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ApplesandOranges said:
I spend a lot of time on the road. I talk to a lot of people, conduct interviews, gather information, observe people, visit out of the way places, all related to my job. Been doing it for 30 years. I have spent time in places I shouldn't have been or didn't fit in, talked to people from all walks of life. I have really enjoyed being welcomed into the homes of people from all different types of cultures. I am really fascinated to see how other people live. Tasted ethnic food, enjoyed southern hospitality, seen up close the gang culture of East LA. I have learned and experienced a lot. And I can find all this right here in the good ol' US of A. I even visited a place called Car Henge (Look it up). Whenever I travel I like to visit the local restaurants, see the local sites. I've spent time in cities with millions, and towns with a few hundred or less.

What I have noticed is some people have never been anywhere. I mean they have never left their home town. I have talked to people who have never ventured more that 50 miles from their home. Ever. I have met people from the midwest that have never seen or tasted an avocado. I talked to people who had no idea what a Tesla was. I talked to a girl who dreamed of going to the beach.

For many their opinions of other places and countries sometimes comes from TV or movies. Many have no interest in knowing what's going on around them and could not tell you who the VP of the United States was let alone where the Eiffel Tower was located.

I guess you could call it ignorance, but to some it was bliss. They had no desire to understand what else was out there. They were happy in their own little world.
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Interesting post. I read an article this week about how little kids knew about nature etc. How few could name common trees or flowers.
It was 5-15 year olds who had taken the survey and mobile phones and other screen time was very much to blame.

On my mind this morning is breakfast. Time for porridge and tea.
 
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Apple fanboy said:
Interesting post. I read an article this week about how little kids knew about nature etc. How few could name common trees or flowers.
It was 5-15 year olds who had taken the survey and mobile phones and other screen time was very much to blame.

On my mind this morning is breakfast. Time for porridge and tea.
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What is this "porridge" you speak of? Is it some kind of container for tea?

(Just kidding. I'm aware that porridge is a specialized kind of adhesive.)
 
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I originally added this to the ‘What Are You Reading’ thread. Then moved it to here:

1. If it’s an email and not in bullet points - then it’s in a foreign language.
It won’t get read.

2. “See below” and “+ Mr. Blah” are not bullet points.
I’m not reading a 12 page email trail and guessing at what you need.
It won’t get read.
 
Apple fanboy said:
Beautiful stuff. Mrs AFB makes me a bowl most mornings.
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Do you eat it with anything?

My dad used to take it with honey, and nuts, while my brother uses natural yogurt, and honey or maple syrup.

I must say that the idea of salt, or savoury toppings on porridge are intriguing.

On occasion, I will take salt (rather than honey, or apricot jam) with natural yogurt.
 
5KDan said:
Migraine. Should I stay at work, hoping it dissipates, or should I go home and rest?
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Use my newly patented alcol-epipen to bring your BAC back up to a normal range. Just pop the top and stab yourself in the thigh. You’ll be better in five minutes.
 
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5KDan said:
Migraine. Should I stay at work, hoping it dissipates, or should I go home and rest?
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If you can work, or are debating staying at work or heading home, I doubt that this is a full blown migraine; rather, it sounds more to me to be somewhat more akin to a common or garden headache.

That is not belittling your pain or discomfort; rather, I am merely suggesting that you may not have a migraine.

Anyway, if you are suffering from a headache, I suggest that you take a tablet (paracetamol, or something similar), plenty of water, leave work early, and you should be more or less okay.

A real migraine leaves you barely able to function, poleaxed with pain, a pain that no paracetamol will relieve, requiring silence and darkness, and rest, (and plenty of hydration), and - when I had them - they used to last for as long as three days. My experience is that yu will not be able to work - at all - when afflicted by a migraine.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
If you can work, or are debating staying at work or heading home, I doubt that this is a full blown migraine; rather, it sounds more to me to be somewhat more akin to a common or garden headache.

That is not belittling your pain or discomfort; rather, I am merely suggesting that you may not have a migraine.

Anyway, if you are suffering from a headache, I suggest that you take a tablet (paracetamol, or something similar), plenty of water, leave work early, and you should be more or less okay.

A real migraine leaves you barely able to function, poleaxed with pain, a pain that no paracetamol will relieve, requiring silence and darkness, and rest, (and plenty of hydration), and - when I had them - they used to last for as long as three days. You will not be able to work - at all - when afflicted by a migraine.
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I have chronic migraine (defined as 15+ days per month affected by migraine), for which I receive periodic Botox treatments. I know well the difference between the types of headaches. This one was on its way to developing into a full-blown, incapacitating attack, until I took coffee and breakfast (thankfully).
 
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5KDan said:
I have chronic migraine (defined as 15+ days per month affected by migraine), for which I receive periodic Botox treatments. I know well the difference between the types of headaches. This one was on its way to developing into a full-blown, incapacitating attack, until I took coffee and breakfast (thankfully).
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Fair enough.

You obviously know (from experience) what a real migraine feels like - it was rare for me to be able to successfully head them off once they started, but I know that brief, fleeting window of around an hour or two when hydration (and, perhaps coffee) and other preemptive actions may work - but too many people think that they have had a migraine when they really have simply had a rotten headache.

Anyway, good luck dealing with it.
 
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I've ordered a wallet from an Italian leather manufacturer, and it just occurred to me that this wallet has traveled a greater distance in one week than I have in the past year.
 
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5KDan said:
I've ordered a wallet from an Italian leather manufacturer, and it just occurred to me that this wallet has traveled a greater distance in one week than I have in the past year.
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Amateur. Clearly you don't have a hyper-transport booster on your vehicles. Peasant.



/Guttywrench.
 
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