Woman does not live by ti spork alone--I think I also need one of these ti mugs, in the "ocean green" color to match my Bianchi: Ti MugQuote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Wonder if that mug would fit into a bottle cage.:confused: :D
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Woman does not live by ti spork alone--I think I also need one of these ti mugs, in the "ocean green" color to match my Bianchi: Ti MugQuote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Wonder if that mug would fit into a bottle cage.:confused: :D
I feel the call of the Ti mug. It is your destiny...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bad JuJu
The noble sierra cup, now available in ti, is far more useful than a mug could ever be. It becomes bowl, plate, and mug all in one. It even dangles from your belt for instant access (yeah, that was fashionable in 1972).
I have the Rocky Cup, and use it in my kitchen as measuring cup and ladle.
I tried to post a link, but apparently the Rocky Cup is no longer made. I lost my Sierra Cup during a bout of hypothermia in the late 1970's on a group trip lead by Brent of "Brentley Softpacks" aka "Brenthaven" fame. www.brenthaven.com
I bought one of his belt-wallets at Christmas in Fairhaven long before he had a storefront. (mid 1980's, like 1984) I wonder if it's worth more than the $10 I paid at the time?
Let's take it to Antiques Roadshow :p :D :)Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
i've been bringing my lunch to work bc its hard to go home for lunch. well there was some veggies and fruits left from some people that were out here working in the fridge. score! well i just went to get my lunch out of that same fridge and someone decided to organize everything that was in there.
well my lunch is gone. the diet coke is there, but my tupperware container with a fork (not a spork a real fork) is gone. poof! vanished! gone. hello?! where are our brains?
For some bizarre reason, your post on tupperware and brains reminded me of a friend of mine who had this neat bowl that was a really, really realistic cast of a skull, with the braincase that opened. It was gross when he ate soup etc out of it.
thankfully my co-worker ken saved the day and brought me a pb&j sandwich. how kind of him.
Yeah. We medical people have the coolest toys... :D http://www.allheart.com/acc-21013.ht...n=SMX&ovtac=PI
Ummmmm. What are ball weights for?:confused: :eek: :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune06
All that stuff is weird in my book, but then I'm old. :rolleyes: :D
Yikes--that mouth gag looks scary! :eek: This is a whole other world of which I was unaware. Imagine that--something the great Bad JuJu didn't know--don't tell my students! :D
Add me to the did-not-know-looks-weird/scary list.
Wahine- Ball weights are likely for weighting balls. I might've missed the memo on that, though. ;) :rolleyes:
Bad JuJu- You have no idea how far down that rabbit hole goes.
The pinwheel is actually a *lot* of fun to play with. little prickles as light or sharp as you care for that all build into an overwhelming sensation after a little bit. Spine-tingling and hair raising! Originally used to test nervous sensation? Much more variable than a feather.
I admit I don't "play doctor" and have no real urge to start, but gosh darnit that pinwheel is a lotta fun. Makes me wish I had my own... :(
:o :p :o
*bursts into flames*
:eek: :eek: :eek:
The pinwheel's fun if you like to prickle when you tickle. ;) :p :D
is it me? or is it getting hot in here? :o :o :o
I dunno. I know, and <mumble, mumble mumble mumble mumble>*AHEM* My gosh. must be the weather. *fans self*
I love those sites and those supplies. When Dad OL did a ritual and channeled Hermes, he had 50 play piercing needles over his chest and arms. 20g. Said the euphoria of the endorphin rush was amazing. I don't doubt it. No emla or other topical anesthetic, either; would defeat the purpose. He's my hero.
Salvador Dali said "I don't need drugs, I AM drugs"
How right he was- the sheer amount of natural opiate your body can pump out given the right circumstances is amazing. Amazing things are possible, just keep your blood sugar up and be careful. Then again, I doubt there are any heavy modders on this board. :rolleyes:
Well that's the thing about the internet- everything is right out there if you want to look at it. Everything. Just punch up a subject or word and there you go, thousands of sites devoted to it, no matter what the fetish or interest, or how extreme. Why post kinky sites here, as though they were hard to find or unusual?...they're all right at all our fingertips with a mere couple of clicks! :rolleyes: (still trying to figure out what "When Dad OL did a ritual and channeled Hermes" means WITHOUT having to peruse a bunch of sites to find out!...sounds like an enema or something) :eek:
I'm not judging people (i have tattoos myself, and I used to do some pretty self destructive things when I was an angry young rebel), but I have occasionally seriously wondered when (or if) body modification crosses the line from "art" to just plain sad self mutilation. First there are society-accepted forms of body modification- such as pierced earrings, artificial nails, liposuction, dental braces, breast implants, plastic surgery, girdles, waxing and electrolysis, cosmetic dental procedures, hair implants, etc. (Oh the things we'll do for vanity!) Then, there's "alternative" piercing and tattooing and scarring and branding, seeking pain as ecstasy, etc....so then what about setting yourself on fire, running a knife through your hand, or lopping OFF your ear instead of just having 20 holes pierced in it? Is it ALL "art" and "self expression", even to the point of killing yourself (an extreme example, for sure!). That brings up weird similarities to suicide bombers and them feeling their act brings them spiritual perfection and automatic ascendence to Heaven. Just ponderings I turn over in my mind sometimes.
