There’s some good advice in here
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These guys agree and actually tried 30 of them.
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The try psychedelics one caught my eye.
Well, I did. In college. In a safe community. With people I knew I could trust. At a time when the campus police knew what we were doing and protected us. At a time when there were no cameras let alone cameras everywhere.
These drugs are no joke. It would be a really bad idea to try them without considering a host of contextual matters ahead of time.
But almost all of the list seemed good to me, even aspirational.
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Well the anti-modern medicine stuff isn’t me, and I’m fine not being able to eat my deodorant.
But there’s some good stuff in there all the same.
@jon-nyc said in There’s some good advice in here:
Well the anti-modern medicine stuff isn’t me, and I’m fine not being able to eat my deodorant.
But there’s some good stuff in there all the same.
Yea, I was thinking more in terms of your purity score. The list was mostly wholesome.....
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Slightly more practical
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Well, Steve, that’s a commercial for Mint Mobile, although there’s some good advice surrounding it. I frankly didn’t watch the whole thing.
The bit about remounting a bike chain…it’s so easy; you just find a random stick or ballpoint pen on the road and coax the chain over the chain wheel. You don’t even have to get dirty.
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I didn’t think about the ads - I pay for YouTube premium and don’t see them.
Sorry about that.
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Some goods advice amongst the ones that are too generalized. Not everyone is on the same clock, so no eating after 6 pm might work for him, but certainly not everyone. No screens 2 hours before bed--again, that varies. No drinking--please, don't be absurd. And so on. Better advice would be to cultivate an ability to listen to what your body tells you.
But I like several of the tips, more of them than not. But always in life, strive to find balance, and leave the dogmatic.
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I'm getting YouTube Premium next year! The current version's music section is a mess. You get a sampling of an artist's work, and same when you search for music videos, composers, etc. Maybe I'm thinking about something called YouTube Music Premium (?). Or I'll subscribe to some other streaming platform. YouTube didn't used to be like this especially for music videos. But now it's almost useless.
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Joe,
I can imagine it's easy for you!
I don't get along with bike chains. Some people just lack mechanical aptitude.
Also, I bought a tricycle. I put it inside to keep it from being stolen.
One day I took it through the front door handlebars side first and down two concrete steps.
Well, the back wheels were supposed to go first to keep control of it and keep the chain guard from grinding on the steps' ledges.
So, I lost control of it and my mind said- grab the handlebars. So I did.
The bike flipped me on a 360° path over the handlebars like an acrobat.
The next thing I knew my body was parallel to the concrete patio about 3'- 4' above it and I could see the ground approaching fast.
I had time to wrap my arms around myself so I didn't break them and tuck my head so I didn't get a head injury.
I learned this from gymnastics training in middle school.
This was the second time I had the same basic fall and was able to protect myself.
There was blood all over the place and the wounds took a couple months to heal leaving one permanent scar about 4" long below my right knee.
I sold the bike without even trying to ride it again.
I'm going to stick to automobiles.
Speaking of which, I've changed my mind about getting an older Camry, doubled my budget, and have decided on the last generation of Accent Hyundai sold in the US.
My cousin recommended it, sent me an ad for one with about 35k miles, white, showroom condition, and after looking at the specifications for good measure, fell hard (sic) for it.
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Joe,
I can imagine it's easy for you!
I don't get along with bike chains. Some people just lack mechanical aptitude.
Also, I bought a tricycle. I put it inside to keep it from being stolen.
One day I took it through the front door handlebars side first and down two concrete steps.
Well, the back wheels were supposed to go first to keep control of it and keep the chain guard from grinding on the steps' ledges.
So, I lost control of it and my mind said- grab the handlebars. So I did.
The bike flipped me on a 360° path over the handlebars like an acrobat.
The next thing I knew my body was parallel to the concrete patio about 3'- 4' above it and I could see the ground approaching fast.
I had time to wrap my arms around myself so I didn't break them and tuck my head so I didn't get a head injury.
I learned this from gymnastics training in middle school.
This was the second time I had the same basic fall and was able to protect myself.
There was blood all over the place and the wounds took a couple months to heal leaving one permanent scar about 4" long below my right knee.
I sold the bike without even trying to ride it again.
I'm going to stick to automobiles.
Speaking of which, I've changed my mind about getting an older Camry, doubled my budget, and have decided on the last generation of Accent Hyundai sold in the US.
My cousin recommended it, sent me an ad for one with about 35k miles, white, showroom condition, and after looking at the specifications for good measure, fell hard (sic) for it.
@Daniel Your story of the trike accident really shook me. It’s a miracle you came through it so well, thanks to your gymnastics training. I should learn how to fall since I’ve had two serious bike accidents — i.e. resulting in broken bones.
Anyway, if the chain falls off a front chain wheel — this is assuming the bike has a rear derailleur, but maybe it works on others too — you position your stick-tool above the lower run of the chain and drag it forward and around the chain wheel (counterclockwise). The stick keeps your hand away from the chain wheel teeth that could pinch you. The spring in the derailleur allows slack in the chain that facilitates this maneuver.
I’ve often wanted to show this trick to some poor kid whose chain had fallen off and dreaded a long walk home.
