it's for suckers. Can't see past his own tender nose.

and Geoff, like I told Caputh, trying to play chess with a pigeon may seem funny at first until you try it. Intelligence has nothing to do with it. He'll cajole and wheedle and complain 'why won't anyone talk to me or play with me?' Then when you try to put him in his place he'll knock the pieces off the board and crap all over it while aiming to pick out your eyes. Playing the game, having a debate, abiding by rules is not what he aims to do.

I got a job yesterday, on my birthday. I start today. I'll be a monitor at a homeless shelter. We'll see how it goes.

BBP - 12-6-2015 at 21:49

Happy birthday Punky! Great news about the job too, so a double congratulations!

Aqua: There's this one user calling himself Galoot Co-Log-Nuh, you may remember him from when his wife was expecting twins and he asked everybody for name suggestions? He's gone most of the time, but occasionally he pops back up. Whenever he pops back up, he tends to bump the old threads where he was fighting with Isaac. I pointed it out to him and called him a bully, and things went down a slippery slope with the forum bullies JayPFunk (come on, you HAVE to remember that guy!) and a new one you don't know yet. What didn't help was some... let's use the adjective disturbing, remarks he made in a thread about the Ferguson riots and that he needed to tell about his masturbating habits in what was otherwise a perfectly nice topic. So he's fresh on my ignore list.

aquagoat - 13-6-2015 at 10:27

Yeah, I remember JayP and Galoot, didn't really like them, I stopped going there a long time ago cause every thread was becoming an open war, this plus the Moderation issue.

aquagoat - 13-6-2015 at 10:27

Congratulations for your job, Punky.

BBP - 13-6-2015 at 18:21

It's been very calm there now for the past two days. Hmm. Could use the quiet since I'm pretty fully booked with Primus in 3 days and Patatje Metal in 7 (managed to get a date for that, wonder how that's gonna go) and I'll be blind-guiding soon.

punknaynowned - 14-6-2015 at 15:33

Quote: Originally posted by aquagoat

Congratulations for your job, Punky.

Thanks to you Aqua and BBP too!
I'm looking forward to it. I'm on for overnight tonight Sun/Mon. I'll tell y'all how it goes.

BBP - 15-6-2015 at 10:24

Be sure to let us know how it goes!

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