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If I had to give up tea I think I’d dehydrated and die.
I’m assuming caffeine Is the trigger and that caffeine free soda does not do this to you?
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How often and much do you drink it and do you suffer withdrawal if you stop?
If some of you remember, I quit coffee and all caffeine a while back. Well, I fell off the wagon and started having a cup after dinner when I felt drowsy, except that turned into every night for about a week. Then one night I did not need coffee and the next evening the headache arrived on schedule that lasted 2 days. So now I’m resisting coffee and tea once again.
My question is how much coffee over what period of time must be consumed to result in a headache, when you stop, just one cup? There must be a threshold. Of note, my cup is 16oz. I’m drinking instant coffee which despite the negative reviews is not so bad, but it does not have any caffeine info on the bottle, such as as how much caffeine does a tablespoon of instant coffee have in it?
Some quick research online revealed the amount of caffeine in 1 TBS of instant coffee could range from 5mg to 50-60 mg. 🤔
I'd be careful about imbibing stimulants if I were you. My ex. GF had a number of headaches which were later revealed to be high blood pressure headaches, which resulted in a micro stroke and permanent partial blindness in one of her eyes. Please consult with a doctor before pursuing stimulating beverages like those with caffeine.
Same here, you'd probably get a lot less exercise too... all those trips to the kettle, cupboard and fridge all add up you know...
My parents.
Today would have been their 60th wedding anniversary, and I have just spent a little time, settled comfortably, while poring over and leafing through, their quite lovely wedding album, small, but beautiful, shot entirely in black and white, the pages separated by exquisite, gossamer thin, tissue paper.
They looked cheerful and easy and comfortable with one another, their faces alight with happiness, laughing and clearly enjoying themselves.
Today would have been their 60th wedding anniversary, and I have just spent a little time, settled comfortably, while poring over and leafing through, their quite lovely wedding album, small, but beautiful, shot entirely in black and white, the pages separated by exquisite, gossamer thin, tissue paper.
They looked cheerful and easy and comfortable with one another, their faces alight with happiness, laughing and clearly enjoying themselves.
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Clearly not working for me! Even though our fridge is currently located in the garage as the lockdown interrupted our kitchen fit.
This is what I have been wondering. How much business will never return because people have been forced to become self sufficient?
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Yea so glad my current job doesn't care about shaving. Most I ever shave it anymore is with the trimmer down to stubble. Too much of a pain to get it perfectly clean shaven.
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That would be my wife also.
Yes, caffeine free is fine. I don't drink much soda anyways though, I'm not a fan of carbonation because it makes me feel insanely bloated. Which is very painful now, even a year+ post hysterectomy.
On my mind today is that we've lost many jobs due to COVID-19. Now we have no idea how many more since people decided to loot, arson, and destroy many cities.
I’ll reserve that conversation for PRSI.
We got Betty out of storage. I'd post a photo with her but I don't want people think I'm inciting violence.
She's a Rockriver Arms.
Never got into the AR shindig. Though I've got similar. I find a high capacity shotgun is nice to have. When I worked in government, we were taught how to make do with what we can find. I'm not sure how much I can say without being suspended, but there's a lot of stuff in your house that when mixed together can cause incapacitation, death or major respiratory distress.
I'm not the type to keep a gun on me. This threat of coming to the suburbs confounded by my husband being law enforcement had me feeling all kinds of ways. So my husband made a move to keep me safe if necessary.
Yeah, I imagine that knowledge would be quite intensive and could be used to the detriment of innocent people. Probably better not to go into detail.
Yeah hard not to talk about that stuff right now. It's all over the news and my local city just implemented a 6pm curfew - that's in 1 hour. National Guard walking in LA near UCLA where my wife works (she went home at 10am today). So yeah all this is definitely on my mind.
I've started drinking a lot more tea. Last 8+ years I'd usually have 2-3 cups of coffee a day. Now I'm down to 1 coffee and 1-2 cups of tea a day. Kirkland Green Tea, Earl Grey, Yorkshire Gold (Patrick Stewart). For late at night I do Stash Ginger.
I've started drinking a lot more tea. Last 8+ years I'd usually have 2-3 cups of coffee a day. Now I'm down to 1 coffee and 1-2 cups of tea a day. Kirkland Green Tea, Earl Grey, Yorkshire Gold (Patrick Stewart). For late at night I do Stash Ginger.
On my mind this evening is writing letters. Real letters, with (fountain) pen and paper, written by my own hand.
Can I trade in my stupid phone and go back to communicating with people via letters? The Postal Service could use the extra cash anyhow.
I loathe the telephone so much.
