[Closed] What's annoying you currently? II

Don't underestimate most people's technofobia ("I've never seen this, therefore I fear it") or learned helplessness ("but someone always does that for me!")! It makes for frustrating teaching!

pff, it seems in Greece, the problems continue to expand. Hope some good will come out of it in the end. Stavi, I hope everything turns out well for you (and the others of course) in the end.

A hug for support

oh I've been there, when I near 80 my alarm goes off and I go on a stronger diet. However, due to a strict regime I'm already following (apparently I reacted bad to several food ingredients) I already lost 6 kilos, and weigh for now 71,8.

I haven't had this since I was 25
don't think I'll hold this though.

So good luck Thor

That's impressive, Thomas.

My issue is not really the weight, though (which is fine), but the increased waistline -- which doesn't look good when you have a normally slim body like mine. If only those 7 kilos could have added themselves elsewhere.

Eihter you were horribly overweight, which is not good.
Or you dropped WAY too much in too short a period. Which is not good.

I agree but it depends on height and bone structure which must be taken into consideration.

I do feel much better, it's all been under nutritionist control.

Pete, are you doing this on a professional level. I fool around with vst and daw technology hobby-wise. Whithout any formal musical training whatoever it's more trial and error. I do play the piano by ear well enough to be of use at birthday parties. That helps. I try to imitate the synth sound circa 1975-1985.

You use cubase? I use magix music studio. It's aimes more a amateurs than at professionals and is very easy to use. Just what I need.


And: No, I'm not going to embarras myself by charing any of my feeble cues here. I had some up on youtube but I deleted my google account recently.

That's true enough, but still pretty irresponsible to let the kids get burned like that, especially with all the knowledge there is concerning skin cancer these days. Getting a sunburn as a child means that you'll have an increased risk of skin cancer in that area the rest of your life. So something best to avoid.

It's good that they are aware of the dangers that ticks can pose though.




Indeed, it's not in all ticks. They say that if you get bitten by a tick the chance of contracting Lyme disease is about 3%. Lyme disease is caused by bacteria. They also have other nasty diseases though, not all bacterial, so Lyme is not the only danger they pose, and anitobiotics might not solve it all.









Ahhh, that does indeed sound like a tick area then.




I'm sure it's possible that at some point in history a tick has climbed up a tree and fallen down , but according to all the information I've come across, they climb up in tall grass and bushes and then just sit there and wait until an animal brush up against the plants and then they latch on. When you think about it, falling from a tree in the hope of landing on a suitable host, would have a very poor success rate, so it's not surprising that they've "chosen" another strategy. It's true they often go to the hair region, but that's not because they've fallen from trees, but because they climb around on one's body until they find a suitable spot. I remember when I came home from the trip, I had an unattached tick running around on my arm desperately looking for a good spot, and it must have been at least 2 hours after I had contracted the tick. That's also why it's a good idea to take a shower as soon as you come home from a forest, to remove any unattached ticks.




Indeed, it really takes the fun away. I'm in fact an outdoor person, since I love take pictures of birds, but my emerging paranoia concerning ticks has kinda ruined it for me.

Thanks for the sympathy, Bregje, I appreciate it.

Peter

Talking about first world problems, I have a similar dilemma. People parking outside my house means I'm forced to park at the reject spot right under a tree. Which, jugding by the artwork left on my car, is full of birds who eat far too many berries.

It's like driving a farmyard.

Just saw this on failblog-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgwuWcjsRjs

It's a long time since I've felt so bad for someone I've seen in a youtube video. I want to give that old lady a big hug.

Peter

So, I'm checking out at a grocery store. This old lady in an electric cart who has been there since I got in line minutes ago, is still sitting there as I am finally getting rung up. I hear another cashier ask another cashier if anybody has come up to help her with her things yet, since this isn't a store that uses carry-out bagboys.

So, I'm out of line, I stop, ask her if that's her cart (which had heavy things in it, for a frail old lady like her, like a big microwave). I ask her, "Ma'am, would you like some help with that?"

She's obviously been there at least ten minutes and nobody is coming unless a manager drags them over.

"No, I don't want your help, I want their help."


This is what I get for trying to be nice. Believe it or not, I've had things like this happen to me every few months. People just can't seem to help themselves. I've gotten to point where if I hold open a door for lady and she justs walks by like I didn't exist, I say, "You're welcome" and wait for the "Thank you", which let me tell you -- that doesn't come often.

Yeah, know how you feel. This is one of my pet peeves as well.
Or vice versa... when people in front of you just let the door slam in your face, knowing full well you were behind them.

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