Then that makes me think about people who have been through awful accidents and been burned and scarred and amputated...they would give anything to have their bodies be the way they were. It reminds of when I feel really sick and I see well people around me and I think "They don't even know how lucky they are- they take their good health for granted and squander it" or some such typical sick-person thoughts. :rolleyes: Then I get well again and stop having those thoughts.
(good thing this thread is called Thread Drift, because this would be serious thread hijack!)
P.S. an interesting note about Salvador Dali is that his wife Gala used to insist that he shave off ALL his body hair- legs, underarms, privates, etc- she wanted him to be totally smooth like a baby for some reason, and apparently he complied at least sometimes.
hmmm i never knew that about salvador dali.
Who needs school when there's Thread Drift..:rolleyes: :p :eek:
I never knew...Thanks for de edumication
C
we don't need no education
dun dun dun da
hey! teacher! leave us kids alone...
(sorry can't get youtube at work, gotta put up with my singing)
Dad Out-Law is an ecclectic pagan priest and channeled the god Hermes for a ritual.Quote:
When Dad OL did a ritual and channeled Hermes"
It's amazing what we will embrace and what we won't. Somehow, it is acceptable to surgically open the natural breast and insert silicone implants, but not to place silicone bead implants in the penis for the purpose of sensation. Somehow it is acceptable to cut the foreskin from an infant male who has no choice in the matter for religious purposes, but illegal, immoral and 'wrong' to remove the hood and labia from an infant female for the same reasons.Quote:
I have occasionally seriously wondered when (or if) body modification crosses the line from "art" to just plain sad self mutilation. First there are society-accepted forms of body modification- such as pierced earrings, artificial nails, liposuction, dental braces, breast implants, plastic surgery, girdles, waxing and electrolysis, cosmetic dental procedures, hair implants, etc. (Oh the things we'll do for vanity!) Then, there's "alternative" piercing and tattooing and scarring and branding, seeking pain as ecstasy, etc....so then what about setting yourself on fire, running a knife through your hand, or lopping OFF your ear instead of just having 20 holes pierced in it? Is it ALL "art" and "self expression", even to the point of killing yourself (an extreme example, for sure!).
I believe the feelings would be because those who have been scarred, who have lost limbs, had no choice in the matter... then there's nullification which is done for one's own personal reasons. I can't argue for or against, but people I know who've been party to it have done so because that offending hand or foot or set of fingers is not in synch with their mental picture of themselves. And this is a need to remove it to the point where one will utterly destroy the limb or appendage to the point where it cannot be saved. Sometimes after this, they're ok and everything 'feels' right to them... sometimes, they have body or gender dysmorphia- apotemnophilia. They will *never* feel 'right' in their bodies, continue to change, remove, etc, but never attain that state of perfection.Quote:
Then that makes me think about people who have been through awful accidents and been burned and scarred and amputated...they would give anything to have their bodies be the way they were
To find the line between self-destruction and art, we must ask those who perform these acts. A woman who brands does so safely and with an artistic vision in mind. A woman who cuts self destructively makes slashing movements hither and thither with a razor blade for the sensation and with the intent to destroy.
I think to understand these motivations, however foreign to us, is to have a unique insight into the relationship between the mind and the body. To know that one's 'self' is not necessarily always dictated by the outward appearance.
I would look into the USCOBM for a better definition than I can convey...
I'm lucky... with the sum of mankinds' experiences at one's fingertips available the questioning mind-the internet- available to my young and porous mind during my formative years, I believe I was gifted with understanding of things I would never have otherwise come in contact with... and I think I'm a better person for it, and I love trying to explain things, as well...
Well, thanks for the interesting reply Kit. I could get into some good discussion about each of these points, but I'm thinking this stuff is not exactly family bike forum material anymore, so I'll drop it.
Back to thermos/cup discussions, anyone? :rolleyes:
Hey, DH and I are busy ordering larger bike bags in anticipation of doing some multiday rides this season! Minus zero temps still, but we're thinking Spring!!!
DAMN but it's cold! :eek: I've been gazing at my little cactus dish gardens I made this weekend, trying to feel the imaginary sun...
I'm gagging my mouth right now.
Others are probably gagging as well... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Offthegrid
Kit..I would click on the links but i'm at work..:eek: eating lunch...
Lisa-I'll send you some desert like heat..it's 38C at the moment & the mercury just keeps on rising.