Can I trade in my stupid phone and go back to communicating with people via letters? The Postal Service could use the extra cash anyhow.
I loathe the telephone so much.
Curfew in DC began at 7:00 PM. That's all I'll say about the situation here, except to add that this is bringing back memories from 52 years ago when in April of 1968 the city erupted in violence, looting, arson, etc., and as a naive young woman from a small town in Ohio who was in the area finishing up my Master's degree, I was truly stunned by the sights and sounds from that time. I saw some of it on television and read articles in the newspapers and saw photos, but it really didn't hit home until I was on a bus and saw for myself, that yes, there were members of the military posted on street corners in the city, fully armed and ready to use their weapons if needed.
So that's what is on my mind...... the past coming up again, echoing in the present in an all-too familiar way.
This, coupled with the darned COVID-19 virus, has certainly already made 2020 a memorable year, and it's not even half over yet.
So that's what is on my mind...... the past coming up again, echoing in the present in an all-too familiar way.
This, coupled with the darned COVID-19 virus, has certainly already made 2020 a memorable year, and it's not even half over yet.
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I think we should just skip to 2021. This year is done.
It's amazing how great the written word is. My grandpa and I still correspond now and then via letter. Sure, typing out an email is a lot easier, simpler, and cheaper but... a letter means so much more.
I got a box of Pilot V-Balls Extra Fine and have been enjoying de-stressing onto a sheet of paper. It's amazing what the mind empties when not distracted by Reddit, endless chat apps, news, etc. etc.
Was out on the deck, saw a cornsnake (aka, red ratsnake) ... grabbed it Cute little thing, it was a little agitated, but they're extremely friendly, it would be hard to even coax a bite out of one. Let it go under the deck, hopefully it'll reduce any stray mice ...
So you're in the financial sector ... but you're also Jason Bourne?
Cute little thing, it was a little agitated, but they're extremely friendly, it would be hard to even coax a bite out of one. Let it go under the deck, hopefully it'll reduce any stray mice ...So you're in the financial sector ... but you're also Jason Bourne?
Hah, no. When I was younger I fancied traveling more, which I did. But I also enjoyed helping people. It's how I was introduced to the thing. The majority of my work was more or less charitable work done on behalf of the US. Aid money as it were. It's still done today, maybe not as much under this President, but it's done. We had training for a lot of stuff. Anything physical like that was fairly minimal and done just in case something went awry. Though something like a small cluster to cause C12 to develop isn't too hard.So you're in the financial sector ... but you're also Jason Bourne?
All those experiences are why I roll my eyes when people here, be it children, teens or adults, bitch about dumb stuff. People don't understand limited choice, lack of food, clothing, etc. because they've never seen it. The best analogy would be imagine being middle class but quite homeless, and the gap between you and the next class up is so large they're insanely wealthy. With the actual homeless being almost non-existent because they pop off in droves.
Sadly, in my time overseas, I can say without having to think that persons of color who were minorities in any country I was in were treated as bad as they are here or worse.
Had to stop to let a train go by at the level crossing on the way to the supermarket. 4 carriages, Diesel engine, one passenger.
Exactly how is that environmentally friendly?
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We have a world of plenty. It’s just the resources are spread around unevenly.
When I see how much food gets thrown away in the UK I’m always astonished. You buy what you need. If it’s going to go out of date on a given day, you eat in before then. It’s not rocket science.
Hopefully this pandemic has taught people to make do with what they have.
Exactly how is that environmentally friendly?
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I’ve been poor. But only U.K. poor. I was never going to starve. Just ate a lot of basic foods.
We have a world of plenty. It’s just the resources are spread around unevenly.
When I see how much food gets thrown away in the UK I’m always astonished. You buy what you need. If it’s going to go out of date on a given day, you eat in before then. It’s not rocket science.
Hopefully this pandemic has taught people to make do with what they have.
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Oh, I'm not discounting people's troubles here. More so the middle class teens who'll whine about Panera Bread not having a bread bowl or whatever it is they sell. Food waste is massive. It's huge in the restaurant industry. I'm not sure if you read the news much, but when lockdowns began, restaurants ceased ordering through their distribution channels. Produce were left on fields to rot or destroyed. Weeks ago a dairy farm dumped thousands of gallons of milk because cheese producers, school systems and restaurants weren't buying any. Either they destroyed it or sold it and paid taxes on it. They get paid either way by the government as dairy is heavily subsidized here. I pay about $3-5 depending on where I purchase from for a 1.9 carton of organic milk. It's a lot of money down the drain. Some major American retailers found out about the news and began buying the excess milk to give to food banks and soup kitchens.