As I rode in this morning, i could feel the heat from the pavement & that was at 5am.
C
Hmmm, maybe I missed the big deal of it all. :o I spend all day with the women at my small town, closed minded community hospital. They talk about spending $180 on a haircut and color. They complain about their manicurist and how she didn't quite get the effect with the glitter like she used to. They are in their late 30's and still use the year they graduated HS in their email addresses. Actually, they identify each other by what year they graduated HS as well. They complain that they are getting fat while stuffing their pie holes with goodies and then doing nothing to work it back off. They all wear the same socks from Old Navy, the same shoes by Crocks, the same scrubs by UA... They read the same books as each other (only christian novels) and then look at me crossways when I read some Bronte or Dante's 'The Divine Comedy'. They won't ask what they are about, they just like to judge my books by their covers. It makes their lives easier to swallow and they are able to stay in their little world and not think about the outside too deeply. I am very much at odds with people who are like that.
I don't pretend to understand why some people do what they do to themselves. I don't expect them to fully understand me either. But I do always try to keep a very open mind and accept them as they are. I tend to be able to find something good in everyone so, I like almost everybody. I have no intention on changing anyone but myself while I'm here on this earth. Along the way though, I have found that we can't fully grow as a person if we shut out everything or everyone who may be slightly distasteful in our eyes. How does one judge what is good to them if they've never experienced anything but?
There are many things I see everyday that I wish I didn't. I've had things happen to me that I wish hadn't. And yet, they are a core part of how I have become who I am. I accept those experiences for what they have taught me. We all make our own choices and then have to live with them. They are not required to make sense to anyone but ourselves to be valid.
It is the wisest of men who understand that they know nothing. -Socrates.
Now smile dammit and lets move on, shall we? :D
X, it really is hard to understand why most of America is so stuck.
Makes me feel like chicken little. "The sky is falling the sky is falling!
and they say "Leave me alone, I'm busy watching my 60" tv"
'Cuda ate through his bootie and licked the sutures so his foot bled again. We don't have bandages, so we put on an old sock and wrapped duct tape around his foot, and his ankle and his knee. He looks like he's trying to be a ballerina....on pointe when he stands on it, and then he keeps kicking his leg back to try to get that thing off his foot. :p As sad as that sounds, this is an improvement over the buddy collar, or whatever that huge cone is called. With that he just shakes his head around and paws at it trying desparately to remove it.
The thing about border collies is: put them in a new environment with an obstacle and they believe the objective we want them to achieve is to overcome the obstacle. And they usually do.
Can I learn something about life from this?
H&B
~T~
oh, yes, I'll stop at the vet tomorrow to get proper bandage materials, we'll redress it as best we can tomorrow night, let it breathe for awhile, and probably revisit a slightly less agressive duct tape strategy for the next day at work.
((((((((((('Cuda & T)))))))))))))))Quote:
Originally Posted by LBTC
Poor Cuda!
I remember putting t-shirts on my brother's dog so she couldn't lick at a wound on her ribs. Those big cone collar things are really a pain in the butt.
Do you have a picture of ballerina-dog? :D
LOL I'll have to try to get one tonight if he's still doing it! I was seriously not in the mood to pick up the camera after discovering the soaking rag that used to be a bootie. :mad: Maybe it would have been exactly the thing to lighten the mood. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
H&B
~T~
you really should still use the elizabethan collar for 'cuda's own good...
Kit, I would, but he thrashes around until it comes off. He'll hurt himself in the process, and it won't last 10 minutes on him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune06
I think he doesn't like the taste of duct tape, though, so, so far this morning he's good.
H&B
~T~
Wasn't it Nanci's daughter's parrot that had to wear one of those to keep from chewing his leg? ...and then someone else thought we were talking about Nanci's daughter's BF or something, wearing an Elizabethan collar, and we said it was the new fashion for young men- too funny! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune06
Yeah, I'd have to check the TE TD TOC on that one but I think that was D.o W. with the fashion question.
Speaking of Nanci, anyone seen or heard her of late?
LBTC and Cuda, ((((( hugs ))))). Glad cuda does not like duct tape.
TE TD in general remember most of this country thinks we're them as in us vs. them.
You rode how far? :eek:
Have some KFC. Whadya mean you don't eat junk? :eek:
Whadya mean you didn't vote on American Idol :eek:
You're wearing wool? :eek: ;)
LBTC one thing i used for peanut was bitter apple. i would put it on top of her dressing and she would leave it alone. though you have to spray some in their mouth first, and then they realize (quickly) that it isn't good. peanut even sees the bottle and she's shaking her head and running. though she doesn't touch her dressing anymore when i have to put one on her.
My idiot dog actually seems to like bitter apple.....:rolleyes:
Mine liked bitter apple, bitter lime, AND wasabi!!! Grrrrr.